"I heard that Mrs. Su brought a lot of dowry when she got married. Otherwise, how could the Shen family be so prosperous?"

Over at the Shen family, the three sons and daughter-in-law were spitting. Some scolded God for being unfair, and some scolded Shen Xiujuan for being shameless.

Mrs. Shen relied on her status as an elder and yelled back with her hands on her hips.

Mr. Liu stood up and wanted to hit Shen Xiujuan, but was kicked by Mrs. Shen again.

In the chaos, no one knew who pushed Shen Xiujuan. Shen Xiujuan's fat body fell to the ground and could not stand up for a long time.

Seeing that the Shen family was in chaos, the Cui family's mother and son quickly left with the matchmaker, saying they would come back to propose marriage later.

As soon as the Cui family mother and son left, the crowd eating melon seeds also planned to leave. At this time, Shen Yunxi shouted.

"Grandma! When I come back today, will there be food to eat?"

Old Mrs. Shen was furious. This Shen Yunxi was here to cause trouble today!

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. Didn't the Mu family give you food? They still want you to come to your parents' house today to have your teeth cut!"

Shen Yunxi felt aggrieved, "But grandma, it's me who's coming home today!"

"Brother Mu gave me one hundred and twenty taels of silver, and grandma only gave me a few old clothes as a dowry. Brother Mu is kind-hearted, and the family has no money. He has been working hard to sell candied haws, and finally made some money. Today he is going to cut the candied haws. He bought four pounds of fat and forty eggs and took them home with me."

"But who knew that grandma wouldn't even give me a meal!" After Shen Yunxi finished speaking, tears flowed down.

"Old Mrs. Shen, are you going too far? She made so much money and bought so many things to come back home regardless of past grudges. Why don't you leave your granddaughter to eat?"

"That's right! Who would dare to marry a daughter of the Shen family in the future?"

"Shen Yunxi, what do you want?" Mrs. Shen jumped anxiously.

"Grandma won't let us eat, so give us back the meat and eggs!"

"This is for you to honor your elders, how can you have the nerve to take it back!" Shen Erfu, who was still bickering at the side, stopped immediately when he heard that Shen Yunxi was going to take the fat back.

"But Dad, Brother Mu and I spent three days earning this to buy this. If you don't let me eat, we will be hungry when we go back today!"

"Motherless children are really pitiful. Shen Xiujuan can get so much dowry, and Shen Yunxi can't even eat!"

"Yeah, look at Mrs. Liu fighting for Shen Pingping, but she beat Shen Yunxi up and stuffed her into the sedan chair."

"I heard that the higher-ups in the scholar examination will come to test the character of this family. The fourth son of the Shen family will be taking the examination tomorrow, right?"

As soon as she heard about Shen Laosi's reputation, Mrs. Shen immediately stopped working. She ran very fast with her little feet and rushed directly into the kitchen to carry out the meat and eggs.

"Come on, hurry up, don't be an eyesore to my house!"

Shen Yunxi got the meat and eggs and immediately pulled Mu Chenglin away.

Shen Yunxi returned to Mu's house with Mu Chenglin satisfied.

Various news about the Shen family spread in the village and even spread to other villages.

"My sister-in-law misses her niece's fiancé", "Sold her granddaughter to make a dowry for her daughter", "Connives my stepmother and step-sister to bully my step-sister", etc.

When Mrs. Shen heard the news, she was even more furious. In the past few days, her three sons took turns watching her at home, preventing her from contacting the Cui family.

This time the three brothers were of one mind and expressed that if Mrs. Shen wanted to give Shen Xiujuan such a large dowry, then they should separate the family first!

When the Cui family heard about this, they didn't even come. Without so much dowry, why would Cui Zixuan, a great scholar with a bright future, marry a lazy and fat village girl?

Shen Yunxi returned to Mu's house with meat and eggs, and the family had a full meal at noon. Mu's mother felt even more sorry for Shen Yunxi when she heard what happened to the Shen family.

After dinner, Shen Yunxi went down the mountain. The recipe for candied haws on a stick was sold, and the series of soybean recipes could not be carried out for the time being. She had to find another way to make money.


Chapter completed!