Chapter 81
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The two, one big and one small, ate the sausages that Shen Yuntang brought them, smacking their lips and wanting more.
It’s just that this method is difficult, and there’s so much meat filling in it. The taste is okay, but will it be expensive? They didn't leave any for the rest of the family, feeling a little guilty. The two of them shook hands and said they would keep it a secret from the rest of the family for the time being.
Sister Liu plans to wait for Shen Yuntang to start selling sausages and then see the price before deciding whether to buy any. If they are too expensive, she will only eat them during the New Year and other festivals and not buy them on weekdays.
The owner of the dyeing workshop was drinking with friends who came from afar. When they heard that Shen Yuntang sent sausages over, they were still wondering, what are sausages? Never eaten it.
But the two of them were already drunk and said with a big tongue: "What sausage? I only know that the intestines are filled with feces, it's more like a stinky sausage."
"Since they have sent it to me, I'll take it and have a look. It will also open my eyes." My friend is very curious and wants to try and see things he has never seen before.
Their waiter took the sausage from Shen Yuntang, and when Shen Yuntang said it could be eaten in slices, he cut it into slices and served it on the table.
After cutting it into slices, it looked OK. My friend took a piece to taste first. He usually drinks a lot, so his tongue is
His head was a little numb, and he couldn't taste anything light, but this sausage suited his appetite, and he couldn't help but eat another piece. "This is delicious. Is this sold by your neighbor? I'll buy some when I leave and bring it back for my family to try."
"Delicious?" The owner of the dyeing workshop also tasted a piece. He was so surprised that he almost sobered up. "It is indeed delicious. I take back what I said just now. I will ask someone to buy some for you when you leave tomorrow."
The waiter at the side said, "When Mr. Shen sent it to us, he said we had to wait a few days before selling it. Now we are trying to make it and let everyone taste it to see if it tastes good."
"Go over there later and tell him that it's delicious, and ask him if he can make some for you as soon as possible. My brother will be going home the day after tomorrow, and his home is far away, so it's not easy for him to come here." The owner of the dyeing workshop asked his assistant to go over quickly.
It was just dinner time, so the waiter ran over to talk to Shen Yuntang and asked him about the price of the sausages.
Although his sausage is troublesome to make, the cost is not high. Pig intestines are sold cheaply, and you can buy a bucket for a dozen cents. Although there is meat in it, it also contains a lot of starch, so one sausage does not require much ingredients.
He had discussed the price with Cheng Yeran before. At first, Cheng Yeran said to sell it for thirty or forty cents per stick, but many people would not be able to afford it, and the location of their store was not a place where they could raise the price.
Below ten cents was too low, as a bun cost four or five cents each, so it was finally settled at fifteen cents each.
It’s more expensive than their most expensive noodles, but it’s fresh and delicious.
He told the waiter that it was fifteen cents per stick and asked how many he wanted so he could make it at home the next day.
The guy was also undecided, but luckily he was close by, so he went back and asked the boss again.
When the boss heard the price, he thought it was not expensive, and was even a bit cheap.
He quickly asked his waiter to make twenty-five sticks, gave twenty to his friend, and ate the rest at home.
Other families also tried the sausages sent by Shen Yuntang. They smelled good and thought they were delicious. The next day, they ran to ask Shen Yuntang when he would start selling them.
There are only two good restaurants in the county town, and we’re tired of eating there. Now that something new has finally come along, we feel it’s not enough after trying it once, and we want to eat to our heart’s content all at once.
They asked about the price and found it acceptable. After all, it could be cut into slices and put on a plate and eaten as a dish by the whole family. Normally, a plate of stewed meat would cost more than fifteen cents. This was not like buns or noodles, where a person could only feel full after eating three or four buns. This could be eaten with rice for a whole night.
They saw Shen Yuntang making sausages for the owner of the dyeing workshop next door, making more than twenty sausages at a time. They also ordered a few from Shen Yuntang, and Sister Liu next door also ordered five. It happened to be a festival in a few days, so they could eat it as a dish.
All the other families received sausages, except Aunt Zhao next door.
Aunt Zhao waited at the door for a long time. She felt that they were relatives after all, and he was Cheng Yeran's aunt. They had sent gifts to other families, so it was impossible for them not to send gifts to their family. Maybe they would send a bigger one, and send more. It would be difficult to make, and they would have to wait for several days.
She waited and waited until everyone's orders were completed, but Shen Yuntang still didn't take the initiative to send her one.
She was so angry that she wanted to find Cheng Yeran to ask him how he managed his husband. How come you don't know the rules? You gave so many gifts to outsiders, but nothing to your elders? After all, she is Cheng Yeran's second aunt. It's ok for her to not agree with her or coax her on weekdays, but she actually dared not to give her anything?
In order to complete the expedited orders for the dyeing workshop, Shen Yuntang only went to the store in the morning to prepare the soup and noodle seasonings in the past two days. He went to the store once in the evening to close the store, and spent the rest of the time making sausages at home.
After school, Cheng Yeran went straight home to eat, and accompanied Shen Yuntang when he went to close the store in the evening.
When he came back home alone from school, he was stopped by his second aunt next door.
The second aunt next door felt that Shen Yuntang was prejudiced against her and that not sending her anything was a deliberate targeting of her. She talked to Cheng Yeran and asked him to take good care of her husband.
Aunt Zhao held Cheng Yeran and pretended to chat with him. After chatting for a long time, she began to say that her husband was ignorant: "I heard that you used to sell tofu in the village, and later gave your family's tofu recipe to his eldest brother. Later, you started a dried tofu business and gave the dried tofu recipe to his second brother. Now you are in the county town, and you have given him money to open a noodle shop. He is still not satisfied and brought his fourth brother here. Are you going to empty your family's assets to support his family in the future? Aunt Zhao didn't mean anything else, she just wanted to remind you that in addition to his fourth brother, he also has a third brother. How much family assets do you have to support him?"
Cheng Yeran felt annoyed whenever he heard her talking. From her tone to her expression, she acted as if she was treating others like fools and was condescending, which was very annoying.
This is not his biological aunt. She is just a stranger to him as a time traveler. So what even if she is a real relative? He was still unhappy and showed it.
"Whether he is making tofu or dried tofu at home, he is the one who does it. Dried tofu and sausage are all invented by him. So what if he gives them to his mother's family? As long as he is willing, he can give them to whoever he wants." Cheng Yeran felt annoyed when he thought of Aunt Zhao who often inquired about how much money their family had and how much money they earned. He knew what this kind of person was thinking best.
People who ask about someone's family background, how much money they earn and how much savings they have when they meet someone usually want to determine the degree of respect they have for them based on their family background and job.
If the family conditions are good and the job is good, then she will rush to curry favor with him in an attempt to gain some benefits from him. If she learns that the family is poor, she may ridicule him and also be on guard against others taking advantage of her. She will draw a line faster than anyone else and will not mention family affection anymore.
Cheng Yeran couldn't bear the thought of what he had said to her. He couldn't imagine how much grievances Shen Yuntang had suffered at the hands of his second aunt when he was not around.
Shen Yuntang never quarrels. He is always polite and courteous and doesn't like to quarrel with others, especially with relatives, he wants to maintain superficial harmony.
But because of this, he always wastes his energy. Thinking of this, he feels so distressed that he wants to go home and hug Shen Yuntang.
His tone to Aunt Zhao was not very good either. "You know my family's past situation. After my parents died, my family was so poor that we couldn't even make ends meet. Life got better after I married you. Now I'm studying and have no income. I rely on you to support me. He's tired enough every day. You must not bother him. If you do, he will be angry with me because you are my relative and stop supporting me. I won't be able to study. You should also seldom come to our house. I'm afraid he will be unhappy."
When Aunt Zhao heard these words, she was stunned. When she came to her senses, she realized that she thought her nephew was so powerful, but it turned out that he was a gigolo!
No wonder. I heard before that after Cheng Yeran's parents died, his relatives cheated him of a lot of land and houses at cheap prices. His family's things and money were also cheated away by relatives or villagers. He was so poor that he could barely afford to eat. How could he suddenly be able to rent such a big house and open a restaurant? It turns out that he is living off his wife.
But Shen Yuntang is so beautiful, why does she let Cheng Yeran live off her? There must be something complicated going on here. Is there a hidden illness? Can’t have children?
She wanted to find out more about Shen Yuntang's family affairs, so the next day, while Cheng Yeran was away, she went to find Shen Yuntang and told him that it was not good for a man like him to be so strong, as it made the man in his family resentful. When he passed the exam and became an official, the first person he would take revenge on would be her husband.
"How could that be, Second Aunt, don't talk nonsense." Shen Yuntang didn't know why she suddenly came over and said that she was strong. "We have a good relationship. I have never seen him resentful of me. Besides, I am not strong."
Aunt Zhao: "Aren't you strong? You gave all the money-making business to your brothers from your mother's side. Not only are you strong, you are also petty. We are not only relatives, but also neighbors. You gave gifts to others, why don't you give me some? You don't understand the ways of the world. Fortunately, we are relatives, and I won't pick on you. I'm kind enough to teach you how to be a human being. If it were someone else, they would have hated you and gossiped about you behind your back."
Shen Yuntang was stunned by his long string of words. He was stunned for a moment and almost cried. His fighting ability was very low and he was not good at quarreling. However, he barely increased his fighting ability by 1%.
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He clenched his fists and said with grievance, "You don't gossip behind my back, but you gossip in front of me. You are even worse."
Aunt Zhao shouted loudly: "How can you talk to your elders like that? Is that what your parents taught you?"
Aunt Zhao did not close the gate when she came in to talk to him. Her loud voice attracted many neighbors who came to watch the fun, and some of them asked enthusiastically what was going on.
Shen Yuntang was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes, "Don't talk about my parents."
Aunt Zhao Er was eager to perform when she saw someone coming. She used to be the queen at home and taught Shen Yuntang a lesson like the two young wives in her own family: "Your parents didn't teach you well. I taught you some social skills with good intentions. It's fine if you don't accept it with an open mind, but you are so disrespectful to your elders. How can you be someone's husband? You just take advantage of my nephew because he has no parents and no mother-in-law to control you, and you are lawless."
Second Aunt Zhao had told the people in the alley about this before, and everyone knew that she was Cheng Yeran's second aunt. Now hearing Second Aunt Zhao say this, it must be a family conflict. In this day and age, disrespecting the elders in the family is a very serious matter. There are several older aunts who have become mothers-in-law themselves, and they hate the younger generation who look down on their elders, so they subconsciously stand on the side of Second Aunt Zhao.
They even took sides, "Xiao Shen, look how mad you made your second aunt? Apologize quickly. How can an elder really hold a grudge against you?"
"The elders are all hoping for the best for you, so don't think she's nagging. No one on the street is willing to talk to you so much. Those who are willing to talk to you about reason don't want you to go astray."
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They kept arguing with each other and almost made Shen Yuntang cry. He almost wanted to prove himself and argue that he did not disrespect his elders.
Just before he was about to speak, he heard several knocks on the door.
Cheng Yeran stood at the door and looked at the aunts in the yard, including his second aunt, "Did your second aunt just say that I have no father or mother?"
Aunt Zhao: "What's wrong? Although it sounds bad, it is also the truth."
"Nothing, I just thought, since Second Aunt knows that I have no father or mother, why did you rush over to be my mother?" Cheng Yeran walked to the side of Shen Yuntang and protected her behind him, "No matter if my mother is here or not, you are not his mother-in-law, what qualifications do you have to say such things?"
The others were stunned. One aunt said, "You are a scholar, how can you say such a thing?"
"You've become stupid from studying so much that you don't even respect your elders anymore."
"What kind of future can you have with someone like this? I used to think you were a good person, but it turns out I was wrong."
Cheng Yeran lowered his head and asked Shen Yuntang what she had just said. Shen Yuntang's tone was tearful. She was already feeling aggrieved, and now being asked this question by Cheng Yeran out of concern, she felt even more aggrieved. Tears just fell from her eyes, and she told Cheng Yeran everything that had just happened.
Cheng Yeran nodded after hearing this. "Oh, so Second Aunt dislikes that my family gave sausages to others but not to yours. Since Second Aunt cares about me so much, why have you never visited me in the village in all these years since my parents died? At that time, I was still a child and you were not there when I needed care from my family the most. Now that I have grown up and don't need anyone to take care of me, you have come to me?"
Aunt Zhao was speechless for a moment. She had never cared about this nephew from the bottom of her heart and even looked down on him. She had originally hoped that the child would die without anyone to take care of him, so that her sister's bloodline would be gone. She had given birth to three children and all of them survived, while her sister only gave birth to one. If that child died, she would have completely won.
While she was stunned, Cheng Yeran continued, "You think it's wrong for my husband to give money to our family. You are my mother's sister, which means you are my mother's family. I send you things to help my family. In order to avoid making a mistake, I asked my husband not to send things to you."
The other aunts who were watching the fun all had sons in their families. What they hated to hear the term "supporting one's natal family" the most was that they wished their daughters-in-law could empty out all the things in their natal family to support their husbands' family, and then cut off ties with their natal family after all the things were gone.
When they heard Cheng Yeran say that sending gifts to Aunt Zhao was to help her family, they thought it was right, and said that her aunt was not a real relative, and only uncles and aunts were real relatives.
When Cheng Yeran heard what they said, he thought to himself, you are even crazier than me.
Cheng Yeran thought that he was a scholar now and had to care about his reputation. He couldn't go crazy anymore, so he continued to speak in a pitiful tone: "Aunts, it's not that we don't want to get along with Second Aunt. It's just that every time Second Aunt sees me or my husband, she will sow discord between us and ask us to divorce. We really don't dare to see her anymore."
When the aunts heard this, they were shocked and said that Aunt Zhao was stupid. How could she persuade a couple to divorce? They are living such a good life, don't make trouble for no reason.
Aunt Zhao quickly waved her hands and said that she didn't do it. The situation changed from her aggressively criticizing Shen Yuntang to her trying hard to prove her innocence to several aunts. Those aunts didn't listen to her at all. They believed that she was a bad person who was jealous of other families having such a good life and that's why she advised them to divorce. They chased her and accused her. Aunt Zhao quickly ran home.
The courtyard of Cheng Yeran's house was finally quiet.
Shen Yuntang leaned his head on Cheng Yeran's back. He had not yet recovered from the aggrieved and uncomfortable mood. If only he could be as capable as Cheng Yeran, the other party could turn the situation around with just a few words. Why was he so stupid with his words?
He was crying and reviewing what he had said in his mind. He wondered if he should have said it that way just now. Why couldn't he open his mouth and could only cry?
Cheng Yeran turned around and hugged him, "It's my fault. I shouldn't have told her yesterday not to bother you. Who knew she would become more and more courageous."
Shen Yuntang gently hit his shoulder and said, "When I think about seeing her again, I get scared and feel uncomfortable and can't breathe."
"Why don't we move?" Cheng Yeran suggested, "There's no need to keep arguing with her. She has nothing to do all day, and we have important things to do."
"But why?" Shen Yuntang was very aggrieved. "We spent so much money to renovate the house and yard, and bought a lot of furniture. Recently, they said they would dig a well in the yard. We have paid so much for this home. Why should we move out just for her? It would be better if they could move out."
"I'm afraid you'll get angry and do something bad." Cheng Yeran thought for a while, "I remember her youngest son is a book boy for a classmate in our academy. That classmate always wants me to have dinner with him. I asked him to help, and he should agree."
"How can I help?" Shen Yuntang raised his head and asked.
"Let her classmates threaten her and make her son lose his job or something like that." Cheng Yeran said.
Shen Yuntang thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let's move. It's better not to mess with that kind of person. What if your classmate comes back to rely on you and uses it as a handle to threaten you? Besides, Yuanbao and Ye Gou are also growing, and that small bed is really too small for two people."
"Okay, I'll ask Manager Wang to keep an eye out and ask him to help us find another yard, a better one." Cheng Yeran didn't want him to suffer any more injustice. They had money anyway, so they shouldn't waste time worrying about things that could be solved with money.
During this period, another incident occurred. The village chief brought a teenage boy to Cheng Yeran's house.
He came in the morning. Cheng Yeran went to class and Shen Yuntang was making sausages at home.
"He really went to school. I knew he had a bright future." The village chief found a chair in the yard and sat down. "I came here for no other reason. The fertilizer workshop has opened and made a lot of money in the past few months. I brought your family's dividends. I also want to find a job for my grandson. Do you have any recommendations? It doesn't have to be too good. He can't read. He can just be a waiter or a waiter."
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