Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Sheng Nuo lowered his head and stood at the edge of the kang. His face turned pale as Cui scolded him, and he dared not say a word. Cui was sitting on the kang, pointing at Sheng Nuo's rice and scolding him.

Sheng Xuan entered the room and called Cui.

At this time, Cui seemed to realize that Sheng Xuan had come. She stopped scolding Sheng Nuo and slowly turned her head to look at Sheng Xuan, "Ah... the third brother is here?" At this time, Cui finally stopped scolding and tried to put a soft look on her face. She did not wait for Sheng Xuan to persuade her. In Cui's opinion, this was already giving Sheng Xuan a lot of face.

Zhang also came forward to greet Cui, "Mom, how are you doing lately?"

Cui glanced at Zhang and said "ah" as a response to her greeting.

Xiaowen and Xiaolan followed suit, bowed to Cui and asked the little maid to take out the snacks and fruits they had brought.

"Everyone, please sit down." Cui said. Cui asked Xu and Sheng Hong to line up the chairs in the house and put cushions on them, and then asked Sheng Xuan, Xiao Wen, Zhang and Xiao Lan to sit down. "Hurry up, there is no water, make tea quickly." Cui told Xu and Xiao Cao.

Nowadays, Cui no longer acts like a mother-in-law in front of Zhang. She even takes the initiative to entertain them. It must be said that Cui has made great progress compared to the past.

However, Cui still disliked Zhang, and sometimes she would even deliberately neglect her. Cui did this to let everyone know that she was Zhang's mother-in-law, and she was a head higher than Zhang. Even though Zhang was the wife of an official and the mother of a juren, she still had to look at her face in front of her.

Everyone was seated, and Sheng Nuo couldn't stand under the kang any longer, but he didn't dare go outside or sit down, so he just stood aside, feeling very awkward.

Cui Shi now has Sheng Nuo under his control. He dares not do anything without Cui Shi's permission. Cui Shi's control over Sheng Nuo is no less than that over Sheng Xuan and Sheng Hao before.

But everyone knows that although Cui is powerful, if it is just Cui alone, Sheng Nuo would not be so afraid of her. Sheng Nuo used to be very respectable in front of Cui and was not controlled by Cui. Although Cui is still Cui now, she is still Sheng Xuan's mother. In Sheng Nuo's view, the support behind Cui is Sheng Xuan's family. If Sheng Xuan is asked to choose between him and Cui, Sheng Xuan will not choose him. He is afraid of Cui. He is afraid that if he angers Cui, he will anger Sheng Xuan's family. He is afraid that Sheng Xuan will use this as an excuse to settle the past accounts with him. This is why Sheng Nuo is so submissive in front of Cui.

Xiaolan's family knew all these things, and Cui herself knew them very well, so she could humiliate Sheng Nuo so unscrupulously in order to get her own satisfaction. She also wanted to humiliate Sheng Nuo to make an example of him and to frighten Sheng Hong and Xu. Now Cui would take it out on Sheng Nuo whenever she was unhappy, but she rarely showed disdain to Sheng Hong and Xu.

Sheng Hong accompanied Sheng Xuan and Xiao Wen, while Xu brought Xiao Cao to serve hot tea and two or three kinds of dried fruits. Seeing Sheng Nuo still standing there was really not very nice, but Sheng Xuan didn't say anything, and Zhang and Xiao Lan just pretended not to see it, so she didn't say anything.

"Why are you still standing there? Who are you trying to show off your bullied face to?" Maybe Cui felt relieved after scolding him, so she said, "I'm in your hands now. It would be a great favor if you don't make me angry... Go aside quickly, don't stand there, you're affecting my mood..." After Cui spoke, Sheng Nuo dared to move, and then he rubbed against Sheng Xuan's side.

Sheng Xuan glanced at Sheng Nuo and said to Sheng Hong, "Xiao Hong, bring a stool for your father."

Sheng Hong quickly agreed and moved the stool over, and then Sheng Nuo sat down.

No one mentioned Cui's scolding just now, they just asked about the old lady's diet and daily life, and chatted a little. "......Mom, Xiaolan will be engaged in the twelfth month, I have good news for you." Sheng Xuan told Cui the good news.

Cui looked at Sheng Xuan, then at Xiao Lan, and there was actually a kind look on her face, "This is a great joy, Xiao Lan is about to get married... What does this son-in-law's family do, and who are the people in his family?"

"Every aspect is pretty good..." Sheng Xuan briefly talked about Shen Liu's situation.

"It's very good, very good." Cui said. Although Sheng Xuan had tried to explain it as concisely as possible, Cui obviously didn't know much about what was going on outside. She just nodded and said yes, but couldn't say anything specific.

Sheng Nuo, Xu and Sheng Hong hurried to congratulate Xiao Lan. They all knew Shen Liu's influence. They were incredulous at first, but later they were happy. After all, they all had the surname Sheng, and you can't write two Shengs with one stroke. The better the Sheng Xuan family lives, the more they will benefit from it. Xu was quite eloquent, and she said auspicious and festive words one after another, which made Zhang smile more and more.

"I heard that your family is renovating the house. Is this a plan for Xiaowen's future?" Cui asked Sheng Xuan.

"Yes, that house is for finding a wife for Xiaowen in the future." Sheng Xuan said with a smile.

After Sheng Xuan said this, Xiao Wen stopped talking.

Cui glanced at Sheng Xuan and Xiao Wen, then clenched her hands on her thighs, "What can you do if you have the final say?"

Cui said this very quietly, and Shengxuan and Xiaowen didn't hear it clearly, but Xiaolan had sharp ears and heard it clearly. However, she just pretended not to hear it.

Their family had lived in the city for more than two months, and some people in Shengjia Village had speculated that Sheng Xuan was also an official, and Xiao Wen had passed the imperial examination, so they would definitely pursue a career in government. Naturally, the family was not happy to live in this village, and would definitely live in the city in the future. Sheng Xuan's family had lived in the city for so long this time, and they would definitely not come back, and this rumor naturally reached Cui's ears.

Cui's personality was such that even when Master Sheng passed away, she still ate well and slept well, without delaying anything. But since she heard the news, she was a little panicked.

According to Xiao Ye, Cui sighed every day during that period. She couldn't eat or sleep. She even called Sheng Hao over several times and asked him if he knew that Sheng Xuan would stay in the provincial capital this time and never come back.