"Wow, that's a lot of money. I can buy a lot of candied haws on a stick." Shen Jiyue stared at the money in the red envelope, half-squinting her eyes, as if she was a money-crazed person.

"Look at your little potential, all you can do is eat."

Shen Sanyue tapped her forehead with a look of disdain.

Shen Jiyue's face was full of curiosity: "Third sister, what are you going to buy?"

Shen Sanyue: "I have chosen a dagger with a ruby ​​embedded in it. It's very beautiful. It only costs two hundred coins. My little sister, why don't you lend your money to the third sister?"

Shen Jiyue immediately closed her pockets for fear of being snatched away by her.

"You little heartless boy, last time you had no money, I still paid you for that bunch of candied haws."

Shen Siyue looked serious: "The cost of an ordinary dagger is about one hundred coins. The price in the store will go up even more, not to mention that it will be inlaid with rubies. Third sister, don't be deceived."

"How could I be deceived? I have seen it with my own eyes. The store said that the dagger was used by a hero and is guaranteed to cut through iron like clay."

Shen Xinyue and Shen Siyue looked at each other, and they had a tacit understanding and did not pour cold water on her.

"Little sister, I will also buy you candied haws with this money, as well as your favorite preserved fruit." Wang Liang secretly gave Shen Jiyue his red envelope.

Shen Jiyue's big eyes suddenly curved into crescent shapes.

"Brother, you're the best. I won't eat alone. Let's eat together after we buy something."

The family was talking and laughing around the table. Only Shen Yingyue didn't speak much. However, she had always been gentle and calm, so no one paid much attention to her.

In the Shi family, Shi Yuanqing looked at his mother's busy figure, hesitating and not knowing how to speak.

"Mom, I heard that the marriage of the eldest son of the Shen family and his younger sister have been decided?"

"Yes, Village Chief Shen's family is no different than other families. There are many people who helped arrange the marriage, so the marriage was decided so quickly."

"But since you have a meritorious status, you are naturally not within the scope stipulated by the superiors. You can just study with peace of mind and try to get good results in the spring government examination."

"There are also some people in our college who get married first. If your son gets married, he can help you share some housework, so you don't have to be so tired."

"I'm used to doing this embroidery work, so I'm not tired. As long as you study with peace of mind and get your honors as soon as possible, I can also go to see your father underground with peace of mind."

Shi Yuanqing stopped talking.

Thirty miles east of the city, there is a dilapidated thatched house that is unusually quiet and incompatible with the lively atmosphere around it.

"That old immortal, he enjoys the hot and spicy food and doesn't care about our life or death at all."

Shen Xiao'e kept cursing.

Zhao Yuxiu: "Mom, many people have gotten married recently. I heard that a notice was posted in the town saying that all women over sixteen must get married."

Sun Dajun's eyes lit up instantly: "Yes, when that bitch gets married, I don't believe she can go back and guard her every day."

Shen Xiao'e also looked excited: "Yes, I remember that dead girl was born in early March. It's best to match her with an old and ugly old man. By then, the big house and their land will belong to us. Yes. And those little hooves, I kicked them all and sold them!"

Just when they were eagerly looking forward to Shen Xinyue's early marriage, they had yet to receive news of her engagement.

Until after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, when the Chuan Chuan Xiang store opened, there was no news about Shen Xinyue's marriage.

This made Shen Xiaoe's family very anxious.

"We'll wait and see. When she reaches her age, we'll report her. By then she won't even have time to react. Whatever good things the higher-ups can match her with, they will definitely be blind and lame old widowers."

Thinking of the days that Shen Xinyue is about to face, Shen Xiao'e's family all showed excited expressions.

On this day, Shen Xinyue and a few children were busy in the store, and Shen Gui'an suddenly came in from outside.

"Sister, there is news."

Shen Xinyue knew that he was talking about Liu's pharmacy, so she told Shen Yingyue and the others, and then went out with Shen Gui'an and the others.

"Ergou and I have been watching him since years ago. Just now, we heard him talking to the clerk and saying that he seemed to be meeting someone. He also mentioned herbal medicine and so on, and then he went out."

"Where have you gone?"

"Fuhui Restaurant. Ergou has been following me."

Liu Wei has not taken any action for such a long time. It seems that he should go to see the source supplier.

Shen Xinyue looked at her dress up and down and felt that it was quite appropriate, and then went to Fuhui Building with Shen Gui'an.

As a result, when the two of them arrived at the place, they didn't see Shen Erguren at all.

Unexpectedly, when she arrived, the door of the private room was open and there was no one inside.

Not even Shen Ergou was seen.

"Waiter, where are the people in this private room?"

"It seemed like something happened just now, so I left in a hurry."

Shen Gui'an was very disappointed after hearing this. He slumped his shoulders and muttered: "We finally got the opportunity, why did he leave?"

Shen Xinyue was also a little disappointed that the trip was in vain.

But now that the matter has come to this, we can only continue to stare.

But what they didn't expect was that Shen Ergou disappeared.

"I haven't seen Ergou for two days. He is the only one in his house. The whole room is so cold that it doesn't feel like he has gone back at all."

Shen Xinyue frowned. Is it possible that such a good person could disappear from the world?

"This matter has nothing to do with Liu Wei. You and I will go to Liu's house later. Maybe there will be clues about Ergou."

…

Shen Ergou, whom the two were looking for at the moment, was hiding in a coffin. People came in and out of the yard from time to time, so even though he was cold and hungry, he could only endure it and did not dare to go out at all.

He was guarding outside the private room that day. Not long after Shen Gui'an left, he saw Liu Wei and a tall and thin man hurriedly coming out.

The opportunity he finally got, he took it without thinking.

The two of them turned around and entered the back door of an inconspicuous courtyard. He also tried to climb over the wall and followed in. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a coffin shop.

There were more than a dozen coffins placed in the yard, and the whole yard felt gloomy.

Just when he wanted to continue following in, a voice suddenly came from in front of him. It was too late to hide, so he could only shrink down and hide in a coffin.

As soon as he hid, he heard footsteps approaching him, and then someone said something angrily, and then he heard screams coming from above his head.

Just when he looked out through the gap, he heard a thud, and then a pair of blood-red eyes looked at him through the gap.

Those eyes were so frightening that his scalp exploded and he almost pushed the coffin board above his head open.

Gradually, the blood-red eyes closed silently, and they were dragged away again.

Not long after, the noise outside became quieter, someone whispered something, and then someone left.

Just as he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was about to open the coffin lid and escape, he heard footsteps approaching again.

Then he never left again.


Chapter completed!