Here, Shen Jin held back his shame and asked Shen Rui for help, but in the fifth room, Shen Qi reprimanded Shen Quan: "If you like to worry about the third and fourth children over there, and the second brother is here, it is your turn to come forward with the brothers in the next room to come forward to hold the grievances?" Not to mention that the third and fourth children over there are older than you, you are just a clan brother, not a clan brother, and it is really arrogant to speak so loudly."

Shen Quan laughed twice and said, "Isn't it that I can't see it?" Brother Jue has a deep relationship with the patriarch's grandfather, and it is uncomfortable to come back from the funeral all the way, do you still have to listen to their sour words? ”

Although in front of Shen Rui and Shen Jue, Shen Quan has always had the style of a brother, but in front of his two brothers, he is a obedient and obedient brother.

Shen Qi glared at him and said, "There are Brother Jue's father, mother, brother and sister-in-law over there, and Brother Rui's cousin, do you still need to protect your shortcomings?" ”

Shen Quan muttered, "Brother Rui is still young......

Shen Qi snorted lightly: "Xiao is also more sensible than you, you just have to say it in front of Brother Rui."

Shen Quan stopped talking.

He is not an impulsive person, but everyone has distant relatives, although they are all clan brothers, but naturally Shen Rui and Shen Jue have a deeper relationship. If it was an ordinary time, he would not come out and talk back to his brother, but he was stimulated by Shen's attitude of watching from the sidelines.

What is Shen Jue's life in Shangshu Mansion, others don't know very well, Shen Quan still doesn't know the way?

If you want to say that Shen Rui has entered the blessed nest, then Shen Jue has gone out of the nest and can't tell whether it is good or bad.

When he was in the Zongfang, even if he was not close to the eldest wife of the Zongfang, he still had the love of the patriarch and the eldest master of the Zongfang; After the succession, the parents can't rely on it, and the uncle and aunt are one layer behind, if there is no Shen Rui, I don't know what life will be.

It's just that these things don't need to be publicized everywhere, and Shen Quan can only secretly hold his grievances.

This day is the third day after the "May Seventh", and there are still more than ten days before the funeral of the patriarch's grandfather.

The funerals on the side of the sect are becoming more and more complicated.

Although Shen Jue was wearing a "great merit" uniform, the eldest master of the sect did not really treat his young son as an outsider, and arranged for him to keep a vigil with his brothers and nephews.

As for Shen Rui, he is just a clansman, except for the first half of the day, the others only need to "burn seven" days although the clansmen act.

In this way, his days came out at leisure.

It's okay to go to the side, and the fourth room needs to go over. No matter how many people Zhang Lao'an was in his early years, after all, he was the natural grandmother of his body, and the etiquette needed to be fulfilled. Otherwise, when others look at it, they will only feel that Shen Rui has climbed a high branch and does not miss the old love.

Now that he had a plan, Shen Rui sent Changfu to meet Shen Jin in advance and made an appointment to visit Zhang Laoan.

On this day, when it was the appointed day, Shen Rui asked someone to carry a few gifts and went to the fourth room.

Shen Jin didn't go to school and waited at home early.

However, when he saw Shen Rui, Shen Jin did not take him directly to the backyard, but ate tea in front of him first.

"Lao Anren, she has not been in good health in the past two years, so she has not gone to Yangzhou with her master to stay in bed for a long time, the old man's temper is a little weirder, and the second brother Rui will take care of it more later." Shen Jin said with a little embarrassment.

Shen Rui didn't care, Zhang Laoan had a stroke, and he heard that he was already bad at walking.

"Brother Jin, don't worry, I'm just here to salute, where will I worry about the old man?" Shen Ruidao.

Shen Jin showed a wry smile on his face, didn't say anything more, got up and led Shen Rui to the backyard.

The same courtyard, it has only been three years since Shen Rui left Songjiang, but it gives people a different feeling.

It was obviously the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and when Songjiang was still hot, this courtyard was a little dilapidated and deserted.

Even the servants and servants he met were all in pain.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard a scolding voice coming from the main room: "Little slut, which one do you dislike?" The cheap goods bought with two strings of money are still expensive? Or do you have a bad heart, a bewitching one, and want to seduce your eldest brother? ”

Then came the voice of the servant begging for mercy.

Shen Jin stopped, his brows furrowed.

Shen Rui then stopped, and Shen Jin said softly, "I'll go to the house first to say goodbye." ”

Shen Rui said: "Brother Jin. ”

Shen Jin sighed, picked up the curtain and entered the room.

Under the banana tree, the leaves outside have withered yellow, and under the banana tree, there is a fat white cat, licking its paws leisurely, and there is no fear of people.

It's just that this cat is fat, and there are gray spots on the white fur on its body, and it looks dirty, like a wild cat.

Shen Rui saw that the white cat was familiar, if he remembered correctly, this should be the cat that Zhang Lao'an loved very much, why is it so embarrassed now?

In the main room, as soon as Shen Jin entered the room, he was so foul of smell that he almost vomited. No matter how many times he came, he still didn't get used to it.

Shen Jin didn't go directly into the inner room, but said through Baibaoge: "Anren's grandson is here"

"It's Brother Jin...... Zhang Lao'an's voice was loud, and he said: "Quickly ask someone to pull this cheap maid down, and sell it directly to the kiln to take shit and urine, she will dislike it, such a reluctant cheap maid, the old body is not rare."

"Woo woo son don't dare, the people spare their lives, the people disturb the soldiers" The maid's voice begged for mercy.

The sound of "popping" was mixed with the suppressed sobbing of the servant.

Shen Jin shook his hand vigorously, picked the door curtain and entered the inner room.

Zhang Laoan was half-sitting on the bed in a middle coat, with a sheet on his waist.

On the floor were stained trousers and sheets.

There was a servant standing beside him, and one kneeling on the ground.

The maid who was standing looked at his nose, nose, mouth, and heart like a clay sculpture, and the kneeling servant was prostrate on the ground and weeping.

Zhang Lao'an was holding a two-foot-long feather duster in his hand, and he was pumping the kneeling maid hard

Seeing Shen Jin coming in directly, Zhang Lao'an stopped beating and scolding, and said with a little concern: "Why did Brother Jin come in directly?" But feel sorry for this little slut? It turns out that the old woman in this family is a wicked person, but Brother Jin is a good person...... Which one do you want to protect? ”

Zhang Lao'an's seizures were not once or twice, and Shen Jin dissuaded them not once or twice.

Shen Jin knew her temper, where did she dare to answer her words, and hurriedly said: "Anren, Second Brother Rui came to invite Anren to come."

"Second Brother Rui?" Zhang Laoan didn't react for a while, and said impatiently: "Where did the second brother Rui come from?" Is the old woman now a guest? ”

Before the words fell, she had already woken up, threw the feather duster in her hand to the ground, and screamed: "Brother Rui? Isn't Brother Rei back? ”

"Exactly, Brother Rui returned to his hometown with the eldest brother of the sect, and now he is here to invite An Ren." Shen Jin said.

"Okay, my Brother Rui is back" As Zhang Lao'an spoke, a line of muddy old tears had already flowed: "Bring Brother Rui in"

If you don't know how to see it, I'm afraid you have to be a deep relationship between the two grandparents.

In fact, in the hearts of Zhang Laoan's people, the two ancestors and grandchildren are not shallow. Her grandson has been by her side for nine years. If you want to say how much you disliked the Sun family in the early years, how much Zhang Lao'an dislikes the He family now. Compared with the living He family, the Sun family has become a filial daughter-in-law.

Compared with Shen Jin, the eldest grandson who has grown up, is obedient on his face and has his own ideas in his heart, the grandson with a straightforward temperament in his impression has become cute and amiable.

Shen Jin looked at the clothes stained with filth on the ground, and hesitated: "Do you want to invite Brother Rui in now?" ”

Zhang Lao'an also saw the things on the ground, his old face turned red, touched his messy and gray sideburns and said: "Wait a minute, I haven't seen my good grandson for a few years, I always have to pick it up."

The old lady was suspicious now, glanced at Shen Jin between words, and suspected that he deliberately brought Shen Rui over directly, just to see himself make a fool of himself.

She turned her face and said, "Don't let Brother Rui wait alone, you also go out to accompany you."

Shen Jin answered, glanced at the little maid on the ground, and walked out of the room.

Although Shen Rui looked at the fat cat, he also paid attention to the movement in the upper room, and faintly heard a few words, and when he saw Shen Jin coming out, he stepped forward.

It's not yet noon, but it's already hot.

Shen Jin beckoned Shen Rui to the shadows at the door of the East Chamber, and said, "Anren wants to freshen up for a moment or two, we still need to wait for a quarter of an hour." ”

Shen Rui naturally didn't say anything, so he saw a maid in the upper room come out to call someone to bring water.

After a quarter of an hour passed, a servant came out to ask for it.

Shen Rui followed Shen Jin and entered the upper room.

Shen Rui's five senses were already very keen, but now he suffered a big crime. The pungent smell of spices mixed with the sour, rotten smell is almost untenable. Shen Rui hurriedly held his breath and looked at the closed window.

Seeing this, Shen Jin said in a low voice: "An Ren has been very afraid of the wind since he was sick. ”

Shen Rui couldn't, so he could only "follow the host's convenience" and followed Shen Jin into the back room.

The air in the inner room became more and more turbid and foul.

Zhang Lao'an has already picked it up, his hair has been newly combed, and his body has returned new clothes, and he is very glamorous and half-sitting on the bed, looking that he does not have the haggard of a long-term sick patient, but is much richer than three years ago, but because he has not seen the sun for a long time, his complexion is white and a little blue.

Seeing Shen Rui, she was a little surprised, and then cried and said: "Brother Rui has grown up, my good grandson has grown up, ......" As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and beckoned Shen Rui to step forward.

Zhang Lao'an is in her prime, and her hands are already covered with patches of brown old age spots.

Shen Rui did not cooperate with the stepped forward, but picked up the corner of his clothes and made a big salute: "I have seen Lao Anren, please say hello to Lao Anren." ”

Zhang Laoan said with tears: "It's just waiting for death, where is there any peace?" ”

Thinking of his disobedient son, his unfilial daughter-in-law, his eldest grandson with different hearts, and the days when he had been in bed for the past two years, Zhang Laoan only felt that he was really sad as if he was soaked in Coptis water.

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and she turned from silent crying to crying: "God has no eyes, God has no eyes, I have been widowed all my life, and I have been a widow all my life, and I have pulled up a son with a wolf's heart and dog's lungs in order to please the adulteress, and even my mother is left behind; The grandson who is spoiled by a thousand pains, and he is determined to be a filial son, and only listens to his Lao Tzu's instructions, what kind of sin have I made, I am ...... What iniquity have you created......"

For Shen Rui to come in, this is still a fresh rhetoric; For Shen Jin, Zhang Lao'anren is already a repeat of the same old tune.

Since Shen Juren left Zhang Lao'an in Songjiang, let Shen Jin serve, and brought his step-room to take office, Zhang Lao'an has complained a lot.

Shen Rui was not rendered by Zhang Laoanren's pain, but inexplicably thought of the fat cat in the yard. The fat cat would rather be the embarrassed appearance of a stray cat than enter the house, most likely because he couldn't stand the stench.

No wonder Shen Juren was relieved to leave Zhang Laoanren in Songjiang, Zhang Laoanren was paralyzed on the bed, and now he can't do anything else except cry.

An old man who is close to old age has fallen into such a situation, and he has to be sympathetic to another person.

It's just that Shen Rui has seen the shamelessness and selfishness of Zhang Laoan's people, and he really can't feel pity.

He just came to go through the motions, and he didn't come to go on a blind date with Zhang Lao'an, it was both a ceremony and a courtesy, and An was also invited, so he looked at Shen Jin.

Shen Jin's hands and feet were cold, looking at the crying Zhang Laoanren, wanting to persuade but not daring to persuade.

In the past, every time Zhang Lao'an was crying and Shen Jin persuaded him, Zhang Lao'an would even scold him for "the evil seed raised by a little woman", "the bastard with a black heart", and "the sin who squeezed out the good grandson" would blurt out. Although Zhang Lao'an will say that he is old and confused in the future, and ask the eldest grandson not to worry about himself, but the words like sticking a knife again and again also make Shen Jin's heart full of holes.

Now that Shen Rui is here, Shen Jin doesn't want her to use words to delay herself.

Now that he is older, the more he understands the importance of the difference between his descendants and his concubines.

Although he dared to say to his conscience that he didn't have any bad intentions towards Shen Rui back then, he was afraid that everyone would be ruined and that Shen Rui would believe those words.

Shen Rui saw that Shen Jin didn't react, so he pulled Shen Jin's sleeve.

Shen Jin came to his senses and looked at Shen Rui blankly.

Shen Rui said in a low voice: "I'd better go, it's not good to mess with the old man's sadness......"

Shen Jin blinked, nodded hurriedly, and glanced at Zhang Laoanren.

Zhang Lao'an was crying vigorously, with tears and snot on his face, and while pounding the bed, he cried: "When the master left, I was only twenty-five, and I was widowed at twenty-five...... No matter how many people persuaded me to take a step, I couldn't bear to give up for that ruthless wolf cub......"

As Shen Jin tiptoed out, Shen Rui hurriedly took a breath.

Fang just held his breath in the room, but he choked enough.

Until he reached the front yard, he couldn't hear Zhang Laoan's howl.

Shen Jin sneered: "The old man didn't take Lao An people to Yangzhou, and Lao An people have resentment in their hearts...... The old man was going to take the Lao An people to Yangzhou, but the doctor said that the Lao An people should not move...... Although Yangzhou is not too far, it is also a road of hundreds of miles, and it is a guest house in the past, which is not cheaper than at home. ”

This is already a four-room family matter, and Shen Rui has no intention of interfering, but the sympathy for Shen Jin in his heart inevitably has two more

Taking care of the sick is not a matter of one or two days, but Shen Juren, the scumbag father, threw it all to Shen Jin. only wants to be pure, and is not afraid of delaying Shen Jin's schoolwork, this selfish virtue is still the same as back then.

Although thinking like this, Shen Rui still had an unmoved look on his face, took out a few Zhuang tickets from his purse, handed them to Shen Jin, and said, "This was taken from the third brother Quan yesterday, and Brother Jin will take it for use first...... If it's not enough to spend, just ask Wanning to find me......"

Wanning is a long-term follower that Shen Jin has to use, and he follows Shen Jin when he is young.

It's not that Shen Rui has a big bag and the Holy Father's heart is attacking, but these few hundred taels of silver are not much, and Shen Jin can afford it.

No matter how cheeky Shen Juren took over Shen Jin's private property, those industries still belonged to Shen Jin. The matter of dividing the inheritance back then was experienced by Shen Rui himself, so he naturally knew that those properties were all in Shen Jin's name. What Shen Juren can take advantage of is just an annual interest.

How many clansmen watched, even if Shen Juren had a heart, they didn't dare to really make a big deal to encroach on the dowry of his wife. After all, the Sun family is no longer an orphan girl who had no mother's family to rely on, there is a "sister" Mrs. Shangshu, and a biological son is the heir of the second room.

Inexplicably, Shen Rui thought of Shen Jin's marriage.

This marriage did not take place, was it really because Shen Jin's background was disliked, or because Shen Juren was reluctant to give up his son's private property, so he used the excuse not to say goodbye to Shen Jin?

With Shen Juren's virtue of loving money, it is really not impossible to do this......