After being rejected, he emptied the mansion and went into exile

Chapter 181: Family separation turmoil

Shen Jinyao ordered the blueprints and went back to tell everyone that work would start the next afternoon, and asked everyone to pack up their things and make room.

While Dongmei was packing her things, she asked Shen Jinyao, "Miss, isn't this enough space?"

They had already pushed the carriage to a place where it was no longer visible, and had built a courtyard half the size of a marquis's mansion.

Shen Jinyao did not explain the problem, but said to Dongmei: "When building the house, remember to ask the kitchen to cook enough food."

After arriving in Wuhe Village, the Shen family had not had time to discuss the matter of the housekeeper, and Shen Jinyao happened to take over the task of building the house, so everyone listened to Shen Jinyao's arrangements as usual.

Building a house is a big event for the Shen family. The village chief Uncle Li took the third master of the Shen family to repair the cave for making bricks.

The rest of the people started digging the soil to prepare for the foundation.

At first, nothing could be seen, after all, no one in the Shen family had ever built a house.

But Ma Liang and Ma Gui had built a house in the village before, so they knew that they needed to build four courtyards.

However, they did not discuss anything. It was only when they arrived at Wuhe Village that they learned that the Shen family was exiled. The brothers had not even figured out their future, so how could they care about these things?

Those who came to build the house included men and women, young and old.

As for why both old and young people came, it was for the twenty cents per person per day.

Shen Jinyao set up a table in front and asked Shen Zhixue to register everyone there.

There is a division of labor among men, women, young and old, and men naturally do the heavy work.

The women made quilts and cotton clothes and cooked for everyone.

As for the elderly, Shen Jinyao assigned them an important task.

"Grandma Zhang, you're too old. I'm worried you might get bumped when you come to my place."

Grandma Zhang bent over and said with great dissatisfaction, "Are you looking down on us? When we were young, we could do anything."

"Yes, no worse than those people."

Shen Jinyao smiled and said, "Grandma Zhang, you're joking. Jinyao's original intention was to let you take a break. In that case...how about I arrange a task for you that is both easy and important?"

Grandma Zhang and others widened their eyes. They had come here with a thick face.

After all, with their legs and feet, it would be dark before they could finish one round of work in the fields. Almost everyone in their family looked down on them, so they also wanted to earn some money so that their daughters-in-law would look up to them.

Shen Jinyao: "There are ten of us in total. Each of us will monitor a team. If anyone slacks off or goes home directly, please tell me and I will give us extra money."

When Grandma Zhang and others heard this, they thought it was a good job.

Isn’t it just being an official?

They were very happy to do so.

This group of people are basically elderly people of about the same age as the clan elders.

Although he does not have as much say in the village as the elders, he is fearless because of his age.

The hooligans in the village were so frightened when they saw Grandma Zhang and the others that they dared not say a word.

Uncle Li knew about this and said nothing.

I feel that Shen Jinyao is indeed capable and doesn't look like an ordinary girl.

He knew these people in the village, and they had been working together to build a house for the Shen family from the beginning.

After all, there are so many people in the village, and the Shen family doesn’t know all of them.

What's wrong with getting up early to sign in, slipping away in the middle, and coming back in the evening?

As a result, Shen Jinyao asked Grandma Zhang and other elderly people to keep an eye on the work. I heard that if they found anyone slacking off, they would give them extra money.

On the first day, no one knew about this arrangement.

It was not until Grandma Zhang caught a young man who was about to run away that Shen Jinyao immediately had the young man's salary of twenty cents reduced to ten cents and told him not to do it again.

The next day, Shen Jinyao said that the four teams would compete, and the team that built the best and fastest every day would get some extra money and food.

This is undoubtedly a slap in the face followed by a sweet reward.

With these two arrangements, the Shen family's house was naturally built faster.

The villagers' bad and contemptuous attitude towards the Shen family gradually changed into a different attitude.

Some people complimented them. After all, the Shen family was generous and not as arrogant as the previous wealthy families. They were also very easy to talk to.

Some people remain dissatisfied because these people are rarely satisfied with others.

Some people feel resentful, after all, the Shen family's wealth is still enviable.

Some people didn't care, because they thought that if the Shen family's house was built, what would it matter? If Wuhe Village wanted them to leave, they had to leave.

Shen Jinyao saw everyone's little tricks, but she had no time to care about them now.

Because of the Shen family, someone comes to see her every day.

It all started with the house.

When Shen Jinyao mentioned the competition among the four courtyards the next day, the people in the Shen family noticed something was wrong.

Especially the eldest master Shen Congshan, he kept it in mind.

He inspected the area for two days until he heard a few old ladies from the village chatting and realized that these were four courtyards that did not live together at all.

Thinking that the old lady was still recuperating and was not suitable to be disturbed, he went to find Shen Maoshan angrily.

"Second brother, what on earth is your family up to? You wanted to split up the family business without even telling me. Do you still see me as your eldest brother?"

Shen Maoshan was very confused when he heard this. He frowned and said, "Brother, who said we should split up the family?"

The two brothers spoke loudly, and Shen Mingshan also came over.

"Big brother, second brother, what are you two arguing about?"

"Third brother, do you know about the division of the family?"

Shen Mingshan's eyes were a little evasive. He said, "Just keep your voices down. Others will laugh at you."

Shen Maoshan felt that the third brother was a little strange. Just when he was about to say something, he saw that the eldest brother was getting persistent.

He pulled Shen Maoshan and kept saying that he must know about the division of the family and he did not agree to divide the family.

Shen Congshan said, "You must have known this a long time ago. Could it be that your Jin'er made the decision herself?"

Shen Maoshan had no way to defend himself, so he quickly asked someone to call Shen Jinyao over.

Shen Jinyao had also received the news by this time.

She talked about the matter of living in separate courtyards with her elder brother Shen Zhizheng, grandmother, and third uncle Shen Mingshan.

Her original intention was not to divide the family, but the Marquis's Mansion had collapsed, and she had to rely on herself if she wanted to survive here.

She made this decision after careful consideration, after all, the situations of the three families are quite different.

The time has come for the so-called "Zhonggong's" money to be spent.

Moreover, when the Shen family encountered trouble, both families blamed Shen Maoshan to some extent.

The eldest wife had no income and had been spending Duke Zhong's money.

The eldest master Shen Congshan does not like officialdom and does not participate in social activities. His only hobbies are reciting poems, writing essays, and playing with fish and birds.

The third master, Shen Mingshan, although he seems to be making friends all day long, he is actually doing some business.

Since they have come to Wuhe Village, Shen Jinyao can't always use the money in the space to subsidize everyone.

Everyone has to become self-reliant.

Shen Jinyao shared these thoughts with the old lady, and the old lady's complexion has improved over the past few days.

After listening to Shen Jinyao, she was silent for a while, and then agreed.

Third uncle Shen Mingshan also expressed his understanding.

Shen Jinyao didn't tell her father because she thought he was a soft-hearted person.

Shen Jinyao was waiting for this day to come, but she didn't expect it to be even more lively than she had imagined.

By the time she found Shen Maoshan, the place was already in chaos.