Shen Jintang's eyes lit up when she looked at the pheasant. When she was picking the mushrooms, she was still thinking that chicken stewed with mushrooms would be the most delicious. She didn't expect that her second brother actually shot a pheasant.

Shen Yunxuan saw her gaze and smiled as he mentioned the two rabbits with their limbs tied in his hands: "Do you like it, sister? I'll raise it for you when I get home."

Shen Jintang shook his head, pointed at the pheasant held in Shen Yunxuan's other hand and said excitedly: "Second brother, let's eat mushroom stewed chicken tonight!" She pointed to the mushrooms picked in her basket and said: "Look, I picked a lot of fungi."

Shen Yunxuan looked over after hearing this and couldn't help but laugh: "Sister, although there are many fungi in the mountains, you can't eat them randomly, as you will be poisoned."

"Second brother, don't worry, the ones I picked are not poisonous and can be eaten," Shen Jintang said.

Shen Yunxuan wondered: "How do you know which ones are poisonous and which ones are not?"

"I read it in a book." Shen Jintang said.

Shen Yunxuan thought of the days when his sister was reading at home and fell silent.

When the brother and sister went back, they saw a group of people surrounding the door of their home from a distance.

Wails came from the crowd.

"It's the second uncle's voice." Shen Yunxuan frowned, pulling Shen Jintang into the crowd.

I saw Shen Song being tied up by a tall man, with several unfamiliar faces standing beside him, kicking him from time to time.

Opposite them, stood Shen Mu, Wu Qiuniang and Shen Yunxian with livid faces.

Shen Jintang's grandparents were pleading to Shen Mu: "Ah Mu, he is your brother. If you don't give him money to save him, he will be beaten to death!"

Shen Mu looked at his parents, his face full of disappointment and pain: "Mom and dad, I can't get out twenty taels of silver! Our family has no land, and we need to spend money to buy food and drink. How can we save it?" So much money?”

When Shen Mu said this, Shen Yukang and his wife felt a little short of breath. Shen Yukang coughed a few times and said to him: "No need for twenty taels, you give ten taels of silver, and we will also pay ten taels of silver." ”

At this moment, those people kicked Shen Song hard again and again, and Shen Song screamed repeatedly: "Stop kicking, stop kicking. I really didn't know Wan'er had a husband. She said to me Her husband died long ago, oh..."

When the men heard this, they punched and kicked him, and said fiercely: "What Wan'er said is not the same as what you said. Wan'er said you forced her."

Shen Song turned pale when he heard this and wanted to defend himself, but was slapped hard on the face: "Stop talking nonsense, twenty taels of silver, not a penny less."

This was said to Shen Yukang, his wife and Shen Mu.

Mr. and Mrs. Shen Yukang were so distressed that they covered their hearts and shouted, "My son."

When Shen Jintang saw this, he understood everything.

It turned out that Shen Song was hooking up with a married woman named Wan'er, but someone else's husband discovered it and blackmailed her out of twenty taels of silver.

Shen Yukang and his wife couldn't afford so much money, so they took them to their home to ask for it from their father.

It's really shameless.

The tall man in charge turned his attention to Shen Mu again. Seeing that he was wearing a long gown and looking elegant, he couldn't help but twitching his lips and said: "Mr. Shen, you teach in the town, and you have to earn two taels for a month's training." Money, after this year, even if you need to spend money to buy food and drink, you still have to save five or six taels of silver, right?"

When the surrounding villagers heard this, they all whispered to each other.

"Mr. Shen, how much does it cost to repair a month? After a year of farming, we can save two to three taels of silver by saving on food and drink."

Shen Mu looked a little angry. It was obvious that these people had just inquired and deliberately came to blackmail them.

It’s true that his monthly cultivation cost is two taels of silver, and he doesn’t need much money for food and drink.

But his family not only only eats and drinks, but also gives his parents 500 filial piety money every month, and also buys pens, inks, paper and inkstones, all of which cost money.

"Ah Mu, what they said is right. You can easily earn two taels of silver a month, and you don't spend much on food and drink. Why can't you get only ten taels of silver? They beat your brother!"

As Mrs. Shen spoke, she beat Shen Mu angrily.

When Wu Qiuniang saw this, she felt distressed and quickly stepped forward to block Shen Mu's fist.

"Mom, don't be like this. Our family has a lot of expenses. Ah Ban and Ah Xuan need to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones to go to school. We are asked to spend ten taels of silver. It is really embarrassing for us."

Shen Jintang had already seen that she was full of anger. When she saw Old Shen punching her mother mercilessly one after another, she couldn't help but rushed forward with anger and grabbed Old Shen's wrist.< /p>

"Grandma, are you too partial? It's your youngest son who did the immoral thing. You don't beat him? But you beat my parents. What's the point?" Shen Jintang sneered.

Mrs. Shen didn't expect to be questioned by her granddaughter like this. The force that grabbed her wrist was like an iron rope. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't break free. Her face couldn't help turning blue and white, and she couldn't help but said harshly: "You idiot, What do you know? Why don’t you let me go quickly!"

Shen Mu sighed and said with a wry smile: "Okay, okay, I'll just give you ten taels of silver."

With that said, she motioned to Wu Qiuniang to get it.

Wu Qiuniang hesitated for a moment, wiped her tears and said, "That's your travel expenses to take the provincial examination."

Just these ten taels of silver, but I have saved them for many years.

She knew that her husband wanted to have an official career, but there was no money at home for him to take the scientific examination. She finally saved the ten taels of silver to prepare for travel expenses during the provincial examination next year, but now...

Wu Qiuniang wiped away her tears and took out the silver.

Brothers Shen Yunxuan and Shen Yunxuan stood aside and watched, intent on stopping it, but they also knew that what their father had already made up his mind was beyond their ability to stop.

Therefore, we can only glare at the culprit Shen Song.

When Shen Song saw his sister-in-law taking out the silver, he became excited and screamed: "Sister-in-law, father and mother, give them the money quickly, my son is about to be beaten to death."

Shen Jintang stopped Wu Qiuniang. She looked at Shen Yukang and Mrs. Shen and said, "This money was saved by my parents for many years to pay for the provincial examination. Just giving it to others is tantamount to cutting off his Future."< /p>

Her eyes grew colder by the minute: "When we were separated, you didn't allocate an acre of land to our family, and you asked my father to spend 500 coins every month to honor you."
Chapter completed!