Since abandoning the boat and landing on the shore, the male dependents of the Xu family rode their horses and walked in front, while the female dependents followed in a carriage, followed by a car running Li items, all the way to the Shen family.

Shen sat in the carriage, looking at the familiar scenery all the way, and couldn't help but start to get nervous, hoping that the carriage would be faster but also a little homesick.

Xu Ya'an held Shen's hand on the side and said, "Mother, it's better to tell your father that we will stay in Laizhou for a while longer, so that you can spend more time with your grandmother." ”

Shen touched the eldest daughter's hand and said, "Mother is fine, it's just, alas, I haven't seen your grandmother and uncle for a few years. Shen himself couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly.

Xu Ya'an couldn't help but raise his head and hug Shen's neck and lean on Shen's shoulder, and said, "Mother, will it be like this when you get married......?" Can I not get married, I will always be with you. ”

Shen touched Xu Ya'an's face and said, "Silly child, what stupid things to say, how can there be a girl who doesn't marry?"

Xu Yaping, who was looking out through the carriage screen window, turned around and saw where his mother and sister were hugging each other, and didn't know what to say, and said, "Okay, I just looked out for a while, and my sister and mother whispered something, did you mean me?"

Shen and Xu Ya'an both laughed when they heard this, Xu Ya'an deliberately hugged Shen and said, "I'll just whisper to my mother and don't tell you, what's wrong, who made you always stare outside." ”

Xu Yaping grimaced at her sister and said, "If you don't sue sù, you won't sue sù, I don't know it uncommonly." He raised his chin.

"Mother, can I follow my third uncle to the street to play then?" Xu Yaping came to Shen's side and asked with a smile.

Shen glanced at his youngest daughter and shook his head: "No." ”

Xu Yaping tore the handkerchief unhappily and said, "Why, didn't you go out with your third uncle before?"

Shen Shi looked at Xu Yaping angrily and said, "How old were you before, how old are you this year?"

Xu Yaping pursed her lips and looked at Shen pleadingly, seeing that Shen didn't change his mind at all, he had to silently turn around and continue to look out the window, relieving his greed.

Xu Changsheng rode on the horse and saw Shen Ji'an waiting at the gate with people, and when the party arrived at the door, he immediately turned over and dismounted, and Shen Ji'an greeted him early and said, "Brother-in-law, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Xu Changsheng also returned the salute: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I will personally greet us at Labor Jiayu." "Jiayu is Shen Ji'an's word.

Shen Ji'an said with a smile: "The eldest sister and brother-in-law are rarely back, the family has been chattering, the ancestors have already counted the days, if it weren't for the eldest brother and the second brother to have a meeting today, I'm afraid it won't be my turn as an idler." ”

After saying a few words to Xu Changsheng, he sent the group to the inner courtyard to greet them, and Shen Ji'an led Xu Changsheng and his nephew to the outer courtyard.

Shen's mother and daughter took the carriage directly into the gate before getting off the car and changing into a small sedan chair, and got off the sedan chair at the second gate, and Ma and Xiao had already brought the maid to pick up.

"Big sister. Shen got off the sedan chair, Ma and Xiao immediately smiled and stepped forward to salute, and Shen returned the salute and said, "Eldest brother and sister, second brother and sister." He asked Xu Ya'an and Xu Yaping, who were behind him, to come forward and salute the eldest and second aunts.

"The eldest sister must be in a hurry to see her mother, so we won't delay here for long, we will see the ancestor first, and then it will not be too late to recount the ceremony. Xiao said with a smile, while holding Xu Ya'an and Xu Yaping, sisters who were about to come forward to salute.

Shen nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

The group entered the main room of Shou'an Hall, and Mama Yan had already helped Feng to meet her, and before Shen stepped forward to meet her, Feng had already hugged Shen with tears in her eyes and shouted that she was not a filial daughter, which made Shen, who had long missed her mother, cry on her mother.

Feng has three sons and one daughter in his life, Shen is not only the eldest daughter but also the only daughter, he originally loved a little more, he thought that his daughter could marry by his side, but who knew that Shen insisted on marrying Wenling, which made Feng's heart sad. In fact, what made the Feng family blame themselves even more was that the Shen family only chose to marry Wenling for the Shen family and the future of their sons.

Everyone slowly persuaded on the side, the mother and daughter stopped their tears, Feng pulled Shen to sit on the top, and the three concubines of the Ma family immediately took the girls of the Shen family to come forward and salute.

After the ceremony, Feng and Shen said: "When you were named Yuzhen, it was like Jade Ruzhen who loved you, who knew that you were married, and you couldn't see each other for a few years, which made me often worry about it, I really wish you were a man at the beginning, and you didn't have to let me taste the pain of this separation of flesh and blood." ”

Shen Yuzhen almost burst into tears again, and only said: "It's the daughter who is not filial to her mother." ”

Ma Shi on the side persuaded beside him: "The old lady is looking forward to it every day, this time I finally look forward to the eldest sister, I should be happy." ”

Shen Yuzhen wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "The eldest brother and sister are right, this time I came over, I had to bother for a month, and I had to work hard for the younger brothers and sisters. ”

Xiao Shi smiled and said: "The eldest sister is the aunt and grandmother of the Shen family, but she is a delicate guest, and she is so polite, how can we take care of it." As he spoke, he glanced at Ma and De'an.

Feng said: "This is your home, what are you polite, it turns out that your yard has been kept for you, just move in, if there is anything missing, just ask a few of your younger brothers and sisters to get it for you, if the family doesn't tell them to buy it for you, it's fine." ”

Shen Yuzhen answered, then talked to everyone, and deliberately called Shen Junqian to his side, so that Shen Junqian was a little fluttering, but for the sake of receiving a pair of carved mutton fat jade pendants, he gladly accepted these compliments.

At this time, Shen Yuzhen chatted with her mother and others, and Xu Changsheng and Shen Ji'an in the outer courtyard also talked about it.

Shen Ji'an patted Xu Zhuxing's shoulder and said, "This is Zhuxing?!" I haven't seen you for a few years, this son is running fast, and I am afraid that in a few years, I am afraid that I will be taller than my uncle." ”

Xu Changsheng said that his son was both proud and couldn't help but teach a few lessons: "He, he has grown tall in the past few years, and he is so old that he has not grown up by half a point." Bringing him here this time is to send him to Cangwu Academy, so that a few of you can be uncles to teach him well. ”

Shen Ji'an smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, don't count on me, I, the third uncle, don't take a bad nephew, you should thank the saint, you see that I am still just a lifter." By the way, this is ......" looked at Xu Zhuqing, who was standing next to Xu Zhuxing, with some doubts.

Xu Changsheng said: "This is Xu Zhuqing, the only son of my third brother in the second room, and he came here this time to worship under the gate of Cangwu Academy. ”

Xu Zhuxing saw that he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Shen Ji'an, and Shen Ji'an said indifferently: "You and Zhuxing are brothers, so you don't need to be separated, just follow Zhuxing and call me uncle." ”

Xu Zhuqing shouted with kindness: "Third uncle." He and Xu Zhuxing stepped aside.

"Speaking of you, what are you going to do, you have been hanging on to the status of a person at home? With your talent, only a little hard work, it shouldn't be difficult for you to get a jinshi, right?" Xu Changsheng wondered why Shen Ji'an had not participated in the jinshi exam.

Shen Ji'an smiled and said, "I didn't have much interest in books, and I was forced to study by my father for many years, and now that I can live a leisurely life, why should I find myself unhappy." ”

Xu Changsheng couldn't help but say: "I really don't know how you passed the hospital test and the township test all the way at that time, and won the title of Xie Yuan?"

"What's incomprehensible about this, didn't I want to marry my daughter-in-law at the time, how can I say that De'an is also the county lord, if I am white, King Ning will not agree to De'an marrying me no matter how unique his vision is, there is no way, I have to fight for my daughter-in-law." Shen Ji'an explained with a smile.

Xu Changsheng was even more puzzled, and asked: "Then why don't you continue to take the exam? "Suo Weng is the word of Shen Jizhong, the eldest master of the Shen family.

Shen Ji'an said: "The champion is a good test, and besides, you don't know, I have never been so interested in reading, if I really get into the Jinshi, I am afraid that I will have to worry about being a civil official I don't like." ”

"Then you don't have any plans?" Xu Changsheng also wanted to persuade Shen Ji'an, and said: "Your reading talent has always been stronger than others, it's a pity to give up in vain, I think you should think about it." ”

Shen Ji'an sighed and said: "Actually, I have always wanted to go to the martial arts, but my father strongly opposed it when he was there, so I could only make a fool of myself by myself, and then my father went first, and my eldest brother did not agree." Now that the eldest brother and the second brother are in real positions in the court, and their official positions are not low, if I am afraid of martial arts, there will be no way out, after all, the saint is afraid that he will not let the minister of civil and military affairs go out of the same family. ”

Xu Changsheng nodded and said: "You also know this, now with the age and qualifications of Su Weng, he has the posture of a prince, I am afraid that when the time is ripe, I can enter the cabinet, if you want to enter the martial arts, I am afraid that the five grades will be up to the sky." ”

"No, so I'm too lazy to think about it, it just so happens that the eldest brother and the second brother are busy with court affairs, so I will take care of the affairs of the family, and by the way, manage the miscellaneous affairs of Cangwu Academy. Shen Ji'an actually saw it, and he didn't bother about this, and said.

As he was talking, a maid came up to report that the old lady wanted to see her grandson, and Xu Changsheng said: "I also went to see my mother-in-law, and I haven't seen my mother-in-law in person for a long time." ”

Shen Ji'an smiled and said: "No, you and your sister haven't been here for a long time, and your mother often chatters at home, saying that you shouldn't have married your sister back then. ”

Xu Changsheng thought of his wife Shen and felt a little guilty: "Yuzhen also often thinks about her mother-in-law and you, but the road is inconvenient, and the family affairs are annoying, and you can't drag it out, and it is difficult for Yuzhen to be Yuzhen all these years." ”

"Do you want to stay longer this time?" Shen Ji'an talked to Xu Changsheng while leading the group to the main room of Shou'an Hall.

As soon as I entered the main entrance, someone reported inside.