Shen Xiao returned home in a daze.
His parents now live in a rented, dilapidated courtyard house. They just had a funeral, and there are only a few neighbors nearby who help out and then gossip.
When Su Yugui saw her son Shen Xiao return, she immediately went to him.
She quickly grabbed his arm, and only after seeing that her son was alright did she feel relieved.
"You child, why didn't you tell me you were going out? Your grandmother just had her funeral, what are you doing running around like this?"
Shen Xiao's eyes went from dull to clear.
"Mom, where's Dad? I want to ask you some questions..."
The old lady of the Shen family had just been buried. They bought a piece of land in the suburbs and laid her to rest.
They went early in the morning, and Shen Xiao went with them and came back together. However, after he returned, he went directly to find Shen Jichuan.
After the funeral is over, you'll definitely have to treat the people who helped to a meal.
In the morning, we'll set up a few tables in the courtyard.
When the eldest branch of the Shen family was investigated, Shen Zhenhua was arrested and questioned extensively. At that time, Su Yugui felt like the sky had fallen. Zhang Yourong told Su Yugui to take out all the valuables in the house and sell them for money to bribe officials, so that Shen Zhenhua would not suffer during the interrogation.
The Shen family's entire fortune was also poured into it.
When Shen Xiao was demoted, the entire eldest branch of the Shen family was worried, fearing that Shen Xiao would be forced to return from military service, which would truly be the end for their branch.
Zhang Yourong took out all the money she had saved for her coffin to give as a gift to Shen Xiao.
Now that the person is dead, there's no money left for a coffin, so the funeral is naturally very meager.
Shen Zhenhua has been unemployed since the Yang family's incident.
Staying at home eating, drinking, having fun, and just waiting to die.
Su Yugui had no choice but to go out to work to earn money. She had hardly ever worked before and was not good at her job. She earned only a pittance each month, barely enough to make ends meet.
There was another person from the eldest branch of the Shen family who lost her job because of the Yang family's involvement; that was Shen Xiao's younger sister, Shen Mengyao.
When the Yang family and the eldest branch of the Shen family were about to arrange a marriage, they found Shen Mengyao a job as a teacher.
Later, when the Yang family fell from power, Shen Mengyao's job also fell through.
Now she's stuck in a limbo, unable to find a suitable job.
Good jobs don't want her, and she doesn't like bad jobs because she doesn't want to put in the effort.
Without a job, he could only stay at home and live off the little money Su Yugui earned.
Fortunately, Shen Xiao is still in the army and receives a monthly salary. He doesn't have to spend money on food and drink while he's there, and he sends almost all of his salary home.
But with a father like Shen Zhenhua who has no ambition and a younger sister like Shen Mengyao who has unrealistic aspirations, no matter how much salary Shen Xiao earns, it won't be enough for them to spend.
Nowadays, even the funeral arrangements for the eldest branch of the Shen family are handled in a very meager manner.
Shen Xiao frowned as he looked at the few scattered tables and chairs in the courtyard and then at his father who had returned from outside.
Shen Zhenhua has completely given up and is no longer concerned about anything.
Shen Xiao called his father and mother back into the house.
After closing the door, he said, "Don't I have any savings from the money I send home every month? This is all you're doing for my grandmother's funeral? When my grandmother celebrated her birthday at home, we had ten or eight tables."
Su Yugui said, "When was that? Back then, our eldest branch of the family had some influence, but now, who even remembers our eldest branch?"
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