"Father, Mother, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, Eldest Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, and Wife," Shen Laosan bowed solemnly to them, "I will do my best to pass the imperial examination and repay everyone's kindness!"
These words were spoken with great passion, and the eldest and second eldest Shen brothers quickly went to help him up: "Hey, we're all brothers, what are you saying!"
With tears in her eyes, Madam Yang said, "That's right, what's with all this talk about repaying our own brother?" Madam Liu and Madam Chen added, "It's true, what's the point of talking about repaying our own brother?"
"Alright, alright, we can talk about these things after you pass the imperial examination. There's no rush." Old Mrs. Shen had high hopes for her youngest son, but she would never put too much pressure on him.
Shen Laosan had tears in his eyes, and Lili looked at her father with a slightly inquisitive gaze.
"Did Father fail the exam twice?"
Old Shen smiled bitterly, "It's not that I didn't pass, it's that I didn't even take the exam."
He took the imperial examination twice; once he fell into a ditch, and the other time his silver was stolen.
Shen Laosan even wondered at one point if he was simply not destined for this fate.
Lili sighed, then planted a kiss on Shen Laosan's cheek: "Daddy, don't be afraid, this time it will definitely work!"
This little girl is already worrying about this and that. Encouraged by his daughter, Shen Laosan was overjoyed and felt like he could fight for another five hundred years.
"Alright, Dad will definitely make our Pear Baby proud this year!"
Seeing her father and sister being so affectionate, Shen Jialuo came over and hugged them both.
Seeing the loving relationship between the two children and Shen Laosan, Yang felt a warmth in her heart.
Isn't this the scene she's been longing for all her life?
Old Mrs. Shen smiled and handed the twenty taels of silver to Shen Laosan.
Then, he took out five taels of silver: "Use these five taels to repair all the big and small places in the house that need repair."
The beam in the kitchen fell down last time, and Shen Lao Er fixed it.
While we have money now, let's fix all the long-standing deficiencies and damages in our home.
Finally, Old Mrs. Shen took out ten taels of silver: "Over the years, our in-laws have taken good care of us. Before, our family didn't have much money, and you three sisters-in-law rarely went back to your parents' home. This time, I'm giving you three ten taels of silver so you can go back to your parents' home in style!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the three sisters-in-law were stunned.
Since they married into the Shen family, they haven't visited their parents' home very often; the only formal visit is during the Lunar New Year.
Because the Shen family was large and life was difficult, their visits to her parents' home were neither shabby nor particularly good.
Fortunately, her family knew that the Shen family members were kind and didn't care about these formalities.
But which married daughter doesn't want to return to her parents' home in style and glory?
Although they don't care about these things, they still want to go back to their parents' home in a grand manner, so that their families can see that they have married a wonderful husband and are living well in their husband's family!
“Mother…” Liu and Yang, being more perceptive, immediately had tears in their eyes.
Even the rough and burly Chen was deeply moved, choking back tears and unsure what to say.
They really didn't expect that they would get a share of the money!
Our family has always been short of money, but we've finally gotten a little better off thanks to Lili's good fortune.
The mother-in-law specially set aside money so that they could return to their parents' home in style.
How could they not be moved!
Fortunately, Liu had always helped Granny Shen manage the household, so she knew that this hard-earned money could help the family in their time of need.
"Mother, it's not easy for the family to have any money." After thinking for a long time, Liu felt that she should act like the eldest daughter-in-law. "I don't want this money. Give it to my second and third sister-in-laws!"
Chen turned her head to look at her: "Sister-in-law, how can this be!"
Madam Yang also said, "If my sister-in-law doesn't want it, then I don't want it either."
"Oh, if none of you want it, then I don't want it either!"
Old Mrs. Shen smiled helplessly, looking at her three filial and sensible daughters-in-law, and sighed once again, thankfully, at least the people in her Shen family are all good!
"Alright, stop arguing," said Old Mrs. Shen. "Lili, would you like to go visit your maternal grandparents?"
Maternal grandfather, that means Mother's parents?
My mother is such a good cook, she can even make a delicious wild vegetable soup. My grandmother must be a very good cook too!
"I want to go, I want to go!" Lili said with an expectant expression.
Old Mrs. Shen smiled and said to Madam Yang, "Look, it's time for Lili to formally meet your parents."
Yang hesitated, but what she said was true; Lili should go to her maternal grandfather's place.
Although Lili has been included in the Shen family's genealogy, she hasn't met any of the other relatives yet.
"Everyone go, everyone go!" Lili grabbed the ten taels of silver; the heavy silver ingot was quite substantial.
Lili placed the silver ingot in Yang's hand: "Out with the old, in with the new!"
Old Mrs. Shen beamed with joy: "Yes, yes, that's exactly right!"
When Lili saw Old Lady Shen laughing, she laughed along with her.
"Since Lili has said so, what are we afraid of?" Old Mrs. Shen said with a smile. "Our family didn't have the means before, and our in-laws helped us a lot. Our Shen family has always remembered that!"
Old Mrs. Shen nudged Old Mr. Shen beside her: "Old man, don't you think so?"
Old Man Shen nodded hurriedly: "Yes, your mother is right, it's time for you to have a grand return to your mother's home!"
Now that things have come to this point, refusing again would seem pretentious.
The three sisters-in-law were not pretentious people.
Since that's the case, why not use this money to buy some nice things and go back to your parents' home in style!
"It's not much money. You three can divide these ten taels among yourselves. Take the children with you and buy some good meat and vegetables to take back with you," Old Mrs. Shen instructed. "I remember your father likes to drink, right, eldest son? Go to town in a couple of days and buy some good wine for your father-in-law!"
Old Master Shen quickly pulled Liu Shi aside and replied, "Okay, sure!"
"Second son's wife, your mother likes pork belly, right? Let's go to town and get a good piece!"
"Third son's wife, go and buy some good wine and meat!"
The three sisters-in-law happily agreed, their hearts filled with warmth.
Even if the three of them split ten taels of silver equally, they would still have more than three taels!
This time, the bride's family's entourage is quite impressive in this area!
She married into the Shen family because she thought the son was handsome, honest, and hardworking, and her mother-in-law was also nice.
Now it seems that marrying into the Shen family was definitely the right decision!
Look how wonderful these daughters-in-law are!
Liu wiped away her tears: "Mother, you've been so good to me..."
Old Mrs. Shen feigned disdain, but inwardly she was delighted: "Oh, why are we talking about this as family? I've said it before, we didn't have the means, and this is all we have now, but in the future, you won't be shortchanged!"
"Yes, as long as our family works together, we won't have to worry about not having a good life!" Old Shen Er said with a smile.
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