On the sixth day when Shen Xi wrote a letter to inform the Shen family about his Zhongxiucai, Ninghua replied, and the old lady Li asked Shen Mingjun to take Shen Xi back to his hometown, saying that he wanted to worship his ancestors.

Just as Shen Mingjun was preparing for this, the second letter arrived in the afternoon of the same day...... The old lady changed her mind and said that she was going to visit Fucheng in person.

Obviously, the Li family was also a little happy and couldn't make up their minds.

Zhou couldn't wait to let the old lady come by herself, let her husband and son go to Ninghua, it would take at least ten days and a half months to go back, and she would inevitably be lonely at home as an orphan and widow.

When the old lady came in person, she would be able to show off her might in front of the Li family...... The Zhou family is ready, and this time the matter of taking a stake in the wine store is no longer prepared to hide from the Li family, and even when the Li family comes, she will invite her to the champion wine store for dinner.

Look at it, at the beginning, our tea shop, you said to take it back, but it ended up closing down, now look at us, the small wine shop is running well, not better than your second son who has disappeared?

The old lady agreed to arrive in Ninghua on the fourth day of the seventh month, but because of the heavy rain and the muddy official road, Li arrived at the capital city of Tingzhou on the morning of the sixth day of the new year.

Shen Mingjun personally welcomed the old lady to the new house to check, while Zhou seemed to show off, so he had to stay in the pharmacy to entertain the guests, and wait for the old lady to come to the door by herself.

Shen Xi did not go to the school after the college exam, but stayed at home to study, and the old lady came, and he and Lin Dai followed Shen Mingjun to help take care of it.

The old lady looked at all the rooms in the courtyard where the Shen family entered the courtyard, and was surprised by the magnificence of the house, so she couldn't help but ask her son in a low voice: "Old man, this house ...... Did Mrs. Lu ever get under Xiaolang's name? ”

Shen Mingjun shook his head: "Not yet." ”

Li frowned: "Remember to ask your daughter-in-law to mention it, although this courtyard is not bigger than the courtyard in our county, it is estimated that it will cost hundreds of taels of silver to purchase it." ”

Shen Xi stood aside, pretending not to hear anything, just bowing his head and waiting for Li's lecture.

After Li finished talking to his son about the house, he came over and touched Shen Xi's head with a smile. said: "It's really promising, I heard that Qilang is so talented that I can't sleep for the past few days, you two haven't read." Shallow knowledge, I didn't expect to cultivate a seed of reading. ”

"But don't let that slack you off, and hand him over to the gentleman to be disciplined. Children have achievements at such a young age, and they are afraid that they will go down the wrong path in the future......"

Shen Mingjun hurriedly defended his son: "No." Mother, Xiaolang, he is very conscious of learning. ”

Li's face suddenly became gloomy: "You can't say that, your second brother, didn't you be honest back then?" But now, if you don't go home, you don't know if you're dead or alive outside, and you may never hear from him again in this life...... Alas, unjustly! ”

Shen Mingyou is a typical case of Li's failure to educate his son, which makes the old lady a little embarrassed in front of her relatives and neighbors. But in fact, only the Li family felt that Shen Ming had an "honest relationship", and Shen Xi came to this world for less than a month. is clear about the nature of his second uncle and second aunt.

"Where's your daughter-in-law?"

Li suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Zhou.

"She works as a shopkeeper in the pharmacy, she can't pull away, Shilang and Yi'er are also over there, my mother went over to take a look?" Shen Mingjun hurriedly helped the old lady, afraid that the Li family would be angry.

Li's face was not good: "I came all the way to Fucheng, and it doesn't matter if she doesn't go to greet her, and now she actually asks me to see her?" Such a big shelf? Could it be that she worked hard to give birth to children, and I wouldn't be tired of giving birth to a few of your brothers? ”

Li is a traditional woman, and in her principle of doing things, who has contributed the most to the family. Whoever has the right to speak. If Zhou dared to be so rude to her before, although she would not go to the door to beat her daughter-in-law, she would definitely scold non-stop, and would try her best to punish her son and daughter-in-law.

But now, despite Lee's complaints. But in my heart, I also feel that it is like that. Okay, you make money to support your family, give birth to twin daughters, and train a show to come out, you have a lot of credit...... If you don't come, I'll go see you, right?

Subsequently. Shen Mingjun and his son accompanied Li to the pharmacy to see Zhou.

Originally, Lin Dai wanted to follow, but Li suddenly said: "The girl should be waiting in the boudoir to get married." In a word, Lin Dai could only obediently enter the room as a lookout.

In the pharmacy, even Xie Yun'er, who was born in a medical family, was extremely respectful to the Li family, the head of the Shen family, not to mention those maids. Before noon, Hui Niang came back from the main hall of the Chamber of Commerce, and the store hung a sign of "The Owner is Happy" and was temporarily closed.

At noon, the two families, including Xie Yun'er, went to the champion wine shop for a banquet.

On this day, the restaurant specially left the best private room, not only the hot pot side dishes are rich, chicken, duck and fish are complete, as well as roast chicken and roast duck, in short, in order to make the old lady eat happy, used a lot of brains.

"Old lady, why did you come alone? If you know, the concubine will send someone to pick you up. Hui Niang was very enthusiastic about the old lady, not only pouring tea and wine for her, but also serving her vegetables.

This made Li a little confused, she glanced at Shen Mingjun, and thought, "Could it be that they really have something, are they going to tell me?" But then she saw her son's stunned appearance, and couldn't help but shake her head, how could such a son tame such a shrewd and capable widow?

Seeing that Li was stunned, Zhou couldn't help but smile and said, "It should be that my mother is afraid of delaying the work of several brothers, so she came alone." ”

Li nodded slightly: "Yes, Qilang's uncles either study hard, work to support their families, or farm in their hometowns, and they don't have time." The old man came to see his grandson and was going to take Shichiro back......"

When Shen Xi heard this, he chuckled in his heart, could it be that the old lady was going to take him back and put him in the firewood room to study just like she did with Shen Mingwen?

Zhou looked nervous: "Mother, since you have seen Han Wa'er, why do you want to take him back?" ”

Li immediately straightened his face: "There are so many people here, can he study hard?" My mother just wants him to go to school as soon as possible and make a difference. ”

In a word, the atmosphere of the banquet immediately changed.

Zhou hurriedly looked at her husband with pleading eyes, but Shen Mingjun was not good at words, his face was flushed, and he couldn't say anything about keeping his son by his side.

At this time, Hui Niang smiled and said: "Old lady, let's leave Xiaolang behind, the concubine is going to hire a famous teacher for him, teach him in detail, and also prepare to buy him more books to read back." Besides, compared with Ninghua, this Tingzhou capital city has more Confucianism, and the concubine will send him to visit those Jinshi people who are Zhishi. Seek instruction. ”

One sentence relieved Li's brows, and the old lady nodded again and again: "Okay, very good." Presumably there are these celebrities and Confucians to guide them. Shichiro's studies will go further. ”

Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, and finally didn't have to endure the pain of being separated from his son. She couldn't help but look at Hui Niang gratefully, if it weren't for Hui Niang's words, the old lady might have taken Shen Xi away.

But the old lady still added: "But if he fails the two township examinations, he still has to act in accordance with the ancestral family law." ”

Zhou pinched his fingers and counted. Next year will be counted as one term, and the next Shen Xi will only be fifteen years old...... It is too harsh to let a fifteen-year-old boy close the attic without being promoted.

But now it's a good thing to keep her son by her side, and she doesn't dare to say anything more. Although the Zhou family now has a reliance and can occasionally put on a show, they do not dare to openly challenge the authority of the old lady.

Li doesn't drink, although Hui Niang poured a glass for her, but she didn't touch it when she put it at hand. In addition, Shen Mingjun is not good at drinking, so when Hui Niang saw this, she ordered Xiao Er to take down the wine jug, and went out in person to bring in the good Dongting Biluochun on the pot. A table of banquets is basically for women. Tea was used instead of wine.

After eating, the Li family had something to explain to Shen Mingjun and his wife, and stayed in the private room to talk.

The pharmacy was closed, and Xie Yun'er didn't have to sit for a clinic in the afternoon, so she was going home to plan for cleaning up the yard. The courtyard where the Xie family lives now, Hui Niang has bought it and given it to Xie Yun'er after the flood last year, and now that she has money, Xie Yun'er plans to repair the yard to make the family more comfortable.

"Xiaolang, if you have time. Go to my house and teach my younger siblings to read. Before Xie Yun'er left, she suddenly sent an invitation to Shen Xi.

Shen Xi smiled and nodded: "Okay." ”

Hui Niang quipped: "No wonder the stinky boy always calls you sister, it turns out that he doesn't want to be taken advantage of by your brother and sister." ”

Xie Yun'er thought deeply: "Yes." is worthy of being a talented man, and his mind is flexible. Since the last time my sister came over and asked Xiaolang to teach knowledge, they have been talking about learning more. My mother also knew a few words, so she bought a copy of the "Three Character Classic" to teach them, but she couldn't always teach them well. They can't learn either, plus my mother has been ...... lately With pregnancy, there are many inconveniences. ”

Hui Niang smiled dumbly, Xie Yun'er hadn't married yet, but Xie Yun'er's mother was pregnant again. If nothing happens to the Xie family, if Xie Yun'er marries early, her children should be older than this unborn brother and sister.

"Looks like I'm going to have to find someone to take care of it." Hui Niang covered her mouth and smiled.

While talking, Li and Shen Mingjun came down from upstairs, and Shen Mingjun temporarily sent Li back to the courtyard of the Shen family to live. After sending the people away, Zhou sighed:

The old lady said that let Xiaolang go back at the end of the year, and she would personally handle Xiaolang's marriage. Xiaolang is young, so he first decides the marriage, and when he is fourteen years old, he will bow again. ”

Hui Niang frowned: "What about Dai'er?" ”

Zhou shook his head: "Maybe it's a girl who fills the house, or a concubine, I asked the old lady, but the old lady didn't say anything in detail." ”

Although Zhou scolded Lin Dai a lot on weekdays, she had actually accepted Lin Dai as her daughter-in-law a long time ago, and now Li had negated her couple's previous decision with one sentence, and she had nothing to do for a while.

Who said that there is no separation now, and all the affairs of the Shen family are decided by the old lady?

Hui Niang originally had the intention of marrying Lu Xi'er to Shen Xi, but now that the Zhou family couldn't even fight for her appointed daughter-in-law, she didn't dare to mention it.

Shen Xizhi frowned, he didn't want to find an unknown girl as his fiancée, even if he was engaged first and then married, but with the Li family's standard of "marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person", the selected "ladies and ladies" have at most an identity and background, not necessarily ugly, where are Lin Dai and Lu Xi'er so beautiful and lovely, and childhood sweethearts grew up together, and they are attached to him in every way?

Originally, I wanted to hide this from Lin Dai, but when Li and his son returned to the courtyard of the Shen family, they called Lin Dai over, in addition to teaching her some basic etiquette, and directly told Lin Dai about Shen Xi's engagement at the end of the year. Xiao Nizi didn't dare to say anything, just clicked and burst into tears there.

At night, as soon as Shen Xi was a little drowsy, Lin Dai sneaked into Shen Xi's house, got into the quilt and squeezed into Shen Xi's arms.

"Dai'er, don't cry, I'll tell my grandmother tomorrow morning that I have to marry you!" Shen Xi looked at Lin Dai's pitiful appearance with rain and felt distressed.

Lin Dai hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, if that's the case, my grandmother may drive me away......"

Shen Xi said: "What if I drive you away?" My aunt will definitely take you in, don't you want my aunt to be your mother? Let her adopt you, and you won't have to look at my grandmother and mother's faces......"

Lin Dai thought about it, and her head still shook like a rattle: "No, I can't bear to ...... mother."

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