Back at home, Shen Moli's brother and sister were instructed by their father that they should keep today's events secret and not tell their mother, they only said that they had a lot of fun.

"I met Eleven Sisters in the City God Temple today." Shen Botao said.

Zhou Wanqing stopped what she was doing, thought for a while and said, "Mo is not Shen Yun, the eldest daughter of the patriarch's family. ”

Shen Botao nodded: "Exactly!" The eleventh sister was very polite and gave a meeting gift to the children. ”

Zhou Wanqing was curious when she heard this: "She's an official's wife!" I haven't seen it a few times, but how did I meet it this time? ”

"The people I met in the City God Temple were all relatives of the same clan, and they were different when they met." Shen Botao snorted.

Zhou Wanqing was not interested in the excitement outside, only stared at her children and asked, "What did your aunt give?" ”

Shen Jianhui was so busy that he took out the jade pendant from his arms and said, "Daddy said this is worth it!" ”

Shen Botao, who was on the side, turned red when he heard his son's words, and he coughed a few times and glared at him, not to let you keep it well.

Zhou Wanqing pouted and said, "I'm afraid I won't help him keep it if I lose it!" He carefully took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, "Hui'er, this thing is valuable, my mother will help you keep it, and you can keep it yourself when it is older." Without waiting for Shen Jianhui's consent, he turned around and put it in the cabinet, directly ignoring the entanglement and helplessness on his son's face.

"Mother, my aunt gave my daughter a pair of bracelets." Shen Moli handed the bracelet in her hand to her mother, "This bracelet is worth a lot of money, let my mother keep it for her daughter!" ”

Although Zhou Wanqing has no gold jewelry on her body, she is indeed knowledgeable: "Ouch! That's real money! Look at the color of this gem, I really can't say anything! After looking at it carefully for a while, he let out a long sigh, "How can we afford such a valuable gift!" ”

Shen Botao pondered for a while, and organized a language to comfort his wife, "Eleventh sister is not a person who cares about everything, this is to come and go with us often and don't care about this, otherwise with our family background, she won't have to give such a meeting gift, and she will always pay it back after a long time." ”

Her husband's words did not dispel Zhou Wanqing's concerns, and she was about to put away the bracelet with a sad face.

"It's better to let the child keep it for himself." Shen Botao frowned and said.

"I can't go yet! Isn't this a dowry for her! Zhou Wanqing was unhappy in her heart.

"Girls still have to have some vision, let her keep it herself!" Shen Botao thought that his family was not wealthy, and the children were very frugal in food, clothing, housing and transportation on weekdays, and he felt ashamed of his family.

Zhou Wanqing glanced at her husband and ignored him, just put away the inlaid gold bracelet, turned around and walked out of the house to work in the kitchen.

Half a month later, a housekeeper from the Zhao Mansion came to the Shen family with an invitation, and it was the county order Zhao Chenjing who invited Shen Botao's family to the mansion for a gathering.

Shen Botao understood the inside story, thinking that it was just a gesture, how could it be that the working family was a gift and a banquet to thank him, and repeatedly refused.

The housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion repeatedly insisted that the head of the family was warmly invited to invite the Shen family to reunite in the past, and left the invitation card to leave.

"Who came just now? Please come in and sit for a while. Zhou Wanqing came out of the main room at this time.

"Oh, it's the eleventh brother-in-law who sent a housekeeper to deliver the post, please let our family go to the house the day after tomorrow." Shen Botao raised his hands behind his back and slowly paced into the main room.

"Really! That's a good thing! Zhao Chenjing is the county master, and it was just that our two families neglected to get along in the past. Now that people take the initiative to make friends with us, we can't refuse this relative! Zhou Wanqing followed into the house and said happily, "I also saw the county order not to call the eleventh brother-in-law and eleventh brother-in-law!" I want to call Lord Zhao! ”

When Shen Botao heard this, a square face became embarrassed, "Then he was originally the eleventh brother-in-law, so it's not wrong to call him that!" "I thought in my heart that if it was an invitation, I would go over, how to say that it is also the same clan and the same clan!

Zhou Wanqing thought that she was going to the county commander's house to be a guest, so she rummaged through the cabinets to find something, and said straight in her mouth: "The new clothes made for the New Year are cotton, will they look shabby?" Remembering that I saw the steward dressed in silk and satin through the window just now, I was even more uncertain, "Why don't you buy a few ready-to-wear clothes?" ”

Zhou Wanqing thought in her heart, picked this one in her hand and picked it up, picked it up that one was too rustic, picked one that was not satisfactory for a long time, and sat on the kang at once, "Otherwise, I won't go, and I haven't interacted with the eleventh girl on weekdays." "I was a little worried about going to the county government as a guest.

"Zhao Chenjing and I have only met once, and we are not familiar with each other." Shen Botao was dizzy when he watched his wife rummage through boxes and cabinets to find clothes, "If you move around more, you will be familiar with it." ”

Shen Moli was about to enter the main room, and when she heard her parents' words, she was a little sad, and she secretly decided to let her parents and brothers live a happy life without worrying about food and clothing.

"Daddy, mother!" Shen Moli put aside her thoughts and didn't want to, "Mother, what are you busy with?" I'll help you! He asked, looking at the bed full of clothes that had been turned out of the cupboard.

"Your aunt invited us to visit the day after tomorrow. I'm picking out clothes! Zhou Wanqing said worriedly.

"I think these clothes fit perfectly." Shen Moli picked up one casually, "Daddy is a scholar, so it's not expensive to wear it." It's not that there is a sentence 'the people who are clothed and well-led, self-cultivation is inside, fame is outside, and the future will never stop'. ”

Shen Botao nodded with satisfaction after listening to his daughter's words, and there was a sense of arrogance in his heart.

"You just drop the bookbag for your mother! I don't understand! Zhou Wanqing thought to herself that there was no better way anyway, so let it be. Suddenly remembered something again, "When I meet the juniors, I always have to give a meeting gift, and we don't have any valuable objects at home!" "Thinking about the mutton fat jade pendant and the gold bracelet inlaid with treasures, they are worth a lot of money.

Shen Botao's noble arrogance that had just risen was extinguished by reality, and he thought silently.

"That's not easy! Mother, you embroider a good hand of needlework, just prepare some purses, handkerchiefs and other things! Shen Moli said while helping to clean up the clothes scattered on the bed.

"Is it appropriate to send a few purses or something? Isn't it shabby? Zhou Wanqing had no bottom in her heart, and her eyes looked helplessly at her husband.

"Thousands of miles to send goose feathers, this is what it means to be light and affectionate! If relatives are measured by money, I can't see any contact. Shen Moli was busy with the work in his hands, and unconsciously said too many words beyond his age.

"Li'er, I've been getting more and more sensible recently! Sure enough, I grew up! Shen Botao's rough lines didn't think much about it, only the pride of the seed family that was just a woman.

Shen Moli's heart trembled when she heard this, and her hand followed, and she continued to pack her clothes calmly, and secretly looked at her mother's reaction with the corner of her eye. Her mother's personality is the most sensitive, which makes her feel bad when she finds out that she is abnormal, and her heart is beating hard.