105. [102] New Year
It's also a shame that Xun Yu has always been a gentle and steady person, and things like OOC usually don't appear to him, especially when facing Shen Xian, otherwise it is estimated that Xun Yu can be heard saying "nonsense!" Something like that.
However, even if Xun Yu didn't reprimand Shen Xian on the spot, Shen Xian still felt that Xun Yu's handsome face was now full of the big words "disagree".
"My lord." Xun Yu took a deep breath, and he tried to dissuade Shen Xian: "You have a lot of things to worry about, time is precious, and you have such a ...... Leave it to Humble Jing to do it. â
Shen Xian shook her head and said with sincerity: "It's not important, I'm quite close to Yi'er, it's okay to let him follow me, you can learn something." â
In the past, when Shen Xian was in Lujiang, she didn't take Lu Xun and Lu Ji with her, the two children were obedient and never troublesome, and sometimes they could express their opinions on things under Jia Xu's teaching.
"Besides, I don't have any children." Shen Xian said in a calm tone: "Sometimes I feel that a person is a little idle, and it will be much more lively to have a child next to me, right?" â
Xun Yu originally prepared a basket of reasons to refute Shen Xian, but when he heard this, he didn't know what to say. Although Shen Xian's words are very calm, the calmer they are at some times, the more it shows that a person is extremely concerned about this matter in his heart, and he can only pretend to be indifferent to deceive others, and it is best to deceive himself.
However, in fact, Xun Yu thought too much, Shen Xian said this on purpose, she is now busy with various official affairs every day, and she has to go to Guo Jia to take medicine when she is free, where is the time to feel free.
Poor Xun Yu, a person who has always had accurate eyesight, was deceived by Shen Xian's words, and it can only be said that he didn't expect Shen Xian to deceive him in this kind of thing.
Here Shen Xian and Xun Yu looked at each other in pairs, and Guo Jia over there was speechless, he thought to himself Guo Yi is my son, I haven't spoken yet, you guys are fighting.
"Since that's the case...... Xun Yu loosened a little: "Then the lord ......"
"Wait." Guo Jia finally raised his hand: "Are you all my father not saving zĂ i?" â
Shen Xian secretly rolled her eyes: "Is there any difference between you and you?" â
How does Guo Jia think that it has nothing to do with the word "father", which is also one of the reasons why Xun Yu does not want to send Guo Yi back.
"I can teach him to read and write!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "I'm well-read, and it's no problem to teach a child." â
"Just leave this kind of thing to my master, and he is a professional." Shen Xian smiled and said, "You better recuperate honestly." â
Before leaving, Shen Xian specially instructed Xun Yu that education must be done well, at least the hardware facilities must be perfected, so that students can have a good learning environment.
Xun Yu built a large academy in accordance with Shen Xian's requirements in Chengdu outside the city of Chengdu, with schools, dormitories, study buildings and other venues, and the scenery here is very beautiful, far away from the city is also very quiet, which is completely suitable for everyone to calm down and study. In addition, there are Cai Yong and Lu Zhi, the two big bosses, the name is loud enough, when the first year of enrollment was opened, many people came to visit, not only Yizhou locals, and even many students from other states and counties came from afar to kneel and beg for admission, even if the dormitory could not live, they rented a yard around out of their own pocket or stayed in a guest house in the city, but they insisted on staying to listen to Cai Yong and Lu Zhi's lectures, this kind of worship of Confucianism and the attitude of serious study made Shen Xian feel very admired after listening.
Because the primary purpose of the academy is to cultivate talents, Xun Yu discussed with Cai Yong and Lu Zhi to give priority to those students who are sixteen or seventeen years old and have already learned something. After three years of training, the students have completed their studies, and they are just weak at the age, and they can enter the workplace to shine for Shen Xian.
In addition, adhering to the principle that education should start from the child, Cai Yong and Lu Zhi will also be included in the academy for those local children who want to be enlightened, but the curriculum taught is completely different from that of teenagers, and most of these children do not live in the academy during day school.
There is also the last kind of people who come to study, are adults who have already completed their studies, because they admire Cai Yong and Lu Zhi, and they specially come to consult and discuss some issues, hoping to go further. Most of these people were well-known scholars and Confucian scholars who would leave after their questions were answered, but during their stay at the academy, they would also take the stage to teach some knowledge to the students in order to thank Cai Yong and Lu Zhi for their help. These courses are not confined to a specific book, they can be what they have seen and heard, or they can be the understanding and summary of the knowledge points in a certain book, which is somewhat similar to the open courses in modern society.
Xun Yu had only briefly mentioned it to Shen Xian at the previous meeting, but Shen Xian was still very surprised, she didn't expect Xun Yu to be able to build the academy into such a large scale in just two years.
"Teaching children is already recuperation for me," Guo Jia was very helpless: "Lord, you can't let me do nothing." â
Although she has promised Shen Xian to take good care of her illness, she doesn't read official documents or think nonsense, and she doesn't even let her children play, what is the difference between this life and salted fish?
"This kind of thing we can talk about later." Shen Xian forcibly disadvantaged Guo Jia, she looked at the sky and quickly changed the topic: "Now I'm going to pick up Yi'er, Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, you two can do your own thing." â
Shen Xian felt that she had already dealt with Xun Yu today, that is, she had got the biggest boss, as for Guo Jia's opinion, she didn't have to care about it at all, did he dare not give it to his son?
Xun Yu glanced at Shen Xian with complicated eyes and left, while Guo Jia relied on Shen Xian to go with her on the grounds of picking up her son.
The two of them walked slowly along the long corridor of the state pastor to the backyard, and met a little maid who was looking left and right on the way, and after seeing Shen Xian, the little maid's eyes lit up and moved towards Shen Xian quickly.
"Lord!" The little maid said in a brisk tone, "Madame, please come over!" â
After Shen Xian sent Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's family back to Chengdu, Xun Yu thought about it and felt that Shen Xian and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were a family anyway, so they arranged them in Shen Xian's state pastor's mansion, and specially asked Gan Qian to teach a few maids to take care of the family, and told them not to slack off.
This little maid is one of them, although she is not as beautiful as the maids in the Jiangling Taishou Mansion, but she is also an innocent and lively little girl, which makes Shen Xian feel comfortable when she sees it, she rubs the maid's bun and said softly: "Okay, lead the way ahead." â
The little maid chattered all the way, she told Shen Xian a lot of parents in Jiangling City, and the gossip made Shen Xian breathtaking. Guo Jia's afterglow had been paying attention to Shen Xian's side, at first he wanted to speak when he heard that the maid was talking too much, but when Guo Jia saw that the corners of Shen Xian's mouth kept floating with a smile that was vague, he shook his head and dispelled the idea of stopping.
The lively little maid suddenly closed her mouth timidly, and then Shen Xian heard Guo Jia laugh in a low voice: "Girl Qian." â
Gan Qian saluted Shen Xian and Guo Jia and then turned her face to the little maid, and then Shen Xian witnessed the birth of another Sichuan opera actor, only to see that Gan Qian was still full of tenderness to Shen Xian before, and when she turned around, she suddenly raised her eyebrows, and she reprimanded the maid in a cold tone: "Have you forgotten all the rules you set before?" â
"Your Excellency, forgive your sins!" The little girl was so frightened by Gan Qian that her legs were weak and she almost knelt on the ground, but Shen Xian quickly helped her.
After standing firmly, the little maid immediately broke free of Shen Xian's hand, and she trembled and moved to the side and bowed her head to Shen Xian to admit her mistake: "Master, the slave is wrong, the slave should not chew your tongue on you." â
"Nothing." Shen Xian shook her head, she said softly: "Just remember not to say it again next time, this is in your own house, and you still say this when you go outside, do you want to embarrass your family master?" â
Although the maid is serving Mrs. Wu, her head of the family is Shen Xian, and the meaning of these words is very heavy.
"The slave and maid understand." The little maid's head hung lower.
"Take the penalty yourself." Gan Qian said lightly: "The lord has spared you for the lord's business, but the rules on my side cannot be abolished." â
After the little girl left with red eyes, Shen Xian took two steps forward and grabbed Gan Qian's arm with a smile: "Qian'er, I didn't expect you to be like this when I couldn't see it." â
As soon as the little maid left, Gan Qian immediately changed from a royal sister to a cute girl, her eyes flickered slightly, and she said a little crampedly: "Lord, I ......"
Seeing this, Guo Jia slowed down his pace very understandingly, and fell behind the two girls, leaving them a gap for conversation.
"You're good." Shen Xian interrupted Gan Qian's words, and she said seriously: "So don't worry. â
Gan Qian knew that Shen Xian's words were to persuade her not to be presumptuous, but I don't know if it was a problem of background and personal experience, Gan Qian always lacked a trace of self-confidence, she could teach a lesson with a straight face when facing these maids, and when facing Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others, she usually became quiet and silent.
But compared to Gan Qian's previous appearance of being cautious when and when she lived in a foreign country, she is much better now, this matter is in a hurry, it is not overnight to change, you have to take your time, and this requires Gan Qian's self-effort with psychological disorders, all Shen Xian can do is to act as her solid backing, give her encouragement anytime and anywhere, and let her feel at ease.
"I know." Gan Qian said in a low voice: "Thank you, lord." â
"You're welcome." Shen Xian clicked, and then pulled away the topic: "Where are you going?" â
"Go back to the inner house and hand over." Gan Qian explained softly: "The lord's inner house has always been in my charge, and I followed it before
"And let you help Zhao Ji manage internal affairs, and help me watch this back house," Shen Xian sighed: "It's really hard." â
Gan Qianwaner: "Where did the lord say?" That's what I'm supposed to do. â
Yu Guang glanced at Guo Jia, who was not close to him, and Gan Qian laughed in a low voice: "If the lord really feels sorry for me, hurry up and marry a lady and go home." â
Along the way, Shen Xian and Guo Jia were not too shy about people, so the relationship between the two Gan Qian and Zhao Yun could be guessed more or less. Zhao Yun's attitude was to pretend not to see it, anyway, he couldn't control Shen Xian's head; Gan Qian's attitude was a little happy and a little worried.
She was happy that Shen Xian finally had someone by her side, and she was worried about whether Guo Jia was reliable or not, and whether there would be misunderstandings with others.
Looking at Gan Qian's gentle eyebrows, Shen Xian's heart warmed, and she laughed in a low voice: "No, no, no, it's enough to have you, your father-in-law is very single-minded." â
Shen Xian and Gan Qian parted at the next turn, Gan Qian was going to Xunfu to find Mrs. Tang to get another account book, and Shen Xian was going to find Mrs. Wu to pick up Guo Yi.
After Gan Qian left, Guo Jiacai walked up unhurriedly and said, "Miss Qian is much more cheerful than before. â
"yes." Shen Xian nodded, and then frowned: "But why is she so unenlightened in the matter of Zilong!" â
Shen Xian is going to die in a hurry! Obviously, Zhao Yun has expressed his attitude several times that he is here to chase Gan Qian, invite her to go out to play, go shopping, etc., and buy gifts for Gan Qian during Shouchun...... Shen Xian can be sure that Zhao Yun likes Gan Qian, and she can also see that Gan Qian is interested in Zhao Yun, why can't they get together? Is it fun to have a crush on each other?
Guo Jia said slowly: "Lord, you are the one who is not enlightened. â
"What did you say?" Shen Xian was very dissatisfied: "What's wrong with me!" â
Guo Jia sighed: "Miss Qian stayed for you to be a maid in order to come back with Zilong all the way, and she has been embroidering purses when she was on the boat, and the lines are for men." â
Shen Xian thought about it for a while, and she was shocked: "Are they together?" Why didn't that Zilong come to me to propose! Do you want to marry my wife without mentioning your relatives! â
"That's not right!" Shen Xian said again: "Guo Fengxiao, how do you know so clearly! I didn't even notice that she was with me every day! â
Guo Jia blinked: "Blame me for this, because you have been watching me, so you don't have much energy to look at others." â
Shen Xian: "...... In other words, don't you keep looking at me, so you have the energy to look at other people? â
Guo Jia: "...... That's not what it means. â
Guo Jia dug a pit for herself purely by herself, and Shen Xian didn't bother to pay attention to him, she snorted coldly, opened the curtain and walked into the house amid the chirping of the little maids guarding the door.
As for Guo Jia, he couldn't go to the inner house full of female dependents, so he could only rest in the room next to him under the guidance of the maids.
In addition to Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhou, who were sitting on the couch and talking, Sun Quan, Lu Xun, Lu Ji, Guo Yi and Sun Shangxiang were all there, among which Sun Shangxiang was lying on the bed with Mrs. Wu in her arms. Seeing Shen Xian coming, the children got up and rushed over to chirp around her.
"Third sister, you're finally back!" This is the Sun Quan who has not been seen for a long time.
"Sister, you are walking so slowly......" This is Lu Ji, who was soft and elongated, hugging Shen Xian's thighs and coquettishly.
"Hmph, I must have been secretly playing on the way!" This is Lu Xun with a stalk on his neck.
Guo Yi walked at the back, and he looked at Shen Xian expectantly.
"What do they all look like! Tell your sister to come and sit down. Seeing this scene, Mrs. Wu couldn't cry or laugh, she instructed the maid next to her: "It's cold outside, go to the kettle to make hot tea, and you can warm your hands." â
"Okay." The maid nodded and took the order, and gave her a salute when she passed by Shen Xian's side.
Shen Xian dragged Lu Xun with one hand, Guo Yi with the other, and dragged two pendants on her body, and the whole person was like a clothes rack full of clothes, and moved towards Mrs. Wu with difficulty: "Husband...... Mother, my daughter has come to greet you. â
Thinking of the resolute attitude of Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhou last time, Shen Xian changed her words in time.
"Okay, okay, just come back!" When Mrs. Wu faced Shen Xian, her expression was warm and her tone was soft, she was simply a representative of a loving mother. However, when she turned her gaze to Sun Quan, her whole face immediately sank, and she said in a gloomy voice: "Sun Zhongmou." â
Mrs. Wu couldn't pull her face to train Lu Ji, Lu Xun and Guo Yi, but Xun's own bear children were under no pressure.
Sun Quan immediately let go of Shen Xian with kindness, and the other children also consciously stood aside when they saw this.
At this time, Sun Shangxiang, who was asleep, was woken up, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Shen Xian sitting on the edge of the bed. Sun Shangxiang was stunned at first, and then she stretched out a finger and carefully poked Shen Xian's face, her movements were very gentle, as if she was afraid that Shen Xian would disappear with a little force.
Shen Xian couldn't cry or laugh, she held Sun Shangxiang's little chubby hand and shook it, teasing her: "Xiangxiang, do you remember who I am?" â
"Third sister!" Sun Shangxiang stood up steadily on the mattress and threw herself into Shen Xian's arms: "Hug!" â
"Hug, hug!" Shen Xian was about to melt by Sun Shangxiangmeng's heart, he hugged the little girl with a smile and said, "Does Xiangxiang miss my sister?" â
"Yes!" Sun Shangxiang nodded, then she twisted around in Shen Xian's arms and looked around, looked at it for a while and asked suspiciously, "Third sister, where is the second brother?" â
Shen Xian: "......"
Mrs. Wu tried her best to make her eyes compare with Shen Xian's lips behind Sun Shangxiang's back, and Shen Xian only glanced at it and understood, it is estimated that Mrs. Wu has not told the little girl that her second brother will not come back for the New Year this year. Sun Shangxiang likes Zhou Yu so much, I don't know how sad she will be after hearing the news.
Facing Sun Shangxiang's clear eyes full of hope, Shen Xian said with difficulty: "Your second brother...... is still fighting in Yangzhou, and he will not come back this year. â
"Why?" Sun Shangxiang was shocked: "But I want my second brother to accompany me for the New Year." â
Shen Xian coaxed hard, for fear that Sun Shangxiang and Guo Yi would cry if they didn't agree (Guo Yi: "......"): "Xiangxiang, the second brother is an adult, and he has a lot of things to be busy." â
Sun Shangxiang didn't cry, she bit her finger and thought for a while and suddenly said, "Third sister, if I grow up, can I help the second brother?" So that the second brother doesn't have to be so busy, and he can go home? â
Shen Xian was a little surprised: "Yes." â
"Then I'm going to grow up quickly." Sun Shangxiang clenched his little fists and said with high morale: "I'm going to help the second brother and the third sister fight!" â
As for who the eldest brother is, we don't know at all.
Regarding Sun Shangxiang's declaration of ambition, Mrs. Wu didn't say anything, "What does the little girl's family look like dancing with knives and guns!" She just suddenly turned her head to stare at Sun Quan, her face expressionless but her tone was gentle: "Zhongmou, since Bo Fu and Xiangxiang have decided to be generals who lead the troops, then you are the only civil official in our family." â
Sun quan:...... Why do I also want to be a general, I think I can still save it!
Shen Xian really likes Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhou, the two cheap mothers, and after chatting with them for a few more words, Shen Xian said: "Mother, I'm here to pick up Yi'er, Gongji and Boyan back, and Fengxiao is still waiting outside." â
If Shen Xian was the only one there, Mrs. Wu would definitely leave Shen Xian for dinner, but Guo Jia was too embarrassed to stay with Guo Jia waiting for her, what if Shen Xian and Guo Jia still had something to discuss?
"You kid, it's going to be the New Year soon, but take a good rest, don't be busy." Mrs. Wu patted Shen Xian's hand and said angrily: "Look at yourself tired and thin, haven't you eaten well?" I'll cook you something delicious tomorrow and watch you eat for myself! â
Shen Xian hurriedly swore that she must pay attention to rest and eat on time, and Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhou let her go.
Shen Xian led the three bear children out of the door, and Guo Jia stood outside the door trembling: "Lord, if you don't come out, I'll starve to death." â
Guo Jia was very afraid of the cold in winter, and was basically too lazy to move, but now she was standing on the corridor blowing the cold wind, Shen Xian frowned at a glance, she walked forward quickly, took the cloak sent by the maids and wrapped it in Guo Jia: "Do you want to take more medicine again?" â
Behind Shen Xian, the three children stared up at Guo Jia, Lu Ji had his heart written on his face, Lu Xun had machine written on his face, and Guo Yi smiled.
Guo Jia narrowed his eyes, and he stretched out his hand to Guo Yi: "Yi'er, come here, how are you staying here?" â
Guo Yi pursed his lips, he moved towards Guo Jia in small steps, but when he passed by Shen Xian's side, he was picked up and held in his arms, Shen Xian looked at Guo Jia vigilantly: "What are you doing?" He won't go back with you - do you have a mansion? I remember the last time you were in the house for seven days, and I took the money to get you. â
Guo Jia stiffened and defended: "Lord, that's all in the past, we can't always mention it, people have to look forward." â
Shen Xian looked helpless: "My focus is whether you have a mansion or not, not that you have been in the Theater for a few days." â
Guo Jia is also a big strategist under Shen Xian, his salary is the highest-grade, and he was rewarded by Shen Xian for three days, so it is impossible not to save a mansion, right? Even if not, take a step back......
"I remember when I came to Chengdu, I asked you to pick any house, where did you choose?"
Faced with Shen Xian's doubts, Guo Jia was very innocent: "I picked it, but Wen Ruo didn't give me approval, and said to me: You go to the Sleep Theater!" â
Why? Xun Yu is not this kind of person? It must have been Guo Jia's choice of a place that made him angry.
Shen Xian raised her eyebrows: "Where did you pick it?" â
Guo Jia pointed to the ground.
A few seconds later, Shen Xian reacted, and the place Guo Jia picked was the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion.
"You-" Shen Xian opened her mouth: "You deserve it." â
Guo Jia was finally taken away by Shen Xian, along with the three bear children, but Shen Xian arranged Guo Jia in the guest room and took the children back to the inner house.
Guo Jia was a little dissatisfied, but there was no way, after all, there were still Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Zhou living in the inner house, what did Guo Jia look like when he went in.
This year's Chinese New Year, Shen Xian and Xun Yu discussed whether to have a banquet or not, just eat their own family, after a busy year, everyone must want to reunite with their families the most, so Shen Xian will not make trouble.
So the Xun family got together, the Cai family and Lu Zhi got together, the Sun Zhou family got together, the Guo family got together, Shen Xian and Gan Qian got together, and Gan Ning, Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yun, who came uninvited, set up a big table in the side courtyard.
What's the difference with having a banquet!
In addition to the great business of the Xun family, Xun Yu and Xun You couldn't leave, when the lights were on, Cai Yong and Lu Zhi took Cai Yan and Guo Jia and Guo Yi to Shen Xian's mansion.
In the end, Shen Xian simply moved the place to the main hall and asked the servants to burn charcoal around to keep the temperature of the big house, and held a nondescript New Year's banquet in the main hall.
Anyway, no one cares, it's good that everyone is happy.