He's not married yet, how could he die?
Madam Niu's expression turned extremely ugly. She looked at Shen Yushu in disbelief: "Shu'er, did you really go to a brothel and contract venereal disease?"
Shen Yushu dared not look into Niu Shi's eyes, but from his expression, everyone was certain that Shen Yushu had been expelled from the academy because he had contracted syphilis.
She suddenly realized: "Quickly stop Dazhuang! We can't call a doctor! We can't call a doctor!"
If a doctor is called in, everyone in Shangqing Village will know that Shen Yushu was expelled from the academy because of syphilis.
Niu's shout brought everyone to their senses, and Shen Wan quickly ran to stop his elder brother.
Lu Shi gloated from the sidelines; she was even more eager for the whole village to know about Shen Yushu's affair.
The beating Niu Shi gave her earlier still hurts; she deserves it, she got her comeuppance.
At this point, Madam Chen couldn't care less about blaming Shen Yushu; the most important thing now was to cure his illness.
“Yes, let’s go to town, or better yet, find a doctor in Ningzhou we don’t know.”
Madam Lü: "Mother, where is there any money left in the house? You should ask Yushu if he has taken all the money in the house."
Niu: "Shen Lü, what do you mean? You're still slandering my Shu'er. I knew you couldn't stand to see him doing well."
"Do I still have to be so critical of him?"
"you……"
Seeing the two arguing again, Chen was extremely annoyed and scolded them, "With so many things happening at home, can't you two just calm down for a while?"
The two were still afraid of Chen, so they immediately shut up.
However, what Lu had just said felt like a thorn in Chen's side, and she began to have some doubts about Shen Yushu.
If he didn't take the money, where did he get the money to go to brothels?
"Shu'er, when you came back last time, did you go to my room?"
A hint of resentment flashed in Shen Yushu's eyes. At this moment, he hated his grandmother and everyone in the Shen family. They were the ones who forced him into this situation.
They forced him to study from a young age, forced him to take exams, and forced him to become the top scholar. But they didn't know that he hated studying.
The more they pressured him, the more he wanted to rebel against them.
They had high hopes for him, but he was only human, and he also wanted to catch his breath.
"Yes, I took it."
"Shu'er, is it really you?"
Mrs. Chen stood up. She still couldn't believe that her grandson, who had always been so obedient in front of her, would secretly take money from the house to visit brothels and end up with a host of illicit diseases.
Shen Dazhuang was stopped by Shen Wanye and brought back. When he got home, he learned that his son had contracted this disease. He was furious and wanted to beat the good-for-nothing to death, but Niu Shi stopped him.
She only has this one son. No matter what he becomes, he is still her son.
Shen He, who was inside the house, realized that he had wronged Sun Zhizhi. He knelt in front of her and begged for her forgiveness.
Since marrying Shen He, Sun Zhizhi has never left her parents' home. She is now stuck in this small mountain village because she has no other choice, but her husband has changed after only a few days of returning.
Back when she lived with the Sun family, Shen He always took good care of Sun Zhizhi, making her happy every day.
This slap today has further solidified her resolve to leave.
These past few days have been very difficult for the Shen family.
The family had run out of money to treat Shen Yushu's illness, and his condition was getting worse and worse. If this continued, Shen Yushu would really die.
Shen Dazhuang and his wife went to discuss it with their parents.
"Father, Mother, can you really just stand by and watch Shu'er lose his life?"
Old Man Shen looked worried.
Although Madam Chen felt sorry for Shen Yushu, she had no good solutions at the moment. She had borrowed from everyone she could, but no one was willing to give them a single penny.
Chen's face showed signs of aging: "I'm old, you'll have to figure it out yourselves."
Shen Dazhuang said anxiously, "Mother, you can't do this! Yushu is our family's hope. Are you really going to give up on him?"
“There are also Yuan’er and Feng’er.”
“How can they be the same? Yushu is your eldest grandson, and you raised him single-handedly.”
Thinking of all the little things that had happened to Shen Yushu since he was a child, Chen closed her eyes, ultimately unable to bear it.
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
“Isn’t there still Tao’er at home? She’s eight years old. We can sell her to a wealthy family to be a maid. What use is a little girl? She’ll just end up in someone else’s house when she grows up. It’s a waste of food. We might as well sell her and get some money to pay for Yushu’s medical treatment.”
It has to be said that Ms. Chen was tempted.
Will the fourth brother agree?
"Talk to your fourth brother properly, he should agree."
Where is Zhizhi?
“Mother, a woman shouldn’t be allowed to make decisions in the house.”
Mrs. Chen nodded; Da Zhuang's words made sense.
Sure enough, when Shen He brought it up with Sun Zhizhi, Sun Zhizhi had a big argument with Shen He and wanted to leave with the two children.
The Shen family tied Sun Zhizhi up, and Sun Zhizhi watched helplessly as her beloved daughter was taken away by them.
If Feng'er weren't still young and unable to travel far, she would have taken the two children and left long ago.
Now look what's happened, these vicious country folk have cut her flesh off.
In the middle of the night, with a scream from the old Shen family, Shen Zhizhi took advantage of the chaos and ran away with Feng'er.
This time, Shen He wasn't so lucky. His left hand was chopped off by Sun Zhizhi, and by the time the doctor arrived, he was already dead.
To avoid being found and reported to the authorities by Lao Shen's family, Sun Zhizhi went home and told her parents and two brothers what had happened. The Sun family moved overnight, planning to live in a different city.
The death of their son and the taking of their grandson by their daughter-in-law were a heavy blow to Old Man Shen and Mrs. Chen.
They didn't think it was wrong to sell Shen Tao'er; they resented the Sun family for raising such a vicious daughter who brought disaster to the Shen family.
After Shen He's death, the Shen family didn't have time to find a doctor for Shen Yushu. Seeing that his illness was getting worse, Chen quickly took out the twenty taels of silver from selling Shen Tao'er and gave them to Shen Dazhuang and Shen Wan, asking them to take Shen Yushu to town to find a doctor.
The town's doctor glanced at Shen Yushu and said, "Go back and prepare for the funeral."
The two couldn't believe it and cursed the quack doctor.
They then took him to Ningzhou, where the doctor gave the same answer, and only then did the two believe him.
The Shen family's hopes were thus extinguished.
The devil is in the details. After selling her two daughters, Niu's only son also lost his life and went mad.
Shen Dazhuang kicked her out. People in Shangqing Village saw Niu Shi and told everyone in town that her son was the top scholar in the imperial examination.
Everyone called her crazy, threw rotten vegetable leaves at her, and pelted her with stones, but she would just laugh it off. Her son was the top scholar in the imperial examination.
The once happy family was now almost empty, and Mrs. Lü was unhappy that her husband was still supporting the family. So she discussed with her husband about dividing the household, and the two immediately agreed.
Chen disagreed. Some family members had died or left, and now only Shen Wan was still able to earn some money to support the family.
She also wanted to arrange a marriage for her eldest son, hoping that it would be even better if he could have an heir.
If they separate from the family, Dazhuang will have a hard time finding a wife in his lifetime.
"Let's break up then."
Old Master Shen's words were tantamount to making a decision: the eldest and third wives would jointly support their parents.
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