Chapter 308: Escape
The courtyard door creaked open, and Mrs. Zhang was a little surprised to see Han. "Isn't this Xiaotai's mother? I heard that Shen Yi is back, congratulations! I'm making pancakes, and I was thinking of sending some over later."
"No, no, my Xiaotai baked durian cakes and cooked papaya, white fungus, red dates and milk soup. She said your Xiaoxi likes sweet food, so she asked me to bring some over."
"Oh! How can this be so embarrassing! When Xiaoxi was a child, she drank the goat milk sent by Xiaotai, and most of the clothes she wore were sent by Xiaotai. It's okay that she often went there to eat and drink, but why did you guys bring food here in person!" Mrs. Zhang blushed, feeling very embarrassed.
At this time, a little head popped out of the door and smiled sweetly at Han, "Mother-in-law!"
"Hey! Our Xiaoxi is so good! Come, come, grandma has brought you some food. Try it while it's hot. If you don't have enough, go tell grandma, okay?"
Han touched Chen Xi's head lovingly, left the things behind despite Mrs. Zhang's attempts to stop her, and turned and ran away.
When Mrs. Zhang ran out of the door, Han was nowhere to be seen.
Shen Xi shouted in the house, "Grandma, come and eat, the milk soup smells so good."
"You kid! You can't keep taking advantage of your Aunt Su."
Shen Xi said obediently: "Grandma, don't worry, I will be filial to you and Aunt Su when I grow up."
Just one sentence made Mrs. Zhang lose her temper.
Xiong Kai listened silently to the girl's clear voice in the yard, recalling the scene when the girl just stuck her head out, and quickly disappeared around the corner.
Han didn't know that she had escaped a disaster and continued to deliver things door to door.
Xu also sent food to Chen Mu's home.
Their family members also gathered in the yard to look at the treasures bestowed by the emperor, but it was noisy here and not as harmonious as theirs. Some people even had their eyes on those imperial gifts.
Xu came in and cleared her throat, put the things down, smiled and congratulated Huang Xinghua, saying, "Our Shen Yi said that the emperor gave them things, and it really is one for each person. Your family must keep these things. Shen Yi said that they have reported to the county government. There are words engraved under the gold. They cannot be used, but can only be used as a sacrifice. You'd better build a yard like Shen Yi to store them."
"Ah? There is such a saying?" Huang Xinghua widened her eyes, her eyes full of confusion.
Shen Dagou scratched his head and said, "Mom, the Marshal seemed to have said these words, but I was so happy at that time that I didn't understand."
"Child, how could you not understand such an important thing?" Huang Xinghua was speechless. She couldn't bear to scold the child, so she just said it lightly.
Xu hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Don't blame Da Gou! He risked his life to get these, you should praise him, but the yard can't be left undone, quickly find the village chief to buy the land next to your house and build a big yard for us."
"Okay, okay! I'll go ask Chen Yi later, and we'll do the same thing as they do." Huang Xinghua promised seriously.
Xu put down her things and walked away leisurely.
As soon as she left, the quiet yard became noisy again.
A maid said suspiciously, "Xu is just talking nonsense! How can the reward given by the emperor not be used? She must be bluffing!"
This time no one responded to her words.
It would be easy to find out whether Xu was bluffing or not by asking around. It was not like Shen Dagou was the only one who had the imperial gift. Besides, they did see something engraved under the gold, but they didn't understand what was engraved on it, so they didn't dare to say anything.
Because of what Xu said, the relatives of the Chenmu family no longer wanted to stay here and started trying to find out more.
Huang Xinghua closed the gate and said with a droopy face, "Fourth Aunt is really shameless. They didn't help us when we were in trouble. Now that everyone is doing better, she saw that Dagou got something good and asked us to share it. Why didn't she just come and rob it?"
Mrs. Chen's face was not looking good either, but she didn't add fuel to the fire. "Don't bother with her. She is the kind of person who hates others for what they have and laughs at others for what they don't have. She wishes to take all the good things for herself. In the past, their family was the best in our branch, and they laughed at us a lot. Now that our family is better than theirs, it would be strange if she didn't make a fuss.
As long as what Shen Yi said is true, she can't stir up any trouble. "
"It's just disgusting!" Huang Xinghua was still indignant. She carefully put away the things given by the emperor and asked Wei Erya to take them back to the yard.
Huang Xinghua said: "Just now your Aunt Xu also said that these things have been obtained through the county government, and no one can take them away. They can only belong to your family.
Take it back and keep it first, we will expand the yard later and build a good yard to hang the plaque."
The others immediately helped Wei Erya to move things.
Shen Dagou looked at his much older brothers and sisters and asked, "How is the situation at home? Are you still working for Sister Su Tai?"
Shen Ergou and Shen Tian both nodded obediently.
Shen Ergou said: “Brother, since you are back, I won’t go there.”
The room suddenly became quiet.
Shen Dagou shook his head and smiled, "No, just do your work. I'm not in a hurry. I've been on the battlefield all these years and I haven't had a good night's sleep for a long time. So I plan to help my family with farm work in the spring and take a year off before I do anything else."
Huang Xinghua was heartbroken. “It’s okay for you to do nothing and take a year off. Do whatever you want. Mom supports you. If you want to work, there are jobs available. The strawberries grown in our village are now made into strawberry jam, which sells better than before. Su Tai contracted most of the village’s strawberry jam to be sent to the imperial capital this year. Her relative came back from the imperial capital some time ago and said that the jam sold well and she wants more next year.
I heard that Su Tai wanted the villagers to plant more. Our village has no land, but Liujiazhuang has some! If I can handle it, I would also like to buy some more land."
After listening to Huang Xinghua's detailed description of the situation in the village, Shen Dagou felt more at ease.
At the same time, Shen Yi sent away the last wave of guests, closed the courtyard door, and turned into the bathroom.
Su Tai went in to rub his back and mentioned Su Chuan and Su Ming's business.
"I originally wanted to help my cousin Yunyun, but I didn't expect that they got along very well. We sent goods to the Imperial Capital twice this year. One was strawberry jam, and the other was rice, brown sugar and some long-lasting fruits that I made for them. The goods arrived at the Imperial Capital in November, which was the lean season, so we didn't worry about not being able to sell them.
This year, I earned 8,000 taels just from buying strawberry jam, and with the rest, our family earned tens of thousands of taels."
Shen Yi was shocked: "So many! Does anyone else know?"
Su Tai pondered and said, "Only my cousin and Ming know about it, but they also made a lot of money."
Shen Yi's tense nerves relaxed, "That's good, they are trustworthy, don't worry."
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