"Everyone in the Shen family has left, not even the gatekeeper. When I went there, Young Master Shen was digging in Madam Shen's yard. His face was sallow, and he looked like he was seriously ill and hadn't recovered. His voice was weak."
The old lady sighed deeply when she heard this. "When Old Master Shen was still alive, he really liked Shen Li. I never thought that after he passed away, Shen Li would end up like this."
Madam Zhou curled her lips and continued, "If Shen Li hadn't been sick, the Shen family wouldn't have left Shen Li behind so easily. Madam Shen usually looks kind and benevolent, so how could she do such a rude thing?"
As she spoke, Mrs. Zhou was still paying attention to the expression of Mrs. Zhou from the corner of her eye.
Old Madam Zhou didn't have any other thoughts. Her mind was still on Shen Li at this time.
"How about we send another load of herbs to Young Master Shen? After all, we live in the same city. Although our family is not as wealthy as the Shen family, we can still do well with these little things."
The implication is that the Shen family is rich, but they do nothing. Look at how mean they are to Shen Li, he is almost dying.
Mrs. Zhou's words reminded Old Madam Zhou, and she nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, you always do things properly."
Mrs. Zhou felt much better after hearing the praise from Mrs. Zhou. She finally saw her strengths. She was very efficient in doing things!
The concubines' sons and daughters sitting around all curled their lips in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say anything. After all, their situation was better than that of Young Master Shen, right?
After seeing that they had finished their discussion, Manager Zhou immediately continued his story, the key point being how poor the Zhou family was.
"Old Madam, you didn't see it. The Shen family really didn't leave a single thread for Young Master Shen. All the rooms were empty after they were moved out. There wasn't even a bowl or chopstick left in the kitchen for Young Master Shen."
Now it is confirmed that Young Master Shen is really starving, otherwise he would not have to dig up soil in Madam Shen's yard to eat.
Of course, they said that Shen Li ate dirt on purpose. No matter what, it was impossible for Shen Li to eat dirt. He might have just dug up the flowers and plants in Madam Shen's yard to fill his stomach.
But no matter what, it was a great suffering for a former rich young man to dig flowers and plants to eat. Anyway, they would never be able to eat them even if they died.
Poor thing!
Then Manager Zhou went back and told his wife about it, and the news spread.
When the other wealthy families in Yuncheng heard this, they thought, "You Zhou family are so dishonest! How could you secretly send things to Young Master Shen? Isn't this taking advantage of their family's injustice?"
Don't say anything more, just quickly arrange for the servants to send things and make amends at least, otherwise the people of Yuncheng will talk about you.
How to remedy the situation? Send more gifts!
Anyway, the Shen family is now empty, so Young Master Shen can use whatever you give him.
Even the Lin family in the same city sent an experienced old doctor to examine Ling Xue, which was considered considerate.
No matter what the Lin family was planning, whether they truly pitied Young Master Shen or were trying to compete with other families, Ling Xue had indeed benefited, and it wasn't impossible for her to repay the favor if she had the chance.
The affairs of Young Master Shen were widely spread in Yuncheng, and even the servants left behind by the Shen family had heard about it.
The reason why they did not stay in the Shen Mansion was because they found that something was wrong with Shen Li being left behind while seriously ill. This was the private affairs of the rear house, how could they, as servants, get involved?