Coming out of Shen Li's house, Shen Jin looked dazed.

Shen Rui glanced at him: "So you don't want to go to the He family?" ”

Shen Jin shook his head: "Relatives inside and outside, where can they always not meet?" Not this ...... I'm thinking about Second Brother Ling, and I don't know if he will regret it in the future......"

Speaking of the two of them, they are both the eldest sons, long before the brothers landed, Shen Jin and Shen Ling were both treated as sisters-in-law, but after having brothers-in-law, the two were in different circumstances. Shen Jin here, Sun's generosity, and Zhang Lao'an's partiality, he didn't suffer the slightest grievance; Shen Ling was jealous of her mother-in-law, and her treatment plummeted, and she was not even allowed to read well, for fear of suppressing her young brother. If it weren't for climbing the thigh of the second room, Shen Ling would be a steward in the future, and he would be a cow and a horse before the little brother became an adult, and the little brother would be kicked out if he could manage the house.

After a few years of operation, Shen Ling has today, married a young lady from the official eunuch family, and entered and exited the high gate, it can be said that she has no mind, but she is smart and mistaken by her intelligence, and what the second room needs is an honest nephew who helps the second master take care of the housework, not a fox and a fake tiger and a majestic Yanei.

Although Shen Jin felt sorry for Shen Ling, it was just a sigh. Relatives near and far, he has his own number.

It was dark, and it was a curfew, so the two did not delay any longer and went to their respective homes.

Back at Renshoufang, Shen Rui went to the main room.

Shen Rui didn't think that Shen Li was untargeted, and Shen Ling's changes in the past few years were not only visible to Shen Li, but he also saw it, but what he thought about before was not as profound as Shen Li. But in officialdom, some negligence can be made, and some mistakes cannot be made at all. Shen Li mentioned this sentence, although it was a precaution, but it had to be guarded against.

Shen Zhou is in Nanjing, thousands of miles away, how to restrain and supervise the people around him, it is not something that Shen Rui, a nephew, can call the shots with a word.

After listening to Shen Rui's complaint, Xu sighed and said, "I was negligent and didn't think it through." Even if there is a master invited by the eldest master in his early years to be by the side of the second master, he is only a master, and he can't communicate on behalf of the second master's officialdom, otherwise he won't make a special detour to Songjiang and choose a clan to go with him......"

Shen Rui persuaded: "What the sixth brother said is just in case. Second Brother Ling is young in the end, and it is common for him to be better and proud, so let the second uncle knock and knock. ”

It's really not good, just find a reason to send it away, after all, it's just a nephew of the Ti Chu clan, and there is no succession. Think about Shen Zhou, the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, born in the second class, and being a leader for 30 years, but it still makes so many people feel uneasy, which is also wonderful.

Xu shook his head and said, "It's not just a matter of beating two sentences." Nanjing is too far away from the capital, and if you can't take precautions, it will be bad if there is a disaster...... You haven't entered the government yet, your third uncle has just entered the officialdom and has no foundation, the second master can't make any mistakes, there is already a mistake in front of the Liang family, and there is no way to say that you can't really keep it...

If there is no Shen Zhou, the Shen family is all protected by outsiders, it is a test of people's conscience, and most of them will not refuse, but if they really want to confront others for the Shen family, it is also difficult for others. When the grandfather died of illness, the second room had already experienced the warmth and coldness of human affection, and it took many years to recover.

Shen Zhou, the fourth-grade Guozi priest wine, couldn't fall down before Shen Rui stood up.

Shen Rui pondered for a moment and said, "Then send Li Sheng over, inquire carefully, and don't wronged him." In any case, I have served in front of my second uncle for a few years, and I also have a lot of credit. ”

Xu nodded and said, "It's okay, by the way, take a look at Zhuangzi in the south." Now it's different from the past, I have to go and see it, and I won't have to make it ugly twice......"

In the winter of the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, when the Xu family went south, they had several properties in Songjiang and Suzhou Mansion, and the Zhuangzi of Songjiang Mansion entrusted five houses, and the Suzhou Mansion entrusted his mother's family. Since he is a person entrusted by the Xu family, there is nothing he doesn't believe, but he also has to prevent the head of the village from making trouble. Ringing a wake-up call in the past is better than really going to cause an accident and hurt the feelings of relatives

The next day, it was the Dragon Boat Festival, things were not so rushed, and there was no reason to go out under the festival, Shen Rui called Li Sheng over, gave a few instructions, asked him to prepare his luggage, and set off to the south to patrol Zhuangzi after the festival.

Li Sheng is in his forties, and he is the chief steward of Zhuangzi in Beijing, and he is good at checking agricultural affairs, and he doesn't feel that it is hard to go out, so he is busy responding.

After ordering this, Shen Ruifang said in a low voice: "When passing by Nanjing, you take a purchase list and stay for a few days to take a good look to see if the people around the second master are meticulous, whether they are lazy, or who are making trouble outside the second master's signboard... All of them are not allowed to fall, they must be checked......"

Li Sheng was taken aback when he heard this, hesitated for a moment and said: "Such a big thing, the villain is afraid that there will be omissions, otherwise the second master is referring to the person and the villain...... The longevity brother has always been clever ......"

As for Shen Rui's other little servant Changfu who has to be used, he is Li Sheng's nephew, so it is naturally difficult to mention.

Shen Rui glanced at him and said, "Even if you find out that your brother-in-law is not careful, will you protect him?" ”

There are a few servants who follow Shen Zhou, who were under his name when they split up in the early years, but they all lived in this mansion a few years ago, and the servants married all under the mansion, so the division was not so clear. Li Sheng's sister, the eldest daughter of the old housekeeper, is married to the chief steward next to Shen Zhou.

Li Sheng was so frightened that he knelt down: "The villain doesn't dare." If he doesn't fight for it, his second master and second master will punish him......"

"You believe in yourself, and I believe in you...... Don't make too much of a move, if it is found out that it is a trivial matter, go back to Beijing and talk about it, involving officialdom and favors, money and bribery, if someone really commits it, you will directly report it to the second master first......" Shen Rui said.

It's not that no one is available, it's just that as a second-room family, these people will be used in the future. There is the affection of the old housekeeper, Shen Rui is also willing to mention Li Sheng, and the subordinates of the province are worried that "once the son of heaven and a courtier", people are uneasy.

This home belongs to Shen Rui, and it is Xu's, Shen Rui does not want any changes to break the peace of the family. Therefore, after Shen Cang's death, the family was as usual, and even if Shen Rui had the right to take care of the house, he did not change it.

The second master of his own family is not an troubled person, and taking the initiative to reach out to check the people around his uncle will not be untargeted. Such an errand is not an errand that anyone can see under the banner of patrolling the village, but it is useless for non-confidants.

Although Li Sheng knew his weight and was by no means Shen Rui's confidant, he also understood that he was being weighted at the moment, and said with a little excitement: "Second master rest assured, the villain will investigate with his heart, and will never let the second master be fooled......"

Coming out of the study, Shen Rui saw the third master leading Brother Lu over.

Today's rest, the third old man looked lazy, with a little comfort on his face. Brother Lu had five-colored silk threads wrapped around her wrists, and she was holding a small wooden knife in her hand, and her little face was flushed.

"Second brother, second brother" Brother Lu ran over when he saw Shen Rui.

Shen Rui scooped up Brother Lu and carried it on his shoulder, causing Brother Lu to "giggle".

The third old man looked at it with a smile, and there was no lack of envy in his eyes. It's not that he abides by the rule of "hugging grandchildren but not children", but that Brother Lu'er now weighs more than forty catties, which is nothing to Shen Rui, and it is more difficult for the third master.

When the uncles and nephews arrived at the main courtyard, the third wife was talking to Xu.

Although it is in filial piety, those who go go go, and the rest will always live. In the end, it was a festival, and the Xu family was not the kind of sad and earnest character, and he also listened to the third wife with a smile.

......As soon as Brother Lu landed on the ground, he gave the Xu family a proper salute.

Xu Shi beckoned Brother Lu to step forward, touched the five-colored strands on his wrist, and looked at the five-poison shirt on his body, seeing that the poisonous insects on it were vivid, his brows frowned slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Brother Lu'er's expression.

Brother Lu straightened up his small chest and said with a little pride: "Uncle, Lu'er is not afraid of ......"

The third lady covered her mouth and smiled: "The third master said that he was afraid that the insects would not be able to be generals, and he also caught the insects to let Lu Ge'er kill ......"

In June last year, Lu Ge'er ran in the garden to play, but when he couldn't take care of it, he was crawled on his body by a spider, although he didn't bite it, but he was scared enough, and he also got sick. Since then, when he saw insects, he hid far away, and he didn't dare to pinch flowers and pick grass casually when he went to the garden.

"Brother Lu is really powerful, but he is just a small insect, and there is nothing to be afraid of......" Xu nodded and praised, looking at the third master and feeling quite relieved.

The third old man and his wife have been looking forward to such a son, staring at it like beads for several years, showing the heart of a loving father and mother. In the early years, Brother Lu was just an ignorant child, but now Brother Lu is getting older, drowning like a murderer, he must always teach him well, so that the child has the foundation of his life, and he is the real beloved son.

It's just that in someone else's family, when it was time to enlighten at the age of five, because he was still in service, Lu Ge'er was also delayed for half a year. The third wife was born in a scholarly family, and the third master is a talented man, and the husband and wife are personally enlightened, but this is not a big deal.

"Good teacher Nanxun, it's May now, and it's time to make a sound." Xu said to the third master.

The third master hesitated for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, when Brother Lu comes out, I will go to Nancheng Academy for him......"

Xu's expression condensed slightly: "The academy over there has indeed become famous in recent years, no less than Chunshan Academy, but Brother Lu is still young, and the academy is outside the city, and the adults are working hard every day in and out of the city, not to mention the ...... children."

After a few years of recuperation, Lu Ge'er looks similar to children of the same age, but he just looks at it, and no one dares to take risks.

"How can reading not be hard? There happened to be Meng Ban over there, and several uncles also had children, so they could take care of him and make a few friends. Anyway, I plan to pass after the year, and Brother Lu will be a year older by then......" said the third master.

Xu Shi nodded and said: "Studying is not a day's work, anyway, the two of you husband and wife are discussing, if you want to try, you can give it a try, if Brother Lu can't stand it, you are not allowed to force him......"

The third master and the third wife got up and responded.

Xu Shifang said to Shen Rui: "If it is warm today, ask the housekeeper to clean up the northwest two courtyards, and when you move over there, you have to clean up this yard, and two years of hard work is also a blink of an eye......

Shen Rui didn't answer, only frowned and said, "Mother, don't say it again, you will continue to live in the main courtyard, you are the backbone of the family." ”

Xu shook his head and said: "I have lived in this courtyard for thirty years, and there is the shadow of the master everywhere, and my heart is sour when I have nothing to do." Brother Rui should be filial to me, clean up a new yard for me, so that I can have a better life in the future......"

Carrying Shen Cang out, Shen Rui didn't want to say anything, only said: "Then the Northwest Courtyard is also smaller, or I will write to the second uncle and change the Northwest Courtyard into three ......."

"What to change the Northwest Courtyard? Sister-in-law, I have already asked someone to clean up the house in the east courtyard, if you move the courtyard, go directly to the east courtyard to live, the house is empty over there, and the sister-in-law only thinks that she feels sorry for me...... "The third master hurriedly said.

Xu Shi smiled: "Don't worry, if it's stupid, add a younger brother and sister to Brother Lu next year, and there will be more people......"

The third old man already had red eyes: "I was raised by my sister-in-law, how can filial piety to my sister-in-law be stupid?" Or is it that the sister-in-law only hurts Brother Rui because of the separation, when we are outsiders? ”

The third wife also said sincerely: "Sister-in-law, the third master and I sincerely beg my sister-in-law to come over...... The yard next to the garden has long been cleaned up. Outsiders don't know that our family is separated, even if we live in the East Courtyard, we won't cause any gossip......"

If the outside knows that the Shen family is separated, no matter whether Shen Rui is the heir or his own son, there is no reason for his mother to go to his uncle's house to support the elderly; Outsiders don't know that the two rooms are separated, and it doesn't matter if the place where Xu's pension is arranged on East Road or West Road.

The corners of Xu's eyes were hot, and he didn't look at the third master, but only took the third wife's hand: "When I entered the door, the third brother was still in infancy, and I really raised him as a son with the master, and I worried about him for 30 years...... Now I'm really lazy, impatient to worry about this stubborn boy anymore, whether it's thirty or forty years, I want you to take care of him...... I understand this filial piety, but a separation is a separation, why make Rui Geer embarrassed in the future? Even if I live in the West Courtyard, you won't come to see me every day......"