While the family was talking, the little girl outside came in to report that it was Lord Du's mansion who was the political envoy to give gifts, and she had already waited in front. Lian Shouxin and Gorou hurriedly got up and went to the front. Because he knew that it was Lord Du's son, who was also young and also a student, he brought Xiao Qi over. Although Xiao Qi is young, he has already begun to learn to meet guests and visit friends with his father and brother.

Because there were no female dependents coming, Lian Man'er and Zhang's family didn't care, and the two of them were still sitting on the kang, so they discussed the Double Ninth Festival Lilly to send to each prefecture.

When he came from the Thirty Miles Camp, because he thought that Chongyang was approaching, Lian Man'er had already prepared a gift list and brought a lot of soil to prepare for gifts.

Half a night, even Shouxin, Wulang they didn't come back, the little girl came in one after another to report, it turned out that there were a few more gifts, some of them have sent posts, and some have not sent, this time in addition to gifts, and sent invitations, and agreed to eat and watch the play.

Someone from outside gave a gift, and Gorou asked people to accept it in front, and sent it to the backyard along with the gift list to show Zhang and Lian Man'er. Lian Man'er has seen it, and knows it in his heart, some of them are left from home, some are sealed and put into storage, or they are used for other purposes, and so on.

In this way, they were busy all morning, and it was only at noon that the family was free again to continue discussing the things that had not been finished in the morning.

Here are the gifts received from each family, and the Double Ninth Festival gifts they have prepared for various places should also be sent out one by one, among which even Shouxin and Gorou need to be sent to the door in person, and some can be sent by the steward.

The first one is a gift to the Shen family, which must be sent in person.

"I sent someone to inquire again in the morning, the sixth master has not arrived home yet, saying that he is on the way, and he will not be able to come back until the day after tomorrow." Gorou said.

"We're already here, so we don't have to wait for the sixth master to come back. This gift is still sent first. Wait for the sixth master to come back, or summon him, or let's hand over the post to pay a visit. Lian Man'er said.

Even Shouxin, Wulang and Xiaoqi are going to visit the door, and even Man'er and Zhang's are going to the Shen Mansion to visit the eldest lady and the third grandmother and other female dependents.

"That's right." Gorou nodded, "We have to prepare a banquet, so we don't have to wait?" ”

"Well, it's the same." Lian Man'er nodded and replied, "The sixth master is not here, Xiao Jiu should be at home." The Shen family also has the third master and other people. When the sixth master comes back, let's see when it is convenient for him, let's invite another one, it's also good. ”

Everyone nodded yes.

After discussing for a while, the day for inviting the play and wine was set. I was busy sending people everywhere to give gifts and place posts, and a few of them needed to go to Shouxin and Gorou in person, so they were arranged first. There are still those who give gifts and congratulatory gifts, and they are all received by stewards. The family had lunch and rested, and then they all changed their clothes and brought various gifts. Take the car to the Shen Mansion.

The post was handed in early in the morning, so when they arrived at the door, they were caught by the steward. Introduced in the prefecture. Lian Shouxin, Wulang and Xiaoqi were taken into the big study in the front yard to visit the third master of the Shen family and Shen Qian, and after that, they also visited Mr. Chu. Lian Man'er and Zhang's were directly connected to the second gate.

Lian Man'er got off the sedan chair. At a glance, I saw that Shen San's grandmother had brought her two youngest daughters, Shen Yi and Shen Shi, and a group of girls and daughters-in-law had already picked them up.

"I know you're coming. My two girls and I have been looking forward to it for a long time! Grandma Shen San brought Shen Yi and Shen Shi to meet her.

When the guest and host meet, they enter the courtyard and enter the courtyard, and when they arrive in the house, they meet again, and everyone sits down in the guest and host.

Grandma Shen San and Zhang's sat opposite each other on the kang, and Lian Man'er, Shen Yi and Shen Shi sat on a chair next to the kang. In the Shen family, in addition to Shen Liu, Shen Jiu and Shen Jin, Lian Man'er is the most familiar with Shen Yi and Shen Shi, they are close in age, they have met often in the past two years, and they have become very good friends.

The girls sent tea fruits, and the two sides exchanged pleasantries. Zhang asked, why didn't you see the eldest wife.

“…… I went to work with the eldest master. Grandma Shen San said.

Lian Man'er hurriedly gave Zhang a sneak look, and Zhang sighed and didn't ask any more.

I have a lot of contacts with the ladies of the Shen family, and I don't know if it was because of whose instructions, some secrets of the Shen Mansion have been passed on to Lian Man'er's ears bit by bit. Now, as far as Lian Man'er knows, the Shen family has many houses, but in Fucheng and living in this big mansion, there is only one branch of the Changfang, which is now the branch of Shen Liu, the head of the Shen family.

Shen San is also a grandson, the son-in-law of the second room, because he has been injured since he was a child, he can't join the army, but he is good at dancing with long sleeves, and he is a good hand at handling chores. He also made a contract with Shen Liu, and was loyal to Shen Liu, so he also stayed in the mansion and helped Shen Liu with Shen San's grandmother to deal with housework.

Today, the couple lives in a cross-courtyard at the back of Funai West Road.

Behind the Shen Mansion mansion, across an alley, are two mansions of a slightly inferior scale, in which live the population of the two rooms and the third room. And around these three mansions, there are many houses of different sizes, connected into a piece, and many clansmen of the Shen family live here. These are all side branches, and the relatives are different. There are many children of the Shen family, and most of them are either in the army or studying for the imperial examination.

In front of the east road of the Shen Mansion Mansion, there is a very large school field, and there are special martial artists to teach the children to ride and shoot and martial arts. The Shen family has another family study, and the fees should be borne by the Changfang, and all the children of the Shen family, regardless of distance or distance, can be enrolled. Of course, there are also people from very good families who are willing to hire another husband to teach their children alone. For example, Shen Jiu is like this.

Speaking of Shen Jiu, people can't help but think of the eldest lady Shi.

The eldest lord of the Shen family, the eldest wife of the Shi family and Shen Jiu are very special existences in the Shen family.

The eldest master of the Shen family is now fifty years old. At this age, although it is difficult to say that he is in the prime of life, he is not yet at the age of retirement. According to common sense, he should be the head of the Shen family now, and then it will be Shen Liu's turn.

After knowing the existence of the eldest master and the Shi family, this matter also bothered Lian Man'er for a while, and it was only recently that she learned the general reason from the mouths of the third grandmother and others.

The Shen family started with military merits, so the ancestors set a family motto, and each head of the family must practice martial arts to join the army and serve in a military position. But when I got to the eldest master, I liked it and hated martial arts. Shen Liu's grandfather, that is, the father of the eldest master, still had hope for the eldest lord at the beginning, even if he liked and hated martial arts and was slightly inferior in martial arts, as long as he could govern the army, the Shen family would have a good general to be his right-hand man. But Shen Liu's grandfather was disappointed that the eldest master not only had no interest in governing the army, but also had no talent.

In the end, Shen Liu's grandfather chose Shen Liu as his heir among Shen Liu's brothers. Shen Liu was the most outstanding of the brothers and liked by his grandfather the most, so Shen Liu's grandfather was not too embarrassed to make this decision.

Even so, at that time, Shen Liu's grandfather had not completely given up on the eldest master. However, the eldest master went against the wishes of Shen Liu's grandfather in another matter.

Shen Liu and Shen Jin were both born to the eldest master of the Shen family and their original partners. This original wife was set by Shen Liu's grandfather for the eldest master, so she was naturally very liked by the old man. However, unfortunately, this lady died of illness when Shen Jin was very young. The eldest lord obeyed his father's order and married the second wife.

Not long after the lady passed the door, she died of a disease and left no son and a half daughter.

After the death of this lady, the eldest lord passed the mourning period and married the third lady, who is now the eldest lady Shi. This family affair was strongly opposed by Shen Liu's grandfather, but the eldest master made up his mind, and in the cold winter, he knelt at the door of Shen Liu's grandfather for a day and a night, vowing to marry Shi to enter the door.

No father can watch his son die.

In the end, Master Shen married Shi as he wished, and since then he has completely lost his qualifications to succeed the head of the family. But at the same time, he got the freedom he had always longed for, broke away from the Shen family's system, and entered the court as a minister. Shi is also not liked by his father-in-law, and after entering the door, although he is the eldest son and daughter-in-law, he has no right to be a director.

Therefore, although Lord Shen's house was in the middle of the Shen Mansion, he gave up the serious inner room and left it for Shen Liu to live in.

Now, Lord Shen has served as a Beijing official in the capital for several years, and he has asked for a decree to serve as a foreign official in a certain prefecture in the southwest, and the eldest wife Shi naturally followed. Compared to Lord Shen, who was deprived of the qualifications to succeed the head of the family, it was even more difficult for the Shi family to gain a foothold in the Shen Mansion. After she gave birth to Shen Jiu, she took the initiative to pass Shen Jiu to the fourth room of the heir.

When Shen Jiu was very young, he left the Shi family's side, and when he grew up, he simply followed Shen Liu, and Shen Liu was responsible for upbringing.

Over the years, the Shi family has never fought for the power of the housekeeper, and has always been cautious about Shen Liu and Shen Jin's brothers and sisters, not daring to put on the stepmother's shelf, coupled with the arrangement of the only biological son Shen Jiu, the Shi family has gradually gained a firm foothold in the Shen family.

Lian Man'er can understand these things, which is naturally a signal from the person in power of the Shen family. However, no one told her in detail about these past events, and many things still left questions.

For example, why is the Shen family so opposed to the Shi family's entry into the door, and why is it so difficult for the Shi family to gain a foothold in the Shen family. From the words she heard, Lian Man'er could guess that the reasons for this, as well as Master Shen's likes and dislikes of martial arts, were by no means as simple as they seemed on the surface.

Of course, compared to doubts, Lian Man'er still has a deeper understanding of the Shen family.

For example, she finally knew why Shen Liu had to bear the burden at such a young age. She also knew why Shen Jiu was not close to the eldest wife, but close to Shen Liu and Shen Jin, and had a special status in the Shen family.

This is the situation of the Shen family in the capital city, and as for the other rooms of the Shen family, they are scattered all over Liaodong Mansion. Among them, the border city has a two-room population, and the children are all in the army, and the relationship with Shen Liu is extremely close.

"I'm going to Chongyang soon, your family is here, and the sixth master is coming back, now, we're going to be lively!" The third grandmother smiled.

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