Chapter 189: The confrontation with Old Madam Zhou
In fact, it stands to reason that after Mu Hibiscus made this request, if Zhou Tao was really a loving father, he should help Mu Hibiscus get all the dowry, but if he didn't help, let Mu Hibiscus tell everyone by himself, but others couldn't say anything, because in addition to being a loving father, he could also play a filial son, on one side was a daughter, and on the other side was an old mother, standing on the side of the old mother, obviously no one would say anything more than standing on the side of the daughter, so Zhou Tao would say this at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
And if Hibiscus wants to find an old lady for a dowry, it is much more difficult than looking for him.
Because although the old lady also loves to pretend like him, but when it comes to interests, she is also quite willing to put down her face, unlike him, the perfect mask has been worn for a long time, and he basically won't take it off for no special reason, so that Mu Hibiscus asks him to do something, even if he doesn't want to do it, he will at most excuse himself and won't scold her, but if he changes to an old lady, it won't be necessarily.
And he was very happy to see the hibiscus quarrel with the old lady, although he couldn't expect the old lady to use the big stick of filial piety, blame the hibiscus for not being filial enough, and send it to which Zhuangzi to recuperate, and he died of illness while raising it, after all, Mu Hibiscus is the county lord, and the old lady is only afraid that she doesn't have the ability to send a clan girl to Zhuangzi to recuperate, but if Mu Hibiscus is forced to quarrel with the old lady, and finally spread out, outsiders say that Mu Hibiscus is not filial piety and disobedient, and his reputation is poor, which can also make him angry.
Some people say that father-daughter affection, obviously his own daughter, and still treat it like this, isn't it too much, but for Zhou Tao, only the dead Zhou Muhibiscus has father's love, and the living Zhou Muhibiscus makes him think of the events of the year, when he thinks of the day when Hibiscus knows what happened back then, what will be his reaction, he can't love her father, only the heart of beware and even wants her to die, a person who will not be good to him at all in the future, and may have an enmity with him, how can he have father-daughter love? In front of interests, the royal family has no father and son, this principle is similar to Zhou Tao, how can he tell the other party what kind of family affection is the person who threatens his interests.
At that moment, Mu Hibiscus listened to Zhou Tao's words of pushing two, five or six, but did not embarrass Zhou Tao, so he nodded and said, "My daughter knows." β
didn't say that she would go to the old lady to ask for it, and she didn't say that she would still ask him for it in the future, but only said such a vague sentence, which made Zhou Tao unable to figure out what she was thinking in her heart, and wanted to ask her what this meant, but she felt that it seemed that she was anxious, so she didn't say much at the moment.
Mu Hibiscus saw that Zhou Tao shirked his responsibility, and knew that it was useless to linger, so he didn't stay longer, but left with Mama Zhang and the two personal eunuchs sent by Zhao Yao - since these two fathers-in-law gave it to her by Zhao Yao, she usually won't let the two of them out of her sight, although it is said that maybe there is nothing wrong with the Zhou Mansion, but just like Mama Zhang said, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable.
When she returned to her yard, Mama Zhang said: "Since Yibin asked you to ask the old lady, then the young lady will ask, don't worry about asking this kind of thing, spread it out and say that you are not filial, and you actually asked your grandmother for something, this is your own thing, there is nothing you can't want, they dare to reverse black and white outside, and it will only be them who will lose face." β
Hibiscus nodded and said, "I'm not afraid." β
In fact, to tell the truth, I used to be afraid that my reputation would be bad and affect my family, but now that her family affairs have been booked, she doesn't care so much about her reputation, so as long as she can get her mother's dowry back, even if others say two ugly words, she is not afraid, if it is for fame, she will not dare to ask for it, and it will be too cost-effective to lose face and lose her heart, only a fool will do such a stupid thing for the sake of fame.
At that moment, Mu Hibiscus sorted out his thoughts and went to Mrs. Zhou's yard.
Mrs. Zhou has eyeliner everywhere in the house, so Mu Hibiscus asked Zhou Tao to return her mother's dowry, Mrs. Zhou naturally knew at this time, and heard her son say that he couldn't be the master, so let Mu Hibiscus come over and ask herself, Mrs. Zhou also understood the reason why her son said this, isn't it just to kick the ball, you push it to me, I will push it to you, push it around, how can the three girls not return the dowry, but Mrs. Zhou thinks that if Mu Hibiscus is smart, she will not come to ask, so as not to spread the reputation of a money-hungry person who is like her life and asks the old lady for moneyγ
As a result, I didn't expect the next person to report that Mu Hibiscus was really here! This made Mrs. Zhou's face ugly, and she immediately said to her henchman Mama Zhou: "This girl is really shameless." β
- I want to tell Hibiscus to say, I don't know who is shameless, I took someone else's things, I want to come back, and I say that others are shameless.
Mama Zhou smiled and flattered: "The old lady might as well teach her, so as not to spread jokes." β
Old Madam Zhou nodded with a smile and said, "What you said is true." β
Not long after, Hibiscus came in, and Mrs. Zhou pretended not to know the purpose of her coming, and pretended to be kind and said, "Why does Hibiscus girl have time to come?"
Mu Hibiscus knew that she was the mistress of the mansion, and she must have known the situation, but she just asked knowingly, so she didn't waste time, and directly told Zhou Tao the reason why she wanted to return the dowry, and then said that Zhou Tao said that he couldn't be the master, and asked her to come to Mrs. Zhou, and then said: "That's the way it is, grandmother." β
Old Madam Zhou saw that she really dared to say such a thing, her face sank, and she said, "Since the things have been given to the elders, how can there be any reason to come back!"
Hibiscus couldn't help but be stunned when she heard her say this.
Mrs. Zhou has always shown her kindness before, she thought that even if she herself was not that kind of person, she was at most a scheming old lady, but she didn't expect that the real painting style of the other party was not only scheming, but also quite unreasonable attributes.
So he said lightly at the moment: "When I disappeared, the government thought that I was gone, and it was reasonable for my mother's dowry to be accepted by the house, but I am still there, according to the rules of Da Zhou, shouldn't my mother's dowry be inherited by my children?
"You have so much money in your hands, and you still want to dig money from your elders, but you are really unfilial enough, you are really greedy for money!" Mrs. Zhou's impression of this granddaughter fell to the bottom, although she didn't like it when she came back without dying, but at this time, the degree of dislike increased tenfold and hundredfold.
"Oh, I'm greedy for money? It's my own things, isn't it reasonable for me to come back? To get my own things back is called money craving, so what should the person who takes something that is not his own and doesn't pay it back? Besides, my money is not contradictory to my own things!" Mu Hibiscus said speechlessly.
But she obviously underestimated the degree of Mrs. Zhou's unreasonableness, and Mrs. Zhou said coldly: "You also said that you are not greedy for money, you will make this request, you are addicted to money as life!"
This unreasonable logic is really ingenious.
Mu Hibiscus saw that Mrs. Zhou was messing around like this, so she decided not to reason with her, so as not to waste saliva, so let's be more direct.
So he only said lightly at the moment: "No matter how reasonable you are, anyway, these dowries belong to my mother, and it is reasonable for me to come back, and if the old lady thinks that what I want is unreasonable, then hand it over to the Zongren Mansion to judge." β
As the county lord, she is a clan, and her mother is also a clan, so if they want to have economic disputes, they can naturally get it in the Zongren Mansion without going to the ordinary yamen.
Although Mrs. Zhou's mouth is full of nonsense, but her brain can't be stupid, she naturally knows that when she goes to the Zongren Mansion, the dowry left by the county lord of Dezhao can't be saved, not to mention that Hibiscus has her grandfather's big backer in the Zongren Mansion, and the Zhou family has no backer, so Wang Fa will not stand on her side, so she won't continue to mess around at the moment, because she knows that she can't continue to rely on the nonsense, after all, Mu Hibiscus said that she would hand over this matter to the Zongren Mansion to deal with, she can't mess with the Zongren Mansion, even if she wants to mess with the Zongren Mansion, people will only act according to the king's law, and they will not listen to her when she is full of nonsense, and awarded her a dowry.
Because she knew that she couldn't go on with nonsense, Mrs. Zhou rolled her eyes, thought of an excuse again, and immediately said: "Over the years, the dowry that your mother has left to me has been spent, and you also know that our house has a lot of expenses, and your aunt has a lot of expenses in the palace, even if you have more money, it will be spent." β
She wanted to use this excuse to send Mu Hibiscus and ask Mu Hibiscus not to go to the Zongren Mansion to say such a thing.
Mu Hibiscus saw that she was really like what she said to her grandmother and grandfather when she was worried before, and deliberately excused herself that she would not pay it back if the dowry was spent, so she said lightly: "I don't know if what you said is true, so I'd better hand it over to the Zongren Mansion and let them see it." β
She can't search the mansion, but the Zongren Mansion can.
Although Princess Changping said that the Zhou Mansion dared not to hand over the dowry, she had a way, but Mu Hibiscus felt that if she could solve it, it would be better not to trouble her grandmother if she didn't bother her old man, after all, the old man was old, and she didn't want her to work too hard.
After Mrs. Zhou saw that she said this, Mu Hibiscus still insisted on making trouble about this matter to the Zongren Mansion, and Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but be angry again, and said viciously at the moment: "How can a junior doubt what the elder said like this, and how can a junior sue the elder! You are disobedient!"
Mu Hibiscus couldn't help but feel a little funny when she saw her bluffing like this, thinking that since she knew that she was afraid, she was still holding on to the dowry of the county lord of Dezhao, no wonder people said that people died for money, so she said: "I don't sue, I just ask the Zongren Mansion to help me take back my mother's dowry in the Zhou Mansion, the Zongren Mansion has the right to protect the interests of the clan, and my request is not disobedient." β
Old Madam Zhou saw that she couldn't scare the hibiscus, so she changed her breath and said: "As the saying goes, you can't publicize the ugliness of your family, you are good! This kind of trivial matter, you will make trouble in the Zongren Mansion, you are trying to harm our family! You make trouble, make trouble! Look what others say about you!"
Mu Hibiscus couldn't help but sneer when she saw her threatening herself, and said, "I want to get my own things back, above board, and not afraid of what others say." β
Old Madam Zhou naturally didn't want to see this matter get into trouble with the Zongren Mansion, after all, then she wouldn't be able to keep the dowry she got from the county lord of Dezhao, so she continued to find a way to threaten, just to stop Mu Hibiscus's actions, so she immediately said: "I'm not afraid of what others say! Hmph, others see that you even have this attitude towards your family and elders, let alone others, so make a fuss, see if there are still people who dare to associate with you!
"This doesn't bother the old lady to worry about, and the granddaughter retires. Hibiscus didn't want to listen to her nonsense anymore, so she said.
"Stop!" Seeing that Mu Hibiscus was about to go out, Mrs. Zhou was angry and slapped the table and shouted.
But Hibiscus ignored her at all, and walked out on his own - since he knew that it was unreasonable to talk to her, how could Hibiscus waste saliva and time with her.
Old Madam Zhou couldn't help but be angry when she saw that Mu Hibiscus dared to ignore her words, and immediately trembled her hands, pointed at Mu Hibiscus, and ordered her subordinates: "Keep her for me!"
The wives rushed up like wolves, trying to hold the hibiscus down.
But Mu Hibiscus has the two masters that Zhao Yao gave her by her side, so how can Mrs. Zhou's people keep Mu Hibiscus, and when they are blocked by the two, Mu Hibiscus can get out smoothly, and Mrs. Zhou can't help but stare dryly, she really didn't think that there are masters around Mu Hibiscus, and she can't keep it if she wants to.
Through this incident, let Mrs. Zhou understand that it seems that Mu Hibiscus came back, and she really came prepared, and the text was Mama Zhang, and Wu's confidant eunuch had nothing to do with her, and she couldn't do anything about it, and when she thought that the money she had finally gotten from the Lord of Dezhao County was about to be lost, she couldn't help but sit down on the chair in frustration at the moment.
Mama Zhou on the side hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her: "The old lady doesn't have to be too angry, she said it well, she said that she was going to the Zongren Mansion to apply for her mother's dowry, but she really wanted to go, I don't know what people outside said about her, she has to consider her reputation, she definitely doesn't dare to say it, and then the old lady doesn't have to hand over the dowry, and she can't help it when she stares angrily." β
Old Madam Zhou nodded and said: "Although I know that she will not get a dowry in the future, she will be more angry than me at this time, and she can relieve people's anger a little, but just now she dared to talk to me like that, it still makes people's liver hurt, I have never seen such an uneducated wild girl, and she really deserves to be from the countryside!"
Mama Zhou on the side flattered Mrs. Zhou, and said a few funny words, which finally coaxed Mrs. Zhou to laugh.
After Mu Hibiscus went back, Mama Zhang said, "Is Miss really going to let the Zongren Mansion handle this matter? If she is really going to let the Zongren Mansion handle it, she will definitely be able to get it back." β
After all, Hibiscus is in charge, even if the Zongren Mansion does not have Hibiscus's maternal grandfather there to support her, the dowry Hibiscus will be returned.
In this era, one thing, no matter how reasonable the younger generation is, but as long as the younger generation dares to do it against the elders, others will criticize the younger generations, and cover their heads with charges such as unfilial piety and disobedience.