Chapter 26 She didn't want to eavesdrop either.
Zhou Mujiao knew that eavesdropping was wrong, but the Zhao couple's actions were too unusual, so after thinking about it, she still sat down.
In the darkness, she pressed her back against the wall, listening to the sounds coming from inside the room.
Inside the room, Aunt Zhao turned over, making the bed creak. Uncle Zhao asked, "Xiuzhu, what's wrong?"
"Brother Zhao, you can really move your legs now?" Aunt Zhao's eyes widened.
In the darkness, Uncle Zhao moved both legs slightly: "My legs can move, and my toes can move too. In a few more days, I should be able to get out of bed. Then Yun Jing won't have to work so hard."
"Yes, now that we've both recovered, Yun Jing can finally relax a bit. These past years have really been tough on him."
"...We are sorry for him. From now on, we will cherish him more."
Aunt Zhao sat up, walked to the next bed in the dark, grabbed Uncle Zhao's hand, and patted the back of his hand repeatedly. Uncle Zhao knew that she had something on her mind, and asked, "Xiuzhu, is something on your mind? Is it because of Ajiao?"
"Yes, because of Gillian Chung."
Aunt Zhao said worriedly, "Ajiao is a good child, and a very lucky one at that. Our family has improved immediately since she came, and we're doing better every day. But I'm very uneasy. What if others find out her secret?"
She's just a young girl with a younger brother to care for. What would happen to her if someone harbored ill intentions? Even if the entire Zhao family did everything in its power, we might not be able to protect her.”
Uncle Zhao was silent for a while: "Let's take it one step at a time. We'll just say to outsiders that our family has had a change of fortune. We've told the kids to keep their names away from Ajiao and Xiaowu when they talk outside, so that no one gets suspicious."
"I know."
"Go to sleep."
There was no more movement in the west wing. Zhou Mujiao sat in the darkness for a while and then quietly returned to her room.
The next day, Zhou Mujiao was awakened by a commotion.
As dawn broke outside, Shiba sat up groggily, rubbing her eyes: "Sister, is it light yet?"
Zhou Mujiao gently pressed the girl back into bed and kissed her forehead: "It's not dawn yet, it's still early, Shiba, sleep a little longer."
Aunt Zhao and the sixth and ninth days of the lunar month had both gotten up, and even Xiao Wu was sitting on a bamboo chair rubbing his eyes. Zhou Mujiao opened the door, and Xiao Wu rushed over: "Sister, hurry back to your room! There are bad people outside!"
On the sixth and ninth days of the lunar month, they rushed over, saying, "Sister, go back quickly! Wait until Big Brother beats up the bad guys before you come out!"
It was so noisy outside, with so many voices, that it was hard to tell who was saying what. So Zhou Mujiao asked Aunt Zhao, "Auntie, who's outside? What's going on?"
Aunt Zhao patted her hand: "It's those uncles and elders from the sixth day of the lunar month. They come over every now and then to say a few words. It's okay, go back to your room and get some more sleep. Yun Jing and I will handle it."
Just as Zhou Mujiao was about to speak, a shrill shout came from outside: "Zhao Dahai! Yang Xiuzhu! I know you're awake. Stop hiding inside pretending to be dead! Pay up right now!"
“Aunt, we paid back the one tael of silver we owed your family a few years ago.” Zhao Yunjing’s voice was cold and deep. “If you don’t remember, I can show you the written agreement. It’s written clearly in black and white, and it even has your fingerprint on it.”
"What written agreement? What fingerprints?! I don't know what you're talking about! None of my family members can read, how are we supposed to know what you wrote? Even if there are fingerprints, they're just for you to extort us from us! They don't count!"
Aunt Li, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, had five older and younger brothers. She was strong and capable, very confident, but extremely selfish and mean. Back then, it was she who sent her five older and younger brothers over to force Uncle Zhao's family to separate from the Zhao family and successfully take over two rooms in Uncle Zhao's house.
As for that one or two taels of silver, it was borrowed by Uncle Zhao when Aunt Zhao fell seriously ill. He knelt for two days and two nights, enduring all sorts of scorn and curses, before finally getting the money. It was paid off five years ago. Therefore, Li is clearly just being unreasonable today!
Aunt Zhao was so angry that her face turned pale. On the sixth and ninth days of the lunar month, she grabbed a wooden stick and rushed out in a rage. Zhou Mujiao grabbed her and said, "Xiao Wu, take your brother and younger brother back to their room and stay there. Don't come out no matter what noise you hear, understand?"
"Sister, we have to fight the bad guys! We can't let them bully Big Brother!" Chu Liu's face was ashen. "Chu Liu will kill the bad guys!"
"On the sixth and ninth days of the lunar month, do you think my sister is amazing?"
Without hesitation, the two exclaimed, "Amazing!"
"Since you're so capable, you can definitely take care of bad guys. Listen to me, go back to your room."
After coaxing the three children back to their room, Zhou Mujiao went back to the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and headed out. Aunt Zhao stopped her, saying, "Ajiao, you go back to your room too. This is a family matter for the Zhao family, you—"
"So, Auntie, you're treating Ah Jiao like an outsider? Fine then, once you've dealt with them, Xiao Wu and I will leave."
"Ah Jiao, that's not what I meant, I just—"
"It's good that it wasn't meant that way."
As Zhou Mujiao spoke, she opened the door, her face tense, and brandished the knife in her hand.
Li only felt a flash of cold light before her eyes, and her neck instantly felt cold. She subconsciously touched her neck, then her head, and found that her head and body were still connected. She breathed a sigh of relief and yelled at Zhou Mujiao, "Who are you?! You dare to draw your knife against me? Believe me or not—ah!"
Aunt Zhao grabbed Li's hair and pulled hard. Li didn't expect that Aunt Zhao, who was usually so quiet and gentle, would dare to lay a hand on her. Caught off guard, she cried out in pain. But even so, she didn't forget the purpose of her visit: "...What are you still standing there for? Go inside and get the money!"
Zhou Mujiao brandished her sword and sneered, "Even if you have millions of riches in this world, we'll see if you have the life to take them and the life to spend them!"
Uncle Zhao waved his hand, and four or five young men rushed over. Zhou Mujiao didn't move, and sneered: "Don't say I didn't warn you, watch your step! Don't fall flat on your face!"
She sheathed the knife and pulled Aunt Zhao inside the door.
Thump! A young man fell flat on his face, and the people behind him followed suit, piling up like a human pyramid. The one at the bottom rolled his eyes back on the spot!
Zhao Yunjing blocked the door with his body, looking wary. Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao, and Uncle Zhao, ...
Zhou Mujiao said quietly, "Why are you bowing to us so deeply? It's so embarrassing. Brother Zhao, please help your uncles up."
Uncle Zhao had already gotten up, but when Zhao Yunjing took a step forward, he was kicked as if he had been kicked and fell back down.
He lay down right next to Zhao Yun Jing's feet, his face almost touching Zhao Yun Jing's shoes!
Zhao Yunjing was stunned. His uncle was going to lick his shoes?!
He quickly bent down and said, "Uncle, Second Uncle, let me help you up."
As soon as he stretched out his hand, his uncles and aunts cried out in pain as if they had been brutally beaten. They didn't care about their sons and nephews anymore and scrambled to their feet and ran away.
Who said Zhao Yun Jing isn't unlucky? He's not just unlucky, he's even more unlucky. Usually, it's just him who's unlucky, but now it's those who get close to him who suffer!
Zhao Yunjing isn't just unlucky, he's a jinx!
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