Sister Yu pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm just a name, and several mothers are affected." In the final analysis, it is still the rules that my mother set before, and now I am Xiao Sui Cao Gui. ”

Sister Yu is the only daughter of the younger generation, because she is a concubine, she has developed a silent and shy temperament, and after these two years, she has changed a lot with the third wife's housekeeper. Now she speaks and acts a lot more calmly, faintly has Xu's style, and her atmosphere is much more graceful. If you want to say that because she remembered her identity before, people would worry about whether she could take on the responsibility of the eldest daughter-in-law, but now she won't.

Shen Rui can also be regarded as watching Sister Yu grow up, seeing her slim and slim, he also gave birth to the feeling of "my family has a girl who has just grown up", and said: "Earlier, when you were young, I didn't expect to become ......an adult in the blink of an eye."

Xu also said: "Yes, next year Sister Yu will be in time, if it weren't for the age of Brother Chi of the Mao family, I really want to keep your sister for two more years......"

Rao is a generous girl, and she blushed when she heard this, Sister Yu hung her head, pulled Xu's sleeve and said, "My daughter wants to stay at home with her mother." ”

"When you reach the age of age, where is there a daughter who does not marry? Although there is a difference between the young and the old, you should have waited for your second sister-in-law to enter the door, but your second sister-in-law is young, so you have to go out first. But don't worry, Brother Chi will stay in Nanjing Township to try, and he will not be able to return to Beijing until the end of next year, and it will be set at the end of next year at the earliest, and there is still a year to go......" Xu patted Sister Yu'er's hand, and said with a little reluctance.

Sister Yu couldn't sit still, got up with a red face and said, "Which one is in a hurry?" The mother talked to the second brother, and the daughter went to look at the gift list again...... "After that, she went out with shame and shame.

Xu glanced at the plain clothes on Shen Rui's body, and sighed: "I'm also old, so I actually think of this......

Shen Rui looked at Xu's gray sideburns and said, "If only Sister Tian was a few years older......

Xu Shi brought a few melancholy: "That's exactly the truth." I've lived most of my life, and I've always been a person who is not afraid of things, but now I'm really scared of getting old...... Now I just hope that you will start a family as soon as possible, spread out the branches, and support the portal......"

"Where the family is formed, Sister Tian's children are there, and her son is powerless; Liye here, but next year will be a hard fight," Shen Rui said.

Xu Shi listened and said solemnly: "It's a good thing that you are self-motivated, but remember to do what you can, if you damage your body because of blindly studying hard, it is not the way of filial piety." In my eyes, even if you delay a few subjects, it is better than your efforts to gain fame and fame."

Shen Rui got up and said, "Mother rest assured, my son knows the importance and will definitely cherish himself." ”

Because of Shen Jue's death, the Shen family sighed at the impermanence of life and death, like a frightened bird, who was not the only one Shen Rui?

The third old man fell ill, half of it was because of his nephew's sadness, and half of it was because he was scaring himself and worrying about the fourth brother. Children are not easy for their parents to worry about the possibility, so the third master drilled the horns, and only after he figured it out later, did he gradually get better.

Looking at Xu's reaction in front of him, he was obviously frightened.

Shen Rui can understand the Xu family's worries, and the people of Shangshu Mansion are too thin. There was Shen Jue before, and the two of them looked at Cheng Ding, and they saw that the bloodline was about to multiply, and it was still better; Now he is left with an older one, his fiancée is young, it will take a few years to start a family, and the youngest fourth brother is only three years old, and it is not yet time to stand and live, how can the elders worry?

Sister Yu thought about the new heir of Xiao Erfang because of the Xu family's mention of the clan relatives Shen Quan, and Shen Rui naturally thought of it, but it was not Shen Quan who was thinking about it, but the clan brothers Shen Ling and Shen Lin who were following Shen Zhou.

Shen Lin has not yet married, Shen Ling is not only married, but even her son has landed. In the family letters of the second master in the past two years, Shen Ling's name appeared after it, and I think it is quite important.

If the second master chooses an heir again, he directly chooses Shen Ling, and even has an heir, daughter-in-law and grandson, which is also cheap.

It's just that when I think of it, the elders didn't mention it, and Shen Rui didn't talk much, so he accompanied the Xu family and said a few more words of homely things, and then went back to Jiuruju.

The next day, there was no class in the afternoon, so Shen Rui went directly to Chunshan Academy after class at noon.

After Shen Quan returned to Beijing, he entered Chunshan Academy to study. He is now a student, and now he is in the same class as Yang Shen. Because of Shen Rui, the two are also in-laws, but they are closer than other classmates, although they are several years younger, but Yang Shen is older than his age, and he can talk to Shen Quan together.

It happened that it was lunch time at Chunshan Academy, and the two of them were also taking a break from class, and when they heard that Shen Rui was coming, Shen Quan beckoned Yang Shen to come out together.

After looking Shen Rui up and down a few times, Yang Shen said: "But it's relieved, I didn't have any energy to see you before, but now it's good to look at it." ”

Shen Rui smiled bitterly: "The deceased is gone, but the living must continue to live." There is less than a year to take the township test, what can you do except get up? ”

Yang Shen also had the pain of losing his mother, and knew the pain of his relatives' death, so he sighed: "It's ......good to put your mind on preparing for the exam like this."

Although Shen Quan had been angry with Shen Rui before, he reacted later, knowing that Shen Rui's sadness would not be worse than his own. The suspicion in his heart dissipated, but he cared more about Shen Rui than before.

Shen Rui took the second-class exam last month, and Shen Quan knew about it, so he said: "Even if you care about the grades, don't be too anxious, you have followed one thing after another in the past six months, and it is common for homework to be delayed for a while." He complained again: "The professor of Fuxue is also too strict, after all, you took a few months of leave before, and it is already good that you can keep up with the progress." ”

Shen Rui said: "Last month, I was in a daze, and I didn't know what I was reading anymore in front of the books, and the articles I made were like watered pork, not to mention the professor, even when I read it myself, I couldn't read it anymore." If you really want to talk about it, you will only be demoted to the second class, and it is already the professor's mercy. ”

Yang Shen shook his head and said, "I really don't understand you, why don't you go back to the academy, do you have to stay up at the school?" The classmates in the academy are in the official school, and they are not one or two who come back to study. ”

Shen Rui smiled and said: "Each has its own benefits, I am impatient with the constraints here, and I am more comfortable there."

Shen Quan saw that Shen Rui was still wearing a Confucian shirt, and the scholar who followed him was also carrying a bookcase, so he asked, "Is this a school that comes directly from Dafuxue?" It was the time of the meal, seeing that it was cold, let's go to the back street to eat mutton soup......"

Chunshan Academy is not far from Guozijian, and there is half a street behind all kinds of scholars' shops, and there are several teahouses and restaurants, among which there is a restaurant with a good reputation for mutton soup.

In this cold day, it is really not the realm of talking, and Shen Rui has no objection to Shen Quan's proposal. Yang Shen naturally followed, and the three of them went to the back street.

After entering the restaurant, Shen Quan asked for a private room, ordered a pot of hot tea, ordered mutton soup and a few plates of dim sum to eat with mutton soup.

After Xiao Er finished delivering the tea, he retreated.

Shen Quan poured tea for the three of them and said, "Brother Rui came here to look for me, but what's the matter?" ”

Shen Rui said what he meant.

Shen Quan listened, and said without hesitation: "Since it is the uncle's order, then I naturally have nothing to say, I will ask for leave in the afternoon, and Ming'er will go over just you know me, when I was in Songjiang, I also went out to socialize with people, but in the past few years in the capital, I have only blindly read." 'Ten miles of different winds, hundreds of miles of different customs, the capital is different from Songjiang. Brother Rui, who should be instructed, still has to instruct me, I am cowardly, I am embarrassed and shameless, it is not good if people laugh at Shangshufu. ”

Shen Rui nodded and said, "I'm just not good at coming forward, so I will naturally follow behind the third brother, knowing everything and saying everything." It's just that third brother, is it cheap to take leave here? Will there be any inconveniences? ”

"There's nothing to do, there's nothing to do" Shen Quan waved his hand: "Now in the second half of the year, there are many people in the academy who ask for leave, and I am not the only one." ”

Seeing that Shen Rui and Shen Quan's brothers were close, Yang Shen said with envy: "If outsiders look at you, you don't look like clan brothers, but like siblings......

Shen Quan raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you envy us?" It's like you don't have a brother......"

Yang Shen smiled and said: "Among the uncles and brothers, I am the eldest, and there are really no brothers of the same age, although there are several cousins, but they are all in Sichuan's hometown, and they are ...... young."

After Shen Quan finished speaking, he thought that the Yang family was different from his own family, and he already regretted it in his heart, seeing that Yang Shen only mentioned his cousin, not his cousin, so he diverted the words knowingly: "Your family is Rui Ge'er's Yue's family, and there must be your family on the gift list over there, and when I go over, you have to show your face and come out to accompany the guests......"

Yang Shen nodded and said, "That's natural, but I don't plan to take a leave of absence these days, so you have to pick a day after the academy is closed." I got two taels of tongues a few days ago, which is of the highest quality, and when you come, I will use that to entertain you. ”

The scholarly disciples love tea a lot, and Shen Quan is no exception, and said with a smile: "That relationship is good, I can look forward to ......"

Yang Shen thought of Shen Ruilai next to him, and said, "At that time, I also divided a small bag for Hengyun to keep a copy." ”

Shen Rui also loves tea, and said, "Then thank the eldest brother first......

After saying a few more words, Xiao Er began to serve the food.

Because Shen Quan and Yang Shen still had classes in the afternoon, the three of them stopped talking and drank hot mutton soup.

After lunch, Shen Rui said goodbye, and Shen Quan and Yang Shen went back to the academy.

Here in Chunshan Academy, the annual leave will start in a few days, and Shen Quan will directly ask for the annual leave from tomorrow. As he said, although the academy is usually strict with students, the rules are dead and people are alive, and now there are many students who ask for leave to go home in advance when the New Year is approaching, and the teacher happily approves the leave.

When he returned home from class in the evening, Shen Ying had already returned from the yamen, and Shen Quan mentioned the matter to his brother and sister-in-law.

Shen Ying is generous and kind-hearted, and she is also close to Shangshufu, so she has no objections, and has many instructions: "Although Uncle Niang values you, but the social exchanges over there are not only relatives and friends, but also Uncle Cang's personal relationship in the officialdom, you can't be self-conscious, ask more elders or ask more about Brother Rui." ”

The two brothers are more than ten years apart, and their parents are not in front of them, so Shen Ying is afraid that her younger brother will help make a mistake. Although the elders in the second room are not narrow-minded, even if Shen Quanzhen has something wrong, it will not affect the relationship between the two families, but Shen Ying is also afraid that her younger brother will help her, and she will not work hard to make trouble with the second room.

Shen Quan nodded and said, "Big brother, don't worry." Although I said that I went to help, it was just in the name of my nephew, showing my face when giving a festival gift, and the eldest aunt would arrange for someone to follow, so I needed to worry about something