Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Xue Fenglin was...
Xue Fenglin has always been admired in Beijing because of his appearance and status. Hearing Shen Xuan's words suddenly, he froze in place, not knowing whether to put his hand away or put it down, with mixed feelings in his heart.
He was of an arrogant disposition, and since he had received Shen Xuan's words, it was impossible for him to be shameless and go further. He just raised the corners of his mouth stiffly, forced out a fake smile and said, "You and I are thinking the same thing. Let's just put on a show to deal with the villagers for now."
Shen Xuan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Xue Fenglin say that he had the same idea as himself.
He patted Xue Fenglin on the shoulder and said, "In that case, you and I are in sync. It won't be awkward when we get along in the future."
Seeing him so happy, Xue Fenglin felt even more uncomfortable. However, I couldn't show this feeling, so I had to hold it back.
Fortunately, he was fighting with others day and night in the Marquis' Mansion, and was very good at wearing a mask and saying one thing and thinking another, so Shen Xuan didn't notice any clues.
When Shen Xuan was decocting medicine for Xue Fenglin, Xue Fenglin washed the dishes.
After Xue Fenglin finished drinking the medicine, Shen Xuan brought a basin of hot water and said, "Now that you have washed up, go to bed quickly. Tonight you sleep in this room and I'll sleep in that room. This old house is quite good. It happens to have two rooms. At least we don't have to sleep on the floor."
Xue Fenglin was stunned, then he saw Shen Xuan put down the basin and walked out the door, then turned and went to another room. Xue Fenglin was the only one left, and he felt that the whole room was empty.
He simply scrubbed it and took the basin out to empty it. I turned around and saw that the light in Shen Xuan's room was still on. I was just thinking about whether I should go over and say goodnight. With a whoosh, the light in Shen Xuan's room went out.
Xue Fenglin: “…”
Lying on the bed, Xue Fenglin thought to himself: With my status, I have to marry a lady from a noble family anyway.
Not to mention the stepmother and younger brother at home, neither of them are easy to get along with. If I enter the officialdom next year, I will have to rely on the support of Yue family. Since Shen Xuan said that he didn't want to get married, then I wouldn't be doing him any wrong. Wouldn't that make everyone happy?
After thinking about it, he closed his eyes and went to sleep. After a stick of incense, he suddenly opened his eyes again and cursed inwardly why this wooden bed was not as comfortable as the Shen family's straw bed?
Xue Fenglin tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep well, but Chen Xuan, on the other hand, slept until noon, which was a rare occasion.
Without the Wang family to order him around and eating well, Shen Xuan felt refreshed.
When he pushed the door open, he found that Xue Fenglin had already woken up. He was holding a bucket and standing by the well with difficulty, trying to help him fetch water.
"You are still seriously injured, so you should rest first." Shen Xuan took the bucket from Xue Fenglin and looked at him carefully.
Today Xue Fenglin looked much better than yesterday. His body was hardly swollen anymore and he walked more flexibly. Although the skin color was still a little purple, the contours of the face had become clearer.
Shen Xuan discovered that his nose bridge was particularly high, and his pair of distinct black and white eyes gradually emerged as the swelling subsided. In addition, he is tall, with a wasp waist and a monkey back. If the bruises on his face healed, he might still be a handsome guy.
Shen Xuan was also half obsessed with looks, so it was naturally pleasing to the eye to have a handsome guy admire her, and even her mood improved a bit.
After fetching water, he went to the kitchen, mixed the remaining cornmeal into a batter, added salt, and baked two pancakes. After eating the bread, there was no food left in the house.
Shen Xuan thought about it and decided not to touch the snails today.
I was in such a rush to move last night that there are still many places in the house that I haven’t had time to clean up. In addition, many of the Shen family’s things were closely guarded by the Wang family and could not be taken out, so they all needed to be purchased new.
There is a small market at the entrance of the village, where there are often stalls selling meat and tofu. Many villagers who have extra rice, flour, vegetables, or extra shoe soles at home will also take them there to sell. If you need something at home, you can just go there and buy some.
"I'm going to go out and buy some things." Shen Xuan said to Xue Fenglin, "Your medicine is simmering on the stove. You watch the fire. When it boils, you can take it down and drink it."
Xue Fenglin nodded. Although he still had difficulty walking, he could still do this kind of thing.
Shen Xuan carried the backpack and went out, and in less than an incense stick of time he arrived at the market at the entrance of the village.
Some villagers would kill pigs and sell them early in the morning. In addition, there was a tofu stall run by the Zhang family, which had been there for decades and would open as long as the weather was fine.
Shen Xuan had just made such a big fuss in the village yesterday, and today he appeared at the entrance of the village with another protagonist of the gossip, and naturally became the focus of attention of all the villagers.
"Brother Chen, congratulations, you are finally married."
"It's really a miracle. Chen'er is married, but the little boy from the Wang family is still alive."
"Brother Chen, do you know your husband's name?"
Shen Xuan smiled and said, "Of course I know, his name is Lin Ye."
Shen Xuan suddenly began to speak, and his words were quite clear, which surprised the other villagers.
"Brother Shen, why aren't you stupid?"
"Could it be that becoming a relative will make even people sober?"
Shen Xuan has already left the Wang family, and he will have to handle many things himself in the future, so he is too lazy to pretend anymore. He said directly: "I hit my head a few days ago, and then I slowly woke up."
Everyone was also very surprised when they heard this, and they surrounded him and asked him many questions. Shen Xuan answered them fluently, which made them believe that Shen Xuan was really awake.
"It's true that fools have good fortune. Now that you've woken up and got married, you can live a good life in the future." Aunt Zhang, who sells tofu, said.
After all, she is a businesswoman and speaks more nicely than the average villagers. Shen Xuan also happened to want to buy tofu, so he asked Aunt Zhang and bought two pieces of old tofu.
A piece of tofu costs three cents, the same price as on the official road. Shen Xuan gave Aunt Zhang six coins, and Aunt Zhang wrapped the tofu in lotus leaves.
Shen Xuan put the tofu into the basket on his back and went to see Mr. Huang who was selling meat nearby.
Uncle Huang is the biological father of the village chief’s wife, Huang Erniang. His family just slaughtered a pig this morning. Except for what they kept for their own consumption, they took the rest to the village entrance to sell.
Shen Xuan and his friends arrived late, and the pig blood and offal had already been sold out. There was only one rib left, but it was not sold because the price was too high.
Pork ribs cost ten cents per pound, and a piece of ribs weighs at least ten pounds. The villagers lack oil and water, so they prefer to eat fatty and lean pork belly rather than lean ribs.
What's more, ribs are heavier than meat. Ten pounds of ribs only have five pounds of meat. The villagers think it is not cost-effective. Grandpa Huang had been selling it for two hours and thought that if no one wanted it, he would just stop selling it and take it home to eat himself.
"Uncle Huang, please sell me this piece of pork ribs." Shen Xuan took a fancy to the piece of pork ribs and said to Uncle Huang.
He had not eaten pork for the past few days since he traveled through time, and he was already craving for it. Besides, there is a sick person at home who also needs some nourishment.
Just looking at this fan of ribs, Shen Xuan's mind thought of various ways of eating such as sweet and sour ribs, pan-fried ribs, and grilled ribs.
"These ribs are not cheap, ten cents a pound." Uncle Huang said after looking at Shen Xuan.
It’s not that he looked down on Shen Xuan, but this slab of ribs weighed twelve pounds and six ounces, and it would cost more than one hundred and twenty coins to buy the whole slab. Everyone knows what kind of life Shen Xuan lived in the Wang family before, where did he get the money to buy ribs?
"Then weigh it and I'll buy it." Shen Xuan smiled.
He grabbed a string of copper coins from his sleeve pocket and began to count them by tens.
When Mr. Huang saw that Shen Xuan still had a lot of money in his hand, he immediately took out the scale to weigh it again.
"The total is one hundred and twenty-six coins. I will only charge you one hundred and twenty coins. It can also be regarded as congratulations on your wedding." Uncle Huang readily gave Shen Xuan a zero.
The ribs were sold, and he hummed a little tune happily while putting the ribs into Shen Xuan's backpack.
Seeing Shen Xuan bought so many ribs at once, the surrounding villagers were stunned.
You have to know that it’s one hundred and twenty coins, and it’s not a festival. How many families in the village would be willing to spend so much money to buy meat at once?
"Where did Shen Xuan get so much money?"
"How could he have any money? It must be his new husband's, right?"
"Tsk tsk, he is so lucky. I thought he picked up a sickly kid, but I didn't expect him to be so generous. He will be blessed in the future."
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The villagers were talking about it, and there was no shortage of sarcastic remarks.
Shen Xuan pretended he couldn't hear them and didn't bother with them. He bought two more radishes, some polished rice and white flour before going back.
After he walked away, Zhong Geer put down the insole in his hand and said sourly: "You spend money lavishly and don't know how to be frugal. I think you are stupid."
Zhong Xiaomei came with him to the village to sell insoles. When she heard this, she laughed at him and said, "It's his man who pays for it anyway, so why do you feel bad? Are you jealous that he's married?"
"Who would envy him?" Zhong Ge'er got angry when he heard this: "Don't you even look at the man's appearance? His face is blue and purple, and it's scary to look at. Only Shen Xuan is not picky."
"Hehe, I say you should not be too picky." Zhong Xiaomei laughed and said, "You are a man, and you are already sixteen this year. What if you are like Wang Xiaolian, who is over eighteen and still can't get married?"
This completely pissed off Zhong Ge'er. He snorted coldly, stood up, stomped his feet, threw down the insole stall, turned around and left.
No one noticed that on a ridge not far from them, Wang Xiaolian was hiding in the grass with a vegetable basket on her arm, her teeth gnashing with hatred.
Wang Xiaolian rushed back home crying, hugged Nanny Wang's arm and said, "Mother, it's all Shen Xuan's fault. Now he's married, but I'm still here. Everyone in the village laughs at me!"
"Who can be blamed?" Nanny Wang was furious when she heard this. It was also Wang Xiaolian's own fault. She had asked a matchmaker to introduce him to several people before. It’s not that he looks down on others, or despises this one because of poverty or that one because of ugliness, it’s just that others look down on him.
"Isn't it because I didn't bring enough dowry?" Wang Xiaolian said with tears in her eyes, "Didn't the Chen family in the neighboring village marry well? His family got five acres of land as compensation."
"Chen'er is the only son in the family. How can he have the same as you? Five acres of land! Our Wang family has a total of fifteen acres of land. You just asked for five acres. Your two sisters-in-law will definitely make a fuss." Nanny Wang glared at Wang Xiaolian with disappointment.
"Mom, when you were born, I went to the Shen family to be a wet nurse. I never got a sip of your milk." Wang Xiaolian's words touched the sore spot of Nanny Wang.
Back then, Nanny Wang sold herself to work as a wet nurse in the Shen family. She was separated from Wang Xiaolian and her son for many years. She always felt that she owed him something, which is why she dotes on him so much now.
And Wang Xiaolian has always felt that Shen Xuan stole her mother, so she particularly hated him and compared herself with him in everything.
Nanny Wang thought for a moment before she spoke: "How about this, let's ask the matchmaker to come again tomorrow and have her look for you in the village."
"Five acres of land as a dowry?" Wang Xiaolian asked, holding up five fingers.
"Accompany Sanmu." Nanny Wang gritted her teeth.
“Tsk, so stingy.” Although Wang Xiaolian was still a little dissatisfied, three acres of land was considered a lot of dowry in the village: “I must find a good one, at least better than Shen Xuan.”
Today he saw that Shen Xuan's man gave him a lot of money, and he even bought a whole rack of ribs!
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