Chapter 27: Shen's Mother Returns in vain
The people blocking the door were moved by what Shen's mother said. As a result, the Shen family spent ten taels of silver to sell Shen Xia to the Song family. Ten taels of silver is a huge sum of money nowadays!
Then seeing that Shen Xia just asked her mother to borrow two taels of silver, her mother pushed her daughter down, it seems that her so-called love for her daughter is not real.
Mother Shen looked at the expressions in everyone's eyes and came to her senses. How come this damn girl has become so smart and can scheme?
"Didn't you make money from digging herbs before? You used it to buy so much food. Why do you need to borrow money from me?" said Shen's mother.
"That's where my mother learned about me picking herbs." Shen Xia looked outside the door and saw two familiar faces, the aunties who rode the ox cart before.
Seeing their eyes flickering, I guess they are the ones who are telling me what to do!
“I just heard it from others.”
"So my mother didn't come to see me out of concern, but because she heard that I made money?"
"You can't say that. As a younger sister, you have some money now. Your elder brother is getting married, so isn't it your responsibility to help him out?"
When everyone heard this, they realized that he was here to extort money, and they all rolled their eyes.
Aunt Liu from the neighboring house laughed at me, "You are so calculating that the beads are flying on my face. Even if Shen Xia can earn a lot of money by digging some herbs, there are so many mouths to feed in the family. All the money I earned before was given to your family. You have to rely on this little money to make a living."
"You want to suck blood, even leeches can't suck as much as you do. Don't forget, you sold Shen Xia, not married her."
Aunt Liu couldn't stand Shen's mother's calculating face.
The person next to him also echoed: "That's right."
"Fortunately, her family doesn't have a daughter, otherwise who would dare to marry her."
"We can't accept her from her mother's side either. My niece looks like my aunt."
"Yes, yes."
"We are not as stupid as the Song family. We can marry three wives with ten taels of silver."
"Yes."
Everyone said something to each other.
Shen's face turned pale, and she said shamelessly: "Even if she is sold again, she is still my daughter. What's wrong with me asking her for money?"
Shen Xia said, "Should I take you to the government office and let the county magistrate teach you about the law? If you sell me out, do I still need to live with you in your old age?"
When Shen's mother heard this, she realized that the county government office was a place where one would be beaten with a stick if they went there.
"Shen Xia, you are so ungrateful. You are not helping me now. When you are bullied, you will cry. But don't expect your elder brother to support you." Shen's mother said harshly, staring at Shen Xia with hatred.
"Oh, even if they are bullied, can the eldest and second brothers beat the Song brothers with their upper bodies? How can you support me? Mother should just focus on living her own life and don't come to cause trouble."
"I am not the Shen Xia who was trampled on by you at will."
"Okay - you remember this." Mother Shen regretted that she thought she could control her little daughter by herself. Who knew that her temperament would change so drastically.
I didn't expect that I was just pretending to be weak and vulnerable before.
It seems that I should call the eldest and the second brother to come next time.
In the end, he got nothing out of it, so he left unwillingly.
Then, the only people left at the door were Aunt Liu, Aunt Jiang, Aunt Zhou, and another Aunt Liu who had ridden the ox cart with her before.
Because both families have the surname Liu, although the neighbor next door is generally called Aunt Liu, the other is called Aunt Liu.
In fact, although they are called aunt, they are only in their thirties or almost forty.
Maybe it’s because in this era people can get married and have children at the age of fifteen, so they can become grandmothers at the age of thirty, and children can already be around at the age of forty.
At this time, Aunt Zhou, who had come back with her on the ox cart, tiptoed to Shen Xia and said cautiously, "Shen Xia, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Shen Xia just watched quietly without saying anything.
Aunt Zhou said again: "Shen Xia, don't be angry with me. This is what happened. You said before that you would teach us how to make money, but after so many days, there is still no news. So I went to ask Aunt Liu, and your mother passed by and heard us talking."
When Shen Xia heard this, she realized that this was the case.
I thought they couldn't wait any longer and deliberately said that in front of the original owner's mother to annoy me.
It would be fine if it was unintentional.
Shen Xia was not the kind of person who would hold on to things, so she said, "It's fine if it's unintentional, but the girl is still giving birth, so it'll take two days."
When everyone heard this, they still didn't believe it and were a little skeptical, wondering whether it was true or false.
At this time, Song's mother said: "Whatever Xia Xia plans to do, we can raise her ourselves!"
Song's mother's idea is very simple. It doesn't matter if she works a little harder, as long as she can live a good life. She is afraid that if she lets others do it, Shen Xia will have to pay for it.
When the aunts heard this, they said anxiously, "Shen Xia, it's not that I don't want to believe you, nor am I urging you. It's just that I'm too excited about the way to make money, and I'm waiting anxiously, afraid it's not true."
"Yes, yes, yes, Auntie is not rushing you."
Shen Xia glanced at everyone and thought that if she didn't tell them the details today, they would be worried, so she told them a few words.
Then he said to them, "Come into the yard!"
Aunt Liu saw the three of them go in and wondered if she wanted to go in either. After all, Shen Xia had not agreed to her request before. But who doesn't want to hear about ways to make money?
They also share a wife. Liu Da and Liu Er can support their family and afford to eat. There are four children in the family, as well as parents-in-law. With two people earning money, nine people can eat. Although they will not starve, who doesn't want an extra income?
Just when I was hesitating.
Shen Xia looked back at Aunt Liu's face, which looked like she didn't know what to do, and said, "Aunt Liu, come in too!"
When Aunt Liu heard Shen Xia calling her in, she suddenly smiled and said, "Thank you, Xia Xia."
"Aunt, it's too early to thank you now. It will count after it succeeds." Shen Xia said in advance, so that she won't blame herself after working hard for a long time and failing to support her.
"Okay, thank you Xia Xia for giving me a chance."
Then Shen Xia said to Song Jiang: "Brother, please go to my room and bring out the dustpan full of moths."
"Ok."
Song Jiang didn't ask anything. After listening to Shen Xia's words, he went into the room to get something. He never went into the room again after Shen Xia moved in.
I was also wondering why there were moths in her room, but I didn't think much about it and just went in to take a look and found out.
Shen Xia said to Xiao Wu again: "Go to my room and get some silkworm pupae."
"Okay, sister." Then he ran into Shen Xia's room.
Song's mother collected the remaining paper on the table and the soybean powder in the dustpan.
Aunt Liu looked at these things seriously and asked curiously: "What is Xia Xia doing?"
"Nothing, just some snacks." Shen Xia said casually.
Aunt Liu is also a smart person with a keen eye. Although she has some thoughts, she can see that Shen Xia is unwilling to talk about it, so she doesn't ask any more to avoid counterproductive results.
But Aunt Liu has never been a talkative person and often helps the Song family.
Of course Shen Xia would not say these openly, but would just remember them silently in her heart and report back when the opportunity arose.