"Well, that unconscionable bastard, it turned out that the bird has made a fortune quietly. Let me tell you, when I went today, I saw that he was dressed in smooth clothes, and he was already rich enough to buy people. , but his old mother is still eating bran swallowed vegetables at home... .."
In the Shen family's old house, Mrs. Liu heard about Shen Dejian's purchase, and sat on the kang, bouncing her buttocks and began to curse.
At this moment, Shen Debao's family, Shen Xiuyun's family, and Shen Xiuying's family are all present, and everyone is gathered together. Today, the second son of Shen is a blockbuster. He spent thirty taels of silver to buy four maids from Shen Dachui's family. They were all overwhelmed, and the entire Shen family was so shocked that they almost fell down. They didn't even have any thoughts about celebrating the festival, so they ran to the old lady to discuss this matter together.
"Mother, where do you think my second brother got the old money? Did he do something unreasonable?"
Hearing that the second elder brother spent thirty taels of silver to buy four maids, Shen Xiuying's first thought was that her elder brother must have engaged in stealing, robbery, and abducting, otherwise he would be such a bear. You can't earn that old money even if you kill yourself.
Mrs. Liu sat on the top of the kang and said angrily, "I don't know where he got the money from? That beast no longer recognizes me as a mother since his wife who raised a man ran away. I said a few words to their family, and let him kick me out before my ass is warm, just like that, how could he tell me where he got the money from?"
Shen Xiuyun hummed, "Maybe it was that dead Lan Ya who was shameless and went out to do shameless deeds to earn it. Didn't she go out for more than a month a year ago? After she came back, the second brother's family became prosperous. I think she must have gone out and sold herself to earn money."
Because of the deep grievances with Shen Ruolan, Shen Xiuyun seized every opportunity she could use to discredit her at any time, and never relented.
Hearing what she said, Shen Debao couldn't help but frowned, and said, "Xiuyun, don't spread rumors without evidence, don't say that Lanya can't do that, it's that Lanya really did it, Didn't you say that as an aunt?"
"That's right, this rumor can't be made."
For the first time, Aunt Shen said something to Shen Ruolan, not because she really wanted to help Shen Ruolan, but because she was worried that Shen Ruolan's reputation would be tainted and her daughter would be implicated.
In this era, the reputation of a girl's family is very important. If a girl's reputation in a family is ruined, the rest of the girls will be implicated. Aunt Shen will not watch this kind of thing happen.
Shen Xiuyun curled her lips, and said unconvinced, "Who spread the rumor? What do you think? Where did their family get the old money all of a sudden, and they said they made money from making crystal jelly? Huh, fooling the fool, why don't I believe in making something?" How can it be sold for so much after eating for a few days?"
"It's their business how they get the money, why are you so fussy?"
Shen Debao couldn't understand the faces of these two girls, and his words were not very polite, "They are all married and established. It is true to close the door and live in your own home. Why are you always staring at others?" ?”
Qi Laishun said with a dry smile: "Brother, look at what you said, we don't have to stare at him, aren't we afraid that we will be implicated in some criminal things he did? You forgot, the second year old Has he disappeared for several months? Who knows if he did something unnatural during those few months."
"That's right, aren't we afraid that he will implicate everyone by going astray? Otherwise, we wouldn't bother to care about it." Wang Wanfu also said something.
Shen Debao said angrily: "It's not like you don't know what kind of temperament the second child is. You can tremble even if you kill a chicken, so how can you have the guts to kill and rob? I really don't know what you are thinking, the second child can tell the truth How did the money come from, you have to not believe it, you have to suspect that the money came from crooked ways, let me ask you, even if the money didn’t come from the right way, what can you do?”
"If his money didn't come from the right way, we'll go to the government and sue him, and we must not be allowed to lead us!" Shen Xiuyun was quick to say what was on her mind.
She doesn't care about the brother-sister relationship, she can't forgive their family for what happened to Lan Ya to death.
Besides, their family has worked so hard and saved their money for so many years, and their lives are still tight. Why is Shen Lao Er who has been wandering around for so many years, and let him lose it all of a sudden? She is out of balance!
The most important thing is that she doesn't want Lanya to live a life of being popular and drinking spicy food. If their family's money really came from the wrong way, she will definitely report to the government. It's best if the government can arrest that dead girl and behead her That's good, even if she doesn't behead her, she can be exiled or served as a prostitute, at least it can relieve her hatred in her heart!
Hearing her heartless and unjust words, Shen Debao's face became even more ugly, and he suppressed his temper and said, "What if the money is earned by others?"
Shen Xiuyun snorted, but said nothing.
Not only her, but also Shen Xiuying, Wang Wanfu and Qi Laishun didn't speak. Everyone shut up and kept silent tacitly.
At this moment, they were conflicted in their hearts. They were jealous of Shen Dejian's fortune and wished that he would be unlucky and make jokes; but at the same time, they hoped that they could borrow some light from Shen Dejian, hoping that he would care about their family and give them a hand.
"Speak, why are you silent? Are you dumb?" Seeing that several people were silent, Shen Debao asked again loudly.
But those few people seemed to have discussed it, but they just kept silent.
"Okay, if you don't say it, I will say it for you."
Shen Dejian looked excited, and when he spoke, his saliva flew out: "Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking if you don't tell me, if the second child's money is really earned by making crystal jelly, you can go to him and think about it again." Find a way to learn the craft of making crystal jelly, and you will also get rich, right?"
"Hey, brother, see what you said..."
Qi Laishun was caught by the words, and wiped his face in embarrassment, neither saying yes nor no.
Shen Xiuyun and his wife were also a little embarrassed, but they didn't argue, which meant that they acquiesced.
Although they really thought so, no one was ashamed to say it clearly. After all, the relationship between the two of them and the second family was there before. They said so many sour words just now, and now they say they want to learn from others. Can't wipe that face away!
Seeing this, Shen Fucun couldn't help rolling his eyes, "No way, just now you were clamoring to go to the government to report someone, now you have to learn from others, it's really interesting!"
Qi Laishun was a little embarrassed by Shen Fucun's laughter, so he could only put on the airs of an elder, and said sullenly: "What are you talking about, kid? Isn't it for his own good that we want to sue him? Isn't it because he is afraid that he will go further and further down the ramp?" Far away, are you afraid that you will cause a catastrophe in the future and regret it? Besides, why do you want to learn from him? We are all a family, so what's wrong with making money together? Let's live a good life, our old Shen The family can also become more and more prosperous, right?"
Now that I think of it as a family, I just forgot when I suspected that someone had committed a crime and went to the government to report it.
Qi Laishun said everything, and Wang Wanfu and his wife had no embarrassment. Wang Wanfu said: "I think so too. Life is hard these days. If the second brother can teach us the skills, everyone will be happy too." Wouldn't he be happy to see that he can have a full meal?"
"You want to be beautiful, so you think about it carefully. How did you treat the second child? How did you treat Lanya? How dare you make such a request to others? If it was changed, the second child and Lanya treated you so well, would you be willing?" Teach them a craft?"
"Brother, we know what we did was wrong before, but we are all a family, broken bones and connected tendons, why bother to act like enemies? We also know that we are wrong, so you help us and my second brother Let’s make peace, let’s go and apologize to him, won’t it be enough?”
The one who spoke was Qi Laishun. This person has always been smooth, and he can give up his face for the sake of profit. Now, if he is asked to kowtow to Shen Dejian to admit his mistakes, he will not even blink his eyes.
At this moment, both Qi Laishun and Wang Wanfu were filled with remorse. If they had known that the second room could make a fortune, why would they say that they could not be enmity with them? If I had been good friends with Erfang before, wouldn't I be able to come to learn art confidently now? Why bother to think of a way like now, and be scolded by the boss like a grandson!
"I don't think this is right, so don't embarrass your brother."
Shen Degui, who had been silent all this time, suddenly opened his mouth. At this moment, he has slowly turned around from the initial shock, and his face is full of righteousness: "Didn't you hear that Zhang Xingwang said that there is a big boss in the city that costs two hundred Didn’t my second brother sell the prescription for two silver? Why do you ask others for that prescription for nothing? Do you think you get along well with my second brother or do you think you really have such a big face with others? If anyone If you know how to make crystal jelly, who else will sell my second brother’s crystal jelly? Aren’t you guys clearly trying to grab other people’s jobs? I think you should stop thinking about it. My second brother can’t teach you, so let’s take a break Think about it, what should you do?"
What a joke, the prescription is worth two hundred taels of silver, how can it make these people with foreign surnames think about it
All the things in the old Shen's house belonged to him, so the prescription was naturally his too, so don't worry about it!
At this moment, Shen Degui suddenly felt very lucky, glad that he didn't have any violent conflicts with his second brother and Lan Ya like the eldest sister and second sister. Think of a way to coax the second brother and Lan Ya, isn't that prescription his
Isn't the two hundred taels of silver also his
Isn't he developed
This idea is exciting to think about. If one day it is realized, it will drive him crazy!
"Third brother, it's not right for you to speak like this. You can't write two characters of 'Shen' in one stroke. Second brother, he can't get rich by himself. Watch us starve to death!"
Shen Xiuying saw that Shen Degui wanted to eat alone, so she immediately put her face down. She grew up with her younger brother, and she knew her brother too well. He was selfish, poisonous, treacherous, and liked to eat alone. , must want to monopolize that recipe.
Shen Xiuyun said unhappily: "That's right, you're not the second brother, how do you know that the second brother can't teach us?"
Shen Degui chuckled, and said in a strange way, "Yo, now I remember that he is your second brother? Just now who suspected that second brother committed a crime, and who wanted to go to the government to sue second brother?"
Hearing his words, both Shen Xiuying and Shen Xiuying became a little anxious. Just now they said those words out of jealousy, but now it was Shen Degui's trick to hold them. If those words were spread by him In the ears of the second brother, the second brother must have said that there is nothing to do, so give them the prescription. "
In fact, Shen Degui has already decided that Minger must tell the second brother exactly these words, so that the second brother can be on guard against them, and don't let them fool the second brother with a few nice words. The prescription of a hundred taels of silver was fooled.
"Mom, look at Degui, we just said it casually, and he was on the line. He didn't leave us two sisters with a way to survive..."
Shen Xiuying grabbed Liu Shi's hand and cried out like a baby, she just hoped that the old lady would help her because she loved her little daughter in the past.
However, although Mrs. Liu loves her, what she cares most about is her youngest son after all. She is a girl who can be regarded as a face in front of her old mother when she is free, but once there is a conflict with her youngest son's interests, the old The wife will make the choice she thinks is right without hesitation.
"Don't be too busy studying the matter of Fangzi and Fangzi. I haven't figured out how the second child got the money. If it's really not a good way, are you so unreasonable?" ?”
On the surface, Mrs. Liu seems to be making love with each other, but in fact, she is helping Shen Degui. Now that Shen Degui is suppressing Shen Xiuyun and his sisters, if the old lady doesn't talk about him, doesn't it mean that she is on his side?
Shen Xiuyun is straight-tempered, unlike Shen Xiuying who would be devious. When she saw my old lady and Si Ni, she immediately became anxious, "No matter how the second brother got the money, his crystal jelly was actually made, and he was designated to sell it for money." Mother, please help us, we are also your children, you have to level the bowl of water, don't just help those poisonous people, don't care about our life or death."
Shen Degui heard that Shen Xiuyun pointed out that Sang sells locust trees against him, and said with a sneer, "Who is poisonous? I don't think anyone dares you to be poisonous. If you go to snatch Lanya's things in broad daylight, you can do it? It's your fault. As an aunt, if my second brother doesn't say anything, he must already hate you to death in his heart, so don't dream about it, and you are still there."
He turned to Shen Xiuying, "The old Chinese New Year beat my own brother until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he was not even allowed to enter the door. The second brother's heart was broken by you. It took only a few days, and he wanted to occupy someone else's house." It’s cheap, why do you dare to think so?”
Shen Xiuying and Shen Xiuying were overwhelmed with embarrassment, and said, "It's just you, I used to go to my second brother's house to ask for pension money, and if I didn't ask for it, I would beat and scold Lan Ya, as if we didn't know..."
"Then I'm not as shameless as you guys, offending people, and dare to think about other people's things, what about my face?"
"Shen Degui, who are you calling shameless? Can you say something more?" Shen Xiuyun was impatient, and Shen Xiuying also looked angry.
Shen Degui is not afraid of them, it would be good if they scratched themselves, I just went to show my second brother tomorrow, this injury was he asked them to beat me in order to defend it, so that I could sell it in front of my second brother.
"I'm not afraid to say it ten times again, you guys are just shameless..."
Seeing that they were about to start working, they were going to make a pile. Shen Debao blushed with anger, slapped the table, and shouted, "Shut up, stop banging, Fang Zi belongs to the second child, who are you?" Don't worry about it, why don't you remember what happened to others one by one? Now, why do you have the face to worry about other people's things? I'll tell my second son to go, let him keep the prescription well, no one will Give!"
After yelling, he went out angrily with his hands behind his back.
Shen Xiuyun and Shen Xiuying saw that their eldest brother was angry and left, and Shen Degui made it clear that he wanted to eat alone, and his mother was still helping Shen Degui. It was no fun for them to stay here any longer, so they also got up and followed them out.
When she got outside, Shen Xiuying said in a low voice: "Lai Shun'er, my elder brother won't help us, what's the matter?"
Qi Laishun narrowed his small eyes, "It's okay, chicks don't pee, each has his own way, if he doesn't help us, let's think of other ways, but during this time, don't offend your second brother and Shen Lan is dead."
"Do you need to say that? I don't have a place to stick to them, so why would I offend them?"
Shen Xiuying muttered, and the couple went home.
Wang Wanfu and Shen Xiuyun also bowed their heads and walked back, angry as they walked, Wang Wanfu said bitterly, "Shen Degui is so wicked, if he didn't follow along, let's talk about it, your elder brother will definitely agree Talk to your second brother and go, maybe this thing will be done!"
Shen Xiuyun gritted her teeth and said, "That's right, this wicked scum with smoke, why don't you kill him with a bang, but what should we do next? Do we still want to do it?"
"What a fart, your second brother must be angry with us, it is impossible to teach us, and the eldest brother refuses to help, and your mother can't point it out..."
"Hey, what a pity, the great opportunity to make a fortune just disappeared..."
The couple were very annoyed, they didn't say anything, but in fact they regretted it, if they hadn't bullied Lanya back then and treated her well, wouldn't their wishes come true now!
In the old house, Rendubao left, seeing that the old lady didn't intend to cook dinner, Aunt Shen, Shen Ruomei, Shen Fucun, Shen Jincun and Li Qiaolian also went back, although the fifteenth day of the first lunar month should be spent with the old man, but now No one was in the mood for festivals anymore, they were all disturbed by the news that Shen Dejian's family had suddenly made a fortune.
After everyone left, Shen Degui solemnly said to his old lady: "Mother, from now on you must get along well with my second brother, treat Lanya well, and don't make Lanya angry again, remember?"
Liu's eyelids drooped reluctantly, "Let me get along well with them? Could it be that you want me, a mother, to please your son and granddaughter? Isn't that the opposite? What's the point?"
Shen Degui said: "Mother, you also confronted them today, but did you get any benefits? No? Don't you know my second brother's temperament? He is a soft-willed man. If you fight against him , he is more arrogant than you, but if you pretend to be pitiful in front of him and care about him more, he will soften his heart if he appoints him. As long as he softens his heart and recognizes you as a mother in his heart, won't our benefits come? ?”
Speaking of this, he squatted down, hugged the old lady's thigh, and said in a low voice: "My son still wants to study in the Qingyun Academy in the county. I can only study in the town, the academies in the town can't teach well, even if my son has talent, he is buried here for nothing..."
He said that he was wronged, as if he couldn't get the champion if he couldn't go to the Qingyun Academy in the county. In fact, as he was like, even if he went to the Royal Academy in the capital, it would be useless.
When he said this, Liu remembered what the fortune-telling monk said back then, that in the future she would have a son who would be in the imperial court, and a granddaughter who would be Fengming.
This son must be referring to her youngest son. As for the granddaughter, she will definitely not be Mei Er and Lan Ya. Of those two dead girls, one will only hum and haha in front of her, perfunctory, and the other will simply follow her. They turned their faces, and neither of them was good, even if they became empresses, she would not be able to take advantage of it. It would be better to ask them to marry a poor man, and she would be relieved to see it.
The concubine the monk mentioned must be the future daughter of the youngest son. If the son does not pass the exam, her future granddaughter will have no chance to enter the palace and become a concubine.
For the sake of her son, granddaughter, and for herself to be a royal wife in the future, she had no choice but to give in to that shriveled second child...
**
"Tsk tsk, no wonder Lan Ya sent over such a large piece of pork today. It turned out to be a fortune. I said, why are you so generous!"
When walking home, Aunt Shen said something in a bad mood.
Shen Ruomei sneered, "I've made a lot of money to give us such a small piece of pork, really picky!"
Shen Ruomei was not at all happy about the second uncle's family getting rich.
Although the second uncle's family is rich, their family can also get some benefits, but compared with this benefit, she prefers that the second uncle's family is still as poor as before, and she is happy when it is poorer than before!
why? Because she couldn't stand Lan Ya surpassing herself.
Since she was a child, Lan Ya grew up under her contempt and spurn. In her eyes, Lan Ya has always been as humble as mud, and she can be stepped on by her at any time. But such a lowly girl, now she wears She eats better than herself, eats better than herself, and even got engaged to her ex-fiancé (this is what makes her most angry)!
How can she live better than herself
How could she live such a good life
Also, is Zhang Eryong blind? Why did you fall in love with her
Although she was the one who proposed the divorce first, in her heart, Zhang Eryong should always be obsessed with herself, and be in pain for losing herself. Apart from herself, he should never look at any woman in the world again, and be alone for the rest of his life. .. ...
However, only a few days after the divorce, he got entangled with Si Lanya and couldn't wait to get engaged. This severely hit her vanity and self-confidence, and she deeply hated her and felt that she Lan Ya coveted her things, as if they had snatched them away, and secretly made another note to Shen Lanya in her heart.
"They don't deserve us, it's good to give a piece of meat, and you still choose the right one?" Shen Fucun walked beside Li Qiaolian with the child in his arms, and when he heard Shen Ruomei's complaint, he muttered.
Shen Ruomei was already in a bad mood, when she heard what her elder brother said, she turned her head and gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "Lan Ya is not here now, so let's wait until she is around to talk about your flirtatious words."
"Okay, aunt, just pretend that I didn't say anything."
Shen Fucun knew Shen Ruomei's temper, knew that she was suffering from red eye disease, and didn't bother to argue with her, so he deliberately slowed down his pace and walked away from her, walking with his old mother.
When she reached the door of the house, Aunt Shen stopped and said, "You go in first, I will go to the second child's house to have a look."
Shen Fucun hurriedly grabbed her arm and said, "Mother, it's already this time, what are you going to do? Don't you also think the same way as my aunt? Mother, let me tell you that you can Don't think about it that way, we can't behave like that!"
Aunt Shen blushed and scolded: "What are you thinking about, you son of a bitch? I just want to go over and take a look, so why think about anything else?"
"It's fine if you don't have one, don't be confused, be careful that my father won't follow you." Shen Fucun was worried, and deliberately carried his father out, trying to stop his mother from thinking that she shouldn't have.
Aunt Shen did have the same thoughts as Shen Xiuyun and the others, but it was not as strong as they expressed. Her plan was that if the second child was willing to teach their crafts, it would be great, and if he refused to teach, it would be fine. Don't you go to the county every day to sell jelly? One person must be too busy, so let Fu Cun and Jin Cun go to help. They are his own nephews, and he must not treat them badly. At that time, the family will have two more incomes, or they will be lenient some
With this in mind, she planned to come to Shen Dejian's house.
As a result, Shen Dejian's house was locked and the door was locked, and the whole family was away, and they didn't know what to do.
**
the town
Shen Dejian was sitting on Lao Yutou's donkey cart, waiting patiently for his daughter's son-in-law. He had originally agreed to watch the lights together, but he saw his son-in-law chasing him, so he didn't want to disturb them. Thinking about his son-in-law leaving tomorrow After walking for several months, I wanted to give the two children some chance to be alone, so I ran out of excuses, and went back to the car to wait for them, and let them watch the lights by themselves.
The street where the lanterns are placed is not the same street as the street where the stalls are placed, but two intersecting cross streets. When Shen Ruolan and Zhang Eryong walked to the street where the lanterns were placed, both sides of the street were already occupied by various lanterns and lamp sheds. It is full, looking around, there are thousands of lights, from far to near, the eyes are full of lights, it is magnificent, the streets are full of people, and there are various juggling teams yelling and passing by from time to time.
The excitement and festivities of the Shangyuan Festival in ancient times are really the east wind that puts thousands of flowers and trees at night, and blows them down, and the stars are like rain.
The two walked happily, besides looking at the lights, they would also look at the juggling stalls and lantern stalls on the side of the street. In front of those juggling booths, each pile was full of people watching the excitement, and the exclamation and applause continued one after another.
Zhang Eryong is not a person who likes to be lively, let alone let him walk in the crowd, even if he sees the crowd from a distance, he would frown and go around, but today, with Shen Ruolan and by her side, he feels that being crowded in the crowd is special Be happy, it seems that these joyous noises have penetrated into my heart, filling my heart full!
Shen Ruolan was in high spirits, went to a few small stalls, bought some interesting gadgets, and then dragged him straight to watch a hundred opera stalls under the East Bridge.
Jugglers don't need to beat gongs and drums to attract the audience at all today. As long as they set up the stage, before the performance starts, the crowds will be able to gather from the three floors inside and outside.
Sword dancing, handstand, knife swallowing, fire breathing, pole jacking... all kinds of juggling, crowded.
Zhang Eryong was afraid of crowding her, so he raised his arms and quietly used his arms to protect her in an encircling circle, so that she could watch comfortably without being crowded.
At the moment, the juggling booth is performing handstands.
A girl with a slender figure and a slender waist dances lightly to the music on the overlapping twelve heavy cases. There are no safety measures in juggling performances in this era. If there is an accident, you can only blame your poor skills or luck Not good, very difficult.
After the performance, Shen Ruolan took out a small piece of broken silver from her purse, and accurately put it into the gong held by the busker.
Zhang Eryong was very surprised by his throwing skills, Shen Ruolan said proudly, "I'm also a Lianjiazi."
In her previous life, her marksmanship was one of the best in the institute. She also participated in the shooting competition organized by the County Public Security Bureau and won a good ranking. It was easy for her to throw a piece of silver into such a big gong.
Zhang Eryong glanced at her in admiration, seeing her going out again, he hurriedly followed her.
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