jdhmnovel Chapter 257 The Biggest Beneficiary
Chapter 257 The Biggest Beneficiary
Chen's face was full of the words "you're crazy".
"Mrs. Zhou is so miserable. She is now an orphan and a widow. Zhou Tianfu has taken away all the valuables. The things in the Zhou Mansion have also been sealed by the government. I heard that she only has her dowry left."
"Yes, I heard that the county magistrate will take back this house in the future."
Su He took a sip of milk tea and told the two of them his analysis.
"Did she have any benefit when Zhou Tianfu was around? Her daughter has become an old maid and has not yet married. Her son can't marry into a wealthy family and can only marry the daughter of a landlord. Doesn't she hate him? Besides, this Xiang Yi Niang is so arrogant. She is a concubine. How dare she go against the mistress like this? Isn't it because Zhou Tianfu is backing her up?"
"Now that these two people are dead, should she be more at peace? Who dares to make her angry now? No one, right?"
Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang were confused for a moment, then nodded hesitantly, as if there was nothing wrong with this.
"If it were me, I would definitely take my children and move to another place to settle down and start a new life. It would also be easier for my daughter to get married."
"Besides, as for the dowry, maybe she had to contribute a lot in the past. What about now? She sold the extra servants and lived a quiet life behind closed doors. The money she had was also used for her children. How could she be pitiful? I think her comfortable days have just begun."
Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang were stunned when they heard this. How ridiculous! Mrs. Zhou's husband died and most of her family wealth was lost, but her life was better than before.
When Chen heard Su He mention the dowry, she remembered the gossip she had heard before.
"Now that you mention it, I remember that some people said that Zhou Tianfu was very poor in his early years. He was a widower with a son and a daughter. It was He Huiru's biological father who didn't despise him and even gave him a large dowry to marry his daughter to him. He therefore had the money to buy a boat and go out to make a living. That's how the Zhou family rose to prominence."
Mother Zhang suddenly realized and clapped her hands excitedly, "That's right, Mrs. Zhou is indeed the most suspicious person."
"But how did she, a weak woman, kill two people? Zhou Tianfu is quite a big man."
Su He spread her hands. She couldn't think of anything. It had nothing to do with her anyway, and the dead deserved to die. She decided not to bother thinking about it.
Zhoufu
At this time, the door of Zhou's mansion was wide open. After a while, several pawnbrokers escorted a group of people away with smiles. Zhou Chuchu stood in the corner and watched those arrogant servants being taken away like drowned dogs. She felt relieved.
"Mom, I don't want to live here anymore. Let's buy a small house."
Zhou Chuchu ran back to the flower hall to find her mother. The garden was still as beautiful as ever, and it was even more peaceful than before.
At this time, He Huiru had already changed her clothes and was leisurely counting silver. After dealing with this group of evil slaves, she collected a total of 38,200 taels of silver.
Selling the servants brought in more than 1,000 taels of silver, and the rest was found in the servants' rooms, especially Manager Zhou, who had been running around with Zhou Tianfu for years and had made a lot of money. She originally thought that the 30,000 taels of silver she had found was the maximum, but she didn't expect that he had bought two farms and 200 acres of land outside.
Haha, it seems that she is the poorest person in the entire Zhou family.
Now, all of these are in her hands, and she has to take action in the next two days.
"Chu Chu, don't worry, we won't be staying here anymore in a few days. We will leave Guangyuan together."
Leaving Guangyuan?
Zhou Chuchu was shocked. She grew up here and this was her home. Why should she leave?
"Mom, that's not what I meant. I just don't want to live here. How about we buy a small house?"
Zhou Chuchu hugged her mother and acted coquettishly, she didn’t want to leave.
"Chu Chu, your father has a bad reputation. You won't be able to find a good family. Besides, your grandmother and the others are not good people. Once they get the news, it will be difficult for us to leave. I will deal with a batch of farms in the next two days, and then we can leave."
Zhou Chuchu thought of her grandmother and shrank subconsciously. When she was a child, her grandmother always said that she was a money-loser and often pinched her when no one was paying attention. The servants saw it but did nothing. In the end, it was her own mother who discovered it when she was giving her a bath.
"Then let's go tomorrow, Mom. I'll go talk to my brother."
Zhou Chuchu was thinking about informing her brother, who was still living in the outer courtyard. He, his sister-in-law, and his two nephews didn't know about it.
"Chu Chu, you don't have to go. Your brother won't go with us."
He Huiru looked at her daughter's puzzled eyes and sighed.
"Chu Chu, now that our family is in this state, I will tell you the truth. Your brother was not born by mother. He was born by my former maid who came with me as a dowry. I had been childless for three years after I got married, and I had difficulty giving birth to you in the fourth year. I was injured and the doctor said it would be difficult to get pregnant again. Your grandmother threatened me that if I didn't recognize Mingde, the Zhou family would not recognize you. I hated it in my heart. I could have divorced at that time, but most of my dowry was taken by your father. With his temper, not only would he not return it to me, he might also take away the rest of my dowry. So I had no choice but to grit my teeth and recognize it."
Zhou Chuchu covered her mouth and cried. No wonder her mother didn't care about her brother's marriage and let him marry the daughter of a landlord. It turned out that her brother was not her biological daughter.
"Why does Daddy treat us like this? Is it just because I'm a daughter?"
He Huiru shook her head. "No, Chuchu, it's not your fault. He doesn't love anyone but himself. Don't look at the fact that Xiang Yi Niang has been favored in the past two years. There will be Hua Yi Niang and Mei Yi Niang in the future. No one will last long."
"I have tolerated your father and his people for so many years, all hoping that you would have a good ending. I don't care about all this. But look at what kind of person your father is. The money he used to start his business was from the money I sold my dowry. You silly girl, you are the only one who still misses Zhou Mingde. He probably knew it a long time ago. Don't you feel that he has become more distant from you?"
"I, I just thought my brother was married and had to take care of his own family. I never expected it to be like this."
Zhou Chuchu was very well protected by her mother. She naively thought that her brother was just too busy. Besides, both of them were old and they should avoid suspicion. She never expected that her brother was actually born to a concubine.
"Your father has also suffered retribution. After so many years, the only surviving descendants are Mingde and you. Your grandmother has been praying to Buddha in her hometown all day long, spending a lot of money on incense, but there is no effect."
"Chu Chu, you have to remember this. When you get married, don't expect a man to treat you well for the rest of his life. It's good enough if he can remember it for two or three years."
He Huiru's life is like this and she accepts her fate, but her daughter must be happy for the rest of her life and no one can stop her.
"Just stay with mom for the next two days and don't go anywhere. If your brother comes looking for you, don't pay any attention to him. I have done my best for him."
The mother and daughter were whispering in the house when a figure sneaked away outside.
Zhao Mansion
Chen was telling Su He that the magistrate had invited wealthy families in the city to go to the Chen Mansion to take advantage of the situation.
"Zhou Tianfu has three ships, and they just brought in a lot of good stuff. I heard there are more than a dozen boxes of gems alone, and there are also those peep shows and telescopes. Usually, it costs hundreds of taels to buy one, but I heard that they will all be sold at a low price this time, so there will be a lot of people going tomorrow. The second son will go too, and I will take Mother Zhang to join in the fun. Lotus, do you want to go?"