In February, the capital is warm and cold. Although the weeping willows on the side of the street are already green, they still have to wear thick clothes in the morning and evening.

Shen Jue was more afraid of the cold in the lunar month last year, and now that the night wind is blowing, the handsome young man is trembling and making a quail appearance.

At the gate of Songbai Courtyard, he rubbed his hands and said, "Second brother, this is also cold." ”

Shen Rui glanced at him and said, "Who told you to be uncomfortable, you are only willing to wear two of the three single clothes, and it will naturally not be like this if you add that piece." ”

If he was in front of others, Shen Jue would have to stiffen his face, but now he said "hehe", and immediately turned around and entered the courtyard.

Spring Parrot and Spring Crane both stood in front of the house, watching Shen Jue go out.

When he turned and returned, both maidservants went up to him.

"Third brother, but you pulled something?" Spring Parrot Road.

Shen Jue shook his head: "It's to come back and add clothes" and entered the north house.

Shen Rui followed Shen Jue, entered the house, and said, "Because of today's cloudy day, I see that it is colder than last spring; If it really doesn't work, you can add another one, as long as it is a single coat, a few pieces will be fine. ”

The single clothes that Shen Jue wore on the end of the field were ordered by the Xu family to be prepared in advance, using dense Songjiang cloth, several pieces of the same style, one is slightly longer than the other, just suitable for wearing.

In order to save trouble, plus convenient washing, a set of three pieces, a total of three sets.

Shen Jue felt that his clothes were on his clothes, and he was uncomfortable all over his body, so he was only willing to wear two cloth clothes outside his middle coat.

Now that he has turned back, in addition to the previous single coat, Shen Jue accepted Shen Rui's suggestion and added another one without hesitation.

The clothes were all washed with pulp, and they were the body, which made Shen Jueban straighten his waist and look a bit like an adult.

Shen Rui saw it and sighed in his heart.

Since he recovered, Shen Jue has changed dramatically.

is not only closer and more obedient to the elders, but also energetic in schoolwork, it was Shen Rui who persuaded him and the third master forced him to study; Now, there is no need to supervise, and I have begun to get up early and read greedily

His changes were seen by everyone in the Shen family.

For several elders, Shen Jue is fifteen years old, and he is about to become a child, and he is no longer a child. Whether it is for his own future or if he has other ideas, as a child of the Shen family, unless he is willing to be mediocre and work all his life, the imperial examination is the only qualification for promotion. Now that he has gone to the earlier impetuousness, he can calm down and study, whether it is for Shen Jue himself or for the Shen family, it is a good thing.

For Shen Rui, he was not only embarrassed, but also happy. Fourteen or five-year-old boys, it was the rebellious period of the second year of secondary school, Shen Jue held his breath and devoted his strength to studying, instead of indulging himself, which can be regarded as using the right path.

Only Sister Yu, although the number of times she saw Shen Jue was limited, she also knew that he was immersed in hard study, in order to take the boy's test this year

From the boy trying to think of Mao Chi who went south, Sister Yu was uneasy.

A few days ago, when the two brothers and sisters met in the upper room, Sister Yu quietly asked Shen Rui: "Second brother, is it difficult to take the test?"

Shen Rui nodded and shook his head again: "It's hard to say, it's not difficult to say." In people like ours, children start to study at the age of five or six, as long as the qualifications are not too clumsy, it is not difficult for a child to be born after ten years; Only when you get to the government test, it is the time to test people. If you're unlucky, you'll be stuck on this for years. However, there is no end to learning, the more candidates go to the back, the better they must learn, as long as they persevere, they can always pass the hurdle of the college examination. Those candidates who gave up, some of them were not open-minded, and some were forced to drop their books for the sake of livelihood. ”

Sister Yu listened, but she didn't see a happy face.

Shen Rui originally thought that she was worried about Shen Jue, but at this time, she saw that something was wrong, and said with a smile: "My sister is too underestimated, although Mao Chi has not been released until this year, it is not because of his lack of knowledge, first, the capital is thousands of miles away from Kunshan, and it is inconvenient to travel back and forth; The second is that as the son of the champion, he is not conspicuous in Beijing, and after returning to his hometown, Shilin is eye-catching. If you don't end the game, as long as you get off the field, unless you take three yuan, it will be easy to be criticized. Mao Chi held back his strength, and he must take the exam properly, but it was only two years late. Don't worry, he must be on the list, depending on the ranking. ”

Sister Yu was exposed by her brother, Xia Fei's cheeks flew away, but she didn't want her brother to misunderstand, so she hurriedly explained: "I don't look down on him, I'm just worried that if it doesn't ...... a good time."

What if there is a mistake in the exam and Mao Chi wants to stay in his hometown to prepare for the exam? Next year is the year of the township examination, and if there is no children's examination, we will have to stay until the year after next.

Although Sister Yu is still young, because Mao Chi is two years older than Shen Rui, so when the two families were married, they made a verbal agreement last year, and they will marry Sister Yu and Empress Lu next year.

A fourteen-year-old girl has both expectations and fears for getting married, but she has not reached the age of hating to marry. She couldn't tell what she was worried about, but she was hoping that Mao Chi would pass the children's test smoothly......

After Shen Jue got dressed, the two brothers left the Songbai Courtyard, but instead of going directly to the upper room, they went to the West Courtyard first. The door of the West Courtyard was closed, and Xu did not allow Shen Jue and others to enter for fear that the children would be "too sick".

The courtyard was pitch black, and there was no movement up and down.

Shen Jue came over and saluted inside through the door.

Today is the first day of the county exam, and for the children of the scholars, the beginning of the green clouds is also an important day. Even if Shen Zhou's father is not in Beijing, Qiao's mother should also be Shen Jue's fate.

However, since Qiao's "illness" a year ago, he has been recuperating behind closed doors, and he didn't even leave his mother's house in the first month, and he has no intention of coming out now.

Shen Jue is not a fool, Qiao's "sick" day was after he got sick, so he could naturally think of the connection.

Although he has no affection for Qiao's family in his heart, Shen Jue, as an heir, is not good at watching coldly, so he has to intercede with Xu's family and take all the blame over. After all, the reason why Qiao's punished him was because of his misconduct.

There is another sentence that he did not confess to Xu. That is, because he missed his relatives in Bunsen before, not only did he not think about eating, but he also lost sleep all night long. Even if you don't kneel down, if you survive like this, it won't take long to lie down, and maybe the damage will be even more serious.

After the last half a month of recuperation, his "nostalgia" was blown away, and the problem of sleeping and eating was "cured".

Shen Jue has already understood the difference between himself and Shen Rui. The two are the same age, but no one regards Shen Rui as a child, even if the eldest couple talks to Shen Rui, they are also discussed, and the fundamental reason is that Shen Rui is already a talent. is not only because of his fame, but also because he has gone further on the road to the imperial examination, and he has been able to support the portal.

If you continue to feel sorry for yourself like this, you will never be able to stand on your own, and what right do you have to make decisions for yourself who live by relying on your elders?

Songjiang and the capital are separated by two places, thousands of miles away, but if Shen Rui mentions that he wants to go back to Songjiang because of something, the eldest couple will definitely not stop him; If you were to be yourself, even if the second old man and his wife didn't stop him, after returning to Songjiang, he would definitely be scolded first, and he couldn't say that the master would order him to return to Beijing immediately.

Shen Jue is so obsessed with Songjiang, not because he wants to throw away his identity as an heir, but because he wants to see the grandfather again.

There is an old folk saying, called "Seventy-three, eighty-four, the king of Hades does not call himself to go".

For the elderly who are old-lived, these two years are like a threshold of life and death, and the grandfather is eighty-four this year. When he was in Nanchang Mansion last year, Shen Rui had planned it, and when the time came, he asked Shen Cang for his life and went back to Songjiang before the grandfather's birthday.

Shen Jue felt that if he wanted to go back to visit his relatives justifiably, he could only pass the childhood test, and then return to Zhili in the name of a study tour. His parents did not restrain him, and Xu has always been kind and considerate, and will not object to this matter

Thinking like this, Shen Jue regretted wanting to hit his head.

If he had understood this truth, he would have started to study hard a long time ago, and he would not have been so busy now, worrying that he was at a loss.

Although the Xu family liked Shen Jue's kindness, they didn't want to see him feel guilty about this matter, so they told Qiao's calculation of the fourth brother.

Qiao's and Shen Jue's are mothers and sons, and as long as Qiao's lives for a day, this title cannot be lost. Xu hopes that the younger generation will be sensible and filial, but he doesn't want him to be foolish and filial.

Shen Jue listened, his face was shocked, but he was not surprised in his heart.

Since the winter of the previous year, several children of the Shen family stepped into the gate of the Shen Mansion with the Xu family, and when they saw the Qiao family for the first time, Shen Jue felt that she was a little crazy.

In the year he went out of Beijing, even if there were some things he didn't know the inside story, it can be seen from the fact that the second master almost put Qiao's family under house arrest, and the people around Qiao's family have also changed twice, you can see that Qiao's family has tossed a lot.

Now that Qiao's affairs have failed, Shen Jue is very happy in his heart.

Looking at the love of the third master and the third wife for the fourth brother, if the fourth brother has a mistake, the two of them don't have to live. At that point, Qiao's is afraid that he will not survive. The Shen family has only a few people, and half of them are lost all of a sudden, and the eldest couple are not young, where can they withstand such a blow?

He no longer thought about interceding for Qiao's family, and later said to Shen Rui: "Is it a blessing for Saiong to lose his horse? Although it was my fault before, I suffered a major crime and suffered a big crime, and it may be that revealing this matter can be regarded as resolving the bad luck of the Shen family. Otherwise, if my wife really makes trouble, I don't know what the consequences will be. As long as you think about it, it's scary......"

When the two brothers arrived at the upper room, it was different from the darkness of the west courtyard, and the lights in the upper room were already on. Although it was late at night, it was still early before dawn, but the eldest master and the Xu family got up early.

Shen Jue couldn't help but be ashamed, if he hadn't been grinding for the sake of wearing more and less before, he wouldn't have come too late, but asked the elders to wait.

The eldest man had a solemn face and said a few words of instruction.

The eldest lord has always been gentle and kind to Shen Jue, his nephew, but since he recovered from Shen Jue's illness, he has begun to be strict, just like when he was with Shen Rui.

Everyone can see that this is the second master's absence, and the eldest master is going to discipline his nephew himself.

Although Shen Jue was not happy to be restrained, he did not complain about the harshness of the eldest master, but faintly gave birth to a little closeness and joy.

After the eldest master finished training, Xu asked someone to set breakfast up.

Breakfast was Shen Jue's favorite meal, as well as two desserts.

Shen Jue looked at it, his eyes lit up.

Xu Shi pointed to the two plates of dim sum and said, "It's okay to be on the side, you can only eat one piece of these two plates of desserts, otherwise you will be thirsty." Wait for the third brother to rest tomorrow, and then ask someone to make it for the third brother. ”

Shen Jue responded honestly, and waited for the eldest master and Xu to sit down, then sat down with Shen Rui and had breakfast.

When Shen Rui and Shen Jue left the Shen Mansion in the carriage, it was still pitch black outside.

Shen Jue was a little nervous, and said, "Second brother, what if I get stuck in the county test?" ”

Shen Rui snorted lightly: "Naturally, I want to beat you Zhong An passed the county exam at the age of nine, and now that you are fifteen, you still think that if you can't get by, don't you deserve to be taught a lesson..."