The grandfather said regretfully: "Love is deep and long-lived, and wisdom will be hurt." Brother Luo was sixteen years old when he was lifted, who in this clan can compare, if it weren't for Shen Cang's fear that the limelight would be too strong, let him press a subject, and if he didn't participate in the examination last year, my Shen family would be able to have one more young jinshi. ”

The eldest master of the sect said: "The heirs of the second room are too thin, and the three brothers only guard this single seedling, and now the white-haired people send the black-haired people, and I don't know what will happen to the Dao" Speaking of this, he hesitated a little and said: "In the first few years, when the second room heard that Shen Cang had no children, some people passed on the words of choosing an heir, but then it was gone. It was the Shen Qing family, and brought the two sons back to Songjiang, not in the name of recognizing their ancestors and returning to their ancestors, and passing the long house of their successors. ”

Hearing this, the patriarch frowned and said, "Those bastard things, they are beautiful in daydreams!" In the final analysis, it was the sin created by the Shaw Brothers back then. Your third uncle Chang was locked in the wine cellar for three days when he was a child, and the weather was wet and cold, which damaged the kidneys. At that time, he was still young, and when he was older, he went to the capital to marry a wife and take a concubine, and did not give birth to a son and a half daughter for more than ten years, and then he still found a folk doctor, and ate bitter medicine soup for a few years, so that his wife and concubine were happy, and gave birth to three sons and three daughters. Shen Cang and Shen Zhou are still good, but the third Shen Run is a sick jar, because of his health, he didn't even be able to participate in the examination that year, otherwise he would be a two-list jinshi. ”

Thinking of the two rooms and three brothers, two jinshi, and one lifter, the master of the sect was also impressed.

It's just that there are three unfilial pieties, and there is no queen and no greatness. Since these three brothers are all in difficulty in having children, and the only blood and blood are gone, even if they are unwilling, the matter of choosing an heir is not far away.

The eldest master of the sect thought for a while and said: "Those concubines are still the same, and the children are not the same, and the two generations have not even come out with a single person; However, the two sons Shen Yan and Shen Xiu left by Shen Qing have good reading qualifications, and they are the blood of the late old lady in the second room."

He is the son of the sect, the future patriarch, and he has always paid attention to the junior children in the clan. Although Shen Yan and Shen Xiu brothers were not written into the family tree, they were the bloodline of the Shen family and two reading seeds.

The patriarch snorted coldly: "So what, they are not only the bloodline of the old lady in the second room, but also the bloodline of the Shao family. For the branch in the capital, it is no different from the enemy, not to mention that it is not even possible to get married, not to mention that it is not even included in the genealogy, which is just equivalent to the 'outer room'. ”

When the eldest master of the sect heard this, he couldn't help but move in his heart: "If you can't support it, neither can Shen Yan and Shen Xiu, so don't you have to choose an heir from another room."

The patriarch nodded and said, "Most likely. The inner four houses are an ancestor, and I am the fourth generation, the water character generation is the fifth generation, and the jade character generation is already the sixth generation. However, there is no need to say that the heirs have 'established relatives' and 'established love', and there is no need to say that 'establishing relatives' starts from the distance of blood, first of all, the descendants of the enemy, and then the second is that they have fallen into the stone of the second room and those side branch houses, Shen Cang and their brothers will not choose; ”

The eldest master of the sect room showed some expectation and said: "The ancestors of the sect, the second room, and the fourth room are compatriots of the same mother, and they are the closest to each other. The four rooms have been passed down from generation to generation, and now although the younger generation has two brothers, there is only one real bloodline, and there is no reason to succeed him. Isn't that the?"

The patriarch glared and said: "What is this called, don't you want to fight this idea when you want to pass on nine catties of Lao Tzu, you are willing to give up your son, I am reluctant to give up my grandson!"

There are two brothers of the eldest lord of the sect, five uncles and brothers of the younger generation, of which three of the first, second and fifth are the sons of the eldest lord of the sect, among which the eldest son and the second son have married their own sons, the eldest son's family is in the capital, and the second son's family is in Songjiang to support his parents, only the youngest son Shen Jue has not yet become a child. Although the second master of the sect also has two sons, he has one son and one concubine, and there is no suitable candidate. There is no reason to drag the family with the family, so if you choose an heir from the sect, there is only Shen Jue who chooses it.

The "nine catties" in the mouth of the patriarch is Shen Jue's nickname, he now looks like his peers, but he weighed nine catties when he landed, and he was a big fat boy.

The eldest master of the sect said busily: "My son just thinks about it like this, don't be angry. Good son, where I am willing to be with others, although the Zongfang is not as strong as the second room in the officialdom, it is not in a situation where I can't live a life. It's just a little selfishness of the son, thinking that the relationship between the cousin and the clan in the second room has always been estranged, even if he passes the heir of another brother, he can't say that he is still lukewarm with the clan. Brother Jue is the bloodline of the Zongfang, even if he is nominally a son with the second room, but the flesh and blood are difficult to break, and he will still be close to the Zongfang......" Speaking of this, he laughed and said: "You also know that when he gave birth to nine catties, he treated him as carefully as the first two......

The patriarch sighed and said: "The eldest daughter-in-law is also virtuous, but she has been persuaded and scolded for more than ten years, and she can't think about this matter alone, and there is no way to do it." There is still a length of five fingers, not necessarily that it doesn't hurt nine catties, I'm afraid that it was the ruthlessness of estrangement in the early years, and now I can't get close if I want to. ”

When the eldest lady of the sect was pregnant with Shen Jue, she was already over forty years old, and she was considered an "old clam and a pearl". It was originally a happy event, but because it was too much, the baby was too big, even if he earned his life to give birth to a child, but postpartum hemorrhage almost killed the eldest wife. The eldest lady also knew it in her own heart, and began to choose a successor from among the clan sisters, in order to take care of the three sons left behind, and to control the descendants, she carried the two concubines around her.

Because the eldest master of the sect is the son of the Shen family, his wife is the daughter of the Shen family, even if it is the stepfamily, he cannot be sloppy. The Shen family acquiesced to the eldest wife's choice of a successor from the He family for the sake of the three grandchildren, but they still had to look at each other before finalizing it. At that time, Mrs. Tai was deceased, and the second wife was a little sister-in-law, so there was no reason to look at each other on behalf of the uncle. Helpless to follow the power, after the two families discussed, they arranged for the successor to the family, Xiao He, who was born in the side branch of the He family, to come over to serve the elder sister.

When the eldest master sees the candidate for the step-room, and there is no objection, the matter will be settled.

The eldest lady arranged everything after her death, and she had already accepted her fate, but looking at the delicate sister, she began to be unwilling, and she held her breath and turned the corner

Now that the eldest lady is getting better, the matter of choosing a steproom before has become a farce. The little He family later quietly married to other places, and this matter should have passed without a trace, but the eldest wife also had a knot in her heart because her husband had seen Xiao He's family, and she couldn't love the young son who almost gave her life. The eldest man felt sorry for his young son and persuaded his wife several times, but the eldest lady never got close to the child, and even began to neglect her adoptive mother and maidservant. The eldest lord couldn't look at it, and when Shen Jue passed his first birthday, he sent it to the patriarch's grandfather, and Shen Jue grew up with the patriarch's grandfather.

The patriarch and the eldest lord pity Shen Jue and his biological mother don't like it, so they can't help but feel a little biased. Now because of the second house, the eldest man is selfish, and it is also because he sincerely plans for his young son.

Thinking of the grievances that the little grandson has suffered over the years, the patriarch is also a little undecided. Leaving the little grandson in the long house, of course, is not separated, but there are two older brothers on it, and the nephews and nieces at the bottom are also growing up.

If you can go to the capital to inherit, of course, there will be other hardships, but you can have more squire fathers and Hanlin uncles, and their identities are noble...... Thinking of this, the patriarch shook his head, he was really stupid, he learned that the second room was unfortunate, and he was not sad for the second room, but had his own little abacus.

At that time, Shen Chang was a person with great ideas, and he left no room for the Songjiang clan, but it was not because of the greed of the contemptuous clan. His son, how can he be calculating, whether he succeeds or not, how to succeed, that side has his own decision, and it is not the turn of others to intervene. By the time the second class of clan studies was over, it was noon, and Shen Jue couldn't wait to come over and greet Shen Rui: "Let's go over for lunch, I've already sent someone over to make a reservation!"

Shen Rui didn't rush to leave, but glanced at Dong Shuang's food box. A half-new black lacquered double-layer food box, which is open and empty, with only a plate of rice cakes and a kettle.

Because it was decided in the morning to go out with Shen Jue, Changshou didn't get any news, so he still sent a food box at noon. Although Shen Rui didn't open it, since it was prepared by Dongxi, the designation can't be wrong.

Judging from Dong Shuang's clothing and food, he is really not from a wealthy family.

Watching the young man swallow the rice cake that was no longer hot with warm tea, Shen Rui put the food box in front of Dong Shuang and said, "I'm tired of Brother Dong doing me a favor, help me solve this problem, save it and go home to let the elders know about my eating out." ”

When Dong Shuang heard this, he looked up at Shen Rui, and saw him looking at him with a smile, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly looked away: "I brought refreshments, and Brother Shen ate with others." ”

"Everybody brought food boxes...... You can do me a favor, since you and I are at the same table, we will always have lunch together in the future. Shen Rui said.

Shen Jue was beside him, he was already waiting impatiently, so he directly picked up Shen Rui's food box and put it on Dong Shuang's table: "What's the matter, Brother Rui has opened his mouth once, and you have answered, and it is not refreshing to chirp!"

Dong Shuangben was about to speak, but he was also held back because of Shen Jue's words, looked at Shen Rui and said helplessly: "Then the little brother is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

"That's thank you." Shen Rui arched his hand, said hello to Shen Quan, and then learned from the clan with Shen Jue, and Liu Cheng and Shen Jue's scholar Qixing followed behind.

Zongfang's carriage was outside, and it should have been ordered by Shen Rui in advance.

Shen Rui got into the carriage with Shen Jue and said, "You come out like this, and you are not afraid that the elders will know."

Shen Jue straightened his chest, glanced at Shen Rui, and said, "I'm not a little lady, but Brother Rui can't even go on the street, what a child, even on the street is so happy." "It's despised

Shen Rui touched his nose and wondered: "I'm obviously older than Brother Jue, why doesn't Brother Jue call my brother?"

Shen Jue rolled his eyes and said, "I just want to be a brother if I land a few hours early, but I heard that Aunt Yuan was born to you early, and I am full-term." If you really want to talk about it, I can't say that I am two months older than you. ”

Speaking of the fate of the two, the two brothers of this clan were born in the same year and month, but one was in the night of the previous day and the other in the early morning of the next day, with a difference of less than a day.

Seeing Shen Jue's arrogant appearance, Shen Rui was speechless, could it be that this size can still be counted from the mother's womb......