Seeing that the door of Gu’s house was open, Shen Yuan ran straight into the house.

As soon as she entered the door, her eyes instantly fell on Gu Zhaoming, and she couldn't take her eyes off him after just one glance.

He is worthy of being the male protagonist. Even though he lives in a shabby room and wears simple clothes, he still makes people's eyes light up.

But Gu Zhaoming gave her a calm and humble smile.

The sharp and cold handsomeness on his face disappeared in an instant.

Shen Yuan was a little dazed.

"Miss Shen, what are you doing in my house?"

Liu found that Shen Yuan was looking at her son in a daze, and she felt both proud and annoyed.

She was proud of her son's ability to make the little girl obsessed, but she was annoyed that this young girl, who looked like a bean sprout, dared to covet her son. She was so shameless!

Shen Yuan came to his senses and found that Liu was also there.

"Aunt Liu, have you eaten...your meal?"

Shen Yuan was shocked when his eyes fell on the food on the table.

Did Gu Zhaoming, who would later become a famous and powerful official, have such a hard life in his early years?

Look at Liu again, there are many patches on inconspicuous places on her clothes.

Her hair was wrapped with a piece of coarse brown cloth and she didn't wear any jewelry on her body.

Because Gu Zhaoming was a scholar, his robe had no patches, but it had been washed so much that it had turned white, and the collar and cuffs were frayed.

Shen Yuan's scrutinizing look made Liu feel very uncomfortable.

Being poor is one thing, but being known by others is another.

Gu Zhaoming was also somewhat dissatisfied.

Shen Yuan came back to her senses and found that the mother and son looked unhappy. She immediately collected her thoughts and said hurriedly, "Aunt Liu, Brother Gu, Sanniang fell into the water. Fortunately, the second fool from Sixth Grandfather's family jumped into the water and rescued Sanniang. Otherwise, Sanniang...you should go and see her!"

After saying that, she squinted her eyes and acted as if she was about to cry.

Just as Gu Zhaoming was about to express his opinion, Liu stopped him, "Hey! How did Sanniang's child fall into the water?

Zhaoming is not a good person to visit right now, it's unlucky. Miss Shen, tell me, was Shen Sanniang really rescued from the water by that idiot?"

Although Liu felt that she would have to cancel the engagement sooner or later, outsiders didn't know about it. She refused to visit the couple on the grounds that it was unlucky for the two newlyweds to meet before the wedding, and this reason was also valid.

"Yes, everyone saw it. If it wasn't for the second fool who took Sanniang back to Sixth Grandpa for treatment in time, Sanniang would have..." Shen Yuan's eyes were red, but he was smiling in his heart.

The daughter-in-law who had not yet married into the family was wet and was carried home by another man in public. How could Gu Zhaoming, a scholar, accept this?

What's more, Liu was a widow and was known for being very concerned about her reputation.

It would be strange if she could accept such a daughter-in-law!

Shen Yuan guessed correctly. Before she came, the mother and son were still discussing breaking off the engagement!

The mother and son looked at each other, and they both understood what was in each other's eyes.

"Oh! This is such a pity. My Zhaoming doesn't have this blessing." Liu sighed.

Gu Zhaoming also looked regretful.

Shen Yuan pretended not to understand what Liu meant. She couldn't help but take another look at the two bowls of sweet potato and wild vegetable porridge on the table. Her heart sank to the bottom.

She was just thinking about snatching the male protagonist away, but she didn't expect that the Gu family lived in such poverty. If she married into the family, wouldn't she have to live a hard life in the future?

This won't work. She followed Gu Zhaoming to become an official's wife, not to live a hard life.

After Shen Yuan knew the attitude of the mother and son of the Gu family towards Shen Rong, he didn't want to say anything more.

She left Gu's house absent-mindedly.

It seems that after marrying into the Gu family, she will have to find ways to improve the family's situation, and she will have a higher status in the family in the future.

After Shen Yuan left, Liu and Gu Zhaoming discussed breaking off the engagement with the Shen family.

"Zhao Ming, it seems that Shen Sanniang is still determined to marry you. What do you think will happen if the Shen family is too shameless to cancel the engagement?"

After all, Shen Lianchuan's grandson is a fool. When outsiders talk about it, they will only think that a fool can save people and will never think of Shen Sanniang's innocence.

Mrs. Liu didn't expect her son to answer her. "No, I have to think of a way to make Shen Sanniang embarrassed to pester my son."

After saying that, Liu quickly finished her sweet potato and wild vegetable porridge and hurried out.

Gu Zhaoming looked at his mother's back as she left, with an ambiguous expression on his face.

He knew his mother and guessed what she was going to do in an instant, but he acquiesced to Liu's behavior. He was going to pass the imperial examinations in the future, and his reputation must not be dragged down by his wife.

Here, Shen Rong dried her hair, and her sister-in-law Li Fenglian prepared to leave with a cotton cloth so that her sister-in-law could have a rest. However, as soon as she got up, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Shen Yuan is here.

When Shen Yuan entered the room and saw Li Fenglian in Shen Rong's boudoir, he was stunned for a moment. "Hello, sister-in-law."

"Yuanyuan is here!" The eldest sister-in-law smiled at Shen Yuan. Thinking that she had something to say to the two little sisters, she held her belly and left the house.

Shen Yuan looked at Li Fenglian with a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

Is this Shen Sanniang's sister-in-law? She looks like she's about to give birth!

Shen Rong heard Shen Yuan's thoughts at the first time. She was quite calm when she heard these words, but the following words made Shen Rong lose her composure.

It's a pity that in the book, she didn't give birth to the child. It was said that she fell and caused a difficult labor, which resulted in three deaths. In fact, the fall of the eldest sister-in-law of the Shen family was not an accident, but a man-made disaster.

Shen Rong stared at Shen Yuan who walked in, and prayed silently in her heart, "Tell me quickly, what man-made disaster? Tell me quickly!"

Unfortunately, Shen Rong was disappointed. Shen Yuan did not continue to bring up this topic in his heart. Instead, he grabbed Shen Rong's hand with a sad face.

"Sanniang, the Gu family is too much. I just told them that you fell into the water and asked Gu Zhaoming to come and see you. Guess what Aunt Liu said?"

When Shen Yuan said this, there was an unconscious hint of a look of watching the fun in his eyes that was barely noticeable.

Shen Rong suppressed her anxiety and said, "What did Aunt Liu say?"

Shen Yuan tried to put on a sad expression, "She said that you are no longer innocent, and the Gu family will not accept such a daughter-in-law. Aunt Liu also refused to let Gu Tongsheng come to see you."

Then, her inner thoughts came out.

Although Aunt Liu didn't say such harsh words, her implication was that, so she didn't really lie.

Shen Rong was afraid of showing a happy expression, so she quickly lowered her head and pretended to be sad, but in fact she was secretly listening to Shen Yuan's thoughts.

If what Shen Yuan said is true, that would be great!

Shen Yuan looked at the eclipsed Shen Sanniang and felt a secret sense of victory in his heart.

Suddenly, she thought of a plot in the book that could solve her current dilemma.

Among the Gu family members, there is a member who can hunt, and he is Gu Zhaoming’s uncle.

That cousin dug up a ginseng that was hundreds of years old in the mountains and sold it for over a thousand taels of silver.

As a result, the news somehow got out, and within two days, the cousin was tragically killed in his own home.

The house was also set on fire to destroy the bodies. More than ten years later, when Gu Zhaoming became an official, he returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors and caught the man who murdered his uncle.

Coincidentally, the location of the ginseng was described in the book: in the dense forest of Daqing Mountain south of the village, under a crooked wild walnut tree.

That place is very remote. If that cousin hadn't found it by chasing a rabbit, most people wouldn't have been able to find it.

If, after entering the Gu family, she had a large sum of money in her hands, she would not have to live a hard life and could also support Gu Zhaoming's studies, then one can imagine her status in the Gu family.

The more Shen Yuan thought about it, the more excited he became.

Shen Erzhu and Zhang wanted to sell her to the old widower at a high price, and she didn't want those nasty people to take advantage of her, so she had to do it secretly.

Shen Rong listened to Shen Yuan's thoughts and secretly memorized that place in her heart.

If I want to support Gu Zhaoming's studies, it depends on whether she agrees.

Ginseng of such an old age should be helpful for my sister-in-law to have a baby, right?

However, what she wanted to find out most now was how her sister-in-law's misfortune was caused?

But how should she talk to Shen Yuan?

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