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Chapter 264: Provoking Trouble Chapter 265: Promoting Money

Su Zhi found another way to make money, and of course she also found a partner who could help her make money. She only needed to reach out and give the other party some spiritual spring water with water, and then she could sit at home and wait for the money.

Of course, Su Zhi also actively improved the so-called "ingredients". She added some other things to the spiritual spring water and tried it. She was still able to dye the cloth very well, just to make it impossible for people to figure out what it was.

We were busy with this matter for a while, and in the blink of an eye, it was mid-July.

There was still no rain from the sky, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter, as if it was three times hotter than in previous years. It was as if God wanted to kill people with heat and drought, without showing any mercy to any living being.

The water in the river was almost gone, leaving only a few puddles on the beach, and the fish in them had long been caught.

The trees were still green, but had wilted, with yellow tints in their green, and the grass on the ground seemed to have lost all its life; it was also green, but soft, as if it had no moisture at all.

The ground is dry and when people walk on it, a cloud of yellow smoke will fly up.

There are always a lot of people standing in front of the fields. They all come to see their crops, not to see whether some crops are growing well, but to see whether some crops will die.

The people in the village are now celebrating. Fortunately, they heard that Shen Zian's family wanted to harvest sweet potatoes, so they changed their crops to sweet potatoes. Otherwise, if they planted paddy fields now, they would definitely not get any harvest. Without water, the seedlings would have dried up long ago! Although the sweet potatoes are wilted now, at least they are still alive. When you dig into the ground, you can still see tubers. As long as they grow, there is hope. At least they don't have to starve to death.

"Zi'an, your house has really good feng shui. There is a lot of water here, and even the flowers, plants and trees grow well. Oh, you are so blessed. If you didn't live here and wanted to dig a pond, how could you have dug a water hole? How could we have enjoyed this blessing?"

A man who came to fetch water drew water and looked at the water in the pond. He really envied Shen Zian's family. Now even the wells in the village are running dry, and several springs in the mountains are also dry. But the pond in Shen Zian's family still has water. Although it is less than before, it is still a lot, which makes people feel at ease.

Shen Zian said a few polite words.

Liu Laoshi also came to fetch water and said, "Brother Zi'an's house has good feng shui. I see the leaves of the trees here are more vigorous than those at other places, and the flowers are more colorful. I think the water here tastes better than anywhere else."

Liu Laoshi was speaking the truth and he really felt that way.

The people who followed to fetch water also echoed this. They also felt that compared with the plants outside, the flowers and plants in this blessed garden were special. It seemed that they were pleasing to the eyes. Many people believed that this place became a paradise because of the discovery of this spring. The poor land that had difficulty growing grass has become fertile land.

"That's right. Brother Zi'an has the best Feng Shui in the village. He only spent four ounces of silver per mu to buy it. It's almost as good as picking it up. No one can compare to him in terms of luck!"

A sour voice rang out, a woman's voice, a little shrill, and everyone knew it was Dazhu's wife without even looking at her. It was a miracle that she could make a sound like an embroidery needle with a body as big as a pillar. It certainly left a deep impression on people.

Dazhu's wife is the kind of person who will feel uncomfortable if she doesn't take advantage of the opportunity. And now her family is indeed short of water. People from the village come to Shen Zian's house to fetch water, so she naturally brings the men in her family with her, and she fetches much more than other families. She wishes she could come eight or ten times.

Later, the people in the village could no longer bear it. Many people scolded Dazhu's wife for not being careful with the water and being so careless at this time. They scolded her and even the head of the village came out. Only then did Dazhu's wife restrain herself a little.

It can be said that Dazhu's wife is the person in the village who is most jealous of the good life of Shen Zian's family. Originally, she wanted to curry favor with Su Zhi to make money. Later, Zhang Qingniang married into the Zhao family. She felt that Zhang Qingniang had no less money than the Shen family, so she became arrogant again.

Now that there is a severe drought, Dazhu's wife also came with the villagers to fetch water. She knew that the Shen family was kind-hearted and allowed them to come, but she insisted on saying some sour words, and she wanted to instigate the villagers to be dissatisfied with Shen Zian's family. Even if the pond cannot be taken back, at least Shen Zian's family should pay some money. It doesn't matter if it doesn't fall into her hands. This is a typical case of harming others and not benefiting yourself.

After hearing what Dazhu's wife said, some people began to have some ideas in their minds.

Although Liu Lao Shiren was honest, he was not confused. He understood a little at this time. He thought that he had just praised the garden. Did he cause trouble for the Shen brothers? He didn't want to be the bad guy!

"Dazhu's wife, you can't say that. This land was originally a wasteland. No one wanted it at first. The Shen brothers spent money to buy this land. At that time, many people in the village said that he was stupid to buy this low-lying land. You can dig a water hole here."

The person who praised the garden at the beginning also said, "To be honest, it's true. Even if someone in the village was willing to spend money to buy the land here, it was to build houses. No one would buy this low-lying land. Digging a pond requires manpower, and hiring people also costs money. Who in our village is willing to spend this money? This low-lying land is still a low-lying land. We won't see this water hole in our lifetime. It's a great honor for the Shen family couple to be able to dig it out."

When Dazhu's wife heard this, she glared at the two men and said, "That's not necessarily true. Our Dazhu's brother is also a rich man. If it were him, he would be able to dig out a water hole, too!"

Zhao Dazhu pulled his wife aside, thinking, why did this woman drag his brother into this? He was not afraid of causing trouble for Zhao Daliang, but he did not want his wife to brag about Zhao Daliang in his words and deeds. He had always been resentful in his heart that he was adopted by someone else. Compared with Zhao Daliang, who was younger than him but was not adopted, he did not show it on the surface, and he was not so close to him in his heart. He could not bear to see others say that he was worse than Zhao Daliang.

Dazhu's wife turned around and glared at Zhao Dazhu, thinking, this dead man, what is the point of dragging her? What she was thinking now was that if it was Zhao Daliang's family who dug out this water hole, then when they entered the city, maybe the house here could belong to their family, and then this Feng Shui treasure land should be theirs. Now it belongs to someone else, how can she not be jealous?

The man fetching water nearby didn't know what to say after hearing what Dazhu's wife said. Do we have to wait for Zhao Daliang to buy the land? This matter is a first come first served, late is late, you can't cause trouble for others for this, right?

Unconsciously, the people in the village distanced themselves from the Zhao family. They thought this family was really unreasonable.

Shen Zian was also extremely unhappy with what the Dazhu family said. He stood there, looked at her, and said coldly: "The holy beast lives here, so it is reasonable for this place to have some treasures."

Shen Zian didn't want others to always say that his wife was blessed. Whether it was bad luck or good luck, sometimes it was too outrageous and would bring trouble. In order to prevent the people in the village from being too jealous, he pulled out the holy beast. He didn't believe that they would dare to be jealous of the holy beast.

Sure enough, when the villagers heard Shen Zian's words, they immediately thought about whether the Shen family had a holy beast, so they should just pick up the water and leave. Only Shen Zian and his wife could live here, and others couldn't live with the holy beast. They might get bitten to death, but it would be a waste of life.

"Dazhu, take your wife home quickly. It's a pity that your brother came back late, otherwise he would have been forced to buy all the wasteland on the east side of the river. There would be no holy beasts then. Not to mention the water holes, even the grass grows lower than elsewhere."

"That's right. This holy beast is not something that everyone can like."

"This depression was far from the river at that time. Even if Daliang's family wanted to dig a pond, they would have dug it closer to the river, not here. [.YZUU] Even if there was a water hole, they couldn't dig it out."

"That's right, they should be digging here, their original house was close to this area!"

"The blessed need not worry, but the unlucky will be in a state of panic."

A group of people were talking to each other. They all went to Dazhu and his wife. They were thinking about how Dazhu's wife had just caused trouble for Shen Zian. They watched without saying anything and felt embarrassed. This was to make up for it, thinking that Shen Zian must not be angry. If they were not allowed to use water, it would be bad. With the holy beast standing in front of the door, they would not be able to use it.

Zhao Dazhu pulled his wife and hurried away carrying water.

Finally, this group of people carrying water left, and Shen Zian didn't want to stay here anymore. After all the noise just now, he felt it was boring and wanted to go back to the house to find his wife. As soon as he walked to the main road, he saw Shen Ziju and Shen Zhu coming.

Shen Ziju has been coming to Fuyuan frequently recently. He knows how smart Su Zhi is. After learning all those poems and arithmetic, he still comes here frequently. He thinks Su Zhi has more knowledge. If he learns all that knowledge, it will be of great help to his future. And he really wants to meet Su Zhi.

Seeing that the young man came often, Shen Zhu also came often.

Shen Zhu has been very troubled recently because of the severe drought. People in the village have also brought her up to the topic. Some people say that she was chosen as the Rain Goddess but suddenly fell ill, which made the Rain Goddess angry, so it didn't rain that day. No matter which one it is, in the end, people think that Shen Zhu is responsible. If she hadn't had that rash and had been the Rain Goddess smoothly, maybe there wouldn't be this severe drought.

This made Shen Zhu very angry. Finally, she found a way to direct her anger toward Zhao Xiaohua, and only then did she feel a little relieved.

Now the people in the village said that it was because Lady Rain saw Shen Zhu being harmed and thought that she, Shen Zhu, was the most suitable person to be Lady Rain, so it stopped raining in order to punish those who harmed her. The people in the village all blamed Zhao Xiaohua.

Only then did Shen Zhu dare to come out.

Su Zhi was sitting in the house teaching her three kids, reciting a poem about lotus. Because of the seven fairy lotuses, Su Zhi now had a special fondness for lotus. She thought that she would stop doing it this year, and that she must plant lotus in the pond next year. Then she would be able to enjoy the beauty of the lotus flowers with lotus leaves reaching to the sky and reflecting the sun. It would be even better if she could go to enjoy the moonlight in the lotus pond with Shen Zian at night.

"Lotus fields are spread out along the lake, with faint red flowers dotted across them. Three or five small boats are set out, with loud singing as they pick lotus."

"Good! That's wonderful!"

Shen Ziju listened to Su Zhi's gentle and slow voice reading that short poem, and thought it was very beautiful. The poem was also well written, and it immediately brought to mind a beautiful scene of rowing boats and picking lotus. This poem was not from the collection of poems he copied. He thought that his fourth sister-in-law was reading a new poem. It turned out that her talent was really more than that. Even if she said that these poems were taught to her by others, it was amazing that she could remember all these poems. And she read so vividly, and it was obvious that she understood the artistic conception of the poem, and it was not just rote memorization.

Shen Ziju suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for his fourth sister-in-law. Both of them were born in the countryside, but they shouldn't have grown up in the countryside. They were both like the phoenix that flew out of the haystack as people said. They should both return to heaven!

Shen Zhu was also surprised by Su Zhi's talent. She thought that this fourth sister-in-law was really good, which had some impact on her belief that she was the best among the women in Hebian Village. Only when she thought that Su Zhi was already married and was still her fourth sister-in-law and had no influence on her, she felt calmer.

"The poem that Fourth Sister-in-law recited was so beautiful. I wanted to go rowing a boat to pick lotus. What a pity. There was a severe drought this year. The water has dried up. There is no hope."

Shen Zhu said with a smile, lifting the curtain and going in.

Su Zhi was teaching the kids in their room today. They were all sitting on the kang, with four of them gathered around a square kang table. When they heard the sound, they all looked over, one big and three small. They were all pretty and smart, a very pleasing sight.

"Fifth brother and Zhu'er are here, please sit down."

Su Zhi put down the book in her hand. She got off the kang and thought that it was a good thing that she was wearing shoes, otherwise she would have to put on shoes again when they came in. Although she was thinking from her previous life, she had been here for almost a year and was aware of some rules, such as women's feet should not be easily seen by men, even if they were wearing socks, even if there was no custom of bound feet in this era. Even if this was in the countryside. It would not matter if they saw it, but it would still make people feel embarrassed.

Shen Ziju's eyes still fell on Su Zhi's feet. He saw that Su Zhi's feet were really small, and the pair of green embroidered shoes were as pointed and cute as two small boats.

Shen Ziju's eyes only glanced at him and then moved away, but Shen Zhu still saw it. Her heart skipped a beat, thinking that Fifth Brother seemed to come to Fourth Brother's place too often recently.

After Shen Zhu became suspicious, she began to observe Shen Ziju. The more she observed, the more frightened she became. She found that although the fifth brother acted very naturally, he would look at the fourth sister-in-law with an unusual look from time to time. She knew that look well, it was the look a man would have when he had feelings for a woman. She clenched her hands. She had originally decided to reestablish a good relationship with Su Zhi, but now she hated Su Zhi again.

"This bitch! How dare she seduce my little brother! If she dares to corrupt my little brother and make me unable to become a high-ranking official, I will definitely teach her a lesson!"

Shen Zhu thought viciously in her heart. She didn't want this to be Shen Ziju's fault, and she didn't want to blame all the mistakes on Su Zhi. She thought that she would tell her mother when she got back and ask her to arrange for her little brother to leave quickly. Anyway, he was about to take the exam, so it would be better to let him leave early. During this time, it would be best to settle her little brother's marriage, then everything would be fine.

Shen Zhu thought this in her heart but did not show it on the surface. She became even more affectionate towards Su Zhi. She thought that if she said one more word, the boy would say one less word to Su Zhi.

Shen Ziju wanted to ask Shen Zhu some more questions, but Su Zhi declined, saying that it was nothing. She had copied poems and taught him arithmetic for Shen Ziju before because he could see them and she couldn't hide them. She didn't want to tell anyone about the things he didn't know.

Shen Ziju and Shen Zhu sat for less than an hour and then went home.

As soon as Shen Zhu arrived home, she took Shen Zhang away and told her what she had seen.

Shen Zhang was also surprised when she heard what Shen Zhu said. She also thought that Shen Zian seemed to be running to Fuyuan all the time recently. She didn't think much about it before because Su Zhi was older than Shen Ziju and was a married woman. In her eyes, Shen Ziju would definitely not be interested in a married woman, not to mention that the woman was his sister-in-law. But she didn't expect that this thing that shouldn't have happened would happen.

"It's time to let your brother leave first."

Shen Zhang was not like Shen Zhu who blamed all the mistakes on Su Zhi. She thought that as long as her son left, he would forget about it after some time.

Shen Ziju was arranged to leave home early. The reason was that if he went out earlier, he could discuss more knowledge with the teachers and students there and make more connections, so that he would be more confident of passing the exam.

Shen Ziju was naturally willing. Several of his good friends from school invited him to go and discuss exam questions with them. However, he had not agreed because he felt that the family might not have enough money and he did not want to appear too shabby in public.

Shen Zhang told Shen Youfu about this matter, and Shen Youfu immediately said that he would solve the problem of the silver.

Shen Youfu's solution was to let his sons divide the profits. Among them, Shen Zian would definitely get the biggest share, as he was now the richest man.

As soon as Shen Youfu opened his mouth, Su Zhi asked how much the other brothers would give. Although she also supported Shen Ziju to take the imperial examination, thinking that it was a good thing for the Shen family to have a person with an academic title, she was willing to pay money to get a favor, but she only wanted to give the favor to Shen Ziju. She didn't want Shen Youfu to think that they were money men. If they had to give money, they wouldn't give it too easily.

Shen Youfu said angrily: "You daughter-in-law, your family is so rich, but you still care about it. If someone's life is not good, your life will not be bad. Just be careful that only money will be left in the future. There are no helpers left!”

"Dad, what are you talking about? My wife is very popular in the village. Go ask around and see who doesn't speak well of my wife."

Shen Zian said that he felt what his father said was too much.

Shen Youfu glared at him and said, "You are such a protective wife-loving bastard. You have really forgotten your father after marrying a wife. You are such a loser! In other families, men are in charge of the money, but in your family it is the other way around. Aren't you afraid that people will say you are a gigolo? You really don't look like my son, Shen Youfu, at all!"

Shen Zian frowned when he heard this, and raised his voice and said, "Have you always thought that I am not your son? Otherwise, why would you always dislike me when even Shen Zhang, your stepmother, has been able to put on a good face for so many years?"

"You, you damned bastard!"

Shen Youfu has always had a bad temper, especially towards his sons. The eldest and the second son were always quiet in front of him, and they would do whatever he asked them to do, and he never got angry with them. The third son made him angry, but he was sweet-talking, and his anger would subside as soon as it came up. The fifth son was his dearest, and he would not even say a word loudly to him, and he always had a smile on his face when he saw him. In the end, only Shen Zian was left, who had a cold face since he was a child, and looked at him as if he were not his biological father, but he would never say good things. In addition, Shen Zhang sometimes provoked him intentionally or unintentionally, so naturally all his anger was directed at Shen Zian.

Shen Youfu didn't think he was wrong. He thought it was Shen Zian's unfilial nature that made him angry.

Now that Shen Zian has married and has a family business, he still thinks that this son is unfilial, and he also dislikes his daughter-in-law Su Zhi, thinking that she would definitely be cured earlier, but she didn't cure it earlier because of the division of the family. The reputation of his Shen family was damaged by the trouble, and finally seeing that such a large family business as Fuyuan was not under his control, Shen Youfu got angry when he saw the couple. If it weren't for Shen Zhang's constant persuasion, he would not be able to suppress his anger.

Su Zhi frowned, thinking that her father-in-law had a really bad temper. It was thanks to her husband's toughness that she would have become a frightened rabbit if she had to make a living under him. It was really a blessing from God that she had such a temper that could kill a tiger. If she hadn't been able to distinguish clearly, she would have taken out her anger on Shen Ziju. Then Shen Ziju would never get a penny from her.

"Father-in-law, I just asked your eldest brother how much money he paid. What's wrong with that? Why is it worth you scolding me like that? If you do this again, I will really make a fuss about it."

Su Zhi didn't even give Shen Youfu the slightest smile.

Shen Zhang did not come with us today. She did not want to come for something that required money, but she was still worried, so she asked Shen Zhu to come along.

Shen Zhu only stepped forward when she saw that the situation had become disastrous if she did not step forward.

"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, it's not like you don't know that dad has this temper. Dad is not in good health these days, so please be more considerate. You want to know how much money the eldest brother and the others paid, let me tell you. The eldest brother and the third brother didn't share. When the family goes out, their money naturally belongs to the public house, and the public house has a total of We collected fifteen taels. You and your second brother split the bill. My parents thought that your life would not be difficult, so you should spend five taels as a family. Please give me more. Mom, it’s my request. It’s not easy for me to go out. As an elder brother, you need to help me more.”

Su Zhi thought Shen Zhu was quite good at talking. After she said this, it would be unreasonable for those of them who had money not to give more. (