Chapter 51: Being Envied by Others◇

Wang didn't expect that just because she didn't want to share the silver with Zhou Yu, Bai would start to make a fuss without any regard for her and drive her mother away without any regard for her dignity. She felt a little embarrassed.

I wanted to take my two daughters with me immediately, but then I thought, with the speed at which my mother and I work, we probably wouldn't even make 5 taels in ten days, let alone 15 taels, so I hesitated again...

While their family still had some money, it wasn't much, and it was all in the hands of her father-in-law, who only gave them two taels of silver each month. They hadn't spent their money freely in ages! And now, in just ten days, they'd earned fifteen taels of silver, which would have been forty-five taels a month. Of course, Wang Shi wouldn't have taken such a small amount of money seriously before, but now, in her eyes, it was a lot of money!!!

She didn't want to give up the money just like that!

Therefore, she kept looking at the people around her, hoping that someone could come out to persuade her and help her out of the predicament.

But among the remaining people, there are Zheng, Wei and Liu. Even if Zheng is a coward, how could she possibly help someone who is targeting her daughter? She is lucky enough not to step on them.

The same goes for the Wei family. They are from the same family as the Bai family, so how could they possibly side with her?!

Therefore, Wang had no choice but to turn to her younger brother's wife, Zhou Zesheng's wife Liu, for help.

At this time, Mrs. Liu was so angry at her sister-in-law that she wanted to ignore her, but she would lose face and it would also bring shame to their family. She could only step forward and try to say a few words to Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zheng to put the matter behind her. However, she did not expect that Mrs. Wang would give in, and her eldest daughter Zhou Han jumped out again!

"Let's go! We don't care about this humble livelihood!"

Zhou Han angrily threw the scissors in his hand and yelled.

After yelling, she ignored her mother's attempts to stop her and pulled her sister Zhou Yan and walked out!

When passing by Zhou Yu, he looked down upon her with a look of contempt and said sarcastically:

"Don't think you're so great just because you've given us a money-making idea. Nothing can change your vulgarity! Girls are always supposed to be virtuous and virtuous, and to practice music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. What's the point of someone like you being all money-grubbing?!"

Zhou Han had been resentful towards Zhou Yu for a long time. A poor girl from a ruined family was showing off all day long just because she knew some medical skills. If it were in the past, she would not even be worthy of carrying her shoes!

Yet, everyone still flattered her and followed her lead in starting a cotton-padded clothing business. Even her mother was enthusiastic about it and pushed her to do it! Her hands were now calloused from holding scissors. Even if her family could finally find grace to return home, she wouldn't be able to play the piano or paint with such rough hands!

Zhou Yu...

Who did she offend?! She didn't even say a word after she broke into the house, okay?!

"Han'er, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Seeing this, Liu hurried forward, grabbed Zhou Han's arm, and scolded him. She thought, "Could it be that offending people is hereditary? Why are these two women so aggressive today?! And why did you have to offend Zheng's mother and all of them?!"

You know, in the second half of the exile, if Zhou Jin hadn't often taken Dai Ge'er to hunt, and Zheng hadn't often lent them food, their family would probably have suffered some casualties. How could they have made it to Liaodong safely?

Among the hundreds of clans that were exiled, they were the only family whose members were not hurt except for Zheng's mother and her friends!

How could Liu not know how grateful her husband was to Zhou Jin? Zhou Han mocked Zhou Yu at this time. If her father or grandfather knew about this, wouldn't she be scolded?

Liu had no daughter of her own, and she had always been fond of her niece, Zhou Han. She couldn't bear to see her being scolded, so she hurried over to pull Zhou Han's arm to stop her from doing something stupid. Unexpectedly, Zhou Han didn't appreciate her kindness at all, and instead shook her arm off and said:

"Aunt, are you going to scold your niece for such a vulgar girl? What did your niece say wrong?

Zhou Yu runs around like a tomboy all day long. She has nothing of the virtue and beauty that her teachers taught her. She's so rude and unreasonable, so why do you still flatter her and fawn over her all day?!

And this idiotic idea she came up with of selling men's cotton-padded jackets—you all knew it was detrimental to women's moral integrity, yet you still applauded it and were all so happy to do it?! Why?

Our Zhou family is a leader among scholars, right? Why should I, the niece of the great Lord Zhou, be here making clothes that I don’t know which stinky man will wear in the future?!

Zhou Han angrily shook off Liu's arm, glared at Zhou Yu with red eyes and cursed.

Zhou Yu… his prominence makes him envied, his cowardice makes him despised! I can bear it!!

But... I really can't help it?! You damn girl!

If you want to do it, do it. If you don’t want to, get out. No one is forcing you. Why are you always glaring at me?

Do you think my eyes are not as big as yours?!

Just as I was about to say something back to her, I heard a rooster-like voice behind me.

"Haha, why should I scold you? Of course you should be scolded!?"

Zhou Yu looked back and heard Zhu Xi, who was in the process of voice change, leaning his body and pointing at Zhou Han, saying sarcastically and mercilessly:

"With your frog-like mouth, you still have the nerve to laugh at the vulgarity of the black girl. Who gave you the nerve to do that? Please don't make me die of laughter!

Your life is almost gone, and you're still here playing the role of a lady with me? What's the point of caring about virtue, appearance, speech and skills?

Since you are so noble, you might as well not eat from tomorrow on. The money spent on food is too expensive!

"It's better to just drink the northwest wind. At this time, Liaodong has nothing else, but the northwest wind is plenty! I don't even have to spend money, and I can fulfill your so-called character!"

Everyone...this kid has such a mean mouth!

Zhou Yu... eh? Finally, feeding this kid for so many days wasn't in vain?

Zhou Han…what?! She!?! Frog mouth?!!!!

"Ah!!!! Chang Sanlang! You're just a stinky beggar eating at Zhou Jin's house! How dare you mock me!? You...!!...Go...to...die!"

Zhou Han was completely furious at Zhu Xi's comment. She couldn't believe someone as beautiful as herself would be called a frog-mouthed person! She was so angry that she was spinning around with her hands covering her head. Suddenly, she saw the scissors she had just dropped on the ground. With a sudden burst of anger, she picked them up and rushed towards Zhu Xi.

Zhu Xi was laughing so hard that he fell backwards. He had no idea that Zhou Han would go crazy and actually try to stab him with the scissors. By the time he realized it, it was too late. He could only watch helplessly as the scissors stabbed towards his stomach...

Fortunately, Zhou Yu, who was standing by, pushed him in time, allowing him to avoid Zhou Han's scissors, but Zhou Yu's own arm was cut open by the scissors!

"Ayu!"

"Black girl!"

………

When Zhou Yu was held in her mother's arms, she thought silently that if she had looked at the almanac before going out today, it would have said that it was not advisable to go out!

Otherwise, why was she so unlucky today? Not only was she scolded for no reason, but she was also slashed with a pair of scissors for no reason!

The wound was as long as a finger. Although it was not deep, it still bled a lot. Such a loud noise naturally alarmed the men, women, and children from several families at home!

The two little kids saw their sister bleeding so much that one of them couldn't stop crying, and the other one put on a stern face and pushed Zhou Han's younger brother Zhou Dian to the ground, determined to beat him up!

Zhou Ruifeng was also very distressed. While carefully cutting open Zhou Yu's sleeve with scissors to make it easier to apply medicine, he glared at Zhu Xi, who indirectly caused his apprentice's injury. He wanted to glare at Zhou Han, but after Bai told everyone the whole story of the incident, Zhou Han was dragged and kicked by his grandfather to kneel in the next room.

So Zhou Ruifeng could only glare at Zhu Xi, and scold his own apprentice while glaring at him.

"Aren't you usually quite smart, girl? How could you do such a stupid thing as blocking a knife for someone else?! Besides, how strong can that little girl Zhou Han be? This guy has thick skin and a scissors stab won't kill him, so why would you block it for him?

Look at how big the wound is, it will definitely leave a scar. Luckily it's on your arm so it can be covered up. If it was on your face, I don't think you'd ever get married!

Zhu Xi was irritated by his glare, thinking, "What's with that look, you old man? He's still thick-skinned? He's much more delicate than that black girl, isn't he?!"

But seeing how much blood was flowing from Zhou Yu's wound, he didn't have time to argue with Zhou Ruifeng. When he heard him say that it would leave a scar, his heart suddenly tightened, and he felt a slight pain...

"Mr. Feng, will it really leave a scar?!"

The black girl is already so ugly. If she gets a scar, will she really be unable to get married in the future?

Including the last time, the black girl has saved him twice!

Otherwise, he would just make do with her and take her in? Just as a way of repaying a favor?!

The black girl might be a bit ugly, but she's quite interesting! It would be fun to have her around, right? ...

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Xi was shocked by his own thoughts!

What?! He just wanted to take Hei Yatou in?! How could he even think that?! And! He... actually... thought this idea... was okay!!!

Zhu Xi was so obsessed with the idea of ​​taking Zhou Yu in that he couldn't help himself. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it would be a good idea to keep the black girl around. This girl was just the right temperament for him!

It wasn't until Zhou Yu's scream beside him woke him up...

"Aiya! Master, what are you doing?! How can you just apply medicine to me?! Can you at least help me clean the wound?! There's rust on those scissors, it could easily get infected!!"

Zhou Ruifeng...

"I've already cleaned it for you, wiped it clean with a damp cloth. How else do you need to clean it?! And what do you mean by infection?"

Zhou Yu...

Well, only then did she remember that there was no iodine or alcohol in this world. People at that time did not know that the mortality rate of wound infection was actually higher than the wound itself!

So, how about trying to make alcohol?

…

As far as Zhou Yu knew, Liaodong was in dire need of strong liquor to keep warm because of the bitter cold. The people here had invented distillation technology long ago and had also produced strong liquor. As long as the strong liquor was distilled and purified again, alcohol could be obtained.

The purification method wasn't difficult. Back when she was in school, she and her classmates had done experiments using strong liquor to purify alcohol. The difficulty lay in the fact that this was ancient times. Although they could buy distillation equipment and had a thermometer in their space, they didn't have a purity tester, so it was still difficult to determine the concentration of the alcohol produced...

But Zhou Yu felt that everything depended on human effort, and as long as she tried a few more times, she would definitely find a way!!!:

The author has something to say:

Many readers are confused about who is who in the Zhou family, so I have sorted it out as follows:

Mr. Zhou and his family:

Zhou Ruifu, Feng (also known as Zhou Jin and Zhou Yu's step-grandparents.)

The eldest son: Zhou Wangzu, wife: Sun,

Children: Zhou Zhu, Zhou Qiong (married), Zhou Yao

Concubines: Aunt Liu, Aunt Yang (deceased)

Concubine's daughter: Zhou Ling (deceased), Zhou Zhen

Second wife: Zhou Wangye, wife: Zhen (deceased)

Children: eldest daughter Zhou Lin, eldest son Zhou Hu

Concubine: Qian (beaten to death by Song's yamen runners) Children: Zhou Huan

Concubine: Youshi, no children.

Three bedrooms:

Zhou Wangju (the brother and sister's cheap father) Wife: Zheng,

Children: Zhou Jin, Zhou Yu, Zhou Li, Zhou Ying

Mr. Zhou and his family:

Mr. Zhou: Zhou Ruian (deceased)

Eldest son: Zhou Zelin, his wife is deceased,

Grandsons: Zhou Po, Zhou Luo,

The second son and his family are deceased.

The Bai family:

Mother-in-law: Wei,

Son: Zhou Wangrong (deceased)

Daughter-in-law, Bai,

Grandson: Zhou Li.

Zhou Ruiquan and his family:

Zhou Ruiquan: (Brother of Lord Zhou, former head of the Zhou clan)

Eldest son: Zhou Zemao, wife: Wang

Children: Zhou Han, Zhou Xuan, Zhou Gong, Zhou Dian

Second son: Zhou Zesheng, wife: Liu

Children: Zhou Dai, Zhou Zhuo

Zhou Yu's Master: Zhou Ruifeng

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