When Xiao Shi came back with the old lady Feng, it was already a moment, and when Feng returned to Shou'an Hall, Feng Shi waved his hand and said to the three daughters-in-law: "Okay, I don't need you to serve here, let's go back and freshen up." ”

Ma Shi looked at Xiao Shi and De'an, hesitated on his face and said to Feng Shi: "Old lady, it is our duty to serve you as a daughter-in-law, I think it is better to wait for us to serve you first and then go back to freshen up." ”

"How much can I do as an old woman, just have Mama Yan and the maids, you each have to take care of a few little ones when you go back, the three brothers Jizhong are afraid that they will also come back from the palace gate, and they are waiting for you to serve, so hurry up and go back to wash." ”

Seeing that Ma and Xiao were still a little hesitant, De'an thought for a while and said: "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I think it's better to listen to the ancestors, I'm afraid that after a while, we will have to receive the messenger from the palace who gave Laba porridge, so we don't want to delay here." ”

Xiao Shizheng was a little worried about Shen Junqian, who was only three years old, so he agreed: "Ancestor, then we will go back first, and we have to worry about Mama Yan." After speaking, he also blessed Mama Yan.

Seeing that Xiao and De'an had all come down, and there were any objections, Ma also retired to Feng and withdrew with Xiao and De'an.

As soon as Xiao entered Jingxian Hall, Mama Ji had already greeted her with Yaohuang and Dailu.

Mama Ji also knew that the Xiao family was busy, so she simply reported the family affairs and the situation of several young masters and young ladies, so she asked while changing Xiao's clothes: "Madam, the hot water is ready, but I need to serve you to bathe." ”

Xiao Shi was facing the mirror to remove the hairpin ring, paused and said: "Just take a bath, first simply freshen up, put on makeup again, and when the master comes back, we will go to the hall together to pick up the messenger who gave the eight treasures porridge in the palace." ”

As he was talking, he turned his head and asked, "By the way, let the people in the kitchen prepare more hot water, and the old man will use it when he comes back." ”

Yaohuang Zheng brought a basin of water over and replied: "Madam, don't worry, the slave maid ordered the kitchen early in the morning, and went to check it on purpose, Madame just wants to take ten baths now." ”

Xiao Shi smiled and nodded, saw that Yao Huang chose a set of clothes and came over, and said: "Put this clothes first, and when you are freshened, you still have to wear the return women's clothes, and you can only change them after receiving the messenger in the palace." ”

Yaohuang listened to Xiao's instructions to put away his clothes, and asked curiously: "Madam, is Laba porridge given to ministers in the palace every year?"

Yaohuang and Dailu are both maids received by the Xiao family from Maozhou, and many things in the capital have never been heard of, but these are not new to Mama Ji, "No, this Laba porridge that can be rewarded by the palace is all important ministers of the emperor, and they are all glorious!"

At present, people have always followed their masters in honor and disgrace, Yaohuang listened to it and said excitedly: "So the three masters of our family are very valued by the emperor." ”

Xiao Shi said with a smile on the side: "The Laba porridge in this palace is not all prepared for important ministers, and there are also clan nobles, our family is really a little special, it is neither important ministers nor clan nobles." “

"Ah, can't our family also receive Laba porridge?"

Xiao Shi patiently explained: "Laba porridge is blessed by the palace to the Jingli family, originally our Shen family is not in Beijing, although Laizhou is close to Beijing, it can be regarded as a suburb of the capital, but our family has not produced any important ministers, it stands to reason that there is no ...... of our family."

Yaohuang on the side was already impatient to ask, "Is it because of the third lady?"

Xiao Shi shook his head and said, "Although De'an is the county lord, there are some reasons in it, but how can she influence the meaning of the palace. Although the Shen family had a good story of 'one family with three jinshi, father and son', but these are also famous among literati and students, and they have not made much progress in the officialdom. ”

The old lady Shen died of illness in the fourth grade to consult the doctor, and now the old man of the Shen family is already a member of the third grade, Dai Lu asked puzzledly: "Can ...... Isn't the official position of our old lady not as high as the old man, and even the old man is not also a four-rank Beijing official?"

Mama Ji smiled and nodded her green head, "You don't understand, there is a difference between these four products and the four products, back then, the old lady was the fourth grade of the left counselor, I heard that ah, the position of the counselor, don't look at the grade is not high, but he is the emperor's henchman, and he has the right to advise hundreds of officials to listen to the sky, how many people can't do it if they want to." I remember that in addition to our family, Lord Huang in Liuxiang Hutong, who is now in Beijing, is the right doctor. ”

"Is that Lord Huang, one of the six ministers of the cabinet?" asked Yaohuang in surprise.

Mama Ji said with a smile: "It's not him, it was rumored that our old lady would enter the cabinet back then, but I didn't expect the old lady to pass away, it's a pity." ”

Xiao Shi also sighed slightly, but smiled randomly: "Actually, if the old lady is really alive, it is not necessary to enter the cabinet." At that time, the Shen family was weak and had a great reputation in the student world, and the saint had just ascended the throne because the dynasty was not yet stable, and the Shen family was roasted on the fire back then, and a mistake was a catastrophe for the clan. He also worked hard to do several important things for the saint, and then he was posthumously awarded the title of the Duke of Yipin Lu by the saint, and even the old lady also gave Mrs. Yipin the edict. ”

"Then ......" Dailu wanted to ask something, and saw a maid coming in outside, and it was rumored that the news came from the outer door, and the old man was back.

Xiao Shi hurriedly instructed Mama Ji to re-prepare the toiletries.

Before this car was completely ready, he saw that Shen Jitang had already lifted the curtain and came in, and Xiao immediately stepped forward to change his clothes in person.

Shen Jitang took a sip of tea and asked, "Do you have anything to eat, get something to pad my stomach first." ”

Xiao Shi replied while helping Shen Jitang unbutton: "I got up early and asked the kitchen to stew a pot of ginseng black chicken soup, why don't I go and give you the next chicken noodle soup to eat?"

Shen Jitang listened and directly instructed Mama Ji: "Let the kitchen bring two bowls of chicken soup to me and my wife." He said to Xiao Shi again: "Don't be so troublesome, you can just drink a bowl of soup with me, and the envoy in the palace will probably arrive later." ”

When Xiao Shi heard this, he asked in surprise: "So fast, isn't our family the first batch to give porridge?"

There is not only a difference between giving and not giving Laba porridge in the palace, but also the difference between giving early and late rewards, and this reward is that the sooner the better.

Shen Jitang was also a little puzzled: "No, the first batch has always been the princes and princes' families, and our Shen family has always wanted to be the second batch, but I asked the eldest brother, and the eldest brother said that in previous years, our family was the third batch, and I don't know why it has changed this year." ”

Xiao Shi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Anyway, this reward is the sooner the better, the more it means that it is valued by the royal family, and there is nothing bad about it." ”

Shen Jitang was not a person who was too worried, and asked Xiao Shi instead: "By the way, what about Sister Qian and brother and sister, why haven't you seen them today?"

Xiao glanced at Shen Jitang with disgust: "You just think about your daughter, and you are still thinking about your brother and sister, why haven't I seen you care so much about Brother Xi on weekdays." ”

Shen Jitang was not embarrassed to be exposed, and said with a smile: "Madame, but I misunderstood me, as the so-called 'pampered daughter and rough child' as a husband is not that he doesn't care about Brother Xi's brothers." ”

Xiao Shi angrily shook Shen Jitang's handkerchief: "Go, the old lady knew that the family was busy today, and yesterday she notified us to send the young master and the girl from each room to her, I am afraid that I will play with the sisters." ”

Hearing that Shen Junqian was with his brothers and sisters, Shen Jitang stopped asking.

When the messenger who sent Laba porridge in the palace came, the Shen family gathered in the main hall to kneel and thank the emperor, and when the messenger was sent away, the ancestor worship ceremony of the Shen family Laba began.

For the first time, Shen Junqian felt that his age was a hard injury, he was only three years old, he couldn't do anything, and he was not allowed to play alone.

was sent to the brothers and sisters early in the morning, Shen Junqian thought it was the brothers and sisters playing together, who knew that it was actually listening to the eldest brother Shen Junhao and the eldest sister Shen Junxuan talk about the glorious history of the ancestors of the Shen family.

This kind of thing is very similar to the academic report of the previous life, listening to Shen Junqian's sleepiness, even the fifth sister Shen Junluo, who loves to play the most, sat obediently and looked like she was listening carefully, and Shen Junqian could only sit there obediently.

Fortunately, after sending off the messenger who sent Laba porridge in the palace, the Shen family's highlight of today's ancestor worship began.

In the ancestral hall of the Shen family, the mother-in-law and maid couldn't enter, so Shen Junqian followed Shen Junluo with her little short legs.

The Shen family's more than a dozen serious masters are divided into four rows, the old lady leads the way and stands in one row, the three masters stand in the second row, the three ladies stand behind the masters, and finally the young masters of each room.

For the first time, Shen Junqian felt the solemnity and support of the ancient clan bloodline, perhaps because science and technology had not been so developed, so he paid attention to the strength of the number of people and the strength of the clan.

The Shen family has really developed in recent years, as the Xiao family said, so there are not many ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall, and the ritual of worshipping the ancestors is quite simple.

After worshipping the ancestors, the masters of the Shen family had to give porridge and distribute sacrifices at the door, even Shen Junqian was no exception.

However, seeing that the soup porridge was surrounded by slaves and maids, Shen Junqian suddenly relieved her heart, followed her sisters, and helped hand over a bowl or something.

Shen Junluo saw that Shen Junqian suddenly looked intently at the team waiting for soup soup on the opposite side, so she followed her gaze and saw that it was a pair of tattered sisters in tatters, when the elder sister had been leading her sister to follow the team, and from time to time rubbed her hands for her sister to keep warm.

"They are all children of the poor people in the neighborhood, and if the sixth sister thinks they are pitiful, she will ask the girl to send some silver. ”

Shen Junqian looked up at Shen Junluo and asked, "I still have some clothes or something, can I give them them?"

On the side, Shen Junying had already noticed the two of them, but when they were young and tired, they were about to come over and let them go back to rest first, when she heard the conversation between the two, she said sternly: "I advise you two not to give silver clothes without permission, otherwise it will harm them." ”

Shen Junqian and Shen Junluo both looked back at Shen Junying in surprise, Shen Junying explained: "Most of these people who come to receive porridge are the poor people around the city or the homeless people living in the capital, no matter which one it is, they can't afford the silver and clothes you give, at most you can just find some old clothes from the maids or something for them, and the others will only bring disaster to them." ”

With his guilt, Shen Junqian understood as soon as he heard it, pressed his mind, and then asked: "Then can we continue to give porridge tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?"

Shen Junying shook her head, sighed and said: "This is impossible, in fact, I don't really understand why, but when I asked when I was a child, I heard my eldest brother say that our Shen family can make porridge in Laba because of borrowing ancestor worship and group training, and it is already good to be able to do this once a year, so it has already earned us a good reputation for benevolence and kindness for our Shen family, if there are too many, it will not be a good thing, and it will bring great disaster to the family." ”

Yan sù said to the Shen Junqian sisters: "In short, both of you remember, it's okay to pity them, but you have to remember that you are you, they are them, and you can't hurt your family for them, then I won't spare you." ”

The Shen Junqian sisters nodded as if they didn't understand.