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

After Shen Jinyao left, the people from the third branch of the Shen family discussed for a long time before returning home.

After Shen Jinyao left home, she went to find where Zong Cheng and others lived.

That was where Old Madam Shen lived before.

Now it is specially used for the brothers of the Zong family, the Meng family, the Ma family, and Datian and Xiaotian to live in.

Ever since the old lady's funeral, the yard here has been bustling every day.

After Shen Jinyao entered the yard, she saw the brothers from the Zong family and the Meng family practicing martial arts.

There were also the Ma brothers, Datian and Xiaotian, sitting nearby and watching them practice martial arts.

Shen Jinyao knew that they had nothing to do, so they practiced martial arts to pass the time every day.

Meng San sometimes follows Zhixin and Lanlan to learn acupuncture, while Meng Si always squats in the kitchen to study food.

Datian held his chin with his hand and watched the people practicing martial arts, and then he saw Shen Jinyao standing at the gate of the yard.

"The eldest lady is here."

When they heard Shen Jinyao coming, everyone stopped.

They shouted in unison: "Miss."

Shen Jinyao nodded and smiled, "Did I disturb you?"

Zong Cheng laughed and said, "I didn't disturb you."

Zong Shi asked, "Why did you have time to come here today, Miss?"

Ever since Shen Jinyao arrived in Wuhe Village, she has been busy.

There is no time left to chat with my brothers.

Shen Jinyao walked among them, looked at everyone and said, "We don't have anything else to do now, so it's time to talk to the brothers about the future."

Everyone looked different when they heard this.

Shen Jinyao pretended not to see it and said, "Tonight, let's have dinner together to liven things up. How about it?"

Zong Cheng laughed out loud when he heard it, "Haha, that's great."

Meng Da also grinned and nodded continuously.

The Ma brothers are all very down-to-earth and there's nothing wrong with them.

"Meng Si, how are your cooking skills lately? I'll ask Dongmei and Qiuju to come over and help you. How about you cook for us and make us a delicious meal?"

"Let us taste your cooking skills. Is it more exquisite now?"

Meng Er: "Old Four, you have to perform well."

Meng Si patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Miss."

Although Meng Si was the chef, the others also helped out, and time passed quickly.

Wuhe Village doesn't have any strict rules regarding mourning; they only have more requirements for the living.

However, the Shen family still follows the rules of the older generation. When an elderly person in the family dies, they have to eat vegetarian food for three months.

As for marriage, there is no time requirement.

In other words, people in Kyushu Kingdom do not need to observe mourning.

This is what Shen Jinyao discovered after arriving in Jiuzhou Kingdom. Filial piety is not valued here, but fame, wealth and royal power are valued.

To put it bluntly, the emperor of the time did not pay attention to ethics and filial piety.

Even though he could only eat vegetarian food, Meng Si managed to come up with quite a few new dishes.

Shen Jinyao asked Dongmei to call Shen Zhizheng, Shen Zhiyong and Shen Zhixue over to accompany her.

There were eighteen people in total, divided into two tables.

Each table has eight dishes and one soup, and tea replaces wine.

After everyone was seated, Shen Jinyao raised her teacup.

"You all followed me all the way to Wuhe Village. Our meeting is fate."

"Thanks to everyone's care along the way, our Shen family was able to get here smoothly."

"Jin Yao has tea instead of wine. Thank you for your care."

Everyone drank their tea, and Zong Cheng said first, "Miss, what you said is wrong. If it weren't for you, our escort agency wouldn't have opened yet, haha."

Zongshi smiled and said, "Yes, without the young lady, there would be no Shunfeng Escort Agency."

Meng Da held up the teacup and said, "We have to thank you even more, Miss. To be more precise, you are the lifesaver of our Meng brothers."

Meng Er: "Yeah, if it weren't for the eldest lady, we would probably have grass growing over our graves by now."

Everyone has heard about the experiences of the Meng brothers. Considering the place they described where people were eaten without leaving any bones, they were able to escape. We really have to thank Shen Jinyao.

Ma Liang also said, "Miss, you're welcome. I was thinking that my cousin would be able to help me when we got to Wuhe Village, but I didn't expect..."

"We also have to thank the young lady for taking us in."

Ma Gui: "Not only that, if we hadn't followed the Shen family, we would have lost our lives on the road."

Datian looked at Shen Jinyao and said, "Xiaotian and I should thank you the most, Miss. If it weren't for you, we two brothers would still be beggars."

Xiaotian said: "Yes, it's not like now where we have a bed to sleep in and enough food to eat."

Datian and Xiaotian are the youngest here. The only ones of the same age as them are Meng Si and Meng Wu. Everyone takes good care of the two brothers.

Shen Zhizheng was listening to what everyone was saying. He also heard a little bit about what Shen Jinyao and others encountered on the road, but no one told him the whole story.

After hearing what these people said today, he finally understood what Shen Jinyao had done for the Shen family.

Each of these people is good at different things.

But everyone has good nature and knows how to be grateful.

With them following them all the way, the Shen family was able to arrive safely.

Although Shen Zhizheng and the three masters of the Shen family were wearing shackles along the way, they were guarded by people.

Although I was kidnapped in the middle, it was not a bad thing.

Because from then on, the Jinyiwei took over the task of escorting them.

With the escort of the Jinyiwei, their journey was safe and they were able to eat and drink enough. In other words, the danger they faced was much less than that faced by so many people in the Shen family.

Shen Zhizheng asked himself, if he were to do these things, he might not do better than Jin Yao. He couldn't help but admire his sister from the bottom of his heart.

Shen Zhiyong and Shen Zhixue did not react much, as they knew most of the things here.

Like Shen Jinyao, they felt very grateful to this group of people.

And it was precisely because of these people's character that Shen Jinyao wanted to keep them.

But what Shen Jinyao didn't know was that this group of people were actually nervous.

Especially the quick-witted Zongshi and Meng Er and others, they both felt that this meal might be a farewell dinner.

The Shen family is an exiled family. It is difficult for them to survive here, let alone support them?

Datian and Xiaotian signed a contract to sell themselves to Shen Jinyao and became members of the Shen family.

Mainly the brothers from the Zong family, the Meng family and the Ma family.

They didn't know Shen Jinyao's plans and arrangements, and they had been thinking about how to say goodbye to Shen Jinyao these days.

Zongshi thought for a moment and said, "Miss, we..."

Shen Jinyao knew what they meant and didn't want them to say it out loud.

Instead, she interrupted Zongshi and said, "Jin Yao came to see you today because she wanted to talk to you about what will happen in the Shen family later."

what?

stay?

Are we going to starve together with the Shen family?