Yang Tinghe, a twelve-year-old Zhongju person, a nineteen-year-old Zhongjinshi, is forty-two years old this year, in his prime, and is now a scholar of Zuochunfang University.

Long before Shen Rui went out with the Xu family, Shen Rui memorized Yang Tinghe's resume in his heart, but he couldn't help but admire it. Although he has not yet taken the boy's exam, there are many brothers around him who have taken the exam. Shen Jin passed the hospital examination at the age of fourteen, and was praised by the clansmen, and was considered by the other party to have a promising future, Yang Tinghe passed the township examination at the age of twelve, and pushed forward by one year, that is, the college examination passed at the age of eleven.

The so-called prodigy, that's it.

Fame needs to be early, and that makes sense.

When Yang Ting and the Ministry of Rites took the exam, he was only in the top three, and he was nineteen years old. Even if it is regarded as a young jinshi, there is one more word "same", and the gold content is low. However, because he was the youngest person to raise the country since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he had already prepared a case in front of the emperor, so he was able to enter the Changyuan as a fellow jinshi, and then entered the Hanlin.

With such a capable person to compare, Shen Rui was calculating his time to take the exam in his heart.

Next year, when he is fourteen years old, he should take the boy's examination; When I was 16 years old, I took the township exam, and if it went well, I took the exam for the first time at the age of 17.

Yang Tinghe was 12 years old, but he only passed the exam at the age of 19, which shows how difficult it is to pass the exam.

Among the people of the Shen family, the water character generation, the eldest master of the sect, Shen Juren, the eldest master of the fifth room, the second master of the seventh room, and the eldest master of the eighth room are all lifting people, among which Shen Juren is still a young man, but all of them will try to fall first.

Thinking about the probability of being able to test, Shen Rui only felt that his scalp was numb, but in this era, he had no chance to choose.

The Yang family is located in the lighting workshop, just across the street from Renshoufang, where the Shen house is located.

Yang Tinghe's step-family, the Yu family, is still distant from the Xu family, but it has to turn a few corners, which is relatively far.

When he came to Shen Rui, he had to call Yu "cousin".

Because he came to be a guest with the Xu family, and because of the Yu family's relatives, after arriving at the Yang Mansion, Shen Rui saw the Yu family first.

In the Ming Dynasty, the funeral of the father and the mother were observed for three years.

However, if the father is alive, the mother's funeral only needs to be observed for one year.

At that time, Shen Rui lived in Xishan Temple for three years, the first year was called filial piety, and the last two years were also called health preservation.

This is also the reason why Yang Ting and Hongzhi lost their mothers for twelve years, and the bride can enter the door in less than two years, because they have already been served.

Yu is seventeen or eighteen years old, less than a year after entering the door, and she is still a bride at this time, and she is still a little shy between her words and deeds.

When she saw Xu, she was close and respectful. It's not because of the rank of the edict, but that although Xu is the same generation as her, he should be older than her parents.

Although Shen Rui's height is not low, he is a teenager in the end, his face is immature, and his voice has not yet passed the pitch change period.

Yu replied to him a few words, then went to be restrained, and said to Xu: "Brother Rui is about the same age as my brother, and when I see him, I think of my brother." ”

Yu's father was originally a minor official in Beijing, and this year's "Jingcha" was rated as a first-class official, and he was released to Zhizhou.

Xu said with a smile: "Their nephews are of the same age, and there will always be a time to get close in the future......

Yu smiled: "What my cousin said is that this is exactly the truth. It's rare for my cousin to come over, and my sisters and brothers should also come over and ask my cousin to say ......goodbye."

After a while, a few children came in with the maidservant, ranging in age from three or four to twelve or thirteen.

To Shen Rui's surprise, Yang Shen was also among them.

The two of them looked at each other, their eyes widened, and then they immediately looked away.

From tall to short, there are six radish heads, except for the eldest son Yang Shen and the eldest daughter Yang Tian from the first wife, the second brother, third brother, fourth brother and second sister of the Yang family are all from Yang Ting and the Jiang family in the side room.

In this era, it is nothing for a scholar to have a wife and a concubine, but what makes Shen Rui feel uncomfortable is that although Yang Er is also nine years old, he is half a year older than Yang Tian.

Although he is seeing the gift now, Yang Er honestly calls Shen Rui "Cousin Shen"; But if the two families really succeeded, this would be his brother-in-law.

The Xu family gave several children meeting gifts in turn, and I have to say that the children of the Yang family are very decent, especially the four brothers from the Jiang family, who are better than Yang Shen and Yang Tian's brothers and sisters. From the son and the mother, it can be seen that the appearance of the biological mother must be good.

Yang Ting and the first wife Huang had nothing to do except for the eldest son and eldest daughter, and the rest of the children were covered by the side room. Even if there is no rumor of "spoiling concubines and killing wives", no one is a fool, and these radish heads are evidence.

Thinking of this, the Xu family inevitably slandered Yang Tinghe, and felt a little pity for Yang Shen and Yang Tian's brothers and sisters.

The Xu family came for Yang Tian, so he naturally pulled Yang Tian to him and carefully asked about his usual preferences.

Although Yang Tian's parents are both from Shuzhong, he was born and grew up in the capital, but he speaks official dialect and responds crisply, she is a very cool little girl, and she has no twisting.

Although her appearance is not as good as that of her sister, she is also much better than ordinary people.

Mrs. He praised her for her water show, which is more beautiful than the beauty of the Jiangnan lady, which is not unreasonable.

Xu himself is a dignified and atmospheric character, so naturally he can't see the kind of little lady who answers shyly. Yang Tian's temperament is just right for her appetite.

In addition, although Yang Tian is only nine years old, he has a good foundation, his hair is like ink, and he is already a little beauty with snow-white skin, goose egg face, and willow eyebrows. Although the Xu family is looking forward to Shen Rui getting married as soon as possible, they are not willing to set him a little daughter-in-law, but since her husband has explained, she can only think about the good side.

Shen Rui was beside him, and he could only be speechless.

Xu Shi sees Yang Tian as a natural beauty, and Shen Rui sees her as a large doll.

Nine-year-old fiancée, just thinking about it, feels a chill.

The children are all in front of him, although the Xu family is close to Yang Tian, they do not snub others, and they pay special attention to Yang Tian's brother Yang Shen.

When I heard that Yang Shen had passed the college examination and was now in Chunshan Academy, Xu's smile was even more sincere: "My second brother is also studying there, and if he encounters difficulties in schoolwork in the future, he can ask his cousin."

This can also see Xu's open-mindedness, if you are someone else's family, you have no son in your life, and if you choose an heir, you must stare at it as if you were an eyeball.

plus the two little guys around Shen Rui, among which Changfu is the son of the Shen family. It would not be difficult for the Xu family to know about Shen Rui's contacts and friends in the academy, but the Xu family never did so.

Although she also asked about Shen Rui's friendship, she didn't tie Shen Rui to her, so she didn't know that Shen Rui had just made a new friend.

Shen Rui was uncomfortable, and Yang Shen was not comfortable.

He took the initiative to stay at home today, even if he couldn't make the decision about his sister's relatives, he was still not at ease. The loving mother passed away, and now their brother and sister depend on each other for their lives, and they are the closest people.

After he knew about this family business before, although he was not fake to Shen Rui, he was also secretly happy in his heart.

After all, the marriage is a major event, and the words of the matchmaker are ordered by his parents, and if his sister allows others, he still has to worry about his sister-in-law's character; When he arrived at Shen Rui, at least half of his heart was relieved.

He stayed at home, not to wait to see Shen Rui, but to meet Xu.

Xu is Shen Rui's mother, not her biological mother, if she has a bad temper and becomes an in-law in the future, she will get along with her even more lightly and not embarrassingly.

After seeing the Xu family, Yang Shen was completely at ease.

Born from the heart, Xu speaks crisply, has a clear gaze, and a dignified face, and is not snarky.

Yu is quite concerned about Yang Shen, the stepson who has just returned home.

She was not happy about this family business. She knows her identity, the stepwife from a small family, the children left by the wife in front, and the four concubines who have favored concubines in the back, are not something she can control, so she is happy to be a shopkeeper, and has no intention of interfering in the marriage of her stepchildren.

The left and right are left to their own masters, and they can't blame her for good or bad.

Who would have thought that it was her distant relatives who were talking about marriage now.

If there is a bad one in the future, the family will blame her.

But now that Master He is the matchmaker, the master didn't shake his head here, and the two families began to look at each other, and the Yu family could only hope for the result.

Seeing that Yang Shen's expression was slightly softened and he had no objection to this family business, Yu couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "It just so happens that our master is resting today, and Brother Rui will go with our eldest brother to meet our master......"

Xu nodded and said, "That's how it should be......"

Yu instructed Yang Shen to take Shen Rui to the study in the front yard, and then instructed his adoptive mother to take the other children down.

When the room was clean, Yu's tense expression relaxed.

The stepmother was embarrassed, and when Xu saw her like this, he couldn't help but pity: "Such a family, your father and mother are also ruthless......"

Yu Shi said softly: "It's my life, I thought I wanted the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha, but now I don't dare to think about such a result......

Like the little lady of the He family, she was engaged in the early years, and her fiancée died before she could get married. When you talk about other people, it is difficult to say that the family is the right person, except for marrying far away, you can only be a stepwife.

Xu thought that his niece, although he was also a stepfamily, could be considered better than Yu's previous children......

When Shen Rui and Yang Shen left the main courtyard, Yang Shen snorted and glared at Shen Rui.

Shen Rui sneered on his face and felt ashamed in his heart. If he hadn't said those words to the eldest lord and pointed out Yang Tinghe, the eldest lord would not have thought of marriage. I have lived two lives, and I still have to use that little "prophet" to use marriage as a means to tie up the future magnates, which cannot be said to be the right way.

If Yang Tinghe's daughter is now a young girl, then Shen Rui is willing to push the boat with the water, even if he is ashamed in his heart.

But the object he faced was a nine-year-old girl, and Shen Rui only felt embarrassed.

Yang Shen wanted to stab Shen Rui a few words, but when he saw Shen Rui's expression, he swallowed the words on his lips again.

He is the same age as Shen Rui, and because of his intelligence, he never treats himself as a child. Now thirteen years old, although he concentrates on studying, he is not a lump of wood, he knows a little about men and women, and thinks about it with his heart, will he look at a nine-year-old child? The answer is no.

Thinking like this, Yang Shen felt a little apprehensive in his heart.

He was silent for a while, and then awkwardly told Shen Rui about Yang Tinghe's preferences.

Shen Rui was surprised when he saw Yang Shen "releasing water", but he also listened carefully......