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Inside the main room, Shen Chengjiu was wearing a clean set of clothes as he leaned against the headboard of the bed, as if he was specifically waiting for Shen Zhu.

"Yue Niang, you're back."

Shen Chengjiu was very happy to see Shen Zhu, he invited her to sit by his bedside, "I heard that you caught a cold a few days ago, are you alright?"

"Dad, don't worry. I'm fine now." Shen Zhu hurriedly walked to the head of the bed and sat down.

A few days ago, news of her illness spread from the Minister Mansion, and it was only a pretext used by the Madame Chen to hide it from others. At that time, she was not even in the capital.

However, seeing that Su Zhizhong was so worried about him, Shen Zhu felt extremely guilty.

"It's good as long as you're fine. The weather has cooled down recently, you should be more careful. Wear more clothes and don't catch a cold again …" Su Zhizhong reminded her in a few words.

Shen Zhu patiently listened, and waited for him to finish speaking before speaking: "Father, I've remembered all that you've said, has your body gotten better recently?"

When he thought about how he had been in the capital for such a long time and had been busy opening a shop, he felt extremely guilty.

"Don't worry about me, I'm already much better. I can even move my hands now …"

Shen Chengjiu laughed happily, and then he quickly asked about Shen Zhu's situation.

Shen Zhu didn't want Su Zhizhong to worry, so he brought out some good stuff for him to tell, and also told Su Zhizhong about the jokes that he and Ruanruan would usually make fun of, making him laugh out loud.

Not long after, Zhu Huiru came in the room and politely called Shen Zhu to eat, and the father and daughter stopped talking.

At the dining table, Zhu Huiru was even more so, unceasing serving food to Shen Zhu, and spoke a lot of words of concern.

Her family treated her warmly, which made Shen Zhu even more suspicious of them.

"Come, Yue Niang, this is the chicken I bought on the streets this morning. Eat more."

Zhu Huiru said as he picked up a piece of chicken for Shen Zhu.

"Also, I went to buy this pork early in the morning. It's quite fresh."

After finishing the chicken, Zhu Huiru immediately added another piece of pork into Shen Zhu's bowl, then laughed: "At home, you cannot be polite."

Shen Zhu looked at the small pile of meat in the bowl and tilted his head to look at Su Zongwen. The two of them looked at each other and saw a hint of doubt in each other's eyes.

"Mom, my bowl is no longer fit. You can eat by yourself."

Shen Zhu quietly ate the meat in the bowl. Since Zhu Huiru did not say anything, she would not be stupid enough to ask them what their plans were.

"Sigh." After Zhu Huiru heard this, he sat down.

"Yue Niang, I heard that the Emperor advanced to the level of Zong Wen two days ago and even gave him a lot of things?" Zhu Huiru sized up Shen Zhu's expression, at the same time, he laughed and praised: "Zong Wen is truly capable, Yue Niang, it is truly a blessing that you can marry such a husband …"

Zhu Huiru secretly nudged Shen Liyang with his elbow as he spoke. Shen Liyang was startled, then immediately laughed and agreed: "That's right, your brother-in-law is so capable, little sister sure is lucky."

"Mom and big brother are being too serious." Shen Zhu replied indifferently.

"Sigh …" After Zhu Huiru heard this, he let out a small sigh and said: "Yue Niang, among all the brothers and sisters in the family, you are the one who is trying hard to marry a good husband."

"It's not easy for your sister to get married into the Kong Family, and your second brother didn't find anything to do in the capital either.

Zhu Huiru changed the topic of his conversation and continued to speak with grievance: "But your big brother is only an official who is the size of a sesame seed. His monthly salary is only that little, and our family has six or seven mouths to eat.

"Yeah, little sister, I heard that the emperor bestowed a lot of things to brother-in-law. You guys have a lot of Minister Mansion and are big, so you don't care about the small amount of money. How about you help out your family?"

Shen Liyang immediately agreed, and used Shen Chengjiu as a shield.

"We don't care, as long as there is food to eat, we will not die of hunger. But Father's health is not good, not to mention taking medicine every day, every month he will have to invite a doctor to take his pulse. This is not a small expense."

Look, he really wasn't that kind.

"How much do you want?" Shen Zhu slowly put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, as he asked with a calm expression.

Seeing that, Shen Liyang immediately became happy, and secretly extended his hand to pull Zhu Huiru's hand.

"Yue Niang, don't worry, we don't need that much either." Zhu Huiru smiled and squinted, and slowly extended a hand out, "Give us five thousand gold, and it will be enough."

"You really dare to open your mouth. Be careful that you don't bite off more than you can chew."

Shen Zhu sneered, five thousand gold was not a small sum even to Minister Mansion, the appetite of these people was truly enormous.

When Shen Liyang heard this, he was instantly displeased, and his face became a little ugly: "The Minister Mansion is huge, a mere five thousand silver is nothing. From what I see, based on Su Zongwen's contributions this time, the Emperor has bestowed more than just this amount.

What are you saying, big brother? He risked his life for all those rewards Brother Wen gave him. If you think it's so easy to get those, how about we give you the chance to do that next time?

Shen Zhu coldly said: "If Big Brother goes to the front line, I might even be able to receive more contributions."

"You, what do you mean by that!" After Shen Liyang heard this, his face turned green, and he angrily stood up.

He had only killed a few chickens at most, how could he dare to go on the battlefield and kill people?

"Big brother Shen, please take note of your words and actions." Shen Liyang stood up immediately and stood beside Shen Zhu with a cold face.

Shen Liyang could feel the faint anger on the man's body, and immediately felt guilty.

Zhu Huiru immediately pulled his arm and fiercely glared at him, and reprimanded him: "If you don't know how to speak, then don't. Sit down and properly eat your meal."

Shen Liyang coldly snorted. Adding the fear he had of Su Zongwen, he could only return to his seat.

"Yue Niang, don't mind him, your big brother has such a personality. With his current personality, how could he possibly participate in the competition with Zong Wen?" Zhu Huiru smiled.

"I'm full." Shen Zhu didn't pay attention to Zhu Huiru as he stood up, "Mother, it's getting late, I think.

"Brother Wen, have you finished eating?" Shen Zhu turned and looked at Su Zongwen.

"Mm, let's go back." Su Zongwen reached out and held Shen Zhu's hand.

"Yue Niang, how can you be full after eating so little? Why don't you eat some more? " Zhu Huiru hurriedly said.

"No need." Shen Zhu thought that since her relationship with the Shen family had improved a lot, and with the Shen family doing their best to take care of Shen Chengjiu, it was natural for her to help him, so she took out a silver ingot and placed it on the table.

"I really can't take out five thousand taels, and I definitely won't use the family's money. I saved this one hundred taels for myself, so I'll give it to you today as a form of filial piety."

"One hundred taels …" Zhu Huiru looked at the silver on the table, and the smile on his face stiffened, "Yue Niang, this, a hundred silver coins, isn't it a little too little?"

"If Mom thinks it's too little, then I'll take it back." Shen Zhu said as he pretended to take back the silver.

Zhu Huiru immediately extended his hand and took the silver, but he was still unwilling: "Yue Niang, that's not what I meant, I just feel that your father's body has not fully recovered yet, and has spent a lot of money, so I'm afraid a hundred silver is not enough."

"Mother must be joking, don't we still have brothers and sisters here?" "My brothers, sisters and brothers are doing well. Are they afraid that they won't be able to find work to do?"

Shen Zhu did not give Zhu Huiru any chance to speak, after that, he turned and left, "If there's nothing else, I will take Brother Wen with me."

"Yue Niang, Yue Niang..." Zhu Huiru immediately shouted, trying to stop the two of them, but the two of them turned a deaf ear to the voices behind them and directly walked out of the courtyard.