Shen house, across the hospital.

Because the trip was imminent, there were many things to prepare, so Shen Rui asked people to ask for leave from the clan study and did not go to study. Shen Jin went back to school directly last night, and Shen Rui didn't have time to tell him about leaving.

"Second brother, you have to bring these winter clothes, but there are no thin jackets, how can you do it when the season changes?" Dong Xi brought a few maids, sorted out Shen Rui's outfits, and packed up half of the clothes.

Shen Rui was removed from the clothes after entering the winter, and the thinnest of the newly sewn clothes was also a silk cotton jacket, and there was no spring and autumn shirt. But now I can set off to the capital, and I can only arrive at the end of the month, and the next year is the beginning of spring.

Shen Rui said with a smile: "All the gold and silver are ready, are you afraid that you will have no clothes to wear?" Don't forget to pack up all the banker tickets for longevity, and let him go to the money bank to redeem them. After the order, I thought that I had to go to the next door first, so I left the courtyard.

Zongfang Room, Xu is also mentioning Qian Zhuang.

Zhu Yunming looked at the thick stack of Zhuang tickets in front of him, flipped it over, and there were more than 100 denominations in 1,000 taels, and he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded: "Auntie, how much silver is this?" ”

"One hundred thousand taels." Xu replied.

Although Zhu Yunming was also born in a family of eunuchs and grew up playing small brocade clothes and jade food, it was really the first time to see so many Zhuang tickets. Only in the rich land of Susong, the money village is full of confidence, and there is such a large amount of bank tickets.

"Auntie, do you have to redeem this?" Zhu Yunming asked.

Xu Shi nodded and said, "My former angel went to Qianzhuang to say hello and asked him to prepare gold over there." I'm going to leave for Suzhou tomorrow morning, and I have to get it back today.

Zhu Yunming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that it was gold to be exchanged.

100,000 taels of silver, that is, more than 6,000 catties; If you really want to get it back, you must first prepare seven or eight carts for the silver; Converted into gold, it is much cheaper if it is only more than 600 catties, and a carriage is enough. However, even if it is more than 600 catties of gold, it is not convenient to carry, and if the slightest wind is accidentally exposed, it will attract bandits.

Thinking that this line came from Suzhou, in addition to the maid mother beside the Xu family, and a few scholars, there were only six or seven guards and servants, Zhu Yunming said: "Aunt is going to leave with this large sum of gold?" Do you ask the Shen family to arrange some escorts? ”

Xu shook his head and said, "It's very unnecessary, the gold is not all taken away." You divided it into two parts, and sent three thousand taels to the fifth room of the Shen family, and handed it over to the lady in the fifth room to receive it. The remaining 7,000 taels were transported back, of which 5,000 taels were handed over to the master of the sect for receipt, and the remaining 2,000 taels were brought directly here. I've already said hello to these two families, you just have to look at the deed of the deed. ”

Zhu Yunming saw that the Xu family had made arrangements, so he took people out of the sect and ordered them to go.

Xu sat on the Luohan couch, a little stunned.

At that time, Sun's dowry was purchased by her to help Zhang Luo, and the various industries added up to more than 100,000 taels, and another 20,000 tons of silver.

Although there is a trend of generous marriage nowadays, this dowry is not to mention marrying into a wealthy family, even if it is married to a high-ranking eunuch's house, it is considered rich and abnormal.

It is the Xu family himself, in addition to furniture and clothes, etc., the dowry back then was only 50 hectares of makeup fields, 3,000 taels of boxes, and other courtyards were paved everywhere, which was already the first person among his nine sisters. It was only because after his father was imprisoned that only a few of his colleagues were willing to lend a hand, including his father-in-law, that he agreed to marry her and gave her a dowry that was twice as large as that of her sister.

When the Xu family purchased the dowry on behalf of the Sun family, they were also shocked by Mrs. Sun's generosity, thinking that Mrs. Sun was the daughter of the Qing family. It wasn't until later that she learned that compared with Mrs. Sun's family wealth, Sun's dowry could not be said to be a drop in the bucket, but it was only a small head. The real estate left by Mrs. Sun in Zhili is several times this. This is also one of the reasons why Xu later got a bequest but did not dare to accept it.

After Mrs. Sun passed away, according to the bequest, those properties went into the hands of their husband and wife, but the two of them felt uneasy in their hearts, and they always felt that they had lost the Sun family. But it's not good to send silver to Songjiang openly, and sometimes too much silver is the bane.

The Sun family's dowry was eye-catching enough in Songjiang, but it was only because the patriarch's wife protected that no one made up his mind.

For this reason, after the eldest couple discussed, they first wrote down Mrs. Sun's feelings, thinking that when the Sun family had children, they would repay her children. Because of this, the eldest master knew that after the Sun family entrusted the orphan, he knew that it would affect the harmony of the family, and he also decided to have a step-heir.

Sun's Chenghua was suitable for the Shen family for eight years, more than 30 years ago. If she manages it well, it will not be difficult for the dowry industry to save 100,000 taels of silver.

However, according to the information obtained by the Xu family, the Sun family has been doing good deeds during his lifetime, and believes in Buddhism, even if he has not personally burned incense and worshiped the Buddha in major temples, the alms sent to the temple nunnery secretly every year are not a small number, just like a good wealth boy, and the silver is spent like flowing water.

If other people knew about Sun's move, they were afraid that they would have to scold the "loser woman", Xu thought of this, but only sighed.

It was more than 30 years ago, when the Sun family was still raised in the Shen family. One autumn, Mrs. Sun and the third master went on an outing to Xiangshan and met a great monk. The great monk God chattered about relieving the life of Mrs. Sun, saying that he "committed a crime in heaven, the six relatives had no support, and the life of the four seas was scattered, and then he was involved in the cause and effect of evil, and the soul was haunted, and it was rare to have a good death, and there was no blood to worship after death."

Mrs. Sun didn't take it to heart, the third master scolded the big monk away, and after being angry for a long time, he was a little sad, and even chattered twice in front of his wife and children, saying that when the Sun family and Shen Zhou became married and had a second son, they would succeed the Sun family, and the provincial Mrs. Sun would have no descendants to worship. This is also one of the reasons why the third lady was so angry after she repented of her marriage with Shen Zhou.

Regarding his father-in-law's reaction, Xu was still unimpressed at the time. Where can monks and Taoists believe nonsense? My father-in-law is also a two-rank jinshi, and he is not an ignorant woman, how can he believe these nonsense?

It wasn't until a few years later that the Sun family was married, Mrs. Sun died, the coffin was sent to the capital, and the third master cried and almost died. The grandfather of the Sun family died outside, which was in response to the words of the great monk back then.

The third master was grief-stricken, that is, both the Xu family and Shen Cang were uneasy in their hearts.

In his early years, Mrs. Sun moved to the capital to retire, and if it weren't for the Shen family's ruinous marriage, he wouldn't have gone south again, this cause and effect is really inexplicable.

Even Shen Cang and his wife have hidden guilt, not to mention the third master?

After the third grandfather took care of the afterlife of the grandson, he fell seriously ill, dragged from summer to winter, and died of a wind and cold.

Sun knew what the great monk said back then, and from her later letter to the capital, it could also be seen that she knew the real cause of Mrs. Sun's death. It was at that time that Sun began to believe in Buddhism and made offerings in monasteries all year round.

The Sun family did all the good deeds and gave alms to the four rooms, and a few years ago it should have accumulated merit for the late Mrs. Sun, so that Mrs. Sun could clear his old grudges and enter reincarnation as soon as possible; After more than ten years, it was for Shen Rui's safety.

Shen Rui is the grandson of Mrs. Sun, even if he does not have the same surname, he is also a descendant of Mrs. Sun's bloodline. At that time, Sun's parents and brothers had nothing, and they had only had an only son after more than ten years of marriage.

Thinking of this, Xu couldn't help but sigh.

If Shen Rui hadn't survived three years ago, wouldn't Mrs. Sun's bloodline be cut off?

Although the Sun family is exquisite-hearted and thinks of it everywhere, but this one omission almost broke Shen Rui's life.

It is said that if you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing, even if the child is not close to himself, he can have clean eyes and humble words, and he should be a good child......

Five-bedroom inner courtyard, upper room and second room.

Looking at the table of ayaluo, Shen Rui said helplessly: "Auntie, why do you have to work so hard? There are still many months before the change of season, and when you get to the capital, you will find someone to sew. ”

Guo shook his head and said: "In the future, sewing will be later, you must always prepare first, and it will be cheaper to change and wash at that time......."

Speaking of this, she paused and said: "Everyone in the world has a snobbish eye, respect people first and respect clothes first, even if you go to the family of the elders in the clan, and you have the clan uncle and aunt to take care of you, then it will make people cut new clothes for you, and there are not a lot of you to wear." But even if you bring gold and silver with you, in the eyes of the deacons of the Shilang Mansion, you still use the Shilang Mansion for food and clothing, and you can't be said to see you as poor relatives fighting the autumn wind in your heart, and treat you with contempt. ”

"Spring and Autumn jackets, since last night, they have been called sewing in the sewing room...... There is no summer clothing in the treasury at home, and I went to the silk village in the morning to find it, and you pick two horses with a hearty color. There is only half a day left, and I'm afraid I won't be able to sew a few sets. I asked someone to find a few sets of your third brother's spring and summer clothes this year, all of which have never been put on, and I also ordered people to change a few sets according to Brother Rui's size, and mixed them together, even with the ones that have been made in the past two days, they can also fill two suitcases. The winter clothes are there, fortunately, they were added before, and they should be able to fit two suitcases, and four boxes of clothes are almost enough to change clothes for a while. ”

Guo Shi is not a talkative character, but at this time, he chattered and thought of everything for Shen Rui.

Although Shen Rui felt that it was too troublesome for a man to go out with only four boxes of clothes, but under the compassion of Guo's fist, he refused to tell the truth, so he said: "It's just the occasion, the time is so rushed, there is no need to cut new ones, the third brother is like me when he picks a few sets of old clothes, but the tired aunt bothered." ”

When Guo Shi heard this, he smiled: "I kept your third brother's clothes for him back then, but he loved bright colors in his early years, and most of his clothes in the four seasons were red. If Brother Rui is willing to go up, his aunt will immediately call someone to turn it over."

When Shen Rui heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I still don't bother my aunt." ”

Wearing a red shirt, hanging a gold collar, and dressing up like a big Fu, how stupid you look. Shen Quan's gentle and elegant appearance now makes people forget the appearance of Fuwa when he was a child.

Although there are many boys and teenagers who love to wear red, there are really few who may not be as rustic as Shen.

The mother of the sewing room stood and waited, and after Shen Rui pointed out the two light plain materials, Guo asked someone to sew them, and asked them to carry the remaining silk down.

Another mother-in-law came in to pay tribute, and said that Shen Quan's luggage was packed, and there were two boxes, a box of clothes, and a box of commonly used things.

Shen Rui listened, but was stunned.

Waiting for the mother-in-law to go down, Shen Rui asked, "Auntie, when the third brother arrives in the capital, won't he live with us?" ”

If they all go to Shilang's Mansion, it makes no sense that Guo has planned for Shen Rui, but they don't care about Shen Quan.

Guo Shi nodded and said, "Your eldest brother and second brother are both in Beijing, and they have also bought a house, so your third brother naturally wants to go home to live." When the time comes, add or subtract clothes, and your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law are here. It's you, if there's anything cheap to go to in the Shilang Mansion, just go and talk to your eldest brother and sister-in-law. ”

The eldest and second eldest of the five rooms were away all the year round because of the imperial examination, and after returning from the funeral of their grandfather the year before last, they had been filial piety in Songjiang for a year, and Shen Rui saw him a few times. The eldest is peaceful and elegant, the second is warm and funny, and they are all excellent people to get along with. The sister-in-law is the eldest daughter-in-law personally selected by Guo, with a generous and thoughtful temperament; The second sister-in-law, Jiang Shi, is gentle and submissive, is the niece of the prefect Jiang Shengtang, and has been raised by the prefect's wife since she was a child.

Compared with the elders in the second room, the brothers and sisters-in-law in the fifth room are acquaintances.

Shen Rui couldn't help but be moved, approached Guo's side, and said, "Auntie, my nephew has arrived in Beijing, if you are not used to living in Shilang's Mansion, can you also go to live at the eldest brother's house......