Don't worry about traveling through time, she has an all-powerful senior sister to help her

There was no more noise under the wedding tents inside and outside the yard. The relatives on both sides were sitting or standing quietly, and no one was talking to each other.

Shen Lingzhu had a smooth journey and came to the chief seat where the elders of the two families were sitting. He saw Mr. Xia bowing to the elders on both sides.

Several grandfathers had angry faces, and the uncle stood in front of Master Shen with a serious face. When he saw Shen Lingzhu, he waved his hand and asked someone to come over.

He did not hide it from the crowd, but said to Master Shen in a loud voice, "Go back to your room with your niece, and let your fifth brother make the decision for you.

Today, some people are saying that my daughter from the Shen family wants a lot of betrothal gifts. Instead of gossiping, why don’t you take a look at the betrothal gifts displayed outside?

If you again use rumors as an excuse to request additional dowry, please also give Xia Yunzhong the same amount of betrothal gifts, and my Shen family will double the dowry."

"Fifth brother..." Master Shen was pulled out by Shen Lingzhu holding his hand.

Shen Huai said to her gently, "Go back to your room, rumors stop at the wise.

I did indeed pawn your fifth sister-in-law's dress-up land to pay off the debt, and I'm not afraid of what people say."

When he faced the crowd again, his voice turned cold: "But my daughter of the Shen family will not tolerate slander.

Please give me an explanation, Mr. Xia and all the elders of the Xia family."

"Whoever started spreading the news today will be punished.

I promise that no one in the Xia family will say these words outside again." Village Chief Xia was the first to express his opinion. He knew that some people did not like the marriage between the Xia and Shen families, but he had not stopped them before. Now, he was encouraging his family members to secretly make trouble, which was really unwise.

No wonder after nearly a hundred years, no one from the eldest branch of the family passed the exam except for two students.

It's so hard for a scholar to appear in another family that he drives people away. Some people are really too narrow-minded.

When he got back, he tied up Xia Zhu and beat him in the ancestral hall.

Although the other elders of the Xia family had not all expressed their opinions, Master Shen knew that the matter was basically over. She didn't even look at Mr. Xia, but grabbed Shen Lingzhu's hand and left quickly.

The latter looked at her figure with sadness and guilt in his eyes. He looked at everyone in the Xia family one by one and spoke bluntly.

Shen Lingzhu, who had left, had no chance to see the elegant Mr. Xia firing in public. She and Master Shen met the anxious aunt and several other aunts and sisters-in-law.

Mrs. Hu took Master Shen's hand and said, "Come on, the sisters-in-law will talk to you."

"Xiaojiu, if you have anything to ask, please go to the sisters-in-law. Don't rush into the front line anymore."

As a group of sisters-in-law escorted Master Shen into the house, they did not forget to glance at the women of the Xia family who were sitting under the wedding tent on the right.

Shen Lingzhu and her senior sister didn't follow. They looked at the tense situation between the two young men outside the courtyard and heard someone say, "Xia Xing, Xia Wang, Xia Liu, which side are you on?"

"I'm on Uncle Yunzhong's side," Xia Wang answered loudly and clearly. "I only know that today is a good day for him to pay his betrothal gifts and make a grand proposal. I'll scold anyone who messes with me."

"You are a traitor."

"Then you have no conscience. Don't forget that it was Uncle Yunzhong who enlightened you when you were a child."

"One yard owned by a yard."

"it's the same."

Shen Lingzhu couldn't help laughing when she saw that the Xia family had split into two factions and the young people of the Shen family had suddenly become a background figure.

After receiving a sidelong glance from her senior sister, she stopped laughing and followed her senior sister into the wedding tent. She was especially considerate and said to the Xia family women who had no guests and were still discussing the Shen family's lack of etiquette: "Ladies and girls, enjoy your meals and drinks!"

Then, the two of them calmly sat in their previous seats, ignoring everyone's shocked gazes, and ate their meal slowly and leisurely.

The second wife came over and saw this scene. She was stunned for a moment and then returned to the main room.

After a while, the four sisters of the Shen family, who had been mentioned by word of mouth by the women of the Xia family, came into the wedding tent with a smile on their faces and nodded slightly to them, then sat at the same table with Shen Lingzhu and her sister.

Immediately afterwards, the second grandmother brought several women to add dishes to this table before adding more for the Xia family.

Every time a dish was added, one of the people would stand up and say to the Xia family, "Dear guest, please enjoy your meal."

Then he whispered with Sister Shen Lingzhu and began to eat according to the dining etiquette taught by Master Shen.

The women of the Xia family were extremely embarrassed. They were too ashamed to watch the other girls take pictures of their own children when they reached out to grab food.

Shen Lingzhu felt that the sisters' movements were really pleasing to the eye. It seemed that the clan school really taught a lot of things, and Master Shen was quite capable.

Seeing that most of the female members of the Xia family were stunned and wanted to leave but couldn't as the elder Second Grandma walked around the table to urge them to eat, she felt that the meal was even more appetizing.

As soon as the engagement banquet was over, all the female members of the Xia family who were present left the room faster than rabbits.

After all the male guests from the Xia family left, the men in charge of the Shen family were called together to discuss things.

After the women helped the young men clean up the pots and dishes, they went back to their homes.

Shen Lingzhu and her senior sister, who had been almost ignored in the past few days, were surrounded by several sisters of the same clan and were talking on their way home.

Unable to refuse the invitation, the two agreed to go up the mountain with everyone to pick wild fruits tomorrow morning.

After leaving the village, Shen Lingzhu took a deep breath and said, "Aunt, why do I feel that some people in the Xia family are hostile to us today?"

"Shh!" Shen Miaozhu raised her index finger to silence her. "Have you forgotten Eighth Aunt's teachings?"

Shen Lingzhu then looked left and right, and surprisingly, she actually saw a human shadow behind a row of straw stacks not far away.

She subconsciously reached for her waist, but felt nothing. Oh, she was wearing new clothes made by her grandma today and didn't bring her slingshot.

Unexpectedly, just as I thought of her, I heard her voice: "Little bamboo, big bamboo."

"Grandma?" Shen Lingzhu and the other two turned around and saw Grandma Qi riding a donkey and coming from the path.

After she approached and dismounted from her donkey, Mrs. Hu asked, "Aunt Qi, aren't you busy at the market today?"

The market is held every three days, on the third, sixth, and ninth day of the lunar month. The reason why it is so frequent is that there is only this one market within a radius of thirty or forty miles in the mountainous area.

Many people take a day and a night to reach Shenquanji. If it takes ten days to reach the market, it would be too time-consuming.

Therefore, the local people gradually formed the habit of holding meetings every three days.

The Huang family’s meat stall at the market is a small shop. They not only sell raw meat, but also braise meat. They usually stay open until dark.

"It's not convenient to talk here. Let's talk at home." Qi handed the rope to her little granddaughter who was touching the donkey, and picked her up and put her on the donkey's back.

When she was about to hold her granddaughter again, Shen Miaozhu waved her hands repeatedly and refused to sit.

"Wow, this donkey is so well behaved!" Shen Lingzhu patted it gently, and the donkey took obedient steps.

Mrs. Hu was worried that she would fall: "Sit tight and don't move."

However, it turned out that Shen Lingzhu was right, and the donkey carried her home safely.

As soon as Qi entered the room, she said, "Xiao Zhuzi gave me a method for making ice. If anyone sees it and wants to buy it, is it for sale?"

A few days ago, when his uncle went to the county town to prepare for his aunt's land and dowry, he brought back some ice. Only then did Shen Lingzhu think of teaching him how to make ice.

"Sell it. Two taels of silver, not all of it." She was not greedy, and the price was the same as it was in Ansu, but she would definitely not sell it all of it for five taels again.

Shen Miaozhu ran to get a wet towel to wipe Qi's sweat: "Grandma, just send someone to deliver a message. Why bother running here in the middle of the day?"

"It's not just that." Qi gave her the spare ribs she brought. These two children now actually like to eat bones.

"And there are vivid gossips on the collection, saying you..." The old lady stopped abruptly when she thought of Mrs. Hu who was still there.

Mrs. Hu understood and invited her into the hall to tell her what had just happened.

Qi snorted, "It must be the eldest branch of the Xia family who's causing trouble. Back then, they relied on the fact that they had a young scholar at home and were so arrogant that they looked down upon everyone at the market.

Ever since Miaozhu's uncle passed the imperial examination, that family has been acting in a weird and malicious way, openly and covertly trying to sow discord between the Aikou Chang family and their old in-laws.

Alas, it takes only one mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of effort to refute them. Does your family have any countermeasures?"

Shen Huai's countermeasure was very simple. That was during the market on the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, he personally wrote a couplet wishing the customer peace and safety at home and pasted it on the bellows for the customer who bought the bellows.

A large earthen stove stood in front of him. When the bellows moved, the fire grew bigger, the water boiled quickly, and the cooking and stewing was done with just the right amount of heat.

The aroma instantly attracted many people to watch. Uncle Huang led a group of young boys and shouted loudly: This is made by the Jinshi master himself, and it is guaranteed to be useful for five to ten years.

Then I saw the real Jinshi gentleman writing the words and sticking them on the box, and I wondered if this topic was interesting enough?

With so many people talking about it, who would pay attention to the rumors about the girls from the Shen family? After all, they were just rumors, and the Jinshi master had seen with his own eyes how he sold his goods at a low price.

At the ninth day of the lunar new year, Shen Lingzhu didn't put in any effort at all. The dozens of bellows her family had hurriedly made were sold out as soon as they were put on display.

She rubbed her fully recovered hands and whispered to her senior sister, "Uncle is the top seller, the effect is just right.

I just don’t know if he can go to the county town with us next time.”