Chapter 8 The Sender
Lu Pozi smiled at Si Ying and said, "Girl, wait, I'll go boil the bath water for you." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoOh, by the way, grapefruit leaves, be sure to put grapefruit leaves to wash off all the bad luck, and it will be smooth in the future. ”
Si Ying was a little embarrassed: "Mother Lu, I haven't changed my clothes yet." ”
Lu Pozi said with a smile: "Actually, before your mother went to Shudi, she packed up your clothes and sent them over, they originally wanted to ask someone to bring your clothes to prison, but the jailer refused to be accommodating, and forced them to leave Beijing within three days, and Shu is far away, if you don't go to the local county government to register within two months, you will be guilty of one more degree, and the government will arrest them." So they sent things here. Oh...... Madame also wants to send it, but Dali Temple is ......"
Si Ying interrupted her and smiled: "I understand that my aunt also has her own difficulties. She had long understood that her aunt did not want to have anything to do with her family.
Seeing that she was sensible, Mrs. Lu also felt pity in her heart, so she didn't say anything more and went to prepare the bath water. When Mrs. Lu was in the Zhang family, she was the lady's girl, and she got along very well with the two girls of the Zhang family. Later, she became the second girl's companion, and the second aunt also took office in Beijing, and the two families were quite close, who knew what happened.
Si Ying took a bath, smoked her hair, picked up the clean and dry clothes, put her nose up and smelled it, there was still the sweet fragrance of her mother on it. There was a sachet embroidered with butterflies next to the clothes, Si Ying opened it, there were three handfuls of hair inside, carefully tied with thread, she knew that it was her father, mother and brother's hair, so she picked up the scissors, cut off a small strand of her own hair and put it in, cherished it on her chest, took a deep breath, held back the tears that wanted to overflow her eyes, and shook off the clothes and put them on. When Mrs. Lu saw Si Ying who came out, she was a smiling and cute little girl again.
In the evening, his uncle-in-law Shen Jiaheng came back from the official hall, heard that Si Ying had been released, and said to Zhang: "Now my niece has also been released, and my brother-in-law's family can be regarded as safe. ”
Zhang sneered: "A child, how can there be such a big pomp, heh, how many gifts were given to you before for your promotion to Shuicheng, how much money was spent, and I saw that it was going to be done, but now because of her family's affairs, it is all in vain...... You go and look at the face of Mrs. Dushui, I haven't swallowed the breath in my stomach yet, and I still catch the wind......"
Shen Jiaheng smiled: "It's up to the people to make things happen, it's up to the sky to make things happen, if you can't do it, it's not okay, what's more, isn't it good that I'm in this position now, it's not so much to do, this time it's so big, how many people have been arrested, it's good that I'm not implicated, and it's better to be promoted or not." ”
Zhang glared at him, and said angrily: "Implicated? Why implicate us, we didn't borrow the light when her family climbed the Yanwang Mansion, and now her family is unlucky, you don't even have a chance to be promoted, do we still have to take the blame for them! ”
Shen Jiaheng sighed: "There are so many things in the court, why are there so many unjust deaths......"
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, you're always like this, the more you talk, the more angry you become, anyway, when this thing gets out, I don't know what people will talk about." Zhang said angrily.
"Let's talk about it, besides, the brother-in-law's family is just exempted from being a commoner and flowing to Shu, and it doesn't become a pariah's slave, what does it matter. Besides, children have nothing to do with adults. Shen Jiaheng said with a smile, he was originally a lazy character, the imperial examination was forced by his family to pass the exam, so he didn't have the heart to take the exam again, and the family worked hard to find a nine-grade petty official in Chang'an who managed the bridge, and over the years he was promoted to the seven-grade master book little by little, and his career was also smooth, and he didn't have any big ambitions, so he wanted to live a quiet life, drink a little wine with friends, and talk about Fengyue. There is a lot of oil and water in the water supervisor, of course, he can only take a small head. However, although his Shen family is not a big family, there are still a lot of fields in Wuxing's hometown in the south of the Yangtze River, and the small life can be regarded as nourishing.
Zhang's is a strong person, before she was very envious of her sister marrying a jinshi, the book Zuolang and the future is good, and her daughter is going to be a princess, she has always had a faint intention to compete with her sister, and now her sister's family is unlucky, she can't say anything, but her husband's career is blocked This makes her angry. She felt even more uncomfortable when she saw her husband like this, after all, Shen Jiaheng was able to have a relationship with the Gu family because of herself, hearing Shen Jiaheng say this, it seemed that she had become a villain for nothing, and sneered: "You know what people are talking about, King Qi said that she is a red face and trouble, and now Chang'an has spread all over the world, you are a man, naturally I don't think it, I went to the tea party, and those ladies looked at me wrongly." Before, there were still people who wanted to tell our family Qianwen about family affairs, but now I don't mention this stubble. ”
Shen Qianwen is the eldest son of the Zhang family, and it is also her heart, unlike her sister who married for a few years before giving birth to Si Ying's daughter, as soon as she married into the Shen family, she gave birth to a son, and Shen Qianwen studied hard, which made her angry in front of her sister. Shen Qianwen is two years older than Si Ying, and someone has already told her several family affairs, but the Zhang family was also picky at that time, but now others can't avoid it.
Shen Jiaheng said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry, the child is only thirteen, so early to talk about family affairs, he has no heart to study, he is in the exam, and he can't say anything about family affairs." ”
Zhang sighed and said, "What else...... That's the only way to do it. ”
Although he didn't have good words, Zhang still asked the kitchen to cook two more dishes, set a table in the main house, and called Siying and his two sons to eat together as a family. Because Zhang's face was not good-looking, coupled with the rule of eating without saying a word, the meal was quite dull, Shen Jiaheng only comforted Si Ying a few words before starting, so that she could rest assured that she was living here, and Si Ying took the opportunity to ask about the situation at home, but Shen Jiaheng's knowledge was limited. But Si Ying didn't care about anything else, her mind was on eating, and the two months in prison made her feel that these home-cooked dishes were delicious and delicacies.
After eating, the children left the main house, and Shen Jiaheng asked with some confusion: "Isn't the west room empty, how can you let your niece live in the back room?" ”
Zhang said: "Qianhe is going to be seven years old, and he can't always live with us in the warm pavilion, it's time for him to have his own house, besides, the children are not too young, and they don't mix together, what is that like." ”
Shen Jiaheng didn't say anything when he saw his wife say this, he just felt that Si Ying's appearance was pitiful, and he was afraid that she would be wronged.
Coming out of the main house, Shen Qianwen called Si Ying: "Sister Xuan, suffer in prison, I see that you have lost a lot of weight." Before she was imprisoned, her face was still baby fat, and her face was like rose petals, with a luster lustre, and now, because she has not seen the sun all year round, her face is white and scary, and her cheekbones have protruded, with two thick eyebrows, there is a sense of perseverance and coldness.
Si Ying smiled: "Anyway, I don't want to go to that place again." ”
This smile made Shen Qianwen feel that his cheerful and lovely cousin was back, and he smiled: "No matter what, you are back, this is a good thing." Uncle, aunt and cousin, don't worry about it, my father said that my uncle and aunt are going to Yiyang County, Bazhou, where the county order is the same year as the uncle, I guess it won't be too difficult for them. ”
Si Ying nodded gratefully, and asked with a smile: "I heard that Mother Lu said that my cousin entered Jingzhao Mansion this year?" So did you pass the hospital test? Now it's Xiucai? ”
Shen Qianwen nodded with a smile: "I tried it this time, and my father and husband told me not to worry, but I didn't expect to be admitted." ”
"Then congratulations to my cousin, I wish my cousin good luck in his studies and high school as soon as possible." Si Ying smiled and asked with some embarrassment: "Does my cousin have "The Legend of Gu Liang"? Can you lend me a book? ”
"Yes, yes, but why does my sister want that?" Shen Qianwen asked.
"Our opening class is Gu Liangchuan, and I have fallen behind a lot...... Si Ying said.
Shen Qianwen suddenly said: "So my sister is still going to go to girls' school?" ”
Si Ying nodded: "The school governor said that I would go back to school after a few days off." But my book ......"
Shen Qianwen thought for a while and said, "In this way, I will give you my book and our husband's explanation, and you have read it for me." ”
"But don't you still use it?" Si Ying said.
"The one who taught us this gentleman to respect "Ram" does not pay attention to "Gu Liang". I heard that every year his assessment is to test "Ram", and my brother asked us to spend all our minds on it, and "Gu Liang" only took a look at it before the exam. Shen Qianwen said with a smile.
Si Ying smiled reassuringly: "Then thank you cousin." ”
It took Si Ying two days to finish copying Gu Liang's biography. also copied down some of Shen Qianwen's notes to help him understand. When she heard the girl say that Shen Qianwen was back, she hurried back the book, for fear of delaying his homework.
"Hey, I told you not to worry, you finished copying it so quickly." Shen Qianwen took the book with a smile.
Si Ying smiled: "I have memorized everything in front, mainly in the back." ”
"Oh, yes, sister, you have such a good memory...... By the way, didn't you want to watch "Yutai New Song" before? I happened to go to the bookstore today and saw it, so I brought one back. With that, Shen Qianwen handed the book to Si Ying.
Si Ying's face was full of surprise, took the book, and hurriedly flipped through it, while repeating his voice: "Thank you, cousin!" ”
At this moment, Zhang walked in, saw the two talking and laughing, frowned slightly, and said quietly: "Qianwen, why did you come back so early?" ”
Shen Qianwen said: "Today, there is a happy event in Mr.'s family, I heard that his daughter-in-law gave birth to a fat boy, and Mr.'s family is going to set up wine in the past three days, saying that we are on holiday." He turned to Si Ying and said, "I made an appointment with a few classmates to enjoy laurel and compose poems together, do you want my sister to go together?" ”
"Don't say that the wind is rain, you are on vacation, and your sister has to go back to the girls' school to take classes." Zhang glanced at his son, and then at Si Ying.
Si Ying hurriedly smiled: "What my aunt said is that the school governor asked me to return to school as soon as possible." Oh, Mother Lu is still waiting for me to draw the embroidery pattern, I'll go back first" After speaking, he hurried away.
Zhang then taught Shen Qianwen: "Don't run around when you have time, you still have to study with your heart, although Mr. has also praised you, but you shouldn't take it lightly......"