"Look, girl, the old slave has brought you something good." Zheng's mother said excitedly as soon as she entered the door, and brought the basket in her hand to Shu Manyu, Shu Manyu shrugged her nose, and lifted the cotton cloth on the basket while laughing: "I smell it as soon as I smell it, it must be my favorite pickled cabbage!" ”

Shu Manyu likes to eat spicy food, but at her age, she is prone to small pimples on her face if she eats a little, so Xu never allows her to touch it. Zheng's mother's daughter-in-law, pickled cabbage is very skilled, and the pickled vegetables are sour, spicy and spicy, which is particularly refreshing, and Shu Manyu likes it the most.

Mother Zheng smiled and put the basket on the table: "I'll go and make a few pancakes for the girl in a while, and this is the most delicious to roll." The old slave can't take out any good things at home, thanks to the girl not disliking, this time my daughter-in-law put some shrimp in it, and I don't know if the girl is used to eating it, I brought two things over, we won't eat if we can't get used to it......"

Zheng's mother was chattering vigorously, Shu Manyu was not annoyed, and when Zheng's mother stopped in the middle, she said: "Nanny, the second sister is here today, well, as you expected, the second sister really thinks I'm too stupid, and came to let me open up." ”

"What did the second girl say?" Mother Zheng paused, withdrew her two hands, pulled down the handkerchief and wiped it, and then asked in a low voice, Shu Manyu didn't hide it from her: "Second sister really thinks that she and her mother are smart people in this world, if they are really so smart, why didn't they succeed before?" It's thanks to you that you still think about me, or else, I would have been kept in the dark by them. ”

Mother Zheng smiled and rubbed her hair: "It's still the girl herself who is smart and can think clearly, but I just say a few words." In the opinion of the old slave, the girl still has to guard against the lady and the second girl......"

As she spoke, she saw that Shu Manyu's face had changed, and Mother Zheng hurriedly patted her face twice: "Mom said the wrong thing, don't be surprised, girl, in fact, I didn't mean that, I mean, we have to watch the movements of Mrs. and the second girl." The girl also knew that the lady and the second girl were calculating the eldest girl for the dowry......"

Shu Manyu's face turned red, and Zheng's mother knew that there was a door, and she said even more energetically: "The second girl used to hide from you, maybe she wanted to swallow the dowry alone, we can't let her swallow it alone, the girl is not young, this dowry, you have to think about it carefully." Whether a woman is doing well after getting married depends on whether the dowry in her hand is rich or not. ”

"There are ready-made examples in front of you, if the eldest girl's mother did not leave so much dowry, do you think the old lady and the old man will take the eldest girl in their eyes? At that time, there were three shops and two Zhuangzi in the dowry of the first lady, and now, these shops and Zhuangzi are all managed by the old lady. ”

"How much money can I spend a day on the big girl? Who is the profit of the shop and the Zhuangzi cheaper? Zheng's mother lowered her voice, Shu Manyu listened attentively, no one paid attention, behind the window behind the back of the room, a figure moved.

Just like Xu said, after the Chinese New Year, the old lady must not like anything at home at this time. Therefore, no matter what everyone's plans are in private, what they think in their hearts, they finally didn't pick a moth at this time.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, the yamen was also closed. After Shu Chengye came back, he said that he would take Shu Manyao to Fayuan Temple, but the old lady was old and didn't want to suffer from the cold, so she stayed in the house. Xu has to be busy with family affairs, and he can't get away. Shu Manjin decided to learn some housekeeping things from the Xu family, but he didn't want to, but Shu Manyu wanted to take the opportunity to please the old lady.

zuihou, only Shu Chengye led Shu Manyao and Shu Zheming to go together. Although Shu Manyao didn't like Xu's mother and daughter, she didn't hate Shu Zheming, and Xu didn't want his son to be delayed in the inner courtyard, so he never explained it, let alone let Shu Zheming interfere.

Although Shu Zheming can detect that everyone's feelings are not so good, because of his young age, he is not very clear.

"There is a forest of steles in front, there are a total of seven seven and forty-nine stone tablets, and the carvings on them are all famous handwriting, didn't you say that you want to learn to write before? Let's go over and see later. Shu Chengye said with a smile while taking his children to climb the mountain, the mountain road is narrow, Shu Chengye walks in front, Shu Manyao in the middle, Shu Zheming in the face, and then the mother-in-law of the family.

The snow in the middle of the trail has been cleared, but the sides are still covered with snow, sometimes showing a few dead branches, a few chickadees flying by, and even startling the snow off the trees.

Shu Manyao looked around and replied with a smile: "Okay, there must be very few people here, but can you finish reading it in one day?" Daddy, let's come and see it again next year, I'm going back to the capital in March, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to come and see it again. It would be nice if it could be rubbed, but unfortunately, there should be no way at this time. ”

Shu Zheming smiled in the back: "Big sister, our family has rubbing, two copies, one is rubbed by my father himself, and the other is rubbed by Tao Yuan's son." ”

"Tao Yuan Gongzi?" Shu Manyao was puzzled, Shu Zhe explained to her in detail: "It is the son of Tao Yuan who was admitted to the champion six years ago, his handwriting is very good, and he is the most famous on Jiangnan East Road, no one can compare." This rubbing, or before he was admitted to Xie Yuan, he only rubbed it for a living, but there are only about ten copies, which is very rare. ”

Shu Manyao suddenly realized: "I see, then daddy, go back and let me take a look?" I promise I will take care of it. ”

Shu Chengye nodded in response, and Shu Manyao turned his head to talk to Shu Zheming again: "In your school, is there a special handwriting?" People say that words are like people, have you ever seen a handwriting that is very different from being a person? ”

Shu Zheming thought for a while and smiled: "Big sister said this, it's true, I have a classmate who is kind and mediocre, but that handwriting doesn't look like his character at all." ”

Shu Chengye was in charge of commenting on the side: "What is different about your classmate on weekdays?" Do you have any friendships with him? ”

The father and son also have a rare opportunity to communicate, and Shu Chengye will have to point out Shu Zheming at this time.

When she arrived at the mountain, Shu Manyao was stunned by the scene in front of her just by looking at it - the mountains are full of red plums, covered with snow, and the branches are rolling, which makes people feel open when they look at it.

"Dad, I want to paint here." Shu Manyao turned around and tugged on Shu Chengye's sleeve and begged, Shu Chengye hesitated a little: "It's too cold outside, if you like it, why don't we go to the house over there?" You can see this through the window. ”

"Okay." Anyway, the scenery is the same, and it's the same everywhere you paint.

"The vegetarian food of Fayuan Temple is also very famous, let's eat here later." Shu Chengye led people to the house, and said Shu Zheming: "Didn't you also learn to paint in the academy?" I'll draw one later. ”

Shu Manyao and Shu Zheming are both beginners, and now they are just a physical description of the scenery, and they can't draw too deep connotations or emotions and other things, so they are also painted quickly, and they are all finished before lunch. Shu Chengye didn't think the children were naïve in their paintings, and commented seriously, and put a lot of effort into the inscription.

After lunch, the three of them went to the Forest of Steles.

Shu Manyao's eyes lit up as soon as she entered, and she couldn't help but stretch out her hand to trace it in the air, and only said after writing: "Daddy, this word is really beautiful, very atmospheric......"

As she spoke, she turned her head, and then, she saw a face that she couldn't wait to peel off - Cao Wei. It's just that this time, Shu Manyao just paused, then hurriedly took a step back, looked left and right, and ran to Shu Chengye's side in two or three steps. Shu Chengye was looking at the stele forest and was fascinated, and he didn't even notice that Shu Manyao was beside him.

"Man Yao look at this, this sketch, it's wonderful." After watching it for a long time, Shu Chengye exclaimed: "I learned it before, but as soon as I got here, I felt a little sluggish, and I couldn't hook this kind of roundness." ”

Seeing the person behind Shu Manyao, Shu Chengye nodded slightly, then stopped paying attention, and only pulled Shu Manyao to look at other stone tablets. The stele forest of this Fayuan Temple is a well-known thing in the south of the Yangtze River, and when the weather is haode, there are many people. Even now the weather wasn't very good, and there were a few people wandering around, so he didn't need to be surprised.

Moreover, Shu Manyao is still young, and it is not yet time to have a big defense of men and women. With his own father present, even one or two men in Yujian are completely fine.

Although the women of this dynasty cannot be compared with those of the Tang Dynasty, they are not only kept in the boudoir.

It's just that Shu Chengye didn't care, but the scholar stepped forward and saluted: "This is Lord Shu?" ”

Shu Chengye's footsteps paused, and he turned his head with some hesitation: "Are you ......" After looking at it for a while, it suddenly dawned on him: "Are you the Cao family?" What does Cao Jian have to do with you? ”

"Master Shu has good eyesight, Xiaosheng is indeed the Cao family, and Cao Jian is Xiaosheng's cousin. I have heard for a long time that Lord Shu has studied calligraphy quite deeply, and just now I listened to a few words of explanation from Master Shu, which made Xiao Shengmao suddenly, and Master Shu is really rich in knowledge, and Xiao Sheng has been taught. Cao Wei saluted Shu Chengye very respectfully.

"If Master Shu doesn't dislike it, Xiaosheng is trying to ask Master Shu for help, Xiaosheng bought a pair of Mitty's calligraphy and paintings in the bookstore two days ago, but Xiaosheng is shallow in knowledge and can't distinguish the authenticity...... Cao Wei is very much looking forward to it, and also pleaded with this little bit: "If the adult is free, I don't know if I can help Xiaosheng palm my eyes?" ”

Shu Chengye, the biggest hobby in his life is to study calligraphy and painting, and the most proud thing in his life is to write a good hand, Cao Wei poked Shu Chengye's itch as soon as he came up, and Shu Chengye was a little hesitant.

"I'm afraid that Lord Shu has something to do at this time, and Xiao Sheng didn't bring that pair of words with him, why don't Xiao Sheng visit Lord Shu in the house another day?" Cao Wei was very clever, and when he saw Shu Chengye's expression, he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot.

Shu Chengye thought for a while, and then responded: "It's okay, you can bring that painting over tomorrow morning." ”

Cao Dawei was overjoyed, saluted Shu Chengye again, saw Shu Zheming, and praised Shu Zheming twice, and then said goodbye and left. Shu Manyao saw that there was no one around, so she came to Shu Chengye's side and lowered her voice: "Daddy, didn't you say before that something is going to happen to the Cao family?" Cao Wei went to visit our house, will it ......?"