Were You Treating This Like Playing House?

Zhou Wanwan said:

"This month I lost 15,000 taels of silver, last month I lost 10,000 taels, and the month before last I lost 8,560 taels."

Look, since we're all family, we shouldn't be divided into different groups.

"I'm going through such a difficult time, you'll all support me with your actions, right?"

Everyone was stunned.

Old Madam Zhou stammered, "Don't give me that! These things can all be faked, I don't believe it!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said:

"You said you had nowhere to stay, but our family kindly gave you our place."

You said you didn't have money for the wedding, so we gave you all the jewelry we had on us.

Now you're saying you don't have money for the wedding banquet and asking me to cover it for you first.

Then tell me, what can you do to help us? We're in trouble; shouldn't a family help each other?

"It's not like I'm the only one helping you, and you never need to help us, is it?"

Come on! Let's hurt each other!

Qian Huihui was really worried now, because firecrackers were already going off outside.

Before she could speak, Zhou Wanwan laughed and said, "Let's hurry to the front, the bride is here!"

These people are really good at cleaning up the mess every time.

They all ran away in a swarm.

Qian Huihui stamped her foot and said, "Mother, what if she doesn't respond?"

"What can I do? We've invited so many important people today; you have to find a way to get her to get ready quickly!"

Qian Huihui rushed out and saw Zhou Wanwan, saying, "Wanwan, please help! The bride has arrived, but we haven't prepared the wedding banquet yet! It'll be too late if we're any later!"

Zhou Wanwan said loudly, "Third Aunt, this is such a big problem, how can I, a child, handle it? I really have no way."

Tears streamed down Qian Huihui's face, and she suddenly knelt down on the ground:

"Wanwan, please, please? It would be so embarrassing if we couldn't afford to invite you!"

Don't you want our whole family to lose face today?

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "I don't want to, but it's good that I'm not related to you, and it's also good that I'm not the one getting married."

Qian Huihui choked, and Zhou Wanwan said, "If it were my wedding today, I would never let you pay for this. I can't bear the shame."

Everyone around burst into laughter.

Zhou Qingzhou pulled Yu Shu in and said, "Let's go pay our respects first!"

After the wedding ceremony, the bride was led to the bridal chamber.

Zhou Qingzhou then came out and looked at Zhou Fusheng and Liu Su'e, saying:

"Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt, have you gone mad? The wedding banquet was entrusted to you."

Why have you managed to do things this way?

"If I can't get married today, it's all your fault. We're all family, why make such a fuss?"

Zhou Fusheng looked at him and said:

"Isn't today your wedding day? What does it have to do with us?"

"It's not like it's my son getting married, why are you blaming us for everything?"

Qian Huihui sighed and said:

"I know you're upset that we accepted your gold."

But there's nothing we can do about it; we're poor! We can only ask you to make do.

Look, the guests are about to take their seats, why don't you ask Zhou Wanwan to help out?

Zhou Wanwan was absolutely laughing. She kept repeating the same few sentences, trying to morally blackmail them into paying voluntarily.

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:

"Here's what we'll do! Go ask the bride if she'd like to be my wife?"

"If you're willing to be my wife, I'll pay for the wedding banquet today, how about it?"

Everyone around burst into laughter. "That's really funny what this little girl said! How can a girl get a wife?"

Zhou Wanwan said seriously:

"I'll find someone then! There are plenty of unmarried people in our family."

If someone like Zhou Qingzhou can get married, why can't others?

Let me think about it! You, yes, you.

Zhao Shibing, didn't you say you didn't have a wife? I'll buy you one today.

Zhou Wanwan wasn't joking at all; she was serious.

Qian Huihui's expression changed, as did the expressions of the people from the Yu Family who were accompanying the bride.

Someone from the Yu Family came out and said:

Do you think this is child's play?

"You can marry her if you want, sell her if you want. Can't your Zhou Family even afford a wedding banquet?"

Zhou Qingzhou glared at Zhou Wanwan, Zhou Wanwan glared back at him and said, "What are you looking at? You good-for-nothing! You can't even afford a wife. What good are you?"

Qian Huihui retorted angrily, "What do you mean you can't afford to marry her? You're clearly trying to renege on your debt. Fine, it's just 50 tables, we have the money."

Qian Huihui hurriedly sent someone to find the Xie Family's steward and book 50 tables for the banquet.

Steward Xie frowned and said:

"A banquet costing 10 taels of silver per table, and you want it now?"

Reservations are required; do you think you can just book whenever you want?

"Without reservations, we simply couldn't prepare fifty tables today."

Qian Huihui's face turned pale. "Do we need to make a reservation?"

Steward Xie nodded and said:

"Who in the capital doesn't know our family's rules? Of course, reservations are required; otherwise, where would we get all that seafood?"

All that seafood has to be caught fresh from the sea! Won't it smell bad if it sits for too long?

Another option is to pay more, because if we want to purchase goods today, we will inevitably have to pay a high price.

Qian Huihui shuddered and asked, "How much will that cost?"

Steward Xie shook his head and said, "Actually, I don't know either. Why don't you wait here for a moment? I'll go ask in the backyard."

Steward Xie naturally wanted to know who could get their hands on that seafood.

The man frowned and said:

"So urgent? Everything needs to be gathered and cooked in half an hour for 50 tables?"

Steward Xie, are you joking?

Steward Xie sighed and said, "I'm not joking with you, name your price!"

The man calculated for a while and said, "Fifty taels per table, I can barely manage that."

Steward Xie's lips twitched as he said, "You're being too ruthless!"

The man muttered, "There's no way around it. Most people couldn't do it. Why don't you figure it out yourself?"

Steward Xie said helplessly, "Fifty taels it is. I'll go talk to her now."

"How much did you say? 80 taels a table? You guys are ripping me off!"

Steward Xie snorted coldly:

"It's not that we're biased, it's just that only we could do this."

There's still more than half an hour left to prepare so much seafood. Go ask around the whole capital and see what you were doing all this time!

Qian Huihui rushed back and looked at Zhou Wanwan, saying:

"Wanwan, the Xie Family is asking for an exorbitant price of 80 taels per table. How can ordinary people like us afford that?"

"Your place is definitely cheaper. How about I order 10 taels per table from you, okay?"

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said:

"Third Aunt, ten taels a table? I can't afford that, the time is too tight."

Besides, I've already stopped operating and don't do delivery anymore. Why don't you look at other places?