The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Several delicious dishes were served a second time. There was nothing we could do. As the saying goes, the little brats are eating me into poverty. They are all old enough to eat.

In addition, most of the food at the first table went into Fu Huaian's stomach, and the other three were only half full.

Finally, Ning Yu and the other two had eaten and drunk their fill.

Wei Yichen held his stomach with one hand, leaning back in his chair with a look of unsatisfied expression: "Huaian, do you think that Shen's family eats like this every day?"

Fu Huaian's first reaction was that Brother Shen was Shen Luming, so he blurted out:

"How is that possible? How much does this table of food cost? The population of the Nine Clans is close to 300, and they are struggling to make ends meet? But even if their meals are simple, they taste great."

"Now that you mention it, I really want to try it. When Lord Shen was in the warehouse office, my father often went to Lord Shen's place for free meals."

In fact, Fu Huaian also heard about Shen Zhiqiu's resignation when he came back. He wanted to wait for a few days until his injury got better and then go to Tangjia Village to ask him in person.

Now that Wei Yichen had started the conversation, he took the opportunity to ask, "Speaking of Mr. Shen's resignation, is there any hidden story behind it?"

Of all those present, Wei Yichen was probably the most clear about this matter, because on the day when Shen Zhiqiu resigned, Lord Wei went home and scolded those gossipers in his study for a long time:

"My father said that he had an argument with several people in charge of the warehouse office. I told you not to spread it. From what my father said, it was related to Shen Xiaodi's marriage."

Fu Huai'an was stunned: "Ah? Lu Ming's marriage? How old is he? What marriage are you talking about?"

But when asked this question, the other three looked at each other in bewilderment. Wei Yichen took a long time to react, licked his lips and said:

"The little sister Shen I'm talking about is Mr. Shen's daughter, not his young master. So I'm used to calling you little sister Shen."

Well, Fu Huai'an thought, it turned out that he was trying to change the subject. He and Shen Youyou had met a few times before, but when it came to the marriage of a girl, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

But Wei Yichen was a chatterbox, and since there were no outsiders present, he continued:

"This is something only we know about. It cannot be spread outside, and neither can you."

He ordered several servants. Seeing that the servants had hurried out to guard the door, Wei Yichen said:

"It seems that some people are jealous of Lord Shen's ability, and some people value Lord Shen's ability and want to become his in-laws, but Lord Shen refuses. Then there are those jealous people who spread rumors in the Warehouse Office, saying that he is trying to marry someone above his station by keeping his daughter.

Lord Shen resigned for my reputation. Alas, I am also suffering from this misfortune."

Fu Huaian's face had turned gloomy. What kind of person is the gentleman, yet he had to endure such humiliation from them?

The scene two years ago when Shen Youyou enthusiastically told him about the machine flashed through his mind. Thinking of such a smart girl, even he felt inferior to her. He was also burdened by her reputation and became even angrier.

This caused the atmosphere in the private room to become stagnant for a moment.

"How dare they?"

This was the first time Ning Yu saw his cousin like this, and his heart skipped a beat: "Huai'an, you?"

Fu Huaian also felt that he had lost his composure a little, and calmed down a little before speaking:

"If it weren't for the new materials developed by Mr. Shen, the Fu family army might not have won this northern expedition. Even if they won, our army would have suffered heavy losses."

In fact, he felt that what he said was conservative. If there were no new supplies when the Tai'aru fire burned the grassland, and his father still ordered them to go north, it would be hard to say whether they could come back.

Of course, my father had been in the military for many years and knew that the situation was impossible, and he would not act on his own.

But every general of the Fu family army, and even every soldier with a brain, knew that the role played by the new marching supplies in this northern expedition could not be overstated, and it could be said that it was not an exaggeration to say that it determined the victory or defeat of this war.

This is also why he became even angrier when he thought about Shen Youyou being burdened by her fame, because he knew that most of these new materials were probably developed by Shen Youyou.

Mr. Shen said in person: "My daughter has loved studying these since she was a child..."

"I see. Then, since we won the Northern Expedition this time, Your Highness should give Mr. Shen some reward, right?"

The person asking the questions this time was Xiao Zhe.

Fu Huaian knew what Prince Yan and his son were planning, but he couldn't say it out loud: "Yes, but it will take some time."

Speaking of this, the atmosphere became a little better, and Wei Yichen couldn't help but say one more sentence:

"By the way, recently Sister Shen has been copying past exam papers in your bookstore. The last time I saw her, I almost didn't recognize her. You don't know, after not seeing her for two years, she looks so different..."

The voice stopped abruptly, because this guy finally reacted at the last moment, as if it was unfair to comment on a woman's appearance.

But Xiao Zhe continued to ask: "What does she look like?"

"Okay, although Miss Shen is a woman, she is as smart as a man. How can she be like other women who only look at appearance?"

Fu Huaian felt from the bottom of his heart that a girl as smart as Shen Youyou was no less intelligent than a man.

Especially when the two of them were researching the cotton machine together last time, they felt like they regarded each other as close friends, and they didn't want the other to be criticized.

This resulted in him being in a bad mood, and today's party ended.

When I was taking A Chi back, I happened to pass by a bookstore. Thinking of Wei Yichen's words, I walked in unconsciously.

In fact, Shen Youyou really came to the bookstore, and almost finished copying all the required information today.

I finished copying past exam questions in the first two days, and spent the next two days copying “not for sale” books.

And there is not much left today, so it ends very early.

Shen Youyou stretched lazily and called out, "Brother Sanzhuang, can you help take these lunch boxes out and throw them away? The shopkeeper is very caring towards us, so let's not cause any trouble to him."

San Zhuang was a simple-minded man, so naturally he had no objection. After the two of them had tidied up the room, they planned to leave, but as soon as they opened the door.

There were two people blocking the door.

Shen Youyou rolled her eyes: "Mr. Huo, what do you want to do?"

In the past few days, Huo Shiyuan has been wanting to talk to Shen Youyou, but Shen Youyou always refused on the grounds that she was busy copying documents.

Today, he happened to hear Shen Youyou tell her grandmother after getting off the bus that she wouldn't have to go to the bookstore anymore, so he had been waiting for her.

Look, we were caught red-handed.

"What can I do? I just want to find a quiet place to chat with Miss Shen San."

"I have nothing to talk to you about."

"Why do you have to keep me at a distance? I'm sure Miss Shen San also knows my feelings. Last time, it seemed that you were quite dissatisfied with my family background, but a person's origin cannot be changed. You can choose the path to take later. I am willing to do my best, just asking..."

In fact, Huo Shiyuan wanted to say that he just wanted to meet the second girl.

But as luck would have it, Fu Huaian went upstairs at this time, and as luck would have it, he only heard the last three sentences, so he misunderstood that this person was harassing Shen Youyou.

As a result, Shen Youyou was dazed. She was just thinking about the meaning of Huo Shiyuan's words, wondering if he also planned to take the imperial examination and become an official?