Old Third Shen gave the 120 taels of silver from selling the tiger to Old Lady Shen, who was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. Zhong's eyes lit up when she looked at the silver in the old lady's hand. Recalling the danger she encountered the tiger, she looked at Shen Mingshan with lingering fear.

In her heart, her son's safety was more important than anything else. Fortunately, nothing happened to her son, otherwise, she would cry to death. No matter how important money was, it was not as important as her son. The money in the family was given to the old lady, so it was only right that the money from selling the tiger be given to the old lady.

Old Lady Shen took the silver and took out ten taels from it and gave them to Mrs. Zhong. "These ten taels are for your second wife, and the remaining one hundred taels are for household expenses."

Zhong didn't expect that her mother-in-law would actually give her some money. She was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes, and her hands were shaking as she took the silver.

Shen Mingshan knew that he didn't kill the tiger himself, so the silver should belong to Mingzhu. He waved his hand and said, "Grandma, we can't take this silver. Give it to..."

Before Shen Mingshan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Shen Mingzhu.

Shen Mingzhu winked at Shen Mingshan and said, "Third cousin, take it. With the money, you can marry a sister-in-law in the future."

Old Lady Shen seemed to have seen through the secret between the two and handed the silver to Mrs. Zhong with a smile:

"I'm giving it to you, just take it. Why are you making so much trouble? Mingshan is already eighteen years old, it's time for him to get married."

Zhong took the silver with a smile, her heart pounding. She had never received so much silver in her life.

Money! Now that Mingshan has the money to marry a daughter-in-law, he no longer has to worry about not having money to marry his daughter-in-law.

Shen Mingshan blushed as he ate the rice in his bowl, determined in his heart that he would repay Mingzhu in the future.

In the third room, Shen Mingyu asked Shen Mingzhu in confusion: "Sister, why did you give the credit for killing the tiger to your cousin?"

Shen Mingzhu touched Shen Mingyu's head, looked at Shen Mingyu's sparkling eyes, and said with a smile: "Mingyu, your sister is a girl, an eight-year-old girl. Even if people knew that I killed the tiger, would they believe it?"

Shen Mingyu shook his head, "I don't believe it."

Shen Mingzhu patiently explained: "You won't believe it, let alone others. It's enough for us to know it ourselves. There's no need to let others know."

"Mingyu, you have to remember that sometimes hiding one's shortcomings may not be a bad thing."

Shen Mingyu nodded in agreement. She admired her sister very much and decided to learn from her in the future.

Shen Laosan and Su were very happy to see that the siblings got along well.

Su was embroidering the wedding dress with a fine needle and said with a smile: "The relationship between the two siblings is getting better and better."

Shen Lao San put down the book and said with relief: "Zhuzhu is better at educating children than us. We are very lucky to have two sensible children."

Su also agreed with this. Looking at Su embroidering a handkerchief under the yellow light, Shen Lao San felt itchy in his heart.

He came to Su, stroked her shoulders, and said softly, "Wife, you are so good at giving birth to children, let's have another one!"

Su looked up at Shen Lao San and spat gently, "You look so stupid, it's still early! Why are you so impatient?"

Old Third Shen couldn't bear it anymore, so he grabbed Su's hand, picked her up and walked towards the bedroom.

As soon as Shen Mingzhu got up, she saw her father holding a book and reading seriously. She glanced at Shen Mingyu who was also reading on the side and said speechlessly: "Do you have to be so stubborn?"

Shen Lao San smiled and said, "If we don't work hard, how can we let Zhuzhu live a good life?"

Shen Mingshu also said: "I will work hard to pass the imperial examinations and let Zhuzhu become a lady of an official family as soon as possible!"

Although Shen Mingyu didn't understand what Juan meant, she raised her little face and said, "Sister, I will study hard and find you a rich and handsome brother-in-law in the future."

Shen Mingzhu pinched Shen Mingyu's nose and joked, "You little brat, do you know what a brother-in-law is? Really, I'm happy to be single."

Shen Mingyu was confused: "What is the happiness of being single?"

Shen Lao San glanced at Shen Mingzhu and urged Shen Mingyu: "Don't listen to your sister's nonsense, go study quickly."

Shen Mingyu curled his lips and continued reading. Shen Lao San said to Shen Mingzhu:

"Zhuzhu, give me some silver. I will go to the county town today to buy those two mountains."

Shen Mingzhu handed the silver to Shen Laosan and went into the embroidery room to start embroidering the handkerchief.

A few days ago, Su asked Shen Lao San to convert a storage room in the house into an embroidery room, and Su and Shen Mingzhu would embroider in the embroidery room from now on.

Shen Mingzhu's embroidery skills improved by leaps and bounds under Su's guidance. She suddenly discovered that when a person calms down, he or she will feel very comfortable.

At this moment, Shen Mingzhu finally understood the feeling of many people in her previous life who liked to be alone.

After an embroidered handkerchief was finished, Shen Mingzhu cut the thread with scissors and looked at her work with great satisfaction. In this life, without the noise and prosperity of the previous life, she could calm down and do what she wanted to do.

As soon as Shen Laosan entered the embroidery room, he saw his daughter holding an embroidered handkerchief and showing off. He smiled and said, "My daughter Zhuzhu is really clever and skillful. She embroidered this handkerchief so vividly."

"Dad, you're back? How's everything going?"

Shen Lao San took out two pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to Shen Mingzhu, "Here, these are the deeds for Phoenix Mountain and the mountain next to it. Your name is written on both."

Shen Mingzhu took the deed, looked at it again and again, and was very happy. She had her own property again in this life.

Shen Laosan walked to the table, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea, drank the tea and then said slowly: "The two peaks only cost two hundred taels of silver, and this is the remaining 450 taels."

After handing the banknote to Shen Mingzhu, Shen Lao San continued, "The servants in the county government were quite nice. They didn't make things difficult for me. When they heard that I wanted to buy a barren mountain, they were very enthusiastic."

"Hehe, that shows that Dad, you have a high emotional intelligence! You can get along well with everyone."

Shen Laosan touched his nose unconsciously, puffed out his chest and said proudly: "Of course, who am I? By the way, Zhuzhu, starting from tomorrow, I will go to the county town to study, you must protect your mother at home!"

Shen Mingzhu clicked her tongue twice, and a burst of laughter came from the room.

Shen Mingzhu and Shen Laosan didn't know that rumors unfavorable to the Shen family had already spread in the village.

Some people said that Shen Lao San bought wild vegetables at too low a price and made a lot of dirty money from everyone. Otherwise, how could the Shen family buy a bullock cart so quickly?

Some people also said that the Shen family was possessed by some evil spirit and the strength of the entire Shen family had changed.

The villagers had different reactions. Some ignored it, some refuted it, and some believed it.

When Old Lady Shen heard about this, she spat outside the yard and cursed:

"Bah, what kind of person is that! Although our family has made some money, wasn't it the buyers that my son went out to find? Without the buyers that our family has contacted, how can we sell wild vegetables for money?"

"What a bunch of ungrateful people! If you can sell wild vegetables, go sell them yourself, don't sell them to me! If you say bad things about others behind their backs, don't come to my house to sell wild vegetables. What kind of people are you! You are just ungrateful and don't know what's good for you."

The village head's wife happened to be passing by with a basket of vegetables. Seeing Old Lady Shen cursing at the door in anger, she stepped forward and comforted her:

"Aunt San, please ignore those unreasonable things. We all know your good intentions and are very grateful. Don't pay attention to those ignorant and nagging old women."

When Old Lady Shen saw that it was the village head's wife, she hurriedly greeted them, "It's Guihua! Guihua, come in and sit down. I'm not angry with them. At worst, I won't buy their wild vegetables anymore. I'm just very angry. My family buys wild vegetables to help the villagers earn more and live a better life, but these people say that my family is taking advantage of them. They are really ungrateful and don't know what's good for them. At worst, my family won't buy wild vegetables anymore. Let's see where they can make money."

The aunt who was with the village chief's wife was very anxious: "Stop it! Third aunt, we didn't say anything bad about your family, you have to collect our wild vegetables!"

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