Chapter 767 The Unlucky Sister Who Was Married in Exchange (End)

"I don't care! I want to marry Miss Wang anyway, you guys figure it out! If you can't collect enough for the bride price, I'll be a bachelor for the rest of my life. By the way, Mom and Dad, you guys have to collect the money quickly, Miss Wang has other men who came to ask for money, if you don't hurry up, I'll lose my wife..." Zhou Xiaoer said to his parents angrily. He was the youngest son and was spoiled very much by his parents. He was selfish and didn't care what difficulties his parents had. He just asked his parents to solve any problems, and the same went for the bride price.

Aunt Zhou and Uncle Zhou were in great pain. Looking at their scoundrel little son, they felt that nothing was better than misery.

"Where can your parents find money for you..." Aunt Zhou said in a long voice with a sad face. Suddenly, the figure of Liu Shichu just appeared in her mind, and she was paused. Isn't Miss Liu, the neighbor next door, rich?

Aunt Zhou had an idea and wanted to borrow money from Liu Shichu to get a dowry for her son, but when she thought about how Liu Shichu had just mocked her for not even having money for her son's dowry, she felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured on her. It was obvious that Liu Shichu looked down on her and mocked her sarcastically. How could he be willing to lend her money?

But when she thought about how Liu Shichu was an orphan, yet she could live freely without working, she felt jealous. Why wasn't she the one with the money? It would be great if Liu Shichu's money was hers...

Yes, it would be great if Liu Shichu's money was hers. When Aunt Zhou thought of this, she suddenly became excited. That cheap girl refused to lend her money, so why not just make her money hers?

So what should I do to make her money my own? Aunt Zhou thought of how Liu Shichu had beaten up the hooligans before, and she shrank back, a little scared.

But the urging and complaints from her youngest son finally turned Aunt Zhou's fear into greed. She thought, since she would definitely not be able to borrow the money openly, she might as well do it secretly.

Aunt Zhou's eyes turned cold, and she waved to her husband and youngest son to come over, and told them her plan.

"What? Go and steal the money from that vicious girl next door? No, she beats people very hard!" Zhou Xiaoer disagreed when he heard it.

Aunt Zhou stared at him and asked, "You don't want the bride price to marry a wife?"

"I want to..." Zhou Xiaoer blurted out, but he was a little afraid of Liu Shichu in his heart.

Finally, Old Man Zhou sighed and said in a high-sounding manner: "We are just in trouble now, so we secretly 'borrowed' some money from Miss Liu. When our family recovers, we will quietly return the money to her. She won't suffer any loss then. But since we have decided to 'borrow' it, we must be cautious and not let her find out. We must think of a good way..."

After all, Old Man Zhou was smarter than his wife and younger son. After knowing that Liu Shichu was good at fighting, he asked Aunt Zhou to find a way to lure Liu Shichu out of the house during the day, and then he and his son would take the opportunity to pry open the door and go to her house to "borrow money."

The three of them discussed the plan and decided to implement it the next day. After all, Miss Wang couldn't wait long. If her parents agreed to someone else's proposal, all their efforts would be in vain.

As expected, Aunt Zhou made an excuse the next day, saying that she saw the owner of "Gewu" looking for her in the alley, but she had something urgent to do so she went back to the store and asked Liu Shichu to go to the "Gewu" store to find him.

Although Aunt Zhou kept saying that Liu Shichu was doing nothing and just living off his savings, she had been secretly watching him for so long that she actually knew that Liu Shichu was really consigning wood carvings to the "Gewu" store. So this time she used the "Gewu" store owner as an excuse to lure Liu Shichu out of his hole.

Liu Shichu didn't believe what Aunt Zhou said at first, but she had just finished a wood carving, so she thought it would be okay to show her work to the shopkeeper, so she left home and went to "Gewu".

Auntie Zhou's plan was crude and simple. Didn't she know that Liu Shichu would know she was lying as soon as he went to the store and told the shopkeeper? And when Liu Shichu returned home and found that his belongings were stolen, he would definitely be the first to suspect her. But how could she dare to plot against Liu Shichu like this?

Isn't it because Liu Shichu has no evidence? Besides, ordinary people don't dare to report to the authorities casually. Aunt Zhou's family thought that Liu Shichu was also the kind of person who feared officials like a tiger, and thought that she didn't dare to go to the government, so they dared to be so bold.

When Zhou Xiaoer and his father saw that Liu Shichu had really left, they took an axe and other tools to break the door and lock and entered Liu Shichu's house, while Aunt Zhou stood outside to keep watch.

After Zhou Xiaoer and Old Man Zhou entered, they searched everywhere, trying to find the silver that Liu Shichu had hidden, but after searching the entire house, they did not find anything valuable except a few copper coins.

"Dad! Have you found the silver?" Zhou Xiaoer asked impatiently. He got angry because he couldn't find it for a long time.

"I haven't found it yet. This girl hid the money so well. Please help me find it. Don't miss any places like under the bed and in the cracks in the wall..." Old Man Zhou reminded his son.

"I've looked for it! But it's nowhere to be found. Could it be that that little bitch has spent all the money? What a spendthrift!" Zhou Xiaoer was so angry that he smashed everything in Liu Shichu's house.

As time passed, they still didn't see any trace of the silver. Even Old Man Zhou was getting anxious. After taking such a big risk, if they didn't even find one or two pieces of silver, wouldn't it be a big loss? But no matter how anxious he was, it was useless. If they didn't find it, they didn't find it. Finally, under the urging of Aunt Zhou, they had to leave Liu Shichu's house disappointed.

Of course they couldn't find anything. Liu Shichu would never keep silver at home. She kept all her silver in her own space. Space is the safest place. Didn't she just avoid their calculations this time?

When Liu Shichu returned home, she saw that her lock was smashed. When she entered the house, she found it a mess. She was so angry that she laughed. Without saying a word, she went straight to the government office to file a complaint. She also said bluntly that she suspected that it was done by her neighbor Aunt Zhou and her family, because the reason was the excuse Aunt Zhou made today.

So before the Zhou family could get angry for getting nothing, they were met with ferocious-looking yamen runners.

"Sir, sir, what are you doing?" Old Man Zhou asked stutteringly, while Aunt Zhou and Zhou Xiaoer were so frightened that they were trembling all over and couldn't even speak.

"Your neighbor Miss Liu's house was robbed, and now we suspect you are the murderer. Come back to the yamen with us." The leading yamen runner said with a sneer, and then he locked them up and took them away without giving them a chance to explain or beg.

"Miss Liu?" A pleasant male voice suddenly sounded beside Liu Shichu's ears as she was being led to the classroom. She turned her head and smiled, "Master Du, what a coincidence."

"Miss Liu, why are you here?" Du Xiuzhu asked.

"My house was robbed and I suspect it was done by my neighbor. Didn't the person in charge of the case ask me to come to the trial?" Liu Shichu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)