The two-room ancestral hall is located on the east road of the main house, in a three-entry courtyard, and the main ancestral hall is only dedicated to the eldest lord to the three generations of the gods.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the most important thing is to worship the ancestors, followed by the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Shen Rui and the others are all of the Shen family's bloodline, even if they are not the grandsons of the second house, the ancestors of the second house are also their cousins and elders, so naturally they have to kowtow to a few masters in the second room.

The second wife, who had not shown up, also came out, and she was dressed in white without tidying up, but she was also plain, and she was kind, as if she was a different person when she looked at her sons the day before yesterday.

The eldest lord offered incense to his father and ancestors, and he felt guilty.

There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. They only have one seedling in the third room, Shen Luo, and they should have thought about inheritance a long time ago. Even if he is partial to his nephew and wants Shen Luo to have a long house, he should also think about choosing another heir for the third room and one more bloodline inheritance. But he was greedy, and in order to save trouble, he acquiesced in the matter of Shen Luo's three rooms.

It is difficult to raise a single seedling, if the third room has an heir, even if there is an accident, it will not make everyone in the second room so desperate. Thinking of the relationship between the Sun family and the second room, she turned around, and her only son still came to the second room, but it was also a bit destined.

The sons of the Shen family stood behind the three masters, with different thoughts.

Shen Rui looked at the god lord in front of him, thinking of his previous life, and felt a little ridiculous. In his previous life, he was a descendant of the second room, and he entered the second room by himself, did he want to be his ancestor?

However, looking at the people around him, Shen Rui calmed down again.

Earlier, the two bedrooms and three small rooms were concurrently owned by Shen Luo, which was because Shen Luo was his own nephew and had outstanding qualifications, and the eldest and third masters felt sorry for their nephews, so they were willing to let him take care of them; Shen Luo has died, and the three masters have suffered from the withering of their blood, and they will definitely choose their own heirs.

I am the heir of the third room), I don't know if there is a candidate for the long room and the second room.

If Shen Rui is asked to say that Shen Zhu, Shen Bao and others have their own shortcomings, Shen Jue and Shen Quan are the most suitable. Even if the two of them are close to the relatives of Zongfang and Wufang, there are disadvantages and advantages to things. When the second room decides to pass on the heirs from the family, the relationship between the same clan is linked, and where can it be cleared.

When the eldest master and the second master are there, there is no need to worry that the sect room and the fifth room will interfere with the second room; If the eldest master and the second master are not there, if Shen Jue and Shen Quan are old, they will naturally have their own ideas and will not be at the mercy of their biological father and brother; If you are young, you will have more to rely on when you are bound by your biological father and brother.

The father and son of the fifth room are not troubled people at all, and there will never be anything that breaks the rules and makes Shen Quan embarrassed; The father and son of the eldest master of the sect, even if they have a small abacus, but who calls them the sons and grandsons of the sect, how many people watch, they don't dare to act too outrageous. is saying that the eldest master of the sect is the son of the sect and cannot do without Songjiang; The eldest brother of Zongfang is only the elder brother of Bunsheng, and his restraint on Shen Jue is also limited.

Shen Zhu, who was standing in front of Shen Rui, although he didn't know what Shen Rui was thinking, obviously had another insight.

In his opinion, Xiao Changfang takes a fancy to Shen Rui, and Xiao Sanfang mostly takes a fancy to Shen Bao, and among the remaining sons of the Shen family, Shen Quan and Shen Jue leave with their brothers, which is also a gesture of giving up the identity of the heir. The candidate for the heir of the second room is naturally selected from the rest of the people.

He stood with Shen Qin and Shen Lin, as long as he was not blind, he would not pick the wrong person.

Thinking like this, Shen Zhu's originally restless heart became more steady, and he was no longer as anxious as before, but a little more calm

I have to say that the blind cat met a dead mouse, and this time Shen Zhu coincided with the second wife's thoughts.

The second wife made a fuss the day before yesterday, although she couldn't get sick in the past two days, but in the end, there were eyes and ears, and people had already stared at the side of the guest house.

However, obviously compared with the second master, she still does not know enough about Shen Rui's identity, she only knows that he is the fourth concubine of the Shen family and one of the candidates for heirs, because he is young, he doesn't care much, and his attention is on Shen Zhu and Shen Quan.

Shen Quan left with his brother, and in the eyes of the second wife, it also meant giving up the position of heir, and the remaining Shen Zhu attracted all her attention.

Now Shen Zhu behaves more calmly and freely, and there are some shadows of Brother Luo in his speech, but in the eyes of the second wife, it becomes more and more dazzling, and he only feels that Shen Zhu is "following the example", hypocritical, and hateful.

After the sacrifice to the ancestors, everyone went back to change their regular clothes.

As soon as she returned to the second room, the second wife couldn't help but say to her husband: "Since the master doesn't allow me to be a step-heir, then forget it." The master said the same, the master and I are not young, how easy is it to take care of a small child? What kind of family is there, after choosing an heir, she has to enter the door with a tablet. It's just that the matter of this heir needs to be picked first in the second room, just those few people, if the long room and the third room are all left, who knows what crooked melons and cracked dates are under them? ”

The second master listened to the previous words, and felt relieved, but when he heard the back, he didn't feel like it, and frowned: "The young and the old are orderly, even if they officially choose the heir, they naturally have to choose the eldest brother and sister-in-law, where is the reason for us to compete for the first?" ”

As he spoke, a young man's figure flashed in his mind, and he only felt sour in his heart.

However, thinking of the third master's deathbed words, as well as the past in his early years, even if he felt guilty in the face of Shen Rui, he did not have the face to mention to his eldest brother and sister-in-law that he wanted to choose Shen Rui as his heir.

looked at his wife again, he was so calm at the moment and didn't "treat Shen Rui differently", the second master knew that this was because his wife didn't know that he was the son of the Sun family, if he knew, even if he didn't toss, he wouldn't be close.

Shen Rui can enter the long room or the third room, but he is destined to miss the second room.

was drunk by her husband, and the second wife was already crying, wiping her tears with a handkerchief and saying: "The long house is picked first, but there is a concubine who is dead and does not want him to enter the Shen family." Every time I watch it, it reminds me of Brother Luo, and my heart hurts like a knife. Even in front of my eldest brother and sister-in-law, I said the same thing. I knew that because of the affairs of the He family, my sister-in-law was annoyed with me, and she didn't even want to see me with her eldest brother. If everyone doesn't care about me, I'll go to the other courtyard to stay, and it won't be in everyone's eyes. ”

The second master listened, but he was stunned.

He immediately thought of Shen Rui, although his wife's words were threatening, but these words could only threaten himself, not his eldest brother and sister-in-law. If those two are determined to choose Shen Rui as their heir, let alone their wives, they can't stop them even if they come forward to stop them. Even if it is himself, his connivance with his wife is just a habit, not that he can't refuse ruthlessly.

It's just that for the New Year, if you really want your wife to make trouble because of the choice of heirs, it will also make everyone unhappy.

The second master frowned and said, "I have also met several nephews twice, why didn't I see which one looked like Brother Luo?" Who is it that obstructs your eyes and makes you so unwelcome? ”

"Sanfang Shen Zhu," the second wife said through gritted teeth.

The second master thought for a while, nodded and said, "Although he doesn't look like Brother Luo, he is similar in age to Brother Luo, but he acts like a little bit of Brother Luo...... Just for this, it won't make you so unwelcome? ”

The second wife thought of her son and said with tears: "I just can't see him, so I went with Brother Luo, so he came with his sister-in-law and wanted to occupy Brother Luo's position......"

The second master sighed and said: "Someone must inherit the incense, and this heir must always be picked." Shen Zhu is the only person with a reputation among the nephews of the clan, and the sister-in-law can take him to Beijing, even if he won't live in the long room, most of them will leave him to support the third brother to support the portal. ”

The second wife choked up and said, "Isn't that going to cone my heart?" ”

The second master looked at his wife coldly and said, "In front of me, you don't tell the truth?" Why does Shen Zhu look unpleasant, I always have to tell me, even if I go to my eldest brother and sister-in-law to talk, I must have a bottom in my heart. ”

The second wife pressed the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief: "I just can't see this belly full of calculations, others are still young, and they follow the sister-in-law to go out of the house mostly to follow the orders of the elders in the family; Shen Zhu is seventeen, and he is famous. Next year is the year of the township exam, and I even gave up preparing for the exam, and followed him to the capital, so why did I come? How can I tolerate such a thing that is rushing to the position of heir with such a white face? ”

When the second master heard this, he couldn't help but be silent.

Although he told his wife that Shen Zhu was a candidate for heir, he didn't think so in his heart. Not to mention that Shen Zhu is quite old, let's just say that the Shen family behind him has three rooms, even if the second master is far away in the capital, he has heard of its inappropriateness.

After the second wife said that, she was also secretly paying attention to her husband.

has been the second wife of the Shen family for decades, and she naturally knows that the temper of the uncle and concubine is not something she can persuade herself. But the two masters are different, the eldest lord treats the two younger brothers very kindly, as long as the husband is willing to come forward to do something for her, the eldest master can respond if he can't say it. As for the eldest wife, although she is ordinary and powerful, she has always been "virtuous", and such a major event will naturally not disagree with the eldest lady.

The second master was silent for half a cup of tea, Fang looked up at his wife and said, "Shufen, you have to think about it, about the heir, I have to go and open my mouth with the eldest brother, but only this time." Whether to tell the eldest brother not to let Shen Zhu enter the second room, or to choose one person among the nephews to inherit our room, you can only choose one of these two. It's that the long room and the third room are elected by others, no matter how much it doesn't suit your wishes, I won't say more. ”

Thinking that not only the long room and the third room will pass the heir, but also his own room, in order to pass on the incense to Brother Luo as soon as possible, this heir should also be decided early, and the second wife instantly turned red again.

However, it makes no difference to her who the heir of her house is, as long as she has an heir in the future and succeeds to Shen Luo's name, she has nothing else to ask for.

Therefore, the second wife said softly: "I'm not a fool, where will I embarrass the old man twice?" Only this time, it was really rude. ”

The second master thought about the next Chinese New Year's Eve meal, as well as the dullness of the family in recent months, for fear that the second wife would have an accident at night, and everyone would be unhappy, so he touched his wife's shoulder and said softly: "The day before yesterday...... Even if the sister-in-law didn't say anything, let's go and accompany the sister-in-law for a while...... My sister-in-law is also fifty years old, and my eldest brother has not been in good spirits these months, I know you are uncomfortable, but life must go on......

The second wife knew that she didn't take care of the matter the day before yesterday, and her husband discussed it with kind words, so she nodded happily: "It's me who made a mistake, and I'll go to make amends to my sister-in-law in a while......"

The second master appeased him in advance, and after he went to the upper room, the second wife first made amends to the Xu family, and there was a little chagrin and regret in her words.

Not only did the Xu family and the third wife breathe a sigh of relief, but the hearts of the eldest and third masters of the other house were also relaxed, and their mood was relieved a lot......