The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1185: Don’t You Have Even a Single Ingot of Silver?

Chapter 1185: Chapter 1185: Don’t You Have Even a Single Ingot of Silver?

Madam Zhou had anticipated that he would not agree to her leaving, so when she saw him reach out, she had already moved a few steps further away.

Old Master Zhou could only watch helplessly as she walked towards his daughter-in-law’s room, which was the newly prepared bridal chamber.

"You..."

He wanted to stop her, but considering that there were so many people around, he couldn’t afford to lose face. He had to hold his tongue and continue to present an ugly smile to the guests nearby.

Inside the bridal chamber, as soon as Madam Zhou entered, she saw that the room was empty—there was no one there.

She smirked cunningly.

Just now, she had deliberately arranged for Yurui to be in another room and had all her dowry moved into the bridal chamber in advance.

That way, she could check Yurui’s dowry thoroughly and take it all away!

...

A while later.

After having rummaged through all the boxes Feng Yurui brought, Madam Zhou couldn’t find a single item of value—not to mention silver or jewelry, even decent fabrics were nowhere to be found!

"Where are the items? How can there be none? How can this be?"

As she continued to search through the boxes a second time, she muttered incredulously.

All those boxes, she had thought, surely must contain many valuables. Surprisingly, they contained only unremarkable clothes, and two boxes even held clothes meant for maids and servants!

"How poor can Feng Yurui be that there isn’t a single piece of silver? She must have hidden it..."

"What are you doing?!"

Before she could finish her muttering, she heard a question from behind her, not too loud but demanding.

"Ah!"

Madam Zhou was greatly startled and turned around, only to see a man standing at the door, frowning and staring at her.

She knew this person—it was a servant who had come with Feng Yurui as part of her dowry.

"Is it any of your concern what I, as the madam, do? Get out at once!"

As to a servant, she naturally did not show any good grace and directly ordered him to get lost, believing he would not dare to spread words about this outside.

Unfortunately, she was mistaken.

Lie Ming frowned as he looked at the chaotic mess made of Yurui’s boxes. A surge of nameless anger rose within him instantly.

When Yurui told him to hide the silver in advance, he thought Rui’er was overreacting. No matter how bad the Zhou family was, they wouldn’t do something that would tarnish their reputation.

But now...

Seeing Madam Zhou scattering her daughter-in-law’s dowry all over the floor, his shock couldn’t have been greater!

"Who allowed you to rummage through my young lady’s belongings? Get out!"

He took a step forward, grabbed Madam Zhou by the collar, and threw her out of the room.

"Ah!"

Madam Zhou was thrown out in a clutter, letting out a scream.

The courtyard outside was set with several tables of drinks, with the people of Ya Village gathered around. Seeing Madam Zhou thrown out, each person looked on with curiosity.

"What’s going on?"

"Why was she thrown out—wait, isn’t that the bridal chamber? Did the new bride just throw out her mother-in-law?"

"What’s going on with the Zhou family? Did the bride hit her mother-in-law?"

Many people whispered among themselves, glancing at Madam Zhou and then back at the door of the bridal chamber.

"What’s going on here?"

Elder Mr. Zhou had already been sulking over the village people’s meager gifts and now seeing his daughter-in-law being thrown out was an embarrassment he couldn’t bear.

His face darkened with anger, he demanded to know.