There were a few small groups of people gathered around the village road, with a brazier burning in the middle. They formed a circle around the brazier, warming themselves and chatting.
Mrs. Shen, Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen Xingwang and Mr. Zhang were among the group of older people, sitting there chatting with a small wooden board on the ground.
There were Saburo and the others playing nearby.
Two bullock carts entered the village in a jittery manner.
An elderly woman pointed in the direction of the oxcart and said to Mrs. Shen beside her: "Is that the person who went to town to buy things from your family has returned?"
Mrs. Shen raised her eyes and laughed and said, "They are really those from my family. I won't talk about it anymore. I'll pick them up."
Mr. Shen and the others also stood up one by one and walked towards home with their hands behind their backs.
The remaining people did not move, sitting around the brazier and watching the direction in which the bullock cart left.
Only when the bullock cart got further away did the group of people find their voices.
"The Shen family and the Zhang family are really enviable. They don't have to worry about having enough to eat or wearing warm clothes."
"Isn't that right? Apart from the Li Zheng family, these two families are the most prosperous in our Longxian Village."
Everyone was talking and laughing around this group. Although they were talking about the Shen family, they didn't look very jealous.
Someone said with a smile: "Thanks to them, my family saved a little more money the year before, and yesterday I had all my boys cut off their flesh."
"Haha, so does my family."
Everyone laughed, and the laughter floated far away, making the slightly cold wind feel warmer.
On the other side, the bullock cart first stopped in front of Zhang's house, and his things were piled outside. After unloading, they rushed directly back to the Shen's yard.
The Shen family's house has two doors, one is on the residential side, and the other is in the yard separated from it.
There was a long cowshed simply covered with straw and oilcloth in the yard, where the bullock carts were usually placed.
After returning home, Ms. Song couldn't wait to ask Shen Yuyu if she had heard any news in the town.
Naturally, it is news from the Songjia Village or the Song family.
Shen Yuyu comforted the emotional Song and Song Xiaoni.
She said: "Don't worry, mother, I've entrusted this matter to A Che. If I find the person, he will definitely send the news."
Mrs. Song wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and nodded in agreement.
In the hearts of everyone, although Fei Yanche was a troubled prince, he was still different.
With his help in this matter, the possibility of finding someone will be greater.
Old Mrs. Shen asked: "Xiao Che is here? Why didn't you call home? There will be a lot of people during the Chinese New Year tomorrow."
Shen Yue talked about meeting Feixi in the town.
Then, she remembered the envelope that Feixi had brought that felt very thick, and took it out of her arms.
Shen Yuyu said: "This is from Feixi, and it contains the money for the storybook."
With that said, Shen Yuyu took the initiative to open the envelope.
No wonder the envelope was so thick. There were two things inside. A dozen banknotes were folded into a stack and stuffed into the envelope. The signature on the banknotes was the number of Jucai Bank.
Jucai Bank is the largest bank in the Wei Dynasty.
Shen Yuyu knew that the master behind the Jucai Bank was apparently the mother's family of the fourth prince's mother and concubine, but in fact, the real master was the fourth prince's mother and concubine, Concubine Rong.
Concubine Rong's mother's family was the Cheng family, but it was a pity that the only descendant of the Cheng family was Cheng Rong, one of the capable women who became the emperor of the Wei Dynasty and took the position of concubine.
There are only a few people left in the Cheng family who are truly talented, and their status depends entirely on the promotion of Concubine Rong in the harem.
Shen Yuyu also knew that the fourth prince and Concubine Rong relied on this bank to support many private soldiers.
In addition to the banknote, this envelope also contained a smaller envelope.
There are four elegant characters written on it: "eucalyptus eucalyptus pro-qi".
Everyone in the Shen family is not pedantic. Everyone in the Shen family is more or less literate, and they don't pay attention to the saying that "a woman's lack of talent is a virtue."
Even Mrs. Shen can recognize how to write her own name and the names of many people in her family.
It just so happens that everyone recognizes the four words "eucalyptus eucalyptus Qinqi".
Everyone looked at the smaller envelope with curiosity in their eyes.
But it was written with "personal seal" written on it, and everyone was too embarrassed to ask Shen Yuyu to open it and show them what was written inside.
Shen Rong glanced at the envelope held in Shen Yuyu's hand.
His eyes were unclear and he said, "It seems like you have a good relationship with that kid."
A few people felt that what Shen Rong said was a bit strange.
But Shen Yuyu didn't hear it. She didn't take it to heart and opened the envelope directly.
There were only two thin pages inside, with elegant handwriting on them.
Shen Yuyu didn't avoid anyone, he just took it in his hand and started looking at it.
Shen Rong sat on one side of her, just in time to read the contents of the letter.
He naturally cast his unnatural gaze on the letter paper.
Nothing out of the ordinary.
It contains details about the storybook that Fei Yanche took away from here, and also talks about some seemingly insignificant details about his daily life.
Finally, he gave friendly greetings to everyone present.
Shen Yuyu felt that there was nothing to say at the beginning, so he went over the greetings written by Fei Yanche to everyone, as well as his apology for not being able to come back to visit during the New Year.
Seeing that the letter paper only had two thin pages, and there was really nothing there, everyone turned back their curious eyes.
After retracting their gaze, everyone turned their attention to the stack of banknotes.
Shen Yuyu unfolded all the banknotes, some with a face value of 100 taels, and some with a face value of 500 taels.
There were actually one thousand three hundred taels of silver in all kinds of things.
Shen Yuyu looked at the silver and handed it to Mrs. Shen without thinking.
There are no divisions in the family, so all the money earned is naturally collected and kept by the head of the family.
On the way to escape, in order to prevent the money from being lost, everyone agreed to store most of their property in Shen Yuyu's "little treasure box".
After we settled down here, we settled all the accounts and handed them over to Mrs. Shen.
What is left in Shen Yuyu's hands is naturally her private property.
For example, the gold and silver jewelry obtained by the monkeys in the forest were a thank you for saving the little girl of the Qi family.
And the silver that the Bai family gave them as a thank you for bringing the Bai family father and daughter back safely, and the money that the Hua family gave them to take care of Hua Nan and Hua Ling, were both given to Mrs. Shen.
But this time, Mrs. Shen did not accept the money handed over by Shen Yuyu.
[Author's digression]: Hello to all the babies here (-^o^-)
In the past two days, the author has looked back at the previous chapters and feels that it would be better to change the wording of some sentences (it needs to wait until the author has finished the exam)
However, this will not affect the children to continue reading this book (no need to read it again)?.??
If there are any changes that have an impact on the subsequent plot, the author will tell you all in the "Author has something to say" in the chapter. The general content of the changes and the chapter author will also be mentioned here (*＾ー＾)
Also, I wish you all a happy reading and happiness every day