The melon-eating system, everyone listens to my voice

Shen Zhao recalled the gossip about Wu Xiuyun he had heard this morning, and said calmly,

"Uncle, you should know that Aunt's younger brother passed the examination to become a scholar a long time ago and is now studying for the title of Juren.

But do you know? This scholar was originally yours. Fourth Aunt’s brother passed the exam to become a scholar by stepping on you.”

Shen Congguo was shocked.

what?

When Xiuyun's younger brother was young, he went to school at Wenshu Academy in the provincial capital. He had passed the examination for a scholar 10 years ago and was more than qualified to pass the examination for a juren at that time.

However, every time he took the examination, some unexpected things would always happen along the way, resulting in Wu Xiuyun's younger brother not passing the examination until he was 30 years old this year.

But it is said that her brother will be eliminated again this year.

I have made extremely thorough preparations this time and hope to pass the examination in one go.

Shen Congguo didn't understand why Wu Xiuyun's brother was related to him?

Shen Zhao continued calmly,

“Uncle, do you remember saving a dishevelled old man in the alley when you visited the town 20 years ago?

The old man was wearing a tattered cotton jacket, his lips were white from the cold, and his head was dizzy from the fever. You gave him your cotton jacket, took him to the clinic, and finally gave him all the silver you had.

The old man said that he was the head of the Chen family, and the old man said that the Chen family was very powerful.

I gave you a pendant and told you to take it with you and go to the capital to find him, and they will thank you for saving their lives."

Shen Congguo struggled to retrieve the memories from more than 20 years ago, and it seemed that this really happened in his memory.

At that time, the old man's lips were shaking due to the cold, but he kept saying that he was the old patriarch of the Chen family.

The Chen family is rich enough to rival a country, and they said that if I saved him, I would definitely be greatly rewarded.

Shen Congguo didn't believe it at the time. After all, which old man from a big family was only wearing a tattered cotton jacket, had a fever and was sick, and there was no one around him, so he just hid in the alley.

Shen Congguo saved him just because they happened to meet.

His conscience and kindness as a human being prevented him from standing by and watching someone die.

Shen Congguo did not take the pendant seriously. It was just an ordinary silver pendant with an ancient style.

Shen Congguo felt that it would not be worth much even if he pawned it, and it was a token of the old man’s kindness.

Shen Congguo put the pendant away and returned home in the freezing cold.

As Shen Congguo recalls, he returned home without his ragged cotton-padded jacket and was scolded by Shen Li for three days and three nights.

In the end, Shen Li gritted her teeth and made him a new cotton-padded jacket, but she used the cotton from his bed inside.

Where did the pendant go later?

Shen Congguo tried hard to recall and finally remembered something vaguely.

At this moment a sudden voice interrupted him.

"Shen Zhao, you are being mysterious. My brother passed the imperial examination, but it has nothing to do with my man.

You don't hate me for pushing you away a few days ago, so you want to alienate our relationship and make your fourth uncle hate my family?"

"Shen Zhao. How did you become like this?"

Shen Zhao ignored Wu Xiuyun's shouting and just talked to himself.

"Uncle Four, you remember that you gave that pendant to your current Aunt Four.

Because when she first got married, she had taken a fancy to this pendant, and the reason she gave was that she thought the pendant was of great collectible value.

You didn’t take it seriously at first. You didn’t doubt the person next to you, and just gave away the most important pendant.”

At that time, Shen Congguo and Wu Xiuyun were newlyweds. Not to mention that Wu Xiuyun just wanted a broken pendant, even if she wanted a pheasant from the Qingshan Mountain, Shen Congguo would go up the mountain without saying a word.

It turned out that Wu Xiuyun's request was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but something that had been planned for a long time.

Shen Congguo looked unhappy.

The words in my ears are still ringing mercilessly,

"But you know what? Fourth Aunt married you because of that pendant."

Wu Xiuyun's great aunt married into a small family in the provincial capital, became a maid, gave birth to a concubine's eldest son, and became somewhat respectable.

During that period, Wu Xiuyun went to the provincial capital and stayed at her great aunt's house for several days.

During that period, Wu Xiuyun met the former head of the Chen family by chance and was deeply impressed by the wealth of the Chen family.

"Yes, it's just as you thought. Fourth Aunt has met Old Master Chen.

When you sent the old man to the clinic, Fourth Aunt saw him and recognized him as the old patriarch of the Chen family. She also saw that the old patriarch gave you a pendant.

That's why I insisted on marrying you."

Shen Congguo's heart beat fast and his eyes were dizzy because of this large amount of information. He had no time to absorb and digest it.

Shen Zhao continued to reveal the news.

"Uncle, Aunt took your pendant and gave it to her younger brother overnight.

Her brother went to the county town to rent a carriage overnight and rushed to the prefectural capital. He was afraid that something might happen if he was too late.

At that time, although the old head of the Chen family was puzzled as to why Shen Congguo did not go there in person, Wu Chengcai used clever words and lied that he was Shen Congguo's younger brother and could not leave because his brother was getting married.

Not only that, Wu Chengcai compared all the information with the old patriarch, and the old patriarch believed it very much.

After hearing Wu Chengcai say that he wanted to study but his family didn’t have the ability.

The old patriarch waved his hand and arranged for Wu Chengcai to enter the Wenshu Academy in the city, and gave Wu Chengcai five thousand taels of life-saving silver.

With the arrangement of Patriarch Chen, Wu Chengcai entered Wenshu Academy and began his long journey of studying under the secret care of Patriarch Chen.

"Wu Chengcai took advantage of your life-saving grace to study at Wenshu Academy. Wenshu Academy has a strong faculty. With your guidance, Wu Chengcai successfully passed the examination and became a scholar."

“So, Fourth Uncle, if you had taken that pendant to the capital to look for Old Patriarch Chen, you would be the one who passed the imperial examination now.

My uncles no longer have to work hard in the fields, and my grandmother no longer has to worry about the family at such an old age."

What Shen Zhao said made a lot of sense. If Shen Congguo had passed the imperial examination, the Shen family would have changed its status. Maybe Shen Congguo would have become an official in a county now.

Shen Zhao told the whole story.

After finishing her story and calming down, Shen Zhao became that cold, harmless-looking girl again.

Shen Chengguo murmured, "Official", "Junren", "Pendant", "Old Master Chen".

With red eyes, he asked hoarsely,

"Wu Xiuyun, is what Shen Zhao said true?"

The rest of the Shen family felt the same way, looking angrily at this vicious woman who stole the credit of her fourth uncle to support her mother's family?

Wu Xiuyun thought about how her brother had repeatedly assured her that he would pass the imperial examination this year, and that she would then be the elder sister of a juren.

I decided not to pretend anymore. Besides, the Shen family only needed to send someone to Wujia Village to investigate, and they would know where Wu Chengcai was decades ago.

After all, Wu Chengcai and Wu Xiuyun's parents knew that their son had saved the nobleman and was going to study in the provincial capital, and they had already spread the news to the whole village.

There is nothing to deny.

Wu Xiuyun simply tore off her face and said in a deep voice.

"What's yours is mine, and my brother is also your brother. If he becomes a juren in the future, we will also benefit from it."

Wu Xiuyun finished her words with a thick face as if nothing had happened.

The first person to take action was Shen Li.

She rushed forward and slapped Wu Xiuyun twice. She originally wanted to kick her, but when she saw her stomach, she withdrew her foot fiercely.

"Wu Xiuyun, you are shameless. Are you sucking the blood of our Shen family to supplement your mother's family?

You whole family are shameless. The pendant belonged to my son, and it was my son who saved the man. Now you have taken away all the credit.

What are you still talking about here?

Bah, bah, if my son had passed the imperial examination, you would be his wife now. You are such a fool. "