Shen Jitang originally said that he was going to take his family to Mr. Lishan's house before the year of his father-in-law and teacher, but who knew that there had been something going on, so he didn't take a break, so he dragged it out until the second day of the new year when he got married and returned to his parents' house.

Mr. Xiao Qi of Lishan is a famous calligrapher and painter in the world, indifferent to fame and fortune by nature, in his early years, he was the priest of the country, and later resigned and lived in the Lishan Zhuangzi in the west of Beijing.

At the age of 12, Shen Jitang apprenticed to Mr. Lishan, followed him to learn calligraphy and painting, and lived in Lishan Zhuangzi for a long time.

Shen Junqian sat on Shen Jitang, listened to him talk about the things in Lishan Zhuangzi back then, and raised his head and asked mischievously: "When did Dad fall in love with his mother?"

Because the weather was cold, there was still a long way to go to Lishan Zhuangzi, so Shen Jitang's family traveled in a few carriages, and the family even sat in a carriage together, but fortunately, the space in this carriage was quite large, and the family was not crowded when they sit.

Shen Junrui saw Xiao Shi hand Shen Jitang a cup of tea, but interrupted what Shen Jitang was about to say, and pulled Xiao Shi's sleeve: "Mother, what are you doing, Dad hasn't answered my sister's question yet?"

This kind of thing, how could Shen Junqian allow Xiao Shi to bypass: "Dad, you say it quickly, you say it quickly, we are all waiting to hear it." Mother, you are not allowed to interrupt again. ”

Shen Jitang glanced at the second son, who couldn't hide his curiosity even though he was sitting upright, and the eldest son who was full of smiles and had straight ears, smiled and coughed, and said, "There's nothing that can't be said, since you all want to hear it, I'll talk to you." ”

Shen Jitang pondered for a moment, as if he was thinking about where to start.

"When I followed your grandfather to learn calligraphy and painting, I was already twelve years old, although I lived in your grandfather's Lishan Zhuangzi, but I am a foreign man and have always lived in the outer courtyard, and your mother has lived in the inner house of your grandmother with your grandmother, and I can't touch a place on weekdays. ”

Shen Jitang took a sip of tea and said, "But you have one, and your personality is ...... Uh, the more lively little aunt ......" Seeing Xiao Shi glaring at him with disgust, Shen Jitang immediately changed his adjective.

Shen Junrui's fat eyes were sharp, and he immediately threw himself into Xiao's arms and hugged Xiao: "Mother, mother, don't you interrupt......" Shen Junqian saw it, and secretly gave the little brother a thumbs up, and Shen Junchun also glanced at Shen Junrui with appreciation.

Xiao Shi said angrily: "You guys, really, the debt collector I owed in my previous life. Seeing that Shen Jitang was still laughing on the side, he added a threatening sentence, "What are you laughing at, it's funny, huh?"

Shen Jitang immediately straightened his face: "What Madam said is that it is wrong for her husband, and it is not funny." ”

Shen Junqian covered her face and secretly had fun, her father was really an old fox, he was so active in admitting his mistakes, it seemed that he had a good set of coaxing his wife!

Xiao Shi didn't have the cheekiness to show his husband and wife affection in front of his children, so he spat on Shen Jitang and said, "Okay, if you want to say it, just say it, do you just want to say that the third sister is unruly, just say it, am I that stingy person." ”

Shen Jitang nodded, but secretly said in his heart, of course you are not stingy, but it is not you who are stingy.

"Your grandfather raised three daughters in his life, and your mother has an older sister above and a little sister below. Because your little aunt is the youngest daughter, she has not been restrained since she was a child, and she is bold and lively by nature, and often teases us brothers who studied with my husband. ”

Xiao Shi silently retorted on the side: "The third sister didn't tease the other senior brothers much, I think the younger sister is also smart, and at that time, I knew that the senior brothers were the worst, so they often teased you." ”

Shen Jitang coughed a little embarrassed before he continued: "Once, when your little aunt took advantage of me to go to the lake to enjoy the lotus, she broke the boat I was sitting on. ”

Shen Junqian listened to it for a long time, but she didn't hear anything about Xiao's family, how did she feel that this heroine was wrong: "What about the mother?"

Shen Jitang touched Shen Junqian's head: "Don't worry, isn't this a cold, originally my wife wanted your little aunt to make amends and take care of me, but your little aunt's temperament, my mother is not at ease, so I asked your mother to make amends and take care of me by the way, hehe......"

Shen Junqian silently added, so you just look at it like this......!

"Isn't it that men and women are seven years old at different tables, do you want to avoid suspicion, how can your grandmother let your mother take care of you?" Shen Junchun had already asked first.

Shen Junqian nodded and looked at Shen Jitang questioningly.

Shen Jitang glanced at his second son dissatisfied: "What do you think, your mother just sent me a medicine, a soup or something, and there are a bunch of maids and women following me in and out." ”

Shen Junchun nodded, "Oh." Secretly, he pouted, and said that he would send a medicinal soup for a long time, and you would fall in love with your mother, and you lied to the child.

Shen Junxi actually doesn't believe in this statement, it's just that he is the eldest son of the second room, and he has always maintained his status as the eldest brother who takes care of his younger brothers and sisters, and he is always steady, and this kind of questioning of the elders will never be expressed on him, so ......

Shen Junqian was secretly happy in Shen Jitang's arms, and the little brother was afraid that he would be stupidly instructed by the eldest brother and the second brother to make a head bird.

Speaking of understanding several sons, Xiao Shi absolutely did not let him, and naturally knew what his eldest son and second son were secretly doing, but there was nothing to be told about her affair with Shen Jitang, and it didn't hurt for the children to want to know about it, not to mention: "Master, in fact, I have always been curious, how did the master who was known as the resourceful man like me fall in love with me, who was not outstanding among the sisters?"

Shen Jitang said with a smile: "Madame is modest, in the eyes of her husband, Madame has always been the most outstanding. ”

Xiao Shi didn't have Shen Jitang's cheekiness, he was praised by his husband in front of the child, his face showed a little shy color, and his eyes rolled and glanced at Shen Jitang.

Shen Junqian, who was sitting in Shen Jitang's arms, couldn't help it, did you show your affection in front of your children, and besides, you just showed affection, you finish the story first, this appetite is going to be nauseated, okay.

Without saying a word, he stood on Shen Jitang's lap and hugged his neck coquettishly: "Dad, you haven't finished talking about how you like your mother, you can say it quickly." Shen Junqian said that the body is small, no matter how old the mental age is, there is absolutely no pressure to be coquettish.

"Yes, Dad, I want to know too, you can tell me quickly. "Although Shen Junrui has not been instructed by his two elder brothers, he must spare no effort to support his little sister at this time.

Shen Jitang took a sip of tea and said, "Okay, since you all want to know so much, I'll tell you about it, in fact, it's nothing special to talk about." ”

Xiao Qi's father, Mr. Lishan, was the southwest city of Jiangxi after the Xiao family, originally with the current dynasty to set the capital of the capital, only to move a branch of the family from his hometown to the capital, in order to strengthen the connection with the capital of the family also let the family know the latest changes in the capital at any time, which is also a common practice of the major families.

Xiao Qi has been in the capital since his grandfather, but they don't know if they are not adapted to the soil or what, and they have not had many heirs, until Xiao Qi is his only son. When Xiao Qi got married, although he had several concubines in addition to his wife, he had nothing to do except for his wife who gave birth to three daughters.

Xiao Qi's temperament was not a man at the same time, and when he saw that he had no son after the old age, he sighed with his wife, probably destined to have no children, and since then he has not bothered about the heirs, and even the concubines have been dismissed, and only three daughters are raised with peace of mind.

The three Xiao sisters have been literate since childhood, and since Xiao Qi made up his mind to teach his daughter well, he taught the three daughters as disciples.

When Shen Jitang followed Xiao Qi to study, the names of the three Xiao sisters had been spread in Beijing, and they had always had the reputation of "Xiao Sanshu". Those who have only heard of the "Xiao Sanshu" know that among the three sisters, the eldest lady is good at books, especially the one-handed style is not inferior to everyone in Beijing. The third lady is good at painting, the painting style is lively and natural, and she has an aura. Only the second miss of the Xiao family, sandwiched between the two sisters, everyone said "the third sister of the Xiao family", but no one knew what the second miss of the Xiao family was good at, and over time, many people thought that although the Xiao family's talent was better than many women, it was a little inferior to her sisters.

"I am indeed inferior to the eldest sister and the younger sister, and I was not as attentive as them when I was in school. "Xiao didn't think there was anything about it.

Shen Jitang looked at Xiao Shi: "Madame is modest, I think you are the real talented girl among the sisters." ”

"I don't have to say the words that make me happy, I know what I know. ”

Shen Jitang shook his head, "Madam misunderstood, but what I said for my husband was sincere." At first, like everyone else, I thought that Madame's talent was the worst among your sisters, but when I really got to know Madame, I found that Madame was really a talented woman. ”

Xiao Shi saw that what Shen Jitang said was very serious, and he was a little puzzled by his thoughts.

"Madam, do you remember the few books in the teacher's study that were sent to me when he took care of me, and among them was a military book 'Grandson Qi'?" asked Shen Jitang.

Xiao Shi thought about it seriously and shook his head, "Back then, I went to your father's study to get a book, and I also took it casually, because I didn't know what you liked, so I picked a book in various ways, thinking that there will always be something you like, where do you remember what book you took." ”

Shen Jitang smiled, glanced around at his children, looked at Xiao Shi and said: "In that military book, I found the notes made by my wife, I was really surprised at that time, I didn't expect that the second lady of the Xiao family, who has always been the least famous among the sisters, can read military books and is quite proficient. Since then, I have intended to take advantage of the time when you came to deliver the medicine, to talk to you about some book-related content, the more we talked, the more surprised I became, only to know that although you do not have a particularly outstanding talent, you are familiar with hundreds of schools of knowledge, and you are a real person among the sisters who know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. ”

Seeing her husband's appreciative gaze, Xiao Shi lowered his head embarrassedly: "How can the master say that it is so powerful, I just don't have my own special favorite things like the eldest sister and the third sister, because if you don't particularly like it, you can learn everything a little bit." ”

Shen Junqian was already listening to the Xiao family with starry eyes, it turned out that her mother was also the No. 1 talented woman! After thinking about it, her eldest aunt and third aunt were both famous in the official family, and their knowledge was not bad, so in this way, in addition to the extraordinary knowledge of men, the women of the Shen family are also very good.

"Mother, you are so powerful!" Shen Junrui, the little fat man on a plate, had already widened his eyes.

It seems that Shen Junxi and Shen Junchun are also surprised by Xiao's talent, Shen Junchun has already hung his hands on Xiao's neck with a shy face: "Mother, why don't you usually see your cousin?"

Xiao Shi nodded Shen Junchun's head, "Go and go, I usually have to worry about you stinky boys, then I still have time to think about those piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings, those are just pastimes for women before they get married." ”

Shen Junqian said in a milky voice: "What my mother said is not right, isn't it a pastime, isn't my father learning to marry you because of your talent?"

Shen Jitang pinched Shen Junqian's little face: "Sister Qian's words are not right, your father and I only paid special attention to your mother because of her talent, because only by noticing can we really understand your mother and see the beauty that others don't see." Sister Qian should remember that no matter who it is, this is the second thing to learn appearance, and moral character is the most important. Then he added to his three sons: "Remember this, too." ”

Shen Junqian secretly stuck out her little tongue and asked, "Dad, how long will it take for us to get to my grandfather's house?"

Shen Jitang lifted the curtain of the carriage window and looked outside, "Well, it's almost there, it's the first time that Master and Master have seen Sister Qian." ”

Xiao said: "No, Sister Qian was born in Maozhou, and almost all the elders in the family have seen Sister Qian for the first time." Sister Qian will kowtow to her grandfather and grandmother for a while. ”

Shen Junqian raised her head and said, "Mother, I know." ”。