Chapter 75: Point Break
Chu Yiyao saw that Qiao Cong'an, who had come in late, blushed slightly, and said with concern, "Sister-in-law, is it too stuffy in the carriage, or I will open the curtains." "
Qiao Cong'an looked at him innocently, laughed angrily, and simply sat down by the window, letting the wind blow away some of the emotions.
The carriage quickly returned to Chu's house, Qiao Cong'an took Chu Yingzhu first, Chu Yiyao came down slowly, and looked at Huaishan with a smile, the latter was a little helpless by her, "Girl, what are you laughing at!" ”
"Uncle, I'm wondering what you'll be like if you shave off this beard." Chu Yiyao continued to pretend to be innocent, blinked and pointed to his chin, "Why don't you shave your beard?" ”
"What the hell are you trying to do?" After knowing each other for so long, Huai Shan can be considered to have figured out some of Chu Yiyao's temperament, but whenever she laughs like this, she must not have any right thoughts in her head.
"Uncle, don't you think it's very old to have a beard?" Chu Yiyao snorted undeniably, turned around and walked into the gate, Huai Shan stood there for a while, reached out and touched his thick beard, is it really so old
Chu Yiyao brought back the unsigning brocade bag from Xiangshan and directly asked Qian's mother to take it for offering, and like many people who came from the marriage master's hand, Qian's mother also attached great importance to the signing, saying that it was the most pious to worship it like this.
At the end of March, the merchant ships returned, and the docks were lively again, and the Shen family's troubles at the beginning of the year added a few more business to many other trading houses.
In the Shen family firm, Shen Shixuan accompanied Shen Shijin to the dock to see the goods, and when he came back, Zhu told him that in a few days, Mrs. Shen's Buddhist hall would invite a Buddha statue back, and he must be at home at that time.
"Why did the old man suddenly want to invite a Buddha statue to his grandmother's Buddha hall." Shen Shixuan wondered how his grandfather could suddenly ask for a Buddha statue in his grandmother's Buddhist hall on a whim, his grandmother had been dead for all these years, and no one had left the Buddhist hall empty.
"It was said that it was a dream, and the old lady entrusted her with a dream to enshrine a statue of Guanyin in the Buddhist hall to bless the Shen family with many sons and grandchildren." Guan Shi instructed his mother to bring the stewed soup in the kitchen and urged him to finish drinking, "I see that you are getting busier and busier lately, so drink this quickly." ”
Shen Shixuan picked up the bowl and drank the soup, took the handkerchief in his mother's hand and wiped his mouth, "In addition to coming back, did grandfather order other things?" ”
"Your grandfather's thoughts, we all understand, in today's Shen family, Shi Jin has been married for several years, just one child, and now his daughter-in-law is gone, and you are not married, the old man has these things in his heart." said that Mrs. Shen was dreaming, not that Old Man Shen was reminding them that the Shen family now has no eldest grandson, and this is urging his son to get married quickly.
"It's not something that grandfather can do when he's in a hurry." Turning around and back to his family.
"Your father and I don't want to persuade you, because I don't want you to turn around and say that we made a wrong decision and blame us, but if you don't have a score, you and my father will be the master for you!" Guan didn't want to indulge his son all the time.
"Mother, I know it in my heart." Shen Shixuan nodded.
Five days later, the business bank was busy, the Shen family began to be busy with the Buddha statue early in the morning, the old man Shen enshrined the Guanyin statue in the Jianshan Temple for more than half a month, and also invited a special monk to invite the Guanyin statue to the old lady Shen's Buddhist hall, Shen Shixuan and they were all there, standing in the courtyard to see the monk's practice.
The statue of Guanyin was covered with a yellow silk cloth, waiting for the Dharma to be finished before it was revealed, and Old Man Shen stood in front with a cane, his eyes fell on the Buddha hall, and he sighed lightly.
Waiting for the monk to tell him that it could be uncovered at the end of the ceremony, Old Man Shen called the eldest son to go and uncover the yellow silk, and the moment he took it down, the smile on Shen Shixuan's face froze.
The statue of Guanyin with the eyebrows of Guan Er is the one that he has carved for nearly two months, whether it is the height or the appearance, he can't be mistaken, his grandfather is the guest who spends a lot of money in Miss Chu's mouth?
"I hope this Guanyin statue can bless our Shen family and have many children and grandchildren." Old Man Shen didn't fail to see the look on Shen Shixuan's face, and said to everyone in the courtyard.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you?" Shen Shixuan's voice suddenly sounded in Shen Shixuan's ears, and when he looked up, Shen Shijin looked at him with concern, Shen Shixuan shook his head, "It's nothing." ”
"I've also heard about the second brother and Miss Shui, it's a pity." Shen Shijin retracted his gaze and looked at the Buddha hall, saying a little carelessly.
"What's the pity." Shen Shixuan didn't care much about his words, all he thought about was the matter of Old Man Shen and this Buddha statue.
"The second brother has lost a big help, and the eldest brother doesn't understand why you don't want to let it go." What Shen Shijin saw was the Shui family behind Shui Ruoqian, if he became an in-law, wouldn't this be like a tiger with wings.
Shen Shixuan didn't answer his words again, because Old Man Shen mentioned their names.
"You two are the sons of the Shen family, and in the future, the Shen family will be handed over to your two brothers, whether it is Shi Jin or Shi Xuan, no matter who is older or younger, in this business house, you two brothers must help each other and support each other to carry forward the Shen family." This is also the first time that Old Man Shen has mentioned these things about the Shen family, and he used to let these people talk about the eldest son and grandson inheriting the Shen family.
Although no one has refuted his words, several of these people who can listen to them have changed their faces, especially the Yan family, what is it called handing over to the two brothers, she only gave birth to a son, and it is her own son who has been helping in the business house, why is it that now the old man said a word, and the children of the second family can be the same as his own son?
"If I hear anyone say that the Shen family has a long house to inherit and split the family, whoever will give me to get out of the Shen family immediately!" At the end, Old Man Shen suddenly knocked the floor tiles with his cane and yelled at them, "We are not a century-old family in Luoyang City, we can live by hereditary titles and court officials, you all remember it firmly for me!" ”
The courtyard was quiet, Old Man Shen looked at these people, and his eyes were fixed on Shen Shixuan's body, "Let's go, Shixuan, you stay, come to my study." ”
"This is to congratulate my brother and sister, Shixuan is very good." Old Man Shen left, and Yan said to the Guan family in a weird way.
"Sister-in-law, this is all for the Shen family, there is no congratulations." Guan glanced at his son who was following, turned to Yan and said.
"Don't say that, this Shixuan has not been good at these since he was a child, if he goes to the trading house, even if he asks his eldest brother, Shijin has studied for so many years, and he will still teach his younger brother well." Yan's sharp voice is weird, full of thorns, and unforgiving.
"That's going to be a lot of trouble for Shi Jin." Guan didn't want to argue either, so he simply followed her words.
"What's the trouble, no matter how troublesome it is, it's also the old man's order, Shixuan, go back with your mother, the baby hasn't seen you for a few days." Yan called Shen Shijin to go back directly, and Guan was a little worried.
Inside the study.
Shen Shixuan followed Old Man Shen and walked in, Steward Jiang stayed outside, Old Man Shen pointed to the chair on the side for him to sit, and he walked to the bookshelf and took down a box from the shelf, Shen Shixuan hurriedly stepped forward to help, Old Man Shen waved his hand, "You go and sit." ”
The box was placed on the desk, Old Man Shen motioned for him to open it, Shen Shixuan opened the box, there were three thick books inside, looking at the big characters on it, Shen Shixuan was stunned.
"You take this." Old Man Shen waved his hand, "Go back and take a good look, it was your grandfather and grandfather who wrote it, and I added some in the end." ”
These books are the hard work of several generations of the Shen family, and they are the means and some insights of doing business summarized by several generations, in the last life, until he was thirty years old, he never got the approval of Old Man Shen to get these books, and these books have always been the pride of the eldest brother, even the father and uncle have never had.
And now, my grandfather actually gave this to him.
"Don't hang outside, you should also help in the business house with peace of mind, could it be that this Shen family is not as important as these things outside you?" Old Man Shen just wanted to use this Guanyin statue to let him know that he knew everything, and that the things he did in private could not be hidden from his old man.
"This thing should be given to the eldest brother, how can I have this qualification." Shen Shixuan only felt that these books were hot potatoes, and his grandfather was now planning to force him to push him out.
"Your eldest brother has already had it, I know very well whether you are qualified or not, do you plan to do those things for the rest of your life." Seeing that he hesitated, Old Man Shen slapped the table and bluffed.
"There is a big brother in the trading house, as well as an uncle and a father, I really can't help much." Let my grandfather know that these are not the most terrible, as long as he goes back to the trading house, the eldest brother will inevitably check his bottom, he doesn't want to be exposed so quickly, then his pretending to be idle all these years is in vain.
"Shixuan, grandfather knows that you have ambitions." Old Man Shen looked at him for a while, then suddenly sighed and said, "Grandfather is also old, I don't know how long I can watch this family, you are not young, do you really plan to wait for grandfather to leave the Shen family with your father and mother?" ”
"That's not what Shixuan meant." Shen Shixuan shook his head in denial.
"Angry, it's just that you're like this, do you think it's okay if you don't go to the firm?" Old Man Shen suddenly raised his voice and taught him, "If you want to guard against you, you will guard against you as long as you live for a day, and you can't avoid it." ”
Shen Shixuan suddenly raised his head to look at Old Man Shen, and Old Man Shen pointed to a row of portraits behind him, "You are like fighting a war, it is good to know how to wait for an opportunity, but you have been hiding for too long, the enemies have come to you, and what you did before is in vain." ”
"You are my Shen Kuo's descendant, in my eyes there is no difference between eldest son and grandson, our family does not rely on this title, whoever has the ability will have the final say, this is what your great-grandfather said to me at that time." Old Man Shen looked at Shen Shixuan and said meaningfully.
The author has something to say: I finally finished writing, drank a large glass of ginger brown sugar water, and felt that my aunt was a lot quieter (am I talking nonsense), in short, drink that thing more, it seems to be able to warm the palace or something, and it has to be cooked by yourself, and it has no effect to buy and soak it
Volume 2 ends, volume 3 enters, Old Man Shen is a standard old fox, old fox l3l4