Chapter 123 She is the daughter of the Shen family!
Madam Song looked down on him and took out a small handful of melon seeds from her pocket, cracking them open with a clatter.
They didn't throw the sunflower seed shells outside; they just spat them into the carriage.
This behavior made Shen Congwen feel dizzy and disoriented.
"Don't say he's from your family; your family could never produce such a good person!" she said, spitting the sunflower seed shells out forcefully.
Shen Congwen, his face dark, stepped back slightly; otherwise, he would have been sprayed with spittle.
"She is a member of the Shen family. If you offend me today, you'll regret it."
Madam Song rolled her eyes at him again: "Are you so desperate for a son? You want to take any good son you see into your family. Don't you even know if you cowards have the luck to do it!"
Enraged, Shen Congwen blurted out without thinking, "What 'boy'? She is my daughter, Shen Congwen's own daughter!"
Song Niangzi paused in her act of cracking melon seeds, then burst into laughter, clutching her stomach.
"Daughter? Have you lost your mind? Are you crazy? That fierce and ruthless person, you dare to say he's a woman?"
"If you say you're a woman, maybe some people will believe you. But if you say you are, do you believe Liu Laohu will punch you in the head?"
"Don't think that no one can deal with you while you're in exile! What a piece of trash! People helped you, and you still betrayed them! Have you no conscience? Anyone who's related to your family is just unlucky!"
As Song Niangzi spoke, she grew angrier and angrier. Still not satisfied, she flung her hand and threw all the melon seeds in her palm at Shen Congwen and Zhang Zifen.
After throwing it away, she quickly shouted to the constables outside, "Sir, there's a man and a woman in the carriage behaving shamelessly in front of me. I don't want to sit with them anymore; they're an eyesore!"
Ya Cha's lips twitched, and he shouted sternly in their direction.
"Behave yourselves, or you'll all be sent to the very back!"
Madam Song launched into another tirade of curses: "The Shen family are jinxes, they've dragged me down with them..."
Shen Congwen's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He was telling the truth, so why didn't this shrew believe him?
"I need to see Young Master Lan, she is my daughter... ouch..."
Madam Song grabbed Shen Congwen and started beating him with both hands!
"You dare lay a hand on my father? Let my father go!" Just as Shen Yuanhe was about to rescue him, she was slapped across the face by Madam Song.
"Shut your stinking mouth! If you dare to yell again, I'll kick you off the train and let the horses trample you to death, or the wheels of a car run you over!"
Shen Yuanhe was so frightened that she covered her face and hid in a corner, shrinking into a ball, no longer daring to make a sound!
"And you old geezer, if you dare spout another word of nonsense, I'll strip you naked and throw you out!"
Shen Congwen was both angry and annoyed. Thinking of how fiercely Song Niangzi had stripped people of their clothes along the way, he could only suppress his anger, which almost caused him internal injuries.
In autumn, day and night alternate quickly; just a moment ago the sun was shining brightly, and in the blink of an eye, half the sun has already set.
"We can't get out of this grassland, let's park and spend the night!"
Chunxue quickly went to spread the message.
The carriage stopped, and Shen Lanxi jumped down from it.
"Clear out a space!"
"Have someone gather firewood, preferably enough for one night!"
"yes!"
Liu Laohu divided the people in two: one half cleaned up the area, and the other half went to collect firewood.
Ahead stretched an endless grassland, the grass swaying gently in the breeze.
Shen Lanxi looked sharply in one direction.
"Spring snow, copper coins!"
Chunxue was puzzled, but she quickly handed a copper coin to Chen Lanxi.
The next second, the copper coin was thrown out like a hidden weapon, making a few squeaking sounds, followed by a shaking of the grassland in several directions.
Chunxue ran up to look, and when she came back, she was carrying a plump gray rabbit in her hand.
"Young master, we've caught a rabbit!"
Shen Lanxi nodded and said quietly, "With so many of us making such a commotion, the rabbits didn't even run away, which shows there are a lot of animals in this grassland!"
Some people who heard this were tempted to go hunting.
"There should be even more jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards!"
Those who were just thinking about it immediately gave up after hearing these words.
"There are too many wolves here. Are we going to spend the night here?" another prisoner muttered.
Liu Yan frowned and said, "This grassland is too big. Even if we run all night, we might not be able to get out!"
Wei Dongzhu: "The horse is tired too, so we might as well make preparations before it gets dark!"
This is the perfect solution!
Liu Laohu: "Should we set up some traps in advance?"
Shen Lanxi nodded: "Yes! Do you know how to make traps?"
Liu Laohu smiled sheepishly: "My family has been hunters for generations, and this skill has been passed down to me without being lost!" He was really scared along the way, and he happened to see some useful things at the pirates' place, so he took some, and he never expected that they would actually come in handy!
"Brother Liu, you take the men and make the arrangements! As long as we can hold out until tonight, we can leave the grassland tomorrow!"
"good!"
Everyone was busy, and Shen Lanxi wasn't idle either; she helped Liu Laohu dig a hole.
Just as she shoveled two shovelfuls, Shen Hehua ran over and knelt down in front of her with a thud.
"Big sister, please save my aunt, she's going to die!" Shen Yuanhe cried out as she knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The sound was so loud that everyone in the area heard it.
Shen Lanxi gripped the shovel and stared coldly at Shen Hehua!
"Big sister, I beg you! The child in Aunt's belly is also your sibling. You can't just stand by and watch her die!"
Liu Yan returned to Wei Dongzhu with a dark face and walked up to Shen Lanxi, glaring coldly at Shen Yuanhe.
Does this stupid woman have no brains?
What good would it do her to expose her identity at this point?
She wants to die, and they can grant her that wish!
"Go gather firewood!" Wei Dongzhu gripped the long sword at his waist, gritting his teeth and suppressing his anger!
Shen Yuanhe trembled with fright, struggling to suppress her fear. If she didn't plead for her aunt now, she might very well lose her aunt altogether.
She didn't want her aunt to die, so she could only feel sorry for her eldest sister.
"Elder sister, I know my aunt shouldn't have gotten pregnant on the road to exile, but it wasn't her decision alone. Please, for our blood ties, for the sake of family, save my aunt and the child in her womb!"
Liu Laohu stared in shock at Shen Lanxi's direction, so much so that he forgot to speak up and stop her.
Fortunately, someone gave him a push and woke him up.
"Trying to cause trouble at this time, do you have a death wish?" Liu Laohu cursed as he climbed out of the trap.
Shen Lanxi pushed aside Liu Yanhui and Wei Dongzhu, who were blocking her way.
"You kneel before me, does Father know?"
Shen Yuanhe dared not look into Shen Lanxi's eyes and quickly kowtowed to the ground.
"Big sister, please don't blame Father. I came here of my own accord!"
Shen Lanxi lowered her eyes, her gaze deep and unfathomable, and said, word by word, "So, it was you who took it upon yourself to expose my identity?"
Shen Yuanhe trembled, her heart filled with panic and fear, her body shaking uncontrollably.
Grandmother wanted to warn them three times a day not to expose their eldest sister's identity. If she were to admit to revealing her identity now, would the Shen family still tolerate her?
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