When it was Shen Jue's turn to throw the wine stick, he rolled up the sleeves of his clothes, stood up, shook the stick holder in his hand, and shouted: "Let's drink together."

With a muttering in his mouth, he kept shaking his hands vigorously, and threw out three or four signatures at once.

Shen Jue quickly glanced at it, picked up a sign with the words "self-drinking" and "drinking together" and put it aside, and said, "That's it," he said, and put the other sticks back into the sticker.

Next to him was Shen Gui, who picked up the sign and read: "Bai Shou sent the spring to fight for a drunk, and the east wind blew through a thousand lines of tears." Drink a cup of yourself, share a cup with someone with the same Geng, and share a cup with someone with the same surname. Sign with the right hand of the fifth person. ”

This sentence of wine sounds sad, Shen Rui didn't know why, thinking of the sentence in "Lou Meng", he felt a little ominous in his heart, but Shen Jue was in a good mood, raised his fingers and smiled: "Cup after cup, I also shook out three cups of signature"

Except for the four people with foreign surnames, the rest have to eat. Shen Rui, Shen Qin, and Shen Bao also ate two glasses in a row, and the wine table was very lively for a while.

The third person in Shen Jue's left hand was Shen Qin, who took the sticker and shook out a wine stick, Shen Kun picked it up and said, "A glass of wine before his death, why do you have to be behind...... A Thousand Years of Famous ......"

The more he read it, the quieter his voice became, and everyone else at the table was stunned.

If Shen Jue's wine words are just ominous, then this sentence is much more straightforward, and even "before and after" comes out. Rao is a teenager, and he feels uncomfortable listening to this life and death.

Shen Bao frowned and said, "How can there be such a wine sign, there is no defeat."

Shen Jue laughed twice and said, "But just fill in a few sentences randomly, who cares what he means Brother Kun, think about it later." ”

Shen Kun looked down at the sign again: "Drink a cup for yourself, everyone drink a cup together, and sign with the fourth person in your right hand." ”

Everyone poured a full glass and ate it together, and in the end they were all interested, and the wine table was a little stuffy.

Seeing this, Shen Quan did not throw the wine stick, but weighed the wine jar and looked at it, and said, "It's just the amount of one person who has another glass of wine, and that's it." ”

Everyone was slightly drunk, and they all nodded in response.

Shen Rui got up, took the wine jar over, starting with Guo Sheng, and filled the glass with everyone in turn. When he waited until he was on his own, there was only a shallow bottom of the cup. When Shen Rong and Shen Gui saw it, they evened a small half cup with him.

Everyone got up, first Shen Rui thanked everyone for their faces, then everyone thanked Shen Rui's host, and then they clinked glasses and drank all the wine in the glass.

For a lunch, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, it took an hour and a half, and everyone was shy and full of burps.

Two catties of liquor are two halves on each person's head. Some of the alcohol is not enough, but it is only slightly drunk; Those who drank lightly, such as Shen Jia, Shen Gui, and Liang Chuansheng, were helped out by others. When they went downstairs and saw the wind, their bodies shook even more, and they couldn't stand steadily.

Liang Chuansheng sat next to Guo Sheng, and the two had some friendship after a meal, so Guo Sheng offered to send Liang Chuansheng back.

Shen Gui, together with Shen Rong, got into Shen Jue's carriage.

Shen Jia is here, and Shen Rui and Shen Quan are helping him into the carriage.

The rest of Shen Qin and Shen Kun all got into Shen Bao's carriage.

Shen Huan's second brother's shop was at the mouth of the alley, so he didn't rush home and went to his second brother's house to sober up. The remaining Zhou Hengzhi and Chen Qinglin had little to eat, and the amount of wine was good, so the wine was not obvious at all, and the two went to the bookstore to read new books together.

Fourteen people, divided into six or seven places, departed. Shen Ruiyin is the host, and after watching everyone leave, after getting into the carriage, he saw Shen Jia sitting on the side with his eyes closed, and there was already a slight snoring sound; Shen Quan sat on the other side, watching Shen Jia wander.

Shen Rui instructed the coachman to slow down, and then he lowered the curtain and sat in the carriage.

"Third brother, is there anything wrong with Brother Jia?" Shen Quan asked, "I didn't see Brother Jia eat a few cups, why did you get drunk like this?" However, Brother Jia is plain and simple, and this wine is good, not noisy or noisy. ”

Shen Quan sighed and said: "He has a wine shop at home, and he will eat wine when he is sensible, where is it so easy to get drunk?" Today he felt uncomfortable, and he ate sorrowful wine, and only after a few drinks did he get drunk. ”

When Shen Rui heard this, he looked at Shen Jia carefully, and his honest face was slightly frowning, and he did hide his gloom.

"What's wrong with him?" Shen Rui asked.

What can this honest man have on his mind? Sorrow like this?

"Brother Jia is also leaving the clan school" Shen Quan said melancholy: "If I am still here, he will probably have to study until next year." Now that I'm gone, he can't keep up with the progress of Master and Professor, and he's just a confused life. ”

Even the children of the Shen family are not all talented in reading, and Shen Jia is not open-minded. He entered Mongolian school at the age of six, and only entered the "Xia Yun Class" this year, you must know that most of the others in Ludao were promoted at the age of eleven or twelve. After arriving in Xia Yun's class, Shen Jia was at the bottom of the monthly exam, and he was the first to the bottom for ten consecutive months.

It's not that he doesn't have to work, he usually follows Shen Quan's ass and works hard with books, but it doesn't work. Most of the master's homework he didn't understand, and he had to ask Shen Quan to help him explain it for the first and second times in the past.

Because of Shen Quan, Shen Rui "loves the house and Wu", and has a good impression of Shen Jia, an honest child, and said: "If it's just for this, I won't drop out of school, and I'll tell Brother Jia a second time in the future." ”

Shen Quan shook his head and said, "It's not a matter to always rely on others. Jia Geshi has no talent for reading, and it is a matter of time before he gives up his homework. He was sixteen years old and a young man, and he had to start learning to help his family. Why is the number of people in the spring ploughing class several times that of the summer class? That is, because the people who did not take the road of studying, they went home after they knew how to read and learned some scriptures. ”

"Children of the clan, if you don't study, what will you do?" Shen Rui asked.

Although it has been more than 80 years since the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beiping, the population of the north has gradually increased, but it is still not as densely populated as the ten southern provinces. Among the ten southern provinces, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi have the largest population. In addition to Nanjing, Suzhou Mansion, Changzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion are the most densely populated.

At this time, the total population was 60 million, the total land was 600 million mu, and the per capita land in the country was 10 mu, but the land in Huguang and Guangzhou provinces accounted for one-third of the country's land. The remaining two-thirds were annexed by the royal government, officials, and local tycoons, and the rest were the small people of Shengdou. As a result, people everywhere have fewer acres of land

Like the Songjiang boundary, ordinary people only have three or four acres of land per capita, and those with dozens of acres of land under their names are considered solid people.

Although the Shen family has a lot of side branch houses, but the situation is different, some of them have been eunuchs for many generations, and the land and family property passed down by their fathers and ancestors can be chewed for a lifetime; There is no shortage of families in the middle of the road, and there is no other permanent home.

"Everything. If the family is wealthy, they will assist the elders in taking care of the chores and help the brothers who are studying; If you have an ordinary family, you will always have to find a livelihood if you are farming, or you are starting a workshop, or learning to do business. Shen Quandao: "Like you and my brother, there are a few people who are stained with the light of their parents and don't worry about food and clothing when they land."

"I look at these classmates in the class, and they look like they are going to take an exam." Shen Ruidao.

Shen Quandao: "The road to the imperial examination, how can it be so easy to walk?" There are also a few of these people who are dedicated to reading. In addition to you, there are also Brother Jue, Brother Qin, Brother Bao, Brother Rong, Guo Sheng, Chen Qinglin, and most of the others are joining in the fun and mixing up as children. ”

This is just one class in the Shen family study, and there are seven people who want to study for a career, accounting for half of the number, which is really not a low proportion. It is only in the place where the literary style in Jiangnan is at its peak that reading has become so easy and cheap. In a remote place, it would be good to have a township school in ten miles and eight townships.

Among these seven people, only Chen Qinglin has passed the county examination, and among the remaining six people, except for Shen Rong, who has to wait for two years, the other five are ready to take the county examination next year.

The number of students admitted to the county examination in Huating County every year is 20, and the number of applicants is 10 times. However, compared with the children of the poor family, this level is not difficult for the children of the scholarly family. As long as the work is solid, once or twice, you can always get by.

When I got to the house test, it wasn't too difficult. Because the land of Songjiang only governs two counties, and the quota is also determined according to the number of grain payers. The most difficult thing is the college examination, compared with Jinling, Suzhou, Kunshan and other places where talented people gather, Songjiang has become a rural place. With those scholars who took the same exam, Songjiang students really had no advantage, and those who could pass the college examination at one time were the best in the county examination and the government examination.

After speaking, the carriage arrived at the door of Shen Jia's house, and Shen Quan and Shen Rui helped Shen Jia out of the carriage.

Shen Jia's family also lives in Shenjiafang, just in the backstreet of the five-room ancestral house. Shen Jia's mother was a simple woman, and she came out to thank the two of them, and left the two for tea. Shen Quan declined and came out with Shen Rui.

The carriage returned to the front street and stopped at the door of the fourth room, and Shen Rui got out of the carriage.

Shen Quan asked: "My mother is also back at this time, do you want to ask how the He family's trip is today?" ”

Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "No, I brought wine to see the eldest aunt disrespectfully." Anyway, it's a foregone conclusion, it's useless to think about it, and it's better to read a few more pages and four books if you have that effort. ”

Shen Quan smiled: "You don't listen to things outside the window, and only read the books of sages and sages,"

Shen Rui smiled and said: "The third brother asked for peace with my eldest aunt on my behalf, and said that I was tired of my eldest aunt, I kept it in my heart, and I was grateful to my aunt for bothering me." ”

Although the Guo family went out today in response to the affection between the eldest master of the sect and Shen Juren, it was also because of Shen Rui. If he wasn't worried about Shen Rui and acted like a person like Guo, he would never have participated in Shen Juren's remarriage.

Shen Quan looked at Shen Rui carefully, and saw that he had no different color, so he wondered in his heart, and said, "You are okay, Brother Jin is afraid that he will feel uncomfortable." ”

Shen Rui said: "Fuxue only takes one day off every ten years, and when I go home at twenty, this matter is estimated to spread." ”

Shen Quan remembered one thing and said: "By the way, Brother Jin is the birthday of the sixteenth day of the winter month, but it's not Ming'er, most of them have to go home for their birthday." Since you are a younger brother, don't forget to pre-back up the ceremony. I'm glad I remembered, or I really forgot to remind you......"