Chapter 56: The Shen Family's Exam Script
Since Shen Junqian promised Guo Baobao, when she went back that day, she wanted to find her father to find out the truth, and she didn't know what was going on, but Shen Jitang came back late for a few days, basically it was Shen Junqian who saw Shen Jitang once, and was driven back to sleep by her mother Xiao.
It's been like this for a few days, but every time she goes to the school, Guo Baobao is embarrassed to urge her, but every day when she sees her hopeful eyes, Shen Junqian always can't help but be a little cautious.
It was easy to find a day when the school was on vacation, but I didn't see Shen Jitang at home, and finally couldn't help but ask Xiao: "Mother, what has my father been doing these days, why don't you always see him at home?"
Xiao Shi also saw her daughter's thoughts in the past few days, and thought that she would not ask, "Naturally, there is something outside, not only your father, but also your uncle has not been at home for the past few days, and it is estimated that things outside have been delayed." β
"When will Daddy come back early?" Shen Junqian asked unwillingly.
"How do I know this, I'll probably come back early when your father is done. What's the matter, Sister Qian'er has something difficult, tell my mother, can my mother help you solve it?"
Shen Junqian felt that he had to find his father and uncle for this matter, but now listening to Xiao's meaning, it is estimated that he is not sure if he can see the two of them recently, and even if he does, he is not sure if he will have time, so he is a little depressed and said sullenly: "It's nothing." β
Seeing that Shen Junqian was reluctant to speak, Xiao Shi didn't force her. Turned to talk to her about the rest: "The shop at home just sent a batch of freshly dyed satin, I see that the color is very tender, let people pick a lot for you in the house, you go back to take a look, if you don't like it, tell SΓΉ Minghong to go to the warehouse again to choose some." And this time the school is not allowed to go around during the holiday, the people in the sewing room are going to come to measure you, your summer clothes this year are already a little late, I have already told the people in the sewing room to rush to you, you are not allowed to run around this time to see no one, so let you measure yourself in walking. β
"Oh, got it. Shen Junqian replied listlessly.
Xiao couldn't help but knock her on the head, "Talking to you, what do you look like." What's the matter with you, this lazy look, why can you only talk to your father about this, and you can't talk to your mother?"
Shen Junqian rubbed her head and said in annoyance, she just felt that it was useless to talk to Xiao Shi, "No, mother, I want to ask my father about knowledge, hey, you won't know." β
Xiao Shi looked at Shen Junqian in surprise and said: "What do you say about this villain, it seems that your mother and I don't know anything and are locked up at home and illiterate young lady, how old are you, and you are still academic, our masters of the Shen family, regardless of men and women, have a few illiterate people, that is, your eldest uncle, although she has a bad relationship with her stepmother, she is also a serious schooler." Just a big person like you, I'm embarrassed to dislike your mother. Tell me, what kind of problem is it that makes it difficult for the smart and clever six girls of our Shen family to become like this?"
Seeing that Shen Junqian was still hesitating there, he suddenly poked Shen Junqian angrily, "Tell me about it, I have to praise you for being smart on weekdays, but now it seems that there is no such cleverness, my mother gave birth to such a head melon for nothing." What to tell my mother, if my mother doesn't know, no matter how bad it is, when your father comes back, I can help you ask him. Your father comes back late every day, you still have to go to class every day, and if you can't get up after sleeping, forget it, if you hurt your body, you will be tossed in vain. How much can you do to make a little fool of you, worthy of you?"
Shen Junqian suddenly opened his mouth when he heard Xiao Shi's words, and realized that he had drilled the tip of the horns, but no, even if his mother didn't know, he could wait for his father to come back and ask me if he had asked him. Immediately, he was a little embarrassed and smiled at Xiao's flattery: "Mother, I was wrong." β
Xiao Shi looked at her angrily, Shen Junqian knew that Xiao Shi was not really angry, but he just wanted to coax himself, and at the moment he looked like a dog, serving tea and beating his back and coquettish, saying that someone's face is really getting thicker and thicker, and he completely forgot that he is not a few years old Lori in his core.
Looking at the tea brought by Shen Junqian, Xiao waited for Shen Junqian to raise it for a while, and then glanced at Shen Junqian and took a sip of the tea, "Say, what is the matter?"
"It's that I have a friend who has a very good time in the school, and her brother is also going to participate in this year's imperial examination, because there are not many literate people in the family and there is no good gentleman, so he wants to drag me to ask, can I invite my father or uncle to her house to be a guest, by the way, by the way, by the way, point out her brother. Shen Junqian hunched his waist and said cautiously while beating Xiao's back.
Xiao Shi frowned as soon as he heard Shen Junqian's words, "I think you dispelled this idea as soon as possible, it is impossible for your father and your uncle to go, no matter who your good friend is, it is impossible for your father and your uncle to provoke this suspicion." Now our Shen family is looking at the flowers, but in fact, it is also fried in flames, your uncle entered the cabinet at a young age, and your father's position is not low, but the Shen family is quite appealing among Shilin students, and there are many people who hide in the open and in the dark. β
Seeing Shen Junqian nodding there, he couldn't help but ask: "I still think you are very smart when I see you on weekdays, how can you respond to this? This matter can you do, besides, isn't there a Cangwu Academy at home, Mr. Confucian, the head of the academy, if her family really has the heart to come to the academy to listen to the lectures, or invite the good gentleman to go home, it would be good, and I have to find your father and your uncle?"
Shen Junqian immediately explained: "Actually, her family doesn't necessarily have to invite uncle and father, just thinking about our family, you see grandpa, uncle and father, all of them are the top three in the palace exam, and there are two champions, so I want to touch this joy, maybe I ......."
Xiao Shi looked at Shen Junqian speechlessly: "You should do the same, I think it is for nothing to let you read and write." β
"I can't help it, I have been playing with her since the entrance examination, and she is also sincere, so I agreed to come back and ask. Then they want to know what books the third uncle has read, or whether the uncle and father have recommended or arranged for the third uncle to read which book. If I pass this out, it shouldn't be fine, right?"
Since Xiao Shi knew what was going on, he couldn't get impatient to worry about it anymore, so he said: "You can ask your third uncle, can you tell your third uncle to judge, the third uncle is your elder who knows more than you, and it is better for you to ask him directly than to be foolish here." β
Of course, Shen Junqian also wanted to go over to find his third uncle, but did he say that the third uncle was reviewing and preparing for the exam?
"I heard from the fifth sister that the third uncle has been studying behind closed doors recently, and I am worried about disturbing the third uncle. β
Xiao Shi laughed, "Oh-it's rare that our sister Qian also has something to be reasonable, and it seems that she has grown up." β
Shen Junqian hammered Xiao Shi angrily, the hammer was only slightly heavier than the way she beat Xiao Shi's back, Xiao Shi smiled and grabbed Shen Junqian's hand on his shoulder, and pulled her to the front.
Touching Shen Junqian's face, he suddenly sighed and said, "In the blink of an eye, my sister Qian'er is also so old, and they have all started to make friends." In this way, your third uncle can ask yourself, rest assured that your third uncle is not short of your time, if it is not very important, you tell your friend again, and I will help you ask your father, as for the result, I dare not guarantee. β
Shen Junqian was already satisfied and hugged Xiao Shi and shouted, "Mother, you are so good!"
"By the way, what kind of little girl is this friend of yours, you tell me about the situation in your friend's family, lest my father ask about it, and I will be blind. Xiao touched Shen Junqian's head and said.
Shen Junqian nodded, and at that moment he and Xiao Shi carefully explained how they met Guo Baobao and Zhang Xiaohe, and how they entered and exited the academy together. also told Guo Baobao and himself about his grandfather's obsession with reading.
Xiao Shi also sighed after hearing this: "In this way, this old man Guo is really a character." β
"yes, yes, I think so, too. As soon as Shen Junqian heard Xiao's sigh, he immediately came up.
Xiao Shi glanced at her obliquely, "Since you have such deep thoughts, you must not be a stupid person, can you not know what you can do as a little girl, or tell you that this old man is also a good person, this is clearly using you, even if you know, you are willing." Take you to the stone and ask for directions, you see, no matter what answer our family gives, it won't be long before this old man will come to the door in person. You, you really think you're a prodigy. β
When Xiao said this, Shen Junqian also understood, and sighed secretly, sure enough, she was still too tender, and her scheming methods were completely abused.
"Fortunately, you're not too stupid, you don't have a promise, and you deserve to have room for maneuver. In the future, you have to be more vigilant after eating the lesson. β
Being hit by the Xiao family, Shen Junqian couldn't help but bow his head depressedly.
"Okay, how old are you, now it's just for you to have a snack, don't be deceived in the future, what's the matter with your father and mother to protect you now." When Xiao Shi saw Shen Junqian's uncompetitive appearance, he couldn't help but teach a lesson, and said: "In the afternoon, you are not allowed to run around, follow me out and give you some new jewelry." β
"I have jewelry, and a lot of them I've never brought. Besides, she doesn't like to bring these very much, but she likes to collect more, after all, the craftsmanship of this era is really exquisite that cannot be replicated in the era of large machines. Each piece doesn't look like a piece of jewelry and more like a work of art.
Xiao Shi basically won't give Shen Junqian any room for refutation in this matter, and the decision has been finalized: "When the time comes, don't run away and disappear so that I can't find it, do you hear?"
"Got it, got it. β
Seeing Shen Junqian's distracted appearance, Xiao Shi waved his hand in disgust, "Okay, what should I do, don't go there, don't dangle me anymore." β
Shen Junqian, who was crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, reflexively made a grimace at Xiao's back and immediately ran out.
Shen Junqian thought about it in the yard, and felt that he still had to look for his third uncle, he just hadn't seen the little brother of the third uncle's family for a few days, so he went to see the little brother first and then went to find the third uncle.
The three-room Linyuan Hall is extremely familiar to Shen Junqian, because the Xiao family and De'an are old acquaintances in the boudoir, and Shen Junluo treats Shen Junqian differently from other sisters.
Shen Junqian just entered the Linyuan Hall, and the familiar maids all came over to salute and lead her in.
"Sixth sister. Hearing the maid's announcement, Shen Junluo had already greeted her first, "Are you still stepping on the point to go to the academy now?"
Shen Junqian replied as a matter of course: "Yes, why do you go so early, it's not that you don't know that I can't get up so early every day." β
Shen Junluo laughed when she heard this, she knew that this sixth sister was good at everything, but whoever she loved was lazy, and no one could move if she didn't sleep enough in the morning.
"I heard that the cousin from the Xu family is now waiting for you to go to and from class every day?"
Shen Junqian ignored Shen Junluo's slightly sour words, and said calmly: "Yes, no one will let you wait for me." β
Shen Junluo still has to behave, as soon as she heard Shen Junqian say this, she immediately returned to normal, and said disdainfully: "Cut, you treat me as you, stepping on a little bit every day is so good, our master can be strict, I don't want to be punished for standing on the ruler." β
"Dango, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I miss him. β
Tuanzi is Shen Junluo's younger brother's nickname, this is still Shen Junqian and Shen Junluo for him, three years after De'an became pregnant and gave birth to Tuanzi, Shen Junluo and Shen Junqian, the most idle in the family, met him every day to report. Because the dumplings are well raised in the womb, they are born with seven or eight pounds, and they grow into a round ball, and the two young ladies call "dumplings, dumplings" all day long.
At that time, De'an only remembered that he was calling his heart and liver, and the baby was called, and he remembered to give his son a nickname, and found that this kid had been poisoned by his two sisters, and only responded when he heard "Tuanzi". I had to reluctantly agree with this nickname.
"Then it's a misfortune that you came today, today my mother took the dumplings to my grandfather's house. β
Although Shen Junqian was a little disappointed, but it was close anyway, and she would come back next time, but she was a little surprised and asked: "Your mother and Tuanzi went to your grandfather's house, why didn't you go back with you?"
Shen Junluo sighed, "My mother decided to go back temporarily, I made an appointment with a few friends in the school a long time ago, and I want to get together today, so I didn't miss the appointment, so I didn't go." β
Shen Junqian still wanted to meet the third aunt, and then asked her if she could see the third uncle, who knows, since she was not there, she thought about it anyway, so she asked Shen Junluo directly: "Fifth sister, is the third uncle at home?"
"Of course my dad is, he's sitting in his study reading these days. After Shen Junluo finished speaking, he grinned and said to Shen Junqian: "I heard that my father is also going to take the entrance examination, and he wants to come back like grandpa and uncle." You said that if my father really got admitted to the champion, then I would not be the granddaughter or niece of the champion, but the daughter of the champion. β
Shen Junluo reacted after speaking, and comforted Shen Junqian again: "The second uncle is also very powerful, at least Tanhua, I just think about it, in fact, my father is like that, let alone the champion, I don't know if I can get Tanhua." β
Shen Junqian actually didn't care about this all along, and according to her temperament, she was glad that she was not the champion's daughter.
"I have something I want to ask the third uncle, I wonder if the third uncle is free now?"
Shen Junluo looked at Shen Junqian like an idiot, gave Shen Junqian a roll of the eyes, took her hand and dragged it in the direction of the study, shouting as she walked: "What kind of hypocrisy are you, it's not a family, so much nonsense, if you have anything to ask, just ask, my father is not a big business, when can't he read." β
Shen Junqian was dragged all the way by Shen Junluo, and he couldn't help laughing, probably just shocked by Old Man Guo, as Shen Junluo said, his own people were careful.
Although it was majestic to pull Shen Junqian into the study, when it came to Shen Ji'an, Shen Junluo was also honest. It is said that Shen Junluo is also a person who is very good at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, if you say who she is the most favored among her parents, it is undoubtedly Shen Ji'an's father, but if you want to say that she is most afraid of that, it is also Shen Ji'an. Because if she makes a mistake, it will be Shen Ji'an who can be ruthless.
Shen Ji'an has been reading books for the past few days, and he was a little bored, when he saw his daughter pull Sister Qian in.
"What's the matter, this is?" Shen Ji'an looked at the two little girls standing in front of him in surprise, "What are you doing, what are you two causing trouble to pull me to intercede?" This may still be quite high, after all, Shen Junqian and Shen Junluo encounter one place, and from time to time they will give everyone in the Shen family a thrilling "surprise". Shen Ji'an is also often pulled to intercede with the two, and in the face of two "habitual offenders", it is difficult for Shen Ji'an not to guess.
Shen Junluo showed a flattering smile at him, "Dad, what are you talking about, you guessed wrong this time, I don't have anything to look for you, it's the sixth sister, the sixth sister said that she wants to ask you a question." Saying that, Shen Junqian pushed her forward and asked her to speak.
Hearing that it was Shen Junqian who came to find him, Shen Ji'an asked with a gentle expression: "It's Sister Qian'er, what's the matter, Sister Qian'er just asks." β
Shen Junqian thought about it, then told the matter from beginning to end, and finally said: "Mother said, I don't need to take care of the rest of the matter, she said that no matter what our family reaction is, Grandpa Guo will definitely come to the door in person." Third uncle, why do you suddenly want to take the exam?"
Shen Junluo was indignant when she heard it on the side, and said fiercely: "The Grandpa Guo you are talking about is definitely not a good person, how can he bully such a young child as you, and his granddaughter, you don't pay attention to her, their family is definitely not a good person." β
Shen Ji'an turned his head and asked Shen Junqian when he arrived: "Does Sister Qian also see it like this?"
"No, Guo Baobao didn't lie to me, she was just worried about her brother, I don't blame her. "Actually, Old Man Guo is not a bad person, he just wants to climb up, although he has the intention of using her.
Shen Ji'an touched Shen Junqian's head and said with a smile: "Sister Qian'er is right, you two must remember that not being used in this world does not mean how powerful you are, but it may prove that you are worthless." Sometimes it's a good thing to be taken advantage of. Besides, this old man Guo is really a character, and he doesn't have the heart to harm Sister Qian'er, at most, he wants to borrow a bridge to cross the river, don't worry, he will definitely give our Sister Qian a gift in the future, and Sister Qian will be relieved to boldly slaughter him. Didn't he want to take the exam, and he had to give something if he wanted to. After saying that, he seemed to think of something, and he smiled very happily.
"Our family, what kind of exam book do you really have?" Shen Junqian pointed his ears and heard the point at once.
Shen Ji'an said proudly: "Yes, of course there is, if not, how can we come out with two champions and a tanhualang in a row!"