Chapter 125 The End of the Best

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The eighth day of the fifth lunar month was Zheng's wedding day. Although there was no grand banquet, Zhou Zelin gave Zheng all the formalities of a formal marriage, including the three letters and six ceremonies, and a sedan chair carried by eight people.

Zheng wore the wedding dress embroidered for her by her youngest daughter and the head ornaments given to her by her eldest daughter. She was carried on the back of her eldest son Zhou Jin, with her second son supporting her from behind, as she was taken to the bridal sedan chair to marry into the Zhou family...

From then on, although she was still the mother of Zhou Jin's four siblings and was still called Madam Zhou, she was no longer the wife of the short-lived Zhou Wangju who had let her down. Her husband was Zhou Zelin, a thin but knowledgeable and responsible man!

Amid the blast of firecrackers, Zhou Jin and his four siblings stood at the door, tears in their eyes, yet smiles on their faces as they saw their mother off. Then, they all felt a sense of loss...

until……

Zhou Luo, dragging his brother Zhou Po, whose face was red and blue, appeared in his family's yard with a big grin on his face. Seeing that everyone had come out, he shouted to Zhou Jin and the others:

"Haha, second brother! Second sister-in-law! Eldest sister! Eldest brother-in-law! Youngest sister! Fifth brother!

"Today is our parents' wedding night, and my eldest brother and I didn't want to disturb them, so we came over to squeeze in with you! It's a good time for us brothers and sisters to get together too! Hahaha!"

If Zhou Zelin was the happiest person at this wedding, then Zhou Luo was the second happiest! He had long wanted to become a true brother with their leader!

He was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling!

Seeing Zhou Jin and the others' expressions darken after hearing his brother's words, Zhou Po hurriedly tried to break free from his brother's grip on his arm. He really didn't want to be associated with this guy...

You said they are not without homes. Even if they don’t want to disturb their father and others, they can just go back to their own house!

But this guy said that we are all a family from now on, so we should be intimate with each other and discuss the order of teeth again.

They also laughed at him because he had slept on the same kang with the Zhou Jin brothers before, so why should he be shy now?

No matter what, it was their father who married someone else's mother, so they are the ones who have the advantage. It is their responsibility as brothers to take the initiative!

These words left Zhou Po, who was very good at sophistry, with no way to refute them, and he was involuntarily pulled over by him...

Everyone (including Zhou Po)...

Looking at Zhou Luo's face with that cheesy smile...

What should I do if I suddenly want to beat this guy up?!

What can I do?! Of course I beat him up!

Zhou Jin took the lead and rushed forward, followed by Zhu Xi, Zhou Yu, Mu Qingni and the two little ones!

When Zhou Jin and the others rushed over, Zhou Po hugged his brother's waist, making it impossible for him to run away...

Then, this group of half-brothers and sisters, who had re-arranged their tooth order, rolled over and started a fight...

This joy also spread to the people watching this scene from the side. Zheng Wen, Zheng Wu, Zheng Ping, Zheng An and other uncles and nephews from Mr. Zheng's family also pulled their newly married wives to join the laughter and playfulness, joining in the fun.

When they are tired of making noise, they gather together again to eat, drink and chat!

…

The consequence of a group of people making a fuss for most of the night was that they all woke up late the next day!

Only Mr. Zheng and his wife went to bed early yesterday. Because they are old and sleep less, they got up early again today!

After having breakfast in their own room, the old couple didn't call the children, but wandered back and forth in the yard of their grandson's house to digest the food...

As they were strolling around, the two old men came to the back garden of Zhou Jin's house...

Then I ran into two old women surrounding Madam Yang and complaining...

"Madam Yang! Please go and take a look! Those two from Lingfeng Pavilion are so troublesome! They insist on leaving the yard at this time, and we can't stop them no matter what we do!!!" said a maid.

"That's right. The old lady also said that since the wives are married, they are no longer considered family members. She insisted that they move to the main courtyard right away. She said that as the grandparents of the young master and the young mistress, they should stay at home to take care of their grandson and his wife when they are busy with official business. They can also help to receive guests and invites in the future!"

Another old woman also complained angrily.

These two old bastards! Are they really getting more and more greedy? To keep them stable, she's been giving them lots of goodies these days, and they're still not satisfied? The wife's only been married for one day, and they're already trying to meddle in the family affairs?!

How did they treat their uncle's family back then? Have they forgotten?! How could they be so shameless!

Nanny Yang thought angrily.

Seeing the two maids getting more and more noisy and complaining endlessly around her, she was anxious to go to the front to serve, so she said impatiently:

"Oh! Just bear with it for a while. Buy them whatever they want. No matter what methods you use, no matter how you coax them or how you feed them, you have to hold on for these two days. Once all the guests in the courtyard have left, then everything will be fine!"

Their son-in-law and daughter-in-law have tolerated those two for so many days, just wanting their wives to get married with peace of mind. Now, after waiting for the relatives of the parents to return, it is time to deal with those two old guys!

After hearing this, the two maids had no choice but to go back and join the other maids guarding Lingfeng Pavilion to stop the people!

Unexpectedly, just as the two were about to move, and Nanny Yang was about to turn and head forward, an old man with angry hair suddenly rushed out from behind a tree not far away, followed by an extremely delicate old lady...

The two of them seemed to be very angry. The old man was so angry that his beard was shaking. He was panting heavily. Before he got close to them, he shouted at them:

"Where are those old, naive couple, Zhou Ruifu and Feng? Take me there!"

The two old women had been watching Mr. Zhou and his wife in Lingfeng Pavilion recently and had not been going forward much, so they did not recognize Mr. Zheng and his wife. They were frightened by Mr. Zheng's loud voice and stood there in a daze!

Nanny Yang was horrified and thought, this is bad!

While secretly signaling to the two maids beside him to quickly go to the front to call for help, he took a step forward, trying to calm down Mr. Zheng and his wife first...

"Hey! Grandpa and Grandma! Are you two taking a walk?! Haha, the peonies in the peony garden not far ahead are all in bloom now. Would you like me to accompany you to take a look?"

"Madam Yang, you don't need to interrupt us here. We just heard it. Zhou Ruifu and his wife are living in this house! Moreover, at this time, they still don't repent. They eat and drink with my grandson and granddaughter-in-law, and they want to bully my grandson and granddaughter-in-law by relying on their status as grandparents?!

My grandson and his wife don't dare to do anything to them due to their status, but we two old people are not afraid! Take us over there quickly, and I will tear that old Feng's face off!

"Wow... my daughter has suffered so much at her hands over the years! As her mother, I must get her back this time! !"

Lin, who was always quiet, graceful and good-tempered, was now furious, her face livid and her eyes red...

When I thought about how my daughter and her family almost died on the road to exile because of Zhou Ruifu and his wife, I couldn't help but choke up...

Matron Yang... "This..." What should I do?

"Alright, old woman, even if she doesn't take us, we can find it on our own! I came here when the emperor first gave this courtyard to Brother Jin as a child. I remember that Lingfeng Pavilion seemed to be not far from the pond in the backyard. Let's go find it on our own!"

Seeing that Nanny Yang was hesitant and unwilling to speak, Mr. Zheng dragged Lin straight towards the pond behind the garden...

I was still searching around on the way, trying to find a stick or a stone or something so I could fight with it later...

Aunt Yang...

"Madame Yang, what should we do now?!"

A maid who stayed nearby asked in confusion when she saw this.

"What else can we do?! Just stop them! Look at what a mess this has caused! Don't let the old man and old lady get mad at us!"

As Nanny Yang spoke, she hurriedly chased after Mr. Zheng and his wife...

The remaining nun...

Judging from what Nanny Yang said, it seemed she was just worried about getting angry at her parents-in-law, and didn't care what happened to those two people from Lingfeng Pavilion...

Then she would know who to stop when the fight broke out!

…

Zhou Ruifu and his wife had just finished their breakfast, served by a few maids, and after eating and drinking their fill, they started making noise again...

Compared to the past period, both of them have gained a lot of weight. Also, because Lingfeng Pavilion is full of moisture, it also nourishes the skin. Their complexions are now much better.

Add to that the silk and satin they wore, the gold and silver jewellery, and the jade rings, and they were the standard outfit of an old man or old lady from a wealthy family. They looked even richer than before they were exiled!

Because Madam Yang moved all the good things into their house, decorated their place magnificently, and assigned five or six maids to serve them. No matter what they wanted, as long as they asked for it, she would find a way to bring it to them...

The two who were originally worried about Zhou Jin abusing them finally felt at ease...

I am even more certain that Zhou Jin cares more about his reputation because he is a high-ranking official. He dares not treat them badly in order to show off to others!

Therefore, the two of them became more greedy, asking Yang Ma for this and that all day long!

In just two months, the things the couple had saved were worth a total of eighteen hundred taels!

But the two of them were still not satisfied. These past few days, Feng had seen that Zhou Jin and his wife were busy all day, and Zheng was about to remarry. She planned to move to the front after Zheng remarried so that they could take charge of all the affairs of the mansion...

Not only would she be able to continue making money, but if there were any banquets hosted by princes and nobles, she could also use Zhou Jin's grandmother's name to attend them...

Mr. Zhou also wanted to use the influence of Zhou Jin and Mu Qingni's family to do some business and make more money...

Moreover, he also wanted to go out and cash in all the things he had saved recently, so that he could secretly send some to his eldest grandson Zhou Zhu...

In his opinion, if his eldest grandson Zhou Zhu was like Zhou Li, and had enough money to support him, he would definitely pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi... He might even be more promising than Zhou Jin!

After all, since ancient times, scholars have been respected and warriors have been despised!

But Zhou Jin would rather spend the money on those family soldiers with broken arms and legs, and would rather spend dozens or hundreds of taels of money to buy painting paints for a little girl, than help his cousin!

Old Master Zhou was completely confused by this and wanted to talk to Zhou Jin about it. They were all brothers, so if Zhou Zhu rose to prominence, wouldn't that be a help to him?!

But Zhou Jin directly refused to let him in, not even letting him into the courtyard! He also sent someone to tell him that he was already giving in by being willing to support them, and if they forced him to support others, he would rather quit his job and have a good talk with them!

Old Master Zhou knew Zhou Jin's temper and was afraid that if he pushed him too hard, things would get really bad. Then their days of living in luxury and wealth, with servants at their beck and call, would be over.

Therefore, I had no choice but to compromise temporarily and dared not mention this matter again!

But it was precisely because of this setback with Zhou Jin that Old Man Zhou wanted even more to personally train a grandson who was even better than him...

The Zhou Jin brothers eventually separated from their grandparents. Even if they could benefit from their brothers' influence, it was limited...

For example, although Zhou Jin had to support them now, he never paid any attention to them! It was as if they didn't exist in the mansion!

If his wife wasn't rich and knowledgeable, and didn't know how serious it was to be convicted of disobedience, if she had just listened to that brat Zhou Jin, she would have been lucky enough to be able to give them a full meal!

If he could raise a grandson who was stronger than Zhou Jin, he would be able to vent his anger and teach this grandson who never took him, his grandfather, seriously a lesson!

Now that he had valuable things in his hands, he wanted to secretly pawn them and give some to Zhou Zhu so that he could study well. He would do some business with the rest and then use the money he earned to support Zhou Zhu's studies. That brat Zhou Jin wouldn't be able to say anything, right?

Because of this, Mr. Zhou has been making a fuss about leaving the house several times in the past few days, but was stopped by Madam Yang every time with excuses.

Either the mansion was busy with Zheng's remarriage and they were short-staffed, and she was worried about not having enough people with her. Even if the carriages and horses had all been sent out, he could ask the servants to buy anything he wanted. Or Zhou Jin was at home, so he could go and talk to her himself...

How could Mr. Zhou dare to tell Zhou Jin that he wanted to exchange the things he bought with his money for money? Therefore, the matter of leaving the house was delayed again and again!

Mr. Zhou felt something was wrong...

If Nanny Yang stopped them from moving to the main courtyard because Zheng Shi hadn't moved out yet or Zhou Jin didn't agree, then that would still make sense, but why did she always stop him from leaving the house?!

It was only then that Mr. Zhou realized that they had been living in Zhou Jin's house for two months, and apart from wandering around the backyard garden, they seemed to have never left! ?

Of course, in the past month or so, they never thought about going out...and there was no need to go out!

Whatever they wanted, someone would buy it for them. Even if they wanted to choose it themselves, those who sold gold, silver and jade, and those who made clothes, shoes and socks would come with the most fashionable goods and fill the whole room for them to choose from!

Even if they felt bored, they didn't have to crowd into any theater or teahouse. There were opera singers, storytellers, and acrobats performing on the stage next to the garden, just for them! They could order whatever show they wanted, and everything was up to them!

Nanny Yang said, this is how the old man and old lady of a wealthy family should behave! If you have any questions, just ask!

She also said that in the Princess's Mansion where she used to live, there were more than two thousand servants, but the master only had the Princess's family of eight, so there were almost three hundred servants serving one master!

If the head of such a family has to do everything by himself, it will only make them look like they have no background!

When Mr. Zhou was at his peak, he only had seven or eight servants at home. Even the home of Mr. Zhou, whom he envied the most, only had dozens of servants.

Therefore, he had no idea how those wealthy nobles who had hundreds or thousands of slaves lived!

It is not clear whether Nanny Yang is really serving them according to the standards of those noble families, or whether she is saying this on purpose in order to trap them in the mansion!

So, these past few days, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou have been making a fuss, just to test the waters and see what Nanny Yang, or the Zhou Jin couple, really mean to them?!

But he didn't dare to make too much noise, for fear of completely offending Madam Yang and the others, and then he would no longer receive such generous treatment!

What a dilemma!

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