There were several small groups of people gathered on the village road, with a brazier burning in the middle. Everyone formed a circle around the brazier, roasting fire and chatting.
Mrs. Shen, Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen Xingwang and Mr. Zhang were among the group of older people, sitting on a small wooden board on the ground and chatting.
Saburo and the others were playing nearby.
The two ox carts swayed into the village.
An elderly woman pointed in the direction of the oxcart and said to Mrs. Shen beside her, "Is that the person from your family who went to town to buy things coming back?"
Old Mrs. Shen looked up and laughed, "They are really the ones from my family. I won't say any more. I'll go pick them up."
Mr. Shen and the others also stood up one by one, put their hands behind their backs and walked towards home.
The rest of the people did not move, sitting around the brazier and looking in the direction the ox cart left.
As the oxcart gradually moved away, the group finally found their voice.
"The Shen and Zhang families are really enviable. They don't have to worry about not having enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear."
"Isn't it? Apart from the headman's family, these two families are the most lavish in our Longxian Village."
Everyone gathered together and chatted and laughed. Although they were talking about the Shen family, they did not look jealous.
Someone else laughed and said, "Thanks to them, my family saved a little more money before the New Year, and yesterday my kid made a lot of money."
"Haha, my family is the same."
Everyone laughed, and the laughter drifted far away, making the slightly chilly wind a little warmer.
On the other side, the ox cart first stopped in front of Zhang's house. His family's things were piled outside. After unloading, it drove directly back to Shen's yard.
The Shen family’s house has two doors, one on the living side, and the other in the yard separated from it.
There was a long cowshed in the yard, simply covered with straw and oilcloth, where the ox cart was usually parked.
When they got home, Song couldn't wait to ask Shen Yu'an if he had heard any news in the town.
Naturally, it was news from the people of Songjia Village or the Song family.
Shen Yu'an calmed down the emotional Song and Song Xiaoni.
She said, "Don't worry, mother. I've entrusted this matter to A-Che. If he finds the person, he will definitely send a message to me."
Song wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded in agreement.
In everyone's mind, although Fei Yanche is a prince in distress, he is still different after all.
With his help, the possibility of finding the person is greater.
Old Mrs. Shen asked, "Xiao Che is here? Why didn't you invite him home? It's New Year's Day tomorrow and there will be a lot of people around."
Shen Yu'an talked about his encounter with Feixi in town.
Then, she remembered the thick envelope that Feixi had brought and took it out from her arms.
Shen Yuan said: "This was sent by Feixi, and it contains the money for the book."
As he spoke, Shen Yu'an took the initiative to open the envelope.
No wonder the envelope is so thick. There are two things in it. A dozen silver bills are folded in half and stuffed into the envelope. The signature on the silver bills is the number of Jucai Money House.
Jucai Money House is the largest money house in Wei.
Chen Yu'an knew that the master behind the Jucai Bank was ostensibly the mother's family of the Fourth Prince's mother, but in fact, the real master was the Fourth Prince's mother, Concubine Rong.
Concubine Rong's maternal family was the Cheng family. Unfortunately, the Cheng family only produced a capable descendant, Cheng Rong, who became one of the women of the Emperor of Wei and even sat on the position of a concubine.
Among the remaining people in the Cheng family, there are few who are truly talented, and their status all depends on the promotion of Concubine Rong in the harem.
Shen Yu'an also knew that the Fourth Prince and Concubine Rong relied on this bank to support a number of private soldiers.
In addition to the banknotes, there was actually a smaller envelope inside the envelope.
Written on it are four elegant large characters: "An An's personal letter".
The Shen family members were not pedantic. They could all read and write to some extent, and they did not believe in the saying "a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent".
Even Old Mrs. Shen could recognize the spelling of her own name and the names of many people in her family.
Coincidentally, everyone recognizes the four words "An'an's Personal Letter".
Everyone looked at the smaller envelope with curiosity in their eyes.
But it was written on it as "personally addressed to An An", and everyone was embarrassed to ask Shen Yu An to open it and show them what was written inside.
Shen Rong's eyes swept over the envelope in Shen Yu'an's hand.
With an ambiguous look in his eyes, he said, "It seems that An An has a good relationship with that boy."
Several people felt that what Shen Rong said was rather sarcastic.
But Shen Yu'an didn't hear it. She didn't take it to heart and opened the envelope directly.
There were only two thin pages of paper inside, with the handwriting on them being extraordinary and elegant.
Shen Yu'an didn't avoid people and just took it in his hand and started reading.
Shen Rong sat next to her and could just see the contents of the letter.
He naturally cast his unnatural gaze on the letter paper.
Nothing out of the ordinary.
It wrote down everything about the script that Fei Yanche had taken away from here, as well as some seemingly insignificant things in his daily life.
Finally, he greeted everyone present in a friendly manner.
Shen Yu'an felt that there was nothing much to say in the previous part, so he repeated the greetings to everyone written by Fei Yanche at the end, as well as his apology for not being able to come back to visit during the New Year holidays.
Seeing that there were only two thin pages of letter paper, there was indeed nothing on it, so everyone withdrew their curious gazes.
After retracting their gazes, everyone turned their eyes to the stack of silver bills.
Shen Yu'an unfolded all the silver notes, some with a face value of 100 taels and some with a face value of 500 taels.
All in all there was a total of 1,300 taels of silver.
Shen Yu'an looked at the silver and handed it to Old Lady Shen without thinking.
Since there was no division in the family, all the money earned naturally went to the head of the family.
Originally, in order to prevent the silver from being lost during the escape, everyone agreed to store most of their property in Shen Yu'an's "little treasure chest".
After settling down here, all the accounts were settled and then handed over to Old Mrs. Shen.
What was left in Shen Yu'an's hands was naturally her private property.
For example, the gold, silver and jewelry obtained from the monkeys in the forest, as a thank you for saving the little girl of the Qi family.
The silver that the Bai family gave to them as a thank you for bringing the Bai father and daughter back safely, and the silver that the Hua family gave them for taking care of the siblings Hua Nan and Hua Ling, were all with Old Lady Shen.
But this time, Mrs. Shen did not take the silver that Shen Yu'an handed over.
[Author's side note]: Hello everyone who has read this (-^O^-)
I have reviewed the previous chapters these two days and feel that some sentences and wordings would be better if they were changed (I need to wait until I finish my exams)
But this will not affect the children's continued reading of this book (no need to read it again)?.??
If the changes have an impact on the subsequent plot, the author will tell you in the "Author's Note" of the chapter, and the general content and chapter of the changes will also be mentioned here (*＾ー＾)
Also, I wish you all a happy reading and a happy day.
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