Chapter Twenty-Seven: Stealing Chickens Doesn't Make Rice

Wang Er Mazi hurriedly went to Shen's house to report, and Mrs. Shen immediately hid the duck eggs.

There were a lot of people who went to Mu's house to deliver wild duck eggs today, and they also followed Shen Yunxi to Shen's house to see the excitement!

Shen Yunxi came to Shen's house with a group of people and found that the courtyard door of Shen's house was open, and Old Lady Shen stood in the courtyard and looked at her.

Before Shen Yunxi could speak, Mrs. Shen said, "I don't have wild duck eggs at home, I don't take anyone's wild duck eggs!" ”

"Grandma, how do you know what I'm here for? I wonder if grandma knows these people? Shen Yunxi pointed to the villagers who were making trouble just now and said.

Mrs. Shen didn't even look at it, "I don't know, the small family also deserves to take a look at Mrs. Shen!" ”

"Phew! Dead old woman, why did you look at us so much when you lied to us about duck eggs that day? ”

"The day before yesterday and yesterday, when we came to deliver wild duck eggs, you still said thank you to us!"

"Phew!" Old Lady Shen refused to admit it, "I think you are dreaming!" What kind of wild duck eggs, our Shen family doesn't have wild duck eggs at all! ”

Shen Yunxi looked at the people in the courtyard of the Shen family, except for Shen Pingping, who was working outside, all the people were there, and they didn't look at her well.

At this time, Ma said something in the ear of his son Shen Zhenhui, and Shen Zhenhui went to find Shen Zhenwen again.

Shen Zhenhui is ten years old this year, and the Ma family is not as shrewd as the Liu family and the Li family, so the children she raised are quite honest, but that day his father was pulled into the water by the Shen family, and when his grandmother wanted to sacrifice his father for thirty taels of silver, he and his mother began to hate the Shen family.

Shen Zhenwen is only five years old, the youngest son of the Li family, and he has been spoiled since he was a child.

He pointed directly to the kitchen and said to the village chief, "Grandpa the village chief, my grandmother has gotten a lot of duck eggs these days, and they are all hidden in that big vat in the kitchen!" ”

As soon as Shen Zhenwen's words fell, Mu Chenglin took the lead in kicking open the kitchen door of the Shen family and lifted the lid of the vat.

There are so many wild duck eggs, Mrs. Shen can't eat them at all, except for dozens of them that she took to the town and gave them to the Cui family, some of which have been used for stir-frying in the past few days, and the rest have been pickled by her.

Old Madam Shen panicked for a moment, but she quickly adjusted her mentality, "Isn't this the wild duck egg that my Yunxi used to be filial to me?" How? My granddaughter is filial to me, and you have to take care of it? ”

Shen Yunxi chuckled, "Grandma, I haven't been filial to you at all, so please don't talk nonsense in front of me!" ”

When Shen Yunxi said this, Mrs. Shen couldn't get off the stage, she pointed to the villagers and said, "You say, did Shen Yunxi tell you to let you send wild duck eggs to my house, she wants to be filial to me!" ”

"Miss Yunxi didn't say that, you told us so!"

"That's right! You used your identity as Shen Yunxi's grandmother to trick us into sending you wild duck eggs for three days in a row, and asked us to go to Shen Yunxi to ask for money! ”

These villagers have the support of the village chief and a group of villagers, and they are not afraid, and they directly leaked the matter!

Mrs. Shen's face was white and black for a while, "That's not because of Shen Yunxi, an unfilial granddaughter, she made so many wild duck eggs, and she didn't know that she was going to be filial to her grandmother who raised her with hard work, what happened to my old woman eating a few wild duck eggs from her granddaughter's house, is it illegal?" ”

"It's not a crime, but if you deliberately deceive the villagers to deceive the duck eggs, you will commit the crime of deception and theft, and you will be beaten!" Mu Chenglin said gloomily on the side.

Seeing this, Mrs. Shen simply sat on the ground and cried, why did the Su family leave early, leaving Shen Yunxi, her old woman raised her so big, and found such a good husband for her.

Now that she lives in a new house and makes a lot of money in business, she forgets the old woman, a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!

"Grandma has not forgotten, how did I marry into the Mu family? I forgot that you took so much silver from the Mu family, and we couldn't eat before we started to find a way to make money! ”

"We have come this far, and grandma has a lot of credit!"

Old Lady Shen pointed at Shen Yunxi, "You! You unfilial granddaughter! "Old Mrs. Shen is really angry this time, her face is red!

The old man Shen on the side hurriedly commanded Boss Shen to step forward and help Mrs. Shen up, Mrs. Shen can't have anything happen now, there are many things in the family that still need her to come forward!

Shen Dafu helped Mrs. Shen up and said to Shen Yunxi, "Look at you, make grandma angry like this!" Didn't you just take a few duck eggs from your family? Is it as serious as you say? ”

Old Lady Shen was relieved and said to Shen Yunxi, "You will pay them the money for these duck eggs, and you are filial to me as a grandmother!" My old woman was almost by you, so I won't pursue it! ”

"Impossible!" Shen Yunxi directly refused, in front of the Shen family, there must not be the slightest soft-heartedness, otherwise they will gain an inch.

With today's beginning, after they taste the sweetness, they will haunt you like a leper dog.

Wang Er Mazi saw that things had developed to this point, it was time for him to speak, no matter whether he succeeded in the end or not, he could get the favor of Mrs. Shen.

"I said Yunxi girl, no matter what the Shen family said, they raised you, and you also have the blood of the Shen family in your body, don't be so absolute!"

"Hundreds of wild duck eggs, only a few hundred dollars, for you now it's just a drop in the bucket, just be filial to your grandmother, a few of them are happy to take the money, the old lady is happy to get the duck eggs, you spent a little money to get the reputation of filial piety and happy, why not!"

Shen Yunxi's temper came up, she rolled up her sleeves, and her head was high, "Which onion are you?" Do you have a part to say here? ”

"Why is the mouth so big when the upper lip touches the lower lip? It's a drop in the bucket to pay a few hundred dollars, you are so generous, why don't you give this money! ”

"Shut up if you don't have any money! I want you to intervene in my business! I think you have bad breath! ”

Although Wang Er Mazi was a scoundrel, no one dared to talk to him like this, and his violent temper also came up, rolling up his sleeves and preparing to beat Shen Yunxi.

Mu Chenglin grabbed his back collar with one hand and threw him out of the way.

"In view of what your Shen family has done these days, it is impossible for us to give you duck eggs, except for the New Year's gift, we will not usually be filial to you."

"Whether you give them the duck egg money or not, it has nothing to do with us! Because you are the one who deceives them! ”

After speaking, Mu Chenglin was ready to pull Shen Yunxi back, there were so many duck eggs to be made at home, and he didn't have the time to talk here!

"Stop!" Mrs. Shen is in a hurry, if Mu Chenglin and Shen Yunxi leave, she will have to pay for the duck eggs today.

Worried that Mu Chenglin's strength would hurt the old lady, the village chief hurriedly pulled the old lady Shen back, and the old lady Shen said to the Shen family anxiously, "Come and stop them, don't let them go!" ”

However, everyone in the Shen family, including Old Man Shen, stood still and didn't move, this kind of shameful thing still made Old Lady Shen come forward!

"Li's Liu's Ma's! Did you hear that, hurry! ”

Li's face was embarrassed, it was her son who had just exposed the duck eggs, and she was worried that the old lady would settle accounts with her afterwards! But if she comes forward in this matter, this reputation will be too ugly!

The Liu family and the Ma family hated Mrs. Shen to death because of the recent incidents, so they would not come forward to help her, and for a while, the Shen family was entangled with the villagers for hundreds of duck eggs, and only Mrs. Shen was entangled!

"You see, you are charging in front of the battle to seek benefits for the Shen family, and none of those who sit back and enjoy their success are willing to help you!"

"Grandma, I feel sorry for you!"

Shen Yunxi whispered in Mrs. Shen's ear, and Mrs. Shen glanced back at the group of Shen family members who were standing still, and she was angry!

"I pay! I'll just give you as much as you want! "Her old lady is trying to figure out what it is for day by day, not for the expenses of a large family.

This is good, a group of people eat and drink Lazar every day, there is really something to let her old woman on, why?

Is it because her old woman lacks these hundreds of dollars? It's the current Shen family!

Since you don't move, it's a shame, then what is my old woman still tossing!

"There are a total of four hundred and twenty duck eggs for three days, according to the Mu family's pricing, the old lady, you have to give us four hundred and twenty yuan!"

Mrs. Shen counted the copper plates on her body, but it was not enough, so she turned around and went back to the room to get the money!

Seeing that Mrs. Shen was really ready to give money, the rest of the Shen family was obviously very anxious, but everyone, you push me, I push you, and no one came forward to stop Mrs. Shen.

A farce ended like this, and Shen Yunxi once again reminded everyone that when the Mu family buys any ingredients in the future, they must obey the Mu family's requirements and do not trade with others privately.

If it happens again next time, they don't care!

The villagers who were deceived apologized again and again, saying that they would definitely send them to the door in person later!

The Shen family, after everyone left, Mrs. Shen began to scold, and the worst ones who were scolded were Liu and Shen Pingping!

Old Mrs. Shen still felt that if they hadn't changed marriages and it was Shen Pingping who married into the Mu family, everything in the Mu family would have belonged to the Shen family.

And she can also find a richer family for Shen Yunxi, and the Shen family will not have to worry about food and clothing at that time.

At lunchtime, Mrs. Shen cut the amount of meat by half.

The Shen family has no income except for the 130 acres of land, and if they don't open up sources and reduce expenditure, one day the products in the fields will not be able to keep up with the expenses!

Everyone thought that Mrs. Shen was angry, so no one asked questions, even Shen Xiujuan, who has always been meat-oriented, silently picked up the food, anyway, with her mother, her rations will not be less!

But in the evening, there was less meat on the Shen family's dinner table, and the Shen family raised questions!

The first to bring it up was Shen Erfu, who loves to eat fatty meat, "Mother, is our family out of money?" How can I just have a few slices of meat, which is not enough for me to stuff my teeth! ”

Mrs. Shen had already thought of a rhetoric, but unfortunately at noon, no one raised this topic, so in the evening, she reduced the amount again, and finally someone brought it up, so her old lady was going to put her words here today!

"How much do you think Su's dowry is? How much does the family spend? How many years will this money be enough for us to eat, drink and be merry? ”

"Over the years, the land has been given to tenant farmers, and the family only needs to do some basic housework.

"I tell you that if we don't think about it, next year, we won't have such a good life!"

Everyone was a little silent when they heard this, but they didn't have such worries as Mrs. Shen, and it was true that as Mrs. Shen said, they had been comfortable for a long time, and they had forgotten the difficulties of firewood, rice, oil and salt.

"Then mother, wouldn't it be better if you gave your sister less dowry?" Shen Erfu muttered dissatisfiedly, two hundred taels of silver and thirty acres of land are enough for their family to eat for a long time!

"Don't you think about it!" Old Lady Shen pointed at Shen Erfu's nose, "No one can touch Xiu'er's dowry!" ”

"Mother, I have a good idea!" Shen Dafu said.

"Our family's income is this one hundred and thirty acres of income, and there are more than one hundred taels of silver a year. But have you ever thought about how much these more than 100 taels account for the total income! ”

"You mean to say?" Old Madam Shen seemed to understand, and her little eyes lit up directly!

"Sixty percent, the grain we give to those tenant farmers accounts for forty percent of the total grain, if we cut down two percent of this forty percent, then the annual income will be about thirty or forty taels more!"

"That's enough silver, it should be enough for us to spend!"

Mrs. Shen and Old Man Shen glanced at each other, thirty or forty taels more, although it will not fundamentally solve the problem, but at least it will make life a lot easier!

"Okay! Just do what the boss says! Let's eat it today, and tomorrow the old woman will cut more meat! ”

After discussing all this, the family had a meal with Hemeimei again!

In the next few days, Mu Chenglin and Shen Yunxi were immersed in the process of making preserved eggs.

Mu's mother is responsible for collecting duck eggs and paying, Mu Chengjin also came out to help, he is responsible for cleaning duck eggs, Shen Yunxi is responsible for preparing preserved egg powder, Aunt Huang is responsible for wrapping eggs, and Mu Chenglin is responsible for the manual labor and three meals of various transportation.

Three days later, the climax of duck eggs finally passed, and on this day, Yang Xiaomi also came to Shen Yunxi, and the fans were dried!

Shen Yunxi asked her to bring fans and come to her early the next morning, she needed to prepare some raw materials to make fans.

The next day, when the Xia family's carriage came to pull tofu and bean sprouts, Shen Yunxi took a bunch of ingredients, half a jar of sauerkraut, and a jar of rice wine, and Yang Xiaomi took the fans to the town together.

When she arrived at Qingfeng Building, the shopkeeper saw that it was Shen Yunxi, and hurriedly took her to see Xia Yifan.

When he suddenly came to see Xia Yifan, he was still a little surprised, he thought that he would not be able to see Shen Yunxi until the vinegar was ready!

"Miss Yunxi suddenly came to visit, could it be that she made some new ingredients?" Xia Yifan hurriedly asked Shen Yunxi and Yang Xiaomi to sit down and pour tea for them personally.

Shen Yunxi didn't go around the bend, she took out the sun-dried vermicelli from Yang Xiaomi's arms, this kind of handmade vermicelli is not very beautiful in appearance, and it is a little messy.

"What is this?" Obviously, such an appearance did not interest Xia Yifan.

"It's called a fan!" Shen Yunxi said that it is made of sweet potatoes.

"Sweet potatoes? And it ended up like this? If it weren't for Shen Yunxi making tofu with soybeans before, Xia Yifan wouldn't have believed that sweet potatoes would end up like this!

"That's right! Sweet potatoes, and only sweet potatoes! In addition to sweet potatoes, potatoes can also be made! ”

Sure enough, when it comes to potatoes, Xia Yifan's interest is even stronger, potatoes are not easy to preserve, and they will be poisonous when they sprout, although the yield per mu is very high, but there are not many people who plant them!

"And how should this be eaten?" Xia Yifan picked up the vermicelli, broke a piece hard, put it in his mouth and tried it, and he frowned when it was unpalatable.