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The news that the daughter of the Xue family and the Bo family, which was the family of the county magistrate, were discussing marriage had spread in the village. When it came to the daughter of the Xue family, it was impossible not to mention Shen JunXi from the eldest son’s family of the Shen family. A lot of people knew about the engagement between two families at that time.
It may be that Chen Shi had said something outside, and some people said like that when they were discussing, “The Shen family and the Xue family were only talking about the engagement verbally. The girl was still so young at that time, so there was no need to rush to make it formal. It’s not like no one wants the girl, and not to mention that the Xue family’s conditions are so good, do they still have to worry that their daughter won’t be able to get married?”
As everyone knew, the Xue family was afraid of missing Shen JunXi, a good seedling who could study, so they decided to settle the engagement early. Now that they backed out saying like that, everyone seemed to be able to accept it very well. After all, Shen JunXi was down and out, so what else could he do to marry the daughter from the Xue family?
It’s not that no one stood up to speak for the Shen family, saying that the Xue family was disdainful and went back on their word.
Others immediately laughed and said; then ask yourself, if it was your daughter who was engaged to the Shen family, would you be willing to let your daughter marry?
That person was embarrassed and said; wasn’t the engagement already a scheme because the other family(Shen family) was good at that time, but now that their family was in decline, they were abandoned immediately. After everything was said, it was all their (Xue family) own fault, and it had nothing to do with the Shen family.
Unfortunately, no one talked about the misdeeds of the Xue family, instead everyone was laughing at the downfall of the Shen family.
The old lady of the Shen family’s main family heard about that from a junior. Now she was living with the third child, Shen DongYing. Her third child’s wife, Wang Shi, asked her if she wanted to get involved in the matter of the eldest son’s family. The Xue family was a bit too bullying. Although the eldest son had separated, his surname was still Shen.
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The old lady was not that upset. When she was the daughter-in-law of the Shen family, her mother-in-law adopted her first child, who was the eldest son, Shen DongMing. Later, she gave birth to a second and third child, and she couldn’t even take care of them, so how could she still think about the eldest son, Shen DongMing.
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After the old lady became the matriarch of the family, she ignored Shen DongMing and his wife. She looked down upon the eldest son who was neither smart nor educated and was taught by her mother-in-law. Old master Shen had been a scholar all his life. Like his wife, he disliked the honest and dull eldest son, but preferred the third son who was good at studying.
As for Shen DongQi, the second son of the Shen family, although he was not good at studying, he could run a business. His tea garden was the largest in the entire ChaShan Village, and he earned the most money in the village. Ten years ago, the second son and the third son of the Shen family opened a Shen family private school in the village, which established the Shen family’s status in ChaShan Village.
It was at that time that Shen JunXi showed his talent for studying. Those years were the best years for the relationship between their family and the main family, because the old master of the Shen family valued him somewhat. But all this was ruined five years ago, and the relationship between their family and the main family returned to its previous state overnight.
Life had ups and downs, and he had to face it. No matter how difficult it was, Shen DongMing never asked for a penny from his family. He gritted his teeth and went to the dock to carry the goods. He saved every penny and cured his wife and son’s illness. No matter how hard he tried, their Xi ge still suffered from a disease that left him unable to speak. That was the most difficult thing for Shen DongMing to let go of.
After that incident, he completely stopped thinking about the main family. He could not depend on any of his parents and brothers, so he stopped thinking about them.
Mother Shen, that was Yang Shi, came back from the vegetable field with a desolate expression, carrying a hoe on her shoulder and a handful of vegetables in her hand. When she entered the courtyard, she saw her husband sitting on the threshold and smoking. She persuaded softly: “Smoke less. Your old coughing problem has recurred.” She kept hearing her husband coughing for the past two nights. She had searched for and picked some loquat leaves, to boil those for him to drink when she came back.
“It’s okay.” Shen DongMing knocked on the tobacco pipe and asked, “What’s the matter? Look at your doormat-like look.” In the past two days, there was groundless and slanderous gossip outside. He told his wife and son not to listen to any of those, but his wife couldn’t stand even half a word of those gossips.
Yang Shi turned around and said, “I’m going to cook.” Putting down the hoe and vegetables, “Where’s Xi ge?”
Shen DongMing signaled toward the kitchen and whispered, “He’s roasting tea.”
Yang Shi said in surprise: “Xi ge knows how to roast?”
Shen DongMing said: “Go in and take a look.”
In the kitchen, Shen JunXi was skillfully pan-frying the tea leaves, occasionally taking some into his mouth to taste. If the fire was too high, he would put out the fire. If the fire was too low, he would add firewood. He was doing it quite proficiently. Standing at the door, Yang Shi thought happily that he had the demeanor of his father.
The craftsmanship of the Shen family’s pan-frying tea had been passed down from generation to generation, and Shen DongMing was taught by his grandfather when he was still alive. In this generation, it was passed down to Shen JunXi. At first, he had little contact with roasting tea because of the imperial examinations. However, after an unforeseen event, he picked up the craftsmanship handed down in the family.
He had been learning the craftsmanship for three years, and today was the first time he was doing it alone.
Father Shen followed Yang Shi in and said, “How was it? Let me taste it.”
Shen JunXi turned around and saw his parents. He smiled and brought the pan-fried tea leaves to Father Shen in a bamboo winnowing basket.
“The color looks pretty good.” Shen DongMing picked up a handful casually, and put it into his mouth to taste. He commented: “It was overdone, and too crispy, so be careful next time.”
Shen JunXi nodded seriously and expressed in sign language: Understood, I will pay attention next time.
Yang Shi also gave it a taste and felt that it was no different from the tea her husband had made. She said, “Isn’t this the same as the tea you made?” It was the first time for Xi ge to make tea by himself. She felt that it was actually not bad for him to be able to achieve like this.
Shen DongMing said, “Are you the master or am I the master?” Being a master, one must know and follow the conduct of a master. The apprentice must not be praised excessively for the thing they do for the first time. Even if the apprentice did well, the master must say the apprentice is not doing well enough, but there is still room for improvement. That’s what a master should do.
Yang Shi said with a smile: “I’m a layman, you’re the master.”
The whole family laughed for a while. Shen DongMing clapped his hands and said: “I’ll hand over roasting today’s tea to you. When you finish roasting it, I will go there myself to sell it.” His son, Xi ge made tea for the first time, and as his father, he wanted to hear the customers’ comments.
Shen JunXi nodded in agreement and turned back to finish roasting the remaining tea leaves.
Their tea garden was not big, and every two months before and after the Qingming Festival, there was a good income every month. After the Qingming tea was the summer tea. The summer tea had a strong and bitter taste. It was not as light and fragrant as the spring tea, so it did not sell very well. In autumn, the tea market would pick up again, because the autumn tea was delicious, mellow and fragrant. If the spring tea is a young girl, then the autumn tea is a graceful young woman.
And if Shen JunXi had to talk about himself, well, his family didn’t like drinking tea of neither the young girl nor the young woman, what they drank was the summer tea.
Shen DongMing said that he would sell tea in person, so Shen JunXi didn’t need to go. Regarding LiHua Town, his mood was a bit complicated. He wanted to go to that place again to check, but he was also timid and nervous about going anywhere near there and he thought that it would be useless even if he went there.
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