Chapter 35 Searching for Wei Shi

Shen Dong smiled calmly: “Are you two customers here to buy pancakes? What flavor would you like?”

The woman smiled: “Boss, we’re not here to buy pancakes, we’re here to find someone. Why wasn’t the woman who sold pancakes with you yesterday here today?”

See, they were indeed after his wife, his intuition was right.

Shen Dong said: “You mean my wife? Oh, she’s not feeling well today and is resting at home. Do you have something to do with her?”

The woman smiled faintly: “Nothing much, we just wanted to confirm with her, to see if she’s the person we’re looking for.”

The man beside her took out an old portrait from his bosom and opened it in front of Shen Dong and the others. The person in the portrait looked very much like Wei Shi, but she was much younger than Wei Shi.

Shen Dong and the three others were surprised and widened their eyes.

Shen Bo asked the two: “Who are you, why do you have a portrait of my mother? No, although the person in this painting looks like my mother, her temperament is different.”

The person in the painting looked dignified, but her eyes were sharp, like a noble lady who had been in a high position for a long time.

While his mother was a gentle and kind country woman.

The woman smiled: “We came from afar to find someone. The person in the painting is my sister, she has been missing for sixteen years, we have been searching for her all these years. Your mother looks so much like my sister, she might be my sister.”

Shen Dong waved his hand: “You’ve got the wrong person, my wife can’t be your sister. Her family all died in the flood, after her parents and brothers passed away, she came to Fuzhou Prefecture to find relatives for help, she was sold by unscrupulous relatives, I saw her pitiful and bought her, later she became my wife.”

Shen Bo and Shen Xue looked at each other, Mother clearly had amnesia, she didn’t remember where she came from or if she had any family, why did Father say that?

Although he didn’t know why his father was lying to people, Shen Bo cooperated: “My mother knows her own background very well, she doesn’t have a sister, only two brothers, so you can’t be my mother’s relatives.”

The man and woman frowned, had they really made a mistake?

The woman asked Shen Dong unwillingly: “Boss, may I ask what your wife’s name is?”

“Wei Jiao.”

Wei Jiao? That person wasn’t called that name?

The surname Wei was also unfamiliar.

Seeing that Shen Dong and the others were very sure that Wei Shi wasn’t the person they were looking for, the couple quickly left.

Shen Dong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Xue and Shen Bo exchanged glances, deciding to ask their parents when they got back. They felt that their parents were hiding something from them.

After buying the ingredients and charcoal needed for tomorrow at the market, Shen Dong and the three went to the city gate to meet up with Shen Nan and Liu Shi and go home together.

Shen Nan and Liu Shi didn’t ask Shen Dong how much money he had made, they were just very happy to know that all the scallion pancakes were sold out, and they were instantly full of confidence for tomorrow’s stall.

When they got home, Shen Nan and Liu Shi went back to the second family, Shen Dong called the two elders and his wife and children into the room to count the money.

After deducting the money for buying ingredients and charcoal, there were 728 copper coins left.

The whole family was excited!

After separating the money that Zhao Uncle deserved, Shen Dong gave the money bag to Wei Shi.

Zhao Uncle, who had received the money, immediately happily pulled Shen Nian to the kitchen, closed the door, and pulled Shen Nian to the corner where the firewood was kept. There was a head-sized stone in this corner.

Zhao Uncle moved the stone, revealing a small pit underneath where he hid money. He put the copper coins in his hand into the pit and pointed at it and said to Shen Nian: “Nian Nian, this is yours, I’ll keep it for you.”

Shen Nian said: “No, this is yours.”

Zhao Uncle got excited: “No, it’s yours, if you don’t want it, I won’t be friends with you anymore! I’ll go tell everyone the truth.”

Oh, he learned to tattle?

Shen Nian pulled him: “Don’t go, okay, okay, it’s mine, you keep it for me.”

Zhao Uncle then smiled and hugged Nian Nian: “Hee hee hee, this is our secret, me and Nian Nian.”

Shen Nian hugged him back: “Zhao Uncle, you will get better.”

Shen Dong called Wei Shi into the room and told her about the portrait.

Wei Shi’s face turned cold: “They still found me, I shouldn’t have gone to sell pancakes with you yesterday, they won’t give up.”

Shen Dong hugged her: “Don’t think too much, I’m here! I’ll protect you.”

Wei Shi mumbled into his chest: “I’m afraid of causing trouble for you, I can’t handle them now.”

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Shen Nian came out of the kitchen and saw that her parents weren’t in the main room, so she pulled Shen Xue to the persimmon tree in the yard and asked: “Second Brother, did those two aunts show up today?”

Shen Xue’s eyes flickered: “Why are you asking this?”

On the way back, Father told him and Big Brother to keep it a secret, so he couldn’t tell his sister.

It’s not good for a child to know too much.

Seeing his strange expression, Shen Nian frowned: “Second Brother, those two people came to the pancake stall, didn’t they? Don’t lie to me, your expression has betrayed you.”

Shen Xue glared at her: “Can you stop being so smart, little one. Okay, okay, I’ll tell you, but you can’t tell anyone! The people you’re talking about did come, but it wasn’t two women, it was a man and a woman, they had a portrait…”

That night, the Shen family’s eldest family was immersed in the joy of making money.

That night, the Shen family’s second family worked late into the night, preparing everything they needed to sell pancakes.

The next day at Jiang Shi, Shen Dong took Shen Bo and his brothers to buy pancakes, Shen Nan took Liu Shi and Shen Duo, Shen Dong and the three went to the market, Shen Nan and the three went to East Street.

East Street was lined with shops, there was a small piece of open land next to a jewelry shop, Shen Nan had already greeted the shopkeeper in advance yesterday, and they could set up a stall there today.

Her brothers went to the private school to study, Shen Nian continued to take Zhao Uncle to reclaim the wasteland. When they reached the halfway point of the slope, they heard a hawking sound from the village.

She looked up and saw a peddler hawking in the village.

Shen Nian frowned, Lanhua Village was very remote, the road was bad, and peddlers rarely came here, why was there a peddler here today?

“Zhao Uncle, let’s go and take a look.” Shen Nian took Zhao Uncle towards the peddler.

The peddler was surrounded by many villagers, he sold a variety of things, and the prices were very cheap.

The peddler was a good talker, he could talk to the customers for a while for every item he sold, making the villagers laugh.

As soon as Shen Nian approached, she heard Granny Wang say to the peddler: “You mean the Shen family who sells scallion pancakes? They live at the end of the east of the village, there! It’s over there, oh! Nian Nian and Zhao Uncle are here! Big brother, look, the Shen family you’re talking about, this little girl’s family, the three people who sell scallion pancakes are her father and brothers.”

The peddler looked up and saw Shen Nian, he was stunned, he was surprised that such a small village would have such a cute child.

Granny Wang walked over and took Shen Nian’s hand: “Nian Nian, this peddler uncle is from town, he said he ate the scallion pancakes made by your father and brothers at the market and liked them very much, he came to Lanhua Village to take a look.”

Shen Nian looked at the peddler, he looked honest and kind, he smiled very warmly, he looked like someone who was easy to get along with.

Seeing Shen Nian looking at him, he immediately smiled and said: “So it’s your family who sells scallion pancakes! Little girl, does your family still have scallion pancakes, can you sell me a few?”

Shen Nian smiled slightly: “Sorry, uncle, the scallion pancakes were all taken to town by my father and brothers, we don’t have any left.”

The peddler was immediately disappointed: “Oh, what a pity.”

He looked up at the sky: “It’s still early, your father and brothers should not have finished selling yet, I happen to be going to town, I should be able to catch up and buy pancakes now.”

He smiled and said to the villagers around him: “Do any of you villagers want to buy anything? If not, I’ll be on my way.”

The villagers waved their hands.

“No, no, you go ahead!”

“Are the Shen family’s scallion pancakes really that delicious? You’re in such a hurry!”

“Whether it’s delicious or not, why don’t you go and try one?”

“Go away, they’re selling things to make money, how dare you try them?”

Amidst the villagers’ chaotic chatter, the peddler walked towards the village entrance.

Watching his receding figure, Shen Nian narrowed her eyes slightly.