Chapter 208
Uncle Zhou hasn't come back yet.
Old Madam Zhou died first. Although Madam Zhou was still around, she was a daughter-in-law after all, and her personality was not that strong. She panicked when she encountered such a thing, and hurriedly asked the servants to find Mr. Zhou Er to come back and take charge of the situation.
No matter what, they are mother and son, and filial piety comes first. Even if everyone suspects that it was Old Madam Zhou and Uncle Zhou who poisoned him, Mr. Zhou still has to go back.
Otherwise, you will definitely be criticized.
Boss Shen frowned and asked, "Is she really dead? Are you trying to trick them back and kill them?"
Tian Bajiao: ...
"Boss, you really have written too many stories. How could it be possible with such a big commotion? The shouting was heard by half the street."
Besides, it was clearly Mr. Zhou who poisoned the person.
I'm afraid that Old Madam Zhou must have been so angry that she died after receiving a piece of shit from the sky.
Boss Shen choked and said, "Go out and take a look, then you'll know."
She sneaked out the back door with Tian Bajiao and went around to the front. Zhou Erye and the others had already come out and were asking in shock and pain, "How could this happen? Mother was fine when we left!"
"It's true, Second Master. The old lady was fine at first, but she suddenly became silent at night. When the maid went in, she found the old lady. She was gone..."
He sobbed and cried.
Liu Suniang pulled him aside and asked, "Why are you crying? Tell me clearly what you mean by 'suddenly there was no movement in the night'?"
This is a long explanation.
However, both Mr. Zhou Er and Liu Suniang knew that Madam Zhou had been having trouble sleeping recently and had to rely on calming incense to fall asleep.
There wasn't even a maid left in the room, and she found other people's breathing too noisy.
Perhaps because her emotions were so volatile today, lighting calming incense didn't work, so she just kept muttering to herself and reciting some scriptures.
The maid calculated that the incense was almost burned out and needed to be refilled, so she tiptoed in. The room was surprisingly quiet, without even the slightest snoring.
She walked over and found that the old lady was dead.
"What was the cause of death?" Mr. Zhou staggered, stood still with difficulty, and asked with tears in his eyes.
The servant hesitated and refused to explain: "Second Master, you will know when you go back and take a look."
"What do you mean you'll know after seeing it? He's not a coroner or a doctor, what can he see? Do you know what's going on? If you know, just tell me clearly!" Liu Suniang was too hot-tempered to tolerate his evasion and immediately scolded him.
The servant still refused to speak, pleading with an embarrassed look on his face, "This...it's really hard for me to explain. Please go back, Master. You'll know when you get back."
Isn't it obvious that there is a problem?
Liu Suniang didn't want Zhou Erye to go, but she was his mother after all.
"Husband, for such a big thing, we have to ask our relatives to help take care of it."
"That's right," Mr. Zhou Er turned around and ordered, "Xing'er, go and invite the elders of the clan."
The servant wanted to stop them, but the couple refused to listen. They closed the shop door, got in the sedan chair and left.
Boss Shen and Tian Bajiao looked at their backs and looked at each other before walking onto the street.
The door of the embroidery workshop opposite creaked.
Lady Wang poked her head out and said, "Hey, you guys are here too!"
Boss Shen: ...
It was really dark, and it was scary to see her greeting people like that.
Madam Wang: "Do you want to go over and take a look?"
She really loves to watch the fun. Boss Shen shook his head and said, "Forget it. Someone has died in their family. If we follow them like this, we won't be able to explain if we get caught."
"Just say he was sleepwalking." Madam Wang had thought it through, but when she saw that Boss Shen and Tian Bajiao were not going, she retracted her head in boredom.
But for this kind of thing, even if you don't go to see it, you can still hear a lot of gossip.
The next day, rumors spread throughout the town, saying that Old Madam Zhou had... committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
It is said that her death was very ugly. It was obvious that she was poisoned. The poison was in the spices. She lit a lot of them and poisoned herself to death silently.
Uncle Zhou said he would never believe that his own mother would do such a thing.
However, some people pointed out that if Uncle Zhou wanted to donate money to become an official, it would cost a huge sum of money. Although the Zhou family lived a wealthy life in the town, they might not be willing to spend such a large sum of money.
So... maybe the old lady had some evil intentions.
It's no secret that she's always been partial.
Zhou Erye and Liu Suniang also said that they had indeed received a lot of things from the old lady these days, including all kinds of spices and food...
Uncle Zhou became anxious and said frankly that they were indeed thinking about the money in the hands of Zhou Erye and Liu Suniang, but they did not want to take it away by force, they just wanted to borrow it!
These words are too pale and powerless.
Perhaps the Zhou family thought that family disgrace should not be made public, so no one made a fuss and they simply divided the property between the two brothers.
Mrs. Zhou's funeral was also held quietly. As soon as she was buried, Uncle Zhou and his family moved away.
The house was also put up for sale at a real estate agency.
This matter is settled.
Madam Wang whispered that Zhou Erye and Liu Suniang could have received a large sum of money, but the money was given to them to keep them quiet and not affect Mr. Zhou's future, but they refused to take it and only asked for an equal division of the property.
She also asked the couple, and they both said that they had eaten the wrong thing and were poisoned. As for the old lady's death, it was just because she was old and had no illness or disaster and passed away in her sleep, so it could be considered a happy funeral.
The couple took care of the seventh day and the hundredth day after that. Everyone in the town saw this and thought they were quite kind-hearted. They had suffered such a great injustice, but they were still covering up for the people who had hurt them. If this was not called benevolence and righteousness, then there would be no benevolent and righteous people in the world.
Wenxiang Pavilion’s business has also improved as a result.
But Boss Shen was very angry.
Tian Bajiao was not in a good mood either. She felt that she had been fooled.
She thought that Zhou Erye poisoned Liu Suniang to kill her, but it turned out that he did so to completely separate himself from the Zhou family.
As soon as Mrs. Zhou died, their conditions gradually improved.
What is this?
She now seriously suspected that Liu Suniang also knew about this. Otherwise, no matter how stupid a person was, she would not insist on hiring a doctor who could not cure her at all when her life was at stake, right?
Speaking of that doctor, Tian Bajiao was also very angry. One day when she went to buy vegetables, she saw with her own eyes that doctor and Zhou Erye sitting together drinking.
When Mr. Zhou saw her, he didn't shy away, but raised his glass and toasted her from a distance.
Perhaps Tian Bajiao had lived a comfortable life for too long and didn't want to cause trouble anymore, so he was so cowardly as to avoid him and run away.
I feel ashamed just thinking about it. I was such a coward that I ate an extra bowl of rice.
I only realized my worry when I looked in the mirror at night.
She had gained a lot of weight, her eyebrows and eyes had opened up, and the human skin mask was almost no longer suitable.
You can only make do with it.
Just make do with it, take it one day at a time, you'll have to leave sooner or later anyway.
Tian Bajiao sighed slowly, held his chin, and rubbed the flesh on his face sadly.
Really, she couldn't eat like this anymore.
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