Shen Rui is not short of gold and silver here. Before entering Beijing, Shen Juren gave one, Guo Shi gave one, and even Zhang Lao'an also meant one; After entering Beijing, in addition to giving a box of silver bills at the end of last year, Xu's here also has monthly money.

When Shen Li and Shen Ying came to see Shen Rui, they were afraid that the money in his hand would not be enough to spend, so they also sent a lot.

Shen Rui doesn't have much money to spend, and he is very wealthy in his hands.

He asked Dongxi and Liu Ya to order gold and silver jewelry, in addition to repaying the peach and adding some private room to Sister Yu, just to prepare a dowry for Dongxi. He has already said to Dongxi and Changshou that when he finishes the hospital exam, he will let the two get married, and now it will only take half a year.

Early in the morning, Shen Rui took Changfu to the academy, left Changshou at home, and asked him to take the two maids out. Xu's place, naturally, has been reported.

For going out to purchase, although Dongxi and Liu Ya were excited, they did not forget their official duties because of their personal interests, and really went to order gold and silver jewelry for themselves, or first completed the errand assigned by Shen Rui and picked a gold collar for Sister Yu.

Shen Rui thought simply, and felt that Sister Yu had a gold collar that she often wore, and sending a new one was just a pressure box, and the heavier the weight, the more affordable.

But the things given by his cousin in the future, Sister Yu is just to please the eldest lord and the eldest wife, and she will not put it on the shelf.

Therefore, after Dong Xi and Liu Ya arrived at the Golden Building, they did not only pick a heavy collar, but chose the middle, which was not only solid and sufficient, but also jīng skillful and not coarse.

In addition to the gold collar, the two of them discussed, and chose two gold lock plates, a pair of longevity hairpins, a pair of Fu hairpins, a pair of bat pattern bracelets, a pair of chrysanthemum pattern bracelets, and a pair of swastika pattern bracelets.

The ornaments in the gold and silver building are sold directly, and some need to be customized in advance.

Dongxi and willow buds are not inlaid with treasure beads, and they are all finished products. Dong Xi used the gold he brought to increase the labor fee, and cashed out forty-six taels of gold at once. Fifty taels of gold were brought in all, and after these were removed, there were four taels left.

The two of them chose thin bracelets and asked for two pairs, and the remaining few dollars of gold added two pairs of gold earrings and two gold rings, all of which were unspent.

There are complete sets of silver jewelry, gourd pattern, entwined branch lotus pattern, hairpin ring earrings, etc., a set of three or five taels of silver, and a dozen taels of silver.

The two of them carefully selected, picked two sets that were not light or heavy, and chose a few rings and thin bracelets that were simple and inexpensive.

I also exchanged a plate of sèjīng clever silver bills.

It took half a rì effort and a few boxes.

When Changshou checked out, he couldn't help but speak: "The two sisters are also too sincere, and the fifty taels of gold they brought were all spent, and there was nothing ......left."

Dong Xi said: "It's hard to come out once, and it's easy to prepare once." ”

Liu Ya pinched her fingers, calculated the expenses of today, and said worriedly: "If it becomes a regular practice, how will the second brother be good in the future?" ”

Dong Xi smiled: "The second brother knows how to honor the elders, and the elders will not be able to accept things in vain?" There are contacts and contacts, and the second brother can't be lost. ”

Changshou listened to it, and spat himself in his heart, thinking about something, could it be that Sister Dongxi is greedy for money? Will he rely on the weight of the second brother to prepare a private room for himself?

If Dongxi was that kind of character, he would not be valued by Mrs. Hongda and the second brother......

When Shen Rui came back from the academy in the evening, he was curious about the content of Dongxi and Liu Ya's purchases, so he wanted to see it.

When the two of them took it out, Shen Rui felt that something was wrong.

There are two kinds of jewelry, one is the workmanship jīng liang, with various sè auspicious patterns, such as collars, hairpins, rings, etc.; One is unpatterned, fine gold bracelets, earrings, rings, etc., as well as silver jewelry.

Shen Rui looked at it and couldn't help frowning: "Let you buy your own jewelry, why did you add so many sides?" ”

Dong Xi said with a smile: "Today is already the second year of the new year, and after Laba, each family will start to give New Year's gifts." Needless to say, the lord and wife will definitely let the second brother come forward, although the wife will prepare a gift list, but the second brother has added his own filial piety, and the elders are also obedient, right? In addition, because of the second brother's marriage, the elders have to suffer a lot, and the second brother took advantage of the New Year's gift to thank him, which is not rude. After that, he pointed to the two pairs of hairpins and said: "This is the ...... of the filial piety of the wife and the third wife" and pointed to the two teams of bracelets: "This is the filial piety of the eldest wife of the fifth room, the aunt's wife, and the aunt's wife......" and pointed to the remaining two golden locks: "This is the ...... of the fourth brother and the Fu sister"

Shen Rui hadn't thought of this stubble before, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded: "Why are they all women and children?" What about the old man and the third uncle? ”

Dong Xi said: "Where can I find the filial piety of the old man and the third master in the silver building?" The second brother went to the street and looked for it by himself, anyway, there are still some rì before the New Year. ”

Thinking of human contacts, Shen Rui couldn't help but feel a headache: "What about the sisters-in-law?" What about the brothers and nephews?

Dong Xi said: "It's not that there is still a wife, the second brother just begs his wife to ......"

Shen Rui thought about it, and this is also the truth.

He prepares the gifts of the elders here, which is his filial piety; Seniors and juniors, just ask Xu's help to prepare, otherwise he will be complete, but it will seem like a foreigner.

However, these things, but more than forty taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver, if they are mixed in the New Year's ceremony, it will become a common practice, and there is no place to cry.

Shen Rui asked Dong Xi to put those gold jewelry in a box and go to the main room with them.

Xu is instructing his mother-in-law to prepare a few medicinal materials, and the third master of Ming Rì is going to visit He's house.

Seeing Shen Rui coming with a jewelry box, Xu Shi said curiously: "What is this?" I made a special trip to hold it...

Shen Rui put down the things and said: "These rì sons have made my mother and elders suffer for the sake of my marriage, and the children have no other filial piety, so they think of these mundane things, and now they will send someone to find them, what is a little heart."

Jiu Ruju's two maids went out today, Xu knew about it, and also knew that they went to the silver building in a carriage, but I thought that Shen Rui rewarded them with silver to add a dowry, but I didn't expect it to be purchased for Shen Rui.

Although he didn't see anything, Shen Rui was so grateful and knowledgeable, and Xu also felt pleased: "What kind of good thing, come and see with me?" ”

Shen Rui opened the box, and there were four layers of gold jewelry.

Xu Shi saw it and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

People like them are not rural landlords, and even if they wear jewelry on their heads, they are all inlaid with gold and treasures. Such red gold jewelry, ordinary appreciation is OK, really to wear it on the body, heavy, except for the young and pretty little daughter-in-law, there are few loves.

"Why are there so many?" Xu was puzzled.

Shen Rui took out the pair of longevity hairpins and said, "This is the ...... of honoring my mother" and pointed out other things and said the purpose.

The Xu family heard that there was even a copy of the little Xu family and Yang Zhen's stepwife, so he nodded with a smile and said: "The He family and the Yang family are the big media for this family business, and when you get married, there is still a place where the aunt and the aunt are hearted, and it is time to be filial and respectful......"

The rough preparation of things is also a pure heart. Shen Rui's own age is here, where can he prepare the sèsè complete, but he just takes this heart.

Xu Shi calculated in his heart, and said: "This year's New Year's gift will be sent later, and when you have a holiday on the fifteenth, you will go to each house, and it is clear that it is this thank-you gift and filial piety, not a common ......." As he spoke, he took out the two gold lock plates and collars separately, and said: "Keep these things for a while, the fourth brother's is just a 100-year-old gift, and Sister Yu and Sister Fu will send ...... before the year."

Between uncles and sisters-in-law, there are a lot of evasions, and Shen Rui has not prepared a few sisters-in-law, which can be regarded as etiquette. As for Shen Rui's relatives this time, Yingda nǎinǎi, Qi Er nǎinǎi and others who came forward to help, and when the New Year ceremony was held, Xu's here will give an extra ruler.

In the wax moon, the temperature in the capital is colder than one rì.

The cold wind was cold, Shen Rui changed into a straight-haired big man, and Xu didn't allow him to go to school on horseback, so he changed to a car.

Several candidates from the Songjiang Shen clan and their in-laws finally arrived in Beijing with Laba after a thousand miles of trekking.

Shen Wei in the seventh room, Shen Liu in the eighth room, Shen Yue in the side branch of the sect room, and Zhao Juren, the brother-in-law of Shen Qi in the sixth room, a total of four people entered Beijing.

The Zongfang had already received a letter from the master of the Zongfang and prepared the guest house.

The house where the eldest brother of Zongfang lived was the house left by Master Shen Du back then, even if it was not as big as the current house in the second room, but it was a royal gift back then, and the meaning was different. It is also the responsibility of the ancestors and grandchildren to prepare the guest house in advance and entertain the sons of the clan.

Except for Shen Yue, who is entering Beijing for the first time, the other three people have all entered Beijing in their early years, and they also live in the old mansion of the sect.

Shen Yue is a junior of the side branches, Zhao Juren is a foreign surname, but Shen Wei and Shen Liu are the head of the same room. In the early years, when the second room did not interact with other rooms, it could still be ignored, but now the situation is different, so it is natural to move around.

It is necessary to line up at the head of each room in Beijing and take turns to set up a banquet to wash the dust for several relatives and in-laws.

The elders of the second room are the oldest and have the most respectful status, and the second room has begun to take turn.

First there were two bedrooms, then five bedrooms. Everyone thought that the third rì should be Shen Li's family, but they didn't expect that not only did Shen Li shirk the first two rì, but the family did not show up, and then there was no intention to come forward to pick up the wind for the clan uncle and clan brother.

Although the eldest brother of the Zongfang felt uncomfortable, he could barely reach the head of the champion, and the third rì was held by the Zongfang.

The third master was determined to take the imperial examination, and between the entertainment, he also had a few more enthusiasm for several brothers and nephews who were doing business.

Shen Wei took the exam three times before, and Shen Liu took the exam twice, but they all failed. Both of them are in their forties and have read books for half their lives. When it comes to the Four Books and Five Classics and the Times, they are all gushing, but when the third master listens to it, he just feels that these two are a little less aura.

On the contrary, it is the nephew Shen Yue, who has an ordinary appearance, but the response is a little unusual.

Shen Rui mentioned Shen Yue's director to the third master, the Shen family is full of talents, and can be called a "talent", and only Shen Yue is famous in Nanzhili Shilin.

The third master was already obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and when he heard that Shen Yue was good at danqing, he couldn't help but be happy.

Although the two are different in generation, they are of the same age, and when they talk about Shudanqing, it is the period when they meet their children.

In addition, the third master also has a heart for the imperial examination, but now he has too much time to put down his books, and he is unfamiliar with the schoolwork that should be prepared, so he mentioned it to the eldest master and the Xu family, and wants to invite Shen Yue to live here and study together

The eldest lord and the Xu family have no objections, although the eldest brother of the sect is not happy, it is not easy to detain people.

Because Shen Yue is a talented man, he is somewhat arrogant, and as a disciple of the branch next to the sect, the relationship with the concubine is not good. Living in the old house of Zongfang, I was not very reluctant, but now I can change places, but I can't wait to ignore the explicit hint of the eldest brother of Zongfang, I took the scholar and moved to the second room......