Shen Dazhuang cursed the third branch of the family in his heart. They had been here for so long but hadn't gotten to the point. The third brother had even been a shopkeeper in town. He was really useless.

Upon hearing this, Shen Cheng's face darkened.

"Our temple is too small to accommodate such large statues as you. If there's nothing else, please leave."

"Second brother..."

"Shut up, who's your second brother?"

Shen Cheng's gaze grew increasingly cold.

A deathly silence fell. Although it was summer, the atmosphere inside seemed to have dropped to freezing point. Shen Dazhuang, Shen Wan, and Madam Lü knew that staying any longer would only make them look foolish, so they could only put on fake smiles, say goodbye, and leave.

As soon as he returned to the Shen family home, Shen Wan greeted Lu Shi.

This was the first time he had beaten Lu since she entered the house.

Why did you hit me?

"I told you not to be so foul-mouthed, I told you not to be so foul-mouthed! Did you think things would be the same as before? Now look what's happened, you haven't found a job, and what are you going to do about your mother's illness?"

Shen Wan slumped into a chair and burst into tears.

Seven days later, the Shen family had settled everything and decided to set off.

The moment Shen Yu'an learned that the Duke of Shen was his grandfather, he had already returned to Shengjing with Old Madam Jiang and Jiang Shuyou to make arrangements.

The workshop had three people working there: Shen Dashan, Xu Shu, Zhao Yong, and Aunt Zhang. They felt very comfortable with them.

With Zhou Wenxuan and his family taking care of the shop, they didn't need to worry about it.

Under Shen Danru's arrangement, Zhou Wenxuan also trained several capable employees and opened a shop in Ningzhou City.

In Zhuangzi, there were also Cai Bo and He Bo who made arrangements.

Shen Danru decided to take Xiao Wei and the others away.

Even after arriving in Shengjing and returning to the Duke's mansion, they still needed their own people to take care of things.

Furthermore, Xiao Wei and his group of twenty-odd people are all skilled in martial arts, and they can protect them once they arrive in Shengjing.

Grandpa and Grandma were going back to Ningzhou. Tan hugged Zhou with reluctance, and then she hugged Shen Danru.

Although they haven't spent much time together, this granddaughter is very much to her liking, and she feels that she is even more caring than her own granddaughters.

Despite her deep reluctance, she couldn't let her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter's future be ruined.

"Grandma, once we've settled in Shengjing, you and your uncles must come."

"Okay, okay, Grandma will definitely come to see you."

Mrs. Tan sighed inwardly. She had strongly opposed her daughter's marriage to Shen Cheng, but now it seemed that her daughter was a lucky woman.

However, she had heard that the Duke's mansion was a den of iniquity, and given Qiaoqiao's personality, she was truly worried.

However, now that she has a granddaughter, and thinking about her granddaughter's abilities, Mrs. Tan can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The Shen family set off after sending their maternal grandparents back to Ningzhou the day before.

Xiao Wei and Shen Yulan met up in Ningzhou City.

Before they even left the village, the sound of a woman crying came from behind the carriage.

Shen Xiaohua's heart tightened; it was her mother crying.

This departure means she will never see her parents again in this lifetime. Is this really what she wanted?

She became worried when she heard people in the village saying that her parents couldn't even afford to eat.

Madam Lü chased after the carriage, weeping. Shen Xiaohua couldn't help but cry too; after all, she was the mother who gave birth to her and raised her.

How could she bear to do that?

"Stop the car, stop the car, second sister, please stop the car, I need to see my mother one last time."

Qingtan ignored it.

Seeing that the carriage didn't stop but instead ran even faster, a trace of sorrow flashed in Shen Xiaohua's eyes.

Although it was just a fleeting moment, Shen Danru still managed to see it.

Seeing Shen Xiaohua stagger to her feet from the carriage and about to jump down, her shoes fell off as the carriage swayed.

Shen Danru sighed helplessly: "Qingtan, stop the car."

Upon hearing the young lady's order, Qingtan finally stopped.

"Thank you, Second Sister."

Seeing the carriage stop, Shen Xiaohua didn't even bother to put on the shoe that had fallen off, and ran off the carriage towards Madam Lü.

The mother and daughter embraced and wept bitterly.

"Mother, I may never come back after I leave. You need to take care of yourself; you've lost weight."

As she spoke, she took out the wages she had received from the shop over the past few days, as well as the pocket money that the Shen family had given her from time to time, totaling twenty taels, and stuffed it into Madam Lü's hand.

At that moment, Madam Lü realized how considerate her daughter was.

She regretted it, regretted what she had done to Xiaohua.

"Little Flower, I'm so sorry."

"Mom, it's alright. Let bygones be bygones. I'll send you money when I've saved it up so that Yuyuan can study hard and not let Grandpa and Grandma take the money away from him again..."

Shen Danru coldly observed the affectionate mother and daughter, and instructed Qingtan, "Qingtan, let's go."

"Yes, Miss."

Qingtan was overjoyed and immediately started driving the carriage.

She had long disliked this Shen Xiaohua, but unfortunately, the young lady was soft-hearted and didn't send her away.

Seeing the carriage leave, Shen Xiaohua didn't even have time to pour out her heart to Madam Lü, and immediately ran forward.

"Qingtan, Sister Qingtan, wait for me, I haven't gotten on the carriage yet."

Having stayed in the Shen family for a long time, she had come to regard Qingtan as a maid. She would not normally call her "sister," but no matter how loudly she called out "sister," Qingtan did not stop the carriage.

How could her two legs keep up with the carriage? Before long, the carriage was far away.

She lost a shoe and her foot was bleeding from running; the pain was so bad that walking felt like being cut by a knife.

A hint of resentment flashed in her eyes. Second Uncle, Second Aunt, Second Sister, are you really so heartless?

They treated Lao Shen's family this way, and they treated her the same way. It's a shame she's treated them like family these past few days.

She ran back quickly. No, she needed to find a horse-drawn carriage, or even an oxcart, to catch up with her second uncle and the others.

They can't just leave her alone.

She only said a few words to her own mother, what did she do wrong?

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