In fact, in Shen Xi's opinion, he is indeed an outlier...... Isn't the Traveler an existence that shouldn't exist in any era?

At the same time, Shen Xi also felt that after he was reborn, his luck could not be better, and when he left Peach Blossom Village, he met a person like Hui Niang who was a little persistent but could help him realize his plan.

Originally, Shen Xi expected to finish the imperial examination, at least after the age of seventeen or eighteen.

After that, Shen Xi and Xie Duo did not talk more about the chief examiner of the township examination.

In fact, there are rumors about him serving as the chief examiner of the Liangjing Township Examination, since Shen Xi returned from Quanzhou and was promoted to the next level, as a Hanlin official, he also held an important position in the Zhan Mansion, and also held the positions of the East Palace Lecturer and the Japanese Lecturer, not only the officials were pondering this matter, but the scholars below were also staring at it very closely.

It is also the people of this era who attach extraordinary importance to the imperial examination, and are most sensitive to personnel changes related to the imperial examination.

When Shen Xi was leaving, he borrowed a few books from Xie Duo and went back.

Compared with drilling camps in officialdom, Shen Xi now prefers to study quietly, mainly due to the influence of Liu Daxia's suppression of his credit.

There is no reward for meritorious service, even if he knows that Liu Daxia is doing the right thing, and he himself does not try his best to fight for it, but he feels a little uncomfortable when he thinks that the credit he fought for with his life is divided.

Because of this, Shen Xi simply let his life be more leisurely and casual, and at the same time learn more knowledge while he is young. As the saying goes, live to learn from old age, learn "books" and "scriptures" as teenagers, learn history from the Hanlin Academy, and then delve into the way of articles after the history is penetrated, and the articles of the scriptures and history are all good at, at least in the Hanlin Academy, they are not worried about being embarrassed.

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On Chinese New Year's Eve, Shen Xi took his wife and concubine to the Shen family to rent a courtyard next to the pond for the Spring Festival.

Xie Yun'er and Zhou helped the maids cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen, while Shen Xi sat on the Taishi chair in the living room, reading books borrowed from Xie Duo with the help of the dim light from the tung oil lamp.

Shen Yi'er ran back and forth in front of him, not letting out a cheerful laugh.

"Big brother, you teach me to read, I'm very smart, I can learn anything as soon as I can."

Shen Yi'er is more like a boy than her younger brother, Xiao Nizi is less than five years old, but she is already like a little adult, with a shrewd mind, and ghost ideas one after another, it is said that even Lu Xi'er is often bullied by her.

Shen Xi asked, "What do you want to learn?" ”

"I want to learn from my eldest brother's knowledge of taking the top prize, and I want to take the top exam in the future." Shen Yi'er blinked her big innocent eyes and said things that didn't fit her identity.

As soon as her words fell, Zhou happened to come in from outside, and when she heard this, she slapped Shen Yi'er on the head and said angrily: "What did the dead girl say?" Be honest with me, when my mother pulls you up, you will have to send it to someone else's house, if you don't stop, you won't even be able to marry a good family. ”

If it was Shen Yun, she would have cried a lot after receiving this slap, but if she was Shen Yi'er, she made a disdainful grimace on her little face and stuck out her tongue, obviously the little girl was immune to the old lady's discipline method.

"Mother, Yi'er should learn something, at least she must be literate, and she can read "Women's Training" or something in the future." Shen Xi said with a smile.

Shen Yi'er immediately agreed with this, although she didn't even know what "Women's Training" was.

Zhou scolded: "You stinky boy don't want to think about it, what's the use of a girl learning those things?" Like your grandaunt, a lifetime of hard work? Look at the old lady, I don't know a few big characters, why don't you marry your father and train you to be a champion? ”

Sure enough, Zhou was very narcissistic, she felt that she was good at everything, and she took it for granted that she regarded herself as a great contributor to the prosperity of the Shen family. It's a pity that Shen Xi can't remind him, if he is not a traverser, it is almost impossible to make a career under the Zhou family, because the Zhou family treats his children more harshly than his grandmother Li, and such a mother is indeed difficult to find with a lantern.

But Zhou is a complex woman, she does have a maternal love for her children that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, but she doesn't know how to express it.

However, Xie Yun'er came in and said a pertinent word: "Mother, now that our family is different, Yi'er, this girl will marry into an official eunuch family in the future, if she doesn't even know "Women's Training", those big families will definitely dislike it." ”

"So?"

Zhou Shi thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right, although the old lady married well and cultivated a good son, she didn't marry a capable man after all." Now that we are an official eunuch, if we want to find a good family for her in the future, we have to let her learn something...... But I have to say it first, I can only teach her what girls learn, and I can't touch those four books and six classics or anything, you know? ”

Shen Yi'er corrected: "Mother, it's four books and five classics!" ”

"Smack!"

Zhou's slap slapped Shen Yi'er's head again, "The old lady said that the Six Classics are the Six Classics, and the mother taught your eldest brother a champion to come out, can you still not know?" ”

Shen Yi'er said aggrievedly: "Big brother, Sister Xi'er obviously said that it was the ...... of the Five Classics."

It's a pity that Shen Xi didn't say anything to help her, because if he refuted, he didn't know how much gossip he would attract from the Zhou family, so he simply kept silent and sent the Zhou family out to do things.

After dinner, Shen Xi wanted to go home early, but Zhou was stunned and pulled Xie Yun'er to talk about common things, so Zhou and Xie Yun'er went into the room, and Shen Mingjun helped in the kitchen like a servant.

Lin Dai sat next to Shen Xi with a bitter face, watching Shen Xi read, and watching Shen Yi'er "giggle" and bully Shen Yun there.

"Wow...... Mother, sister, she bullied me! ”

After Shen Yun was a year older, he was finally no longer the little angry bag he used to be, and he also learned to sue at this time, because Zhou said that as long as his sister bullied him, he had to sue, otherwise he would be beaten together.

Lin Dai was full of sadness, and hurriedly pulled the little uncle over to comfort him, although Shen Yun was young, he seemed to be very good at "eating tofu", and he refused to let go of Lin Dai's legs, and wiped his snot and tears up.

"My new clothes...... You've got it dirty! ”

Lin Dai's face changed drastically, and she was almost about to reach out to hit Shen Yun, but she was glared at by Shen Xi, and she quickly pretended to be well-behaved and virtuous.

Shen Xi took the book and said leisurely: "If it's dirty, go back and wash it, or make it another day." ”

Lin Dai said angrily: "This body is just made, and it is the first time I wear it." Hmph, it turns out that children are so troublesome, and I won't give birth to ...... in the future."

In fact, very similar to Shen Yun, Lin Dai is also completely a little girl's temper, especially after seeing her eldest brother, she seems to be more and more irritable, and she has a petty temperament from time to time.

Shen Yi'er glanced at it and said with a smile: "I'll wipe my sister-in-law's ......" As she spoke, she took out her handkerchief and helped Lin Dai obediently, attracting Lin Dai's great favor.

Shen Xi shook his head when he saw this scene.

Shen Yier has been a little naughty ghost since she was a child, she knows how to read words and feelings, she is not a little girl with a crying nose, it seems that she must be eccentric when she grows up.

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Just when Shen Xi was listless, a small head suddenly poked out of the door, and Shen Xi looked at it and seemed to be a little familiar.

"Brother Shen Xi......"

The voice shouted, and a fragrant wind rushed to his face, rushing directly into Shen Xi's arms, almost knocking over the chair that Shen Xi was sitting on to the ground.

It's none other than Lu Xi'er, who has made a dream to marry Shen Xi since she was a child.

Shen Xi couldn't resist this enthusiasm for a while, and hurriedly "untie" Lu Xi'er from his arms. Shen Xi asked in surprise, "Xiaoya, why are you here?" ”

"My mother didn't allow me to go out, so I secretly ran out and asked Xiaoyu to open the door for me, and I came in." Lu Xi'er and Shen Xi reunited after a long absence, and said with tears in their eyes.

Shen Xi straightened Lu Xi'er's body, and then looked carefully, and found that the former little Nizi had really grown up, and her big eyes were exactly the same as before, but her eyes were a little more obsessed, she grew taller, and her facial features were also opened, she was a little beauty who was no less beautiful than Lin Dai.

"Brother Shen Xi, why didn't you come to me?" Lu Xi'er asked with some grievances.

Shen Yi'er pulled Lu Xi'er and said, "Sister Xi'er, you get out of the way, the leg here is mine." At a young age, she actually had a sense of sovereignty, Shen Yi'er dragged Lu Xi'er to the side, and then hugged Shen Xi's leg and sat down comfortably, as if the queen was on the throne, and Shen Xi was her dragon chair.

"Hmph."

Lin Dai looked at her former playmate, and snorted lightly, "Your brother Shen Xi has married me now, of course he won't look at you anymore." ”

In a word, Lu Xi'er's originally stopped tears fell down.

Shen Yi'er said proudly: "Sister Dai'er, my mother said, you are my brother's concubine, and my sister-in-law has only one, which is Sister Yun'er." ”

Lin Dai was not happy now, and the good relationship between her sister-in-law and sister-in-law that had just been established broke down in an instant.

It's really a boat of friendship that capsizes!

Shen Xi said: "There is no thing, it is my wife, and it is treated equally." Xi'er, don't think about it, I just returned to Beijing and don't have time to see you. ”

When Lu Xi'er heard this, her face looked better.

Shen Xi asked, "What about your mother?" ”

"My mother is at home, and I have been reading the account books in the room for the past few days, but she is busy, she has no time to take care of me, I ran out secretly......" Lu Xi'er thought for a while, "At this time, my mother is still reading the account books, and she hasn't even eaten Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Shen Xi didn't expect Huiniang to be mean to herself to such an extent, and she still used the way of indulging herself in work to anesthetize herself on Chinese New Year's Eve, how much masochism does this have?

Hui Niang herself is not distressed, but Shen Xi is worried for a while, in the eyes of many people, this should be a woman with a strange temper and unreasonable temper.

"Xi'er, I'll go home with you, I'm just going to see your mother." Shen Xi stood up and said.

Lin Dai immediately reminded: "You...... Mother won't allow you to go to Aunt Sun's house. ”

"I'm just going to pay New Year's greetings, isn't that how it should be?" Shen Xi said, "New Year's greetings to the elders, that's the basic etiquette, if you don't want to go, forget it." ”

Lin Dai had a little grievance on her face. She didn't want Shen Xi to go to Lu's house, not to prevent Shen Xi from seeing Hui Niang, because she had always treated Hui Niang as an adult, she was trying to prevent Shen Xi and Lu Xi'er from seeing each other and "rekindling the old love", but now that Lu Xi'er has appeared in front of Shen Xi, it is pointless to stop it.

"Let's go, we're together." Lin Dai pouted.

"You stay at home, if your father and mother ask, you say I'll go out for a walk and have a good time." After Shen Xi finished speaking, he ignored Lin Dai and asked Lu Xi'er to lead the way to the Lu Mansion.

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PS: The second update!

Today, the Son of Heaven returned to Chengdu from his hometown of Luzhou, and people are too tired, so these two watches! Tomorrow, we will strive to resume the normal update of the three chapters, and then choose the opportunity to break out!

Thank you! (To be continued.) )