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Chapter 410: I wonder if there is a young man in that family

Shen Ziju was talking to his parents and sister when he heard heavy footsteps outside and the noise of Sun. Before he could hear what she was saying, the door curtain was raised and Sun rushed in first with an angry look on her face. Behind her followed Shen Ziping and Sanlang, Silang and Wulang. Through the gap in the curtain, he could see Chunhua watching outside. The whole family from the third room had come.

Everyone in the room was startled. When Shen Ziju saw that all of them had angry faces, he raised his eyebrows, wondering if someone was eavesdropping outside the window. He knew that people in the countryside liked to listen to what was happening outside the window. In their family, the people in the third room especially liked to do this. Even Shen Youfu and Shen Zhangshi sometimes listened to what was happening outside the wall.

They had just sent Shen Ziping and the others away. They must have wanted to know if there was anything they were not allowed to hear. This was most likely due to listening to the wall. If they hadn't listened to the wall, how could the family, who were fine just now, come in so angrily now?

"What are you doing? Are there any rules? Get out of here!"

Shen Youfu was angry and started to yell at the people in the third room, but his voice was not loud and he deliberately lowered it because the followers Shen Ziju brought back were still living in the compartment and they could hear him if he yelled loudly. He didn't want to embarrass Shen Ziju.

Shen Ziping shrank his neck, then stretched it out again and said, "Dad, we won't go out! Let my fifth brother give us an explanation! Does he not plan to take us to the capital?! We have worked hard and endured hardships all these years, and we couldn't even have a full meal, just to support his studies. Ah, now he is an official, and he is going to enjoy the good life in the capital, and he can even see the emperor every day, but he wants to leave us in the countryside to continue farming. How can he do this? Does he think we are fools?!"

Shen Ziping became more and more angry as he spoke. He had boasted to the villagers many times in the past few days that he was going to the capital to enjoy life. He would have meat, rice and noodles every day, and his clothes would be better than those of the wealthy Mr. Zhang. But now he was not allowed to go. Wasn't this a slap in his face? !

Sun also said in a shrill voice: "That's right! In recent years, we have been wearing tattered clothes and eating porridge that is as thin as water. Other families like us who are strong and capable have enough to eat, but we are starving like skinny monkeys. Why is this happening? Now that good days have finally come, they don't care about us anymore. Why is our life so miserable? There is really no future for us!"

As Sun was talking, she was about to sit on the ground and howl.

Sanlang pouted and said, "Anyway, I have to go to the capital. Otherwise, no one else can go!"

Silang echoed his third brother, while Wulang cried with Sun Shi, crying like a kitten, as ugly as it could be, with snot and tears mixed together. It was so dirty.

Seeing Wu Lang's dirty appearance, Shen Zhu turned away in disgust and said, "Third sister-in-law, stop crying. Clean Wu Lang first. Look at how dirty he is. Even if you take him to the capital, he will be thrown out. Under the emperor's feet, even a beggar has to be cleaner than him. Do you still want your brother to take him to embarrass others?"

After hearing this, Sun Shi stopped howling for a while, and saw Wu Lang wipe his snot on his sleeves again. There was a greasy and wet mess on it. She immediately shouted outside at Chunhua, asking her to come in and clean up for Wu Lang. Chunhua hurried in, holding a cloth handkerchief, and went to clean up for Wu Lang. Sun Shi continued to howl. She didn't feel that her howling was fake at all because she stopped just now, and she was still crying with great concentration.

"Get out if you cry again!"

Shen Youfu took the cigarette holder and slapped the edge of the kang. Immediately, Sun Shi stopped howling. The sound was quite close to her, and she was afraid that it would hit her head, which would be too worthless.

Sun said with a tearful face: "Dad, Mom, you have to make the decision for us. Fifth brother said he would not take us to the capital. This is really unkind. We betrayed him. Now he is an official. He can't forget us! You don't want to be stabbed in the back, do you? He will still want a reputation when he becomes an official in the future."

Shen Youfu cursed: "What nonsense are you talking about! Zi Ju's reputation is first-rate, no one dares to poke his spine! If you dare to talk nonsense, I will drive you out of the Shen family and let you become lonely ghosts!"

"Dad! How can you be so partial?"

Shen Ziping said unhappily that his father had always loved Shen Ziju since he was a child, and he could only fight for it himself. Later, when he realized that Shen Ziju was his hope for a good life, he stopped fighting with Shen Ziju and instead tried to curry favor with him. Now he has been currying favor with Shen Ziju for nothing for all these years, and he is not even allowed to have a quarrel. This father is too partial!

Shen Zhang patted Shen Ziping on the side and scolded him, "You little brat! How dare you talk about your father like that?! With the way you talk, how can I take you to the capital? And, you just eavesdropped again, didn't you? Eavesdropping on other people's things is fine, but you even dared to eavesdrop on our things. You really deserve a beating!"

Since childhood, Shen Ziping was most afraid of Shen Youfu, not Shen Zhangshi. He couldn't explain why, so when Shen Zhangshi said something to him, he would become obedient and look pitiful.

"Mom, aren't we afraid that you won't take us to the capital? I just heard it, and it turns out that what we feared is what happened. Mom, you have to make the decision for me. Dad doesn't love me, so you can't not love me too!"

Shen Zhang sighed. Although she loved Shen Ziju the most, she also loved her other sons. They were all her flesh and blood. Although Shen Ziping did not fight for power, he was the one who was best at saying nice things. She loved him too. For example, when her four biological sons drank rice porridge together, Shen Ziju's was the thickest, and Shen Ziping's was definitely the second. This is the principle that the crying child gets the milk.

"Ziping, it's not that your fifth brother doesn't want to take you, it's that he can't."

Shen Zhang explained the reason why Shen Ziju didn't take them with him, and promised that when Shen Ziju settled down, he would arrange a good job for them and would definitely not treat them unfairly. She asked them to stay at home and take good care of the house for now. Finally, she threatened them a little, saying that if they didn't want to, she would have to give them a sum of money and let them live separately, just like Shen Zifu and others. She said that Shen Zifu and Shen Zigui had worked for the family for so many years, and it was the same for them to be separated. If they were given more, the villagers would not say anything.

When the third room heard this, no one dared to make a fuss.

Shen Ziju said, "Third brother, Third sister-in-law, Third brother, I will not treat you badly. Do you still not trust my character? It is really inconvenient to take you to the capital now. Please be considerate of me."

Shen Zhu said, "Third brother, third sister-in-law, think about it, such a big house will belong to you, and the harvest from the fields will also belong to you, which is also a lot of income, why are you not satisfied? When the younger brother has established himself in the capital and has a farm and a shop, I will let you be the shopkeepers."

Shen Ziju glanced at Shen Zhu and thought that this sister was really good at making decisions for him.

"Manor, shop? Is this true?" Shen Ziping's eyes lit up when he heard this. He wanted to be a shopkeeper, and even more so, the owner of a manor. He saw that the shopkeepers of the businesses of the rich man's family were very powerful. And the managers of the manors were in charge of many people and had plenty of money, not worse than officials!

Sun's eyes also lit up. She thought that if she could have a shop or a farm, she could do nothing every day and just wear gold and silver and eat delicious food. If they were to manage Shen Ziju's shop and farm, wouldn't it be theirs? They had supported him to study for so many years, so giving them a farm and a shop wouldn't be too much!

Shen Ziju had never thought that Sun was so greedy and shameless, but even if he had guessed it, he would not say anything. Now he just wanted to not take them to the capital.

"My younger brother will definitely not treat Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law unfairly, so you can rest assured."

Shen Ziju promised. He didn't want to let the followers he brought with him know about the chaos in his family. Those people were of great background and would affect his future!

Sanlang said, "Uncle Wu, I want to follow you and be a police chief!"

Sanlang saw Song Dashan. He thought Song Dashan was just a poor boy, with no ability, not good at speaking, and not smart. His aunt disliked him and broke off the engagement with him. If Song Dashan could become a captain of the police, he could do it too!

Shen Ziju twitched his lips and said, "Sanlang, your uncle is an official now, but he has no police chiefs under him, and he has no followers either. He can only work by himself every day. Only when the emperor is pleased can your uncle become a high-ranking official, and then you, Sanlang, can do the work of a police chief. You should study hard at home and keep yourself in good health, and then your uncle will definitely let you go."

Shen Ziju was planning to settle down in the third room. As long as they didn't follow him to the capital and didn't make trouble and let the people he brought with him know that there was discord in his family, and with such a brother and sister-in-law, he would dare to make any promise now.

The people in the third room were finally settled.

Shen Youfu glared at Shen Ziping and Sun and said, "Why don't you get out of here? You won't be satisfied until I'm pissed off to death!"

"How can that be possible? Dad, you will live a long life! Sanlang's father, let's go out. Sanlang, Silang, Wulang, we are leaving. Chunhua, why are you still standing there like an idiot? Let's go!"

Only after they left did Shen Ziju breathe a sigh of relief.

Shen Zhu said to Shen Ziju, "Brother, you are too tolerant of Third Brother and the others. Were you afraid that those people you brought with you would hear what you said? So what if they heard it? What else would they dare to say to the outside world? Aren't they afraid that you would punish them?!"

Shen Ziju smiled and said, "Zhu'er, you don't know. Although these people are my followers now, they have another master, and the status of that master is not ordinary!"

"Ah? What is your identity? Tell me!"

When Shen Zhu heard this, her eyes lit up. She thought that when the young man said someone of high status, he must really be of high status. She wondered how old this person was. If he was old, she wondered if he had any younger sons in his family.

(Lishu Literature)