Chapter 15: The Stepping Stone I

Shen Zhiyun, who had been greeting for a long time, how could he suddenly think of her daughter...... Come to think of it, it was because of the blessing of the Zhu family, or it was done according to the old lady's wishes.

When she returned to the south side courtyard from the main courtyard, it was already dark, and Cui Xin was packing up her things on the side, making noises from time to time, which made Shen Yuechen slightly upset.

Seeing her frowning, Mother Wu patted Cuixin's shoulder and asked her to go down first. Then, he put on new tea, handed it to her, and said softly: "The master wrote a letter back, isn't the young lady happy?" ”

Wu's mother grew up with her single-handedly, and she knows her heart the most, knowing that she looks easy-going and weak on the surface, but she is an extremely stubborn child on the inside.

When Shen Yuechen heard this, she raised her head and glanced at Mother Wu, only to feel that she would always be the person who knew herself best in the world. "It's not that I'm upset, it's just that it's a little sudden."

Mother Wu sat beside her and couldn't help but persuade softly: "Over the years, although the master has made the young lady feel a lot of grievances, but now, now that we are back, the young lady still has to be respectful when she arrives in front of the master, and she can only show what the eldest daughter should be." Now, this is not the time for us to be angry. Miss is the first child of the master, the eldest daughter of the house, no matter who turns the sky upside down, don't think about going beyond you. ”

Mother Wu gently stroked Shen Yuechen's hair while talking, thinking about what had happened in the past few days several times in her heart, and wanted to solve problems for her and seek opportunities for her to live calmly in the future.

What Mother Wu could think of in her heart, Shen Yuechen could naturally think of it, and she could think of it further and longer.

This time I went to Laizhou, the incident happened suddenly, and Shen Yuechen felt a little caught off guard. At the moment, pleasing the old lady alone is enough to make her feel that it is laborious, and she really has no intention of entertaining others.

Before going to sleep, Shen Yuechen opened the small box he had taken from Master Ran, poured out all the silver tickets and broken silver inside, and carefully liquidated it.

Although the silver is not much, it is the money she and Wu's mother have worked hard to accumulate over the years, as well as the money she earned when she wrote and painted under the pseudonym "Shen Danshu".

Shen Yuechen sat cross-legged, spread all the money on the bed, and then kept counting it, like a neurotic miser.

It's just that no matter how many times she counts, she can't let herself ignore a very serious problem. There is no doubt that if you want to break away from the Shen family, these silver are far from enough.

Although she doesn't want to admit it, she doesn't have enough ability to get out of this deep mansion and start a new life outside.

She is just a weak woman, her words and deeds are bound by feudal etiquette, even if she has the memory of her past life, what can she do?

Thinking of this, Shen Yuechen's heart suddenly sank, and she lowered her head a little dejectedly.

She thought for a moment, and her mood gradually calmed down, and then she put away the money on the bed again, and found an inconspicuous place to hide the box.

Shen Yuechen knew that she didn't have time to be sad and sad, and she couldn't leave the Shen family for a day, even if she had more thoughts in her heart, it was empty talk. At the moment, the most important thing is to follow the old lady to Laizhou, she can't act rashly, she must prepare well.

Over the years, Shen Zhijian's official luck has been good, from the fifth grade to the fourth grade, which can be said to be rising step by step.

The Shen family can be regarded as a scholarly family, and there have been people in the ancestors who have tested for fame, but they have not made great achievements.

Shen Zhiyun has followed the family tradition since he was a child, studied hard, and hoped that one day he could gain fame and shine on the lintel. At the age of twenty, he married the daughter of a small family, Lin, and in the same year, Lin was pregnant, and he was admitted to the examination, and was enviously called "Double Happiness". In June of the following year, Lin died in childbirth, and Shen Zhiyun missed the alternate official position because no one promoted him in the court, and he was extremely depressed.

Eight months after Lin's death, Shen Zhiyun was introduced to marry Yao, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and after marriage, he received a lot of financial support from the Yao family to dredge up contacts, and finally after half a year, he got a six-grade idle job. In the following ten years, with the strong help of the Yao family, Shen Zhiyun continued to expand his contacts, and finally sat in the position of the prefect of Sipin. And for the Shen family, this can be regarded as a major event that can glorify the ancestors.

After more than ten years of experience in officialdom, Shen Zhiyun has become more and more aware of the importance of connections.

As the saying goes: No one in the DPRK should be an official.

Although Shen Zhiyun has the support of his father-in-law, he does not have a real big backer behind him, which is undoubtedly the reason why he has been haunted and uneasy.

Shen Zhiyun has been in office in Laizhou for nearly a year, and his political performance has been mediocre, and he has not been able to do anything impressive, but has been anxiously cleaning up the mess left by the former prefect.

At this time, Mrs. Shen sent a letter from Texas, which made his eyes suddenly light up, and he keenly sensed a sign of good luck. So, on the night after receiving the letter, Shen Zhiyun called his wife Yao aside and told her about Shen Yuechen's involvement in the Zhu family.

When Yao heard this, he was really taken aback, so shocked that he almost fell to the ground with the teacup in his hand. After many years, she seems to have forgotten the Shen family, and there is still such a person as Shen Yuechen.

Yao has married into the Shen family for many years, and is deeply loved by her husband because of her mother's wealth, and even the old lady usually treats her politely.

After the Yao family entered the door, they added two women and a man to the Shen family, which can be described as hard work, so Shen Zhiyun was also humble to her at home, especially about Shen Yuechen.

The Yao family didn't know anything about Shen Yuechen, but they were disgusted, after all, she was the child left by the original Lin family, and she was also the eldest daughter.

Yao has always been a matter of her steproom, and there is a pimple in her heart, every time she thinks of Shen Yuechen, she is very uncomfortable, as if she is a hidden sign, always reminding others that she is not Shen Zhiyun's original match, just a steproom.

Now, Shen Zhiyun suddenly proposed to take the eldest daughter who was an eyesore to live there, and Yao's heart was naturally reluctant to live in a hundred or ten thousand. Moreover, she didn't believe that a decent and prominent family like the Zhu family would actually fall in love with that broom star!

Shen Zhiyun didn't believe it originally, but thinking that it was his mother's words that would never be false, he had no choice but to believe it.

If the Zhu family is really interested in Shen Yuechen, then this family affair is a great opportunity for him.