Only then did Shen Shi say: "At the beginning, the old ancestor's birthday was over, and the Beishun Hou Mansion sent someone to propose marriage and make a marriage appointment for Zhenyu and the five sons of the Hou Mansion. It was also when you were robbed in Zhengxian County, the saint in the palace was furious and fell ill, and he looked very fierce, Concubine Rong was afraid that if the saint died, Zhenyu would not be able to get married in the short term, so she hurriedly sent out a message to call the two mansions to prepare for marriage. As for the matter of accompanying the concubine, it is also the idea of the two girls themselves, I can't say anything, and the ancestor can't entangle Zhenyu, so he has to allow it. On the same day, Zhenyu's wedding was over, so he took advantage of the small sedan chair to carry Zhenxiu through the door. She hadn't been in time yet, and she said that she would marry and not open her face, so she waited outside first, but who knew that the fifth prince would go to the small house next to her to see Zhenxiu that night, and then she was furious when she entered the door, and went back to the main house and talked to Zhenyu who was still covered with her head, and made the Hou Mansion uneasy. Mrs. Hou couldn't, so she sent Zhenxiu to our house early the next morning. Fortunately, they knew that they were at a loss, so they made up for Zhenxiu's silver. Zhenxiu is still young after all, she still doesn't care about these things, and she has put some effort into the old ancestor in the past few days, probably to make up her mind to take care of the old ancestor for Zhenyu. ”

Zhenshu looked back at Zhenyuan and saw her silently hanging her head and pulling the rice in the bowl, they knew the reason for this, but in front of the Su family and the Shen family, it was naturally difficult to say it.

Su sighed: "How good it is to have two sons like you, but when you grow up, the search for a good wife will be over." Giving birth to a daughter under your knees, and having to worry about the dowry and the family, is really tiring. ”

Zhen Yuan and Zhenshu were already big girls, and these words were not easy to listen to, so they put the bowl out and sat in the west room to eat tea. After sitting down for a while, I saw Zhenxiu open the curtain and come in, and said with a smile: "Long time no see, sister thinks you are thinking about it tightly." ”

Zhenyuan answered and invited her to sit with her. I heard Zhenxiu say: "I heard that you live very cramped now, and you are in Dongshi Street, I am afraid that it will be very inconvenient to be noisy and noisy." ”

Zhenyuan snorted, and Zhenxiu smiled again: "Now that I occupy Zhenyu's big courtyard alone, and my grandmother has sent a girl to follow me, I can't say how happy I am, and I don't have to huddle together with you anymore." ”

Zhenshu knew that she was ridiculing herself for driving her out of the door, and she didn't answer, holding a cup of tea there greedy for the aroma.

Seeing that the two of them were still silent, and that they couldn't show off their benefits here, Zhenxiu suddenly thought of something, and said in her heart that they must love to listen, so she whispered: "Do you know why grandmother has a beard?" And why did she take so many concubines for her grandfather? ”

Zhen Yuan said: "I don't know, this shouldn't be something we know. ”

Zhenxiu pushed her and said, "What are you pretending?" I tell you that when my grandmother gave birth to Concubine Rong, she broke the palace room, and that thing was dragged outside all the year round, and she couldn't have sex, so she had no choice but to take a concubine for her grandfather. Otherwise, she is a tigress-like figure, and her grandfather ......"

Zhenshu listened to her more and more ugly, put down the teacup and got up and said, "You are talking nonsense here, don't burden us." ”

She watched Shen go out of the main room, and knew that only Su and Zhenyi were in the room at this time, so she went to Shen's upper room.

Zhenyuan also sighed and persuaded Zhenxiu: "You have always been lascivious and like to make things up, even if you are in Huixian, we are close sisters, we know your temper very well, and we will not delve into it." Now you live in the house, after all, you are an outsider. Although the ancestor is a grandmother, what does it have to do with us when it comes to blood? She is willing to raise you under her knees, whether it is for you or for your mother, how much trouble has she saved? If you speak like this, if you tell your grandmother with your front foot and your back foot, you will have to go back to the East City with us to live in that cramped hut. My sister advises you to keep your mouth tight, don't ask about idle things, don't ask, and don't spread rumors, okay? ”

Zhenxiu pouted: "What I said is the truth. ”

Zhen Yuan replied: "Then you still go around saying that Zhen Shu is in fornication with others, which is also true?" ”

Zhenxiu pointed out the window and said, "You really don't think she's there?" ”

Seeing that she couldn't persuade herself, Zhenyuan also shook her head and sighed, got up and went back to the main room.

Zhenxiu herself also followed, and when she saw Su's pestering, she said, "Mother, my daughter misses you so much these days." ”

Su saw his daughters, but Zhenxiu was the only one who threw Zhong's temper, and she was also full of joy at this time, so she took it and said: "Let's count you as the most competitive in a room, and serve by the ancestors' side, as the saying goes, it is good for her to be a mother, so that she can always think of her mother, and it is good to ask her mother to come here for a walk if she has nothing to do." ”

Zhenxiu said: "You are new, you should come to pay homage to Sister Zhenyu, she is now the daughter-in-law of the Hou Mansion, let's go to her as a guest, maybe we can meet a few virtuous sons-in-law for our mother." ”

Su Shi's eyes lit up and said, "Exactly, why didn't I think of it." It's better that I hand over a message another day and take Zhenyuan Zhenyi to walk around. ”

Zhenxiu turned around and said, "Mother, you must remember to come to this mansion to call me." ”

Zhenshu couldn't help but remind: "You just came out of Nafu, it's better to go again?" ”

Zhenxiu replied, "So what? I'm a relative now. Besides, Mrs. Hou felt guilty in her heart, and maybe she would reward me with more silver ornaments. ”

Even though she said this, Su still dared to take her there. It was to go back to the East Market to frame the shop, so he wrote a letter of worship with Zhen, and begged Song Anrong to send it to the Beishun Marquis Mansion. Because the Beishun Marquis Mansion is also in the east of the city, not far from here, and the left is only a few miles away, Su thought that Song Anrong would agree. Who knew that Song Anrong threw the worship post on the big case and said, "I'm not going." ”

Su Shi said angrily: "Do you think I am willing to run away, Zhenyuan has become an old girl, when have you ever her for half a snack?" ”

Because the framing shop has been open so far, the deserted door can be crowded, and in desperation, he really can't sit idle, so Song Anrong wrote a few calligraphy and paintings by himself and asked Zhao He to take the frame, which can be regarded as something to do. At this time, he was laying out paper inkstone and wanted to write a few good halls and banners, so that Su Shi could not be clean. In addition, Su Shi was noisy in his ears, he was distraught, his hands trembled, and he didn't pay attention to a large ink drop on the paper.

This rice paper is a good cicada clothes, and Song Anrong has only sold it for a knife, seeing that a drop of ink stained a sheet, he threw his pen angrily and said: "Can you stop staying upstairs for a while?" I just came back from the house yesterday, isn't it tired enough? ”

Su Shi said: "You should stay upstairs?" It's stuffy and dark, the autumn fire is dry, how can I stand it? ”

Song Anrong sighed and said: "When you were in Hui County for more than ten years, didn't you want to go back to Beijing that day?" Now that you have come to Beijing with your family, you can't get what you want? ”

Su Shi pointed at Song Anrong and said: "If it weren't for me going back to Beijing, now our whole family is afraid that there are just a few scorched bones in Caijia Temple." ”

The two confronted each other angrily, Zhao He was used to seeing it now and didn't care, still holding a brown brush to brush the paste on the back of the calligraphy painting, waiting for the paste to be evenly brushed, and then take a piece of rice paper and cover it smoothly. He is a person with fine hands, and he is meticulous and smooth in his work.

In the end, Song Anrong lost the upper hand, put down his pen and said: "Let's go, I'll go and send you a prayer post." ”

The Su family originally intended to ask Zhao He to go, after all, Song Anrong is also the master of the second room, and there is a lady as a guest, and the master will come to the door first to deliver the post. But now Zhao He is the shopkeeper in this shop and the only craftsman, and she doesn't dare to call at will, so she still sulks and goes upstairs, preparing clothes for her daughters.

Zhen Yuan said first: "I'm not going." ”

Zhenshu also said: "I won't go either." ”

Su Shi threw down a mountain of clothes on the bed, and said angrily: "I broke my heart for your marriage, and now it is easy for Baba to beg your father to ask him to run away for you and visit the Hou Mansion, but you are ashamed and refuse to go, it can be seen that I am a useless and miserable person, and God wants me to suffer from these daughters." ”

So he sat down in the pile of clothes and cried.

She had already put a lot of clothes when she came back to celebrate her birthday, and she had put a lot of clothes in the two months since she came back. The house was already small, with two beds, and four people slept together at night. And there are so many clothes piled up in the corner, which is even more cramped.

Zhenshu ran downstairs all day long and didn't feel that Zhenyuan and Zhenyi were two thin feet, hiding in this room was almost crazy. And Su Shi cried and screamed like this all day long, and even Zhen Yi's little daughter, who had nothing to do in her chest on weekdays, gradually became sad, and hid in Song Anrong's bed outside and sat in a daze.

After all, Zhenshu suffered some ups and downs, although his face was cold and soft, he couldn't bear Su's sadness, so he hurriedly patted his shoulder and rubbed his back and said: "Since my mother wants us to go, we will go, just don't cry all day long, let's open the shop now, although no one has come to the door yet." As a businessman, we pay attention to harmony and make money, and only when everyone is happy can someone come to the door and make money. If you do this all day, you're just making the neighborhood laugh at us. However, Zhenyuan had a disagreement with the fifth son, so it's better not to go. ”

Su Shi wiped away his tears and said: "What's the matter, now that his marriage to Zhenyu has been decided, he should have died a long time ago." Among the few of you, what I value the most is a Zhenyuan, if she can't marry into a high family, which of you can still have hope? ”

Zhenyuan said on the side: "If my mother insists on me going, I will go, and it is also your person who is thrown horizontally." ”

After that, he threw the door out and sat with Zhenyi and the two.

In the evening of this day, Song Anrong sent a post, and the next morning the little guy in the Hou Mansion of Beishun sent a reply post, inviting Zhen Yuan, Zhen Shu and Zhen Yi to the Hou Mansion for a gathering. Because she didn't invite the Su family, the Su family didn't want to go with her, but as long as she could send a few daughters there, she didn't mind it herself. On this day, the Su family has to put hems and folds for Zhen Yuan, and roll skirts and jackets for Zhen Yi. In this way, for a few girls to be busy for half a day, I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and I woke up on the fifth watch of the next day to comb her hair and wear a bun and wear accessories, and wear clothes and rings to prohibit walking. When Zhenyuan and Zhenyi are cleaned up, the sky is just dawn.

Seeing that Zhenshu brought porridge and cakes, Su Shi was shocked: "Zhenshu, there are no clothes that Zhenshu is wearing." ”

It turned out that because Zhenshu was running in the fields, the Su family had not bought her good clothes. After returning to Beijing, she was also busy in the shop below all day long, and the Su family forgot about her. Only then did he remember, shook the handkerchief and said, "How is this good?" ”

Zhenshu said: "The set of clothes that my fourth uncle gave me last time is still there, and it will be worn when I wear it." ”

Su Shi was busy rummaging through the baggage, and turned out Zhenshu's white fresh root gown and pleated skirt from the bottom to put it on her, because most of the things in the house were decorated on Zhenyuan Zhenyi's two heads, and at this time there were only some black and unfried gold-covered hairpins and other things, which did not look good to wear. Su Shi simply gave her a silver hairpin on her head, and always pulled up her hair, but she was still tall and tall.

When they sat down to drink porridge together, Su looked at this with his left eye and that with his right eye, he saw that Zhenyuan was soft, Zhenshu was neat, and Zhenyi was even more delicate and lovely, one by one beautiful. At this time, she was full of confidence and sighed: "I have a bad situation in this life, my parents died early, my brother is cold, and I can't help it when I marry your father." If I can marry into a wealthy family one by one, it will be the greatest relief in my life. ”

Zhao He drove the Zhenyuan sisters to the gate of the Beishun Hou Mansion, and saw that there were already people outside the door to greet them, so they still drove back to the house. Picking them up outside was Miao's mother who was by Zhong's side at the beginning, and now she accompanies Zhenyu to the Hou Mansion and manages the family for Zhenyu. One of them is Zhenyu's maid Huan Jichun, who saw Zhenyuan and a few busy salutes: "Big girl, third girl, sixth girl, my girl has been waiting for you for a long time." ”