Chapter 139 Moving back the dowry
Zhou Xuan used to be informal and didn't care much about these things, but it was obvious that the Zhou family's evil star was different.
"Can Shen Jianshen wait at home?" Zhou Zhao asked again.
The housekeeper smiled coquettishly, his face a little more flattering: "My husband has gone on errands at the moment and is not at home."
Zhou Zhao frowned when he heard this. Shen Jianshen was indecisive when it came to things, and it was clear that he was going to be a coward and use the "drag" technique.
"You go and call Shen Jianshen back now. If he has not returned home before the dowry is counted, we will not give up the divorce letter and give him a divorce letter."
The housekeeper's pupils shrank suddenly and he stammered, "This, this, this..."
However, Zhou Zhao no longer gave him a chance to speak. The four siblings entered directly through the gate and then went straight to the courtyard where Zhou Xuan lived.
From a distance, I heard a quarrel coming from there. It was the voice of Bai Ling, the maid next to Zhou Xuan.
"My girl said, let us count the dowry, but the old lady came and blocked it. What does this mean?"
Mrs. Shen was in the courtyard. Zhou Zhao and Zhou Wan both looked at Zhou Xuan at the same time. Seeing that she looked bad, they couldn't help but feel angry.
"Your girl is probably going to be in a state of anger. She wants to reconcile? If she and Zhou Xuan reconcile, how can she find a noble family like our Shen family? She can't bear to part with it. You guys Put your things down and put them all back for me.”
Seeing Bai Ling's silence, Mrs. Shen's arrogance became even more arrogant.
"You maidservant, why are you so blind? When your girl comes back, she will make trouble with you. Maybe she will be annoyed that you didn't leave a step for her. After all, she has been married into our Shen family for so many years, and she has been living in vain. Drinking for nothing, I haven’t left a queen for my son...
Except for us who know each other deeply and are kindhearted, who can bear it? If the Zhou family were sensible and polite, they should take the initiative to take concubines for my son. ”
Zhou Xuan listened, standing there with his hands clenched into fists, frozen in place.
Seeing this, Zhou Zhao kicked the courtyard door directly. The door collapsed suddenly. Mrs. Shen felt the noise and turned around suddenly. The rising dust directly covered his face. She covered her mouth and coughed desperately. got up.
"With such a loud tone, it's no wonder that the ancestral graves of your Shen family can't smoke, and you have to blow them out."
Zhou Zhao said, walked into the house and looked at Bai Ling, "Check the dowry list carefully, you can't miss a rich man or a rag man. This is a woman's private property. My sister married into Shen Family, these properties also belong to Zhou.”
Mrs. Shen coughed a few words, obviously not expecting Zhou Xuan to actually come back and leave today.
Hearing Zhou Zhao's words, she instantly became excited, "What do you mean by that? This is not Tingwei Temple. Even if you are an official, you cannot be unreasonable. Has your sister not had to eat or wear clothes for so many years? Why? Maybe there is no need for a big boy or a bad guy?”
Zhou Zhao heard this and sneered, "Didn't I just say that my sister was eating and drinking at your house for free? Since she was eating from your Shen family and using your Shen family's food, didn't all her dowry go unused? Since she hasn’t used it, if it’s missing, it was stolen by someone.”
Mrs. Shen's mind was buzzing, "I, I, I...I'm going to Tingwei Temple to sue you, you are robbing me openly!"
Hearing this, Zhou Xuan, who was standing in front of the courtyard gate, couldn't bear it anymore and rushed in. She stood angrily in front of Mrs. Shen.
Her eyes widened, her eyebrows stood upside down, and her eyes were filled with blazing anger, "From the first day I, Zhou Xuan, came in, I told you that if you force yourself in front of me, I respect you as Shen Jianshen. Mother, I am not as knowledgeable as you are.
But if you dare to bully my sister, don't blame me for not caring about my feelings. I have been in the Shen family for so many years, and I respect my parents-in-law above all others and love my younger siblings below. I originally wanted to get together with Shen Jianshen, but you guys refused to let me go, so let's talk separately. ”
As Zhou Xuan spoke, he took off the riding whip from his waist and swung it toward the ground. The whip struck the ground, leaving a deep mark. "Your family is arty and ignorant of common affairs. It sounds like the Shen family is a scholarly family and a new member of the court, but in fact, the outside of the oriole's shit is bright and the house is hollow. My father-in-law likes to collect strange stones, my mother-in-law likes jade, and Shen Jianshen collects seals and seals at home. The other brothers and sisters each have their own elegance.
Where is the elegance? Don’t buy it with gold and silver that you despise? It is said that your Shen family's wine is the best in the capital, and you can make a lot of money from it. Think about it with your conscience in mind: when I first came in, was that restaurant all going to be sold out? ”
Zhou Xuan clenched his fists and said, "Except for not giving birth to a boy and a girl for Shen Jianshen, as the wife of the Shen family, I, Zhou Xuan, am worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and worthy of the ancestors of the Shen family.
Have I told you in front of you on weekdays? Nine out of ten old ladies in the capital look down upon you, because your face will fall off when you talk, and they are afraid that you will poison the whole table with arsenic. ”
Mrs. Shen covered her face in disbelief, "You, you, you... what did you say?"
Zhou Xuan smiled cheerfully, "I wanted to say it a long time ago, but because of Shen Jianshen. And my father-in-law, people outside laughed at him for being a fool. The last time he spent a lot of money to buy a strange stone, someone actually bought it from Dongshui. It’s free to pick it up on the side.”
Mrs. Shen's eyes darkened and she almost fainted.
While Zhou Xuan was talking, Zhou Wan had already begun to take the dowry list one by one. Zhou Chengan lowered his head and directed Zhou Xuan's dowry without saying a word, loading the dowries into the car one by one.
Zhou Wan watched silently, her eyes turning to Zhou Chengan, "Brother Chengan, there is a jade screen in this dowry list that was snatched away by the old lady of the Shen family. I want to get it back, but I'm afraid... Brother Chengan, you are my uncle, can you..."
After listening to Zhou Wan's words, Zhou Zhao turned his head away and started again.
Zhou Chengan is as timid as a quail...
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Before Zhou Zhao finished thinking, he saw Zhou Chengan standing up straight and replied firmly, "I'll go!"
He said, pursed his lips, and walked towards the door. As he walked, he bumped into Shen Jianshen. His eye sockets were sunken, his hair was messy, his beard had grown stubble all night, and the corners of his mouth were wrinkled. Bubbles.
He didn't know how long he stood in front of the door. When Zhou Xuan looked at him, Shen Jianshen's eyes lit up.
"Jian Shen, you came back just in time. Zhou Xuan wants to reconcile. Why should he not miss a single cent of the dowry list? This is an obvious robbery! Write her a letter of divorce immediately. The Zhou family has long been in ruins. What will you rely on in the future? The few petty officials at Tingwei Temple, or the unpopular princess?”
Shen Jianshen's eyes dimmed again.
After a long time, he raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Xuan, "I will write a divorce letter for you, and you will take away the dowry. If there is anything missing, you can make up for it from my private treasury. My grandma likes that square jade screen. Can it be converted into money..."
Zhou Xuan smiled self-deprecatingly, "No. Whatever was used in the dowry, was used. So that no one will say that I am eating and drinking at your house for free. But it is mine, and I will take it all away. You and me. , we are separated from each other and may you have many children and grandchildren in the future.”
Shen Jianshen's eyes turned red. He walked into the room without saying anything more. After a while, he took out a copy of the He Li Shu and handed it to Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan's hands trembled, but she still took it. She looked at it, folded it and put it in her arms, "Your mother took a jade screen, a pair of jade bracelets, and a jade Ruyi from me. And a bunch of purple jade carved grape ornaments... you can bring them to Chengan.”
Zhou Xuan said, turning to look at Mrs. Shen, "All the wine recipes are my dowry, and I will take them away too. Instead of worrying about our Zhou family, it is better to worry about the Shen family's display in front of the door. Selling stones at a stall, you can get back one or two gold if you sell them!”
Mrs. Shen came back to her senses and became anxious. She stretched out her hand to catch Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Zhao suddenly slashed his knife open and split Old Shen's hand. When Shen saw this, he looked at Zhou Zhao angrily, "Zhou Zhao!"
"Your aunt is here, there is no need to shout so loudly! If you dare to touch my sister, the hand knife will turn into a real knife!"