ate and drank for two days in a row, and Shen Rui got up a little late the next day. By the time he finished freshening up, Liu Ya had already taken the food box from the big kitchen, his face was pale and he was in a trance

"What's going on?" Dong Xi took the box and asked with concern: "The mother-in-law over there in the kitchen is embarrassing you?" ”

Liu Ya shook her head and said with a white face: "I heard that the blue grass in the study was hit by the board as soon as it was dawn, and Fang was being dragged out of the house. ”

Winter was shocked when he heard this, he was a man early in the morning, what was the reason, not to mention the board, even people had to be thrown out, which can be seen that it is not a trivial matter.

Shen Rui was a little familiar with the name Lancao, and after a little thought, he remembered which one it was. is the one who once bullied Liu Ya in the courtyard of Lao Anren, and later served by his side for more than a month, beautiful in appearance, but slightly frivolous in temperament, at that time seemed to be interested in Shen Jin, and then somehow went to the study as an errand.

After Shen Rui returned to the Shen house, he had encountered Lancao once, still dressed as a girl, but her brows were scattered, her chest was towering, and she was obviously a woman. Shen Rui also despised Shen Juren's eyes at that time, this bluegrass bullied and flattered, and hooked up with Shen Jin, frivolous and vulgar, Shen Juren's eyes on women are really not good.

Hit the board just after dawn?

Thinking of Zheng's attack in the study last night, Shen Juren became more and more speechless after the most reluctance, and this orchid grass was angered by Shen Juren.

Shen Rui just listened to it, and saw that Liu Ya was not happy, but a little worried, knowing that she was afraid of hearing about the board, and comforted: "What does he do outside?" You see that the old man has beaten a few people, it must be a place where the bluegrass is forbidden. Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I won't let the board hit you again. ”

Liu Ya nodded vigorously, and her face finally regained some blood.

Because today is the birthday of Amitabha Buddha, there is a big temple fair in the south city, Shen Rui has already agreed with Shen Jue that he will go to the temple fair in the afternoon, and Dong Xi gave Shen Rui a new purse, which contains several Zhuang tickets, including two taels of silver, five taels of silver, and ten taels; He took two pieces of broken silver and two pieces of money, and put them in a blue cloth money bag, which Liu Cheng carried.

"If you don't enter the Buddha Hall, if the second brother enters the Buddha Hall, don't forget to put incense." Dong Xi said while hanging a purse for Shen Rui.

Nowadays, the incense in the temple is not white, which is no different from five hundred years later. It's just that unlike the straightforward and explicit price marked in later generations, at this time, even if the poor people only give a penny, the master in the temple can be as warm as spring. The so-called "life of all living beings" is nothing more than that, which is also the reason why the number of believers in the small families of the poor family has not decreased.

Shen Rui glanced at Liu Ya, who was still a little stunned next to her, and glanced at her feet.

No wonder she was terrified when she heard the board, the twelve-year-old girl was broken alive, how could she not carve fear into her bones.

"The eldest aunt next door and Sister Fu went to incense today, and they should go with a lot of people, you brought Liu Ya to follow over to see the excitement." Shen Rui said to Dong Xi.

didn't mention that Dongxi and Liu Ya went by themselves, even if they were maids, but the two of them have been raised in the house for the past few years, they are delicate and gentle, and they are young and young.

Dongxi listened to the intention, Liu Ya was beside him, and his eyes were also bright.

However, thinking that if the two of them went out, there would only be two little girls left in the courtyard, Xiao Tao and Xiao Xing, Dong Xi was not at ease, so he hesitated: "Why don't you let Liu Ya take Xiao Tao and the maid stay to watch the yard?" ”

Shen Rui smiled and said, "What is valuable in this house, and you are afraid that people will touch it?" All you need to do is lock the money box, and even if someone doesn't have clean hands and feet, they won't dare to pick the lock. Speaking of this, I remembered that Dongxi and Liu Ya also had jewelry hairpin rings, so he said: "When it comes to your things, you must also lock them, don't let people take the opportunity to touch them."

Dongxi mentioned looking at the yard, but he was afraid that the little girls would not be able to control it, so he let people from outside in.

Lao Anren's maids there, study maids, and Shen Rui should be avoided here. The former has the sisters of the Zhang family, if they bring their daughter's things to hide in, they will not be able to tell the scene clearly in the future; The maids in the study at the back, even if they have no reputation, are mostly accepted by Shen Juren, and Shen Rui should avoid suspicion as a son.

Unexpectedly, Shen Rui directly regarded everyone else as a thief here, and Dong Xi didn't dare to answer.

Liu Ya was on the side: "Isn't that so?" ”

Shen Rui also thought of this temporarily, but when he thought about it, it was really close.

It has been half a month since he came back, whether it is Zhang Lao'an or Shen Juren, they will come to explore their bottoms. That's what Zhang Lao'an meant by wooing Liu Ya, but he couldn't get anything useful, so he probably had to take the next step. Shen Juren here, the small ceremony is all right, and the next step is to prepare the dowry.

Although Songjiang wedding customs are heavy dowry, this dowry cannot be less.

Normally, both families secretly ventilate so that the man knows how much the woman's dowry is. The man's dowry is prepared according to fifty percent of the woman's dowry, and if the man makes the woman's face, there is also a dowry to be added. The kind and benevolent people on the woman's side will also appropriately adjust the dowry according to the extra dowry.

In this way, there is a trick, that is, to draw the famine loan land to prepare the dowry, and then earn a good dowry.

From the point of view of the law, this dowry is the private property of the woman, and the in-laws have no right to be involved, but they can live at home, and where can they be so clearly divided between husband and wife.

Whether Shen Juren is looking good for face or for the "benefits" after this face, there will be no shortage of preparations for this dowry. Shen Jin's share of the income of the industry is in his hands, and it is strange that Shen Rui's share can be let go.

I'm afraid that Shen Li has already seen through Shen Juren's behavior, so he will "borrow silver".

Shen Rui thought of this, and couldn't help but sigh twice in his heart. This Shen Juren is really not a smart person, he lost a watermelon and picked up sesame seeds. With Sun's great kindness to Shen Li, as long as Shen Juren behaves more highly valued by his wife and son-in-law, he can get Shen Li's favor, and Wufang will be closer to him. But he made the good situation into the way it is now, and everyone is disgusted and defensive.

It is the Zheng family, Uncle Zheng has been promoted to the six-rank general judgment, for the Shen family, the six-rank official is nothing, but for the fourth room, the weight is no longer clear. If Shen Juren didn't covet his stepwife's dowry and straighten out the Zheng family, then Uncle Zheng would definitely have to raise the fourth room for the sake of his sister and nephew.

Shen Juren was also thinking in his heart, but he had a high vision, and he only felt that he was backed by the Shen family, and a six-grade petty official was not in his eyes. And because of the Zheng family's early downfall, Uncle Zheng confessed through the care of the Shen family, and there was no room for raising his voice in front of the Shen family.

When he arrived at the clan school, Shen Rui sent the coachman back, so that he didn't have to come to pick him up in the afternoon, and asked Liu Cheng to give him a piece of broken silver.

The coachman was honest and refused to ask for anything, only saying that he was afraid of being punished by the eldest lady. He picked up Shen Rui for half a month, he was Guo's coachman earlier, and after changing to a new carriage, he became Shen Rui's special coachman, not to mention that his life was heavier than before, and there were fewer opportunities to reward money. If you are a bystander, you have long been dissatisfied, but this person is honest and still honestly drives the car.

Shen Rui said: "There is a temple fair today, so I will buy snacks for Ermao." ”

The coachman has two sons, the eldest is the little guy next to Shen Quan, and the second is a little hairy head who is still dragging snot, Shen Rui has met it once, and he once asked Dongxi to wrap snacks twice and let the coachman take them back.

The coachman wanted to refuse again, Shen Rui waved his hand, turned around and took Liu Cheng into the clan study.

The rules of the subordinate represent the quality of the master; The five-room days are thriving, not without reason.

Comparing four rooms with five rooms, it is scum. Zhang Lao'an and Shen Juren seem to be strict, and they use boards to punish their subordinates at every turn, but the servants and maids are lazy and slippery, bullying superiors and subordinates, and dogs fighting people's power, and they are worthy of a "Diao slave".

After entering the school, Shen Rui looked around and found that Shen Jue was not there, until the class bell was about to ring, and he was late.

When it was time for the class break, everyone got together in twos and threes, all talking about going to the temple fair in the afternoon.

It was Shen Jue, who was still sitting in his seat, with his chin propped up, not knowing what he was thinking. Shen Huan was on the side to lead him to speak, and he was also weak, and he didn't have a match

Seeing this, Shen Rui was a little worried, and stepped forward and said, "Brother Jue, what's wrong?" But don't feel well? ”

Shen Jue talked about the temple fair for some days, and when he separated yesterday, he deliberately emphasized this matter, so that Shen Rui didn't need to bring refreshments today, and he wanted to take him to the temple fair to eat delicious food. Today's wilted head is really not like Shen Jue.

Shen Jue glanced at him, yawned and said, "There's nothing on my body, I didn't rest well last night, I just feel that my head is heavy, just wait for a while." ”

Shen Rui saw that the corners of his eyes were blue, and it was indeed a bad rest, but for some reason, he always felt that Shen Jue's glance seemed to have a deep meaning.

It's just that in front of everyone's eyes, Shen Jue didn't say it, and Shen Rui didn't want to ask, so he kept it in his heart.

When the second class passed and the lunch break came, the students were full of excitement, hooking their shoulders and going to the temple fair.

Shen Huan had already taken over the family task, and he wanted to take the younger brother of Mengtong's class out of the house to play, so he said goodbye to Shen Jue and Shen Rui and went to the West Chamber to pick up his younger brother.

Shen Jue took a class, which can be regarded as a little mental, and he is no longer as depressed as he looked before.

After getting into the carriage, Shen Jue glanced at Shen Rui resentfully, and said, "It's all Brother Rui, I was so tired that I was sleepy yesterday, and the fourth watch genius closed his eyes."

When Shen Rui heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Where do you start with this, wasn't it okay when we separated yesterday?" ”

Shen Jue yawned and said, "It's because of you, not only me, but my father and mother didn't have a safe life." ”

Shen Rui was puzzled when he heard this, but Shen Jue didn't have any reason to laugh at his parents, so he frowned and thought about it, and said, "Could it be because my master wants to remarry?" Auntie is not happy? ”

Shen Jue nodded and said, "It's the first time I've seen my mother angry, and I'm really shocked." My father too, why do you participate in your family's affairs? Just like my mother said, she has always been good friends with Aunt Yuan, if Uncle Yuan continues to go outside, she, the aunt, can still protect you from being bullied. can continue to be in the He family's room, if there is right and wrong, she has to avoid suspicion, and she can't tell which end she helps. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Jue also showed surprise: "I really didn't expect that the He family would come up with such an idea, and the two families decided so quickly." I thought they were looking at your eldest brother, and there was a cousin in the long house who was about the same age as your eldest brother......"