Chapter 19: Intercepting Wang Pan'er
A rare guest came to the Shen family today. Just after the family finished their meal in the afternoon, Qian, the famous matchmaker in the surrounding villages, came to the door. She smiled when she saw Wang Sufen.
"Old sister, I'm here to congratulate you. Your family is going to have a good marriage!"
"Matchmaker Qian, why are you here? Come in and sit down."
Wang Sufen welcomed Qian the matchmaker into the house, and Shen Anan, Liping Yulin and the others were driven out.
"Aunt, am I going to have an uncle-in-law? I don't want you to leave." Shen Lihua pulled the corner of Shen Anan's clothes and said uneasily.
"Don't talk nonsense, my aunt won't get married!" Shen Anan said firmly. She has a system and doesn't have to worry about food and drink, but she doesn't want to cook for people and have children.
Shen Lihua was worried, so she pulled Shen Liping to squat under the window of the main hall and eavesdropped. After a while, she ran over with a smile and said, "It's not the aunt, it's us who are going to have a sixth aunt."
Shen Yuanjia, who was squatting nearby, suddenly stood up and walked out of the yard without saying a word.
"Aunt, what's wrong with Uncle Six? Did I say something wrong?"
"It's okay, you guys stay home, I'll go check it out."
Shen Anan felt that Shen Yuanjia was not in a good state, so she followed him out worriedly, and finally found him by the small river in the village.
"Sixth brother, why did you come out?" Shen Anan sat down on a big rock by the river next to Shen Yuanjia, took out a handful of White Rabbit from her arms and stuffed it into his hand.
"Eat some candy and you'll be happy. We're all family. If you have any problems, just tell us directly and we'll work out a solution together."
Shen Anan originally thought that everyone has privacy, and she had never thought about exploring what was going on with Shen Yuanjia's recent abnormality, but he has become more and more silent in the past few days.
Shen Anan woke up several times in the middle of the night and saw him sitting in the yard. His body couldn't bear it if he continued like this.
When Matchmaker Qian came today, Shen Yuanjia reacted so strongly. Shen Anan guessed that her sixth brother probably had an emotional problem.
Shen Yuanjia lowered his head, looking at the flowing river with empty eyes. Shen Anan did not urge him. After a while, Shen Yuanjia spoke in a hoarse voice.
It turned out that when Shen Yuanjia was on his way to the town to deliver vegetables to his fourth brother, he met Zheng Caiyan, the girl from the Zheng family in the neighboring village. The two fell in love at first sight, and after spending some time together, they fell in love with each other.
Originally Shen Yuanjia was thinking of asking Wang Sufen to find a matchmaker to propose marriage at the end of the year, but he didn't expect that a month ago, Old Man Zheng fell down in the mountains and died after being sent to the hospital for half a month.
Now the Zheng family owes the hospital more than one hundred yuan in medical fees. Only Zheng Caiyan, her mother and her five-year-old brother are left in the Zheng family.
So now, in order to pay off the medical expenses and the future living expenses of her mother and brother, Zheng Caiyan plans to marry the stupid son of a rich family in the town, because that rich family can offer a dowry of 500 yuan.
Shen Anan recalled the memories in her mind. At this time in her previous life, the original owner was chasing after Duan Hongzhe and showing her courtesy, and did not notice Shen Yuanjia's abnormality at all.
All I remember is that Shen Yuanjia was never happy and never married. Later, in order to avenge the original owner, he was framed by Wang Pan'er and thrown into prison. When he came out, almost all members of the Shen family were dead.
Just because of Shen Yuanjia's protection of the original owner in the previous life, Shen Anan couldn't just watch him end up being single for the rest of his life.
"Sixth brother, I will find a way to deal with this matter. If you believe me, tell Sister Zheng not to agree to the marriage yet and wait for me for half a month. I will definitely make sure that you two lovers will finally get married."
"An An, Sixth Brother..." Shen Yuanjia opened his mouth, wanting to say that he accepted his fate, but he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
He knew how difficult this was, and he also knew that as a brother he shouldn't put such a heavy burden on his younger sister, but he couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation, just like a person who is almost frozen to death in winter seeing a fire is like seeing hope.
Let him be selfish for once. If An An can't do anything about it, he will just accept his fate.
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It was also Shen Yuanjia's incident last night that reminded Shen Anan of an opportunity in the original book, not long after Wang Pan'er was reborn.
Wang Pan'er is worthy of being the heroine of the novel. In the book, not long after she was reborn, she rescued a little girl who was abducted on the way to the town. The little girl's family was grateful to her and gave her a thank-you fee, which was also the capital for Wang Pan'er's later business.
In the original book, Shen Yuanjia was framed and imprisoned by Wang Pan'er. In this life, he intercepted an opportunity from her, which can be considered as earning some interest!
A few days later, on the day of the beginning of winter, just after dawn, Shen Anan took Shen Yuanjia to a small forest outside Anqi Town.
"An An, why are we here so early in the morning? There is still a lot of work to do in the fields."
Shen Anan stared at the path outside the woods, and said casually: "When I came here a few days ago, I saw a lot of Gastrodia elata, so I wanted to look for it today."
"Ah, is there any Gastrodia elata here? Why don't I see any?"
"Look carefully. I saw it the other day."
Shen Yuanjia believed it to be true and began to search carefully in the woods.
The price of Gastrodia elata has always been high. If we can find some to sell to pharmacies in town, it will also be extra income.
The book only briefly mentioned the fact that Wang Pan'er rescued people. Shen An'an didn't know the specific process, so she could only come here early in the morning and wait for it to happen.
After a while, when it was almost dawn, an ox cart suddenly drove up from the end of the path. A middle-aged man was sitting on the front of the cart, and there were more than a dozen sacks on the cart.
Shen Anan grabbed Shen Yuanjia, squatted in the grass by the roadside, and lowered his body.
"An An, what are you doing?"
"Shh! Don't talk. I'm covered in dirt and I don't want anyone to see me. It's so ugly." Shen Anan covered Shen Yuanjia's mouth, and after making sure that he wouldn't make any sound, she continued to stare at the ox cart on the road.
The middle-aged man had a fierce look on his face and an obvious black birthmark on his left eye. When the ox cart passed in front of the grove, it bumped a few times due to the potholes on the road. Suddenly, a sack fell off as if it was not fixed properly.
The middle-aged man was completely unaware and continued to drive the ox cart slowly forward.
After the ox cart was out of sight, Shen Anan walked to the middle of the road and opened the mouth of the sack. The face of a little girl was revealed. She was about two years old, pale, and in a coma.
"What's going on!" Shen Yuanjia was shocked. He thought it was some kind of cargo, but it turned out to be a child.
After Shen Anan verified his guess, his expression became solemn.
The book only says that Wang Paner rescued a kidnapped child, but unexpectedly the child fell off an ox cart accidentally. There were more than one sack on the ox cart!
If this sack contains abducted children, what about the other dozen?
Shen Yuanjia used his hand to feel the little girl's breath and felt relieved when he felt that she was still breathing. He turned around and saw An An's ugly face.
"An An, what's wrong with you? Let's send this little girl to the police station!"
"I was wondering about the other dozen sacks on the truck..."
Shen Yuanjia was not stupid. When he heard this, he immediately thought of a possibility and stood up in surprise.
"How dare they do that? An An, you stay here and watch over this little girl. I'm going to chase after that bullock cart now."
"Sixth brother, wait a moment." Saving lives was the most important thing. Shen Anan took advantage of the backpack to take out the stun gun and stuffed it into Shen Yuanjia's hand.
"This is a stun gun someone gave me before. It's a foreign product. Use it for self-defense. Don't let others see it."
"Don't be impulsive if you follow them. There must be more than one person in their lair. Just follow them. I'm going to the police station to find someone now."
Shen Anan explained the use of the electric baton to Shen Yuanjia in detail, and only after confirming that he could use it did he let him chase the ox cart that was going away.
After Shen Yuanjia walked away, Shen Anan took out the bicycle, fixed the backpack on the back seat, put the little girl in the backpack, and hurriedly rode to the town police station.
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