Chapter 47: Shen Family Cousins
Mrs. Wang was furious at her daughter-in-law, but she didn't say much when she faced her granddaughter, but she was not allowed to go out so privately in the future, Jiang Wei agreed, Mrs. Wang touched her granddaughter's little face with satisfaction, and dressed up the little girl with Shen Qin, and even the two double buns were combed out by them, tied more than a dozen small braids, wrapped the two buns into two small roses, scattered red treasure beads dotted on the bun, and finally drew a small plum blossom in the center of her eyebrows.
"It's so pretty." After Shen Qin finished painting plum blossoms, he hugged his daughter and kissed him, "The longer Ah Zhi gets, the better it looks." She compared her daughter's height, "If only it were a little taller." ”
"Don't worry, you were like this when you were a child." Mrs. Wang hung a jade pendant on her granddaughter, "Before the age of ten, it was like you didn't grow up, and I thought that you would be much shorter than Ah Qi in the future, but I didn't think that when I was ten years old, I would grow up like a blower, and then Ah Qi was worried that you were taller than her." ”
Shen Qin grinned, "Who made him laugh at me for being short before." ”
Mrs. Wang was speechless for her niece, she hadn't grown up for so many years, she took her granddaughter's hand, "Let's go." ”
Xie Ze and Shen Qin followed behind Mrs. Wang, and behind the two were Xie and Yan, and Dafang's only great-grandchild was currently sleeping soundly in the arms of the nursing mother. Jiang Lu got married three years ago, Jiang Heng also got married half a year ago, Xie and Yan are currently pregnant, but Yan is the first child and Xie is the second child. From Jiang Wei's heart, she hopes that she can have a pink and tender little niece, but she still sincerely hopes that her two sisters-in-law can have more sons.
When Shen Qin went home yesterday, she said that Mrs. Wang was coming today, and her sister-in-law heard that her mother was coming, so she hurriedly invited an aunt of the same generation as Mrs. Wang in the Shen family.
"From the mother." The two stepped forward to salute.
"That's so much courtesy." Mrs. Wang looked at Mrs. Liu with concern, "Erniang has worked the road. ”
"There are people to serve me all the way, so I don't have to work so hard." Mrs. Liu smiled, and when she looked down, she saw Jiang Wei who was being held in her hand by Mrs. Wang, "Is it Ah Zhi?" This kid looks so good, and he is carved out of the same mold as Arwen. ”
Shen Qin pursed his lips and smiled: "Second sister-in-law, you have won the award." ”
Mrs. Liu said to Mrs. Li with a smile: "Sister-in-law, Awen has grown up and will be humble." ”
Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Li laughed, "It's not that when you grow up, you will be humble." ”
"Why are you so happy, don't come in." Lang Lang laughed, and a white-haired old woman came out, surrounded by maids and servants, who looked to be about seventy years old, with a ruddy face and a loud voice, and walked like a fly.
"Sister-in-law." Mrs. Wang was taken aback when she saw the old woman, "Why are you here?" "This person is the wife of Shen Yi's cousin, it looks like she is more than seventy, but in fact she is already eighty and five, her husband died early, she pulled three children to grow up alone, open-minded and open-minded, very respected by the younger generations, she and Mrs. Wang are called the same generation, in fact, the two are many years apart, and the old lady's children are older than her and Jiang Ke and Shen Yi.
"I heard you were coming, so I came over to join in the fun." Mrs. Yuan laughed.
"Mother-in-law." Jiang Wei didn't need to be instructed by the adult, and stepped forward to call Mrs. Yuan.
"Ah Zhi is really good." Mrs. Yuan took Jiang Wei's hand, "What story is Ah Zhi going to tell to the eldest mother-in-law today?" ”
"Shall I tell my mother-in-law the story of Ti Ying's book to save her father?" Jiang Wei thought about it and said that the old lady likes to listen to the stories of filial sons and daughters. It is said that in ancient times, several generations were in the same house, and there would not be empty nesters, but the old people were old and still very lonely, and they were only accompanied by maids and servants who served all year round, so it is no wonder that some old people are not as good as the maids around them when they are older.
"Okay." Mrs. Yuan nodded again and again, when the old man is old, he likes to be surrounded by children and grandchildren, but when the older children are naughty, where can they be patient with Mrs. Yuan; Young and ignorant children still need to be taken care of by adults, and they will cry from time to time. Only Jiang Wei, a pseudo-Lori, is not crying, but also willing to patiently talk to Mrs. Yuan, willing to listen to her talk about the ancients, and willing to tell her stories, which can always make Mrs. Yuan laugh.
Mrs. Wang smiled: "Sister-in-law, every time you come, you can talk to Ah Zhi." ”
"Who told Ah Zhi to be good?" Mrs. Yuan said with a smile.
Everyone laughed and sat in the room, Mrs. Liu called the children to see the gift, everyone gave the meeting gift one by one, Jiang Wei also received a meeting gift from Mrs. Liu, but when she saw the second uncle's child, her eyes were glazed, she knew that her two aunts were very capable of giving birth, for example, her eldest aunt had eight children, six boys and two girls, and the second aunt seemed to be more capable of giving birth, there were eight in front of her, this is not counting the three sons and one daughter who stayed in the capital and had married a wife, Jiang Wei couldn't help but be in awe of the second aunt.
Uncle Jiang Wei's children have all married wives and daughters-in-law, and his cousin has already received an errand instead of going to class. The eight children brought by the couple had just arrived in the capital, and the boys had not enrolled in school, so they all came to see the ceremony. Even the eldest daughter of the second uncle, who had been married, took her youngest son and children back to her parents' house, and the house was full of children's voices for a while, and even Jiang Wei's little nephew was excited when he saw so many people, looking at everyone and giggling. Fortunately, the Shen family is big enough, and these children are watched by nurses and maids, and they can have fun in the yard, which is like opening a kindergarten.
Jiang Wei's second uncle has a total of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, of which the eldest three sons and one daughter have already started a family, and the remaining Shilang, Wulang, Liulang, Erniang, Qilang, and Sanniang, each with a difference of two years, Shilang is the oldest, already sixteen years old, the family affairs have been decided, just waiting for the wedding, Qilang and Sanniang are the youngest, eight and six years old respectively, just about the same as Jiang Wei. As for Balang and Siniang, they were not born to the Liu family, but to the second uncle's concubine Lianniang, and the concubine was also waiting behind Mrs. Liu, looking only seventeen or eighteen years old, with apricot eyes and peach cheeks, very delicate and lovely, she kept her head down, and stood behind Mrs. Liu timidly.
Jiang Wei was very curious about this Lianniang, except for her grandfather, maternal grandfather, Dayeye and Yeye who only guarded his wife, there was more than one woman around the others, such as her uncle, and there were several children in the concubine, but she had never seen the concubine, even the concubine. She remembered that her aunt had said that it was just a boring thing for her uncle, and she didn't need to take it seriously. But this concubine was actually kept by the second aunt's side, and even the child was seriously introduced, obviously the second aunt liked her very much?
Mrs. Liu pointed to the concubine and said: "This is Ah Lian, the daughter of a good family, her father is a lifter, but unfortunately her life is too hard, she left her mother at the age of three, and went to her father at the age of eight. I went out once, and I was in such a hurry to get out of the car that I almost fainted, but it was this kid who saved me. Later, I learned that her great-grandfather was a doctor of the Imperial Medical Department, and her grandmother learned a lot of medical skills from her father, and taught her medical skills to relieve boredom in her spare time. Mrs. Liu smiled, "This child is supple and obedient, I like her very much, so I asked Ah Lang to accept her, I originally wanted to talk to more people, but it turned out to be like an extra big girl, and I was more sticky than Erniang and Sanniang." ”
Liu's relationship with Shen Lian's husband and wife is very good, the two have ten children, not counting the children who died young, she even has grandchildren, and even her great-grandchildren are about to hug, she has long lost the jealousy of the wind, and she is also in her early forties, and having another child is too burdensome on her body, she is really afraid. Lianniang's medical skills are good, she can make medicinal food, she is also obedient, and she can talk to herself very well, Mrs. Liu simply made the decision to let Shen Lian take Lianniang as a concubine, she was happy and relaxed, and Lianniang had a lifelong dependence.
Ah Lian looked up and smiled when she heard Mrs. Liu's words, she was not very old, even if she gave birth to two children, she was full of naivety.
So it can still be like this? The eldest wife likes a woman, so she asks her husband to take her as a concubine? Jiang Wei's knowledge has increased...... If Mr. Lin Yutang is here, he will definitely give his second uncle the title of the cutest woman in China. But then again, if the wife likes it and the husband doesn't like it, will this concubine accept it or not? Just like the selection in the palace a few years ago, there were several stunning beauties, but her aunt liked a Li beauty the most, saying that she was the most beautiful, and everyone else in the palace was talented, she was a beauty, and Li Meiren was also the most favored by her uncle in the same batch of concubines, does her uncle really like Li Meiren? Jiang Weishen unfolded.
When Mrs. Liu said this, everyone laughed, and Mrs. Yuan summoned Lianniang to look at it carefully, "It's a good boy." As he spoke, he took down a jade bracelet and gave it to Lianniang.
Lianniang's first reaction was to look at Mrs. Liu, and Mrs. Liu smiled: "Since Mrs. Tai rewarded you, you can accept it." ”
Mrs. Wang, Xie Ze, Shen Qin and Li also said that after a while, Lianniang's body was full of jewelry rewarded by everyone, and she was still tired of Mrs. Liu's side after getting the jewelry, which caused everyone to chuckle, "Sure enough, it looks like an older daughter." Mrs. Yuan smiled kindly.
The child was naturally impatient to listen to the adults talk about the past, and ran out to play with permission, but Jiang Wei snuggled in Mrs. Yuan's arms, quietly listening to the adults chatting about gossip, she felt that this was much more interesting than going out to play, and everyone had long been accustomed to it, but Mrs. Liu asked Shen Qin, "Awen, why doesn't this child speak?" ”
Shen Qin smiled: "She's like this, she usually talks very little, she likes to get together with us, and she doesn't want to go out with others?" ”
Mrs. Liu: "That's really not like your and Ah Qi's children. ”
"Not only is it not like me and Ah Qi's children, you see that there are several children in our family who are like her." Shen Qin felt that her daughter was too quiet, but this girl was also very noisy.
When Mrs. Liu looked out, she saw her seventh son sitting under the porch reading a book, and she called Qilang and instructed, "Qilang, you take Ah Mei out to play, don't hold a book and read all day long." "Children don't like to play, and it's stupid to stay around adults.
Shen Qilang is Shen Lian's favorite son, firstly, he is the youngest son, and secondly, since he is smart and hardworking, when others are playing, he sees him reading, and he is not dead reading, and he is very proficient in riding and archery martial arts. It is precisely because of this that Shen Lian and Mrs. Liu have a little more preference for their young son.
"I know." Shen Qilang responded, looking down at his little sister who was a head shorter than him, a little worried, he hadn't taken a girl to play. Sanniang is usually tired of being with the second sister and the fourth sister, and this sister doesn't look like she likes to catch butterflies and pick flowers, so he ordered someone to bring his nine consecutive rings, "Sister, will you play this?" ”
"Yes." Nine Links and Bagua Locks are all toys for Jiang Wei's childhood. Jiang Wei didn't really want to play with Xiao Zhengtai, she was willing to listen to the gossip of adults, but seeing the encouragement of her second aunt, she still left her cousin silently.
"Shall we play this together?" Shen Qilang asked, he is actually only eight years old this year, but his strict upbringing since childhood has made him very calm in his words and deeds, he is wearing a crimson dark coat, which makes his facial features more and more handsome, his body is straight, and he looks very vigorous.
"Okay." Jiang Wei nodded cooperatively.
Shen Qilang thoughtfully took out the simplest Nine Links from it and handed it to Jiang Wei, "Sister, let's play this first." ”
Jiang Wei took it, divided it by two by three, and dismantled the nine links.
"......" Shen Qilang looked at the Nine Rings in Jiang Wei's hand, and silently swallowed the next sentence, "I'll teach you how to dismantle it." ”
"Cousin, let's play another one." Jiang Wei took out the most difficult one and handed it to Shen Qilang, it seems that he should play often, right?
Shen Qilang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "This is a bit difficult, to be like this-" He patiently explained to Jiang Wei.
The two of them sat side by side, the two little faces with pink makeup were serious, one patiently taught, the other listened obediently, seeing Jiang Shen and the two elders smiling and narrowing their eyes, Mrs. Yuan and Mrs. Wang looked at each other and smiled, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Liu looked at each other and smiled, Xie Ze's expression was not moving, but there was relief in his eyes. Only Shen Qin is very entangled, Qilang looks very good, his life experience is better than Ah Xi, and he is his own maiden family, should he choose Qilang or Ah Xi?
Shen Sanniang was picking flowers and playing in the garden with her second sister, and occasionally raised her eyes to see that the seventh brother under the corridor was actually having fun with their newly met little cousin, she couldn't help but pull Shen Erniang in surprise, "Second sister, you see that the cousin of the Jiang family can actually play with the little brother!" Sanniang's tone was very amazing, she always felt that Seventh Brother was the weirdest person in the family, and no one in the world could play with Seventh Brother because he could only read books.
"Didn't my brother play with you?" Erniang said without raising her eyebrows.
"I've never seen anyone who can play with him so well." Sanniang smiled and said, "Sister, let's go find the little brother." ”
Erniang couldn't stop it, and hurriedly followed behind Sanniang.
Jiang Wei and Shen Qilang no longer play nine consecutive links, the two are playing chess, the two are equal in chess skills, and the opponent plays chess very seriously, Jiang Wei has not felt this way for a long time. Her chess skills are not good or bad, playing with her elders is abusing herself, and playing with her peers - it is also abusing herself, because the only two peers who can play chess with her are Ah Xi and Xiong Zi, both of whom are much higher in chess than her, and they don't know how their brain grooves grow.
"Little brother, are you about to win?" A curious voice sounded, Jiang Wei looked up, and saw a round apple face, Jiang Wei smiled at her, and the apple face also smiled sweetly at her, "Cousin." ”
"I'm losing." Shichiro confessed.
"How is that possible!" Sanniang looked at Jiang Wei in disbelief, "Cousin, can you win the little brother?" ”
"It was a momentary mistake by my brother." Jiang Wei said calmly, she still relies on the psychology of adulthood, she is not flustered after making a few mistakes, she can think of ways to improve, Qilang's temperament is not yet up to this level, but it is also very good. At first glance, he didn't usually lose chess, and he didn't want to lose all the time, and when she was used to losing, she didn't think about how to win, but how to lose was not too ugly.
"Cousin, you're amazing!" Sanniang looked at Jiang Wei adoringly, "I thought no one could win the little brother." She added, "Even the fourth brother can't win against the younger brother." ”
"Ahem-" Erniang and Qilang coughed lightly at the same time.
Sanniang also consciously lost her words, and looked at her brother and sister with a smile, she is a young daughter, if Shen Lian and Liu's love for their young son also has some strict teachings, they are blindly pampered by Sanniang, and she has no heart.
Jiang Wei said: "That's the fourth cousin letting the seventh cousin, just like I can usually win my ancestral chess." "Okay, Jiang Wei sometimes loses ruthlessly, and he runs to Jiang Ke to play chess in a depressed way, or Zu Weng is the best, and he lets himself every time.
Qilang was afraid that the little sister would ruin the reputation of the fourth brother again, so he hurriedly asked, "Little sister, why are you here?" "The fourth brother is the most honest of their brothers, and he is very good to his brothers and sisters, he can't sit back and watch his little sister ruin the reputation of the fourth brother like this, although the fourth brother won't care.
"We're here to play with you?" Sanniang pointed to the flower basket in the maid's hand, "Cousin, do you want to pick flowers to play?" After a while, we asked Aunt Lian to make flower cakes for us to eat, and the pastries made by Aunt Lian were delicious. ”
Siniang, who was swaying behind Sanniang, nodded vigorously with her fingers, the pastries made by her aunt were the best, Erniang patiently pulled her fingers out of Siniang's hands and wiped the saliva on her fingers, "Siniang, don't hold your fingers, your fingers are dirty." ”
Siniang looked at Erniang with a smile ignorantly, her pink little face was the same as Lianniang, Jiang Wei hadn't seen Mengluo for a long time, and couldn't help but reach out and touch her chubby little face, "How old is Siniang this year?" "Seeing that she has been held in the arms of the nurse, it shouldn't be very big.
"Three years old." Sanniang looked at her little sister very closely, originally she was the youngest in the family, but now there is a smaller one, so she raised her sister as a doll, "Cousin, do you see Siniang's braids look good today?" ”
"Beautiful." Jiang Wei saw her expectant little eyes and knew that this braid was probably combed by her, Sanniang's hands were very skillful, and the comb was indeed very beautiful, "The clothes and the little purse are also very beautiful." Jiang Wei continued.
"Cousin, you like this little purse too?" Sanniang took Jiang Wei's hand and danced and said, Erniang and Qilang said a few words from time to time, and the four cousins had a good time.
Shen Qin saw that her daughter got along with her cousins so harmoniously, and secretly wondered in her heart, sure enough, Ah Zhi couldn't play with her peers, or didn't find a suitable one, didn't she play well with Ah Xi? In fact, whether it is the Jiang family or the Shen family, there are many children, how can there be no children of the same age as their daughter? It's just that Ah Zhi's identity in the Jiang family has taught the children to be taught by adults, and they are not allowed to bully Ah Zhi or cry Ah Zhi, where can the children stand this kind of restraint? Besides, other families are all revolving around the boy, but Ah Zhi is the eldest brother who brought him up personally, and all the food and clothing used are external accounts, and even her three sons have no private property, and the eldest brother has a lot of land in Ah Zhi's name, which is a private matter of their big house, but people will inevitably get used to it, so they will avoid Ah Zhi.
And his own mother's family, Shen Qin smiled bitterly, the eldest brother's children are much older than Ah Zhi, and they have already married wives and children, how can they play with Ah Shi? They can have children, but Ah Zhi is an elder, and his father's love for Ah Zhi over the years has exceeded that of his grandson and great-grandson, which makes her nephews and daughters-in-law dissatisfied. The grandson of the Shen family's relatives can't compare to his granddaughter? Even if you don't say it, but the child is the most sensitive, and the elders' thoughts will be far away from Ah Zhi if the child knows. Not to mention that Ah Zhi is still a generation older than them, who wants to call a doll younger than themselves an elder?
Shen Qin is not annoyed by her nephew and granddaughter-in-law, her relationship with her eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law has come out for many years, and she is not familiar with her nephew and granddaughter-in-law, it is normal for people to be angry, after all, she is a married daughter, the Jiang family is like that, what can she ask the Shen family to do? Shen Qin was even worried that if the eldest brother and them continued like this, the Xie family and the Yan family would feel uncomfortable. Shen Qin thinks that there is no need for the family and the eldest brother to be like this, and Ah Zhi still lacks so many things? But it's hard to mention this matter, otherwise it's like they're smearing the Xie family and the Yan family, and they love Ah Zhi very much.
The Li family also knows all these things, but when the child grows up and marries a daughter-in-law, he can't figure it out, and there are many children in the family, how can he have the same idea? The so-called not deaf or dumb is not an aunt, as long as she can get by on face, she is too lazy to worry about her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law, and her sister-in-law doesn't care about it anyway. She was also relieved to see that a few children in the second brother's family could play with Ah Zhi like this.
Mrs. Wang and the others went back after the Shen family had lunch, and when they went back, Mrs. Wang smiled and teased her granddaughter, "Does Ah Zhi like his cousin and cousin?" ”
"I like it." Jiang Wei knew that Grandma was teasing herself, so she deliberately followed her words.
"And who does Ah Zhi like the most?" Mrs. Wang asked.
"Ah Zhi likes Ah Niang the most." Jiang Weicai didn't step on Grandma's trap.
Everyone laughed.
Shen Qin hugged her daughter and took a bite, "Ah Niang also loves Ah Zhi the most." ”
Jiang Wei lay in A-Niang's soft and fragrant arms, only her mother is good in the world.
"Ghost girl!" Mrs. Wang nodded her granddaughter's forehead, and she said to Shen Qin, "I heard that Qilang studies very hard? ”
"The second sister-in-law said that he usually doesn't like to play, so he likes to hold a book and read." Shen Qin said.
"If that's the case, then let him go to school in Chongwen Hall together." Mrs. Wang is really afraid of the whimsy of her niece and daughter-in-law, this Qilang looks good and cultivates it, maybe he will be a good child in the future.
"I'll send someone to talk to my second sister-in-law later." Shen Qin raised his eyebrows.
Jiang Wei was lying in Shen Qin's arms, absent-minded, and he didn't know how Ah Xi had been in the past few days? Is the wound healed? He didn't send a message to himself.
And the Lin family at this time-
"Smack!" The sound of a slap on the flesh.
If Jiang Wei was here, she would definitely be surprised, Aunt Xue, who was kind in her mind, raised her hand high and slapped Lin Xi's face fiercely, the voice was so loud that Lin Xi's face was missed, and clear fingerprints appeared on her face.
There were only Lin Xi's nurse, Xue and Lin Xi in the room, and Lin Xi's nurse saw that her child was like this from childhood to adulthood, so she hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Mrs. Xue, "Lady, why are you so troubled?" Now that the little lady already knows-"
"What does he know!" Xue Shi held Lin Xi's shoulders tightly with both hands, her fingers were white because of the force, and she shouted in a hurried and excited tone, "Ah Xi, you are Ah Niang's son!" You're a boy! Boy! She couldn't breathe through because she said it too quickly, she covered her mouth and choked for a long time, her pale face flushed, and her body bent down, the deep clothes under the heavy deep clothes were so slender, and the palms of an adult man with thin wrists could wrap around both wrists with one hand.
Lin Xi stood quietly, silently looking at Xue, and after a while, he stepped forward and bent down to help his mother, "A-Niang, I'm going to call the doctor." ”
Xue didn't care about his body, but held Lin Xi's hand tightly, "Ah Xi, you listen to Ah Niang, don't believe those people's nonsense, you were born by Ah Niang, will Ah Niang still lie to you?" You're such a boy! In the future, he will become a Langjun who is both civil and military! You will also marry a wife and give birth to a grandchild for A-Niang! Don't you like Achi? If you work hard and marry Ah Zhi home, Ah Niang will be very good to Ah Shi! She looked at her son with tears in her eyes, and her eyes were full of anticipation, which was amazingly bright. She was not in good health, and she usually wheezed when she took a few more steps, but at this time, she held Lin Xi's hand, and the force was so great that Lin Xi felt that her wrist hurt.
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