Transmigrated into a slave? I raised a frontier war god while pioneering new lands.

"Is there no justice left in this world?!"

Seeing that her sister-in-law had lost her temper, Shen's mother quickly comforted her, "Alright, alright, calm down."

He turned and angrily yelled at Shen Zhi, "Listen to what you're saying! Is that even human language?!"

"You've been gone for so many years. If it weren't for your brother and sister-in-law, your father and I would have starved to death long ago."

"You're still standing here waiting for your share of the inheritance? I think you've lost your mind. You've married a wife and you've lost all sense of shame."

"Where is that little slut! Bring her out here. I want to ask her how she managed to get my son to disobey his mother."

When Shen's mother said this, she shouted at the top of her lungs, and Xu Qinghe, although she was in the room, still heard it clearly.

Shen Chengyue and Shen Chengchuan, who were standing nearby, also heard this and looked at Xu Qinghe with worried expressions.

Seeing their worried expressions, Xu Qinghe casually touched their faces to comfort them, "It's okay, I'm not her daughter-in-law, she wasn't scolding me."

Shen Chengyue...

Hearing his mother's veiled insults from outside, Shen Zhi's face grew increasingly gloomy. For the first time, he wondered if he had been too lenient with them.

"Mother, when the village was conscripting soldiers, it wasn't me who was supposed to go."

Upon hearing this, Shen's mother's face immediately turned panicked. "How...how could it not be you?"

Shen Zhi gripped the door tightly, a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "I'm not even old enough, so how could it be me?"

Shen's mother swallowed nervously. "You...you're not old enough, but you're tall and strong. The recruiters will say it's you. What can I do?!"

Looking at his mother, who was still stubbornly denying everything, Shen Zhi couldn't help but sneer. "Heh, didn't you send someone to have me take my brother's place?"

Upon hearing this, Shen's mother panicked completely. "You, you knew everything."

A cold glint flashed in Shen Zhi's eyes. "I guessed it the moment you asked me to go."

Tears streamed down Shen's mother's face. "I... I had no choice. Your brother has never been as tall or strong as you. The battlefield is so dangerous, how could he survive?"

"He's not like you. You're tall, strong, and good at martial arts. Besides, you're doing fine, yet you've still managed to earn so much money."

Shen Zhi asked coldly, "Where is my money?"

Mother Shen immediately started stammering again, "Silver, silver." But she couldn't finish her sentence.

Sister-in-law Shen frowned. She hadn't married into the family when Shen Zhi joined the army, so she naturally didn't know the ins and outs of the situation.

But she knew about the money Shen Zhi sent back later, because a large portion of it was given to her and used to support her family.

"What silver! We don't know."

Upon hearing this, Shen's mother immediately came to her senses and quickly echoed, "Yes, we didn't know."

"You've been gone for so many years, how could you have brought back any money? Stop making trouble here and quickly give the money to your sister-in-law."

Shen Zhi sneered, "I don't have any money. If you dare to cause trouble again, I'll go find my comrade who carried the money for me and see who I gave it to!"

"Let's see if your things are more valuable than two taels of silver." With that, he slammed the door shut without a second thought.

Sister-in-law Shen was furious and wanted to knock on the door again, but her mother quickly pulled her back, saying, "Alright, alright, stop knocking. Do you really want your second son to come and separate from you?"

But she couldn't help but mutter to herself, "No wonder they're a couple; they both know how to scare me with the idea of ​​splitting up the family property."

Sister-in-law Shen immediately objected, "If he doesn't give it to me, what will happen to my brother's wedding!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of disdain flashed in Shen's mother's eyes. "You want to use my family's money to get your brother a wife? You're just dreaming."

But outwardly, she still meekly replied, "Your brother is getting married, can't your mother contribute some money?"

Sister-in-law Shen immediately retorted confidently, "My mother doesn't have any money."

Shen's mother...

"Then don't worry, let's go back and think of another way." He said, and started to pull Sister-in-law Shen away.

Although Sister-in-law Shen was unwilling, she did not continue to make trouble with Shen Zhi and could only go back with a belly full of anger.

Hearing that there was no more noise outside, Xu Qinghe came out of the house and looked at Shen Zhidao, "They're gone?"

While washing his hands, Shen Zhi casually replied, "Okay, I'm leaving. If they come looking for money again, don't open the door for them. I'll handle it."

Xu Qinghe looked at Shen Zhi's tall and straight back and nodded slightly.

Fortunately, she's someone who can solve the problem; otherwise, she would have had to intervene personally, and she couldn't guarantee what kind of mess it would have made.

Then he handed over the new clothes in his hand, "Wear these to the garrison tomorrow, and change out of the ones you're wearing. I'll wash them for you."

Shen Zhi glanced at his clothes, which were almost covered in grime, and said in a nonchalant tone, "I can wash them myself."

Xu Qinghe asked in surprise, "Then why did you buy maids?"

Shen Zhi...

"Look how tired you are, you even have dark circles under your eyes. Leave these small things to me, you can help me with some of the heavy lifting."

Shen Zhi: "What kind of physical labor?"

"Help me weave a straw mat." She said that something was wrong with her bed, and it turned out that it was missing a straw mat.

In those days, people would first lay a layer of straw mat on the bed board and then put a mattress on top of it, so that it wouldn't be so hard.

She skipped a step and only laid out a mattress, so the bed was naturally hard.

Shen Zhiyi agreed without hesitation, "Okay, I'll make it up for you tomorrow."

After speaking with Shen Zhi, Xu Qinghe yawned and went into the house. Shen Zhi then took the two children to take a bath and changed them into new clothes.

On the way back, the three of them were very happy because it had been a long time since anyone had treated them so well.

Perhaps because the mattress made sleeping more comfortable, the two younger children woke up late, while Xu Qinghe got up very early.

As soon as she got up, she saw Shen Zhizheng weaving a straw mat for her with a large bunch of straw.

Xu Qinghe said with slight surprise, "So early?"

Shen Zhi looked up at Xu Qinghe's disheveled hair and dazed eyes, and calmly replied, "Okay, if you're sleepy, go back to sleep."

Xu Qinghe yawned and said, "I'm not going to sleep. I'll go make you some food."

"How about noodles?"

Shen Zhi swallowed hard. "Anything is fine."

At that time, there were no good storage conditions, so if you wanted to eat noodles, you had to make them fresh.

Fortunately, Xu Qinghe's favorite food used to be hand-pulled noodles, so she was quite adept at making them.

Mix the dough, knead it, roll it out, cut it into strips, and then boil it in water later.

Besides plain noodles, Xu Qinghe also stir-fried pork and chanterelle mushrooms into a braised dish, and served a large bowl of it to Shen Zhi as soon as she finished cooking.

As she carried the food into the house, she urged him to eat. Shen Zhi didn't hesitate and followed her into the house after finishing.