When the mother and son crossed the city gate, several officers and soldiers of the guard station stood on both sides, checking the people who came and went.

Ninghua is located inland, for the Fujian Xingdu Siting Prefecture defense area, the establishment of the main purpose of the establishment is to eliminate the remnants of Chen Youding, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and other armed groups, and at the same time to prevent the ethnic minorities in western Fujian from gathering to rebel. For example, today has been peaceful for a long time, and all ethnic groups in Tingzhou Mansion live and work in peace and contentment, so the city gate is extremely lax, those officers and soldiers just took a brief look, asked where they came from, and let the three of them enter the city.

After entering the city, the pedestrians gradually became denser, although it is not comparable to the shoulder to shoulder, but it is also full of vendors, which is much more lively than Sungai Town.

It is now the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Xi is no stranger to the history of the Ming Dynasty, Hongzhi is also known as Zhu Youji, the filial piety of the Ming Dynasty, and can be regarded as a model of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Hongzhi period, there was no great chaos in the country, more than 40 years have passed since the change of Tumubao, and there are still more than 100 years before the end of the Ming Dynasty, Shen Xi is not confident that he can survive in the troubled times when human life is like mustard, so he feels that his luck is still good.

At this time, the Zhou clan became more and more cautious, and the hand holding Shen Xi tightened.

The houses in the city are next to each other, and many of the streets look very similar, and if a kidnapper snatches a child and runs, a few turns will throw people away.

"Mother, where is the royal family where my father works?" Shen Xi asked suspiciously as he walked.

Zhou's tone was cautious: "My mother went to visit your father in the county seat before, and I vaguely remember the location, and I can naturally remember it when I get to the place." ”

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this, and the Zhou family, who had always been spicy, suddenly became weak and even a little helpless, which shows how much the environment affects people. He secretly made up his mind that this time he entered the city, he must take advantage of the opportunity.

Just as Shen Xi and his entourage were walking on the main road to the south of the city, a soft call came from afar: "Lady, I'm here." ”

Shen Xi listened to the excited voice ringing in his ears, he was slightly stunned, and quickly raised his head, sure enough, Shen Mingjun was waving on the side of the road not far away.

Shen Mingjun is the eldest in the family, the youngest, now only twenty-five years old, looking extremely young. When Shen Xi saw him for the first time, he was really a little embarrassed to say that a man who was younger than his previous life was called Dad.

However, after a few tosses, Shen Xi finally persuaded himself to try to accept Shen Mingjun.

Shen Mingjun has a calm personality, although his appearance is mediocre, but he is studious and motivated, and has a sense of responsibility, he has worked in the Wang family for six years without any mistakes, and his salary has risen from the initial 300 wen per month to the current 500 wen, but unfortunately all this money has been handed over to the Li family to maintain the family's livelihood.

There is not much flesh and blood affection between Shen Xi and Shen Mingjun, after all, from last year's soul piercing to the present, the father and son have not been together for more than half a month. Shen Mingjun usually returns to his hometown to reunite with his family during the Chinese New Year, but at other times he has to stay at Wang Yuan's house to work. Every time Shen Mingjun returned to Taohua Village, he would carry his mother Li on his back, take out the accumulated reward money, and buy good things for their mother and son that they couldn't buy in the countryside.

Shen Xi didn't have much interest in this cheap father, but in order to hide people's eyes and ears, and at the same time fulfill his obligations as a son of man, he still pretended to be extremely excited, and pounced on Shen Mingjun.

Shen Mingjun laughed heartily, grabbed Shen Xi, picked him up and spun him around in the air twice, and then quipped: "Stinky boy, why do I think you are a lot heavier?" ”

Shen Xi looked pitiful and didn't reply...... There is no communication between him and Shen Mingjun.

Shen Mingjun didn't notice anything wrong, a trace of satisfaction appeared on his face, patted his son's back, put him down, and said, "Han Wazi, you know how to eat all day long." ”

Shen Xi still didn't speak, ran back and pulled Lin Dai aside, and watched quietly, he knew that a good show of reunion after a long absence was about to be staged.

He had seen it during the Chinese New Year last year, when the cheap father and his mother reunited, he was too exaggerated, Shen Mingjun was what kind of meat and what he said, but Zhou never got tired of hearing it, which couldn't help but make Shen Xi sigh, one thing descends one thing is really the truth of the world.

But this time Shen Xi didn't watch a good show, maybe on the street, there were too many pedestrians, and the old lady was timid and ashamed, I saw her looking at Shen Mingjun, blushing and pinching the soft flesh on her husband's waist, and said, "Husband, didn't you look for a goblin in the city, right?" ”

Shen Mingjun's head shook like a rattle, which was very exaggerated.

Zhou's red smile was full of tenderness and sweetness, and he murmured: "Husband, you don't know, I am a stinky boy at home, and you have to teach him a good lesson this time." ”

Shen Mingjun's face turned pale, and he looked at Shen Xi seriously: "Stinky boy, you wait, dare to make your mother angry, see if I can't clean you up when I go back." ”

Shen Xi shrugged his shoulders, his face was full of indifference, causing Shen Mingjun's face to change several colors one after another, which seemed to say, "You kid give me some face, okay?" ”

Shen Xi could only beg for mercy without skin and flesh: "Ah, Dad, spare my life, I won't dare in the future, and I won't make my mother angry again." ”

"Stinky boy."

Looking at Shen Xi's lazy appearance, Shen Mingjun couldn't help laughing.

After greeting and catching up for a while, the couple relieved the pain of lovesickness for a while. Shen Mingjun only found Lin Dai standing next to Shen Xi at this time, and was about to ask a question suspiciously, when Zhou touched his arm and said with a smile: "I'll go back and talk to you later." ”

Shen Mingjun nodded: "Then let's go back?" ”

Zhou happily agreed, approached Shen Xi and Lin Dai, and took the two of them again, smiling happily: "Husband, let's go." ”

Shen Mingjun glanced at Shen Xi, then took a step forward and led the way.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Zhou looked at the narrower and narrower alley, and was a little puzzled: "Husband, I remember that the gate of Wang Yuanwai's house doesn't seem to be here?" ”

Shen Mingjun pointed to the depths of the alley: "Oh, when the staff saw that I was working hard, they arranged a separate courtyard next to the house for us to live in, come with me." ”

With this explanation, it's okay to deceive Zhou, but if you want to fool Shen Xi, it's not easy. Although the Wang family has some spare money, it is just an ordinary landlord family, and it is absolutely impossible to be kind enough to arrange a separate house for Shen Mingjun.

This fully shows that Shen Mingjun is not valued by the main family, and at this time, Shen Mingjun was suddenly arranged to have an independent courtyard, and Shen Xi did not believe it. Later, he learned that the house had died, and a carpenter who was renting work everywhere hanged himself in the courtyard of the yard soon after, and the Wang family felt unlucky, and it happened that the Zhou family brought his son to visit relatives, so he asked Shen Mingjun to live with his family for a while, and then find a way to sell it after the limelight passed.

Under the guidance of Shen Mingjun, Shen Xi continued to move forward with doubts, and walked for about a quarter of an hour, almost to the end of the alley, before arriving at the courtyard that Shen Mingjun said.

The quadrangle of one main and two compartments is not large, but in Ninghua County, it is already good.

Shen Mingjun led the three of them around the courtyard, and when he saw that the sky was getting darker, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Lady, you must be hungry all the way, this is ...... I wasn't very good at cooking, so I didn't prepare in advance, but I bought a fish and could barely make do with it...... I'm going to go to the kitchen and light a fire right now. ”

Zhou nudged his husband and said with a smile: "You are a man, the backbone of the family, and you are already very tired from being an errand in the main family, where can you go to the kitchen?" I'll come, you take the child to play for a while and eat. ”

"By the way, I came a day late with the stinky boy, why did you wait for us on the side of the road without delaying the errand of the master's family?" Zhou suddenly remembered a question and asked casually.

Shen Mingjun explained comfortingly: "It's okay, I've already said it on the master's side, I know that your mother and son are not easy to travel, and you waited there yesterday, if you don't arrive today, I will report to the official......"

Shen Mingjun replied with a smile, Zhou glanced at him with some emotion, and then walked towards the kitchen.

Shen Mingjun looked at Zhou's back, his face was full of satisfaction, then turned around, squatted down and was about to pinch Shen Xi's face.

Shen Xi took a few steps back and snorted, "Dad, what's going on in this yard?" Do you have something to hide from me and my mother? ”

Shen Mingjun knew that his son was a big ghost, and said with a smile: "You are so young, what do you know?" Come and ask questions, come over and let Dad see, are you fat or thin? ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and rubbed Shen Xi's head, and said dotingly, "It's very wild at home, right?" Let me see if you have lice on your head? ”

Shen Xi smiled and didn't speak.

Shen Mingjun was about to pick up Shen Xi and turn it upside down, when he suddenly saw the girl he had seen before, and asked in surprise: "Hey, stinky boy, where did this little girl come from?" What is your name? ”

"My mother said that she is my future daughter-in-law and our family's adoptive daughter-in-law...... Dad, what kind of family do you say, how can we raise such a daughter-in-law? The child is so smart, my mother is worried that I won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law when I grow up! ”

Shen Mingjun ignored his son's words, looked at Lin Dai with a smile, and nodded again and again with great satisfaction after a while: "What a little beauty." Don't be afraid, in the future, you will call me Daddy like this stinky boy, if he dares to bully you, you tell me, I will whip him with a flat pole. ”

No way? Pumping people with a flat pole? Shen Xi suddenly felt that his future was bleak, so he could only purse his lips aggrievedly and look at Lin Dai, who was shining brightly in his eyes.

Lin Dai trotted to Shen Xi's side in a few steps, called Shen Mingjun "Daddy" playfully, and then clutched Shen Xi's sleeve tightly, looking scared.

Shen Mingjun didn't care, smiled, and said: "Little baby, since you are my family's adopted daughter-in-law, my family will not treat you badly, and will definitely raise you as your own daughter, when that kid grows up, if he grows up to be a good man, his body is crippled and his face is inappropriate, you can't mind, you have to marry him, what do you think?" ”

This era is not like the complete medical security in later generations, just one smallpox can easily destroy cities and towns, even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will inevitably break the phase, not to mention other more vicious diseases, so Shen Mingjun will have this warning.

Lin Dai turned her head to look at Shen Xi, bit her lip, took a deep breath, and said, "Thank you, Daddy...... Daddy, please rest assured, I will marry my brother when he grows up, no matter how ugly he looks, I will not regret it. ”

Shen Xi smiled bitterly, he liked Lin Dai very much, but he liked it, far from being a husband and wife! It's not that he's hypocritical, he's cheap and obedient, he just feels wronged and worthless for Little Lori from the bottom of his heart.