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It was Shen Dongsu who broke the silence first: "Father takes good care of himself at home, and his daughter will write back frequently."

Father Shen's throat itched and he hummed softly. Thinking of the misinformation about the 'Flying Sky' incident, his heart became solemn again.

"As a father, I don't ask for anything else, I just want you to be safe. No matter how busy you are, remember to send a safe letter to your family."

At this time, Father Shen thought of another thing and asked, "Did your elder brother tell you? He wants to go to Youzhou with you."

Shen Dongsu was stunned: "No!"

He reacted instantly: "Does father want him to go, or does he not want him to go?"

Do you want her to be the bad guy for rejecting? also.

Father Shen smiled and shook his head: "I didn't mean to use your words to make him stay."

"Your brother is right. He is of little use at home. You have a close relative to take care of you in Youzhou, so we can rest assured."

"If you think it's not troublesome to take him with you, then take him! I'll persuade you to go to your mother's place."

Shen Dongsu nodded and said: "If the eldest brother really wants to go to the border to find a future, I will naturally support it."

"It's just that the border is bitterly cold, and there are no weapons or weapons on the battlefield. Even if he is my brother, he will be just like everyone else when he enters the military camp."

"If my brother stays in Gwangju, he will be safe and wealthy throughout his life."

Unexpectedly, Father Shen was very supportive of his son. He chuckled and said, "As a father, I have always regretted it since I lost my leg. When I couldn't run or jump, how could I walk more?"

"Your grandfather asked me to accompany him to Macheng before, but I didn't even go. Now it's too late to regret it. It will be difficult to leave Gwangju in this life."

"Even if your brother wants to leave home and try his luck, how can I tie his feet?"

Shen Dongsu really didn't expect that Father Shen would be so sensible. Many parents do not allow their eldest son to travel far away.

I wish I could keep my child close to me, and I envy other people's children for their potential, but I'm reluctant to let my own children go out and have their own adventures.

When celebrating the New Year in rural areas, the second day of the Lunar New Year is to pay homage to the uncle. Shen Dongsu's uncle Jiang Deyun did not dare to let the princess come to visit him to pay New Year's greetings.

Early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, he took his two children to visit his sisters' house for New Year greetings. This was the first time since he got married.

Even his two children went to their aunt's house for the first time. In the past, Ms. Zheng said that her aunt's house was dirty and infested with bugs, so the children were not allowed to go.

He thought that after more than a year of relaxation, his three sisters would have a different view of him. After all, he was the only male in the old Jiang family.

As a result, when I went to my aunt, my uncle was hosting a banquet for Brother Dayu as an official. Jiang Deyun didn't even know that Dayu was an official.

Originally he acted like a city man, but after a comparison, he found that the Yu family was an official and he was just a businessman.

He didn't dare to take this attitude too seriously. It was because his aunt was soft-hearted and her attitude towards him was pretty good.

It was just that his uncle ignored him, which made him feel a little embarrassed. He put down the gift and was about to leave, but Sister Damai stuffed the gift back.

Jiang Deyun was also angry. Huh, I'm not here to curry favor with you! If you weren't afraid of being questioned when you go to Shen's house, have you ever visited your three sisters?

He's not coming! He had already gone straight to the Shen family to curry favor with the princess!

I arrived at Caizhuang angrily, but my second aunt beat me out with a broom before I even reached the door. The second aunt is not as soft-hearted as the first aunt.

It was useless for the two children to call their aunt. The second aunt pointed at Jiang Deyun’s nose and cursed:

"When Dong Su and Fourth Sister went to your house, this is how Zheng drove them away. Today you will also have a taste of what it feels like to be beaten!"

"You still have the nerve to come to my house! After selling my Ayuan, you still want to sell Dongsu. Now that your wife can't control it, you come to recognize me as your sister again?"

"Get out! I don't have such a heartless brother!"

Jiang Deyun went to his third aunt's house dejectedly, but it turned out that there was no one at home. After asking around, he found out that they all went to Shenjia Village.

When he speeded up and arrived at Shenjia Village before noon, the Shen family only had a group of guards and maids guarding the door, and the entire Shen family had entered the county town.

Regarding Jiang Deyun, Butler Liu had already told him that the guards didn't let him in at all. You said he was the princess's uncle?

If the princess is not at the house, she will not be received.

Jiang Deyun ran around with his two children all morning, but none of his three sisters wanted to see him, and they didn't even get any saliva.

Looking at the wealthy Shen family, he felt regretful.

If he had known that he would not have done those evil deeds, with his status as Princess Ling’s uncle, even the princes in Guangzhou County would have to fawn over him, and the whole county would be running amok!

What are the Shen family doing in the county town? Go spend money.

To be precise, it was Princess Ling who served as the God of Blessing and Wealth for one day.

As Butler Liu said, when the princess returns to her parents' home, she will naturally want to bless the folks.

Just like in later generations, if a rich man returns to his hometown, if you don't donate some money to the school, help build roads in your hometown, etc., what will you do when you come back?

Come back to show off?

The same is true in this era, not to mention that Guangzhou is still the fiefdom of Prince Ling. It would be too stingy for Princess Ling to go back to her natal family and not make some contribution to her hometown.

Shen Dongsu supported Grandpa Shen. Next to the county magistrate stood Father Shen, followed by Shen Linzhong, Zhong Yang and other Shen family members.

Today, Mrs. Jiang finally got her wish, dressing up like a lady and standing with the county magistrate's wife.

Also coming with him is Butler Liu, who is responsible for paying the money and supervising the follow-up.

First, donate money and books to the academy. The donated books are printed by Lingwangfu Bookstore itself. One academy directly donates tens of thousands of copies.

Then build a large medical center in Guangzhou, and then build roads. According to the village standards of official roads, they should be built to be integrated with each rural road.

Shen Dongsu expected to spend 300,000 taels of silver, but ended up spending only 100,000 taels. Mainly because Gwangju is too small, and also because I have a good housekeeper.

Butler Liu knew the market conditions well, and officials did not have the guts to embezzle the princess' money.

If the Shen family was busy like a temple fair yesterday, then today it is like a temple fair throughout the county.

Everyone in the county knows that Princess Ling came today to donate money to the county college, build a medical center, build roads and bridges...

The county magistrate held a banquet for the Shen family. Before the banquet, the prefect of Yizhou came, specially coming to pay New Year's greetings to Princess Ling.

At the same time, Princess Ling was invited to Yizhou as a guest. Yes, she was also here to ask for money.

When Jiang Deyun rushed back to the county town, he wanted to have a banquet in the name of Princess Ling's uncle, but he heard that the prefect was also here.

Now he didn't dare to mess around and went home in despair. No matter how much Zheng taunted him, he wouldn't go.

One wrong step, one wrong step after another, starting from the time when Dong Su and Si Mei came to borrow money for medicine and were kicked away by Zheng's broom.

They were destined to break up with Dong Su. Such a promising niece, it was a pity that he would not get any glory at all!

Shen Dongsu estimated that if she continued to live at home, officials from various counties would come to pay New Year's greetings in the first lunar month, so she wouldn't mind donating.

Anyway, it was King Ling’s money that was donated, and it was King Ling’s fiefdom that was revitalized.

King Ling himself wanted to do something to revitalize his fiefdom, but it was extremely easy for him to be caught in the wrong by the princelings.

But in the name of Princess Ling, it is completely different. Even if the princelings want to catch Prince Ling again, they will not involve a woman who pleads for the people!

What's more, because of her control of the plague, Princess Ling's reputation was soaring among the people, and the emperor also trusted Princess Ling very much.

No one wants to be in this limelight and Princess Shenling is lavishly extravagant in her hometown.

Also, once the road is repaired, her business will be more prosperous!

For example, Grandpa Shen's collection of tea is time-consuming and laborious just on the road. After the road is built, tea can be delivered to Shenjia Village in many remote villages.

Naturally, Shen Dongsu did not go to the invitation from the prefect of Yizhou. From the third day of the third year of junior high school, she thanked guests behind closed doors, and those who came to pay New Year greetings were directly received by Butler Liu.

At the same time, she really wanted to leave on the eighth day of the lunar month, and she didn’t have much time at home.

Grandpa Shen left her until she was fifteen. The difference between Gwangju and other places is that ancestors are not worshiped during the Qingming Festival, but lamps are placed on the tombs during the Lantern Festival.

The children all carry lanterns and line up to deliver lanterns to their ancestors' graves. The Lantern Festival is considered the most solemn festival besides the Chinese New Year.

After delivering lanterns in the countryside, you can follow the adults to the town to see the lanterns. The lanterns in the county town are more beautiful, but it is a pity that they can't go there without a carriage.

I just went to the town to see ordinary lanterns, and spent two cents to buy a bowl of hot sweet rice dumplings with sweet wine to eat, and I had a happy holiday.

What Dong Su longed for most when she was a child was to have a beautiful zodiac lamp, especially for her zodiac sign rabbit, which was so vivid and lifelike.

There are also magical rolling lights that spin and fly, and the lights won’t go out no matter how you play!

But these exquisite woven lamps cost at least ten cents!

Ten cents! You can buy five kilograms of brown rice. With the financial situation of the Shen family, how can you buy a lamp for your child?

The ones mentioned are all the simplest small lanterns made by Grandpa Shen and Father Shen, made of bamboo and paper.

If she was celebrating the festival at home this year, she would naturally have all kinds of lights, but there was another custom in Gwangju.

That is, a married woman cannot look at the lights of her mother's family, as it will affect the luck of her brothers in the family.

Of course, Grandpa Shen and the others would definitely not mind Dong Su living at home, but Mr. Jiang would definitely whisper about it behind his back.

If anything happens at home this year, she will definitely blame it on Dong Su looking at her parents' lantern.

Dong Su can also go back to live in Prince Ling's Mansion on the Lantern Festival, but as she said before, once the new year is over and the New Year's Eve dinner is over, her holiday is actually over.

She could put off leaving for a few days, but she still had to go. Depending on the weather, there will be a heavy snowfall. If the snow blocks the road, traveling will be even more troublesome.

Just like many people in later generations go home to celebrate the New Year, no matter how happy they are when they go home, once the New Year is over, they have to count down the time to return.

The contract with Ling Wang has not expired, she is still a migrant worker, her boss is still suffering at the border, she is enjoying herself at home, and she feels a little guilty thinking about it.

There are still a thousand forbidden troops waiting to escort her to Youzhou. These thousand people live in Prince Ling's Mansion, and the cost of one day is not a small amount.

The imperial army is different from the palace guards. They are the emperor's soldiers, sent to escort Princess Ling. They are a gift from the emperor.

Naturally, you have to serve them with delicious food and drinks. During the Chinese New Year, people can’t go home for reunions yet, so you have to give red envelopes and make new clothes.

If the quality of life is not as good as in Chang'an, who will go on a mission with Princess Ling next time?

Just cook a bowl of vegetables and noodles as a midnight snack for the royal guards, but you have to add an egg for the imperial guards! You need to cut some of the pickles! A thousand people are spending money everywhere.

In this era, the most expensive thing is to raise soldiers.

Moreover, the palace guards can be ordered by the princess to carry pond mud for the Shen family, but the imperial army cannot.

Butler Liu didn't say anything, but Shen Dongsu made his own estimate. It was not a small amount, so it would be better for them to complete the task and return to Chang'an as soon as possible.

So these days, Shen Dongsu spends all his time with his family, mainly with Grandpa Shen, who has to entertain guests who come to pay New Year's greetings.

Mr. Jiang doesn't need her, and it feels like Mr. Jiang is more comfortable without her at home.

As soon as she was at home, the whole family would surround her, and Mrs. Jiang had long been secretly sulking. I feel that it is not my daughter who is coming back, but my ancestor!

Shen Linzhong had already said in front of the whole family that he would accompany Dong Su to Youzhou.

Not surprisingly, Grandpa Shen and Father Shen were supportive, and only Jiang once again showed his ability to shed tears at will.

Holding Shen Linzhong in her arms and crying loudly, she would go on a hunger strike or something like that if he dared to leave without asking him to get married.

While crying, she stared at Shen Dongsu, as if she had tricked her eldest brother into leaving home.

Shen Dongsu was completely speechless. She didn't want to say a word to Jiang, and she didn't even say a few words to appease Jiang.

Although Shen Linzhong has not married yet, she has begun to sympathize with her future sister-in-law. If she continues like this, Shen Linzhong will coax her whenever she cries.

After that, the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would be troublesome, even if her daughter was at home. When Mrs. Jiang cried, it seemed as if she had been bullied.

Not to mention the future daughter-in-law! She calmly ate her meal and left the table, leaving Jiang to cry while holding Shen Linzhong's hand.

Father Shen's face was gloomy, he felt so embarrassed!

In this way, he had to support Lin Zhong in leaving home. Otherwise, how could Lin Zhong be determined with such a mother holding him back?

Not to mention, Father Shen made a decision on the spot to let Zhongyang and Xiaohu live in the college after school started. Like other children, they would return home every half month.

Xiaohu was confused. He couldn't bear to leave his sister and grandpa! Mrs. Jiang is Zhongyang’s mother, not his!

If his mother wants to live, she should be like her second aunt, not a crybaby like Mrs. Jiang.

But Zhongyang seemed to understand something, and nodded calmly with the same expression as Dong Su:

"Okay! It just so happens that I have to prepare for the children's examination. It's more convenient to live in the college and ask my master for advice."

Jiang's side just started crying because her eldest son was leaving home, and she was busy holding her younger son in tears and asking him not to live in the college.

Zhongyang didn't take this trick and pushed his mother's hand away with a smile:

"My son lives in the college to study. Being on the road every day is too time-consuming."

"Mom, don't cry when something happens. Crying won't solve the problem. It's the first month of the year and there are many guests coming and going at home. Mom's eyes will be red when she cries. It won't look good."

Zhongyang looked at his eldest brother like a young adult and said with a smile: "Eldest brother advises mother, good men are everywhere."

"When you gain fame, you can earn a royal title for your mother. This is a happy event, what is there to cry about?"

After saying that, he went to find his eldest sister. They had a mother like this, and there was nothing he could do about it!

Children cannot choose their parents, so they can only endure.

Zhongyang went to Dongsu's room, sat opposite her silently, and diligently helped her peel pine nuts to eat.

Dong Su asked funnyly: "Qingniu hasn't come to exchange meat for a few days. Isn't there any news about his family?"

Zhongyang also laughed: "No, Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Hu were too scared to show up when they heard that the county grandpa came to our house to pay New Year's greetings."

The two siblings joked and looked at each other, but they both made a tacit agreement not to mention the Jiang family.