In May, whether it is the official eunuch family or the common people's family, more people have begun to interact with each other, and the Dragon Boat Festival should be prepared for the festival.

Nanchang Mansion Political Envoy Yamen Shen Senate Mansion, the second old man's temples were convex, but he did not have half of the joy of the festival, glared at the second wife, gritted his teeth and said: "Five hundred taels of silver, all donated?" ”

The second wife took the handkerchief, wiped her tears and said, "Next month is Brother Luo's birth sacrifice......"

The second master rubbed his forehead and said, "Didn't you donate two hundred taels last month?" ”

"That's the temple, this time it's a Taoist ......temple," the second lady choked up.

The second old man said coldly: "So the spring shirt is cut in half, and the Dragon Boat Festival is not enough, and the favor is not gone?" ”

The second wife lowered her head and said, "Didn't the old man tell me that I should be thrifty now than in Beijing?" ”

The second old man laughed angrily: "Yes, I was thrifty with Brother Jue and my two nephews, and then they were all used to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and now it is really news, and I only accept gifts and do not return gifts."

The second wife said with tears in her eyes: "What do you do if you don't burn incense and worship the Buddha?" Now that the master is detaining me like a thief, why are you not ready to go? Didn't you redraft the gift list? ”

The second old man saw his wife behaving like this, and his anger suddenly disappeared.

What's so angry?

In the past six months, I have been disappointed again and again, what are I still expecting?

Soon after leaving Beijing, he had to secretly return to Beijing; When he arrived in Songjiang, he was arrogant and rude, offending half of the clan's daughters; When I arrived in Nanjing, I quarreled with my uncle's wife.

All kinds of inappropriateness, looking at him frightened, persuaded and persuaded.

As a result, his wife talked about his deceased son every time, which aroused his compassion.

After arriving in Nanchang Mansion, although he didn't expect his wife to socialize with his superiors and subordinates for himself, he didn't hurt her mother's dignity in front of outsiders, and began to slowly relax his manpower, thinking about the affairs of the inner house, and also wanting her to have something to do, so as not to worry about it. knew that she was not good at taking care of housework earlier, and arranged for her mother-in-law to teach her little by little

As a result, after half a year, he scattered hundreds of taels of silver and went out, and won the name of a "compassionate person", which attracted female monks and Taoist aunts to come to the door to ask for alms, but the family became more and more chaotic.

The superior female relatives don't like to see, and they don't care about the flattery of others; The lower-level ladies looked down on them and didn't bother to socialize with them.

A few words of flattery from female monks and Taoist aunts, the second wife took it to heart, and believed in today's afterlife, the retribution of sins, etc., so she changed the way to hold the silver, give alms, and accumulate good fortune.

First the food, then the clothes, and now even the favor is fooled, and the gift of the Zhang family is given to the Li family, without adding or subtracting at all. If Shen Ling hadn't found out that something was wrong, the Shen family would have lost the adult.

The second master's body shrank a little, and he only felt physically and mentally tired.

Looking at his wife's aggrieved face, the second master couldn't say a word except sighing.

From this day on, Senator Shen's wife, who was originally in poor health and didn't like to socialize much, continued to "recuperate".

The internal and external affairs of Senator Shen's family are all entrusted to Shen Ling, the nephew of the clan.

It's just that Shen Ling can take care of foreign affairs, but the officialdom and female relatives can't be replaced, and Senator Shen's family has a lot of inconvenience. After coming and going, there were thoughtful subordinates who knew that Senator Shen's wife was not in good health and wanted to tie up with the officials, some sent beautiful maids, and some talked in the middle and wanted to help the second master set up a good concubine.

Although the second master is a little rigid, his character is flawless, and he did not take the opportunity to take a concubine and a maidservant, and he also refused to return the beautiful relatives who were sent to the door.

For a while, the old men in Nanchang officialdom inevitably ridiculed the second master for being "afraid of the inside", or fake Taoism; However, the officials and relatives of Nanchang Mansion only praised Shen Senator, and they only felt that they were real gentlemen.

For the three young men of the Shen family who arrived with the second master of the Shen family, everyone was concerned about the heir Shen Jue before. As Shen Jue entered the academy to study, he was not very visible in front of people, and when Shen Ling came forward, there were more and more people who paid attention to Shen Ling.

Because Shen Ling was weak in the year of the crown, she had not yet married, and it was not one or two who had the heart to marry the Shen family. However, most of them are the concubines of the adjutant's subordinate families, and the scholars are picky about marrying daughters, and they dislike Shen Ling for being famous.

Shen Liyang's colleague's wife helped each other, and spent nearly 1,000 taels of silver as a dowry to marry the eldest daughter of a county magistrate who was born in the imperial examination for his nephew Shen Ling, and entered the door to take care of the housework.

This is all a later story, not for the time being, and let's talk about Beijing.

The teaching examination of the Ministry of Rites was also completed, and the three members of the Shen family who stayed in Beijing to participate in the examination of the Ministry of Rites all got lovely positions and left Beijing to take up their posts.

The Shen Mansion seemed to be quiet, but the mood of everyone in the Shen family was only cheerful.

The second master's reply has arrived in Beijing, and the second master naturally does not refuse to accept the matter of the brother and sister-in-law wanting to promote Sister Yu. The eldest lord and the Xu family officially opened the ancestral hall at the end of April, and "passed" Sister Yu to the name of the long house

Shen Rui and Sister Yu became brothers and sisters from cousins, and Sister Yu became the eldest lady of Shangshu Mansion from the eldest daughter of the Sipin Senate.

Not only did the people of the Shen family in Beijing congratulate together, but also the people who had friendships were also quite concerned.

People with strict rules are still inevitably picky, but those who opened their mouths to ask for relatives for the side branches and concubines before all stopped talking and didn't dare to be delusional. Otherwise, it would be a slap in the face of the Shen family.

Although the right family still chooses Sister Yu's background, they dislike the name of "eldest daughter" and have moisture, and the heirs of Shangshufu are thin, but the people of the third and fourth grades began to ask someone to inquire.

Xu is here, but not so urgent, and plans to wait for the hospital to finish the test.

In the third room, the fourth brother has been eight months, and after more than half a year of conditioning, some flesh looks whirring, which is the time to start climbing.

He is a child who loves to laugh, and he doesn't recognize life, which is very painful.

The third wife often carried her son to the upper room and talked with Xu.

Under the persuasion of the old lady of his in-laws, the third master often went to Nancheng Academy and made some friends with exam-taking students

Up and down the Shen house, it was warm and peaceful.

It was at this time that Shen Rui made clear of the Xu family, invited Gao Wenhu and Brother Shou to his home as guests, and invited Shen Quan, Mao Chi and He Taizhi as accompanying guests.

These three people are good friends with Shen Rui and often come to the Shen family, the Xu family is accustomed to each other, and this day is early.

Knowing that the guest invited by Shen Rui was a child of a poor family who he met during the county exam, the Xu family was not afraid that Shen Rui would snub the guest, but was worried about He Tai's rudeness. As for Mao Chi, although he is the son of the champion, his family is a craftsman, born in the market, and his temperament is extremely peaceful. Shen is here all year old, and he is thoughtful, so there is nothing to worry about.

He Taizhi is a nephew, not an outsider, so Xu privately admonished: "Don't despise guests because of your background, since you are a person your cousin fancies, even if you don't pass the county test, you have something to respect in terms of character." ”

He Taizhi sneered: "My nephew has grown up, how can I be so shallow, judging heroes by the success or failure of the exam"

Thinking that when he went to Songjiang, he was complacent because he passed the county test, He Taizhi only felt that "the past is unbearable", and a sense of vicissitudes was born in his immature heart.

Shen Quan is here and is full of curiosity about the identity of the visitor.

I thought that Shen Rui would study behind closed doors and finish the test in the hospital, but I didn't expect that he was still in the mood to treat and make friends now. It seems that Shen Rui knows that reading needs to be relaxed, and he is not going to the "little three yuan" as outsiders say.

What kind of person is it that can be officially regarded as a guest and solemnly invite everyone to accompany him?

As for Mao Chi, as long as he can leave the academy to breathe a sigh of relief, he feels happy and happy, and he doesn't care about who the guests are sacred.

In addition to the true identity of "Brother Shou", Shen Rui did not say it directly, Shen Rui explained to the three of them in advance about Gao Wenhu's background and the identity of Brother Shou as a "pseudo-beggar" with guards.

Otherwise, these three people really have to be careless for a while, and they slighted that one, and it would be a disaster.

He specially invited the three of them over, not only to add some excitement, but also to give the three of them a chance to form a good fate.

Sizheng (ten o'clock in the morning), Gao Wenhu took Brother Shou and entered Renshoufang.

Gao Wenhu realized it later, and finally knew that Shangshu was a great official, and Shen Rui was the son of a big official, but because of his wide heart, he didn't have much fear, and he took Brother Shou to the appointment with a basket of salted eggs in his hand.

Brother Shou is still dressed in patches and patches, holding half a bamboo pole in his hand, but because of the hot summer weather, he used muslin cloth with excellent perspiration to make clothes, and his white and clean little face was not plastered again.

Looking at Gao Wenhu's majestic and high-spirited appearance, Brother Shou couldn't help but pout.

He was very curious, how bold Gao Wenhu was, why didn't he know how scared he was?

Knowing that Shen Rui is a big official and has no intention of being alienated, does he know his identity and still treat himself as in the past?

Brother Shou thought, his eyes dripping.

Behind the two, there were more than a dozen people intermittently.

In fact, the people sent by Jinyiwei today to defend Brother Shou are not only these ten people.

Since a few days ago, Shen Rui's post was handed out, and outside Shen Shangshu's house, there were many eyeliners staring. The male servants who went in and out of the Shen family also had a list to report in Jinyiwei, and there were idle people in the province who mixed in.

Although Shen Rui did not wait for customers at the entrance of the square like Gao Wenhu, he also sent longevity and longevity to stare at the mouth of the alley.

When Gao Wenhu took Brother Shou to the door of Shen's house and was thinking about how to call the door, Shen Rui had already gotten the news and greeted him in person.

"Brother Shen, congratulations, congratulations, it's the first again" Gao Wenhu grinned when he saw Shen Rui.

I haven't seen each other for two months since we last met, and Gao Wenhu has changed from "Kuiwei" to "Black Kuiwei". A face that can't be said to be carbon black and carbon black, but also red and black, much darker than in spring.

"How do you get sunburned like this? This is...... Practiced martial arts? Shen Rui said in surprise.

"Hmm" Gao Wenhu nodded and said: "Brother Shou helped me find a place to learn martial arts, I don't need to teach money, and I can take care of a good meal......"

Shen Rui glanced at Brother Shou, and then at all kinds of people who were walking a little stiffly not far away, and said in his heart: "It can't be the place you want, right......?"

The brocade guards of the Ming Dynasty were notorious and prominent.

When Brother Shou saw Shen Rui looking at him, he raised his chin and felt a little proud.

Shen Rui looked at Brother Shou's thin arms and legs, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like he could be good at martial arts: "Where you are good, why didn't Brother Shou go to learn?" ”

"I learned ......," Gao Wenhu said.

Shen Rui looked at Brother Shou's white and pure little face, not quite convinced.

Now that it is summer, the sun is scorching, otherwise it would not have been several colors black in just two Gao Wenhu. Brother Shou's face didn't look like he had been exposed to the sun.

Brother Shou frowned and said, "Don't look down on people, I can pull a stone bow now...... The place where I studied is not in the same place as Brother Gao......"