Chapter 119: Room 5
Chapter 119: Room 5
Shen Wen's good show was seen clearly by Shen Chenfeng and others behind the woods in the distance. Shen Meifeng said proudly: "He has lived outside for a few years, but he is still the same. He was fooled by those servants and wanted to kowtow to them. Alas! If it weren't for the old man's ban, not letting anyone hurt an inch of his skin, otherwise, he would have let us kick him countless times."
Shen Chenfeng's eyes were full of contempt, and he said from his thin lips: "She was born to be a slut, and now she has been panting under men for a few years, and she has become more and more charming. I guess the old man saw this in her, so he didn't let us hurt his skin!"
Shen Zhuofeng said with a click of the tongue: "Look, fourth brother, they are hugging each other in public. It's really corrupting public morals. I'm so angry that I don't want to watch any more..."
But his little eyes, rolling around, were always fixed on the brother and sister in the distance.
Shen Chenfeng knew his habit best, and was so angry that he slapped him on the head and said, "Put away your little thoughts. Even though she is a concubine serving men, she is still valuable in the eyes of the old man. Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you dare to be so bold, you can wait for the old man to punish you."
Shen Zhuofeng also knew this truth, so he laughed and said, "I know... I know. I followed Fourth Brother's instructions. He has offended Fourth Brother. Fourth Brother, please remember to arrange for him. I will make sure that he loses his power in front of the old man, so that he can neither live nor die."
Shen Chenfeng asked about the old lady's situation. The maid replied, "Master Bing's old lady was very angry and ordered people to punish Yin Chan privately. She said she didn't want her anymore and ordered the first lady to sell her out of the house. She also sent Yin Chan's family to farm on the farm."
Shen Zhuofeng said, "I had expected this outcome a long time ago. I heard that the old lady tortured her servants by private punishments, and many people suffered from her. In the early years, even the concubine favored by the old master was tortured by her three or five times. Moreover, no matter how smart and shrewd a concubine was, she would suffer from it."
After hearing this, Shen Chenfeng suddenly remembered the open and secret struggles between his parents and the old lady. His mood suddenly became low, and he said with an annoyed look on his face: "You all know how unruly she is. It's such a good show, why bother to criticize her? Okay, okay, just go do your own things."
Everyone knew that he was about to lose his temper, so everyone dispersed.
When Shen Wen and Shen Shuchan were about to reach the gate of the fifth courtyard, they heard noisy shouting and cursing in the courtyard through the wall.
After a while, an old maid came out triumphantly, holding a baby in her arms and followed by a maid.
As soon as he went out, he ran into the second son Shen Shuofeng's step-wife, Nian. Nian greeted him first, "Hey! Isn't this the grandson of my eldest brother, Yuan Chong? Why are you playing in a place like this? The one living there is an uneducated country girl who barks and bites like a mad dog."
The old maid agreed, "That's right. How could our Shen family marry such a wasp-like thing? She can't even hold a child in her belly. What the hell, she is in such a position that we have to call her Fourth Grandmother. Don't you think it's a loss? What good is it for our brother to have her? He plucked her flowers and acted as if he wanted her life. I have never seen such a stingy person. The maid who cleans the toilet in our family is more generous than her."
The old woman was so angry that after saying all this nonsense, she hurriedly took the child away, as if she was afraid that if she was a minute late she would be infected with the bad luck.
Second Grandma Nian smiled, then leaned against the door and said, "Fourth Uncle, can't you discipline that mad dog in your room? She dared to offend the eldest grandson of our eldest son's family. Is she someone you two can offend? If the old marquis knew about this, you, Fourth Uncle, would have another leg broken."
As soon as these words fell, a rough-looking woman dressed as a maid in the room took a deep breath and spat out, then said, "Pah! You still act like a master in front of me, thinking that you are the mistress of the house just because you married into the family. You are so shameless. You don't even ask if anyone agrees. You want to be the fourth lady of the Shen Mansion? Sure! Go underground and ask Miss Seven's biological mother if she agrees. No matter what she says, the elders of the clan happily married her. Unlike that old woman who has no one to want her for eight lifetimes! An old snake! She relied on calculations to climb into our family, and she is clinging to us and pretending to be stupid."
The other woman was panting heavily and could only say: "You...you..."
Seeing that she was defeated, the man became more excited. She turned her head and said to Nian, "Second Madam, you don't know that Hua's family was originally a poor family. Most of her family's business went bankrupt. Her father saw that if he didn't marry her off, he would lose money, so he set his sights on our house. It turned out that he set up a trap for our fourth master, stripped her naked and sent her to the fourth master's bed, and used her innocence to trick the fourth master into marrying her in. Oh! You can't imagine how shameful and wanton she was at that time. These are all said by the fourth master himself. My fourth master is afraid and hates her. Hua is a female demon crawling out of hell. In just a few days of marriage, she not only broke Honghe's legs, pierced Mu'er's face with scissors, but also beat and scolded the master every day. It's all because my master is weak and kind-hearted. He just said that she was rude and ignorant of etiquette, and that she would change after learning in the future. He refused to report to the marquis and divorce her."
When Nian heard such explosive inside information, she sighed exaggeratedly, which made Hua's face, which was already red with anger, feel even more painful.
Hua shouted at the door of the upper room, "Shen Pingchang! Get out of here, I won't live anymore... If you want to divorce me, get out of here, fine! You want to pay back the money you owe my family. Your Marquis' Mansion is noble and respectable. If you have the guts, don't owe me money. What's the matter? When it comes to money, you bastards pretend not to hear anything, right? You are a first-rank official or a second-rank military general, bah! You feel at ease taking our common people's money, thinking that God hasn't calculated it clearly for you, right? You are a bunch of beasts who eat human flesh and drink human blood. There will always be retribution from God. I wonder which of you old and young ladies can escape? All of you die... go to hell"
Shen Shuchan was so pleased to hear this that she forgot her identity and situation for a moment and started clapping and cheering.
Such appropriate cheers broke up a quarrel. Nian, who was leaning against the door to gather her emotions, immediately stood still, put on a graceful and dignified look, and looked in the direction of Shen Shuchan and Shen Wen.
However, when she recognized them, Nian relaxed a little. After looking at them for a while, she smiled and said, "Oh! Who did I think it was? It turns out that it's the Seventh Sister and the Seventeenth Brother who have returned? What's the matter? Is it because the Master and the Old Lady don't have time to see you, so they came back to wait? Our family is big and powerful, and the Master and the Old Lady have a lot of things to do. It's normal that you can't wait for an audience. As your sister-in-law, I advise you to kneel down sincerely for half a day every morning and evening. Maybe the Master and the Old Lady will be willing to see you and listen to you speak."
Shen Wen stood in front of Nian while she was talking. She turned around and asked Shen Shuchan, "Who is this? She is more talkative than the beggar woman who passed the message. She is just a gossipy woman. She is so noisy. If you have nothing to do, just kick her out. She is really unlucky."
Shen Shuchan covered her mouth and laughed, "She is quite noisy, but she is really from our family. However, she is also a poor family. The Li family that she was engaged to was rejected three times, so she became the concubine of the fourth brother. She is the wife of the second brother."
Then he said to Nian: "Oh! I'm sorry, I just remember that my second brother's first wife was Sister You You'er, I really can't call her that when it comes to you, so you just have to make do with it."
Nian was a person who was used to forbearance. No matter how annoyed she was in her heart, she not only did not get angry but also maintained a warm smile on her face.
Shen Wen said, "Sister-in-law? Is there a sister-in-law who would stir up trouble and hope that both sides would suffer, and then applaud and cheer? How did such a wicked woman with a beastly heart and no morals and no looks deceive my second brother and sneak into our house? I am really defeated by Shen Shuofeng's IQ. It is really a misfortune for our family."
Nian was a lady from a wealthy family after all. She had always been the one to mock them. This was the first time that Shen Wen belittled and humiliated her. Her years of forbearance and cultivation had been broken. She pointed at Shen Wen in disbelief and said, "You! How dare you talk to me like this? Are you really that bold?"
Shen Wen didn't bother with her any more, he just pushed her shoulder aside and walked into the door.
Shen Shuchan even smiled gloatingly at Nian and said, "Oh, look at my brain, I forgot that you also stayed in the boudoir until you were an old maid before you got married to my second brother as you wished. I don't know whether it is more pitiful to give money or to give love? Nian, go back and ask my second brother this question for me. What do you think he will say?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Nian's worries for many years were revealed, which really touched the knot in the fool's heart. Nian even lost the interest in fighting back. Nian covered his chest and walked away staggeringly.
Shen Wen entered the yard and saw the maid who had been cursing before.
The maid was big and strong, with half of her arms exposed, thicker than a man's, and her hands were also big and rough, and she looked like a laborer. At this moment, she was covered in mud, her clothes were torn, her hair was messy, and the bloody wound on her face represented the result of her battle.
Shen Wen looked at her like this, but she didn't even greet him or call anyone. She just stood there stupidly, only glanced at Shen Wen, and then stared at her enemy - Hua - with a squinting look.
Hua was still immersed in the performance of throwing tantrums and howling like a ghost, and her mouth was like a garbage station with endless garbage, cursing endlessly.
Shen Shuchan walked up to Shen Wen and said, "Seventeenth brother, look at what they are doing. Let's go back to our room."
Just as she finished speaking, she saw the door of the main house suddenly opened, and their father Shen Pingchang hurried out. Seeing that it was Shen Wen and Shen Shuchan who had returned, he ran up to them in three or five steps, looked at them with the same ferocious expression as before, and said, "You still remember to come back!"
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