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"Shen Yan!!!"
Before the two of them approached the house, a stern shout came from afar, then a figure rushed over quickly.
"Shen Yan, my good nephew, your uncle has been looking for you for a long time. Where have you been?" The man who was talking was about forty years old. He was sweating profusely and seemed worried.
"Uncle Cai, you here." Shen Yanbei flicked the non-existent dust on his shoulders, said casually, "We are unable to keep the pot boiling*, so we have to dig wild vegetables."
*jiēbukāiguō: be short of food; starve.
Shen Youcai glanced at the basket at Shen Yanbei's back, it was full of the pile of wild vegetables. He smiled wryly. But Shen Yanbei's next sentence made him unable to laugh.
"When you are full, you will have the strength to go to the county."
Shen Youcai's smile froze on his face. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Well, I don't remember anything because your uncle is too old. I just remembered yesterday that I hadn't paid the rent. I brought the money and came here early in the morning! Who knows if you are not at home, your uncle has been waiting for you for an hour..."
Shen Yanbei smiled, did not speak, just looked at Shen Youcai.
"Haha..." Shen Youcai was so frizzled by him. He swallowed and took out a small cloth bag from his arm.
"This is the rent for the past two years, count it?"
In the morning, the eldest son Chengwu went to see him, saying that Shen Yan was going to sue him for occupying the farmland and let him go home quickly. He still didn't believe it. After all, it had been two years since Shen Yan came to urge him to pay the rent. But the eldest son said that the whole village knew about it. Guo shi also was so angry that she ran back to her family's house. Shen Youcai was immediately confused.
The elder son also said that if this matter was not handled properly, it would affect the future of the younger son. He immediately panicked. This was incredible! This Shen Yan... He hadn't seen any movement for two years, he thought Shen Yan didn't know about it. So the fact was that he was waiting for an enlarged move!
Fearing that Shen Yan had already set off to the county, he hurriedly asked his eldest son to stop the people. Meanwhile, he rushed home to calculate the rent and drove over Shen Yan's house without stopping. Who knew that Shen Yan was really not at home. Did he really go to the county? Thinking of this possibility, his heart was cold. Anxiously paced around the door of Shen Yan's house, with remorse and anger.
Did this Shen Yan want to make trouble after seeing their home? Was it because their family married the daughter of the xiùcái family? He was jealous because he married an ugly Shuānger instead? Or he didn't stand to see their Chengwen was going admitted as a xiùcái...
All kinds of suspicions flashed in her heart. But after seeing Shen Yan coming back, Shen Youcai didn't dare to think about it anymore. The young man in front of him was still the pure and gentle scholar, but the aura of his body was very different from usual. Shen Youcai had not seen him for a few days but as if he had changed himself, his smile made Shen Youcai flustered.
Shen Yanbei glanced at the cloth bag which contained seven guàn* and fifty cents. No cents were more or less. Passed the copper wallet to Gu Changfeng. Both Gu Changfeng and Shen Youcai were stunned.
*a string of 1,000 cash.
"Uncle Cai, you really have solved my urgent need..." Shen Yanbei said lightly.
"Haha..." Shen Youcai felt a little relieved.
"But Uncle Cai, you know..."
Shen Yanbei said again, Shen Youcai's heart came up again.
"At the beginning, you and my father signed a three-year contract. Now it's the fourth year, those lands...I won't rent it." Shen Yanbei said in a serious tone.
Shen Youcai was startled and his face turned pale. "Isn't this land well rented? Why didn't you rent it suddenly? If you don't rent the land to me, how can we live?"
The villagers who heard the wind in the morning now saw Shen Yanbei back. Many people came to watch the excitement. Hearing what Shen Youcai said, someone immediately said that Shen Yanbei was not kind.
With root grass in one mouth, about eleven or twelve-half-year-old, said gigglingly, "If Shen Xiùcái rents the land to you, he was the one who couldn't live! Your family has fields and cattle, which is enough to feed everyone. But Shen Xiùcái just got married and has a wife to support. If you don't return the land to him, wouldn't he and his wife have to drink northwest wind*?"
*hēxīběifēng: have nothing to eat; suffer from cold and hunger.
Shen Yanbei glanced unexpectedly at the young boy. He knew that the child was the grandson adopted by the old woman in the village. He seemed to be called Zhou Yu. The original owner seemed to have never spoken to this child. Why would this child speak for him? In the next second, Shen Yanbei knew it. The young boy grinned at Gu Changfeng as if he knew his wife. Shen Yanbei raised his eyebrows. When did his wife know Zhou Yu?
The villagers who thought that Shen Yanbei was unkind before all woke up and some people agreed. "Yes, Shen Youcai, Shen Yan now has a wife. You can’t say there are any more babies to raise. You have to return the land to him!"
"It's not just my family who rented his land! Why only me?" Shen Youcai's face and his thick neck were flushed. He suddenly paid more than seven guans. He was already heartbroken to death. He wanted to spit out the ground. Wasn't this killing him?
"The land that my parents rented out back then has the lease term. I have to take back all of these lands, not just from you, Uncle Cai." Shen Yanbei said loudly, looking at Shen Youcai without any doubt. "Now my house has no grain of rice, so I have to go to the fields to grow the land. So, Uncle Cai, you should be considerate of your nephew as an elder."
Shen Youcai laughed angrily. "It sounds good, so you will take back the land of the Lin family? I'm afraid when Lin Wanru calls you good brother, you won't want the rent!"
"Yeah, Shen Yan! You can't emphasize the color of righteousness!" The young man watching the excitement roared.
This Shen Xiùcái was handsome and white and he stood out among the dark-skinned farmers. He usually relied on himself as a xiùcái, kind of ink didn't fake colors* to others. But the best-looking girl in the village favored him, all day long, would shout him gēgē gēgē shortly.
*bù jiǎ yán sè: do not care.
Gu Changfeng glanced at Shen Yanbei worriedly. Shen Yanbei did not change his face. "Has Uncle Cai misunderstood something? At that time, men and women were unmarried. Your nephew was still young so can't deny admiring someone, ài. Inevitably that love a fragrant jade-like maid*.
*liánxiāngxíyù: to have a tender heart for the fair sex; be fond of women; have compassion for womanhood; tenderness toward women.
"But now that I have a family, I have to do a husband's responsibility to keep my husband full and warm." Shen Yanbei looked serious. "As for Miss Lin, I already have a family member, so I should keep the distance. I also hope that everyone will not talk about the young ones again, so as not to ruin the reputation of another girl."
Shen Yanbei's call was frank and reasonable, and the villager's onlookers had to admit it. At the same time, they were secretly surprised. This Shen Yan had changed so much after getting married. It seemed that this chōngxǐ was really effective! Looked, not only was the illness healed, but the mind was also sober!
Shen Youcai gritted his teeth. Shen Yanbei already said this, so he had to pay it back even if he didn't want to. He spoke while choking with anger. "Okay! I'll pay you back! But there are still crops in the field, I have to take it back!"
"Yes, but you must return it before Qingming."
"Huh!"
Shen Youcai gave Shen Yanbei a fierce look. Then turned and left angrily. He wanted to see how this little bastard would take back Lin's Family's land!
Shen Youcai was gone so the people watching the excitement were planning to leave. But Shen Yanbei suddenly stopped them.
"Everyone, please stay!"
Everyone turned their heads questioningly. Shen Yanbei gave a gift* to everyone sincerely. "Everyone**, at that time, Shen Yan was young and ignorant. If I had done something wrong, please forgive me."
*ràng lǐ yī cùn, dé lǐ yī chǐ: an analogy is to give courtesy to each other, even if things are small, the benefits will be great.
**xiāng qīn mén: the title honorific refers to the uniform honorific title for people in rural areas. It is often used to organize the lower platoon or the army's unified name for the rural population.
Shen Yanbei's humble attitude shocked everyone. No one answered him for a while.
The Head Village Shen Dezhong walked over from a distance. Just now, a villager came to tell him that Shen Yanbei was back. He is afraid that the two will make trouble, so he hurried over and heaved a sigh of relief when he heard what Shen Yanbei said.
"The Head Village," Shen Yanbei greeted with a smile.
"This is how young people should be!" Shen Dezhong looked at Shen Yanbei and found that the youth in front of him had no previous arrogance. He nodded secretly. It seemed that having a family could change someone!
"As the saying goes, I have a family now so I can't live in chaos." Shen Yanbei smiled. "I have to trouble the villagers in the future and I hope the villagers will take care of me."
"We are one family in the village, it is just as it should be."
Shen Zhongde was greatly relieved. As the only xiùcái in the village, he really wished that Shen Yan be humble and motivated. If Shen Yan could really stand out in the future, it also benefited their Shenjia Village.
After some words, the villagers' opinion about Shen Yanbei had changed a lot.
Looking at the villagers who were gradually dispersing, Shen Yanbei hooked his lip corner and said to Gu Changfeng who was holding the silver in a daze, "Okay, wifey! Let's go home and cook!"
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