Mrs. Hu looked at Miaozhu who came in one after another, and Xianzhu was talking about going to Beijing, she couldn't help but frown.

Faced with the urgency of her relatives, she thought for a long time before saying, "I'll write a letter to the capital. Let's wait a while before going."

Seeing that her son was about to speak, she said first, "We must get more information. First, find a way to send an invitation to Captain Chen and invite him to dinner at home.

Xiao Zhuzi also wrote a letter to Mr. Han, and sent some peanuts and walnuts as the autumn harvest had just ended."

After a pause, she continued, "Miaozhu, speed up the grape harvest and make wine, and discuss this with Mr. Geng. We will be using a large quantity this year."

"Let's go write the letter now." Shen Miaozhu noticed Mr. Chi's anxious expression, so she stopped interfering.

Then he made a gesture, and the three siblings each received their tasks and left, but the youngest brother and sister shouted that they wanted to follow.

As siblings, the three of them naturally took the two little ones away.

Mrs. Hu's hands were empty, but she was very happy about the child's closeness. She turned to Shen Chi and said, "When Qi Damai goes home to rest, ask him to take you to the city to visit County Magistrate Wang.

The capital city must be in chaos right now, so it is not suitable for our family to go there too early.

But County Magistrate Wang is different; he is likely to be transferred to the capital."

Shen Chi froze when he heard this. He only heard his wife say, "We knew about it since last month during the Mid-Autumn Festival when you first left the village under the protection of Qi Damai."

……

When Shen Lingzhu finished writing the letter and handed it to Master Chi, he said, "Dad, take your crossbow with you. If you really meet Shi Wu, just shoot him."

Shen Chi was nodding when he heard the first half of the sentence, but his heart skipped a beat when the little girl said the second part, "Girl, that's killing a person, not a chicken.

This is something that only I can hear. Don’t mention it to anyone else, especially your mother.”

Shen Lingzhu just said that. She was afraid that she would actually kill someone if she was asked to shoot with the crossbow herself. "I'm just saying it's just a possibility. Shi Wu hasn't appeared in over four months. He must have hidden near the capital, or he has already left our country.

But if he comes to kill us, we have to fight back. It’s a life-or-death situation.”

"Okay, Dad got it." The little girl's personality is more like her father-in-law than herself.

Shen Chi sighed softly. His father-in-law had not been home for several months because of Shi Wu's matter. Thinking of this, he would like to meet Shi Wulang and give him a ride.

Unfortunately, imagination is often wishful thinking. In reality, until he met County Magistrate Wang, he had not seen anyone following him.

Afterwards, he said to Shen Songzhu, who was acting as the manager of the county food store, "I will leave you two hundred taels of silver. When County Magistrate Wang leaves office, you must give it to him as a gift."

"Uncle Eight, twenty or fifty taels will be enough.

County Magistrate Wang is rather stubborn, and giving too much would be counterproductive. "Shen Songzhu failed to pass the imperial examination this year; the imperial examination is held twice every three years.

Since his seventh uncle and ninth uncle had no intention of returning to the provincial capital, he could take a year off to do some practical work, so he took the job of a food store owner.

County Magistrate Wang was a man who liked to go deep into the city and the countryside to understand the lives of the people and solve their problems. Occasionally, Shen Songzhu would come to the restaurant to eat and talk with him, which also gave him a general understanding of him.

So he reminded: "Instead of giving him Cheng Yi, it would be better to give him more Hu brushes, which are used more."

"Okay, I'll put the money in your hands. It's up to you to decide." Shen Chi patted his shoulder. Brother Song was the most insightful of the younger generation and wouldn't suffer like his uncle. "When you have time, go to the temple more often to see your uncle. He actually cares about our family the most."

"Yes, Uncle Eight." Shen Songzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Now that my two aunts have settled down in the county, can you find a way to invite my grandmother to stay with us for a while?

After winter comes, it is warmer in the city than in the village."

"I can't help. My aunt prefers to live in the village, you know." Unless my uncle returns to secular life, Master Chi will be unable to do anything.

Shen Chi patted him again to comfort him, "The Tian couple are very good at taking care of the elderly, you should go back and forth more often.

It's still early today, I'm going home quickly, let's have a few drinks together next time we have time."

When he returned home, Chen Ru had just arrived upon invitation, making it easier for everyone to talk at the table.

Shen Lingzhu used the excuse of delivering food to listen to their talk about the situation in the capital. After a few visits, she said to her cooking sister, "Auntie has foresight. The emperor is using the confessions of Shi Biao and Duke Zhongguo to carry out a purge.

It is indeed not advisable for us to go to Beijing to seek profit right away."

"Crisis is also an opportunity. The reason Senior Brother Zhiyuan accompanied Uncle south was to take advantage of the situation and buy some Panax notoginseng.

You see, he sent someone to send back a batch a few days ago, and Qixingguan made a lot of profit after reselling it." Shen Miaozhu had a different opinion, "Uncle is in Wumeng, which is too far away from the capital.

If we don’t think of a solution now, it will be too late to regret it when everything is over.”

"After the situation stabilizes, will the vacancies in each department be filled?" Shen Lingzhu was brainstorming at this time.

Shen Miaozhu turned over the dishes and said, "My aunt firmly disagrees, so let's wait a while. The letter has been personally delivered to the capital by my cousin Huang.

It takes half a month to go back and forth, so we can still wait. During this time, we can brew more wine and bring it back to Beijing as a stepping stone to enter the capital."

As the two were chatting, Chen Ru's personal guard suddenly appeared at the kitchen door. He clasped his fists and said, "Before we came, our captain said he would be on patrol soon. When the two girls arrive in Beijing, please go to Grape Valley to find Captain Zhuang."

"Thank you." Shen Miaozhu quickly served him a few portions of meat, and the guards happily took it back to the table where they had arranged the meal.

Shen Lingzhu stared at her senior sister and said, "It seems like Chen Ru has some ulterior motives."

"Me?" Shen Miaozhu raised her eyebrows and looked at her, while Shen Lingzhu nodded seriously and said, "Will you agree?"

Shen Miaozhu smiled and said, "I am thirteen years old, and he is twenty-two."

"If possible, would you be willing?" Shen Lingzhu asked persistently.

Shen Miaozhu was silent for a long time, and for a while the only sound in the kitchen was the sound of the spatula stirring.

When Shen Lingzhu was about to serve the dishes again, she heard her senior sister say, "I can't go back, but based on the other party's conditions, I will agree.

"Little Bamboo, love is like the moon in the water, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are the guarantee of survival."

"Senior sister is too calm." She had to think so, and then observed Chen Ru for a long time, so long that Master Chi noticed something was wrong and found an excuse to push her out of the banquet room.

"Xiao Zhuzi, it's not nice to keep staring at other men." Shen Chi spoke slowly and in a low voice, without any intention of blaming her.

In his opinion, Captain Chen looked quite handsome without his beard, and he looked even younger in the Confucian robe he wore today. It would not be an exaggeration to call him a graceful gentleman.

Of course Shen Lingzhu wouldn't tell him the truth: "Dad, I'm just curious about how a man changes so much after shaving his beard."

Shen Chi rubbed her head and said, "You have little experience. Let's go to the prefectural school in the prefectural city in a while. You will see a lot of young people there."

"..." As expected of you, Mr. Chi, you are the first in Beigou Village to teach your daughter in this way.

Inside the house, Chen Ru pretended to be drinking with Shen Xianzhu, but he was actually paying attention to the movements in the yard. For a long time, he only saw Little Shen but not Big Shen.

Is this outfit of his for nothing?

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