When the happy event between the Wang family and the He family is completed, Chinese New Year's Eve falls.

Compared with last year, Shen Zhai has added a lot of vitality this year. In addition, there are many clansmen and in-laws in Beijing, and all kinds of banquets are constant. Although Zhu Yunming and Shen Yue were obsessed with preparing for the exam before, they also came out to socialize in the end of the New Year.

There are three juniors in the Shen family, and the fourth brother is still in infancy, so only Shen Rui and Sister Yu follow behind the Xu family to take care of the New Year's Festival.

Sister Yu doesn't talk much, but under the influence of her ears and eyes, she acts in the style of the Xu family, and she is a little girl with hills and valleys in her heart. Xu was quite pleased, and Shen Rui also really loved this sister a little more.

The gold collar and silver coin that he bought before, Shen Rui made a New Year's gift before Chinese New Year's Eve and gave it to Sister Yu.

Sister Yu here has also prepared a new set of clothes for her cousin as a New Year's gift.

Their cousins are close, and several elders in the family see it in their eyes and have their own thoughts.

In the eyes of the eldest husband and wife, Shen Rui did not alienate the second family because of the early grievances between the second master, the second wife and the Sun family, and was a broad-minded.

Speaking of which, Sister Yu is just a concubine and a cousin, and she will go out in less than two years. In the future, as long as Shen Rui takes care of it, there is nothing that can help Shen Rui.

Shen Ruineng doesn't think about grievances, doesn't care about gains and losses, and is especially valuable to Sister Yu.

The third master didn't know that Shen Rui knew the past thirty years ago, but he only felt that Shen Rui could treat his cousin well, and he couldn't be wrong with the fourth brother in the future. After all, his relationship with the elders in the third room is much closer than that in the second room.

The third wife is a woman, she thought about it carefully, and said to her husband: "It's nothing to give Sister Yu, Brother Rui is the elder brother, and it is due to have a good exchange with his cousin, it is rare to be this intimate ...... Uncle and sister-in-law have a good eye, Brother Rui really deserves to be the eldest son......"

Shen Rui scattered fifty taels of gold in one go, and he was also distressed. Originally, in addition to setting a heavy collar for Sister Yu, the rest was planned to give Dongxi and Liu Ya a dowry book.

Although the Ming Dynasty has requirements in the dress system, gold and jade jewelry are not allowed to be worn, but from the Chenghua Emperor's favor of Wan Guifei, the palace advocates extravagance to begin, up and down, the folk luxury style has gradually begun.

Not to mention the female dependents of the eunuchs, the gold and jade are no longer strictly obeyed by the law; It is the home of ordinary businessmen, and it is also common to wear gold and silver.

However, Shen Rui asked Dongxi and Liu Ya to buy gold jewelry, which was more about the preservation of gold.

I didn't expect Dongxi to buy such gift-giving jewelry, she and Liu Ya each picked two or two things.

One tael of gold is exchanged for thirteen taels of silver, which is twenty-six taels of silver per person, plus a set of five or six taels of silver jewelry per person, and each person is only thirty taels of silver.

Dong Xi Jīng Xin served him for more than a year, and he married a long life, both of them were orphans, and they didn't even have any relatives, Shen Rui was so stingy? The willow buds are sloping again, how can you not be disliked when you say kiss in the future?

It's just that Dong Xi knows the rules and is not greedy, so Shen Rui no longer lets her be self-sufficient. It's just that I made up my mind that when Dongxi gets married, I will privately supplement her and longevity.

Dongxi and longevity, whether before or after, are all his henchmen.

As soon as Chinese New Year's Eve passes, it is the first month.

In addition to the in-laws of the Shen family, the relationship between people in the officialdom is even more prosperous than last year.

Shen Rui, as the heir of the eldest lord and the rightful son of the Shen family, is also not idle for a moment. or entertain relatives and friends at home, or go out with the eldest master to socialize, and occasionally go on a trip with Xu's.

is another year older, Shen Rui is already fourteen years old, and his body is already five feet three inches, like a young man.

Many people inquired about Shen Rui's family affairs, and when they learned that he had married the eldest daughter of the Yang scholar's family a few years ago, they were all sighing.

Who doesn't know that the Shen family had a thousand miles of fertile land in the early years, and it is not a secret that Shen Luo died last year. Now the Shen family has an heir, the Shen lord is promoted, and the children of the Shen family have become talents, a prosperous scene

Those who are interested in marrying the Shen family are not one or two families.

The fourth brother is only over 100 years, of course, no one will ask, and the one who inquires is Shen Jue, the heir of the second room, and Sister Yu, the concubine.

After Shen Jue entered the second room of the heir, although he stayed in Beijing for more than half a year, because he rarely went out to socialize with the third master, he did not see Shen Jue much.

It's Sister Yu, who followed Xu's side before the New Year and often went out.

In addition, although she is a concubine, she is the daughter of a fourth-grade official, Shangshu's niece, and there are also many wives who inquire about Sister Yu for their own concubines.

Xu also went through the words, choosing someone for his niece, not picking a family, asking the other party not to pick a concubine, but also a child of a scholar's family.

This is also distressed Sister Yu, if you are only for the right door, it is very easy to choose a second-grade and third-grade concubine and grandson of a family, but it is difficult to do a daughter-in-law, and the above two mothers-in-law are also difficult to help the family, but they need to be a cow and a horse to help their brothers.

The kind of family that can suppress the heirs, even if they come to propose, the Xu family does not dare to marry their nieces into it.

As for the children of scholars, it is also for the Shen family to have one more in-laws in the future, and Shen Rui and Shen Jue brothers will have more help in the future.

Those wives are also interested, and will shut up and stop mentioning concubines, only nephews and nephews.

It's just that in addition to the merchants, how many people are not important? The few candidates proposed are mostly side branches or down-and-out households who are dependent on relatives, and they want to marry Sister Yu for the power of Shangshu Mansion and Sister Yu's dowry.

How would Xu consider such a candidate?

Although Sister Yu is only thirteen years old, and there are still two years to go, and her family affairs are not in a hurry, but under this temptation, Xu is still a little annoyed in her heart.

She is also the age when she knows the destiny of heaven, and she has worked a lot before and after the year, and she has been depressed in Sister Yu's family affairs, and her emotions are a little daunting.

Seeing this, the eldest lord said: "If it really doesn't work, I will send a letter to the second brother and record Sister Yu in Qiao's name...... The Shen family's generation is just this one girl, and she is filial and sensible, so she can't be ambiguous about family affairs......"

Xu sighed and said, "I thought about this before, but that was just self-deception...... When it's time to get married, who can be fooled? If you really want to pick a family, it's useless to register your name. ”

The eldest lord thought for a while and said, "It's really not good, so I choose a son-in-law from the poor family, and that's how the grandfather chose a son-in-law for the third sister......"

Xu shook his head and said, "How many people in this world miss old feelings like Uncle Yang?" Besides, the Yang family was just in the middle of the road back then, and it was not completely rootless......"

Sister Yu has been on the ground for thirteen years, and her mother-in-law has asked less, but Xu's eldest aunt has asked more. In addition, when people are old, they are afraid of being lonely and lonely, the eldest lord goes to the yamen every time, Shen Rui goes to school every time, and Sister Yu is by Xu's side, and the relationship between the two is getting deeper and deeper.

When he saw that Sister Yu really loved Shen Rui's cousin, and Shen Rui could also love her cousin, Xu had an idea. Even if the Shen family passed the heir, the third room also gave birth to a fourth brother, but there were only three cousins, and they were still thin.

Shen Jue's reading qualifications are good, but there is an unconscious heir mother above, and the heir father is not an understanding person, and it is good to be able to take on the beach of the second room and not drag Shen Rui down. In the third room, the fourth brother is only a few months, and he is from his sick and weak father, and it is difficult to say how it will be in the future, at least for 20 years, he will have to live on the long house.

Shen Rui, as the heir of the long house, couldn't even pass the exam, and it would be too hard in the future.

If Sister Yu becomes the daughter of the long house and talks about a proper family matter, Shen Rui can also have more sisters-in-law here. And for Sister Yu, it is also a good thing to leave a mother like Qiao's and rely on the long house.

Just because the second master has a daughter, Sister Yu, even if the Xu family has thoughts because of selfishness, they all suppress it.

But when he saw the "crooked melon and cracked dates" who came to inquire about family affairs, Xu's idea of suppressing it rose again.

She thought about it for a while, and then said: "Master, even if you remember your concubine, you will inevitably talk about your concubine when you officially get married; If it is adopted, there is no need to mention it on the side of the original parent...... Even when it comes to it, no one cares......

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Sister Yu is his own niece, in order to say that the family is good, it is not a big deal to pass the long house, and he is willing to prepare a dowry for his niece. But for the second room, Shen Jue is the heir, but Sister Yu is the daughter, and the second master may not be willing to succeed.

Xu also understood the scruples of the eldest master, and he didn't want to force it, so he said: "Why don't you send a letter to the second uncle and ask for the second uncle's opinion?" There is only one sister and sister in the younger generation, and it is really reluctant to marry a small family......"

Even if he has selfish intentions, the Xu family doesn't want to make it happen reluctantly.

After all, Sister Yu has succeeded to the long house, and in the future, the marriage will return to the long house, which is also troublesome. If the person she chooses is promising, she can be Shen Rui's help; If it is a mediocre one, it will not be possible to increase the burden on Shen Rui in the future.

It's better to be consensual.

The eldest lord has been in the officialdom for a long time and knows the importance of the clansmen's in-laws.

The second concubine of the Shen family, and the heir of the Shen family, are definitely not the same weight.

It really has to be according to Xu's suggestion, whether it is for Sister Yu or the Shen family, it is a good thing. Sister Yu's family affairs will no longer be high or low, which makes it difficult for people, so she can choose excellent children in the family of famous eunuchs.

The eldest lord nodded and said, "Okay, I'll write to the second brother." No matter how confused he is, he knows how to treat Sister Yu well......"

When Xu heard this, the turbidity in his heart finally dispersed a lot.

Shen Rui here, he didn't know the plans of the Xu family and the eldest master, but he only knew that the Xu family would bring Sister Yu when he went out, and he had the meaning of looking at others.

Although he felt that Sister Yu was still a little girl, he also knew that at this time, it was common for girls to discuss relatives at thirteen or four, and it was common for them to go out of the cabinet at fifteen or six, so he didn't go long-winded.

After the fifteenth day of the first month, the Yamen opened the seal, and the Daxing County Ya posted a notice that the registration for this year's county examination began.

The capital is Shuntianfu, and Shuntianfu relies on Guo Wanping County and Daxing County.

The capital is separated from the middle, the left half of the pull belongs to Wanping County, and the right half of the pull belongs to Daxing County.

The second room of the Shen family was naturalized in Daxing County in Beijing, so Shen Rui had to take the county test in Daxing County.

The county examination is held in February, and the prefectural examination is conducted by the county order, and the main examination is held in the county hall.

After the county government posts the notice, students can go to the county government room to register......