After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 12: 2 Silver for your funeral

Looking at the box in my hand, I can't help but sigh that the ancient craftsmen were really amazing.

On the soap box, Shen Tang asked Carpenter Xu to carve a row of crabapple flowers.

When the soap is cut out like this, there will be a row of marks like this on the edge.

Since ancient times, beautiful things have always had different values.

After paying the deposit readily, Shen Tang went to the blacksmith shop to get her forging mark.

There are two words "Tang Ji" on the seal.

Yes, she wants to create her own brand, which is called "Tangji".

After paying the balance, Shen Tang bought some fine grains and put them in his backpack.

I found a roadside stall, ate a bowl of noodles, took some pancakes and went home.

Her life is about to get out of poverty and become well-off.

It was already past noon when we returned to the village on the ox cart.

At this time, it was the Shen family yard.

"Old man, if you build this wall today, I will bang my head against it and die!"

Old Mrs. Shen was very unhappy these two days when she saw the eldest family building a wall. Although the family had been divided, if they were really separated like this, how would she give orders to the eldest family in the future?

She knew exactly what kind of person her youngest son was.

Now that the family has been divided, it would be fine if the eldest son didn’t come to show more filial piety, but now he wants to build a wall? He’s dreaming!

"Mom, the family home has been divided. We'll live separately from now on. We'll build a wall to avoid any future disputes."

Liu retorted loudly, which was really a good calculation.

"Sister-in-law, what do you mean? You're blaming us for pestering you?"

"Brother, I'm not saying anything wrong, but you only have one daughter, Shen Tang. After she gets married, she'll still have to rely on your two nephews. Mother is doing this for your own good! We're all family, and you're going too far by doing this."

Shen Dahe and Wang sang the same tune.

The two sides were deadlocked. Old Mrs. Shen was silent for a while and then changed her tone.

"You can build a wall if you want! Take out ten taels of silver and build it, or I'll run into it headfirst."

Old Mrs. Shen clenched her fists, looking like she was really about to rush forward.

Shen Dahe and Wang pretended to pull Old Lady Shen and tried to persuade her.

"Then just hit your head against the wall and die!" A crisp voice came from the girls' dormitory gate.

Before Shen Tang got home, he saw many people standing at his door.

"There's no need for the Dashan family to be so ruthless. After all, we're brothers."

"How unfilial! I live in the same yard with my mother, yet you actually built a wall to separate us. What a huge hatred and resentment this is."

"Aunt, after the family splits up, you still have to take care of your younger brother's family. Only your eldest son is kind enough to bear this loss, but don't take advantage of others."

Shen Tang walked in and heard these words, followed by the loud threatening voice of Old Lady Shen from the yard.

Damn, what I hate most in my life is being threatened!

Perhaps the impact of this sentence was too great, and the yard suddenly became silent.

"Old woman, ten taels of silver. Either you die or I die! I think you've lived enough at your age. If you want to die for a wall, then die now."

"Dad, Mom, she's old and confused, are you still letting her do what she wants? Aren't there second uncle and second aunt holding her back? Can't two young people hold back an old woman? If they really can't hold her back, I suspect you're just hoping she'll die."

Shen Dashan: Oh no, why is there something going on between us as a couple?

"You heartless thing! How could our Shen family produce a beast like you? You cursed your own grandmother to death, how vicious! God is blind and let you get well!"

"When she became a fool, she should have been thrown away. Look, she just happened to be there when our Shen family split up. You are a nemesis!"

Old Mrs. Shen was so angry at Shen Tang's words that she felt like she was fuming. She stomped her feet wildly and wailed continuously.

When the people around heard this, it seemed that what Old Lady Shen said was true.

Even some people who were on good terms with Shen Dahe had started to talk behind his back.

"Old woman, why don't you go out and ask around and find out which family pays you a hundred catties of grain and half an ounce of silver annually? Since you don't want to live anymore, it just happens to save money for our eldest family. Thank you, don't worry, if you die now, I'll burn two incense sticks for you on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month."

When Old Lady Shen heard this, she became even angrier and kept pointing her finger at Shen Tang.

"Don't think I don't know what you're planning. Ten taels of silver? Ask around and find out which family has ten taels of silver!"

"You only bully my parents because they are honest people. But my parents are honest people, and I am not. If you disturb our family's life, then we will all die."

As long as she is crazy enough, no one can influence her.

In this era, even if a family lived frugally for a year, they might not have enough savings to save two taels of silver.

Old Mrs. Shen asked for ten taels right away. How bold of her!

"Uncle and aunt, you weren't the ones who instigated her to ask for ten taels of silver, were you? My father has been the one who has basically paid for your Awen's education all these years. How can you still be so unsatisfied? Now that the family has split up and there's no money left, you're asking for money from someone else?"

"When Shen Wen returns home, I'll ask him whether the sage books taught by the Master have led him to teach his parents to exploit his uncle's family."

Shen Dahe and Wang were anxious.

"Don't talk nonsense. Your grandma insisted on asking your parents to give her money today. It has nothing to do with us, Awen."

"Then he asked for ten taels of silver. Can an old man spend it all?"

Shen Tang didn't believe that there was no second house fanning the flames.

"If you slander my eldest grandson, I will drag you down with me even if I die!"

Old Mrs. Shen suddenly broke free from the pull of Mr. and Mrs. Shen and wanted to rush to Shen Tang.

The half-built wall was already nearly one meter high, blocking her.

"Why didn't you rush over? Weren't you about to get killed just now? But I'm not refusing to give you ten taels of silver. If you really die here today, I'll rob or steal and get you ten taels of silver. Here, I'll give you a splendid funeral so that everyone in the surrounding area can see it."

Shen Tang looked at Shen Dashan and Liu and it seemed that they did not scold him as he thought.

Even her mother seemed to be trying to hold back her laughter.

Although his father frowned, he didn't seem to stop him.

This battle ended with Old Lady Shen giving up.

Shen Tang became famous in one battle, and his fame even spread to other surrounding villages.

The daughter of Shen Dashan's family is really powerful. She even dares to talk back to her grandmother.

Have you heard that Shen Tang said to let her grandma die?

Shen Tang is going to spend ten taels of silver to handle her grandmother's funeral. I will also follow this standard in the future. Several old ladies went home and reminded their grandchildren.

"Uncles, you've worked hard building the wall. How about this: 20 cents a day, plus make up for the previous few days."

Seeing how Old Lady Shen was today, Shen Tiezhu and Shen Tieshuan both felt a little hesitant.

But what did you say, twenty cents!

"Oh, what are you talking about! It's not that hard at all."

Tiezhu and Tieshuan only felt that they were terribly strong.

You know, it only pays twenty cents to carry goods at the dock for a day. Not only is it heavy work, but you don't even get any food.

"Other uncles who can build walls are also welcome. They can start work this afternoon and will be paid ten cents."

"Dad, see how many people we need to finish the fight this afternoon. If we can start working tonight, that's fine. I'll give you thirty cents."

Better get the wall built tonight.

The people around were listening to such a hearty argument and were just about to find other people to chat with.

"My son, the old bricklayer!"

"My old man has been a bricklayer for decades."

"Their old man is old and his legs and feet are not good. It's my wife..."

Shen Tang no longer paid attention to the people in the yard. He took Liu's hand and walked into the house.

Leave behind a sentence.

"We need to build two small houses and two stoves, and we need to pay 20 cents a day for food."

Now Shen Dashan was surrounded by a crowd of people.

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