Chapter 651: Chapter 650: You and I Have the Confidence to Be Arrogant

After Wufu had Zhou Xuennian and the others thrown into the jail, she thought the first to come would be someone from the Old Zhou family. However, not a single person from the Old Zhou family showed up, instead, it was the relatives from Madam Lu’s maternal family who came.

This is going to be interesting!

She had barely met with Madam Lu’s relatives a few times, only at Zhou Xueli’s wedding, when that old devout woman had even wanted her to kneel and kowtow. She wasn’t an easy person to speak with.

“What did they say?” Wufu asked Purple Jade.

“They are requesting to see the young lady and Madam,” Purple Jade said. “If the young lady refuses, they say they will keep waiting there until she agrees to see them.”

“Oh? Are they trying to force us?” Wufu raised an eyebrow.

Purple Jade was just about to reply when they heard Hongyu’s voice at the door; Madam Zhou had arrived.

As the curtain was lifted, Madam Zhou briskly walked in. Seeing this, Wufu said to Purple Jade, “You go down first and go over the preparations for the restaurant’s opening tomorrow again.”

Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, also known as the Shangyuan Festival. The restaurant is set to open at the third quarter of 7am.

Purple Jade bowed on one knee and retreated respectfully.

“Wufu, how do I hear that Madam Lu’s people have come? Is that true?” Madam Zhou seemed somewhat panicked.

Wufu smiled and said, “It should be true.”

“What should we do?” asked Madam Zhou, her heart pounding erratically, her eyes and brows showing panic. “Wufu, the old Madam of the Lu Family is not someone to be trifled with, and her sons, all butchers, are no good lot. They are definitely here for Lu Zhenzhu, coming to demand justice for her!”

Madam Zhou wouldn’t be panicking for no reason. They were just a mother and daughter, women alone, and the Lu Family, with several sons, whose sons have many sturdy children, all as strong as bulls, while they didn’t have a man to support them!

Seeing Madam Zhou’s panic, Wufu took her hand and said, “Madam, what are you afraid of?”

“I…” Madam Zhou, her heart pounding like a drum, said, “Wufu, it’s just us two women, with no man to take the lead.”

Wufu began to laugh and said, “So what? Madam, this isn’t the village anymore, this is the county seat. Times have changed, and we are no longer the people who can be bullied as before.”

Madam Zhou was taken aback.

“Before, it was just the two of us, and even when bullied, we didn’t have the power to fight back, we could only suffer in silence. But now? Do you still think we don’t have the ability to fight back?” Wufu smiled confidently. “Times have changed, Madam. Not only do we have silver, but we also have people. In terms of wealth, can the Lu Family, no matter how many pigs they slaughter, compare to how rich I am?”

Without waiting for Madam Zhou to respond, she continued, “And as for people, we may not have a male head of the family to rely on, but what does it matter when we have silver? To have able-bodied people who can fight and cause an uproar, can’t we hire them as long as we have silver? Don’t we pay house servants and those strong maids monthly money to maintain them for the very purpose of protecting our home and womenfolk?”

Madam Zhou watched her daughter’s bold demeanor and gradually calmed her own heart, indeed, times had changed. They were not the same people who could be bullied without the ability to retaliate.

“Madam, don’t be afraid. Stand up straight for me. It’s true you have no sons, but you have Wufu! I’ve got your back in any major issue; you just go ahead and vent however you want, just show them some backbone. If they dare to make trouble, just let them be thrown out,” Wufu said, her hands pressing on her mother’s shoulders, looking steadily into her eyes. “Remember, Madam, times are different now. We have the audacity and the means to be arrogant!”

Madam Zhou’s heart stirred, she exhaled a long breath, and nodded firmly.