A strong farm girl is busy getting rich

Shen Dakuan and Xu Guihua helped Shen Jiao back into the house. Shen Mei rolled up Shen Jiao's sleeves and checked her injuries.

A large bruise appeared on Shen Jiao's white and tender arm, which made Xu Guihua feel extremely distressed.

Shen Dakuan also had a face full of self-blame, blaming himself for being too impulsive and not being gentle enough. At the same time, he also blamed Shen Qingqian in his heart.

Shen Mei quickly found some medicine and applied it to Shen Jiao, who was in so much pain that she burst into tears.

Shen Mei said angrily: "It's all Shen Qingqian's fault. She made Third Sister like this! It hurts me just to see her injured like this!"

Xu Guihua also said, "Da Kuan, when you're not around, she bullies Jiao Jiao and Xiao Mei by relying on Qing Feng's protection. Now that you're back, she's still so arrogant. How can the three of us live in this house?"

As he spoke he wiped away his tears.

Shen Dakuan got even angrier when he heard this! He cursed, "This troublesome girl, she looked well-behaved and sensible before, but now she has become like this! I will beat her to death right now, and if Qingfeng dares to stop me, I will beat him too!"

As he was about to leave, Xu Guihua quickly stopped him and advised, "Da Kuan, you beat both children. If it gets out, people will blame me and think I instigated you! After all, being a stepmother is hard!"

Shen Dakuan said, "Then what do you say we should do? She is so ignorant, I can't just not teach her a lesson!"

Xu Guihua sighed and said, "Alas, this girl can't be kept when she grows up. If you keep her, she will become an enemy! She is already sixteen years old this year. I think we should find a good family for her as soon as possible! Maybe she will be more sensible after getting married!"

Shen Dakuan thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he said, "You are right. Just do what you want with this matter!"

Xu Jiao took the opportunity to say, "I'm afraid this matter still needs Dad to take care of it. Second sister won't listen to Mom's arrangements."

Shen Dakuan glared and said, "It's her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. She has no say in this! Let your mother make the arrangements. If she dares not to listen, I'll break her legs!"

This is exactly what Xu Guihua was waiting for. Shen Qingqian will have a hard time next!

The next morning, when Shen Qingqian got up, the yard was quiet. It seemed that no one else had gotten up yet!

She stretched herself. Anyway, she slept well last night. She didn't know whether others could sleep well or not.

After washing up, Shen Qingqian went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

But there are no ingredients in the kitchen today.

In the past, Xu Guihua would put things out in advance, and she would cook whatever was put out. Today, there was nothing in the kitchen.

Shen Qingqian guessed that Xu Guihua deliberately didn't give her dinner because of what happened last night.

Forget it! Anyway, she has money now and won’t starve!

Shen Qingqian took the sword from the beam while no one was around.

She wrapped the sword tightly in rags and prepared to go to town to pawn it.

After exchanging the money, he quickly opened a hot pot restaurant.

Shen Qingqian had already learned that when Shen Qinglan was kicked out of her home, Xu Guihua even said that she would break off relations with her. So Shen Qinglan set up a separate female household.

So Shen Qingqian planned to open a store under the name of Shen Qinglan, so that Xu Guihua would not be able to interfere.

When she arrived in town, Shen Qingqian bought a steamed bun from a roadside stall.

After walking more than twenty miles, I was really hungry.

The stall owner was a kind lady. She handed Shen Qingqian a bowl of water and reminded her, "It's easy to choke on steamed buns. Drink some water!"

"Thank you, auntie!" Shen Qingqian took the bowl and said gratefully.

After eating the steamed buns, Shen Qingqian walked towards the pawnshop, thinking that she would find a suitable shop after exchanging the silver.

When I passed by a restaurant, I saw that the entrance was full of people and it looked very lively.

Shen Qingqian looked up and saw that it was the "Lan Ya Ju" where she and her second brother had visited that day.

Shen Qingqian didn't have a good impression of this restaurant. The market price of a pound of wild boar meat was twenty-five cents, but they only gave eighteen cents. What a profiteer!

But why are there so many people here so early in the morning?

She was a little curious, so she stopped someone and asked, "Uncle, what are so many people doing here?"

The man said, "Little girl, you don't even know this? The Double Ninth Festival will be in three days. Lan Yaju will hold a poetry gathering. These are all scholars. Come here to sign up!"

"Oh!"

Shen Qingqian felt that this had nothing to do with her. What she needed now was milk and bread, and she was not in a position to be poetic.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard another person say, "This prize is really generous, one hundred taels of silver, I wonder who has the ability to get it!"

When Shen Qingqian heard about the one hundred taels of silver, he stopped in his tracks. He turned around and asked, "Brother, are you saying that the winner of the poetry competition can get one hundred taels of silver?"

"Yes, the second place gets fifty taels of silver, and the third place also gets ten taels of silver!"

Shen Qingqian was a little tempted. Even if she got second place, she would have enough money to open a shop and wouldn't have to pawn the sword!

After all, she is a modern person, has been to college, and has memorized 300 Tang poems, so her chances of winning are still great.

So she asked again: "Does it cost money to sign up?"

"for free."

Shen Qingqian thought, since it's free to sign up, then you'd be a fool not to sign up! If you win, you get money, and if you lose, you don't lose a piece of meat, so why not do it?

So she stepped into the door of Lan Ya Ju without hesitation.

The last time she came here with Shen Qingfeng, Shen Qingfeng went in alone and she just waited outside.

Now that I come in and take a look, I find that Lan Ya Ju is really high-end and classy!

As soon as you enter the door, you will see a spacious and bright hall, which is antique and very elegant.

The carved mahogany staircase leads to the second floor and then turns to the third floor.

The second floor should be the private rooms, and the third floor is probably the guest rooms.

There was a table directly opposite the gate, behind which sat two men, one of whom was in his thirties and wearing purple clothes, who were registering.

The other one was in his forties, wearing navy blue clothes, and was looking at the rice paper on the table.

There were more than a dozen people queuing in front of the table, probably waiting to sign up. Shen Qingqian consciously lined up behind them.

About a quarter of an hour later, it was Shen Qingqian's turn.

"Name?"

The man in purple held a pen, ready to register her.

"Shen...Qing."

Shen Qingqian thought about it, but still didn't say her real name.

She came here for the prize money. If she really won first place, her name would definitely spread, and it would be troublesome if people knew it was her. You know, the original owner couldn't read!

The purple-robed man handed her another piece of paper and said, "Write a poem with the word 'flower' in it."

"Oh, write it now?"

Shen Qingqian was a little confused.

The purple-robed man explained, "There are requirements for signing up for our poetry gathering. You need to have a certain level of knowledge. Otherwise, if people with no knowledge come to sign up, wouldn't it be a mess?

You have to write a poem on the spot and pass the review by Master Sun before you can participate in the poetry meeting."

The Master Sun that the man in purple was talking about must be the man in navy blue clothes next to him.