Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 167 - 83 Shen Family Scion_3

Chapter 167: Chapter 83 Shen Family Scion_3
"These two people came over and asked how much the peanuts were, saying they wanted to buy. I had Xiao Qi grab a handful for them. They ate them all and claimed they couldn’t taste anything, and they wanted more," Wu Lang said. "Seeing they were dressed somewhat decently, I let Xiao Qi give them another handful."
"After they ate that too, they said they wanted all the remaining peanuts. I was actually happy that I could sell them all at once and go home early. But when my sister finished weighing them for them, that Tuozi said he wanted to take the basket too. Seeing that he wasn’t reaching for his money, I got suspicious and didn’t give him the peanuts until he paid. He refused, talking about the Shen Family and how taking our stuff was a favor to us. Then he just started to snatch them."
"Why should we give them to him? He’s not a beggar," Xiao Qi sniffed and said.
Then it must have been the scene that Lian Manman had just witnessed.
"Little girl, you’ve caused trouble. We can’t afford to offend the people from the Shen Family," the old man said as he brought over a ladle of water for the kids to drink, which was from his water-selling stand.
"People from the Shen Family? Can’t afford to offend?" Lian Manman didn’t understand.
"You’re young and from a nearby village, no wonder you don’t know. Your elders should be aware," the old man said, "In Qingzhou Prefecture, more than half of the days belong to the Shen Family."
Lian Manman tilted her head. She knew that in Jinyang County, the Wang Family Clan was populous, with branches like the one in Scholar Wang’s Family from Thirty Mile Camp, Imperial Doctor Wang, and Wang Youheng. Not only do they own a lot of land, but many of them also carry titles, and they marry into other major families, making them a prestigious clan in Jinyang County.
The Shen Family? Which Shen Family? The only Shen Family Lian Manman could think of was... could it be the Shen Family that owned the estate in Xiao An Tun Village? Fatty Shen’s Shen Family?
"...Too many house members to count, now the main family lives in Prefecture City, with estates next to estates, almost taking up the entire West City... produced several empresses, and countless officials in the family..."
The old man rambled on, but Lian Manman wasn’t really listening.
"If they’re in Prefecture City, why would they come here?"
"The county has several estates owned by the Shen Family; they come to see the novelty when they have nothing else to do. They send people every year around this time to check on the harvest. Over by the Xiao Shen Tun, there’s also a family temple of theirs that’s said to date back to their ancestors’ time," the old man said with a treasure trove of knowledge, and it was unclear where he got all this information from.
"What a prestigious family, bullying a few kids, unwilling to pay for something that costs mere Wen Money per pound, and even trying to steal it," Lian Manman frowned and said.
"I heard that only the legitimate heirs in the Shen Family have rankings, and that Sixth Master earlier, tsk tsk, these noble family matters, really shouldn’t be discussed," another neatly-dressed middle-aged man said.
They had actually fought a noble young master just now? No, what’s more astonishing was that the person was the legitimate heir of a family of scholar-officials that spanned generations. Lian Manman thought about it and felt that the so-called Master Shen Liu looked and acted no different from a ruffian, aside from his seemingly wealthy attire.
"Fame is not as good as meeting in person," a man who looked like a scholar sighed.
"You should hurry home while they haven’t brought people to find you; stop selling the peanuts and just stay at home for the next few days, don’t go out. I need to pack up my stand and leave too. We all haven’t got an idea which village you’re from," the old man said.
Facing the powerful, these people couldn’t help much, but they would assist in hiding their tracks; that was the old man’s intention.
"Yes, you should leave quickly. They can’t do anything if they can’t find you, and they’ll just be angry. May heaven help you," another person said.
Everyone dispersed one after another.
Was the Shen Family really so powerful, and did they indulge their children to such an extent? It wasn’t unlikely, and Lian Manman thought that since they had already hit someone, hiding from the limelight was the wisest action. Let them be angry at not finding anyone.
"Thank you, uncle. We’ll be leaving now."
The children picked up the peanuts that had spilled on the ground back into the basket and carried the basket out of the marketplace. As they turned out of the market, Lian Manman was walking ahead when suddenly, she felt something lightly hit her head. She looked up quickly and saw a head sticking out the window of a nearby teahouse.
"Ah, you’re here?"
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