Lu Ying reached out and picked up Zhou Ming, who continued to play dumb. Regardless of how ugly the faces of the couple in her arms were, she said to the stunned Fang Xiuli, "Do you want to go by yourself, or should I give you a ride?"
"I, I can walk by myself." Fang Xiuli was so scared that she quickly followed Lu Ying who was striding forward.
After Lu Ying got the three people into the elevator, the people hiding in the kitchen opened the sliding door and came out, including Ling Ran and Zhou's father.
Zhou Xiang had made arrangements in advance, not asking Ling Ran to accompany him, nor asking his father to show up, so as to prevent Zhou Ming from speaking. Zhou Ming was a self-righteous man who would not waste words with women, so Xia Cuilan took the lead in everything.
If there was a man around, she would definitely act like she was not well disciplined by her husband and father, just like when Zhou Kai cried as a child, he would beat her without asking why, because in his opinion, since a girl like her dared to make a boy cry, she needed to be disciplined.
Guo Jia's eyes were about to spit fire, "Miss Zhou."
Zhou Xiang laughed, "You! You still don't understand Xia Cuilan's personality. She is the cockroach that can't be killed. Zhou Kai inherited the rogue character from her. Don't worry, she will come again in the afternoon or tomorrow. No matter how much she makes trouble, she will eventually follow Zhou Kai's wishes. You just need to treat her as a monkey show, otherwise, you will be too angry.
By the way, Zhou Kai plans to rent a warehouse building as a wedding house. The only available one is the one that Zhou Weibin's family used to live in. It's a bit too big. 200 a month is the lowest price I offer him, including the furniture. The other smaller one is the one that Grandpa Ling used to live in, so it's not suitable for others to live in.
Zhou Kai said he asked his parents to pay for the furniture and appliances. Don't come over yet. Wait until I deal with Xia Cuilan and Zhou Ming.
Go back and discuss with Sister Guo how much betrothal gifts should be requested. Don't skip any of the necessary procedures for engagement. Extort a large sum of money from Xia Cuilan. If you want a house as your wedding home, you'll need to increase the betrothal gifts. In short, you must extort money from her ruthlessly, or she'll look down on you even more. In the eyes of a mother-in-law, a daughter-in-law you've spent so much money to marry needs to be well-maintained."
Because Zhou's place was demolished, Zhou wanted to temporarily arrange for Guo Xuehua to cook for the teacher, and by the way, to observe Xiao Qian nearby. Guo Yao always went to contact Xiao Qian, and the two of them exchanged glances, almost breaking the window paper.
Zhou Xiang's words made Guo Jia's anger disappear without a trace, and he couldn't help laughing. "Miss Zhou means that if you don't buy a house, you will ask for a high betrothal gift. If you buy a house, you will ask for a normal betrothal gift."
"Yes!" Zhou Xiang nodded. "Let's not discuss Zhou Kai's intention to rent a house from me first. Let's talk about the betrothal gift for those who have a house first, and then for those who don't. And the rent should also be included in Xia Cuilan's account. In short, use any excuse to increase the price."
After Guo Jia left, Zhou's father was furious. "With Zhou Kai's temper, many people in the town bet that Zhou Kai and Jia Jia would never be together. If they had seen Xia Cuilan act like that just now, they would probably take turns trying to persuade Guo Xuehua not to harm his daughter."
Zhou Xiang agreed, "Only Zhou Kai said he would come to work for me after retiring. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have persuaded Guo Jia to agree. It's under my nose, so I have to take care of it if I can see it."
Although she said this, Zhou Xiang actually knew that she still had feelings for this cousin who was beaten into submission by her and coaxed by her with food, clothing and other expenses. Especially after Zhou Kai's three views changed, she was willing to take better care of him.
In the afternoon, Xia Cuilan and Zhou Ming came again. When they entered the living room, Zhou Ming saw his father sitting there and said dissatisfiedly, "Second brother, you should also think about it. This is too unreasonable."
Father Zhou raised his eyelids slightly, "Why is my fourth daughter acting so unruly? Is she making too much money? Or is she helping her cousin?"
Zhou Ming choked, "She just bullies people by relying on her wealth."
"If you had a lot of money, I would bully you too. Didn't you bully me when you had no money but the old man loved you? I didn't say anything, did I?"
Father Zhou glanced coldly at his brother. "Fourth Brother raised your son for three years, hired someone to train him, and even had Ling Ran send him to a special team. You didn't even say a word of thanks. What gives you the right to say this?"
"You are my second brother, we are brothers, why do we need to be so hypocritical and polite as a family?"
Zhou Ming's rogue tone made Zhou Xiang feel that his judgment of people needed to be improved. For the first time in his two lifetimes, he knew that Zhou Kai's family of three all had rogue personalities. As for whether Xia Cuilan and Zhou Ming were just birds of a feather or birds of a feather, it was unknown.
Father Zhou laughed angrily, "Well, I've already split up my family, and we're short of money for the demolition and reconstruction of the food station. You can give some to my second brother. I've been feeling a bit embarrassed living with the fourth brother lately! Since we don't need to be polite, I'll stay with you for a while! Anyway, the old man's yard was divided into two buildings during the demolition and reconstruction, so let my second brother live in the unused one!"
As soon as Zhou's father started talking about money and houses, Zhou Ming's face turned ugly. "Second brother, there is absolutely no reason to ask the younger brother to subsidize the older brother."
"Is it reasonable for a cousin to raise a cousin whose parents are still alive?" Zhou's father refused to give in.
"It's my duty as a sister to help my brother." Zhou Ming felt no shame at all.
"Doesn't he have a father and a mother? If both his parents are dead, let alone this little help, even if I send him more, my fourth son would be willing to do it. Do you want to die first?"
"Hahahahahaha" Zhou Xiang couldn't help but burst out laughing. His father was so funny.
Zhou Ming's face was as dark as ink, "Second brother!"
"What's wrong? Am I wrong? Since you're still alive, you should raise your own son. Why are you pushing the blame on others? If you can't raise a son, don't give birth to him in the first place! If you did, he would have drowned!"
"Second brother," Xia Cuilan saw that her husband had been forced into silence by his second uncle, so she quickly tried to smooth things over. "Second brother, let's not talk about those useless things. The main thing is to talk about Zhou Kai's marriage."
"Hmph!" Father Zhou snorted coldly, "Did I say that first? If you dare say a word against my Fourth Brother again, I'll have you sent away."
"Yes, yes, yes," Xia Cuilan responded repeatedly, "Second brother is right, let's talk business."
The two old brothers turned their heads and looked away from each other. Zhou Xiang felt warm in her heart. Her father's protection just now warmed her heart, which had been cooling down recently.
"Since Third Aunt is going to talk business, let me first ask, what's the meaning of bringing such a young girl this morning?"
"Nothing," Xia Cuilan replied quickly, "it's just that my niece from my mother's side really admires you, and when she heard I was coming to the market town, she followed me."
"Oh?" Zhou Xiang raised his eyebrows. "How did your niece know you were coming to the town? Did she live in your house or did you go to inform her specifically? Or is your whereabouts completely known to someone else? You should know the dangers of Zhou Kai's work. You might harm him if you are not careful.
Besides, if others admire me and want to see me, should I let them see me?
Stop giving me excuses. If you don't like the person I introduced to you, just say so. Why bring a woman who thinks she is qualified to be your daughter-in-law to intimidate others?
Is your cousin still in the market town? Where did you arrange for her to go? You'd better not be so clever. You couldn't control your son before, and now you want to control his life? Don't make things worse.
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