HCB Chapter 197 Reasons
Chapter 197 Reasons
As soon as Shen Lingzhu finished speaking, he was confused by the actions of his senior sister circling around him, "Senior sister, are you casting a spell on me?"
"No, I'm trying to figure out which world you are from." Shen Miaozhu said seriously.
Shen Lingzhu understood immediately, "Senior Sister is clearly looking at me for overestimating my own abilities.
Well, I realized that if I had no money or power, I would be cannon fodder if I came to Beijing.
I might run into some celestial beings and get myself into trouble."
Shen Miaozhu stopped and nodded to her, "You seem quite clear-headed, so stop talking nonsense.
"If my uncle wants to pay for the arrangement, let him do it. If it works, our whole family will benefit, and Shen Xianzhu will be able to take part in the county exam."
Shen Lingzhu found a fist-thick stick beside the greenhouse and tied it to the donkey's back, saying, "If not, our whole family worked for nothing last year, and up to now, we still haven't paid back the five hundred taels to Mr. Geng.
Because of this, when he came to buy wine a few years ago, my uncle refused to charge him a penny and gave him two jars instead. "If we say we enjoyed the first wave of dividends from the bellows rocking chair last year, our family had a pretty good profit."
Later, he opened a food store and sold wine and off-season vegetables, and the income was unexpectedly good.
But the corresponding dividends and wages are paid out more.
She said worriedly, "Sister, why am I so worried about my uncle handing over his hard-earned money to a messenger?
Even if this is a loyal servant of my uncle's friend, how much use can the money have once it reaches his hands?"
“It’s hard to say, we are completely clueless about the capital, let alone the connections in the officialdom.
Giving money away may not necessarily bring any results, but it will help ease some of Uncle's anger. "Give away a fortune and it will come back, so there's nothing to be afraid of." Shen Miaozhu patted her junior sister, who had grown rapidly recently, and helped her tie the basket to the stick on the donkey's back.
Shen Lingzhu pouted: "Aren't you afraid that if things don't work out, your uncle will get even more angry?"
Shen Miaozhu asked her in return: "Is uncle a brainless person?"
That's definitely not the case. Right under their noses, my uncle was able to calmly move the people and hidden cards in his hands. Even Cai Yuansheng, who was threatened by her, was used by my uncle to get to the bottom of those who had illegally appropriated my aunt's dowry. This was something I could never do.
Seeing him shaking his head like a rattle, Shen Miaozhu couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's all, uncle has his own plans.
Let's go to Shed No. 2 and call Big Brother to go back and ask him."
Shen Lingzhu patted the basket and asked, "Are you still giving me this food?"
Shen Miaozhu turned around and called Shen Xianzhu in the other shed: "Send it home. It's just a detour, but we'll get home."
As expected of a teacher, Shen Lingzhu herself was lectured again. She fed her new friend a carrot and urged it to keep up: "Ermao, there are several giant Buddhas pressing down on me. Why am I growing so slowly?"
"Ang ang ang." She was responded by a series of donkey brays.
Shen Miaozhu, who was walking in front, glanced back at her and said, "You have a lot of opinions."
Shen Lingzhu immediately put on a smile, cupped her hands and bowed repeatedly: "No, no, I like having my senior sister in front to protect me from the wind and rain."
Before she finished speaking, Xiaoshan came out from behind Shed No. 1 and just heard her say, "Xiaozhuzi, why are you calling Sister Miaozhu "Senior Sister"?
"Ah? Why are you here?" Recently, the greenhouse has been guarded by the eldest brother and Xia Wang. Shen Lingzhu didn't expect that there was someone else.
Her mind raced, and she finally found a reason: "Second sister is a registered disciple of Taoist Xuan Lingzi, equivalent to a disciple of the Seven Stars Temple.
It’s fun to imitate the Taoist priests and call them “senior sister and senior brother.”
"Really? Senior Sister Miaozhu. It's weird." Xiaoshan turned the slingshot in his hand thoughtfully.
Shen Lingzhu turned around, made a face at her senior sister, and quickened her pace towards Shed No. 2.
After calling out "Big Brother", everyone hung another basket of vegetables on the donkey's back.
After Shen Xianzhu heard her recount the contents of the letter, he said, "Uncle Cheng can be trusted.
But I don’t know if I can trust the person he is looking for.”
He pondered for a moment, then said, "Go home and see what Dad decides."
The three of them left Xia Wang behind to guard the house, and took Xiaoshan, who had come to play, away. Xiaoshan said, "On the third day of the Lunar New Year, my uncle and my father were guarding the greenhouse. After they drank too much and fell asleep, some relatives from another village came secretly.
Brother Xianzhu, why don't you get a dog and keep it here?"
"No." The three siblings objected in unison, leaving Xiaoshan extremely puzzled.
Shen Xianzhu had heard his seventh uncle mention raising a dog, but his father had rejected the idea. He said to Xiaoshan, "Vegetables aren't expensive, but raising a dog costs food. If it bites someone, it's even more troublesome."
The real reason is that if a dog is kept to guard the shed and bites someone, people will inevitably feel that they are bullying others because of their power.
Dad used to keep a low profile, and he has to keep an even lower profile recently.
If his father seeks reinstatement, he and Xiao Zhuzi can no longer go to the food shop in the provincial capital, and his seventh uncle will have to take on the responsibilities of manager and accountant.
He was preoccupied with something and had no intention of going into the village again. Xiao Zhuzi was responsible for delivering vegetables to the grandfathers in the clan.
Shen Lingzhu watched her elder brother and second sister run home at the village entrance. She exhaled and said, "I want to go back too."
"I'll deliver it for you." Xiaoshan volunteered, holding the donkey.
He knew that Shen Lingzhu would never let him go alone. If he saw a bird or something, he would chase it and beat it without hesitation.
But when she returned home after delivering the food, her eldest brother and eldest daughter were not at home, not even her second sister was at home. "Aunt, where are they?"
"The Seven Stars Temple has informed us that Taoist Master Xuan Lingzi ascended to heaven today." Hu sighed deeply.
Shen Lingzhu was stunned for a moment, then realized: "I even specially invited my uncle."
Mrs. Hu nodded: "Yes, it is said that he left a fortune for your uncle."
"Then, after the Taoist priest ascends to heaven, does my second sister need to keep vigil over the body?" Shen Lingzhu didn't understand the rules here.
Mrs. Hu said, “It depends on what the new abbot says. If they all obey, then she will obey too.
The relationship between master and disciple is a matter of great righteousness. Miaozhu must uphold this righteousness after receiving the inheritance.
Alas, Taoist Xuan Lingzi doesn’t easily give divinations. I don’t know what the divination is for your uncle.”
"My uncle and second brother are not at home, so where is the person from the Cheng family who delivered the letter?" When Shen Lingzhu left, the man was placed in the east wing dining hall to eat, but when she just entered the door, she only saw Nanny Xu cleaning up, and did not notice that there was a outsider in the house.
Mrs. Hu: "I've left. I've already returned to Beijing with your uncle's letter."
Shen Lingzhu: "Didn't you let him take the money?"
Mrs. Hu pulled her closer and said, "So you were worried about this, that's why you rushed to find Xianzhu.
Don't worry, we need to send someone to deliver the money, not the Cheng family's servants."
Shen Lingzhu couldn't help scratching her head. She had misunderstood him, "Has uncle decided who to send?
If it is Uncle Seven, who will be in charge of the food shop in the city?
My eldest brother said that it would be best for us not to show up in the county seat or the prefectural capital in the near future."
The reason why she didn't mention her uncle was because of the difference in closeness. The Huang family was Mr. Chi's in-laws, not Mr. Shen Wu's.
Why do I always feel awkward? Shen Lingzhu sorted out her thoughts and asked something that had puzzled her: "Aunt, why is my father not Master Chi Ba?
Calling him Second Master Chi always makes me feel like I am a generation behind Fifth Master Shen."