Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"The money from selling eggs and grain at home is all given to my grandma for safekeeping. Even when the family needs money to buy meat or vegetables, they ask my grandma for it. My grandma is very clear about money matters." Xiao Ye muttered suddenly.

Xiao Lan quickly covered her mouth, afraid that she would laugh out loud.

Mr. Sheng's eyelids twitched, but he pretended not to hear Xiao Ye's complaints.

"Land tenancy and other matters are the masters' business. You know nothing about it. Why are you making such a fuss? And you think the house is not messy enough? Go back to that room and stay there." Old Master Sheng scolded Cui.

Cui proposed that Sheng Xuan's family pay 300 taels of silver to rent the land. Sheng Kai instigated her to do this. But when she was criticized by the villagers, Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai left her and sneaked away.

But when she proposed that the third family pay 300 taels of silver to rent the land, Mr. Sheng did not object, but now the wind has changed. It seems that she will be blamed for the renting of the land.

This time she had embarrassed herself in front of her fellow villagers. Cui began to tremble all over. She finally said to Chunhua, "Let's go." Then the mother and daughter lowered their heads and got off the kang.

Cui Shi always had the final say in the old Sheng family. If she encountered something that made her unhappy, she would cry and make a scene to ask everyone to accommodate her. Of course, this trick was used most often on Sheng Xuan and Sheng Hao.

But today she made such a scene. She originally wanted to make Sheng Xuan give in by throwing a tantrum, but she never expected that the old house would be surrounded by villagers and neighbors. And everyone heard that she wanted to rent the land to the third brother for 300 taels.

This matter really threw the old Sheng family's face on the ground. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that the three hundred taels of silver was unreasonable. Now the old man pushed all the faults on her head. It seems that the old man wants to save his face. Of course, he is the head of the family. If his face is saved, it is equivalent to saving the face of the old Sheng family and her eldest son's face. Now the eldest son has not taken office yet. If it is reported that he has plundered his brothers' property at this time, then his official position will be over.

If Sheng Nuo could not be an official, she and the old man were old after all, so it would not matter. But Chunhua was at the age of marriage, and if the reputation of the old Sheng family spread, not to mention finding a good marriage, even ordinary farmers would not dare to accept her.

So the eldest brother's reputation must not be ruined, Chunhua's marriage still depends on him. What can she do? She can only swallow her anger.

How could Cui have been so humiliated before? She was used to showing off her power and never knew how to endure. But this time, if for nothing else, she had to endure it just for Chunhua.

Chunhua has always been with Cui. As Cui's little cotton-padded jacket, she stayed with Cui even when the eldest and second sons had gone out. Now seeing Cui being wronged, she felt the same way and began to cry.

Chunhua got off the kang and defended Cui, "It's not my mother's fault. My eldest brother has to spend money everywhere since he took office, and the journey is so long, so he needs a lot of money. Now we just came back from the city. We have been fleeing in the city for a year, and most of the money in the family has been spent. My third brother is rich, but he is so cruel that he doesn't even care about his own mother and brothers."

I don't know who burst out laughing.

As for the fact that Cui asked Shengxuan for money in the name of renting land, everyone knew that Cui asked Shengxuan for money because the boss was about to take office. Although everyone knew it in their hearts, they didn't say it out loud for the sake of the old Sheng family and Shengnuo's face. But now this matter was exposed by Chunhua.

The lies that the old man had just told were in vain. Cui had taken on everything just now, and everyone would only scold Cui for being black-hearted, and Sheng Nuo's reputation would not be affected. But now that Chunhua had torn off the fig leaf, Sheng Nuo was also ashamed.

Sheng Jiaxing smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it just now. Xiaolan, your aunt just said that your grandma wanted this money for your uncle."

Sheng Nuo's face turned red all of a sudden. Just as he was about to explain, he was stopped by a look from Old Man Sheng.

When Chunhua heard Jiaxing making fun of her, she blushed with shame. When she got off the kang, she tripped and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Xiao Lan rushed forward to help her, but was pushed away by her arm.

"Aunt, uncle just wants money if he wants it. Why did he also say that he wanted to rent the land to my family and accuse us of taking advantage? We are all honest people. We are never afraid of being taken advantage of, but we are afraid of being taken advantage of. We will be angry with anyone who takes advantage of us. If you had just asked for money directly, we would not be afraid." Xiao Lan said.

"Sister Xiaolan, three hundred taels of silver? This is not just money. This is going to force you to death." Xiao Ye said slowly.

"Ye'er, what are you talking about? When our grandfather decided to divide the family property between you, he also called us over. He said that when our uncle was studying, our two families also contributed to his studies. Now that our uncle is going to be an official, he will take good care of our two families in the future. Force us to death? Can a man like our uncle do such a wicked thing?"

Sheng Nuo was just called over by the old man, and now he couldn't stand Xiao Lan's sarcasm and criticism, "Old Third, don't get me wrong, my mother didn't ask you for money, and this money is not for me."

"Uncle, you said that this money is not for you, so it means that our grandma wanted it herself. What does she need so much money for?" Xiao Lan asked puzzledly.