When the fourth lady heard that Shi Gongzi was going out to do things and prepare for exams, she asked: "You can't watch it at home, and you can rest assured that he won't cause trouble for you when he goes out alone?" You are used to restraining him, out of the palm of your hand, but he has the final say, if he is too laissez-faire, it will not be good for the big test in the coming year. She didn't dare to ask Shi Songshan to stay too explicitly, but Shi Yuan was iron-hearted, he said: "I have to leave home sooner or later, I can't be at home for a lifetime, not to mention that I can't accompany him for a lifetime, the child who doesn't go through the wind and rain can't grow up, let him be." ”

After Shi Songshan left, the fourth lady found that she felt unusual, she had the experience of pregnancy, and knew that it might be a joy, this time was a little wrong, she didn't dare to say. Because of this worry, she was different from before, and pestered the staff for many days in a row, until the old man did not dare to enter her yard. When Shi Songshan left almost a month later, the fourth lady hugged Shi Yuanwai and said: "It's still reasonable for me to say, you used to be too empty at home every day, you see, the ability to come back in more than a month is different, and your goal may be achieved." She put Shi Yuanwai's hand on her stomach, Shi Yuanwai immediately understood, excited like a child, for many years, since Shi Songshan's mother had a difficult birth, he has always wanted to relive the dream of adding Ding.

After Shi Songshan left, the house seemed deserted, and as soon as everyone heard that the fourth lady was happy, the whole house was happy for the master. The second lady and the third lady did not give birth, and they always thought that it was because of the departure of the eldest lady, excessive sadness, and physical loss, and now they know that they have their own problems, not the reason of the master, in order to maintain their status in the house, they can only take care of the fourth lady enthusiastically, so that the lord is happy. If they knew that the child had nothing to do with the master, what a disaster it might be, the fourth lady didn't dare to think about it.

Shi Songshan went to serve the prefect as a pen and ink according to his father's arrangement, because he was used to being pampered at home, and he had many things to do with other people's lives, and it was difficult to drive him back because of the silver outside the staff. The prefect's master only arranged for him to be idle, and there was no authority in front of him, he was like a bird out of the cage, and it was good to feel free all the time, and the scattered income and expenses on the seat were not on the same side as Ben.

Of course, the women in the big place are different from his mountain village, and they look similar to Miaofu, and what also fascinates him a lot in terms of posture is that there are also special places for Fengyue, all of whom can fight poetry and literature, and Shi Songshan even thinks that the teahouse where the courtesan is located is the place for him to review for the exam. Compared with the wide and small in the city, Shi Songshan's silver soon made it impossible for him to enter and leave this kind of place decently, and he sent a letter to his family, wanting more expenses. But Shi Yuanwai was a rich man who started his business by saving, and he did not agree to his son's request. He replied to the messenger, "He has a share of income, and I have given him a spare tael of silver, so that there is no sickness or disaster, so why do you want so much money?" ”

The fourth lady's belly is getting bigger day by day, and the attention of Shi Yuanwai has been here with her, Shi Caishuang will occasionally come back to exchange experiences with Mrs. Miao, and the girls look at the simple but happy Shi Caishuang, and some people are beginning to be moved, and they also want to find a place to go. Shi Cai gave birth to a daughter, not the boy Mei Yaoming wanted, he was a little disappointed, and named his granddaughter Niu Yuemei, secretly explained Niu Lixin, and when the ancestral surname was restored in the future, the child changed his name to Mei Yueliang, and his heart was because he was a granddaughter, and he revealed a cool atmosphere in his name.

really lived up to the love of Shi Yuanwai, the fourth lady gave birth to a son, and Shi Yuanwai happily gave him a name, called Chang Feng. When the family was preparing to Zhang Luo's child full moon, Shi Songshan came back, he was not surprised, of course he was not admitted, the outside world is very flowery, but the world without silver makes him have no chance to watch the flowers, not to mention the experience. Seeing his son who fell off the list again, Shi Yuanwai's mood was not the same as before, and he asked, "Why did you come back if you didn't do good things?" Why did I run out of money for you all at once? It's okay to come back, help me take care of my family, you have a younger brother now, maybe he can help you glorify your ancestors in the future, and save you from studying hard. ”

In the past, no matter what Mr. Shi was, Shi Yuanwai always asked him to continue to work hard and take the exam again next year, but now that he actually said such a thing, he was not the only difference. Shi Gongzi wanted to go to see his younger brother, and Shi Yuanwai said: "Look at it when the moon is full, don't let your brother see you at first sight, this unpleasant scholar, you can't do big things, you can go and learn from the housekeeper about collecting accounts and running the house." ”

On the day of the full moon, Niu Lixin also came, and he told Niu Yuanwai that Shi Caishuang was afraid that the child was too young, so he came down to suffer from the mountain wind, and asked him to bring a few good skins to make a coat for the little boy. Shi Gongzi came up to tease the child for a while, and asked in a playful voice, "I found out that this child is related to me?" You and Master haven't been together for a day, why is the time so coincidental? The second and third mothers were not born, and I thought about it for a few days, thinking that he was not my brother, but probably a son. As she spoke, she fiddled with the wind with her hand, and the fourth lady whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, this is your brother, if you let the master hear, be careful of your flesh and skin, and you may be expelled from the house." ”

The fourth lady didn't know why Shi Songshan knew about pregnancy at a young age, she couldn't get fame by studying, but the woman's affairs were clear, she originally thought that only she knew it, but now she has an extra heart disease. Niu Lixin is now the eldest brother of the fourth lady's mother's family, of course, sitting at the banquet, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he took out a jade flute from his arms, handed it to Shi Yuanwai and said: "This is a jade item handed down by my family, the little boy is full of moon, we poor people can't get decent gifts, my father asked me to transfer it to your son, my family is a girl, I don't need it." ”

Shi Yuanwai took it, it was indeed an old thing, he asked his subordinates to hand it to the fourth lady in the back room, and drank a few drinks with Niu Lixin. The fourth lady saw that this jade flute was originally given to Yu Qi, and now it is going to be given to Changfeng, it is a family heirloom, and it is difficult for her to accept it. She invited the old man to the back room and said, "This is a family heirloom, we can't accept it, we have already given a few furs, how can we ask for other family heirlooms?" I mean let me take it with me when I go back. ”

Shi Yuanwai said: "A piece of their heart, just accept it, I think it's a good thing, I have instructed him to give him a few more practical things, let the housekeeper arrange someone to send it over." If you don't want to, it will be difficult for people to come and go back in the future, and with the jade flute, they can have a reason to come to see my little son often, and I will ask a famous teacher to teach him, so that their ancestors will be passed down in my family. The fourth lady looked at the time of the wind and candle, and reluctantly agreed.

After having a long wind, Shi Yuanwai is obviously different from before, not that he doesn't like it, but he doesn't care too much. Niu Lixin sometimes asks Shi Caishuang to take Shi Qi back to play, because he is a boy, and when he carries him up the mountain to hunt, Xiao Qi has shown interest in confrontation since he was a child, and his enthusiasm for chasing small animals is very great, sometimes he doesn't go for a few days, and he will pester the fourth lady to go. Mei Yaoming will also encourage Shi Caishuang to pick up, he thinks that it is easy for women to have sons with more boys.

After Shi Songsheng had the bottom in his heart, he tried to find an opportunity to secretly Chen Cang several times, but the fourth lady never provided him with a chance, and she had also been to the rockery in the back garden more than once. Sometimes she has a good time when she goes out to meet friends, but she knows in her heart that the high-walled compound has a complicated human heart, and if people find out, there will be rumors about the origin of her youngest son, which will be a disaster for her.

In the spring of another year, the fourth lady said: "Master, you have always said that the temple behind you is your family, for this reason, you made an excuse to bring me home, but now you have not repaired the temple, Xiao Changfeng can also go, I mean that you can repair the temple, and it can be regarded as accumulating blessings for Xiao Changfeng." Shi Yuanwai said: "Yes, I said why Shi Songshan couldn't pass the exam, it turned out that I forgot about it." You told you that you could pick herbs, and now I feel that my body is getting worse day by day, and you should feel it too. You can just go up the mountain to have a look, one to scatter your heart, and the other to let the next people know that it is the temple you proposed to build, and I will not be there in the future, Xiao Changfeng will rely on you to bring it up, I want you to take root in this home. By the way, let's see if there are any herbs that are suitable for my physique, so that I can clear my mind, and I always feel heavy recently. ”

The fourth lady and the housekeeper went to Niu Lixin's house together, much better than before, she went to the back room, Mei Yaoming owed herself, and said to her and the old housekeeper: "Go back and tell Shi Yuanwai, if I didn't have such a body, I should have come to thank you." Fourth lady, Lixin gave me regular medicine according to your prescription, now my legs are a lot, there are many surrounding mountain people, very grateful to Xiao Caishuang, she is just with Lixin to learn the method of collecting medicine, keep practicing, how many secret recipes have been learned.

Shi Caishuang told the fourth lady that because she would now use herbs to treat some simple minor ailments, some of the surrounding mountain people thought it was because of the small temple, no matter how broken it was, they would come to worship after asking for a prescription. Now I heard that the fourth lady wants to build the temple, Shi Caishuang and Niu Lixin both think it is a good thing, because it is too broken and dusty, the housekeeper does not agree with the fourth lady to go in, the fourth lady said: "The master asked me to do it, how can I not go in, you rest at home, Lixin will accompany me." “

Because everyone knows that they are brother and sister now, and they have heard that nothing else happened together in such an environment back then, and she is now the fourth lady with a son, and the housekeeper is idle, drinking tea with Mei Yaoming in the house. The fourth lady and Niu Lixin entered the broken temple, because the fourth lady was kind, and a few little family members who were afraid of dirt did not follow up.

Niu Lixin said: "How are you doing now? I treat Shi Caifeng as you, I have always had something to ask you, I can see the way you looked at me at the beginning, why didn't you want to come back after you arrived at Shi's house? Did they bully you right then and make you have no face to come back to me? The fourth lady said: "It's not what you think, I have a child with him now, this is a temple, you can't talk nonsense, the gods will hear it." She said, smiling at Niu Lixin, that kind of wandering soul made him unbearable.