Chapter 453 Is Aunt Zhou's identity discovered?
Looking at the unfamiliar old woman in front of her, Aunt Zhou couldn't remember her for a moment.
However, she quickly realized that the old woman must be from the Chen family, because she was calling out Chen Yue'e's name.
Chen Yue'e was the woman that Zhou Da Niang impersonated.
The two met on their way to Cheng'an County. Chen Yue'e traveled with her and told her many things about herself. Just as they were about to reach Cheng'an County, Chen Yue'e fell ill and died.
Aunt Zhou then impersonated Chen Yue'e and came to Changliu Village in Cheng'an County.
In the eyes of the people of Changliu Village, she is Chen Yue'e.
When Granny Zhou saw that she didn't recognize her as the fake Chen Yue'e, she guessed that because the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, she no longer remembered what Chen Yue'e looked like. So she smiled and said, "Granny, what brings you here?"
Granny Ma smiled and said, "I came here to find you. Have you forgotten that when your mother-in-law bullied you in the capital, it was I who helped you and gave you food so you could survive?"
Chen Yue'e was a child bride in the capital, which means that Granny Ma met Chen Yue'e when she was a child, which is why she couldn't recognize her.
Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "Granny, what brings you here?"
Granny Ma glanced into the room, but didn't reply. Instead, she asked, "I heard that your eldest son is the magistrate of Cheng'an County."
Aunt Zhou nodded. "That's right."
Granny Ma's face immediately lit up with joy. "That's wonderful! Don't forget, your mother-in-law promised me."
After thinking for a moment, Aunt Zhou simply asked, "What did my mother-in-law promise you?"
Granny Ma's face immediately darkened. "Your mother-in-law said that as long as your son grows up safely, he will marry my granddaughter."
Aunt Zhou's face also darkened. She glanced into the house and, seeing that Du Wanchun wasn't there, said very rudely, "My mother-in-law is my mother-in-law, and my son is my son. Who he wants to marry is up to him!"
Granny Ma never expected that Chen Yue'e, who used to be so gentle, would suddenly become so fierce.
She quickly suppressed her arrogance and softened her tone, saying, "I already knew that Magistrate Zhou was married when I came here, but your eldest grandson is not yet married, right? Why don't you arrange a marriage between my granddaughter and my granddaughter, and they can get married when they grow up?"
Aunt Zhou's eyes widened as she listened. It was the first time she had ever seen such a shameless person who actually set her sights on her eldest grandson.
Her eldest grandson is only three or four years old.
As she was thinking, Granny Ma suddenly smiled and said, "I know your grandson is still young, and my granddaughter is not old either, only thirteen or fourteen years old. In ten years, when your grandson is thirteen or fourteen, my granddaughter will be in her twenties, and it will be just right for them to get married."
"Although my granddaughter is a bit older, she's very caring."
Aunt Zhou didn't want to listen to her nonsense and said bluntly, "Granny, I'll call you that one more time for the sake of our past relationship, but if you keep talking nonsense, I'll kick you out."
Granny Ma's face darkened instantly. "This is outrageous! Now that she's the magistrate's mother, things are different. She speaks to me so rudely. She's truly ungrateful."
As she spoke, she took out a tattered piece of paper and said, "I don't care, these were all written by your mother-in-law back then. If she won't let your eldest grandson marry my granddaughter, she'll let your son marry her!"
"What? You want your granddaughter to come to our house as a concubine?" Aunt Zhou said without any politeness.
Granny Ma's face darkened again. She had come to curry favor with the Zhou family, but she never intended for her granddaughter to become a concubine. Otherwise, she wouldn't have set her sights on Granny Zhou's grandson.
Noticing something amiss in her expression, Aunt Zhou continued, "If you want to be a concubine, sign a contract of servitude, register as a slave at the government office, and work like a beast of burden in our household!"
Granny Ma was speechless for a moment, and the contract she was holding suddenly felt like it was burning her hand.
Aunt Zhou didn't want to waste any more words with her, so she simply kicked her out.
When Granny Ma was driven out of the Zhou residence, she stood at the gate for a long time.
Her granddaughter had become a mistress in the capital, but was beaten by the first wife and left on the street. She estimated that it would be difficult for her to find a good family to marry into again, so she thought of the Zhou family.
But she never expected the Zhou family to kick her out like that.
She stood at the door for a long time, feeling that something was wrong.
"Wait a minute, I remember Yue'e had a mole on her face, where did it go?"
Granny Ma muttered to herself.
"Who are you looking for, old woman?"
A woman's voice slowly drifted over, and Granny Ma slowly looked up.
She was stunned for a moment when she saw the outstanding-looking woman in front of her.
Du Wanchun smiled at her and asked, "Granny, who are you looking for?"
Granny Ma looked her over and, noticing that she was pregnant, immediately guessed that she was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhou family.
Without any hesitation, she took out the contract and repeated what she had just said to Aunt Zhou.
Du Wanchun was not angry. She took the contract and looked at it, saying, "What the nanny said is right. It is indeed clearly written in this contract that our Zhou family must fulfill this marriage agreement."
Granny Ma was overjoyed, "Young lady is so sensible, unlike that Chen Yue'e who just kicked me out."
Du Wanchun smiled, "However, there's something you might not know, Granny."
Granny Ma asked with a smile, "What is it?"
Du Wanchun continued, "This contract is in the name of the eldest son of the Zhou family, but the eldest son of the Zhou family has been dead for a long time. Do you want your granddaughter to be married off in a ghost marriage?"
"Wh...what? Dead?" Granny Ma's eyes widened, and she began to stammer.
"Isn't he the magistrate of Cheng'an County now?"
Du Wanchun smiled slowly and said, "That's the second son of the Zhou family."
Granny Ma had not been in contact with the Zhou family for a long time. Chen Yue'e and Zhou Ma Fu's family had long since died, and Granny Ma did not know exactly how many people were in the family.
Moreover, Chen Yue'e's eldest son is indeed a few years older than Zhou Ruiyuan.
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