When Old Lady Shen saw Shen Xu, she hurried over, took his hand and said with concern:

"My dear grandson, why are you here?"

Chen Xu hurriedly glanced at Chen Ningzhu, and seeing that she looked at him with a sad expression and timid eyes, he quickly and calmly pulled his hand back and put on a gentle smile.

"Grandma, how could you do such a thing?"

He looked like he had no idea.

Old Lady Shen: “…”

“Grandma, please return the things to this lady for the sake of your grandson. Miss Shen, my grandma is old and she is not thoughtful in doing things.

I would like to apologize to you on behalf of my grandmother. I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive her. I will be very grateful."

Old Mrs. Shen was confused, and everyone in the Shen family was confused.

"Xu'er, you're confused. What nonsense are you talking about? Those things are clearly..."

"Second Aunt..."

Chen Xu shouted, stopping the other party from talking, then smiled and assured Chen Ningzhu that he would have the things returned soon. Finally, he gave Chen Ningzhu a standard scholar's salute and left quickly.

When everyone in the Shen family saw this, they hurriedly followed suit and left.

Now, only Chen Ningzhu, Liu Zhiyi, and Shen Dashan's family are left.

The villagers outside the door saw that there was no more excitement to watch, and their faces were slightly disappointed. The fat lady said awkwardly:

"Miss, regarding reporting this to the police..."

That’s three taels of silver!

Who knew that the cooked duck flew away before it even reached her mouth? How could she accept this?

Chen Ningzhu smiled and said, "Thank you for your help, Auntie. I didn't want to cause any trouble. Now that we can make a big deal out of a small matter, let's forget about reporting it to the police."

If she really reports it to the police and is found to be impersonating a daughter of an official, she will go to jail.

After thinking for a while, he added:

"I heard there's a butcher in the village. I can buy pork from him, right? So, Brother Erzhuang, go take a look and give everyone here a pound of pork as a thank you."

When everyone heard this, they were surprised.

For a while, he kept saying nice things for free.

The Shen family's eldest wife was in an uproar at this moment.

"Xu'er, you're crazy! Do you know what you're talking about? Do you know how much these things are worth? If you give them all back, won't that kill me?"

"That's right, normally everyone listens to you, but today I disagree with everything you say."

"I disagree."

"Your mother and I disagree."

Shen Xu looked at his stupid family and smiled coldly.

"No matter how much it's worth, you have to be alive to spend it. If you don't return it, do you have to wait for the yamen runners to come to your door? If they do, not only will you have to return the things intact, but your whole family will also have to go to jail.

You can decide for yourselves how to proceed."

In the end, Old Lady Shen could only take the things out and hand them to Shen Xu with red eyes and heartache.

He was fooled by Shen Xu again and paid an extra ten taels of silver as compensation.

Shen Xu's expression eased slightly, he took Old Lady Shen's arm, and patiently whispered to please her.

"Grandma, please believe me. We need to take a long-term view. You know, that woman is the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion. We don't usually see such a noble person. Now she is right in front of us. This is a rare opportunity.

If you can curry favor with others, why worry about your career being hopeless?

On the contrary, if I offend him, not only will I be in big trouble, but my grandson's life will also be completely ruined."

Old Mrs. Shen was shocked. "Is this... so serious?" Shen Xu is the only hope of the Shen family, and nothing must happen to him.

Shen Xu nodded solemnly.

Now no one dared to have any other ideas, and they all urged Shen Xu to return the things quickly.

When Shen Erzhuang finished decocting the medicine and brought it back to the house, Shen Xu finally entered the yard, carrying two heavy packages in his hands.

After a long apology, he left.

Shen Ningzhu breathed a sigh of relief, and when she turned around, she saw that everyone in the Shen family had sparkling eyes and was looking at her with admiration.

"You...you are so awesome. I have never seen grandma spit out what she has gotten since I was a child." Shen Erzhuang said excitedly with a red face.

Shen Ningzhu sighed inwardly.

It's not her who is powerful, it's the power.

"Actually, I just lied to them. I was kicked out of the Shen family and I'm no longer the eldest daughter of the Shen family."

Shen Ningzhu looked embarrassed.

"I came here today, firstly to see how big brother's injuries were, thinking of doing something to remedy them. Secondly, I wanted to find a place to stay, but I didn't expect..."

Forget it, let’s find somewhere else.

She just wants to enjoy her retirement in peace and doesn't want to fight with the best every day.

Their identities will be revealed sooner or later. By then, won’t the Shen family’s vampires eat them alive?

"By the way, let me introduce myself. I'm Chen Ningzhu, your biological daughter. Her name is Liu Zhiyi, and she's my good sister. She'll live with me from now on. Now I want to ask you one thing: are you willing to leave here with me?"

Shen Ningzhu suddenly suggested.

"You guys are having a hard time here, and Shen Dazhuang can't recover properly. Why don't I buy a farm and we can live there together? What do you think?"

The three members of the Shen family had long been afraid of oppression, so when they heard about this, how could they not respond?

They were all very excited and knelt down to express their willingness to work like slaves for Chen Ningzhu in the future.

Chen Ningzhu: "No, no, no, you are my parents, I should be filial to you, get up quickly."

Shen Dashan shook his head and said solemnly:

"No, child, your mother is right. You saved Dazhuang and gave him a life. It is only right for us to repay you. As for you, we have never raised you for a single day, so we naturally cannot use our status as parents to ask you to do anything.

From now on, whatever you say is what it is, wherever you say we go, we will listen to you."

Now that we have agreed upon it, we should get the bargain sooner rather than later.

Chen Ningzhu decided that the next day everyone would go to the town under the pretext of Shen Dazhuang's medical treatment, and then go to the dental clinic to buy a small farm nearby and move there directly.

As for the house, it was already very poor and there was nothing much to clean up.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, we will not clean up the mess. When the time comes, we will buy all new ones. Naturally, no one will object.

After finishing all this, it was already dark.

There was not much to eat at home, so Zhao Meihua cooked a pot of black flour porridge with wild vegetables. The few of them drank a bowl and went to sleep.

Chen Ningzhu and Liu Zhiyi slept in the room that Chen Ningxue had previously lived in. It was drafty on all sides, and the broken bed was small and hard. The two of them squeezed together all night, but neither of them could fall asleep.

The next morning, after a quick wash with dark circles under their eyes, Chen Erzhuang had already hired an ox cart from the village, and the family went to the town.

A few people first put Shen Dazhuang in the clinic and asked Zhao Meihua to look after him.

Shen Dashan took Liu Zhiyi to buy a carriage, while Shen Erzhuang and Shen Ningzhu went to the pawnshop, ready to pawn all the valuables they had.

When Shen Ningzhu saw the jade pendant engraved with the word "Yan", she was filled with emotions. She closed her eyes and hesitated for a moment, but finally made up her mind and pushed it out.