sbdcsierra Chapter 111 As Scheduled
Chapter 111 As Scheduled
Shen Bagu laughed and said, "Since I was rejected last time, I haven't been back to my parents' home.
The Mid-Autumn Festival gifts were also sent by the children."
"But the master asked you and your wife to come to his house to raise the matter again." The wife of the eldest wife of the Cai family did not agree to find the family of a convicted minister from the beginning.
She said, "Look at her. She's already in her teens, yet she's chatting happily with a man on the street. Is that appropriate?"
"Sister-in-law, please be careful with your words. I have not agreed to propose marriage again.
Besides, there was nothing wrong with them sitting in the tea stall and talking openly. Aunt Shen couldn't let him talk about her niece like that.
After she finished speaking, she immediately stopped the carriage and got out. "Sister-in-law, I won't be with you for long from now on."
The eldest wife watched her walk towards the tea stall and smiled faintly. No matter what, her child would not marry another girl from the Shen family.
The maid outside the carriage cleverly asked, "Madam, can I go and take a look?"
"No need, let's go." The wife of the eldest wife of the Cai family had no intention of having anything to do with the girl of the Shen family, but she couldn't help but stare at the tea stall from the car window.
When my brother-in-law and his wife approached with dark faces, the two girls stood up and saluted. Their manners were extremely bad. Grandpa really should see these so-called Jinshi nieces with his own eyes.
It's just a title, after all, he comes from a farming family.
As the carriage went away, she could no longer see what was happening next...
Shen Lingzhu didn't know that someone disliked her senior sister. She didn't understand why Shen Bagu suddenly appeared and abruptly asked the two of them to go with her.
Seeing the two sisters' confused expressions, Shen Bagu turned to Chen Ru, who was not wearing his official uniform, and said, "Sir, you don't mind if I take my child away, right?"
"Go ahead." Chen Ru glanced at Miss Shen, who was mostly blocked by her, and instantly understood what she meant.
As he stood up to leave, he said maliciously, "I agree with Miss Shen's proposal. Let's meet at the cabin on August 16th."
While Shen Bagu was stunned, the other party had already strode away. She turned to the two sisters: "What... what wooden house? Miaozhu..."
"Eighth Aunt, why do you interrupt the conversation without asking anything?" Shen Lingzhu was speechless.
Shen Bagu scolded her, "What do you know?" Then she said to Miaozhu, "She is young and doesn't understand. You should know why."
"I apologize, but I don't quite understand. If Eighth Aunt is busy, please go ahead. We still have to run the stall and sell our wares."
If you need help, the brothers in the clan are all here." Shen Miaozhu knew what she meant, but she didn't point it out.
She pointed to another tea table where several young men from the Shen family had been following them. They were sent over by Xia Xing to guard the table when the two sisters sat down.
When the young men called out for help, Shen Bagu discovered that several of her nephews were sitting at the next table. Oh no!
She didn't see it in time and was misunderstood by the eldest sister-in-law, "I'm fine, you two are little girls, don't show yourselves in public.
I have something to do, so I'll leave first." Before she finished speaking, she turned and left.
Shen Lingzhu was a little puzzled, "Is she okay or is she okay?
He suddenly showed up, disrupted what we were talking about and left.
What could have been done in one negotiation has now become two or more."
"I don't know. We have to ask my uncle to come out on the 16th." Shen Miaozhu could feel Chen Ru's distrust of them, so she found a trustworthy endorsement.
However, when they and their eldest brother who had returned from Foguang Temple rushed home overnight and mentioned to their uncle that they wanted to rent the legendary Grape Valley, Shen Huai not only disagreed, but opposed it.
"Is it because Mr. Geng proposed the lease first?" Shen Lingzhu wondered.
Shen Huai shook his head and asked Shen Miaozhu and Shen Xianzhu, "Do you know why?"
Shen Xianzhu: "Dad, it's not appropriate for me to get involved with official matters or personnel matters right now."
"Is it related to the balance between civil and military power?" Shen Miaozhu thought more.
Shen Huai asked Shen Lingzhu again, which of the two reasons was it?
Shen Lingzhu thought for a moment and said, "Civil officials also marry into the families of dukes and nobles.
That’s why I chose the reason my eldest brother said.” She noticed that in recent days, her uncle would occasionally test them on something.
For example, if Xia Xing doesn't take 30%, how much should his family give him? And when his uncle Qi Bo comes back, he should be given more rewards.
"But uncle, if we can revive that grape valley, we can definitely make a lot of money from winemaking.
At worst, the lessee can use someone else's name." Shen Lingzhu knew that wine, regardless of age, was always expensive.
Shen Huai nodded slightly: "The Geng family is very suitable to rent it.
And if they get involved, they'll have a set of ready-made winemaking tools, saving us a lot of preparation."
Shen Miaozhu considered carefully: "It is precisely because it is his family that we will be able to make greater concessions in the future."
"All of this is based on the premise that there is still a possibility for the grapes to recover." What Shen Lingzhu wanted to do most was to go and see it as soon as possible.
She asked, "Uncle, are we going to ask the Geng family to come to the meeting on the 16th?"
Shen Huai nodded again, "Yes, let's all go and rest. After daybreak, we will go to Laoquankou to invite Master Geng.
I'll take you to Dahuang Village to give you Mid-Autumn Festival gifts."
……
Since he showed up in person, even if grandma had some complaints in her heart, she would not show it.
The old couple, including their sister-in-law and little cousin, all received gifts.
Grandma Qi pulled Shen Lingzhu and said, "Your uncle is a caring person."
"Grandma, actually it was my second sister and I who came to Beijing to sell goods.
We were supposed to go…” Shen Lingzhu was interrupted by her grandma, “You two are much more valuable than those bellows.
Letting only the two of you enter Beijing, not only your uncle, but even I disagree."
"Don't worry, grandma. We won't go on a long journey alone." Shen Miaozhu comforted the old lady at the right time.
When she mentioned that Shen Chi and his wife were nowhere to be found, she and her junior sister tacitly expressed their longing for them.
After this brief but successful meeting, Shen Xianzhu also brought back good news.
August 15th arrived as scheduled and left as scheduled, and in the blink of an eye it was the morning of the 16th.
Shen Lingzhu had something on her mind, so she got up early and waited for the arrival of Mr. Geng.
Fortunately, the old man also wanted to make wine as soon as possible. Soon after they met, everyone went to the wooden house in the small valley, excluding Shen Huai.
Before leaving, he said with certainty: "It is impossible for Captain Chen to hand over to you in person."
After just over a quarter of an hour, several fast horses came from the opposite direction.
But the person who came was not Chen Ru, but Zhuang Baibu, whom Shen Lingzhu had always wanted to find but didn't know where to find him. She sighed that her uncle was still her uncle, and he made a powerful prediction about her.
She felt a little relieved when she learned that everything was going well with her uncle and his men when he left Beijing.
"Senior Sister, my uncle is so capable. He took the initiative to develop customers for us." On the way to Yangma Valley, Shen Lingzhu sincerely praised her uncle.
Shen Miaozhu laughed at her: "Are you planning to let your uncle work with us all the time?"
"Why not? Give more silver, more than what my uncle earns from slaughtering pigs and selling meat." Shen Lingzhu felt that his uncle would be willing. After all, his grandfather could still do most of his work.
She was confident that her uncle would agree, but when she arrived at the grape valley and saw the messy grape vines with no fruits, her confidence was slightly shaken.