After being rejected, he emptied the mansion and went into exile

Shen Jinyao and Shen Tingyao went to see Old Madam Shen first.

She looked very bad.

"Jin'er, Ting'er, you're finally back. It's great that the family is finally reunited."

The old lady held Shen Jinyao and Shen Tingyao's hands and patted them gently.

Shen Jinyao could feel that there was no strength left in her hand.

After they talked for a few more words, the old lady said she was tired and wanted to sleep.

Shen Jinyao found Doctor Gao.

"Doctor Gao, what's going on?"

When we parted, my grandmother's health was not so bad.

Doctor Gao sighed, and at this time several grandfathers from the Shen family also came over.

Doctor Gao had been waiting for Shen Jinyao. He had been rather tactful in his words to the Shen family's grandfathers before.

"The old lady's health was already broken, but she didn't get seriously ill during the journey because she had hope in her heart."

"She had been dreaming of meeting the grandfathers and the eldest son, but after she saw them, the urge in her heart died down."

Shen Jinyao seemed to understand, but felt that Doctor Gao’s meaning was not that simple.

Shen Jinyao: "Doctor Gao, just tell me what you have to say."

Doctor Gao: "I'm afraid everyone should prepare for the worst. He's... running out of energy..."

Great-grandfather Shen Congshan was a little excited. He said, "How could it be? Doctor Gao, aren't you a famous doctor?"

Shen Maoshan was also very shocked when he heard about this. He knew that his mother was in poor health, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

Although Third Uncle Shen Mingshan is the youngest, he is the calmest.

He said, "Doctor Gao, how much time do we have left to fulfill our filial duties?"

Doctor Gao pondered for a moment, "Judging from the current situation, it will take at most twenty days."

In fact, what Doctor Gao said about this time is conservative. After all, the weather is getting colder and the Shen family doesn’t even have a house.

There may be danger in the next two days.

Shen Jinyao said, "Father, we can't sleep on the ground or in the carriage now. It's too cold."

The most important thing is that it is very bad for my grandmother's health.

Shen Maoshan nodded, feeling very bitter in his mouth.

He thought that the days of exile would be hard, but he didn't expect that there wouldn't even be a shelter.

Shen Congshan wiped the tears from his face and said angrily: "The people here are too barbaric. They brought us here and then they don't care about anything."

Shen Mingshan: "I think it was the village chief who did this."

Shen Jinyao nodded in agreement and said, "Father, we must find a place to live. Do we have to stay here?"

Shen Jinyao's question was cryptic, and only Shen Maoshan knew her deeper meaning.

Shen Maoshan nodded and said, "You can't leave here. This is an imperial decree."

He came here because the emperor had some requests for him.

Shen Jinyao thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let's build a house here."

When my great-grandfather heard this, he stopped crying.

He opened his eyes wide and said, "How can we build it? The village chief won't even pay attention to you."

Shen Mingshan nodded and said, "My second brother and I went to check, and the village chief really didn't want to see us."

Shen Jinyao said, "I'll try it tomorrow."

Shen Jinyao remembered that Ma Liang and his men knew how to build houses, but now they had more than 30 people, so they had to build at least seven or eight houses.

It would be impossible for them to get a house in a short period of time just relying on a few of them.

I can only ask for help from the villagers.

The boss thought Shen Jinyao had some good ideas, so he curled his lips and said, "Then go and try it..."

When he arrived here and saw his son, he realized that Shen Jinyao had been making all the decisions along the way.

The second son, Zhiyong, admires Shen Jinyao even more.

He couldn't imagine how capable a girl could be, and in the end she would still marry someone else.

Shen Maoshan and Shen Mingshan, however, strongly support Shen Jinyao. After all, things are already the worst now, how can it get any worse?

As they were talking, they saw Meng Da and his companions coming back from not far away carrying buckets of water.

Doctor Gao said, "The villagers of Wuhe Village won't let us use water during the day. If we want water, we can only go to fetch it after dark."

Shen Mingshan: "Not only that, there are no mountains nearby, so we have to walk a long way to get firewood. Ma Liang wanted to cut some grass and dry it for burning, but the villagers said the grass belonged to them."

Shen Jinyao shook her head helplessly, thinking that poor mountains and bad waters really breed unruly people.

If she hadn't put enough food in each carriage, the Shen family probably wouldn't have had anything to eat during the days she was away.

It was getting late now and the temperature had dropped.

Shen Jinyao led a horse and said she was going to take a walk around and then left.

The Shen family was a little puzzled. They hadn't seen each other for a few days, so why didn't they reunite with their grandmother and family?

But there are still people who understand Shen Jinyao, such as Murong Wenyi and Zhixue.

The two of them also brought horses, saying they wanted to accompany Shen Jinyao for a walk.

Shen Jinyao did not refuse, she did have a lot of things to do.

The first priority is to find out what is going on in Wuhe Village.

As night fell, there were no more pedestrians on the road.

There was hardly anyone in the whole village who turned on a light.

Shen Jinyao and the other two first walked around the village and found that there was only one well in the entire village.

There are not many trees around the village, but there is a lot of grass.

Murong Wenyi said that if you walk a little further there will be some hillsides, also covered with grass.

There are fields not far from the village, and there are some scarecrows in the fields.

This is the food here, and it is only at ankle height at the moment.

Shen Jinyao got off the carriage and took a look. The hair was very sparse.

Shen Zhixue thought about the news he had heard and said, "I heard that the grain production here is very low, and people go hungry almost every winter."

"It's okay when it's warm, they'll find a way. In the winter, there's no snow here, but it's still very cold."

Shen Jinyao nodded. It was obvious that the climate here was a bit like that of a plateau.

The temperature difference between day and night is large, and land salinization is very serious.

There is not much water here, so it is normal that the grain yield is low.

"Have you two ever interacted with the villagers?"

It seemed that Shen Jinyao's words brought back bad memories for both of them, and their faces looked a little ugly.

Shen Zhixue said: "The men here are arrogant, and the women are unreasonable and like to make fun of others."

Shen Jinyao thought of the scene during the day and smiled: "In fact, he is still poor. He is so unreasonable because he is poor and has nothing to do."

A few people looked at it again and then went back.

On the way back, Murong Wenyi said to Shen Jinyao: "I want to go back."

As for where to go back, Shen Jinyao knew, but Shen Zhixue didn't.

Shen Jinyao didn't try to persuade him to stay. She just said, "Wait until the house is built before you leave. This will be your home from now on."

Murong Wenyi smiled and said, "Let me do the work?"

Shen Jinyao: "What else?"

The two of them laughed, but Shen Zhixue on the side was confused.

Shen Zhixue was wondering why Ergou said he wanted to leave, so his sister didn’t try to stop him?

The next morning, when the village chief opened the door, he saw the Shen family kneeling at the door.