Zhou Yueshen was rarely stunned for a moment.
"Okay, you can stay here."
"No, Yueshen, how can you so easily let her stay? It's obvious that the Lin Family is coveting your three thousand yuan betrothal gift. This family is full of swindlers!"
Aunt Liu got anxious and quickly tried to persuade him.
Zhou Yueshen glanced at Aunt Liu and said in a low tone, "Since she is the real daughter of the Lin Family, there is no deception."
Si Nian gave Aunt Liu a half - smiling look and said, "This aunt has been opposing me entering this family from the very beginning. Why, does aunt have a better candidate in mind?"
Aunt Liu was left speechless.
Zhou Yueshen calmly withdrew his gaze, looking a bit cold. "Aunt Liu, you don't need to worry about this matter."
After saying that, he glanced at Si Nian and said, "You can stay. I don't have many requirements for you. Just be good to the kids. As for the wedding, your family doesn't want it to be held, and the bride has been reluctant. We haven't made any preparations on our side for the time being. If you need one, choose a date."
"There's something to do at the workshop. I'll go and take care of it first. Do you have any other important questions to ask?"
Si Nian nodded. "Whether the wedding is held or not doesn't matter to me. Do I have a room to stay in?"
Zhou Yueshen was silent for a while before saying, "There are a total of five rooms in the house. The master bedroom on the second floor, the first one, is for you. I'll sleep with Xiaodong."
His sister's three children were named Zhou Yuedong, Zhou Yuehan, and Zhou Xiaoyao.
After they were taken under his name, they directly took the Zhou family surname.
It was really sudden that Si Nian came, and the family hadn't made any preparations in advance.
On weekdays, he had his own room. The eldest, Zhou Yuedong, shared a room with his sister, and the second - eldest had his own room. The remaining room was for guests and had nothing in it. It would be really unfair to let her stay there.
Si Nian nodded. "Okay, go and be busy."
Zhou Yueshen slightly nodded his head and then turned around and strode away.
Seeing that he had left, Aunt Liu finally couldn't hold back and sneered sarcastically, "Don't think that just because you've entered this family, I'll be nice to you. I'll just see how long you can pretend."
Si Nian thought this old woman was really being unreasonable. She rolled her eyes at her and said, "Aunt, you don't have much ability, but you have a big mouth. People who don't know better might think you're my future mother - in - law. Why are you so arrogant?"
Si Nian scoffed. "Anyway, I'm getting married in a proper way. Some people are just hired to do the work. To put it bluntly, they're servants. Those who go against their superiors will be fired. Aunt, watch your mouth."
Aunt Liu was so angry that she almost spat blood. Although she was hired to help, with her relationship with the Zhou family and her age, she was fully qualified to teach Si Nian a lesson. Now, instead, she was being looked down upon by her. She couldn't have been more aggrieved.
"You're from the city, right? Is this the quality of city people?" She pointed at Si Nian's nose and scolded.
"My quality depends on the person." Si Nian bared her teeth and smiled, clearly implying that you're not a decent person.
Aunt Liu was furious, but then she seemed to think of something and sneered.
"You just wait."
After saying that, she carried the babbling little kid and left.
Si Nian ignored her and carried her suitcase upstairs to the master bedroom on the second floor.
The room was quite big, but there was only a wooden bed, a table, and a wardrobe in the middle. There was nothing else, giving it a rather bare - bones feeling.
Si Nian was silent for a moment. Living in such a luxurious big house, the room was so shabby.
Sure enough, a man's life was so simple and unadorned.
However, the quilt was neatly folded, and the bedding was spotlessly clean. Looking at the neatly - folded quilt like a tofu block, Si Nian raised her eyebrows. Had this man been a soldier before?
She sorted out her luggage and opened the wardrobe.
There were only two clothes in the man's wardrobe, neatly folded.
It was extremely satisfying for a person with obsessive - compulsive disorder.
During the damp season, clothes couldn't be kept stuffy all the time, or they would easily develop a bad smell.
So Si Nian quickly hung up the clothes. The empty wardrobe was filled with colorful clothes, and the sense of satisfaction immediately welled up.
Although being thrown into this book was a bit unexpected for her, the result was much better than she had expected. She had been worried about living in a dilapidated tile - roofed house and not having enough to eat.
Now it seemed that she had been overthinking. In the 1980s and 1990s, there were opportunities everywhere. As long as one had ideas and was brave enough, there were plenty of people making money.
Obviously, Zhou Yueshen was such a brave and insightful person.
There was no need to worry about food and clothing, which saved the trouble that those who traveled through time in the era novels had to go through to make money.
Anyway, since she was here, she would make the best of it.
After finishing her work, Si Nian continued to explore the room. The master bedroom had a separate bathroom. She had been sweating on the way here, so she immediately took her clothes and went into the bathroom.
Although there was no hot water, it wasn't cold to use cold water on this day.
In the 1980s, not many people used water heaters, unless they were extremely wealthy.
However, judging from Zhou Yueshen's situation, it wouldn't be long before he could install one.
She took a refreshing bath and felt completely revitalized.
Si Nian put on a simple and casual apricot - colored home dress. Her long black hair, like a waterfall, hung wet on her shoulders. She sat down at the table, neatly arranged her bottles and jars on the table, and then carefully applied skin - care products to herself.
The original owner had taken such good care of herself, and she couldn't let that go to waste.
In addition to these, she had also brought some books of the original owner.
Yes, the original owner was a high - school student with quite good academic performance.
However, in order to marry her fiancé, an army officer, earlier, she had actually dropped out of school.
Mainly, that army - officer fiancé was not young. He was said to be twenty - five years old, and his family was urging him to get married. Otherwise, the Si family wouldn't have been willing to sacrifice her studies.
Obviously, when it came to choosing between studies and the son of a military officer, they had chosen the latter.
As a result, not long after she dropped out of school, the real daughter of the Si family came looking for them.
The original owner was so lovesick that she had no mood to study. Being a love - struck fool was really terrible.
She neatly arranged the books and planned to study them after she got used to this era.
Si Nian stood up and wiped her hair. When it was almost dry, she heard the barking of a dog downstairs.
She turned her head and looked downstairs. The master - bedroom window happened to overlook the entrance.
She saw two young boys wearing red scarves walking into the yard one after another.
They were both young, but the slightly taller one had a cold and solemn look in his eyes, somewhat resembling Zhou Yueshen.
The other one was bouncing around, carrying a schoolbag with a hole in it, looking very happy.
The two of them looked very similar and were both extremely thin.
Si Nian then thought of the little kid downstairs, who was also terribly thin.
Logically speaking, with Zhou Yueshen's family conditions, they shouldn't have been so thin.
Si Nian still had quite a lot of memories about these three children.
In the novel, the original owner had abused the three children. These children, who were already fatherless and motherless and lacked family affection since childhood, had all gone astray because of this.
Zhou Yueshen, as a single man, had to take care of making money and the family at the same time. He just couldn't take good care of the three children.
Moreover, he was originally a man of few words and didn't know how to express himself. The children were all afraid of him. When the original owner abused them, none of them dared to say a word and just endured it silently.
They were still young, and leaving such a shadow on them would surely lead to unhealthy psychological problems after holding it in for so long.
