Cutting Family Ties in a Famine Year! I Eat Meat at Every Meal and Make My Wicked Grandparents Cry with Rage
Chapter 671

Who Are You Trying to Humiliate with 200 Wen?

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This is just empty promises!

Zhou Wanwan said:

"Oh, you mean that money? When I was sending it back to my hometown, I encountered robbers on the way and they stole it all."

Don't you know about this? I even reported it to the authorities!

Old Madam Zhou:

"What did you say? I heard it was tens of millions of taels of silver! Robbed? When did that happen?"

You brat, tens of millions of taels! That would take our whole family several lifetimes to earn!

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said:

"I took money from those people, those wealthy merchants from Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and Anhui. Do you think I'd have it easy?"

They robbed us halfway there, so don't even think about getting the money.

My family is so poor right now that we can't even afford to eat, that's the truth, so we'll all have to live a hard life from now on.

But I think the best thing is for the whole family to be together happily, don't you think?

Everyone's expression changed.

Zhou Qingzhou led Yu Shu out from inside. She smiled and said to everyone, "Greetings, elders. I am Yu Shu."

Old Madam Zhou's eyes lit up when she saw her:

"Yu Shu, you're such a beautiful girl!"

"You're so well-mannered, come here to Grandma. Where's the gift Grandma prepared for you?"

With a wave of her hand, someone brought over a brocade box containing a gold bracelet and a pair of gold earrings.

Yu Shu smiled and said, "Grandma, I'd like to offer you tea, wishing you good health, longevity, and Eastern Sea happiness."

Old Madam Zhou said happily, "Good child, so well-behaved."

Yu Shu then began serving tea to Zhou Fuyu and Qian Huihui.

Qian Huihui took out a lot of gold.

When Zhou Wanwan looked at them, she realized that all these things had been taken from them.

These people are truly shameless.

The eldest uncle's family also gave a red envelope, which Zhou Wanwan had already inquired about; it contained 100 coins.

My second uncle's family also gave a red envelope containing 50 coins.

When it was Zhou Wanwan's turn, Zhou Fusheng also took out a red envelope.

Old Madam Zhou said with a forced smile, "Fusheng! How much money is in this red envelope?"

Zhou Fusheng said calmly, "Not many."

Old Madam Zhou said, "Yu Shu, open it and see. Your fourth uncle and aunt's family are wealthy, so the red envelopes will definitely be generous."

Yu Shu opened the red envelope with a smile, but there was only 200 coins inside.

Yu Shu's smile faded, and Old Madam Zhou sneered, "I really didn't expect you to go this far. Who are you trying to embarrass with 200 coins?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at Old Madam Zhou and said:

"Grandma, didn't Mom give you all her gold jewelry yesterday?"

You even took all the gold jewelry from the princess, and you took mine too!

"What you gave to my cousin-in-law today was the gold jewelry we were wearing, wasn't it?"

Zhou Qingzhou frowned and said from the side:

"Zhou Wanwan, don't talk nonsense. These gold jewelry pieces clearly belong to our elders."

You're so jealous you'd even spout nonsense about this.

Yu Shu, this is my youngest cousin. She never tells the truth; never believe a word she says.

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Yes, yes, my cousin always tells the truth, not a single lie."

Zhou Qingzhou nodded and said:

"See? She herself admitted it. This child is good in every way, except she loves to talk nonsense."

These pieces of jewelry represent the hard work and dedication of my family; they are a token of my mother's and grandmother's love and care.

Are they happy with you?

Yu Shu looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Zhou Wanwan, right? Children can't lie, you know! Otherwise, they'll get eaten by the tigers on the mountain."

Zhou Wanwan nodded repeatedly and said:

"Okay, I understand. All of this was saved up by them through frugality for you."

These pieces of jewelry were hard-won, so you must cherish them!

Yu Shu nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course, this is the elder's kind intention, and I will definitely cherish it."

Old Madam Zhou laughed and said, "Oh! Your uncle and aunt are so stingy, not generous at all. Let's go have breakfast now!"

They ignored Zhou Fusheng and Liu Su'e and headed towards the dining room.

Zhang Guilan covered her mouth and laughed:

"Oh my! I thought you guys had made a fortune!"

"I didn't expect there was only 200 coins in that red envelope. How could you have the nerve to take it out?"

Zhou Wanwan said speechlessly, "You guys have the nerve to come up with 100 coins? What can't we afford?"

Zhang Guilan pursed her lips and walked straight to the dining room.

Upon arriving at the dining room, Old Madam Zhou introduced:

"Our family's breakfast is quite substantial. I had them cook bird's nest porridge, steamed buns, dumplings, wontons, noodles..."

Eat whatever you want later, don't be shy.

Yu Shu smiled and said, "Thank you, Grandma, you're too kind."

Old Madam Zhou patted her hand and said, "Good child."

But when they got to the dining room, the table was completely empty.

Old Madam Zhou roared, "Where are they? Where did they all go? And what about the breakfast you cooked?"

But no one answered after calling for a long time.

Zhou Wanwan said calmly:

"Oh! Grandma, I forgot to tell you, I owe so much in wages, so everyone ran away, and no one is making breakfast at all."

Besides, isn't today the bride's first day in the family? Shouldn't the bride be making breakfast?

Yu Shu glared at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Oh! You're quite the talker, child. What kind of bride makes breakfast on her first day?"

"Besides, how could you, a mere child, shamelessly say such a thing while visiting someone's home?"

Zhou Wanwan exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? You didn't know? This is my house!"

Old Madam Zhou coughed and said, "Zhou Wanwan, stop talking nonsense. You're spouting these crazy ramblings again."

Yu Shu now feels that this child is full of lies. Originally, she wanted to listen to Yu Yao, but now when she sees this child, she can't help but feel disgusted.

Zhou Qingzhou said speechlessly, "Yu Shu, don't believe what this child says. She's a bit mentally unstable. This is clearly my family's yard."

Yu Shu snorted coldly and said, "This child has a foul mouth; the more I look at her, the more I hate her. Can't you just kick her out?"

Zhou Qingzhou said helplessly, "Our family members are all very kind. They have nowhere else to go, so let them stay here for now!"

Yu Shu scoffed lightly:

"Letting them stay is fine, but... there have to be some rules, otherwise what kind of order is this?"

Let them move to the side hall! Out of sight, out of mind.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them with a half-smile and said, "Are you sure you want to send us to the side hall?"

Old Madam Zhou said:

"Zhou Fusheng and Liu Su'e, it's already an extraordinary favor of mine to allow you to live in the side hall."

From now on, don't come to the main courtyard unless it's absolutely necessary.

This is turning the tables!

Old Madam Zhou roared, "Are they all dead? Hurry up and bring up breakfast!"

Unfortunately, no one in her family paid any attention to her.

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