Chapter 128 The Final Ending 1◇
◎Jinjiang exclusive◎
In this way, Zhou Wangzu and his companions had been living in Zhou Jin's house, acting tyrannically for about two months... They had completely lost track of who they were and had become completely arrogant...
Zhou Zhu, despite receiving the special study funds Zhou Jin had provided him, not only did he not study diligently, but instead he spent his days taking the two servants assigned to him by Nanny Yang to attend poetry gatherings and drinking parties, all in the name of exchanging knowledge and drinking and having fun...
The brothers Zhou Wangzu and Zhou Wangye also showed their true colors. They were addicted to wine and women all day long. They visited almost all the brothels and bars in Kyoto. When Zhou Jin didn't give them money, they stole the furnishings in the house and sold them. If that didn't work, they went to beg Feng for money.
Although Feng was in charge of the household now, the money in the mansion was managed by the accountant, so she couldn't use it directly.
But she could use it indirectly. She had been making a lot of jewelry for herself these days. If she took any piece of jewelry out, she could get dozens of taels in return...
Now, the jewelry that Feng has collected is worth at least a thousand taels. Now that she has money, she is not as stingy as before when her sons ask for it. She will give them some money, no matter how much!
Of course, it's just a small amount! She still wants to keep the big one for herself!
Ever since Feng once took her eldest daughter-in-law, Sun, to a banquet hosted by Zhou Jin's colleagues on behalf of Zhou Jin and his wife...
After seeing the wealthy ladies ordering their servants around and hearing the servants flatter her by calling her "Old Madam," she immediately became enthusiastic about attending the banquet...
Even her housekeeping duties weren't that attentive anymore. She'd spend all day dragging her eldest daughter-in-law along to figure out what clothes and jewelry to wear next time she went to a banquet like this, so she could stand out from the crowd and stand out...
Little did they know that their ignorant, upstart faces had long been regarded as a joke by those ladies from famous families! They just didn't show it for the sake of Zhou Jin and his wife!
An old lady who knew Madam Yang and was Mu Qingni's elder saw that everyone was looking at the Feng mother-in-law and daughter-in-law like monkeys, and she was kind-hearted. She privately called Madam Yang, who was following them, over and advised:
"Even if these two are the old ladies in your house, Auntie, you should tell Qingni not to indulge them blindly. If they come out to embarrass themselves, won't they also bring shame to the people in your house?!"
Nanny Yang was just waiting for someone to say this. Upon hearing it, she immediately sighed and told the old lady all about how Mr. Zhou and his wife had oppressed and persecuted Zheng's mother and the others in the past, and how they were now using filial piety to bully others in the mansion...
"Alas! You always don't know! Whenever something doesn't go your way, this old lady will immediately start crying out in grievance and trying to commit suicide. She's so difficult to deal with!
Seeing that our wife had remarried, she immediately forced our uncle to let her manage the household! Not only that, she also forced our uncle to take over the two uncles' families who had already separated and support them with money!
Our son-in-law is a filial son. He thought that he was a family member after all, and as the saying goes, even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected... so he agreed to this person!
Our young lady was already impatient with these inner-house affairs and was very busy all day, so she didn't argue with her about the right to be the housekeeper...
They both thought, with only seven or eight more people, the monthly expenses would only be an extra 40 or 50 taels...
Who would have thought that since this housekeeper came in, the monthly expenses would have increased by over 500 taels compared to when my wife was the housekeeper before!!…"
"Oh my god! Even if I eat ginseng and bird's nest every day, it wouldn't cost that much!!"
The old lady was shocked when she heard this and said, there are more than 300 people in their house, including masters and servants, and the monthly expenditure on food is only about 100 taels!
"Oh! Isn't it?!" Madam Yang sighed again.
"Our uncle also said that the expenses were too high and he didn't want her to be in charge anymore. But when he didn't let her manage the household, she started to make trouble and threatened that if she wasn't allowed to manage the household, she and her husband would go to the Dali Temple to sue our uncle for disobedience! Sigh!"
Nanny Yang said with a worried look on her face:
"We in Dayan place great importance on filial piety. If they really do sue us, our son-in-law won't be able to explain himself! We have no choice but to ask our daughter to use her dowry to make up for it!"
"Alas! The Zheng family kid is so pitiful, he actually has to deal with such a shameless pair of grandparents!"
The old lady cursed when she heard this:
"Which of the elders in other families doesn't protect the younger ones and hope for their advancement? Even if they get mad at them, they swallow it. But they're just the opposite. They finally have a promising grandson, but they only think about holding him back!"
"Oh! Who says it's not true?" Madam Yang sighed again! "If they had a bit of your wisdom, they would never do such a thing!"
After this conversation, word of Mr. Zhou and his companions' evil deeds spread among the wives of the other families. Whenever the Feng mother-in-law and daughter-in-law attended banquets again, the people looked at them with not only disdain but disgust and avoided them like the very plague...
They feel sick just talking to such shameless ungrateful people!
One or two people who didn't understand what was going on wanted to greet the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, but they were pulled aside by their friends and told her the gossip about the Zhou family that they had heard from others...
After hearing this, those people immediately hid far away...
But the Fengs, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, knew nothing about this. They were just a little puzzled. Why were there so few posts inviting Zhou Jin and his wife to a banquet recently?! Even if there were, they only invited Zhou Jin alone!
They didn’t even have the chance to show off their new jewelry and clothes!
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Feng and others were so immersed in the beautiful dream that they would rely on Zhou Jin and his wife for a lifetime of wealth and glory that they couldn't extricate themselves. Two months passed in the blink of an eye!
Mr. Zhou’s injury has also completely healed.
As soon as his injury healed, Mr. Zhou left the house in a hurry and exchanged all the things he had accumulated in the past few days for silver at the pawn shop.
In the past two months, he had come to realize that since Feng Shi’s old woman came to power, she no longer took him, the head of the family, seriously.
Now, not only will she not discuss anything with him, she won't even let him know how many good things she has embezzled. She only cares about having fun every day and has no patience to care about him anymore...
Therefore, these days, Mr. Zhou has been holding his breath, wanting to quickly convert everything he has into silver so that he can do some business. When he makes money, he can deal with Feng's family!
That day, he took Zhou Zhu with him and pawned his belongings for more than 700 taels of silver. At night, he was lying on the kang thinking about what business to start to make money quickly.
Suddenly, their house was surrounded by Zhou Dahu and a dozen of his family soldiers!
Afterwards, Zhou Wangzu and his wife, along with their son Zhou Zhu, Zhou Wangye and his son Zhou Huan, were all tied up while they were sleeping by Grasshopper and his men, and thrown into the house of Grandpa Zhou and his wife like dead pigs.
The couple was shocked and just as they were about to ask what was going on, Zhou Jin walked in leisurely with a smile on his face!
"Brother Jin, what do you mean?!" Before Mr. Zhou could even open his mouth, Feng asked with a dark face.
"What do you mean? Of course I'm fed up with you greedy bastards!" Zhou Jin sneered.
"I told you at the time that you could let me support you, but if you go too far, I will not let you off easily!
But look at what you've been doing lately? In just two months, how much stuff have you guys hidden away in my house?!
Do you think I'm a money-maker?! You've spent all the money in the accounting office and left nothing?! You've forced me to lower my face and borrow money from my wife?!
It’s gotten to the point where I feel ashamed when I see my wife now!
Do you know how I managed to marry such a great wife? ! She's capable, rich, and beautiful!
You actually made me angry with me, tell me, how could I possibly let you go?!"
Zhou Jin cursed at Mr. Zhou and his group with a sneer in his eyes. Without waiting for them to speak, he ordered Zhou Dahu beside him:
"Go and take out whatever's left from them! Then keep watch over this yard! Don't let anyone out!"
After giving the order, he turned and left, with no intention of listening to what Mr. Zhou and the others said.
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Afterwards, Zhou Dahu brought people to search under everyone's noses. Whether it was the more than 700 taels of silver that Mr. Zhou had just pawned, or the jewelry hidden by Feng and others, they were all found and taken away!
They also emptied out the entire Jiale Hall of things and furnishings. Apart from the clothes that had been checked several times, not even bedding was left for each person.
Then the entire Jiale Hall was watched by Zhou Dahu and Ma Cao.
Apart from a few maids who came on time every day to bring them meals, clean the toilets, etc., no one else came!
It's just food, there are no other types, only two things: stewed meat and rice!
After locking everyone up like this for a few days, Feng and the others could no longer bear it. They asked to see Zhou Jin but were not allowed to see him, so they could only complain to each other.
He was saying things like, "You're the one who pissed him off by spending too much! If you hadn't moved in, he wouldn't have treated us like this!" He was saying, "You're the one who's ruined my bright future by being so greedy."
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That day, the two maids came to clean the toilet as usual. Perhaps seeing no one around, they started complaining...
"Tsk tsk, this is too much!"
A woman covered her nose with a handkerchief and said with disgust, "Alas! When will this crappy job be over?"
"Just bear with it for a while. Grasshopper told me privately that he'll kill those two old men in a few days, and then we'll be free!"
After hearing this, the other old woman looked around and then whispered to the first old woman.
"Really?!" The old woman was surprised and wanted to ask a few more questions.
But the second woman was afraid of being overheard, so she stopped her from saying anything else and took her out with the two toilets...
After they left, Feng, who was thinking about going to the bathroom, came out from the shadows nearby with weak legs...
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"Old man! We must find a way to escape. That little bastard wants to kill us!" Feng said to Mr. Zhou in a trembling voice.
Old Master Zhou was also very scared after hearing what Feng said, but there were people watching outside the yard all the time, so even if they wanted to escape, they couldn't!
At this moment, Zhou Huan, who had been invisible these days, suddenly stood up and said,
"I've observed these days that there's only one old woman guarding the corner gate at the back of this courtyard. If we pry open the gate and knock her unconscious, maybe we can escape!"
"You're talking nonsense! That old woman is watching outside the door. As soon as we pry it open, she'll hear it and report it. How can we knock her out then?"
Zhou Zhu on the side immediately scolded him.
"Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't do it!"
Zhou Huan immediately retorted after hearing this:
"I'm not like you. I have no skills at all. All I do is hold a book and act like a real person!"
"you!…"
"Alright, stop arguing," Mr. Zhou stopped him and said to Zhou Huan,
"What can you do?! Just tell me straight up! Why all that nonsense!"
"If I say yes, Grandfather must first promise me that if you go out and get silver again, you must give me one thousand taels!"
Zhou Huan immediately put forward a condition, saying that if his grandfather left, he would definitely go to the Dali Temple to sue Zhou Jin, so as to threaten him for benefits...
Mr. Zhou naturally didn't want to give it to him, but at this time he could only agree to it...
Ever since Zhou Huan moved in, he'd been worried about Zhou Jin, especially after learning that he'd been forced to give up his stewardship...
Zhou Huan, who had been tricked by Zhou Jin several times, no longer believed that Zhou Jin was willing to be coerced. He thought that Zhou Jin would definitely have a trick up his sleeve, so he secretly bought a lot of poison powder, poison, knockout drugs, etc. from all kinds of people, and hid them in his underwear. He sewed a pocket there to put these things.
At this time, he turned around and took out a packet of knockout drugs... and said proudly,
"Just a little bit of this medicine will make someone faint! Then we can just sprinkle a little bit on that old woman through the crack in the door..."
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