The east side of the mourning hall is quiet, and the west side is also very quiet. Compared with the scattered more than ten people on the east side, the female dependents on the west side are a little deserted.

Zhang Lao'an had never burned a stick of incense in front of his spirit, so naturally he would not come over to give his daughter-in-law a "stay", so he did not show up under the pretext of being unwell. Except for the three outsiders, Guo Shi, Xie Shi and Shen Pingniang, only Aunt Zheng came out of the four rooms. It's just that she is an aunt, and she is not qualified to greet guests, so she sits quietly in the corner when she sees it for everyone. When everyone was not attentive, they did not show their grief in front of Sun's coffin.

The Guo family, although they are all easy-going people, has no reason to let go of their identities and talk to the concubines. Therefore the west side is quieter, quieter than the east side.

It's just that the Guo family couldn't help but look at the Zheng family with a glance and a no-glance. Not to mention the side, just with the reputation of the Sun family, the Zheng family does not hear bad deeds, and can teach Shen Jin to become a talent, this is not a foolish person. She is good-looking, seems to be weak, but her words and deeds are humble but not humble, and she has her own style and bones.

The Guo family is the head of the house, and they know that it is not terrible for the Zheng family to be a foolish concubine who is really pampered and arrogant, and now this virtuous and unmistakable appearance is the most difficult to deal with. With such a good look, coupled with a son like Shen Jin, such a woman is right, where is Shen Rui in the fourth room.

Guo and Shen Pingniang glanced at each other, both secretly worried.

Xie Shi pursed the corners of his lips, and he had a plan in his heart. It's not that she's ungrateful and cold-hearted, it's just that seeing that her husband pays more attention to Shen Rui than her own children these days, she is a little sour. For this reason, she hoped that Shen Rui's situation would be better than everyone else, and she would not worry about everyone.

As for the Zheng family, since she is a concubine and a virtuous concubine, she is virtuous in the end.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the blink of an eye, it was the fourth watch, and the mourning hall began to be busy.

As for the specific time and route of today's introduction, as early as yesterday, it was written in a whole pair of yellow rough-edged paper and in eye-catching large characters, and it was pasted outside the mourning hall, and it was also painted with "The route map of the introduction", indicating the place where the upper cover and the bar were changed, the streets, intersections, and city gates of the funeral home, as well as the road sacrifice shed, road sacrifice table, tea table, etc., which have been finalized.

From this "introduction diagram", it can be seen that the weight of the Shen family's four rooms, the prefect and the general judgment have set up road sacrifice sheds, as well as the same knowledge and the promotion of officials to set up road sacrifice tables, up and down, and other prefects, counties, experiences, and governors are also sacrificial tables and tea tables. The officials in the officialdom of Songjiang Mansion are all on the list. Not to mention a mere family, even if the patriarch of the clan encounters a white matter, that's it.

This is not only the face of the four rooms, but also the face of the Shen family, the Shen family has glory in each room, of course, the old and the young are dispatched, for fear that the noise will be small, and the weight of the Shen family will fall in front of the officials. From Shenjiafang to the west gate of the county seat, on the four-mile long road, in addition to these officials' sacrificial tents and sacrificial tables, there are also countless sacrificial tables for relatives and in-laws and friends of the Shen family.

Regardless of whether it is old with the Sun family, when the people who came to the funeral family mentioned the Sun family, they were all "uncles and aunts" crying, like a funeral, and they couldn't wait to pull Shen Rui aside and step forward to be a filial son. Those angry clansmen only sour the Sun family is rich, the money is open, and even the officialdom is level, and they envy Shen Rui, feeling that he is under the shadow of the Sun family, and the officials and masters treat him differently.

Only Shen Rui, who has a bright heart, not to mention the Sun family, only has some friendship with a few officials, that is, the body of a man, he is a person in the officialdom, and it is cold for people to go to tea. The Sun family is a woman's family, and the Songjiang officialdom who can mourn is so elevated, in the final analysis, it is just a good person and has a good time. There are many soft-hearted women, but not everyone can be lucky enough to provide for a champion to come out. Songjiang officialdom moved together, and what was sold was not the face of the Shen family's four rooms and the Sun family, but the face of the champion Shen Li.

If Shen Li was just the champion, the Songjiang officials might not have reached this point, but who let him have an old father-in-law behind him, if he really got on the line, a splendid future was in front of him. Songjiang is far away from the capital, and he can't stammer, and it is rare for Shen Li to return to his hometown to guard filial piety, so that everyone can get the moon first near the water, and now they know that the Sun family is Shen Li's family, of course, they all come forward to please. If you take advantage of this to catch up with Shen Li, it will be a thousand good; Even if you can't catch up, sell it well in front of Shen Li, and if you have the opportunity to see it in the future, you can get closer to the relationship more.

Shen Rui can think of this, and those knowledgeable masters of the Shen family may not think of this. It's just that what if I think about it, those officials can see Shen Li's weight, and it makes no sense that their relatives can't see it. Those officials can put down their bodies and stammer, these clansmen, if they hold the elders again, they will only suffer from themselves.

Everyone understands people, but they just use the platform of Sun's funeral to sing their own big plays.

At ten o'clock in the morning, it was launched, but just after the beginning of the morning (seven o'clock in the morning), there were already crowds of people outside the door of Shen Ju's house, and clansmen, relatives, world friends, the same year, and neighbors came to the door one after another.

The hangers who came a little later had to be half sweaty before they could squeeze in.

As the saying goes, "funerals can't be done on an empty stomach", the bereaved family must prepare food and drink for relatives and friends, the Shen family is a wealthy family, naturally you can't only prepare cold meat and wine for a small family, they are all neat banquets. It's just that in the cold winter, the dishes are cold and fast, and the color is bright, but in fact, there is no heat.

It's just that except for those poor families who don't care about their faces, and poor relatives who can't be beaten with eight poles, no one will really eat and drink. Most of them come to eat at home, and they sit down and walk down the table.

Shen Rui and Shen Quan were invited back to the guest house by Dong Xi, stared at by Guo, and used a plate of rice cakes, although this thing is not easy to restrain and resist, but it is resistant to hunger.

Shen Rui and Shen also changed into new cotton robes and cotton pants all over their bodies, which were sent by Guo's envoys in advance, just for today's funeral. Today I have to toss outside for most of the day, and now it is a cold winter wax moon, and the temperature is wet and cold. It's an adult, and you can't survive it if you're not careful, let alone two and a half children.

The new cotton clothes are pressed solidly with stitches, but the weight is not light, it weighs a few pounds, and the body worn is warm, where is there still a chill.

Although Guo Shi also had to go with him at the funeral, he still didn't feel at ease, pulled Shen Rui aside, and commanded in a low voice: "Good boy, there are many people today, you just remember to cry, if you are tired of crying and your eyes are dry, rub your eyes with the cuffs of your new jacket, and rub ginger juice in the cuffs." My aunt did this, not because she felt that you were not filial and asked you to be fake, but because she knew whether you were filial or not, not how many tears she shed. Sometimes this person's heart hurts so much that there are fewer tears. Auntie looks at you these days, you are a sensible and polite filial child, and you don't like to be sad and happy in front of people, but outsiders don't know, only use whether you cry ruthlessly or not to determine whether you are filial or not. Don't hold back any longer, cry out loud. ”

Even his own son Shen Quan avoided this, obviously Guo was not only sincere in planning for Shen Rui, but also avoided making him suspected of being questioned about his character and filial piety.

Shen Rui was moved and nodded in response. Although the words of gratitude were not put into words, he remembered Guo's good words in his heart. Even though he knew that Guo's move was to love the house and Wu, he still had a little more sincere respect for him.

Shen Quan was pushed to the door, and he couldn't hear the words inside, which showed the loving appearance of Guo's face, and he could also know what private words he was instructing. just avoided others, and even avoided being his own son, which made Shen Quan cry and laugh. He obviously felt that in his mother's heart, not to mention his young son, even Fu Niang might have to take a step back. However, thinking that the Sun family is the benefactor who saves his mother, these four-room Lao An people and Uncle Yuan don't seem to be able to count on it, and Shen Quan can't be jealous.

To tell the truth, Sun's kindness to Shen Li is true, but the grace of this offering is not as great as Sun's life-saving grace to Guo's mother and daughter. Shen Li can't be supported by the Sun family, but he is delayed in his studies for a few years, or he can't win the champion; If Guo didn't get that half of the old ginseng, the people who lost their mother would be the Shen Quan brothers.

Shen Quan had to be like Guo, feeling guilty. If there is that half of the old ginseng, will the Sun family escape? Thinking of this, all his previous careful thoughts immediately disappeared, and he only hated himself for being young and couldn't reciprocate a few more points. Although it is not yet the time to start, almost all the relatives have come, and Shen Rui, a filial son, is not easy to avoid behind others. After Guo instructed Shen Rui and flattened his clothes, he asked Shen Quan to take Shen Rui to the mourning hall.

There is still an hour to officially start, and the elders with status at the head of each room have already come over, in addition to the grandparents of Shen Rui's grandparents, there are also several old ladies of great-grandparents. Even the patriarch Taiye, who has not paid much attention to the affairs of the clan in recent years, also sits in the hall with crutches.

The ages of these old men ranged from their forties to their eighties, and half of the room was filled, which showed the prosperity of the Shen people. Not to mention Shen Li's generation, even the old men of Shen Juren's generation, except for the head of each room, few can take the turn.

And no matter how noble Shen Li's status is, all the clan uncles occupy it, even if someone gives him a seat, he will not be rude to sit down.

Even he was standing, and the descendants of the Shen family of the other oblique princes could only stand. When he was younger, he didn't even have a place to stand in the mourning hall, so he could only line up in the courtyard to mourn.

Shen Rui didn't have a phobia of intensity, but he couldn't help but feel a little dizzy when he saw all kinds of relatives from the old, middle-aged and young people. Some people have an impression of their own memory, and many more have a vague memory.

Shen Juren's eyes were dark, his face was haggard, and he stood and talked to several old ladies and grandfathers. Shen Jin stood aside, supporting Shen Juren, and looked at the door from time to time.

Seeing Shen Rui and Shen Quan coming, Shen Jin hurriedly beckoned and motioned for the two to go up.

Shen Juren noticed it, turned around and saw the two of them, and immediately became angry, ignored Shen Quan, and snorted coldly at Shen Rui: "Bastard thing, everyone is busy, where are you lazy, haven't you come to see your relatives!" ”

In front of everyone's eyes, where could Shen Rui admit the charge of "laziness", he rubbed his eyes with his sleeve as if in disguise, bowed his head and said, "Son...... Son...... Went back to the room......"

After finishing speaking, Shen Rui's eyes gushed away as if they had opened a floodgate.

Woohoo, ginger, still old spicy.