Chapter 58 Harvest (Part 1)

  The sun sets in the west, red clouds fill the sky.

  It was just when the factories closed and the shops shut their doors that workers and apprentices from all directions hurried home to rest.

  A young man with a big smile on his face, walking in the middle of the road like a crab, enthusiastically waving at passersby. Occasionally, someone would sneak a peek at him, and he would respond with an enthusiastic smile. If their eyes met, he would blush and say "I'm shy..."

  Although in a hurry to go home for dinner, people still can't help but leave comments such as "This guy is crazy!" "I think he's drunk." "Getting drunk so early, what a loser!" and so on, making Shen Mo and his eldest son feel utterly embarrassed.

  Waiting for him to go further, starting to tease the big sister who set up a stall by the side of the road, Shen Mo weakly groaned: "The hundred-year prosperity of the Shen family was ruined in an instant." The eldest son said in a low voice: "I'll carry him back!"

  He nodded silently and patted Shen Jing's shoulder: "Look quickly, Miss Yin has arrived!"

  Shen Jing turned around, his eyes glowing green as he shouted: "Where is it? Where is it..." Before he could finish speaking, his eldest son grabbed him from behind and carried him off like a sack of rice, running towards the end of the street.

  "Make way, make way! She's going to give birth! She's going to give birth!"

  People on the street thought there was a pregnant woman about to give birth, shouting "make way" and fearing that they would block the road and cause someone's death.

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  Shen Mo and Zhangzi ran smoothly through the crowded streets, arriving at a stone bridge, where they placed Shen Jing on the bluestone slab by the river, both panting heavily.

  "Chao Sheng, what's going on?" The eldest son asked seriously after catching his breath.

  "It's probably someone's old mother pig." Shen Mo muttered a sentence, patted the heavily sleeping Shen Jing and said: "Can't let him go back like this, Old Master Shen will hang him up and beat him."

  "Give him a wake-up call." The eldest son said, unfastening his belt and soaking in the icy river water for a moment before moving to Shen Jing's head and shaking it.

  "Hehe, it's raining... Shen Jing slowly opened his eyes and chuckled: "I'm not afraid, because I am a small raindrop."

  The eldest son poured a few more drops, still no reaction. Shen Mo couldn't bear it anymore, snatched the dripping wet towel belt, and with both hands, he twisted it forcefully, gushing water like a waterfall onto Shen Jing's head. The eldest son could see clearly that Shen Mo was twisting directly at Shen Jing's nostrils, immediately feeling a chill run down his spine.

  Shen Si was splashed from head to toe and jumped up with a loud fart, coughing repeatedly: "I'm choked to death!"

  Shen Mo took out another green tangerine, peeled it and fed it to him. The sourness made Shen Jing's tears flow horizontally as he shouted: "Sour to death!" Regardless of three seven twenty one, he bent down to the river and drank a few mouthfuls with a gurgling sound. If Shen Mo and his eldest son hadn't held his legs tightly, he would have fallen directly into the river.

  After a big drink, Shen Jing flipped over and lay on the stone slab, panting heavily, but fortunately he was awake. He spat out water and said: "Pfft, where did this orange come from? Why is it so sour?"

  "Tangerines grow on trees and are sour because they're unripe." Shen Mo said matter-of-factly.

  The eldest son suddenly realized that the top of his head was actually an orange tree, with some green oranges the size of dates hanging from it, and he couldn't help but secretly scold himself, thinking that the birthmark was too wicked.

  "Friendship is blind, I'll be driven mad by you sooner or later."

  "Next time, I won't care, let your dad beat you to death." Shen Mo smiled and said, "I'm telling you, Shen Jing, what's the point of drinking so much if nothing's wrong? Don't you know your dad hates drunkards the most?"

  "Ah, I'm so happy," Shen Jing chuckled: "Look, we won the Tiger Head Association, our eldest son is back, and we even made a big profit. This is indeed three joys coming together, how can I not be happy?"

  "By the way, how much did we make?" Shen Mo asked softly.

  As soon as they mentioned money, the eldest son stood up and said, "I'll go back first." But was pulled by Shen Mo, saying, "Don't leave, there's your share too."

  "What does it have to do with me?" The eldest son shook his head and said.

  "Listen to me, sit down first." Shen Mo glared at him and the eldest son obediently sat down. He then explained the whole situation clearly to the eldest son, only then did Shen Jing start calculating the accounts.

  As soon as money was mentioned, Shen Jing's spirit came back and he sat up with his legs crossed, saying: "Let me calculate it for you." He then took out a few lottery tickets from his pocket and started counting on his fingers, saying: "Five taels of silver at 9 to 1 is forty-five taels; forty taels of silver at 4 to 1 is one hundred and sixty taels. But we have to split half with Tian Qi... We're left with..."

  "One hundred and twenty-five taels." Shen Mo said softly: "You and I will each take thirty taels, the rest will be given to the eldest son."

  "That's also good." Shen Jing felt a bit regretful, but thinking again, it was all earned for nothing, so what's the difference? Not much.

  But the eldest son shook his head firmly and said, "I didn't spend a single copper coin, how can I take your money?"

  "Shenmo shook his head with a smile: 'This is what we agreed on. Without you, there wouldn't be this money, and besides, you suffered the most, so it's only right that you take the biggest share.'"

  "Take it, or he won't be able to sleep tonight."

  The eldest son still refused: "If I knew I took someone else's money, my dad would beat me to death." He said with a shiver: "That's absolutely certain."

  Shen Jing glanced at his eldest son and smiled: "How can you be so honest? Won't you not tell him?"

  The eldest son said with a bitter face: "I won't lie, and what's more, Dad can see it at a glance."

  He knew this guy was more stubborn than himself, saying no meant he definitely wouldn't want it. Rubbing his chin and thinking for a moment, he said softly: "How about this? I'm planning to rent a storefront in two days, you can consider this money as capital investment, we'll be partners and start a business together, it's better than you digging in the dirt every day."

  The eldest son was indeed quite pleased and didn't ask what business it was, but happily said: "I'll be your partner, just take care of the food, no need to pay me wages."

  "How can that be? You're the second boss!" Shen Mo laughed: "If we lose, we'll lose together. If we win, we'll split it between us, okay?"

  The eldest son finally reluctantly said: "Let's talk about it later." It can also be considered as a change of mind.

  Seeing them talking so enthusiastically, Shen Jing couldn't help but say: "What business do you want to start? Count me in!"

  Division line

  Chapter 2 is done, I'll go code another chapter, but don't wait for me.