"I didn't expect the village chief position to remain undecided. Wanli, who do you think is the most likely candidate?"
After Shen Qianli arrived, he first talked to his brothers about the village chief.
After all, this is big news in the village right now.
Shen Wanli shook his head: "I don't know about that, but it should still be in the hands of the Qin family."
Although our ancestors took the lead in removing Qin Ruijin from his position as village chief, it doesn't mean they wanted to see someone of a different surname become village chief, does it?
After all, the village chief of Lotus Village has been in the hands of the Qin family for more than a hundred years.
"Yes, I think so too."
Shen Qianli clearly shared the same idea.
"Second brother, the main reason I called you here today is for something." Shen Wanli slowly took out Shen Pengfei's letter and handed it over. "Second brother, you can take a look."
Now, in the west wing, there are only Grandpa Shen, Grandma Shen, and Shen Wanli and his brother.
No one else was there.
Actually, Shen Wanli had his own selfish reasons for doing this. He was worried that his wife would get angry, and he was even more worried that if things didn't work out, the old lady would hold a grudge against his wife.
So I simply didn't let my wife and younger relatives come.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with them.
"What is this thing?"
Shen Qianli skimmed through the letter, quickly finishing it in a cursory manner. When he saw the words related to the Zhou family, he slammed his fist on the table in anger.
Shen Qianli, completely disregarding his parents' presence, launched into a tirade: "Who does he think he is? Who the hell does he boss around? Talking incessantly, with such a big face, does he really think he's something special?"
Because of the vast difference in wealth between the two families, Shen Qianli and his wife rarely visited the Zhou family.
The reason was that she was worried that if she went there, the Zhou family would think she was there to freeload, and therefore treat her daughter poorly.
Now this idiot is asking for all of the Zhou family's wealth.
"Does he think he's my ancestor?"
Shen Qianli was furious and even took his anger out on Shen Wanli.
He paced back and forth in the room, pointing a finger at Chen Wanli and beating him up: "Look at you, what kind of rubbish did you write for me? Why don't you just burn it yourself?"
What a piece of trash!
“Qianli, that’s not how it works. Pengfei becoming an official brings honor to our entire Shen family…”
"Whose ancestors does he boast about? How did he treat you? How did he do those dirty things to Tian Tian? And he calls that bringing glory to his ancestors?"
Shen Qianli retorted without hesitation.
Do you expect him to swallow his pride for the sake of bringing glory to his ancestors?
Keep dreaming.
"How can you talk like that? Pengfei's matter is the most important thing for our family right now. If you don't take care of it, then you're being unfilial to me and your father! Do you believe I'll report you to the authorities and have you arrested?"
Before this, Mrs. Shen still held a sliver of hope.
After all, the Shen family produced a scholar who passed the imperial examination; what an honor that was!
So it shouldn't be too difficult to get the second and third children to pay, right?
Who knew that Shen Qianli's arrival would shatter the old lady's hopes into nothing?
Even more decisive and thorough than sinking ten thousand miles!
"Go ahead and report it! Do you think I'm afraid of you? If you report it to the authorities, I'll expose Shen Pengfei's letter and let everyone know that he wants to buy an official position! Let's see if this gets out, and even if he has money, he won't be able to buy that position!"
Shen Qianli was not threatened at all; on the contrary, he sat in the chair with a happy mood and watched the old lady suffer.
To change your mood from gloomy to sunny, all you need to do is annoy the old lady.
"How can you be so cruel? That's your own nephew! You can't be so heartless!"
Grandma Shen got anxious.
Even if she were incredibly stupid, she would know that this kind of thing shouldn't be known to others.
"So, Grandma, please don't pressure me. I won't spend a single penny on Shen Pengfei's matter, so please don't worry about it!"
Shen Qianli made his point very clear.
Grandma Shen was extremely anxious, and when she had no other choice, she tried to pull Grandpa Shen away, jumping up and down in a panic: "If I were you, you would be watching! Isn't Pengfei your grandson? Isn't he bringing honor to your Shen family ancestors?"
The group of people surnamed Chen weren't worried at all; on the contrary, she remembered that they were jumping around and making a fool of themselves.
Old Master Shen was already in a difficult position, and now that his wife had singled him out, he could no longer hide. He felt utterly helpless.
The old man was at a loss for what to do. He rubbed his temples and said helplessly, "Forget it. What can we do if the children don't want to? Besides, we shouldn't have even tried to take advantage of the Zhou family in the first place."
He was unwilling in the first place.
In his mind, a married daughter already belongs to another family.
Where can we let the Zhou family go bankrupt for them? Hmm, what would that look like?
That's so embarrassing.
"What about Pengfei? Our eldest grandson finally passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. Are we just going to abandon him because we're poor and have no money?"
Grandma Shen was very anxious.
That's becoming an official.
She still wants to be an official's wife.
Moreover, if her family doesn't take care of her this time, she worries that even if Pengfei becomes an official, he will abandon her.
“Since Pengfei has passed the imperial examination and become a Juren, he is truly talented and learned. The imperial court will definitely make arrangements for him sooner or later.” Old Master Shen was quite knowledgeable.
However, he also knew that if he didn't have money, the official position that would fall into his grandson's lap would probably not be very good.
But what can we do?
There's really no money in my family.
"Yes, gold always shines. Why are you in such a hurry, old lady?" Shen Qianli was always eager to stir up trouble.
Let's just spout whatever grand principles we want.
Grandma Shen is so annoyed with him now that she wants to curse him out.
But ever since the eldest son's family was expelled from the family genealogy, Old Mrs. Shen has been very restrained. So she only moved her lips a few times, but the words that came out were muffled.
As for Chen Qianli, he pretended not to see it, since the old lady didn't say anything.
"You are all so heartless! He was a scholar who passed the imperial examination! You, you..." Old Mrs. Shen lamented, filled with immense sorrow.
Her high-ranking official grandmother's dream!
Just like that, it's gone!
A bunch of bastards.
"Qianli, there's another matter I wanted to ask you to come here today. Your mother and I still want to go back to the old house to live. You and Wanli, you two brothers, should discuss giving your mother and me some food and money every month, just enough for us to eat and drink."
Old Master Shen looked somewhat sad.
Nowhere is as comfortable as living in your own home.
Even at her own son's house, she was still living under someone else's roof.
They said they'd be kicked out, and they were kicked out.
“Father, you’re so old, and yet…”
"There's no place like home," the old man waved his hand, telling Shen Qianli to stop talking. "I'm getting old, and my temperament has become stubborn. Now I just want to go home."
The words "go home" left the two brothers, Shen Qianli and Shen Qianli, feeling a pang of sadness.
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