Chapter 27 Extra: The Shen Family
The afterglow of the setting sun shone in the small house of the Shen family. Shen Wei knelt in front of Shen Muyang, his eyes were firm and his expression was resolute. He clenched his fists, and although he might be full of trepidation in his heart, there was no wavering in his eyes.
Shen Muyang sat upright on the chair, looking at Shen Wei with a serious face. There was a trace of worry, love, and helplessness in his eyes. He took a deep breath and asked Shen Wei: "Are you sure? You know the situation of the Shi family. Their daughter may not be as good as you think."
Shen Wei raised his head and looked directly into Shen Muyang's eyes. He answered clearly: "I know the situation of the Shi family, and I know the difficulties I may face if I marry their daughter. But Dad, if I don't marry her, her parents will marry her to that vicious widow. Lijuan...she doesn't want to marry him!"
Shen Muyang was almost laughing at this blockhead. Shi Lijuan didn't want to marry that evil spirit, so she planned to let his son save her by falling into the water. The key point was that his son, who was usually not smart, was looked at with trusting eyes by that woman, and he looked so pitiful. This little bastard was actually moved?
Would you say you are angry?
Where is the brain?
Have you fed the pigs?
Shen Muyang took another deep breath. If he continued to ask, he was afraid that he would be pissed off by this little bastard. Damn it, fortunately he had more than one child. Based on the last bit of father-son love, he finally asked, "Son, you have to know that as long as you marry a woman from the Shi family, there may be countless troubles in the future. Are you sure you want to marry Shi Lijuan? Are you sure you won't regret it? That woman is not simple!"
Shen Wei did not realize the profound meaning of his father's words. He just thought of the woman who looked at him pitifully as if he was the only salvation, and he unconsciously straightened his chest and said firmly.
"Dad, I'm sure. Lijuan said that if we help her get out of this sea of suffering, she will definitely cut off all ties with her family and will never let the Shi family get involved with ours! Dad, Lijuan is a good woman and will definitely live a good life with me, so just agree!"
"No regrets?" Shen Muyang asked again.
"No regrets!" Shen Wei's voice became more firm.
Shen Muyang felt mixed emotions. He knew his son's character. Once he made a decision, he would not change it easily. But the Shi family's parents were not good people. How could a daughter who grew up in that family be a good person? She should marry a virtuous woman. Why couldn't his son figure it out?
Is this useless?
He sighed helplessly and compromised, "Forget it, if you really want to understand, Dad will let your mother propose marriage tomorrow! I hope you won't regret it in the future!"
Forget it, once we get married, we’ll divide up everything that should be divided!
After receiving a satisfactory answer, Shen Wei turned around and left with a smile on his face. He wanted to quickly tell Lijuan the good news that they could finally be together. Unfortunately, Shen Wei, who left happily, did not notice the complexity on his father's face at all.
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As expected, the Shi family asked for a huge dowry. Shen Wei looked at Lijuan who was looking at him with hope, gritted his teeth, scraped together money from everywhere, and shamelessly borrowed money from everywhere. He finally got together the huge sum of money and married Shi Lijuan as he wished.
And afterwards, his wife did cut off contact with the Shi family as she said.
Shen Wei happily lived a sweet life with his wife, and soon had several sons. His cousin passed the imperial examination and became an official in the capital, and the life of the clan became better and better.
Just when his eldest son showed his talent, did better in school, and was praised by the neighbors, and Shi Lijuan was pregnant with her little daughter Mingzhu, Shen Wei thought that life would get better and better. Suddenly, an unexpected scene appeared in front of him.
Watching his eldest son being stripped and beaten by his pregnant wife, and looking at the new and old wounds on his eldest son's body, with not a single piece of intact skin on his entire back, Shen Wei's head was buzzing, he felt dizzy, and wished he could faint.
Looking at his wife who was frightened by his sudden intrusion, she looked at him in panic.
"What are you doing?" Shen Wei asked with a dull look in his eyes, not knowing what answer he wanted. But he was becoming more and more confused. It was strange... No wonder his eldest son became more and more taciturn. He thought his son was getting more and more stable after studying, but he didn't expect that it was actually... Is this the case?
Then... the son hesitated several times, wanting to...
"Haha" Xiao Mingyuan knew that the punishment for today was over. Looking at his father's unbelievable expression, he just found it ridiculous. He sneered, put on his clothes and walked out.
Shen Wei felt embarrassed when his son sneered at him. The expression on his son's face was exactly the same as his father's. He seemed to hear his father's condescending question again, "Do you regret it?"
"Ah... my stomach hurts so much..." Shen Wei, awakened by his wife's cry of pain, hurried forward to support his wife.
"Brother Wei, don't be angry... I... I didn't hit Yuan'er on purpose, wuwu... I... I was just too angry. I am the only one responsible for the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of several children in the family, and I am pregnant... The children are naughty... I really couldn't help it."
Shi Lijuan cried as she told of her pain. She felt very aggrieved. Why could the children enjoy all this with peace of mind while she had to work so hard? This reminded her of her younger brother.
Why should such a useless person sacrifice the happiness of his sisters just for a few pounds of meat?
Every time she saw her eldest son studying so gloriously, she hated him so much. The crazy jealousy in her heart burned her rationality. If she hadn't remembered that her husband treated her well, she would have...
Shen Wei was so scared when he saw his wife holding her stomach in pain. "My dear, please don't say anything. I know. I know everything. There are many children in the family, and you have always been the one worrying about them. You are busy all the time. You can't be far away. It must be that he did something wrong. I believe you. Let's find a doctor... You will be fine... You must be fine!"
……
Shen Muyang sighed as he watched his wife apply medicine to his grandson with tears in her eyes.
"Grandpa, I don't want to study anymore!" Xiao Mingyuan, who was lying on his stomach, cried while looking at his grandmother who loved him. He felt sad. Since everyone was unhappy about him studying, why didn't he just stop studying? Would that be better?
"Bullshit!" Shen Muyang burst out in anger, but looking at his grandson's uncomfortable expression, he could only suppress his irritation, "Don't worry about your parents, you have the talent, why don't you study? If anyone dares to stop you from studying, I will scold him to death!"
"But……"
"No buts," Shen Muyang said firmly, "You will move in later and live with grandpa and grandma. I don't think that bastard dares to beat my grandson under my nose."
"What about my younger brothers?" What if my mother beats my younger brothers when I'm not around? My younger brothers are still young.
Shen Muyang touched the head of this worried little guy. His soft hair was as soft as his heart. He sighed and said, "Move over here!"
Alas, fortunately, when the family was divided, my wife and I were separated, otherwise this would have caused another storm. I just don’t know if my wife and I can hold on until the children grow up!
There are also several grandchildren moving in to live with us. With the daily expenses, plus their education and literacy, I’m afraid there isn’t enough money at home. It’s really worrying!