In the mansion, in a very luxurious house, a woman who looked charming was sitting on the couch eating peanuts. A servant helped her to pull out the peanut shells, then blew the peanut coat clean and put it in a small plate next to her.

"Auntie, the clan elders are here again!" A little maid hurried into the door to report.

The woman was choked and coughed.

"Little Hoof, I don't know how to eat, have you seen the lady eating? I'm panicking, and who are you calling me?" The servant patted the lady's back and scolded the little maid.

The little maid knelt down quickly and admitted her mistake: "Madam, calm down, I know my mistake!"

She called her wrong words, but she felt very disdainful. Madam? She was just a concubine who was unlucky. She thought that she could be the master of the family if she harmed her wife and the eldest son? She was not eaten by the elders of the clan. I think her life has not been long.

Then I thought, if this aunt was really unlucky, I guess they would have to follow her. Forget it, she would better do it!

The woman coughed for a long time, and her ribs were so painful that she could breathe a sigh of relief. Then she threw the peanut plate on the table at the little maid, slapped the table and said, "These old people... cough cough, what are you doing again!"

The little maid narrowly avoided the smashed plate and replied hurriedly: "The clan elders didn't say that, they were already waiting in the flower hall."

I said this, but I thought to myself, what else can I do? Just ask for money. These people will not have to come back several times in a month. You are not confused in your heart, so why ask me, what airs are you putting on!

The woman coughed a few more times, picked up the teacup beside her, drooled, sat up, rubbed her ribs that were so painful that she coughed, and then let the servants beside her walk towards the flower hall.

As soon as they left, the little girl hurriedly got up. She saw the crushed plates on the ground and the peanuts all over the ground. She kicked them away with a fierce kick and muttered, "I'm hitting me, saying that I'm not alive, you're not a good thing, bah!"

After saying that, she ignored the mess on the ground, turned around and walked out of the room and sneaked to the back of the flower hall to eavesdrop. She knew that every time the clan came, the aunt would be angry, but she couldn't have an attack yet. She had to smile like a grandson. It made people feel relieved when I thought about it!

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the flower hall, the woman who was originally arrogant immediately seemed to have changed her body. She quickly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Uncle, third uncle, fourth uncle, fifth uncle, you are here!"

He turned around and shouted outside the door: "Where are people dead? The clan elders are here and they are still serving tea quickly. Are they all blind?"

The oldest clan elder reached out and stopped him, saying, "Okay, Liu, don't show off in front of us. This is our Zhou family's house. If we want to drink some tea and use servants, we can still use it."

This woman was Zhou Jian's aunt Liu. When the elders of the clan said this, she looked a little disappointed. She stopped acting and sat on the chair awkwardly, looking obedient, waiting for them to explain their purpose.

But I cursed in my heart, "I'm immortal, you are just showing off your power in front of me. No matter how powerful you are, aren't you still like a beggar? Going to my door to fight for autumn wind?"

The old clan sat upright, and the little maid outside came in with hot tea.

He took a sip of the tea and nodded with satisfaction. It was indeed a good tea, with a bright and bright soup. He thought to himself that this kind of good tea, Liu did not take it out last time, and he said that he would take out all the tea, mercury and silver to respect it. He cheated! This time, she had to let some blood be, otherwise she would really treat these elders like fools!

"Ahem," he cleared his throat, took another sip of tea, and then said, "This tea is good, it seems different from what I drank last time!"

Aunt Liu looked down at the tea that was placed at her hand. It was indeed a treasured tea at home. Her eyes quickly glanced at the door, and she secretly hated her. These little hooves, if you ask them to give them good tea, you will really give them such good tea to drink. Now she will cause her to lose money!

No matter how angry he was in his heart, he really didn't dare to show his face at all. He smiled and said, "This is the good tea that Fan'er just got a few days ago. I haven't had time to deliver it to my uncles. Since my uncles are here today, I'll pack some back in a while!"

Several old tribes nodded, praising Zhou Fan for being sensible, making Aunt Liu so angry that she gritted her teeth, and felt that the intercourse between the ribs was even more painful.

After a few more gossips, the third uncle brought the topic to the purpose of today's coming, "It's the end of September, and the Chinese New Year will be celebrated in a few months, and it's time to worship ancestors. In previous years, the clans spent money to buy incense and paper money. This year, Zhou Zhang's new mourning, his tablet also entered the ancestral hall, but the ancestral hall was dilapidated. Now his tablet is still on the altar table next to it, and the roof of the place is also broken, and there is a storm and rain that falls on him.

I see that Fan'er has grown up a lot this year, and has taken on the burden of the Zhou family. The restaurant business is booming. Why not invest in Fan'er to repair the ancestral hall so that Zhou Zhang can have a safe place to rest, and then buy incense, candles and tributes together, so that ancestors will know that Fan'er is promising now and has filial piety. In the future, bless our Zhou family and become stronger one day!"

Several others nodded and agreed: "It is precisely this principle that Fan'er is filial to himself, so he naturally cannot bear to suffer in the storm of Zhou Zhang and cannot protect him. The renovation of the ancestral hall can be said to allow all his ancestors to rest in peace, and he will naturally protect our Zhou family in the future."

"That's right, this ancestral hall is not much. One thousand taels of silver is enough. Including the incense and candle tribute, one thousand five hundred taels of silver is more than enough. We can only exchange this money for the rest and protection of our ancestors, and it's worth it!"

Aunt Liu curled her lips, one thousand five hundred taels! You really dare to say that the broken ancestral hall that leaks everywhere is enough to cover two hundred taels, and it can also be built openly and brightly.

It sounds so nice, don’t you want money?

She had a bitter face and felt something in her throat, which made her very uncomfortable, unable to swallow or cough out, and she coughed several times but it did not improve.

Seeing that she was like this, several clan elders thought she was pretending to refuse, but then spoke urgently, blocking her room for rejection.

When Aunt Liu finished coughing, the clan elders had blocked the retreat. Even Ziyun Tower's daily income was checked. These people simply calculated how much money they had in their hands before speaking.

She couldn't even speak without money, and wanted to turn against each other. Thinking about the evidence that they had framed their mistress, they didn't dare to speak, so they had to agree to repair the ancestral hall for 1,500 taels and let them take it.

She thought that after this matter, these immortals should leave, but the five clans said again, "Liu, our Ziyun Tower is now in a booming business, but our Zhou family doesn't even have a fame and fortune. If anyone has a covetous heart in the future, I'm afraid it won't be able to keep it!"

Aunt Liu thought to herself, don’t talk about our Ziyun Tower, that is my Ziyun Tower. What does it have to do with you?

However, the words of the five clans also reminded her, yes, Ziyunlou's business is booming, and it is certain that some people covet. In the past, the master and the prefect have a good personal relationship, and they are not afraid of others' concerns, but recently the prefect has been very cold to them. Zhou Fan went to deliver the goods several times and returned them.

If someone knows this, they know that they have no magistrate to serve as the backstage and come to the restaurant to disturb the public, their Zhou family will be really dangerous.
Chapter completed!