Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

Steward Wang was very efficient. In less than three days, he had already bought the land and completed all the procedures.    

    

"Madam, this is a land deed. Please take a look." The Steward Wang respectfully handed over the land deed to Shen Jingli. Last time, Shen Jingli gave him 100 taels of silver for the peanut oil business.    

    

The reason why his family was happy was because Shen Jingli was generous, giving them both the chance and reward. Right now, he was steadily following Shen Jingli.    

    

Shen Jingli took the land deed, looked at it carefully, and revealed a satisfied smile, "You did well, you will be responsible for the harvesting of the Oil-Tea Fruits."    

    

"Thank you Madam, thank you Madam." Steward Wang hurriedly expressed his thanks. If there was work to do, it would mean that he had the money to take it.    

    

"Alright, I will write down the details for you tonight. Tomorrow, Wei Zuo will send them to you, you can begin to take care of it."    

    

This was entirely up to him. With regards to how Shen Jingli trusted him, Steward Wang was so moved that his eyes almost filled with tears. He kept thanking Shen Jingli.    

    

"If there's nothing else, you can go back first. Oh, right, a meeting with the stewards early next month. You should come over too and discuss the plans for the next season."    

    

"This old servant understands, thank you Madam." Not only did he have to deal with the Oil-Tea Fruit, he even asked him to participate in the steward meeting. Was he trying to reuse him? Steward Wang immediately felt his blood boil.    

    

The meeting was held every three months and most of the time, the stewards would only be able to attend because the business of the shop was good and the profits were high. For stewards like him, who had always been losing and had no choice but to be transferred over to help by Shen Jingli, there was no such opportunity.    

    

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"Where's Yue Er? Why haven't I seen her recently? " As Shen Jingli was cutting the flowers in the courtyard, he suddenly remembered that he had not seen Shen Yue'er for a long time, hence he asked.    

    

Jin Yu was squatting and plucking weeds from the flowerbed at the side. Hearing Shen Jingli's words, his eyes flashed, and he looked left and right without uttering a word.    

    

"What's going on? Is he going to the Sister-in-law Chen? " Chen Da was not used to living in the city. After managing the crops outside the city, he built a house in the nearby village, where his family lived.    

    

Jin Yu opened her mouth, but then shook her head. She promised Yue'er that she wouldn't tell Madam about this.    

    

"Asked you a question? What is it that you want to say but don't say? " Without even paying attention, he had actually cut a flower that had just bloomed. Shen Jingli threw the scissors down gloomily.    

    

"She … she won't let me say it." She had sworn it.    

    

"She won't let you speak, so you won't speak? Is she your master, or am I your master? "    

    

"Madam, you can't put it like that. I promised her that I wouldn't tell you about her beating …"    

    

"What?" Did she get beaten up? Who beat her up? "    

    

Jin Yu quickly covered her mouth and shook her head with all her might, refusing to admit that she had said those words.    

    

Shen Jingli glared at her. He would not say anything else, right?    

    

When Jin Yu saw Shen Jingli walking towards Shen Yue'er's room, she panicked and quickly chased after him.    

    

"Madam, madam …"    

    

"..."    

    

"Shen Yue'er, you come out for me. What have you been doing?"    

    

Shen Yue'er stayed in the guest room on the west side, and upon entering her courtyard, he immediately shouted.    

    

Shen Yue'er had just finished applying medicine and was lying on his bed to rest. Upon hearing Shen Jingli's voice, he immediately sat up and wanted to go out, but thinking of his swollen face that resembled a pig's head, he laid back down and quickly covered himself with the blanket, turning his face towards the wall.    

    

"Shen Yue'er, Shen Yue'er, stop hiding, hurry up and get out of here!"    

    

Shen Yue'er's nervous palms were sweating, she forced himself to be calm, purposely snoring out loud, pretending to be asleep.    

    

"Madam, the Miss is probably asleep." Jin Yu laughed.    

    

Shen Jingli turned back and glanced at her. That gaze that seemed to see through everything made Jin Yu flustered. She kept on laughing awkwardly, but even the corner of her mouth had become a little stiff.    

    

"She was acting. You wouldn't be able to recognize such an obvious voice. When did Shen Yue'er go to sleep and snore? Did you think that just by pretending to snore, I could believe that she had fallen asleep. " He was still too naive to play around with him.    

    

"Kick the door open for me. Today, I must find out what happened to her in the past few days. Don't stop her, otherwise, I'll sell you out."    

    

Jin Yu immediately did not dare to speak anymore, and followed Shen Jingli's instructions. She called for the two rough maidservant s and opened the door together.    

    

"Shen Yue'er, stop pretending to be asleep. Hurry up and get up." Shen Jingli walked in and wanted to pull Shen Yue'er up.    

    

Shen Yue'er desperately pulled on his blanket and desperately tried to hide his face, shouting: "Fourth Brother, I'm sleepy, I'll sleep, stop disturbing me!"    

    

"In the middle of the day, did you sleep so much or not at night? Cut the crap, hurry up and get up. " Shen Jingli forcefully pulled her up, "Jin Yu, pull her hand away."    

    

Jin Yu had no choice but to pull her hand away, revealing a face that was swollen like a pig's head.    

    

Shen Jingli was scared stiff by her appearance. Seeing Shen Jingli's stupefied gaze, Shen Yue'er immediately reached out to cover his face, "Fourth Brother, I'm fine, it's just that …"    

    

"Who beat you up like this?" Although Shen Yue'er was not beautiful, but he was still a healthy black beauty. How could he be beaten to such a state?    

    

Shen Jingli was so angry that his entire body was trembling. Although his feelings for Shen Yue'er were ordinary, but Shen Yue'er was his sister, no matter what he said, he would still be his little sister.    

    

"Fourth Brother, I really …"    

    

"Who beat you up like this?" Shen Jingli shouted angrily.    

    

Shen Yue'er was shocked. He had been here for so long, yet Shen Jingli had never once hurt her, and in the last few days, he had always been finding fault with his.    

    

"Wa, wa …"    

    

Seeing her crying, Shen Jingli also felt that he was too angry, he smacked his lips and said impatiently: What are you crying for? I'm just asking you, who beat you up? "    

    

After Shen Yue'er vented for a while, he finally calmed down and said in a low voice: "I don't know who she is. Those people called her Miss, and she even knew his brother-in-law …"    

    

Shen Yue'er did not say it, but those people still ridiculed her as a country bumpkin, and said that she and her brother were shameless people. They thought that just because they got together with their brother, they would be able to establish a foothold in the capital.    

    

The young miss seemed to hate the Fourth Brother and had always said that he was not well.    

    

"Where did she hit you?"    

    

"In Joy Lane, he was beaten at the city gate as well." Shen Yue'er said softly, afraid that Shen Jingli would scold him.    

    

Shen Jingli really wanted to get angry, but after thinking that Shen Yue'er was innocent, he endured it and said to Jin Yu: "Quickly go and get a doctor, if you lose your looks, you won't be able to get married in the future."    

    

To women of ancient times, a face was a second life. If a face was ruined, then the good marriage would definitely be ruined. If one's relationship was broken, then others would think that they were unlucky and wouldn't let them in.    

    

"I'll be right there."    

    

Shen Yue'er was like a frightened little white rabbit as he sat there with his ears hanging down, not daring to say a single word.    

    

"Why aren't you talking? Do you know what your mistake was? " Shen Jingli sat at the side, looking at her expression, he really could not stand to be angry.    

    

"I shouldn't be hiding this from you."    

    

"I am your Fourth Brother, and you only have me as your only family in the capital. Those people obviously came to cause trouble for me, so why didn't you tell me immediately? How many times have you let them hit you?    

    

Shen Yue'er was completely speechless. How did she know that group of people were chasing after her and were addicted to fighting? She thought that if they let out their anger once, they wouldn't look for trouble in the future, so he didn't want to make Shen Jingli worry.    

    

"They are all unreasonable. If I can hit you once, I can hit you twice. You have been enduring it the entire time, and not only will you not solve the problem, you will even make them stronger. Don't be so foolish, thinking that if you let them beat you up and vent your anger, they will let you go." Those people were obviously here to cause trouble.    

    

"..."    

    

Mu Chen returned from exterminating bandits, and upon seeing the doctor, he thought that Shen Jingli was injured, so he quickly returned to the courtyard.    

    

"Where are you hurt?" Shen Jingli was right under the cotton tree in the courtyard. Mu Chen quickly pulled him and examined his body. Let me see. "    

    

"I'm not hurt, what are you looking at?"    

    

"Then why did you invite a doctor?"    

    

"It was Shen Yue'er that girl who was beaten into a pig head." Thinking of this, Shen Jingli could not help but get angry.    

    

"How did Yue Er get beaten up?"    

    

The moment Mu Chen said this, he realized Shen Jingli was looking at him with disdain, as if he was blaming him.    

    

"Was it my fault?"    

    

"What do you think? In the capital, who would come and cause trouble for me? Mu Shisi, just the Mu Family is enough of a nuisance, you still have a fan club? "    

    

"Who's looking for trouble with you?" Mu Chen clenched his fists, there was actually someone trying to cause trouble for Shen Jingli right under his nose, and he had not realised it.    

    

"For the time being, I don't know. I have already told Wei Zuo to go out and investigate." Recently, Shen Jingli had been ordering Wei Zuo around quite smoothly, but because he was generous with the money and was very easy-going to the servants, Wei Zuo was happy to work by his side, which was much better than being a general.    

    

"Oh right, Wei Zuo seemed to have mentioned something a few days ago. About you being hunted down in the Southern Wilderness …" He was actually not too interested in Mu Chen's mess, and only hoped that he wouldn't disturb his current life.    

    

"I'll take care of this." After knowing Shen Jingli for almost two years, he still knew what he was thinking.    

    

"You don't need to hold everything in your heart. You can tell me. In any case, I definitely believe you."    

    

Hearing that, Mu Chen felt his heart was filled with sweetness. Although he didn't like to eat sweet things, but at that moment, he felt as if it was sweet.    

    

"I know."    

    

Shen Jingli took a deep breath. He knew in his heart that although Mu Shisi had said that, he would definitely not use that kind of thing to annoy him.    

    

"The matter with Yue Er made me feel a sense of crisis." The capital was not at peace, it was not as peaceful as Da Ping Village. "I miss the life of Da Ping Village very much now."    

    

"Wait …" Mu Chen whispered in his ear and promised, "We will return to Da Ping Village."