The housekeeper Zhao Qing took the invitation in his hand and stood outside the study, hesitating. This is the invitation sent by the sect to the side of the house, the eldest lady of the second room is provincial, and tomorrow she will invite all the clans to the banquet in the sect, and invite her own family to the banquet. This post was sent in the morning, the concierge Lao Li's grandson was full moon, and he went home to eat and drink, and the little guy didn't know the severity, so the post was delayed.

Until he saw Zhao Qing, the little maid remembered this incident and gave the post to the housekeeper.

I didn't want to catch up with Shen Juren to go to the yamen at that time, so the housekeeper didn't want to go past the master and give the post directly to Lao Anren, so he waited for Shen Juren to come back.

Just after learning that his master had returned, when the housekeeper handed over the post to the study, he caught up with Shen Juren to argue with the Zheng family. The chief butler only listened to one ear, and immediately avoided it.

Shen Juren privately accepted the matter of Fourth Sister Zhang, and he could hide it from others, but he couldn't hide it from Zhao Qing, the housekeeper.

has been a housekeeper for many years, and this little thing in the front yard is in his eyes.

Now looking at this situation, the housekeeper knows that it is the "East Window Incident", where he dares to wade into this troubled water.

After avoiding a small half of the day, seeing that it was almost dusk, the housekeeper remembered this invitation and couldn't delay it any longer, so he had to come to the study again.

After pacing for a cup of tea at the door of the study, he saw Chunyue coming out of the East Chamber, with a little melancholy on his face.

The butler coughed lightly, stepped forward and said, "What is the master doing?" ”

Chunyue blessed her body, and couldn't hide her worries: "Crooked on the couch, straight and headache, I look angry." And no one was allowed to ask the doctor to come and see him. ”

When Zheng and Shen Juren were talking in the afternoon, they didn't leave their servants behind. Chunyue, Dongyue and Zheng's maidservant Xiaoli were all waiting in the courtyard. It wasn't until Shen Juren made a move and alarmed the outside that everyone dared to come forward to take a look. Chunyue only knew that the old man kept scolding Zheng's "poisonous woman", but Zheng's looked like he was unrepentant, but he didn't know why the husband and concubine turned their faces.

Later, Shen Jin and Zhang Laoan came over one after another, and their servants were also sent out.

After everyone left one after another, Chunyue and Dongyue went to serve by Shen Juren's side.

In the east chamber, Shen Juren was lying on the bed in a very complicated mood, and when he knew what Zheng was doing, he was angry and bullfighting, and he was really distressed. One night husband and wife, he and Fourth Sister Zhang fooled around for three nights, to say that love is as deep as the sea is a lie, but when he thinks of a delicate little lady who agrees with him for life, and is willing to change his tricks to serve himself, his heart hurts.

However, he did not deny it, and when he learned that the Zheng family had sold the Zhang family sisters, and refused to tell his whereabouts, he was secretly relieved. Otherwise, he would not have just scolded the Zheng family, and after asking about the whereabouts of the Zhang family's sisters, he would not have sent someone out to find them.

When he was infatuated with Fourth Sister Zhang's young and delicate people, Shen Juren was not afraid in his heart, but men had flowery intestines, and sometimes they couldn't care about anything.

It's not so much that he hates the Zheng family for selling people, but that he hates that the Zheng family dared to tell Shen Jin about it, expose his ugly things in front of his son, and don't give him any face. And Shen Jin, who has always been filial and courteous, is like a stubborn donkey today, daring to protect the Zheng family and stand hard with himself.

In addition to resentment, Shen Juren was also a little depressed. The son is older and he is old, so the mother and son are so unscrupulous.

Hearing the movement outside, Shen Juren turned over and sat up from the couch, rubbed his face with his hands, got up and walked outside, and said coldly: "Zhao Qing?" Still not coming in yet? ”

"It's the villain." The housekeeper responded, came in, held the invitation in both hands and said: "Master, the sect sent someone to send the invitation over, and the eldest lady of the second room will return to her hometown and province, and she will have a banquet in the sect tomorrow." ”

Shen Juren was upset, but when he heard the "second room wife", he was stunned: "The second room lady came back to save her relatives, when did this happen?" ”

In order to report this matter, the housekeeper went out early in the afternoon to inquire, and said: "I heard that I went to Songjiang the day before yesterday, and yesterday I went to the prefect's yamen to visit the prefect's wife, and today I sent invitations to each room." ”

Shen Juren took the post, saw that the time on it was tomorrow afternoon, and said dissatisfiedly: "What are the rules?" When the ladies invited guests, it was not a lunch, but a meal?

As he spoke, he looked out the window again, snorted softly, and said, "What does it mean to send invitations at this time?" ”

When the housekeeper saw that he had a black face, he naturally wouldn't say that this post was delayed by the porter for a long time and then carried in his sleeve for a long time, so he was silent.

When Shen Juren saw the words "family" on the post, he thought of Shen Jin, and he only felt that his heart was on fire. He threw the post on the bookcase and ordered: "You go to the sect room in person to reply, and you will say that I will bring my second brother to the banquet tomorrow." I took the opportunity to inquire about why the eldest lady of the second room suddenly came to Songjiang."

The housekeeper answered, and Shen Juren stood in front of the window, only feeling lonely.

The eldest man of the second room is not a few years older than him, and he is already a squire official; He didn't achieve anything, and he didn't even do a good job of the Qi family, which is really sad.

In the west of the city, an inn.

In the suite on the second floor, the wine and food on the table of the Eight Immortals were already cold, and Zheng and Shen Jin's mother and son sat at the table, relatively speechless.

After a long while, Shen Jin raised his head, his eyes were full of pain and said, "What did Erniang do to make her own assertions?" Didn't the son say that everything should be left to the son? ”

"Big brother just needs to study hard and be a good man, how can I be willing to let you touch your hands for this kind of dirty thing." Zheng took a long breath and said, "If you want to launch a wicked person, I'll come." That's all I can do for you. ”

"Erniang......" Shen Jin choked up, tears falling down: "Why do you have to do this...... Why do you have to push yourself......"

Zheng didn't cry, but smiled a little: "Good big brother, don't cry, you should be happy for me." Noble concubines are also concubines, concubines are bought and sold, only after leaving the Shen family, can I be a returner. In the future, you don't have to call me Erniang anymore, you can change your name to call me Shengniang......"

Shen Jin only raised his heart like a knife, knelt down on Zheng's knees, a seventeen-year-old boy, crying like a child: "Mother...... Mother...... What is not a son...... Why doesn't my mother even want a son? If the mother does not want to continue to stay at home, the son will go to Zhuangzi outside the city to live. Don't even ...... your son."

Zheng looked at his son, and his heart was like a needle prick. The son was born and raised by her in October, and it was the flesh that fell from her body, and she saw him grow from a small group to such a big one. Her son can't give up on her, where can she give up her son. But she knew that the new wife was about to enter the door, and in order for Shen Jin not to be subject to the control of the inner house in the future, it was best for her to leave at this time. Even if the son says that he is pro, there is one less layer of biological mother and mother-in-law, and the family affairs can be said to be smoother.

She stretched out her hand, gently rubbed the top of Shen Jin's head, and said softly: "Good big brother, you have grown up, don't be a child again......"

Shen Jin raised his head and cried: "If my mother wants to leave, I will take my son with me......"

Zheng's hand paused, revealing a wry smile: "You are a child of the Shen family, the Shen family is your root, where can you live without your roots?" ”

Shen Jin wanted to say again, but Zheng had already said solemnly: "I am also a person who will be forty, do I have to wait for the newcomer to enter the door to make rules?" What is a concubine? The concubine is a 'standing daughter, she wants to save her mother, make the bed and fold the quilt, serve and groom, and wait for three meals, the first lady is a quiet person, and I don't go to her to get in front of her eyes, and the two are peaceful. Who knows what a newcomer is in a bad temper, there is no need to be strict, just act according to the rules, I have to be honest and set the rules, if I am stricter, I can only suffer from it at my age...... When the time comes, even if you can't see it, what can you do? Although you are my own child, but now you are recorded in the name of the first lady, where is you qualified to speak for me? Or do you expect me to be jealous with a seventeen or eighteen-year-old lady and let the master support me? ”

Speaking of this, she paused and said: "And I am optimistic about Lu, I only have one sibling brother from your uncle, and I have not seen him for more than ten years since he became an official." Now while I can still move, I also want to go and see your uncle......" Later, he had already softened his words: "It's not that I won't come back, and after a year and a half, I'm bored living there, and I still have to come back." At that time, according to what you said, I will go to the Zhuangzi under your name to settle down, and I will also have the addiction of being a wife. ”

At this point where Zheng said, even if Shen Jin was reluctant, he would not leave his biological mother to be wronged for his reluctance.

It's just that Zheng said that it was easy, to visit Uncle Zheng who was an official in Shanxi, but how easy is it for a woman to go out?

Shen Jin thought for a while and said, "That son sent his mother to see his uncle?" ”

Zheng frowned and said: "It takes half a year to make a fool of yourself, and you have to take the township test next year, where can you delay?" If you have the heart, you can study wholeheartedly, wait for the township test, get up early and set off for Beijing, and you can make a detour to Shanxi. I can't say that I can borrow the light of my eldest brother and follow him to the capital to see it. ”

Shen Jin listened to the front of his head, but when he heard it, he was full of expectation: "What my mother said is true?" If the son tries it next year, will the mother really go to Beijing with the child? ”

Zheng smiled: "Why are you coaxing big brother? Just take care of the eldest brother to take the exam. If the eldest brother is on the list, the mother will follow the eldest brother to become an old feudal monarch; If the eldest brother misses, my mother will accompany you to stay in the capital for the next subject. ”

Shen Jin felt desperate to the extreme, so he was in such pain, but when he saw that the mother and son had hope for each other, he added his spirit and nodded vigorously.

At this moment, neither mother nor son mentioned what would happen after the fourth room, and what would happen to Shen Juren and Zhang Laoanren in the future......

Shen family, cross-hospital.

Shen Rui finished dinner, turned on the lamp early, and sat in the study to draw the remaining half of the boxing book. After taking the gelatin and cotton rope, and binding the boxing book, Shen Rui went to sort out the notes again, scattered and scattered, there were seven or eight volumes of notes. After sorting out all this, Shen Rui wrote a short message, mentioning that there would be something at home tomorrow, the old covenant would be canceled, and the boxing book would be presented for Dong Shuang to try. A box of new books was also included as Dong Shuang's homecoming ceremony. The mountain is high and the road is far away, and we will see you again on the spring boudoir on a different day.

As soon as I put my things in order, I heard a female voice outside: "Is the second brother here, the master sent a maid to pass the word......"

Shen Rui picked up the curtain and came out, and saw a maid standing in the courtyard, standing with the lamp.

Shen Rui said: "What does the master command?" ”

It was Chunyue who came, because he had seen the changes in the study in the past few days, and he had not publicized it earlier, and when he saw Shen Rui come out, he respectfully blessed his body: "The master asked the second brother to come home at noon tomorrow, and the master wants to take the second brother to the sect room for a banquet......"