Cannon fodder Gong Just Wants To Take The Imperial Examination [MTL]

Chapter 23

 In addition to building a crib, Shen Chenyu also wanted to make a dressing table for Shen Liushi, and an archery target and wooden man for Mu Linting. He also needs to make a desk for himself, and finally a big wooden bucket for bathing.

The more Shen Chenyu thought about it, the more she felt that their family needed a lot of things, and Uncle Shen's house must not have enough wood. He still needs to go to Uncle Shen's house, and then discuss the style and price of the things.

If it was just a crib, Shen Chenyu could rely on the relationship between the two families to ask Uncle Shen to make Xiaoroubao for free. But now he wants more things. After all, brothers still have a clear settlement, so there is no need for him to owe a big favor for this little money. In Shen Chenyu's view, as long as things can be solved with money, it's better not to owe others favors.

Since it was getting late now and Shen Chenyu was exhausted, he didn't go to the big house with Shen Jiayu now, and planned to go there tomorrow morning to discuss this matter.

After sending the Shen family away, Shen Chenyu was worried that Uncle Shen didn't know the style of the crib, so she took out the paper, ink, brush and inkstone she just bought today, and then wrote and drew on the paper for a long time.

What he said was not as clear as the blueprints. Uncle Shen is a person who is used to carpentry, so he must be able to understand the meaning of his blueprints at a glance, and Shen Chenyu's tongue will be saved at that time.

Shen Chenyu looked at the drawings she had drawn, and her eyes suddenly lit up uncontrollably. Speaking of which, he is a person who traveled over from later generations, and he has seen many more styles of furniture than ancient people. He can completely rely on the style of furniture in his hand to support the entire Shen family and even Xiling Village.

Shen Chenyu plans to take an official career in the future, he can't do business in an open and aboveboard manner. But the first and second rooms of the Shen family have separated, and the first room can do business there.

Moreover, Uncle Shen is a carpenter and a craftsman for scholars, farmers, and businessmen. Even if he makes his signboard bigger, he can only be regarded as a capable craftsman, and he doesn't have to be reduced to the lowest business status.

While Shen Chenyu was thinking like this, she picked up a pen and began to write and draw, her whole body was full of indescribable excitement.

If the first and second families of the Shen family can support each other and live in peace like this forever, Shen Chenyu is willing to push the first family forward.

Because only the big house followed suit, in the future, like the Shen family in Qingcheng County behind Shen Mingxian, he could become a strong and powerful backer behind Shen Chenyu.

But if the people in the big house are not honest and obedient, then Shen Chenyu will hand over the drawings to other people in the Shen family, and if the others are not reliable, then he will support people with other surnames.

Anyway, Shen Chenyu would not trade at a loss, let alone repay grievances with virtue like a fool. All the choices are in their hands, and then it depends on how these people plan to choose.

...

At this time, in the yard of the big house of the Shen family, Uncle Shen was clearing up the wood in the yard, and the wife and brother of the Shen family were also cleaning the yard.

Shen Jiayu walked into the yard, and said to Uncle Shen in the yard: "Father, Brother Yu said he has a lot to do, and he will come over tomorrow to discuss it with you."

Shen Jiayou's younger brother, Shen Jiayue, also It's the little brother from the eldest family of the Shen family. As soon as he heard what the Shen family said, he immediately said in dissatisfaction: "Then he didn't say how much he paid? We can't make our family busy for nothing, right?"

Before the Shen family heard the words, they had no time to speak. Uncle Shen's stern voice sounded over there. "What do you mean by that? That's your only cousin, who did you learn your pettiness from?"

Although Shen Jiayao was usually self-willed, he was still afraid of this father in his bones. Uncle Shen is the kind of person who looks easy to talk to, but once he gets angry, he will beat others.

Just when Shen Jiayao felt aggrieved and scared, the grandma of Shen's family who heard the commotion from the room also came out. She stared coldly at the aggrieved Shen Jiayao, and then followed her eldest son's words and said, "Your father is right. He is your only cousin. What's wrong with making something for him? I also took wild boar meat, why didn't I see you remember others' favors?"

Shen Jiayao originally thought that he was wrong, and was thinking about whether to apologize to his father. But when she saw the old lady who always favored boys, she immediately turned around unwillingly and went to find his mother.

In Shen Jiayao's heart, Auntie Shen is a eccentric person, she only has her son and grandson in her eyes, and doesn't care about him at all.

Because the old lady wanted Uncle Shen to take care of her, she would favor the eldest family from time to time. But the situation is different now. Shen Lao Er went up the mountain because he had no money.

Although the old lady felt that it was Shen Liu who killed the second child, she felt very guilty every time the night was quiet. She always felt that if she had cared more about the second child's family back then, the second child Shen would not have died at such a young age. In the mountains.

People in this era are more superstitious. She is really afraid that after she dies, she will have no face to go down to meet her old man.

Not only Grandma Shen felt guilty, but Uncle Shen was so kind to Shen Chenyu, most of it was because of his guilt towards his younger brother.

Because he was the eldest son since he was a child, the elders in the family would prefer him more or less. At the beginning, Uncle Shen still felt sorry for his younger brother, but after he knew that most people were like this, over time he didn't feel so sorry for his younger brother.

He took all partiality for granted, even when the two sides separated, he didn't think it was wrong to take everything.

But it wasn't until Shen's second child died, and Uncle Shen saw brothers supporting each other in other families, that he remembered his brother's good fortune in a daze.

Uncle Shen couldn't help but think, if it wasn't for the fact that the first and second sons of the Shen family had separated and he took over everything in the house, Shen's second son wouldn't have gone to the mountains because of lack of money?

...

After Shen Jiayao found his mother, he whimpered and talked about the outside affairs. Aunt Shen has always loved this brother dearly, even if the grandma of the Shen family doesn't like Shen Jiayao, she always holds Shen Jiayao in the palm of her hand. At this moment, seeing her little brother's aggrieved appearance, she immediately touched Shen Jiayao's face in distress.

"Mother, my father is really biased. He always looks at that outsider. When Shen Ming was here, he didn't see how nice he was to Shen Ming. Now that Shen Chenyu is back, he seems to be a different person. For Shen Chenyu he You just attacked me."

"And grandma too, she only has her grandson in her eyes, and she doesn't care about my feelings at all. Sometimes I feel that it would be nice if I were a man, at least I don't have to suffer from that old woman. Bullying."

Aunt Shen patted her brother on the shoulder, then lowered her voice and said to him: "My silly boy, your second uncle's death is a lump in your father's heart, isn't he treating Shen Chenyu well now? Because of guilt. At this time, you should be honest with me. Anyway, our family has not suffered during this period of time. What's more, you did not eat less of those wild pork, and your elder brother also benefited from him.

Your second great-grandfather was right before . Well, this kid was promising from the very beginning. How long has it been since he came back to Xiling Village? He has already established a firm foothold in our village. No one in our village has anything bad to say when they see him. Listen The meaning in your second great-grandfather's words is that this person will probably continue to study and take the imperial examination in the future. Even if he doesn't have the ability to take the exam for a top scholar, we will be honored if he wins a scholar."

Although Shen Chenyu just came back, it seemed It was their boss who suffered a lot. But this Shen Chenyu is a man who knows how to be a man. In this short period of time, as long as the second room is doing well, she will send some things to the first room.

Coupled with the wild boar herd incident this time, not only did their eldest family get a lot of benefits, but their reputation in Xiling Village improved as well.

Because of Shen Jiayao's bad temper before, his marriage has been dragged on without a deal. Now because of Shen Chenyu's good reputation, some people started to inquire about Shen Jiayao's marriage.

In the early years, Aunt Shen was jealous of Shen Liu's good looks, so there was a lot of friction between the two sisters-in-law. Originally, when Shen Liushi came back with Shen Chenyu, she wanted to take Shen Jiayao to show off. Now that she has seen the benefits brought by Shen Chenyu, she feels that the small favors and grievances in the past are not worth mentioning.

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The next day, because Shen Chenyu had a lot of things to do, he got up before dawn.

Originally, he didn't want to disturb Mu Linting's rest, so he planned to get off the bed lightly. Unexpectedly, just as he sat up, Mu Linting beside him opened his eyes.

Seeing this, Shen Chenyu whispered: "Woke you up?"

Mu Linting shook his head when he heard this. He was used to staying in the military camp before, and he had long developed the habit of getting up before dawn. He had been cooperating with Shen Chenyu's sleep before, so even if he woke up, he would stay in bed for a while, and wait until Shen Chenyu was about to get up before getting up.

Mu Linting heard the movement of Shen Chenyu putting on clothes, and followed Shen Chenyu to start putting on clothes. During this period of time, although the two have been sleeping on the same bed, they slept in two quilts.

In the eyes of outsiders, they are a young couple, only the two of them know their situation. If it weren't for worrying about the people in the village talking nonsense, Shen Chenyu felt that it would be better for each person to have a room.

But because Mu Linting couldn't see anything, and he had almost no sense of existence, it didn't really delay Shen Chenyu's work. The only thing that bothered Shen Chenyu a little was that he was worried that his love of tossing would delay Mu Linting's rest.

After Shen Chenyu got up, she went to the next room to read a book for a while. Because Shen Chenyu has come into contact with these books, and he has the memory blessing of the original owner, Shen Chenyu is no stranger to these Four Books and Five Classics.

Shen Chenyu read the book for half an hour, and the sky outside turned a little pale. At this time, Mu Linting was making breakfast in the kitchen, and Shen Chenyu planned to take advantage of this moment to go out to exercise, and when he came back, he could just bring two buckets of water back.