Mrs. Shen was carried home by everyone, and it took a long time for her to calm down. Everyone was chatting and laughing, discussing Shen Xiujuan's marriage.
Liu Shihan looked at Shen Xiujuan's figure getting smaller and smaller at the entrance of the village, and couldn't help but feel proud on her face!
She has been wandering around the town every day for the past few days, looking for some clues.
Last time she ran to town and informed Cui's mother about Shen Xiujuan grabbing food from the dog's mouth, the Cui family started thinking of replacing her.
But a few days later, she still heard that the Cui family had gone to the Shen family to propose marriage. She was not convinced and went to the town again, where she happened to see Cui's mother going to the Jin family with a large amount of betrothal gifts.
This betrothal gift is many times heavier than the one that goes to the Shen family to propose marriage!
At that time, she understood what the Cui family was planning!
With the Jin family as a cash cow, but still reluctant to let go of Shen Xiujuan’s dowry, the Cui family is not afraid of biting off more than they can chew!
But this has nothing to do with her, Liu Shihan. Now she, Liu Shihan, is still the luckiest woman in the whole village!
Today I heard that something happened to Shen Wenjun, and that he even had some relationship with Miss Jin. Liu Shihan felt even more proud, so what about the scholar? He was not as good as a child in her family!
It's just that the jealousy and pride in Liu Shihan's eyes was so arrogant that she didn't notice that her fiancé beside her was winking at Shen Pingping.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and the Shen family had no intention of keeping anyone around. Everyone dispersed in twos and threes, and Shen Yunxi and Mu Chenglin also returned to the Mu family.
Shen Yunxi plans to eat preserved egg and lean meat porridge for dinner today, with rice cakes and some osmanthus sugar.
A few days ago, Shen Yunxi used white sugar and osmanthus to make a lot of osmanthus candy. She also tossed in some rice cakes. The soft and glutinous rice cakes and sweet osmanthus candy increased everyone's appetite!
The life of the Mu family was very warm, but the Shen family was different!
No one in the Shen family cooks now because no one can eat! Except for a few crying children!
The three Shen brothers took all precautions, but they could not prevent Mrs. Shen's determination to give Shen Xiujuan a dowry. The dowry the three Shen brothers prepared for Shen Xiujuan was still left in the yard.
Inside are quilts and clothes, all brand new, and a lot of jewelry. But compared with the two hundred taels of silver and thirty acres of land, this is far different!
Shen Dafu looked down at Shen Erfu and Shen Sanfu.
Shen Sanfu had just pulled him out and said a few words, asking him, as the elder brother, to propose a separation of the family.
Shen Wenjun spends a lot of money to study every year. Shen Xiujuan is now an equal wife. It is estimated that the Shen family will have to subsidize her. These are bottomless pits and they will be dragged down!
Shen Dafu thought about it, and found that apart from Shen Wenjun, Shen Zhenyu was also a student. Although Shen Zhenyu didn't spend as much as Shen Wenjun every year, it was not that small.
Seeing that Shen Dafu ignored him, Shen Sanfu knew the reason, but after a while, he pulled Shen Erfu out again.
"Second brother, if we don't separate the families, from now on these fields and money will all belong to Shen Wenjun and Shen Xiujuan."
"Think about why your second wife's life is like this? It's not because Shen Xiujuan fell in love with Cui Zixuan and deliberately set a trap for you!"
"Did you get a penny from Shen Yunxi's betrothal gift of one hundred and twenty taels? It all went into the old lady's pocket, and now it's all been taken away by Shen Xiujuan!"
"In the future, Shen Pingping will have to go through the old lady to get married. Shen Zhenxing will have to spend money when he grows up. Will the old lady give it to you?"
"My eldest brother Zhenyu is studying, so he has some scruples, but we are different!"
"You know, the old lady asked me to go to jail for thirty taels of silver last time!"
"Shen Wenjun can take away ten or twenty taels when he comes back. My reputation in this life is not even worth thirty taels!"
Shen Erfu frowned after listening to Shen Sanfu's words. It turned out that he was also valued by Mrs. Shen because of Su.
Su was rich, good-looking, well-educated, and even though she never worked in the house, the old lady still looked up to her. But everything changed after Su's death.
Especially after Mr. Liu entered the house, Mrs. Shen didn't like the second room! Because all the money of Mrs. Su was already in the hands of the old lady!
Even Shen Yunxi's betrothal gift money went into her pocket.
Shen Erfu gritted his teeth and calculated. He still had one hundred acres of land at home. If it was divided into four parts, he could get twenty-five acres. Subtracting the share of tenant farmers and taxes, he could still have more than twenty taels a year. income of silver.
Seeing that Shen Erfu agreed, Shen Sanfu also returned to the house very satisfied.
Shen Sanfu noticed Shen Dafu's eyes and looked back at Shen Erfu.
Shen Erfu thought for a while, and now it was his second wife who suffered the most in this family, "Since parents can't handle a bowl of water equally, let's split up the family!"
As soon as these words came out, Shen Sanfu breathed a sigh of relief. He and Ma looked at each other. Shen Dafu closed his eyes and felt a little nervous. In fact, he wanted to separate the family more than anyone else.
Li and Liu didn't speak. The first one to scream was Old Mrs. Shen, "You unfilial son, what did you say?"
Old Shen, who had calmed down just now, was so angry that she was out of breath again. Old Shen also pointed at Shen Erfu's nose and cursed, "My parents are not separated, and your mother and I are not dead yet. Everyone is thinking about our property?"
Old Mrs. Shen came over and gasped, "Everything in the Shen family belongs to my old lady. My old lady can give it to whomever she wants!"
Old Mrs. Shen knows better than anyone that Shen Xiujuan will not have an easy life after going to the Cui family, so she will continue to support her in the future. Shen Wenjun's money cannot be less, so the family will have to live frugally!
Shen Dafu pursed his lips. He wanted to separate the family because Shen Jiajia was fourteen years old this year and was about to marry someone else. If the family was not separated, the betrothal gift Shen Jiajia received would definitely be taken away by the old lady, and the old lady was reluctant to part with it. If you give Shen Jiajia a dowry, Shen Jiajia will definitely have a hard time getting married.
Furthermore, Shen Yunxi could both get a betrothal gift of one hundred and twenty taels, and Shen Jiajia was not much worse than Shen Yunxi. If Shen Jiajia could also find a good family, then Shen Zhenyu would not have to worry about money for his studies!
It was better than watching helplessly as the old man and old lady subsidized all their money to Shen Wenjun and Shen Xiujuan.
Shen Erfu looked very bad after being choked by Old Shen and Mrs. Shen. What did the Shen family rely on to make their fortune? His ex-wife Su's dowry!
After Su's death, according to common sense, this money should be left to Shen Yunxi, but Mrs. Shen took all the money away because Shen Yunxi was still young!
Shen Sanfu touched his nose. He knew that this matter would definitely not happen today, but at least Shen Erfu mentioned it. If Old Shen and Mrs. Shen went too far in the future, they would be able to follow today's topic and continue to raise the issue of family separation. .
Mrs. Shen didn't eat lunch and was already very hungry. None of her three daughters-in-law wanted to cook, so she had to cook tremblingly by herself!
When Shen Xiujuan walked to Cui's house, her legs were almost broken. She had never walked such a long way!
The Cui family was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the house was full of guests. The bride and groom were worshiping in the hall. Someone saw her dress and took a few more curious glances. A maid saw her and immediately took her back to the backyard.
Shen Xiujuan had not eaten for a day and was already extremely hungry. The aroma of the food in the yard came from far away. The taste was very similar to what Mu Chenglin cooked.
Shen Xiujuan couldn't hold it back any longer and rushed out of the backyard. When she saw a chicken on the table, she picked it up and bit it!
Here, Miss Jin has been sent to the bridal chamber, and Cui Zixuan is toasting. No one expected that Shen Xiujuan would come up with this trick.
Jin Yuanwai's face could no longer bear it, and Cui's mother quickly called for someone to take Shen Xiujuan away. Shen Xiujuan did not forget to hold on to the chicken in her hand when she left.
Someone immediately replenished the chicken. When everyone saw Jin Yuanwai's expression, they were very discerning and didn't ask. The town is so big. Who is this fat woman in wedding clothes who appeared in the Cui family? In a few days.
You know it all!
Shen Xiujuan finished the chicken in two or three mouthfuls. She licked her mouth with unfinished content, and then wiped her oily hands on her clothes.
At this time, she remembered the joys of the boudoir that Mrs. Shen had taught her a few days ago. She put the hipa on herself again and sat quietly on the edge of the bed, waiting for Cui Zixuan to come to her in the evening.
Soon the autumn harvest was over, and the affairs of the Shen family and the Cui family became a topic of conversation after dinner in Lingyang Town. Even Shen Yunxi was often mentioned.
Many people began to doubt the character of this talented person.
That day, Shen Yunxi roasted sweet potatoes, asked Mu Chenglin to make meat and fried eggs, and went to the field ridge to deliver meals to Yang Xiaomi, Aunt Huang, and the village chief's family!
Shen Yunxi has been coming to feed them from time to time in the past few days, but when he went there today, he didn't see the village chief, nor Uncle Yang and Uncle Huang.
Aunt Huang took a bite of the roasted sweet potato and nodded, "Yunxi, thank you for getting married!"
Aunt Huang suddenly said something like this, leaving Shen Yunxi confused, "Aunt, what on earth happened!"
"Hey! I heard that the Shen family is harsh on their tenant farmers. They agreed to give them 40%, but now they give them 20%!"
“Forty percent is enough to make ends meet, but 20 percent is not going to push these tenant farmers to death!”
"But the Shen family refused to give it, so a fight broke out!"
"The brothers of the Shen family have not worked hard all year round. They were all injured when they beat these tenant farmers. The most unlucky one was Shen Zhenyu. He was supposed to go to the academy in the town today, but his right hand was broken!"
"Old Mrs. Shen didn't want to take him to the hospital yet, and she had to wait until the tenant paid the money before she was willing to go. Shen Zhenhui came over and called the village chief. The village chief and his people stopped the tenant, and Shen Dafu took Shen Zhenyu to the town.
superior."
Shen Yunxi didn't say anything. She silently served Aunt Huang some meat.
"Hey, this scholar always writes with his right hand. What is Mrs. Shen thinking?" Aunt Huang shook her head.
"She wants to give up Shen Zhenyu and support Shen Wenjun!" Shen Yunxi didn't even raise her head, "The Shen family has no money, and the pressure to support two scholars is too great, otherwise the Shen family would not put their ideas on these tenant farmers.
superior."
"Shen Wenjun has passed the scholar examination, and Shen Zhenyu is the boy student, so Shen Zhenyu was given up by Mrs. Shen!"
"As a child, Shen Zhenyu's injuries are more serious, the greater the punishment these tenant farmers will receive, and the easier it will be for Mrs. Shen's plan to succeed!"
"No way!" The meat in Aunt Huang's mouth almost fell out, "Shen Zhenyu is the eldest son and grandson!"
Yes, the son is in front and the grandson is in the back. No matter how good the grandson is, how can he be better than a biological son!
To be continued...