Chapter 11 Chapter 11 With the blue-and-white mule,…
With a blue and white mule, you can travel several times faster than walking.
It is not yet autumn, and it gets dark late. When Chen Xuan arrived at the entrance of Yunshui Village, the sun had already set, but the sky was still bright, and there were still a number of people gathered at the market at the entrance of the village who had not yet returned home.
Shen Xuan was wearing new clothes and riding a mule. He looked ordinary in the city, but he stood out from the crowd in the countryside.
"Why is there a handsome guy over there? He looks very energetic, but he came to the village at this hour. I wonder where he came from?"
"Why does this guy look familiar? But I can't remember which family in the village bought a blue-and-white mule?"
"Take a closer look. What handsome man? Isn't he Shen Xuan? Oh my God! Shen has made a fortune! He has a mule and new clothes. He looks more impressive than the squires in the east of the village!"
The villagers at the entrance of the village gathered around at once, all wanting to see how Shen Xuan had changed after entering the city.
I saw that the mule under him was fat and strong, with a bamboo basket on its back, which was filled with mutton, ham, sugar, vegetable oil and other good things, which were obviously very expensive.
Shen Xuan's new dress made of fine cloth was carefully tailored, with the seams on the collar and belt rolled, which was very different from the coarse cloth he made at home.
He was wearing a pair of shoes with thousand-layer soles. Even the uppers were made of fine cloth and the edges were densely stitched with a layer of linen thread. They looked comfortable and sturdy.
Shen Xuan already had an outstanding temperament, and it didn't seem so even though he was wearing rags and ragged clothes before. Now that he has changed into new clothes and is riding on a mule, his overall temperament is even more prominent.
The villagers suddenly realized that if Shen Xuan was not a boy, he would look like a young master in the city, and was quite different from the ordinary wealthy families of the country gentry.
"After all, she comes from a wealthy family. After she has dressed up like this, she looks very impressive."
"How can he afford so many things? It must have cost him several taels of silver, right? Could it be that all his husband gave him money?"
"Of course not. If it wasn't given by her husband, did it fall from the sky?"
"Everyone has his own destiny. It seems that Shen Xuan is also destined to be rich. I thought his life was over, but I didn't expect him to suddenly wake up and find such a rich man."
"The most important thing is to know how to love people. Other men have money, but they don't necessarily use it for their own husbands, right? Look at how many good things Shen Xuan has added in these few days?"
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The villagers were talking about it, and when they saw the good things Shen Xuan had the money to buy, they all thought that it must have been given to him by his husband.
Some of the villagers were still a little sour, while others surrounded Shen Xuan and asked him questions.
“Shen Xuan, how much did you pay for this mule?”
“Chen Xuan, you spent a lot of money on this trip to the city, didn’t you? Tsk tsk, with so much silver, why don’t you buy two acres of land in the village first?”
"Brother Chen, what does your husband do? Why does he have so much money?"
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"The mule costs only five ounces of silver."
"It didn't cost much, only about ten taels in total. I'm not good at farming, so I won't buy the land for now."
"Don't tell me much about men's affairs. I don't understand."
Faced with the villagers' questions, Shen Xuan did not play dumb this time, but answered them with a mixture of truth and lies.
He always had to live in the village until he earned enough money to buy a house in the city. In the future, I will inevitably go to the city to do business, and I will have to buy a lot of things when I go back and forth, so I always have to have an explanation.
Since these villagers automatically attributed everything to Xue Fenglin, Shen Xuan was happy to see it happen, so he didn't have to bother explaining it.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Come out and see Shen Xuan!"
"Shen Xuan has become rich, and he's back riding a mule, come and see!"
"Go to Shen Xuan's house and look at the mule. He spent five taels on it and it looks strong!"
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Life in Yunshui Village was already dull, and Shen Xuan's return to the village so ostentatiously alarmed the entire village for a while. Every household had gossipy people calling others to join in the fun.
Because the Wang family had a feud with Shen Xuan before, there were naturally some busybodies who would be the first to go to their door to report the news.
“Chen Xuan has made a fortune, why don’t you Wang family go over and take a look?”
"Your Wang family was wrong. Once you kicked Shen Xuan out, he became rich."
"That's right. It's also the fault of the Wang family for being too harsh on Shen Xuan. If Shen Xuan still lived in the Shen residence, wouldn't Mule and the others also be able to benefit from it?"
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The Wang family had just prepared dinner, and before they had time to take a few bites, they heard the villagers outside the yard gloating over their misfortune. They were so angry that they couldn't eat.
"These bastards, Shen Xuan bought a mule, but they don't know what they are happy about. They are shouting and I thought they bought a mule!" Wang Dalang slammed the table and cursed.
"You've been jealous of our family for a long time." Wang Xiaolian rolled her eyes and said, "Look, my family has houses and fields, and I'm going to marry a scholar, so you must be jealous, right?"
As Wang Xiaolian was speaking, her eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Li, and her second sister-in-law, Mrs. Luo, rolled their eyes at the same time.
In order to find a scholar husband for Wang Xiaolian, Nanny Wang gave Wang Xiaolian three acres of paddy fields as a dowry!
If Wang Xiaolian gets a dowry, won’t the Wang family’s assets be reduced? They had been dissatisfied for a long time, but it was not easy for them to directly refute their mother-in-law, so they just kept fanning the flames in their men's ears.
Sure enough, when Wang Erlang heard what Wang Xiaolian said, he snorted coldly and said, "It's true that you are jealous of our Wang family's assets, but it's not worth it to be jealous of you. If you were as hardworking as Shen Xuan and could find a rich husband, why would you need your family to accompany you to get married?"
These words touched Wang Xiaolian's heart and made him blush. He just slammed the bowl, said he didn't want to eat anymore, and ran out of the kitchen.
"Hey! As an elder brother, how can you talk to your own brother like that?" Nanny Wang glared at Wang Erlang in reproach.
"Mother! Whose boy gets married with three acres of land? You are too biased!" Wang Erlang put down the bowl and stood up angrily to go back to his room.
The Wang family had a chaotic meal and no one enjoyed it.
Wang Xiaolian was scolded by her second brother and became angrier the more she thought about it. He was so angry that he couldn't vent it, so he blamed it on Shen Xuan.
He specially put a silk flower in his hair, put on rouge, and changed into his best embroidered clothes before going out.
As soon as I walked out of the Shen family's old house, I saw Zhong Ge'er and Zhong Xiaomei walking out from the small courtyard next door, one after another. Obviously, he wanted to go to Shenxuanyuan to watch the fun just like him.
Wang Xiaolian and Zhong Ge'er were not of the same kind. They looked at each other and walked towards Shen Xuan's house without saying hello.
"It's almost dark, and you're still dressed like this. I don't know who you're showing it to." Zhong Xiaomei followed Wang Xiaolian for a distance. Looking at Wang Xiaolian's seductive walking posture, she covered her mouth and whispered to Zhong Ge'er.
"Isn't this just dressing up for Shen Xuan to see?" Zhong Ge sneered and said, "Shen Xuan has the money to buy a mule, so of course Wang Xiaolian is not convinced?"
"He already has three acres of land as a dowry, so what is there to be dissatisfied about?" Zhong Xiaomei asked puzzled.
"Who knows." Zhong Ge'er's eyes darkened, and he thought that Wang Xiaolian was also unaware of the blessings she had. Not to mention the three acres of land, even if she accepted less dowry, she would not be married to an old widower.
However, after walking for an incense stick of time, the Zhong brothers and sisters arrived near Shen Xuan's house.
Only then did they realize that there were a lot of people surrounding the courtyard where Shen Xuan lived, all of them were villagers who came to watch the fun.
When Zhong Ge'er looked closely, he saw Shen Xuan wearing new clothes and feeding hay to a blue-and-white mule in the yard. There was also a bamboo basket on the stone bench next to it, which was filled with a lot of good things.
"Brother, Chen Xuan has really changed a lot now. He looks completely different from the foolish and silly person he used to be." Zhong Xiaomei said with some emotion.
They lived next to the Shen family's old house, and often went up the mountain with Shen Xuan to collect firewood and dig bamboo shoots. They were most familiar with Shen Xuan's previous appearance.
Originally, when he heard people mention that Shen Xuan had made a fortune, although Zhong Ge'er felt a little sour, it was not that strong. But now, seeing how glorious he was, I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
As a brother, Chen Xuan was obviously not as good as himself before, but just because he married a rich man, he is no longer comparable to himself!
Zhong clenched his fists and suppressed the injustice in his heart.
I thought that no matter how rich Shen Xuan's husband was, he was still an ugly guy! He would not want to face such a face every day.
But just as he was thinking this, a tall young man slowly walked out of the house, holding a bowl of boiled water and bringing it to Shen Xuan, saying, "The clothes fit you well. Thank you very much. Have a bowl of water first."
"It does fit me well." Shen Xuan's eyes lit up, and he was amazed by Xue Fenglin's new clothes.
After he came back today, he found that the swelling on the other person's face had completely subsided, and his entire body contours were exquisite and stunning, so beautiful that it actually gave people a sense of oppression.
"Is this the man Shen Xuan picked up? I remember he was a bloody man before, why is he so handsome?"
"What kind of blessing is this for Shen Xuan? Not only is the man rich, but he also looks like a fairy from heaven. Why didn't I pick up such a good man and take him back?"
When the villagers saw Xue Fenglin coming out, they became a little agitated...
Looking at Xue Fenglin's face, Zhong Ge'er was stunned, and his mind seemed to be frozen in an instant.
This was the first time he had seen such a handsome man.
Although the young man had some difficulty walking, his appearance and behavior showed that he was not an ordinary person. Not to mention that this man is rich. Even if he is poor, as long as he has such a look, I would be willing to marry him even if I have to eat coarse food!
Brother Zhong saw Xue Fenglin looking at Shen Xuan with a smile on his face, and he personally urged him to drink a whole bowl of water, and then helped him carry the bamboo basket into the kitchen.
Turning around, she saw that the old widower to whom she was engaged was also standing in the crowd, with one foot on a stone, grinning foolishly with his mouth wide open, and watching the fun with his sons.
In an instant, the pain in his heart suddenly seemed to be cut in half by a knife.
We are both brothers, why can Chen Xuan have such a good marriage but I can't? Everyone said Shen Xuan had a good fate, but he just didn't believe it...
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