Wang Ermazi quickly took a shortcut to the Shen family to report the incident, and Mrs. Shen immediately hid the duck eggs.
Many people went to Mu's house today to deliver wild duck eggs. They also followed Shen Yunxi to Shen's house to see the excitement!
Shen Yunxi led a group of people to Shen's house and found that the courtyard door of Shen's house was open, and Mrs. Shen was standing in the yard looking at her.
Before Shen Yunxi could say anything, Mrs. Shen said, "I don't have wild duck eggs at home, and I didn't take anyone else's wild duck eggs!"
"Grandma, how do you know what I am here for? I wonder if grandma knows these people?" Shen Yunxi said, pointing to the villagers who had just made trouble.
Old Mrs. Shen didn't even look at it, "I don't know you. You're from a small family, but I, Old Mrs. Shen, don't deserve to take a look at it!"
"Bah! Damn old woman, when you lied to us that day, why did you look at us so many times?"
"The day before yesterday and yesterday, when we came to deliver wild duck eggs, you kept saying thank you to us!"
"Bah!" Old Mrs. Shen refused to admit it, "I think you are just dreaming! What about wild duck eggs? Our Shen family doesn't have wild duck eggs at all!"
Shen Yunxi looked at the people in the Shen family's yard. Except for Shen Pingping, who was working outside, everyone was there, and they all looked at her with bad eyes.
At this time, Mrs. Ma said something in the ear of her son Shen Zhenhui, and Shen Zhenhui went to find Shen Zhenwen again.
Shen Zhenhui is ten years old this year, and the Ma family is not as shrewd as the Liu family and the Li family, so the child she raised is quite honest, but that day his father was dragged into the trap by the Shen family, and grandma wanted to sacrifice him for thirty taels of silver. When he was a father, he and his mother began to hate the Shen family.
Shen Zhenwen is only five years old and is the youngest son of the Li family. He has been spoiled since he was a child and is a bit ignorant of the world.
He pointed directly at the kitchen and said to the village chief, "Grandpa, village chief, my grandma has got a lot of duck eggs in the past few days, and they are all hidden in the big vat in the kitchen!"
As soon as Shen Zhenwen finished speaking, Mu Chenglin took the lead and kicked open the Shen family's kitchen door and opened the lid of the large vat.
There were so many wild duck eggs that Old Mrs. Shen couldn't finish them all. Except for a few dozen that she took to the town and gave to the Cui family, she used some for cooking in the past few days and the rest were pickled by her into salted duck eggs.
Old Mrs. Shen panicked for a moment, but she quickly adjusted her mentality, "Isn't this the wild duck egg that my Yunxi used to show filial piety to me? What? My granddaughter is filial to me, and you have to take care of it too?"
Shen Yunxi chuckled lightly, "Grandma, I have never been filial to you, so please don't talk nonsense in front of me!"
When Shen Yunxi said this, Mrs. Shen felt a little embarrassed. She pointed at the villagers and said, "Tell me, did Shen Yunxi tell you to send wild duck eggs to my house? She must be filial." mine!"
"Miss Yunxi didn't say that, you told us so!"
"That's right! You used your identity as Shen Yunxi's grandma to trick us into giving you wild duck eggs for three days in a row, and also asked us to go to Shen Yunxi to ask for money!"
These villagers had the support of the village chief and a group of villagers, so they were no longer afraid and directly revealed the matter!
Old Mrs. Shen's face turned white and black, "That's not because of Shen Yunxi, an unfilial granddaughter. She made so many wild duck eggs and didn't even know she wanted to be filial to her grandma who raised her with so much hard work. My old woman eats her own granddaughter. What happened to a few wild duck eggs at home? Is it illegal?"
"It's not illegal, but if you deliberately deceive the villagers into getting duck eggs, you are committing the crime of deception and theft, and you will be slapped with a slap on the wrist!" Mu Chenglin said gloomily on the side.
When Old Mrs. Shen saw this, she simply sat on the ground and cried loudly. Why did Su leave so early and leave Shen Yunxi behind? She had raised her so well and found such a good husband for her.
Now that she is living in a new house and doing business to make a lot of money, she has forgotten about the old woman and is just an ignorant wolf!
"Did grandma forget how I married into the Mu family? She also forgot that you took away so much money from the Mu family. We started thinking of ways to make money when we couldn't eat!"
"Grandma also has a lot of credit for us getting to this point!"
Old Mrs. Shen pointed at Shen Yunxi, "You! You unfilial granddaughter!" Old Mrs. Shen was really angry this time, and her face turned red!
Old Shen on the side quickly directed Mr. Shen to step forward and help Old Mrs. Shen up. Nothing could happen to Old Mrs. Shen now. She still needs to step in for many things at home!
Shen Dafu helped Old Mrs. Shen up and said to Shen Yunxi, "Look at you, you made grandma so angry! Didn't you just take a few duck eggs from your family? Is it as serious as you said?"
Mrs. Shen took it easy and said to Shen Yunxi, "You will pay them the money for these duck eggs. It is considered as your filial piety to me as a grandmother! I will not pursue the matter where my old lady was almost angry to death by you!" "
"Impossible!" Shen Yunxi refused directly. In front of the Shen family, there can't be any soft-heartedness, otherwise they will push further.
With today's start, after they taste the sweetness, they will pester you like a mangy dog.
Wang Ermazi saw that things had developed to this point, and it was time for him to speak. No matter whether he succeeded in the end or not, he could win the favor of Mrs. Shen.
"I'm telling you, girl Yunxi, the Shen family has raised you no matter what, and the blood of the Shen family is flowing in your body. Don't be so absolute when doing things!"
"Hundreds of wild duck eggs, only a few hundred pennies, are just a drop in the bucket for you now. Just treat it as filial piety to your grandma. They were happy after getting the money, and the old lady was also happy when she got the duck eggs. As for you, I spent a little money to get a reputation of filial piety and feel happy, so why not do it!"
Shen Yunxi got angry. She rolled up her sleeves and raised her head, "Who are you? Do you have the right to speak here?"
"The upper lip touches the lower lip, why is the mouth so big? A few hundred pennies is just a drop in the bucket. You are so generous, why don't you give me the money?"
"Shut up if you don't have money! I want you to intervene in my affairs! I think you have bad breath!"
Although Wang Ermazi was a scoundrel, no one dared to talk to him like this. His temper also rose, and he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to hit Shen Yunxi.
Mu Chenglin picked up the back of his collar with one hand and threw him far away.
"In view of what the Shen family has been doing these days, it is impossible for us to give you duck eggs. Apart from backing up the New Year gifts during the New Year, we will not be filial to you."
"Whether you give them the duck egg money or not has nothing to do with us! Because you are the one who deceived them!"
After saying that, Mu Chenglin was about to take Shen Yunxi back. There were so many duck eggs to make at home, and he didn't have the time to argue here!
"Stop!" Old Mrs. Shen was anxious. If Mu Chenglin and Shen Yunxi left, she would have to pay for today's duck eggs.
Worried that Mu Chenglin's strength would hurt the old lady, the village chief quickly grabbed Old Mrs. Shen. Old Mrs. Shen anxiously said to the Shen family, "Come and stop them quickly, don't let them go!"
However, everyone in the Shen family, including Old Shen, stood still and did not move. It was better for Old Mrs. Shen to come forward for such a shameful thing!
"Li family, Liu family, and Ma family! Did you hear this? Hurry up!"
Mrs. Li looked embarrassed. It was her son who had just been exposed. She was worried that the old lady would settle the score with her afterwards! But if she came forward in this matter, her reputation would be too bad!
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Ma both hated Mrs. Shen because of recent events, so they would not come forward to help her. For a while, the only one in the Shen family that was struggling with the villagers for hundreds of duck eggs was Mrs. Shen!
"Look, you are charging ahead to seek benefits for the Shen family, and none of those who are enjoying the benefits are willing to help you!"
"Grandma, I feel sad for you!"
Shen Yunxi whispered in Old Mrs. Shen's ear. Old Mrs. Shen looked back at the group of Shen family members who were standing still and was furious!
"I'll pay! I'll pay you as much as you want!" What the old lady was trying to do day by day was for some reason, and it wasn't just for the expenses of the whole family.
That's good. A group of people eat, drink, and poop every day. If anything happens, let the old woman come in. Why?
Is it her old lady who is short of these few hundred pennies? It’s the current Shen family that’s short of it!
Since it's embarrassing for you not to move, then why am I still bothering you!
"There are a total of four hundred and twenty duck eggs for three days. According to the Mu family's price, old lady, you have to pay us four hundred and twenty cents!"
Old Mrs. Shen counted the coins she had on her body. She didn't have enough, so she turned back to her room to get the money!
Seeing that Mrs. Shen was really ready to give money, the rest of the Shen family were obviously very anxious, but everyone pushed me and I pushed you, and no one stepped forward to stop Mrs. Shen.
The farce ended like this. Shen Yunxi once again reminded everyone that when the Mu family purchases ingredients in the future, they must obey the Mu family's requirements and not trade with others privately.
If something like this happens again next time, they won't care!
The villagers who were deceived apologized repeatedly and said that they would definitely deliver it to their doorsteps in person later!
In the Shen family, after everyone left, Mrs. Shen started to curse. The ones who got the worst curses were Mrs. Liu and Shen Pingping!
Mrs. Shen still felt that if they hadn't exchanged marriages and Shen Pingping had married into the Mu family, everything in the Mu family now belonged to the Shen family.
Moreover, she can also find Shen Yunxi a richer family, and then the Shen family will not have to worry about food and clothing.
During lunch, Mrs. Shen reduced the amount of meat by half.
The Shen family has no income except the 130 acres of farmland. If they don't continue to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, one day the products from the fields will not be able to keep up with the expenditure!
Everyone thought that Mrs. Shen was angry, so no one raised any questions. Even Shen Xiujuan, who had always lived on meat, was eating her food silently. Anyway, with her mother here, her rations would not be short!
But at night, there was less meat on the Shen family's dinner table, and the Shen family raised questions!
The first person to bring it up was Shen Erfu, who loves to eat fat meat, "Mom, our family is out of money? Why are there only a few slices of meat? This is not enough for me to stuff between my teeth!"
Old Mrs. Shen had already thought of her words, but unfortunately no one brought up this topic at noon, so in the evening she reduced the dosage again, and finally someone brought it up, so she, the old woman, will put her words here today!
"How much do you think Su's dowry is? How much is the family's expenses? How many years of food, drink and entertainment can we have with this money?"
"Over the years, the land parcels have been given to tenant farmers, and family members only need to do the most basic housework. Have they forgotten their worries after living comfortably for too long?"
"I'm telling you, if we don't think of a solution, we won't have such a good life next year!"
Everyone was a little silent after hearing this, but they were not as worried as Mrs. Shen. Indeed, as Mrs. Shen said, after living comfortably for too long, everyone simply forgot about the hardship of food, rice, oil and salt.
"Mom, wouldn't it be enough if you gave your sister a smaller dowry?" Shen Erfu muttered dissatisfiedly. Two hundred taels of silver and thirty acres of land would be enough for their family to live for a long time!
"Don't even think about it!" Mrs. Shen pointed at Shen Erfu's nose, "No one can touch Xiu'er's dowry!"
"Mom, I have a good idea!" Shen Dafu said.
"Our family's income is from this one hundred and thirty acres, which is more than one hundred taels of silver a year. But have you ever thought about how much these one hundred taels account for the total income!"
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Shen seemed to understand, and her little eyes lit up!
"Sixty percent, the grain we give to the tenant farmers accounts for 40% of the total grain. If we take another 20% out of this 40%, then our annual income will be about thirty to forty taels more!"
"This much money should be enough for us to spend!"
Old Mrs. Shen and Old Man Shen looked at each other. An extra thirty or forty taels would not fundamentally solve the problem, but at least it would make life a lot easier!
"Okay! Just do as the boss said! Let's make do with what we eat today, and I'll go cut some more meat tomorrow!"
After discussing all this, the family had a wonderful meal together again!
In the next few days, Mu Chenglin and Shen Yunxi were immersed in the process of making preserved eggs.
Mu Mu was responsible for collecting the duck eggs and paying for them, and Mu Chengjin also came out to help. He was responsible for cleaning the duck eggs, Shen Yunxi was responsible for preparing the preserved egg powder, Aunt Huang was responsible for wrapping the eggs, and Mu Chenglin was responsible for the manual labor of transportation and three meals.
Three days later, the climax of duck eggs finally passed. On this day, Yang Xiaomi also came to see Shen Yunxi, and the fans were ready to dry!
Shen Yunxi asked her to bring the vermicelli with her and come back to her early the next morning. She needed to prepare some ingredients for making vermicelli.
The next day, when the Xia family's carriage came to bring tofu and bean sprouts, Shen Yunxi brought a bunch of ingredients, half a jar of sauerkraut, and a jar of rice wine, and Yang Xiaomi took the vermicelli with him to the town.
When they arrived at Qingfeng Tower, the shopkeeper saw that it was Shen Yunxi and quickly took her to see Xia Yifan.
He was a little surprised to see Xia Yifan suddenly. He originally thought that he would have to wait until his jealousy was over before he could see Shen Yunxi!
"Miss Yunxi came to visit unexpectedly. Could it be that you got some new ingredients?" Xia Yifan quickly asked Shen Yunxi and Yang Xiaomi to sit down and poured tea for them personally.
Shen Yunxi didn't beat around the bush, she took out the dried vermicelli from Yang Xiaomi's arms. This kind of handmade vermicelli was not very beautiful in appearance and was a bit messy.
"What is this?" Apparently this appearance did not interest Xia Yifan.
"It's called vermicelli!" Shen Yunxi introduced, and it's made from sweet potatoes.
"Sweet potato? It ended up like this?" If Shen Yunxi hadn't made tofu with soybeans before, Xia Yifan couldn't believe it, then the sweet potato would have turned out like this in the end!
"That's right! Sweet potatoes, and only sweet potatoes! In addition to sweet potatoes, potatoes can also be made!"
Sure enough, when potatoes were mentioned, Xia Yifan became even more interested. Potatoes are not easy to preserve and will be poisonous if they sprout. Although the yield per acre is very high, there are not many people growing them!
"Then how should you eat this?" Xia Yifan picked up the vermicelli, broke off a piece with force, and tried it in his mouth. He frowned because it tasted unpalatable. This chapter has been completed!