inspire-indiana Chapter 587: Raising an Army to Punish the Crime Part 1
Chapter 587: Raising an Army to Punish the Crime Part 1
Today is the first day of the new year, and everyone is wearing new clothes.
Not to mention the guests who came to the Zhou family, just look at Zhou Guo, Zhou Dacang and his group. They all wore silk robes with a circle of rabbit fur at the collar, which was beautiful and luxurious. They also had jade ornaments on their waists and silver hairpins in their heads.
The two girls, Zhou Guo and Zhou Xing, were even more so. They wore gold and silver jewelry, and their clothes were rarely seen on the streets of the county town, and few people could afford them.
The big golden lock on his chest was very heavy. It must be worth more than ten taels of silver, which was equivalent to two rooms of theirs. He could just wear the two rooms on his chest casually without worrying about losing them.
And the string of beads on her head looks like it's made of pearls. How much does it cost?!
I’m afraid it’s more valuable than the big gold lock on your chest?
I don’t know what the blue flower next to the pearl necklace is made of, but why is it so beautiful?
Turning around, I saw Zhou Xing was not bad either, with a head full of pearls and jade, and she was pretty, with a rosy face, very beautiful.
As soon as the women sat down, they started talking about what happened to the Zhou family. How come they had changed so much in just two years and became so rich?
She is wearing silk, satin, gold, silver and jewels. How can she be a peasant girl? Even the daughter of Zheng Xiucai didn't dress like this, right?
At most, she had a few gold hairpins on her head and gold bracelets on her wrists. I've never seen her wear a big gold locket, only a silver locket.
It’s actually better than Zheng Xiucai’s family background?
I can’t express my jealousy and envy!
We all come from the same village, so why are our lives so different?
The women were muttering, and the men were not at peace either.
They had only heard that the Zhou family had been lucky in the past two years and had started a big business, which made the entire village earn a lot of money, but they didn't know that they had become so rich. Compared with them, they were already in a world of difference.
It's impossible to say that I have no thoughts in my mind.
Not to mention the Zhou family, let's just talk about Wang Fugui's family. Even Qian, a widow with two children, who were all dressed in fine cotton cloth and had shiny silver locks hanging on their chests, also built a new house, a brand new four-room blue brick and tile house.
She herself, too, although not wearing any gold, had a silver hairpin in her hair, which looked like it was made of silver covered with copper.
In the past, people would not wear silver hairpins. At most, they would wear two wooden hairpins on their heads.
It can be seen that her family's life has improved. If she didn't earn a lot, would she wear silver?
A group of people, each with their own thoughts.
When all the guests arrived, everyone basically squeezed into three rooms.
One house is for men, one house is for women, and one house is for children.
All three rooms were talking about the same topic, which was money.
Among the group of men, Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu were there.
The old man is missing the difficult days on the way to the north, when everyone worked together, shared the good times and the bad times, so he encourages everyone to move around more often on weekdays.
"No matter how good the relationship is, you still have to visit each other. If you visit each other for a long time, even the closest relationship will fade. We all come from the same place and have been through so much together. Our relationship should be better than others, not to mention that many of them are from the same clan."
Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu could only nod and say yes.
"That's right, Ogura. We are your family. It doesn't make sense for you to promote other irrelevant people and put us, your family, at the back. If you need help in the future, won't we, your family, have to help? Who else can help? You have to think of us when you get any benefits."
"Yeah, yeah, you thought of us when you couldn't work, but now you're the first one to kick us out when you get benefits, right?"
Zhou Gu was confused and bewildered. "Uncles, what are you talking about? We don't have anything to bother you with."
The room was silent and Zhou Dacang didn't say anything.
Then the pot exploded, "What? What are you talking about? Do you mean to cut off contact with our family from now on?"
"So he doesn't need us anymore? Sure enough, this man changes when he gets rich. He doesn't recognize his poor relatives anymore and looks down on us peasants. When your grandparents were buried, we were the ones who helped. Now that he's rich, he doesn't recognize us anymore. He's really an ungrateful person!"
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Everyone spoke a word, and Zhou Gu tried to speak several times but was interrupted. He didn't have a chance to speak at all.
Zhou Dacang looked at him coldly, glanced at the old headman and sighed slightly. He came prepared for today's banquet. He said that no one had visited him for so long since he came back, so now that he was ready to leave, he would come to his house.
Why is their food so delicious?
On the other side, there had to be one woman in the room to keep the family company. Li gave the kitchen work to Zhou Xing, and with Chen and the others helping out, there would be no mistakes.
The women were much more tactful. They first complimented the Zhou family on their current achievements, talked about Zhou Guo and the others' attire, and the furnishings in their home, and then changed the subject and got to the point.
"Mother Guoguo, we are from the same village. We came north together and experienced so much. We almost died together, right? Who can be closer than us? Besides, we are from the same family. If we help each other, it will be of great benefit to your family and make our ancestors happy."
"That's right. Now that you have a way to make money, you would rather help people who have nothing to do with you than to help us, your own family. Have you forgotten that we fled together? Have you forgotten that we were originally from the same village? As a person, you must not forget your roots. Even if you have a way, you must not forget us. You are eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks here, but we are still eating coarse food?"
Li still had a smile on her lips, but it was no longer in her eyes. She said, "What are you talking about? We are family, of course I remember that. The kitchen has been busy since early morning, preparing food and drinks for you. There are so many people here, all prepared for you. Otherwise, if anyone comes, would I prepare a table for him? I am not running a charity, right?"
There was no peace among the children either.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi are responsible for accompanying the boys, while Zhou Guo is responsible for accompanying the girls.
In fact, this job is usually Zhou Xing's, but she is the cook, and Li has to accompany the women. The girls can't be left alone, right?
She had no choice but to sit here obediently, in front of everyone, and let them comment on her, from the beads on her head to the shoes on her feet. They couldn't get enough of talking, and some even wanted to reach out and touch her.
Zhou Guo smiled and calmly stopped him, "I finally get to wear something nice like this. Each of you give me one hand. My hair has to be loose. Just look at it like this."