Mrs. Shen jumped up and cursed that it was her own idea to come to Shen Yunxi today.
Although Shen Erfu agreed to betroth Shen Pingping to Hu Yuanwai to make up for some losses, she still felt that it was not cost-effective to marry Shen Yunxi to Mu Chenglin, a hopeless hunter.
She has raised Shen Yunxi for more than ten years and always wants to squeeze all her value out of her.
If Shen Erfu hadn't rescued the Su family back then, Shen Yunxi would never have been born. Therefore, the Su family's property belongs to the Shen family, and even Shen Yunxi also belongs to the Shen family.
"Since you look down on our Mu family, then give back the one hundred and twenty taels of silver!" Mu Chenglin said with a cold face, without even looking at Shen Yunxi.
"Bah!" Old Mrs. Shen jumped up and said, "You gave me that silver voluntarily, and I didn't force you to get it. The money you gave to me belongs to me. You don't want me to spit it out to you again. !”
"I have to have both money and people, or I will sue the government!" Mu Chenglin did not back down. He didn't go to the Shen family to cause trouble for them. This old lady actually dared to come to ask for people!
"Just sue, whoever is afraid of whom!" Old Mrs. Shen is not afraid of boiling water even if a dead pig is killed. How dare a family of hunters dare to sue an official? Her son and grandson are both scholars!
"Grandma, many people in the village can testify that if the crime of marriage fraud is established, my fourth uncle and my cousin will not be able to take the imperial examination!"
When Mrs. Shen heard this, she immediately stopped talking. Although the money was good, the future of her son and eldest grandson was more important.
But she still felt at a loss!
"Then I will take a step back. If you give me another five hundred taels of silver, I will leave. From now on, Shen Yunxi will have nothing to do with the Shen family!"
Five hundred taels?
"Grandma, do you know what you are talking about?" Shen Yunxi looked at Mu Chenglin and the others and knew that Mrs. Shen's request was too much!
Mu Chenglin looked disdainful, Mu Chengjin looked puzzled, and Mu Mu looked bored.
"You are pretty and literate, so you will definitely marry a rich man. You can also bring back a lot of gifts during the holidays. I calculated it, and five hundred taels is not much!" Old Mrs. Shen held out five hundred and two gifts. Pointing his finger at the Mu family, he said.
Shen Yunxi only got one hundred and twenty taels for marrying Mu Chenglin instead of Shen Pingping. For Mrs. Shen, this was a loss!
She estimated that the Mu family would send Shen Yunxi back the next day, but who knew that the Mu family was kind-hearted and did not actually send her back.
But if this matter gets serious, Shen Yunxi's reputation will be ruined, so the best way is to secretly take Shen Yunxi back to the Shen family, and then quickly marry a rich man and make another fortune.
If the Mu family does not agree, then they will blackmail the Mu family for another sum of money.
The old lady is really good at calculating!
"Brother Mu, it's still too late to go to town now!" Shen Yunxi walked up to Mu Chenglin, pulled him and walked out.
Mrs. Shen immediately stopped them, "Don't leave, give me the money before you leave!"
"Grandma, we are going to the town to find our fourth uncle and first cousin!"
"What are you doing with them?"
"Just ask them how girls should be sold to maximize profits, and then ask them whether they spend much money studying in the town and whether it is enough!"
"How dare you!" Old Mrs. Shen's voice was high and harsh. What Shen Yunxi meant was that the Shen family was selling their daughter so that their uncle and cousin could study.
If such a reputation spreads, Shen Wenjun and Shen Zhenyu will stop being human beings!
"Chen Yunxi, you are from the Shen family, how can you turn your elbows outward!" Old Mrs. Shen stopped Shen Yunxi and Shen Yunxi, pointed at Shen Yunxi's nose and cursed.
"Then does grandma think of me as a member of the Shen family? I was almost beaten to death by Shen Pingping. Many people in the village know about the big scar on my head. Didn't grandma hear about it?"
"Grandma doesn't care about my life or death at all. She only thinks about how to get the best deal by selling me. Does grandma regard me as her granddaughter?"
"You!!!" Mrs. Shen pointed at Shen Yunxi, unable to refute for a moment.
"Grandma, it's getting late, and we have to wait for you to come back for dinner! We won't keep you!" Shen Yunxi directly issued an eviction order. It was dark and the mountain road was not easy to walk. They couldn't argue with the old lady.
Seeing that today's goal was not achieved, Mrs. Shen had no choice but to leave in despair. She looked at the basket that Shen Yunxi carried back. It was full of wild vegetables and even fungi.
They are so poor and they still don’t want to leave. I don’t know what the Mu family has brainwashed Shen Yunxi!
She was not in a hurry about this matter. Shen Yunxi was still young anyway, so she would not have sex so early. After she finished that matter, she would find a rich man who wanted to take a concubine and marry Shen Yunxi to him.
After Mrs. Shen left, Mother Mu quickly comforted her, "Yunxi, don't feel any psychological pressure. I can see your grandma's behavior today. She just wants to use you as a cash cow!"
"You can live here with peace of mind. They cheated on the marriage first and settled the consequences first. They won't be able to cause much trouble!"
Shen Yunxi nodded. She knew in her heart that although the Shen family was openly responsible for the loss, they might do something secretly because they were in the eyes of money.
Mu Chenglin looked at the wild vegetables in the basket and said, "Shen Yunxi, there are so many wild vegetables that we can't finish eating, and we don't have enough salt at home to pickle them!"
"There is no need to pickle them with salt, we can dry them into dried vegetables!" Shen Yunxi explained.
"Even the fungi can be dried. When winter comes, we will have fungi and dried vegetables to eat!"
"Did Yun Xi come up with another good idea?" Mu Mu said from the side.
"Yes! There isn't much food to be found on the mountain in winter, so I thought of some ways to preserve it."
Mother Mu pulled Shen Yunxi and said to Mu Chenglin, "It doesn't hurt to try. If it succeeds, we won't be short of food in the winter!"
Mu Chenglin nodded, and Mu Chengjin immediately jumped to the side and said, "Brother, let me help you!"
Mu Chenglin poured out all the wild vegetables from the basket on his back, and the four of them gathered around the yard to pick wild vegetables. Mu's mother raised topics from time to time, and Shen Yunxi and Mu Chengjin took over the topics from time to time. Only Mu Chenglin kept grimacing. , the atmosphere is also harmonious.
In the Shen family, Shen Pingping was very excited when she heard what Shen Yunxi said. She didn't even cut the grass, so she immediately returned to the Shen family to discuss it with Mrs. Liu.
At noon, Mrs. Shen brought up the matter of Mr. Hu taking concubines. At first, she and Mrs. Liu were confused by the appearance, but after calming down and thinking about it carefully, they felt that this matter was inappropriate.
Although the biological child will inherit the Hu family's property in the future, he has been raised under the name of his original wife since he was a child. Who still remembers a biological mother who was a concubine.
Furthermore, the concubine is not even as good as a slave. After she gives birth to a child, if the first wife is unhappy with her, she can be sold directly.
But Cui Xiucai is different. Cui Xiucai has a bright future. She was a serious scholar's wife when she married. Regardless of whether Cui Xiucai will take concubines in the future, she will be her first wife.
Now that Cui Xiucai would actually say such things to Shen Yunxi, wouldn't she be trying to draw water from a bamboo basket in vain?
Mrs. Liu couldn't sit still after hearing what Shen Pingping said. They wouldn't consider Yuan Hu's case. Cui Xiucai must not make any more trouble.
"Early tomorrow morning, I will take you to the town and ask the Cui family to come and propose marriage. Anyway, Shen Yunxi is already married, so the engagement between the second wife of the Shen family and the Cui family can still continue!"
After hearing what her mother said, Shen Pingping felt a little more at ease. She had no intention of going out to cut pig grass now. The large group of pigs in the Shen family were howling with hunger.
When Mrs. Shen came back, she scolded Shen Pingping so much that Shen Pingping had to put the basket on her back again and cut the pig grass again.
The sun was gradually setting, and smoke was rising from every house. Shen Pingping was hungry and bent down to cut pig grass. She kept cursing Mrs. Shen in her heart.
At the end of the grass, there was a sudden rustling sound. Shen Pingping opened the grass and saw two people rolling together. She was so frightened that she quickly backed away.
After a while, she calmed down and walked further to cut the pigweed.
She recognized these two people. The boy's name was Qiao Ruijie and he was a child in the village. The girl's name was Liu Shihan. She was also very beautiful. They were already engaged.
I just didn't expect that they would dare to have sex before marriage.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and Shen Pingping didn't think much about it. She took the time to cut the pigweed. If she went back late, Mrs. Shen would not leave any food for her.
Shen Yunxi and the Mu family dried wild vegetables and mushrooms, and dinner was still stir-fried wild vegetables and mushroom soup.
After eating, Shen Yunxi came up with ways to improve candied haws.
"When I tried making it yesterday, the remaining syrup in the pot was shredded, so I thought of making a shredded candied haws. The color of the shredded syrup is yellowish, so I can name it golden candied haws."
The method and the amount of sugar have not changed, but the shape of the candied haws has changed.
Mu Chenglin and Mu Mu thought it was feasible and planned to try it with some sugar.
Everyone skewered a few skewers of candied haws together, took a small amount of sugar, and added the corresponding amount of water.
She directed Mu Chenglin to first boil the sugar water over high heat, then turn down the heat to simmer slowly. When the bubbles in the syrup became smaller and the color turned yellow, she quickly swirled the candied haws in the syrup, and then Turn the candied haws upside down, hold the long handle of the bamboo stick with both hands, and rub it hard and quickly.
The golden sugar threads appeared, and the slender sugar threads were covered with the candied haws, which was very beautiful. Then the candied haws were rotated, and the golden sugar threads were wrapped around the candied haws, layer after layer, like a stick. A golden thread completely wrapped the hawthorn.
It would have been more perfect if the candied haws had not fallen to the ground when Shen Yunxi turned around. Now there is a lot of mud in the gold wire, which is a bit unpleasant to the scenery.
Everyone was observing the candied haws like a work of art, and Mother even looked at it with admiration.
"I never thought that syrup could be played like this."
Shen Yunxi felt a little proud in her heart, "Tomorrow we will continue to make ordinary candied haws. There will be many people buying candied haws tomorrow, so there will definitely be people imitating us the day after tomorrow. At this time, we will take out the golden candied haws."
Everyone agreed with Shen Yunxi's suggestion.
Mu Chenglin boiled water. After everyone washed up, they prepared to rest. Tomorrow they would make ten kilograms of candied haws, so they had to go to bed early today.
When Shen Pingping came back from the Shen family, she almost missed dinner, but luckily Ms. Liu left a steamed bun for her.
After dinner, before Shen Erfu returned to his room, Mrs. Liu secretly took out two taels of silver and gave it to Shen Pingping, "I'll go to town with you early tomorrow morning and buy some things. Please keep this money." Don't let your father see it."
Shen Pingping quickly stuffed the money into her clothes and went back to her room to rest.
The next day, the Mu family got up very early. The two brothers Mu Chenglin removed the seeds from the hawthorns, and Shen Yunxi and Mu Mu made skewers.
Mu Chenglin lit the fire, Chen Yunxi boiled the sugar, and finally rolled the sugar together.
Ten pounds of sugar are too much to make candied haws, and the sugar will melt over time.
So after making five kilograms of candy, Mu Chenglin took Shen Yunxi and set off first, while Mu Chengjin and Mu Mu continued to cook at home.
Five pounds of candy, about 190 skewers, plus 60 samples.
When the two arrived at the market entrance, there were already many people waiting there, most of whom came with children.
Everyone was very excited when they saw Mu Chenglin holding a straw stick with red skewers stuck on it.
"Yesterday, my grandson took the candied haws on a stick and shared it with some neighbor children. As a result, they all clamored to eat the candied haws on a stick. This old woman came to buy them for them early in the morning. Girl, I want ten skewers!"
"I have a lot of children. I bought a bunch of them yesterday but I didn't even get enough. Some of the kids almost got into a fight. I want twelve bunches!"
"There's me, there's me, I want eight skewers!"
Shen Yunxi is smiling broadly. The candied haws are sweet and sour and are loved by children. Children especially love to worry about whether their parents are fair. I also want some of the other children.
Candied haws on a stick are not expensive, and most of them will be purchased by adults to satisfy their children!
Soon all the candied haws on the straw sticks were sold out, and Shen Yunxi and Mu Chenglin took out the ones from the baskets and stuck them in.
The surrounding vendors all looked at them with eyes wide open. Some of them bought a bunch and went back to taste them to see what the candied haws taste like, while others studied how to make them.
It is estimated that after tomorrow there will be many more candied haws hawkers in Lingyang Town.
While she was busy, Shen Yunxi caught a glimpse of two familiar figures from behind. She looked over and saw that they were Mrs. Liu and Shen Pingping.
The two people walked furtively toward the alley, which was Cui Xiucai's home.
So impatient?
She thought it would take a few days for Shen Pingping to find Cui Zixuan. After all, she had just been married for two days, and Shen Pingping had to wait until the storm had passed before she came out to find someone!
However, Shen Yunxi could also relate to what Mrs. Shen did yesterday that Shen Pingping was having a hard time in the Shen family.
Old Mrs. Shen treats her own granddaughter like this, let alone Shen Pingping, a sluggish person.
One hundred and twenty taels of silver cannot satisfy Old Mrs. Shen's heart at all. She must be planning to make a fuss about Shen Pingping.
I just don’t know how Shen Pingping felt when she found out that Mrs. Shen had already agreed with Cui’s mother on the marriage between Shen Xiujuan and Cui Zixuan.
Thinking that Shen Pingping had been busy for a long time, but finally made a wedding dress for someone, and got a bad reputation, Shen Yunxi only felt relieved!
The Tanghulu stall was very busy and there was no room for Shen Yunxi's random thoughts. She was immersed in the hot business again.
Soon, the candied haws on a stick was about to bottom out. Mu Chenglin stuck the remaining candied haws on straw sticks, then picked up the basket and went home to get the goods.
While Shen Yunxi was busy collecting money and taking candied haws, she saw Mrs. Liu and Shen Pingping again, both of whom walked out of Cui's alley with smiles on their faces.
Shen Pingping held her head high, as if she was already a scholar.
It seems that this Cui Zixuan still has a lot of fun. He is about to get engaged to Shen Xiujuan, and he can still play around with Shen Pingping. This chapter has been completed!
