Shen Ying has been out socializing, and Shen Qi came back in the afternoon, and when he was just in time for dinner, Grandma Ying asked him to accompany the guests.

Looking at the table full of delicacies, but there was no wine, Shen Jue shouted: "Second Brother Qi, why is there food but no wine?" Second Brother Rui and I are both thirteen years old, not milk dolls, and the New Year is not about eating and drinking. My eldest brother has always had a strict temper, and he didn't allow us to eat and drink, so it was easy to come out, and Second Brother Qi also let us eat two cups to satisfy our hunger."

Shen Qi looked like a person who had come over, nodded and said, "It's the sister-in-law who is too careful, and you are not children, what is it about eating two glasses of wine?" Now that I'm here, I'm not here, and I'm not here, so let's just eat wine" Speaking of this, he said: "A friend from Guanzhong sent a few jars of wine a few years ago, let's also taste the wine from the northwest" After that, he told the little guy to go to the wine cellar and get the wine jar over.

Shen Quan is still eighteen years old, and his brothers and sisters-in-law don't want him to eat and drink; Shen Jue was a little hungry for wine, and he was aroused by the wine worms, and waited with great interest.

Shen Rui couldn't help but smile when he saw Shen Qi.

Guanzhong wine, Shen Rui knows one, that is, the thick wine that has been passed down to five hundred years later, the degree is similar to the common wine brewing in the south of the Yangtze River, less than one degree. It's just that the liquor is made of glutinous rice or japonica rice, and the color is milky white; Thick liquor is mostly made from cereals and other grains, and its color is turbid yellow.

Sure enough, as soon as the wine jar was opened, Shen Jue sensed that something was wrong, sniffed and said: "This is very wine, why don't you see the aroma of wine, the taste is so light."

In winter, cold wine hurts the body, and a small stove with warm wine has already been prepared next to it. It was not a wine cup that was prepared, but a small bowl with a diameter of three inches.

As soon as the wine was warmed, Shen Jue couldn't care about the color, so he couldn't wait to taste it, and said, "The taste is so light, this is also called wine?" Are you embarrassed to give gifts? ”

Shen Qi said with a smile: "This is thick wine, the favorite Xiangyi of Guanzhong Beijing officials heard that it is extremely cheap in Guanzhong, and when it is transported to the capital, this jar will cost one or two silver."

A whole jar, two catties of thick wine, four people and a few bowls per person, all ate Yu Jing. Although Shen Jue was not obvious on his face, he also wanted to "borrow wine to eliminate his sorrows" earlier, so he took the initiative to beg for wine and food, but the hot and thick wine went down his stomach, and he didn't get drunk, but he sweated half a head.

Because Shen Li had already set up a banquet on the fourth day of the new year, the banquet was invited to the Jing brothers, and everyone could see each other again tomorrow, after Shen Rui and Shen Jue finished eating, they didn't wait for Shen Ying to come back, and went back to Shen Yi's house.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day Shen Rui and Shen Jue went to Shen Li's house with Shen Ji's family.

Shen Li here, in addition to the brothers in the fifth room, Shen Ling in the third room also came, and Shen Qin, Shen Bao, and Shen Lin in the second room were also picked up. Only Shen Zhu, although his condition was better, he didn't dare to toss in the end, so he didn't go out.

The brothers of the Shen family, all the people in Beijing, gathered together.

Among them, Shen Li, Shen Ji, and Shen Ying are Jinshi, and now they are officials; Shen Qi is a person who has entered the official ranking; Shen Quan is a child, and the rest of the people are also studying except for Shen Ling in the third room.

Then mention the other jade characters in Songjiang and the other generations, the generation of the Shen family has shown a peak trend.

Before these teenagers came out, they couldn't think of this, but Shen Ji was secretly happy.

Things are expensive to leave their hometowns, and people are cheap to leave their hometowns.

Only by experiencing the wandering outside will you deeply know the peace of mind at home.

In the officialdom, although there are various relationships such as fellow villagers, the same year, the same family, teachers and students, etc., forming various human networks, but this is mostly due to interests. In contrast, relatives are the best allies because of blood ties.

Since Shen Du and Shen Can brothers came out, the children of the Shen family have studied and passed down the family, and there have been people in the past dynasties, but except for the second room and the prominent branch, the other heads of the house are all small officials, and the highest is only the late old lady of the sect, who is in the political position of the third grade.

Looking at this momentum now, there are not one or two outstanding sons of the Shen clan. Even if the imperial examination career is in the big waves, as long as you can go to school two or three more, the Shen family will have a relay in the officialdom, and you can wait until Shen Dong's generation gradually grows up. Even if you don't get the fame of being a person and a scholar, as long as you have the heart to learn, you will pay attention to educating your children in the future, and the seeds of reading will only increase.

Shen Li didn't talk to everyone about the heir of the second room, but when talking to Shen Ji and Shen Ying, he mentioned Chunshan Academy. How Shen Quan, Shen Rui, and Shen Jue enroll in the school depends on the arrangement of the elders in the second room first, and they don't have to worry too much.

More than a dozen clan brothers, although they all sat in the same room, but due to different years, they sat in several places. Shen Li here, needless to say, Shen Ji, Shen Ying, and Shen Qi; Shen Quan was there to accompany Shen Ling in the third room to talk to Shen Lin; Shen Rui and Shen Jue are here, sitting with Shen Qin and Shen Bao.

As for Brother Dong, Sister Ning, Sister Hui and other younger generations, they are also entertained by the brothers and sisters of the same generation.

Shen Qin and Shen Bao here, I heard that Shen Rui and Shen Jue went to Longfu Temple the day before yesterday, and they were all envious.

Shen Qin complained: "Brother Jue is not righteous...... Don't say call us."

Shen Jue secretly pointed in the direction where Shen Ji was sitting, and said in a low voice: "I went with my eldest brother, burned incense and worshiped Buddha in a proper manner, and just took a turn at the temple fair......

Looking at his appearance, he almost added a sentence of "whoever goes will regret it".

Although everyone is brothers of the same generation, because of the big difference in age, everyone is also in awe of Shen Ji, the future head of the Shen family.

Shen Qin shrunk his neck: "Forget it this time, next time Brother Jue, remember to call me Brother Bao"

A few small ones were talking together, and Shen Ling, the third room, walked over with Shen Quan with a little caution on her face.

If only Shen Quan came, everyone knew each other, so naturally there was no need to be polite. But for this three-room brother Shen Ling, everyone is really unfamiliar, but they are all polite. When they saw him coming, they all got up to greet him.

Shen Ling is Shen Zhu's cousin, the eldest son of the third room and the second old man, who studied in the clan study for two years, and after becoming literate, he entered the shop to learn to take care of business; Two years ago, he was sent to the capital to take care of a cloth village in the southern city.

In addition to the grandchildren and grandchildren who are valued, the other grandchildren and grandchildren, mostly like Shen Ling, took errands early, as shopkeepers or buddies, and also to prevent the shopkeepers hired outside from making ghosts, so they love to use their own families to take care of the industry.

In terms of age, Shen Ling is two years older than Shen Quan, and it stands to reason that she should have been a classmate with Shen Quan. But because he studied for two years, he went to the shop to learn errands, and he just missed Shen Quan.

Shen Ling is already in the age of a weak crown, but in front of the clan brothers, he did not put the clan brothers' genealogy, but was very polite.

Seeing everyone get up, Shen Ling hurriedly said: "Sit down quickly, there is no need to do this, I disturbed your speech......"

Among the four elementary schools, Shen Qin was the oldest, so he said: "Second brother Ling is too polite...... We're just gossiping about the east and the west......"

Shen Ling came over and made a special trip to find Shen Qin.

"Brother Qin, I heard that Brother Jiu is sick, I want to go and see, do you think it's cheap for the elders in the second room?" Shen Ling said with a little restraint

When Shen Qin heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Why did Second Brother Ling ask me?" Uncle Cang and Uncle Niang are all very kind people, and the second uncle and the third uncle are also kind to others, where is there anything that is not cheap? It's the second brother Ling, as a junior, why hasn't he gone over to pay New Year's greetings? What's the outside world, are they all clansmen? I'm afraid that Brother Zhu Jiu is also thinking of Second Brother Ling. ”

Shen Ling sneered: "I didn't know that you came to Beijing before, and I never went to the house of the elders in the second room, so I'm afraid it would be inconvenient to take the liberty of coming to the door."

Where did he not want to go? It's just that there was no contact before, but now that the relationship between the second room and the clan has eased, he should also go to see him as a nephew. Not to mention that when my cousin came, he lived in the second room. He came out to take care of business when he was a teenager, and he knew best how good people were, so how could he be so rude.

He wanted to go, but he couldn't.

Before Shen Zhu arrived in Beijing, Shen Ling received a letter from the old lady in the third room. The old lady in the third room did not allow him to go to the second room, for fear that he would not like the elders of the second room for his business, and implicate Shen Zhu.

Shen Ling can't, and can only do not know that Shen Zhu went to Beijing.

Now that the Shen family brothers are gathering, Shen Ling can no longer pretend not to know; Not to mention that Shen Zhu is sick, his cousin can't ignore it, otherwise it will be his sin to pass it back to Songjiang.

The old lady in the third room changed the court, and the children and grandchildren who read are all treasures, and those who don't read are all grass mustard, and the eccentric ones have no score.

But there is a letter from the old lady's family, Shen Ling is afraid that she will really be disgusted by the elders in the second room, so she has to come up to Shen Qin and Shen Bao brothers to inquire about the temperament of the elders in the second room.

Although the eldest lord of the second room had already spoken to Shen Li, Shen Qi and others on the first day of the new year and finalized the heir candidate, Shen Qin and Shen Bao did not know.

Seeing that the second master was treating Shen Zhu warmly, the second eldest was also quite concerned about Shen Zhu's condition, Shen Qin and Shen Bao thought that the little second room had taken a fancy to Shen Zhu. As for the small long room, needless to say, the one who values it is Shen Rui. Although Shen Rui went out as a guest, the eldest lady had already started to clean up another courtyard because Shen Zhu lived in Shen Rui's previous guest house. It is not the front guest house, but a partial courtyard outside the second gate, and the front courtyard is much more spacious.

As for why Shen Qin and Shen Bao knew that the new courtyard was prepared for Shen Rui, it was because there was no need to guess, just looking at the eldest lady and Shen Rui's two maids to clean up the yard, they would know which new owner of the courtyard was.

In this way, in the eyes of Shen Qin and Shen Bao, the heirs chosen by the second room are Shen Rui in the small long room, Shen Zhu in the second room, and Shen Jue in the third room.

For this reason, Shen Qin and Shen Ling began to regret it in their hearts after they finished being polite.

Everyone arrived in Beijing on the 28th of the lunar month, and they stayed for several days before the New Year, but Shen Zhu never mentioned Shen Ling's cousin. Maybe in order to be afraid of hindering the eyes of the elders in the second room, he had the intention to distance himself from his cousin, and his many mouths could not be said to have ruined Shen Zhu's previous calculations.

Shen Quan has always been enthusiastic, seeing that Shen Ling was only a concubine and engaged in business, the clan brothers had no confidence in front of him, and he couldn't bear it, and said: "I am also planning to go to Uncle Cang's house to visit Brother Zhu, if Second Brother Ling is not worried about Brother Zhu, go with me."

When Shen Ling heard this, she said gratefully: "That's good, just bother my brother......

Shen Quan thought that Shen Rui had stayed at Shen Rui's place for two days, and said, "When will Brother Rui go back to Uncle Cang's house?" If you're not in a hurry, why don't you go live with my house for two days? ”

"I'm going to go out with my teacher in the sixth year of junior high school, and I should go back tomorrow." Shen Ruidao.

He came out with Shen Jue, only bringing a change of clothes, if he went out with Wang Shouren, he would have to go back to change clothes.

Shen Quan nodded: "In that case, Second Brother Ling and I will go with you tomorrow, and I won't have to go over there to deliver the post......"