Someone with good intentions walked over and asked, "Little beggar, why did you leave the Shen family?"
The little beggar went around Shen's house for a long time but didn't get anything. He was already furious. When he heard someone asking about it, Goudan didn't hide anything and blurted out everything:
"The Shen family has all moved away, leaving behind not a single hair. All that's left is a sickly young boy, so hungry he's digging dirt in the yard to eat. How pitiful!"
Ermao nodded repeatedly when he heard Goudan's words: "We have already agreed that when we beg for food, we will send some to Young Master Shen to prevent him from starving to death!"
Many people didn't believe it. When they heard that there was no one left in the Shen family, some of them were so brave as to go in and take a look.
Sure enough, the man saw Ling Xue sitting in the flower garden in Aunt Shen's yard.
At this time, Ling Xue had not finished eating the sweet potato yet. Seeing Ling Xue chewing non-stop, the man naturally thought that he was eating dirt.
Even the most conscienceless people were speechless at this point, and they all cursed the Shen family in their hearts for being inhumane. How could they have left behind such a handsome young man?
Some clever ones started to imagine: "Maybe the mistress left him there on purpose?"
“It’s possible!”
"Yeah, otherwise how could such a big person be left behind?"
This kind of statement is still very popular. The more they talk about it, the more they feel that their guess is correct. Before long, they have come up with an even more outrageous result.
"Young Master Shen Li is a genius. Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen, the family heads, resent him for stealing their children's limelight. They deliberately made Shen Li sick so that he would be left behind when the family moved. Their goal was to kill Young Master Shen Li without bloodshed."
Soon the news spread throughout Yuncheng like crazy.
Other wealthy families who had not yet moved out began to discuss:
"The Shen family is the richest family, how could they be so unrefined?"
"That's right. We've left the rear quarters to me, and not a single illegitimate child has ever starved to death. This is truly a sin!"
"Thank you for your hard work, ma'am!"
"I used to despise Binzi's mother for being so harsh towards her illegitimate children, but now I see that she is much more virtuous than the well-known virtuous woman in the Shen family."
"That's right, I didn't expect something like this to happen in Brother Shen's family!"
"Be nicer to your wife in the future!"
"I know, Mom!"
"Jiang Liwen pretends to be incredibly virtuous all day long, but the move exposed her true colors, didn't it? She's still virtuous, bah!"
"Okay, okay, I still don't know what's going on!"
"What else could it be? It's nothing more than abusing Young Master Shen Li! No matter how badly I've done things, I haven't let your sweethearts eat dirt!"
"Yes, yes, thank you for your hard work, ma'am!"
Ling Xue never expected that because of a few words from the little beggar, she became a poor little thing known throughout Yuncheng, and by the way, ruined her aunt's reputation. This was really unexpected!
It was also because of this incident that the mistresses of each family suddenly had a better life. The concubines and illegitimate sons and daughters who loved to make trouble stopped causing trouble, and their husbands and mothers-in-law also became considerate. This really made them at a loss for words.
When they realized that they were benefiting from Young Master Shen's favor, they did not hesitate to give Ling Xue several carts of food, clothing and other necessities. They could not let Young Master Shen starve to death!
Therefore, Ling Xue was forced to passively accept a lot of food, clothing and other things without even knowing the reason.