Chapter 18
She understands vegetation, he understands people’s hearts
Li Erya, who didn't have any bad intentions, was holding the letter sent by Huang Xingye.
"Are you literate?" Shen Qingrou saw her tear open the envelope and reached out to grab it.
The man didn't know what An was thinking, but he actually wrote directly to an illiterate country girl. Seeing that she refused to hand over the letter, Shen Qingrou felt more and more that there was an ulterior secret in the letter.
Li Erya quickly scanned the contents of the letter while hiding.
Huang Xingye wrote in the letter that the chicken bone grass was selling well and that other medicinal materials were also being requested. If it weren't for the fact that he had to deal with the shop, he would have wanted to come right away.
However, he probably couldn't get away, so he would probably ask Huang Xingding and the housekeeper to come and write the name of the medicinal materials he wanted to purchase in the letter.
Thinking of the Kuzhai vegetables he had asked the people in Luowan Village to prepare and the Tongcao harvested in Shifeng Village, Li Erya was extremely glad that the person who came was Huang Xingding.
Kuzhaicai is easy to convince Huang Xingding, but it may not be so easy to use Kuzhaicai. It seems that she also needs to have a good understanding of the market of medicinal materials.
Mrs. Shen on the side was staring at her with a strange expression. She didn't look like she couldn't understand the letter just now, and she didn't know if she was secretly learning to read.
She couldn't read the two pages of the letter just because she had secretly learned it when she came back. Mrs. Shen suppressed the suspicion that suddenly emerged in her heart.
However, what made her even more suspicious was that Li Erya actually asked Shen Muyin to help read the contents of the letter. Although there was nothing wrong with the letter, she couldn't help but tell Shen Nanzhou her doubts.
"I think she is a smart child. Since she married into our Shen family, she should be educated and literate." Shen Nanzhou thought for a while and then said.
"How is she smart? She has no eyesight at all, and she is always against me. You call her smart." Mrs. Shen, who had never refuted him, did not think Li Erya was smart.
"Are you sure she really doesn't understand?" Shen Nanzhou suddenly asked.
Mrs. Shen's heart skipped a beat. She had long thought that she did it on purpose, but she didn't want to admit that she had made a mistake, so she stopped talking.
Shen Nanzhou shook his head. Even he occasionally had the idea that Li Erya had already taken hold of them, and he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
But it was a good thing that Magistrate Sun came to visit them. He was an honored guest, and Shen Nanzhou hoped to learn some things about the court from him.
They were originally a branch of the Shen family. After being demoted, they basically didn't exchange letters with the family. If he wanted to know something, he could only ask about it from his former friends.
He only made friends with County Magistrate Sun after he was demoted here, and the relationship was not very close. After all, their temperaments were very different, one was informal and the other was cautious.
No, Shen Nanzhou was still looking for an opportunity to inquire about the news, but Magistrate Sun couldn't wait to show off the case he was trying.
When Shen Nanzhou heard this, he was amused. This was not exactly Huang Xingye's case, so he smiled and said, "What's the difficulty? I can also bring the big rooster back to life, and I can also make him stop."
"You know?" Magistrate Sun looked at him suspiciously.
"Mu Ci, go and show off your skills to Magistrate Sun." Shen Nanzhou said with a smile, secretly glad that the Huang brothers had come at the right time, otherwise they would have been embarrassed in front of him today and would have been teased for their good intentions.
Shen Muci responded, and just as he turned around, he heard County Magistrate Sun exaggerating that his younger brother was good-looking and that he looked smart and would have a bright future, as good as his father.
My heart felt inexplicably sad, didn't he deserve a bright future?
Until he revealed his secret, Magistrate Sun asked who discovered the secret. Shen Muci looked at his father.
Shen Nanzhou smiled and said that his family discovered it accidentally. If it was said that their third grandfather, Magistrate Sun, would probably not believe it either. He was still a little self-aware.
"It must have been your smart daughter who discovered it." Magistrate Sun glanced at Shen Qingrou and praised her again.
Shen Nanzhou smiled, neither admitting nor denying it, and asked his daughter to go down and prepare the meal.
Shen Qingrou lowered her head and slowly retreated.
The joyful scene came to an abrupt end when Li Erya came back.
Li Erya looked at everyone in confusion, and was busy sorting out the collected herbs.
Mrs. Shen frowned and asked Shen Qingrou to call her into the kitchen.
Shen Qingrou walked to Li Erya reluctantly, "Mother calls you."
"Oh." Li Erya responded. He hurriedly sorted out the herbs before walking into the kitchen. As soon as he entered, he found that the expressions on both of their faces were not very good.
She didn't do anything wrong. She just had a visitor at home. There was a carriage parked outside. The driver didn't look like he was from a carriage dealer, but rather someone with some status. He was probably a distinguished guest.
Soon Mrs. Shen reminded her that the person coming was the county magistrate and asked her to stop talking.
"Oh." Li Erya still responded lightly. That time when she entered the city, she glanced at him from a distance and the county magistrate didn't recognize him even though he was not wearing official uniform.
"Mom, look at her, she makes you angry when you see her like this." Shen Qingrou said bitterly.
The most embarrassing thing for the Shen family was that they were forced to let Mu Yin marry her. She was embarrassed to say that Li Erya would be her sister-in-law in the future, and wished that this ridiculous marriage could be ended as soon as possible.
Shen Qingrou's words were meant for her to hear, but Li Erya pretended not to hear them.
Even if she was willing to give up her position, Shen Nanzhou would definitely not agree. After all, he would not let Shen Muyin do something as disgraceful as divorcing his wife without justifiable reasons.
The Shen family was very happy with them, but she wanted to jump out of the prison immediately.
She understands grass and trees, and he understands people's hearts. They are not suitable for each other. However, Shen Muyin has a prosperous official career and still needs to be hugged. She has the power of the Shen family, so she doesn't want to cause too much trouble with Mrs. Shen and Shen Qingrou.
Inside the house, Shen Nanzhou had already explained her identity to Magistrate Sun. With Su Yue in front, it seemed that it would not be that difficult to explain Li Erya's identity this time.
County Magistrate Sun did not make fun of him, but instead praised Shen Muyin. If he had a daughter, he would probably snatch a husband for her, "What a pity, my wife gave birth to boys."
Being teased again, Shen Mu faintly blushed.
And Shen Muci had a polite and awkward smile on her face: Another day of being ignored.
On the other hand, Shen Nanzhou looked as usual and changed the subject to talk about something else.
Going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Magistrate Sun stopped teasing Shen Muyin and directly talked about a case that embarrassed him.
Two couples robbed a three-year-old child, and both families claimed that the child was theirs.
One family said that their child fell into the river and they thought the child was dead, but they did not expect that they had snatched the child away. Another family firmly refused to admit that the child was picked up, and the child only recognized them as his parents.
There were witnesses on both sides, and the case was not easy to decide. He was dragged on and pressed for a day, and he was so anxious that he thought of seeing if there was anything he could do.
He was not very confident at first, but seeing that they knew the secret of Huang Xingye's case, Magistrate Sun took Shen Nanzhou as a life-saving straw.
Chapter completed!