Wealthy beyond measure, yet you call me a sister-supporting-brother demon?

After the family of three exchanged pleasantries for a while, Sheng Guihua noticed the new bride standing in the corner.

"She doesn't even make a sound, standing there like a ghost, what is she doing?" Sheng Guihua noticed her new daughter-in-law's strange expression yesterday and wanted to teach her a lesson, but on the crucial day of her son's wedding, she couldn't afford to make any mistakes, so she could only hold back.

The wedding cost over twenty taels of silver, an exorbitant sum that broke the hearts of Sheng Guihua and Yuan Laifu.

Their original intention wasn't to spend a lot of money to find a perfect wife for their son; they simply couldn't find a girl willing to marry him to bring good luck.

In a respectable family, who would be willing to send their daughter to a marriage to ward off bad luck for a little money? If the marriage goes wrong, she'll be a widow for life.

Yuansheng's illness came on suddenly, and time was of the essence. The elderly couple asked a matchmaker to search high and low, but they could only find one family that agreed to a marriage to bring them good luck.

The bride's mother also said that since her daughter was so beautiful and was going to bring good luck to the family, the bride price of twenty taels of silver and one coin could not be less. Time was of the essence, and the marriage was the priority, so the elderly couple had no choice but to agree.

As a result, he was deceived by the woman!

He spent a staggering twenty taels of silver to marry such an ugly thing!

Sheng Guihua was a strong-willed woman. If the villagers knew she had been deceived, they would probably laugh at her.

"You utterly despicable wretch! You're clearly ugly as a ghost, yet you pretend to be a celestial being to deceive people. May you die a horrible death!" Sheng Guihua's curses were sung with great force. By now, probably half the street could hear her cursing.

Yuan Laifu was also angry. "The goods are not as described. This is outrageous! Go find her parents and return them!"

Zhu Chenxi stared at her toes, standing obediently without trying to defend herself. She knew that nothing she said would make a difference. Although marriage was her business, she had no say in it from beginning to end.

She secretly hoped that this legendary rogue husband could stand up for her.

Yuan Sheng recalled the same situation in his previous life. A group of them rushed off to get rid of their brides, but returned empty-handed.

On the one hand, the new bride is meant to bring good luck; how could she bring the groom back to life only to break off the engagement? On the other hand, the entire wedding ceremony has already taken place, the young woman has become a wife; how could the engagement be broken off just because the bride is ugly? Wouldn't that be pushing someone to their death? There's no logic to it.

Zhu Chenxi's stepmother is a tough nut to crack; she'll give up the bride price, but she won't.

The Yuan family had no choice but to bring the new bride back; they couldn't afford to lose both her and their money.

In his previous life, Yuan Sheng was filled with anger and had nowhere to vent it, so he beat Zhu Chenxi up to vent his anger. Sheng Guihua didn't give her a single bite of food and starved her for two days. She arranged all the big and small chores for her at home, wishing she could work her to death to vent her anger.

Yuan Sheng held Sheng Guihua's hand with one hand and Yuan Laifu's hand with the other. "Father, Mother, please don't talk about breaking off the engagement. The fortune teller said that Chenxi and I are compatible according to our birth charts. Look, my illness was cured as soon as she married into our family. She is our family's lucky star. How can we push away our lucky star?"

"Do your parents still feel bad about those twenty taels of silver? Do they think Bao'er's life isn't worth twenty taels?" Yuan Sheng pretended to be angry.

Sheng Guihua said loudly, "You are the apple of your parents' eye, worth two hundred or two thousand taels of silver."

But the thought of those twenty taels of silver still stung. "Bao'er, you're the most handsome young man in the whole area. How could such an ugly fellow be worthy of you?"

Yuan Laifu nodded solemnly in agreement.

Yuan Sheng was speechless. His parents thought their child was perfect no matter how they looked at him. He was the most handsome young man in the surrounding area, but he was also known as the most notorious scoundrel in the eighteen villages.

While thinking this in her heart, she certainly couldn't say it out loud. "Father, Mother, I can cure the red birthmark on Chenxi's face. I guarantee I'll give you back your fairy-like daughter-in-law."

Yuan Laifu rolled his eyes. His son had become increasingly unreliable after his serious illness, boasting about things beyond belief. "If you can cure her face, then your father is Hua Tuo!"

Sheng Guihua and Zhu Chenxi wholeheartedly agreed, saying it was absolutely impossible.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Yuan Sheng shook his head. "You'll see if you don't believe me. By the way, Mother gave me twenty coins."

"Twenty coins?" Sheng Guihua's voice suddenly rose.

“Mother, it’s just twenty coins. I’ll use it to make money, and I’ll pay you back this afternoon,” Yuan Sheng said firmly.

Sheng Guihua scolded, "You spendthrift! In our current situation, where are we going to get twenty coins for you to squander!"

Upon hearing his mother's impending scolding, Yuan Sheng immediately rubbed his forehead and said, "Mother, your scolding is giving me a headache. These twenty coins are really useful. Oh, Father, my head hurts."

"It's all your fault for spoiling him!" Yuan Laifu scolded Sheng Guihua. "Bao'er has just recovered from his illness. Don't make him sick again. Give him the money first."

Yuan Sheng stopped pretending to be troubled after receiving the money. "Father, Mother, believe me, this twenty coins is really for something important. You'll find out this afternoon."

Yuan Laifu's forehead wrinkles could trap a mosquito, and Sheng Guihua's face was always long and drawn out. Who would believe this bastard's nonsense?

"Dad, Mom, Chenxi and I are going to the general store." Yuan Sheng pulled Zhu Chenxi along and they left.

Sheng Guihua slapped her thigh, "Oh my goodness, what a spendthrift son of mine! He just got the money and hasn't even had a chance to enjoy it before he runs off to the general store to spend it!"

"We've already given the money, so don't scold the kid anymore. Be careful, or Bao'er will have a headache again later." Yuan Laifu sighed.

"That's right, Dad, Mom, you should hurry up and go weed the fields. You've been busy with my things these past few days, the weeds must be getting really tall."

As Sheng Guihua picked up her hoe, she thought to herself, "What a good son of mine! He really knows how to assign me chores!"

……

Yuan Sheng bought some broken tea leaves for twenty coins and sent the old couple away so he could start preparing to make tea eggs.

This thing is simple, low-cost, and can quickly help him earn start-up capital.

Yuansheng took out thirty eggs, washed them, and prepared to cook them.

Zhu Chenxi's almond-shaped eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and she looked pitiful. "My lord, if you boil these eggs and eat them this morning, Mother will definitely skin me alive when she comes back."

Just as rumored, the young master is lazy and gluttonous; here are thirty eggs!

"Don't be afraid, honey. I'm using these eggs to make tea eggs to sell, not for myself. Don't worry!"

Zhu Chenxi clearly didn't believe it; her pouting lips couldn't hold an oil lamp, but she couldn't make that decision herself.

Yuan Sheng put the eggs in a pot of cold water and simmered them over a low flame. After the eggs were cooked, he cracked them to create patterns on the shells. Then he put tea leaves and salt into a large pot and boiled them for half an hour.

He knew that there was a better market for spiced tea eggs, but he didn't have the seasoning on hand.

The rich aroma of tea blends with the fragrance of eggs, creating a unique and wonderful flavor that makes your mouth water.

Zhu Chenxi thought to herself, "Although my husband is a spendthrift, he is truly talented, actually coming up with this kind of combination."

Her stomach rumbled at an inopportune moment, and her fair face instantly turned red.

Yuan Sheng smiled when he saw her reserved expression; she was actually quite cute. He handed her a tea egg, saying, "Here, have this."

Zhu Chenxi quickly refused, saying that these were eggs! Even at her parents' home, she didn't get any eggs, let alone these precious eggs boiled with tea leaves costing twenty coins.

Yuansheng took the eggs back and peeled off the shells.

Zhu Chenxi breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Sheng suddenly placed the peeled egg to her lips, and Zhu Chenxi stiffened. "My lord, you should eat it..."

"It's covered in your saliva and you still want to feed it to me? What are you trying to do??"

Zhu Chenxi's fair cheeks flushed instantly, and she finally took the egg and began to eat it in small bites.

Yuansheng set aside two eggs for his parents, ate one himself, and put the remaining eggs and broth into a jar, which he then placed in a basket.

……

Ma Guifen was Ma Xiangqin's aunt. Ma Guifen's family lived next to the Yuan family, separated only by a wall.

Sheng Guihua was beautiful and capable, which made Ma Guifen, who had a dark face and a burly build, very jealous.

At that moment, Ma Guifen held a bowl of thin porridge, smelling the aroma of tea eggs coming from next door. She was so hungry that she muttered under her breath, "A family of spendthrifts, all they know is how to eat and drink well. They'll squander all the family fortune sooner or later!"

"He must have been out of his mind to spend over twenty taels of silver to marry an ugly woman. A lazy bum with a rotten face, what a perfect match!"

"He's drowning in debt, yet he's still stuffing himself with food. What a spendthrift."

"Sheng Guihua, no matter how strong you are, your womb is useless. You only gave birth to a son, and he's a good-for-nothing."

"Unlike me, I had three sons in a row, and my youngest son is a literary genius who became a student at a young age. How can you compare to me?"

"When I become the mother of an official, I'll eat meat and tea eggs every day, and you'll all be so jealous."

Ma Guifen's husband, Zhang Wen, felt that his wife's words made a lot of sense. The Yuan family was completely ruined, unlike their Zhang family, which produced a literary genius. The Zhang family was rising step by step, while the Yuan family was getting worse and worse. Thinking this, the thin porridge in his bowl tasted even sweeter.

"Auntie, Auntie!" Ma Xiangqin hurriedly pushed open the wooden gate and entered the Zhang family's courtyard.

"Aunt, Uncle, good news! Haven't you always wanted to buy the Yuan family's fertile land at a low price? Now's your chance!"

“The Yuan family urgently needs ten taels of silver today. You all need to come out and exchange ten taels of silver for three acres of their fertile land.”

Zhang Wen and Ma Guifen were beaming with excitement. "Niece, what's going on?"

How could there be such a good thing? Five taels of silver for an acre of fertile land! That's five taels of silver for nothing!

Ma Xiangqin told her aunt and uncle about Yuan Pan'er's impending divorce and the Zhou family's demand for the return of ten taels of silver by today.

Ordinary people wouldn't be able to come up with ten taels of silver at once; they'd probably have to sell it to them.

The wicked smiles on Zhang Wen and Ma Guifen's faces gradually turned sinister. The Yuan family was in trouble. The Yuan family owned a total of ten mu of land. If they sold these three mu...

Hahaha, it's as if the Yuan family's three acres of fertile land have already been taken over by the Zhang family.