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Anyang, an important frontier town, belongs to the Yan State, which is the military fortress of the Yan State and the Beiyi of the alien tribes in the northern Xinjiang, and is the northernmost barrier of the Yan State.

Anyang is a barbaric place, the land is vast and sparsely populated, because the Beiyi has been committing crimes for many years, countless Yan soldiers have come here to guard the frontier, and over time thousands of military families have gathered, and have attracted countless Jia people who have opened shops and sold them, and gradually formed a city, and the folk customs are almost the same as other cities in the Guannai.

In the west market of Anyang City, there lives a family surnamed Shen, who has lived here for three generations. The old man of the Shen family was also born in the army back then, and once served as a soldier under Generalissimo Ma Zhengming, made meritorious contributions, and had a foreign commissioner with the title of general, which was the military attache of Zhengjipin.

The Shen family is not a big family, but it is also rich and solid, three generations live in a closed courtyard house, the front hall and the back bedroom of the brick and wood structure, neatly more than a dozen houses.

At this time, it is late spring, Shen Ruchu, the third granddaughter of the old man of the Shen family, is pruning flowers and plants in the yard, the original small garden has been barren for a long time, but recently Shen Ruchu has been playing with it from time to time, but also tossed out some flowers and plants, not to mention the flowers, but it looks a little more refreshing and elegant.

The eldest aunt of the Shen family, Gao, walked over with her fat waist, glanced at Shen Ruchu, and said nonchalantly: "As before, you seem to have changed your temperament these days, and you don't like to talk anymore, and you always like to stay alone, and you love to play with these flowers and plants!" ”

Shen Ruchu smiled and said nothing, she naturally wouldn't tell anyone that the soul in this body was no longer the original Shen Ruchu!

She once complained about the heavens and people, in the last life, she was a scholarly family, she had no worries about food and clothing, and while enjoying modern civilization, she also had a bright future, but at this moment she could only be a girl who could not easily show her head in the family of this generation of military households, and wasted her stomach of ink and more than ten years of hard work to get the skills! In order to adapt to life here, she made a lot of determination.

"Auntie, you used to think I was noisy, but now you say I'm too quiet." Shen Ruchu smiled faintly.

The tall family, who has a fat body and mean eyebrows, has always been a philistine and domineering, snorted slightly, and said: "If you don't open your mouth now, forget it, you will bring a knife and a stab when you open your mouth, don't say it's you, even your dead mother doesn't dare to talk to me like this!" Gao said, pulled his two pair of brocade new gown, Anyang people are industrious and simple, except for the female dependents of those large families, there are very few people who wear silk, but this Gao family loves vanity, plus the mother's family has some heads in the local area, always likes to dress up bright and decent.

A month ago, Gao stubbornly took the military salary obtained by his husband and son on the battlefield to buy a silk material, and now he is dressed so eye-catching and goes out, with the old servant Wang Sister-in-law behind him, and he wants to go to a rich and noble family to make friends.

Shen Ruchu didn't argue, and gently cut off the bifurcated part of the bauhinia, and there were already some branches of plum and huangtang scattered on the ground, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I am different from my mother." ”

Gao looked at Shen Ruchu for a while, and saw that this girl was very handsome, with the unique health of a military daughter, but she was soft; The figure is delicate, the skin is fair, the body is exquisite, the temperament is dignified, and then look at the clever smile at the corner of the mouth, it is really not comparable to the dead Wu family, and said in her heart: This girl is no worse than the young ladies of those big families, and now she has reached the age of the Xu family, thinking about this, she smiled and said: "You and your mother are indeed different." How old are you this year? ”

Shen Ruchu was not in a hurry, smiled again, and said, "Auntie, aren't I and the fourth sister in the same year and different months?" "Gao's knee has a daughter, named Shen Zhiyuan, the fourth among the sisters, the same age as Shen Ruchu, just because of Gao's doting, not as calm as Shen Ruchu, although it is a small family, but it is also the temperament of the eldest lady.

Gao smiled in a rare good-natured manner and said, "Look at my memory!" I'm fifteen years old, and I'm also a big girl, so I should look for relatives. ”

Sister-in-law Wang hurriedly smiled and said, "The third girl looks so good, the threshold of our Shen family is about to be broken." ”

Gao nodded, looked at Shen Ruchu again, and said, "With your appearance and character, coupled with my strategy, it is not difficult to join a big family!" It's not difficult at all! I'm here, and it's on me. ”

Shen Ruchu naturally knew what she had in mind, and she didn't break it, and commanded the maid Qiurui who was standing on the side to take those dead branches away, and said with a smile: "Then there is Uncle Lao." Grandpa was still waiting for me to make him tea, so I went first. ”

Gao Shi saw Shen Ruchu leave, and said coldly: "I don't know what to do!" ”

Sister-in-law Wang hurriedly said: "Why should Mrs. be like her, let's go quickly, don't delay the time to say goodbye to Mrs. Ma." ”

Shen Ruchu made a pot of Tieguanyin for Shen Yunzhong, the old man of the Shen family, sat and chatted with the old man for a while, and took the opportunity to ask some about the customs of Yan Kingdom.

It happened that the third aunt Li came over to call everyone to eat, this Li is the widow of the third uncle of the Shen family, Shen Ruchu's third uncle Shen Mengxiong died in the battle in the early years, and the Li family has been widowed until now. Because there is only one daughter under his knees, no heirs, and the status of a widow, Shen Ruchu's third uncle has no military merits, so he has been pressed by the Gao family for many years, and the Li family is somewhat dissatisfied with him, but he is humble and docile, and he has never clashed head-on.

"Third aunt, can I ask you a question?" Shen Ruchu pulled Li Shi and asked quietly.

Li smiled and said: "Ask, I'm not a sister-in-law, you don't need to be so polite with me, if you have anything to say, we can both say it directly." ”

Shen Ruchu hesitated, didn't know how to start, paused, and said, "Who is the second sister's family affair?" "Li's daughter, Shen Ruchu's second sister Shen Nianqing married the son of a local thousand households, saying that she was married, that is a decent statement, in fact, it was to make that person small in the past, I heard that the son of a thousand households was not a good person.

Li's smile retracted, and he sighed: "My sister-in-law found someone to make a matchmaker, and she came to me a few days ago to ask for credit, saying that she pushed Er Nizi into the golden nest and silver nest!" Catch up with Ming'er, and let her four girls go to the golden nest and silver nest! ”

When Shen Ruchu heard this, he immediately understood, thinking that it was also the Gao family's strong greed for money and making decisions without authorization, and thinking that she had just seen her eyes, she was a little uneasy in her heart, and said, "Third aunt, the eldest aunt is also going to tell me about her relatives." ”

When Li heard this, he disagreed, and said, "Tell you a kiss?" I think she's addicted to housekeeping! Your grandfather and your father are both alive, where is her turn to be your matchmaker! There was displeasure in her tone, but this displeasure was directed at Gao.

Shen Ruchu's heart calmed down a lot when he heard this, thinking about it, although he was a girl's family, among these granddaughters, Shen Yunzhong liked himself the most; His father Shen Chuanzhi pities that he is young and motherless, but pampers himself in his own unique way, and he will not listen to Gao's words and force himself to marry anyone, not to mention that Shen Jinchao is very disgusted with Gao.

"The third aunt is right. Today, I saw my aunt go out again. Shen Ruchu said, she didn't know much about Gao's circle, she only knew that Lu Dao was greedy for vanity, good at greeting, and indeed knew some prominent women in Anyang City.

Li sneered: "I'm afraid I'm going to say goodbye to Mrs. Ma again." You don't have to worry, when the second sister-in-law was alive earlier, she and the second brother set a family affair for you, and now I heard that the family has good luck and is rich. ”

Shen Ruchu was wondering who this Mrs. Ma was, after listening to the second half of Li's words, he couldn't imagine that he actually had a baby parent, and that family was still lucky, could it be that he could still run as a young grandmother from time to time? It doesn't matter if he is poor or rich, he will never marry if he doesn't like it!