Flowers bloom and fall, spring goes to spring, and before you know it, it is the winter scene of Qianlong's 43 years.

The north wind was raging, the snowflakes were flying, and the wind and snow were mixed together, sweeping the world for three days and three nights, covering the earth with several layers of white carpet.

A carriage came to a slow stop.

Menzi was sharp-eyed and quick-handed, quickly moved his feet and stepped on, and obediently lifted the curtain again, and watched the master of the fox fur costume get out of the carriage with his own eyes.

Shen Fu got out of the carriage, casually asked the little guy a few words, and strode across the threshold. After the main hall, there are dozens of steps along the east, and after turning the corner, there is a north-south road. By this time, the snow had stopped, and there were a few people walking around sparsely on the road.

Among them, there is a girl named Hongyuan, who is now on an errand in the kitchen, and right now, she is carrying a food box in her hand, and she is in a hurry.

Shen Fu intended to tease her, so he waved his hand and summoned: "Alas, where is this going to be sent?" If the person who wants it is not in a hurry, why not send it to me first? You don't know, I've been sitting in the study for a long time, my stomach is empty, and I'm about to go to famine! ”

Seeing that he was full of energy, he didn't look like a person who had been hungry for a long time, so he sighed and said, "Early this morning, several close relatives from the side of the house came to the door one after another, and they all rushed to Leshoutang to greet the old lady. The mothers in the upper room saw that they were too busy, so they supported our little ones to run around, at this time, I was spreading the work in my hands, don't tease me! ”

Shen Fu stared at her little face tightly, and said unhappily: "You girl, I only ask you who asked for this thing, what are you doing with me so much?" ”

Honghui hung her head and replied: "This hibiscus cake was specified by the eldest lady to be sent, if it is sent late, the eldest lady's temper, the third master also knows, I must not be able to eat and walk around, even if I beg the third master, don't mess with me!" ”

Shen Fu heard that the pastries in the box were to be given to Shen Xueqing, the lobby sister, and immediately dispelled the idea of cutting off his beard.

Scratching his head in confusion, Shen Fu let out a breath of cold air and asked, "Is it for Sister Qing to leave the pavilion the next day?" Otherwise, why did so many people come in droves? ”

"It should be!"

The north wind came in the snow, and after the red fern drank the northwest wind in his mouth, he faintly felt the coldness coming, and couldn't help but tremble.

Looking around, seeing that the people in the company were about to run out, Hong Yuan hurriedly said: "Mrs. and Miss are all talking to the old lady in Le Shou Tang, at this time, I also have to rush to send the hibiscus cake over, the third master is idle around, why not go and have a good time?" ”

Shen Fu smiled like spring: "Today, Master Jia has assigned a few homework in the classroom, if it is delayed until tomorrow, I am afraid that there will be something forgotten in the middle and provoke the master to blame, so I still learn and do a good job!" After speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, but his eyes flashed, and he asked on a whim: "By the way, when you walked around in front of your ancestors, did you hear that there was a Miss Chen among the female guests who came today?" ”

Hongrui squeezed her eyebrows and thought about it, and finally a little light radiated from her eyes.

"My status is low, and I am not qualified enough to show my face in front of the old lady, but when I was gossiping with Leng Xiang outside the house, I listened to Leng Xiang say a little!"

When Shen Fu heard this, he was overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to tug on the cuffs of the red fern and asked, "What did Leng Xiang say to you?" ”

Leng Xiang actually didn't say much, just complained to me that there were many customers in the house today, and some of them couldn't wait, and said that she was so tired that her back hurt and she almost didn't want to move, and she said..... It was also said that a Miss Chen followed her mother into the house, and the old lady saw the mother and daughter, and after asking a few words casually, she was full of praise for Miss Chen! ”

"Sister Yun is amazing, she just saw the ancestor once, and she easily fell into the eyes of the ancestor!"

Shen Fu smiled loudly, took the lead in the front, and strode in the direction of Le Shou Tang with his head held high, completely ignoring the surprise on Hong Yuan's face.

"Let's go, I'll go to Leshoutang with you to say hello to the old ancestor, and by the way, I will also meet Sister Qing!"

Hongfei's eyes widened, standing stupidly in the three-inch-deep snow, seriously suspecting that she was hallucinating, obviously someone just came up and said that she wanted to go back to the study to do her homework, but it was less than half an hour later, and she changed her hexagram and wanted to go to the backyard with her.

Arrived in the backyard with a stomach full of questions, Hong Yuan didn't have time to ask Shen Fu about the psychological change process, but Shen Fu heard the laughter in the hugging building, and took the first step to climb the white marble steps, and rushed to the door with a few arrows, raising his hand to open the carmine Xiangfei bamboo warm curtain.

Walking in slowly, there are eight doors facing you, on which are carved with the pattern of Baifu and Baishou. There are glass lamps hanging on both sides of the top of the door, and the glass lamps are two high tables below them, and there are rich bamboos on the high tables, which means that the flowers bloom and the bamboo is safe. A few times higher than the head is a long case, on which there is a basin of narcissus and two blue and white amphorae. There is a hole door on the high side, and there is a budding orchid next to the wall of the hole door.

Shen Fu has always liked orchids, but after a few more glances, he heard the laughter in the dark, so he hurriedly collected his mind and walked inside.

There is a brazier in the east and west corners of the dark, and the charcoal fire is already burning very vigorously at this time, making people feel like bathing in spring light when they enter.

Shen Fu looked at it at a glance, and the makeup in the pavilion was bright, and the sideburns were fragrant.

Shen's mother is as steady as Mount Tai, sitting in the center on the agarwood chaise longue. The eldest aunt Zhou and the second aunt Wu sat on the left and right of the mother-in-law, accompanied by the eldest uncle's concubines Aunt Lin and Aunt Gu, and the second uncle's concubines Aunt Lan and Aunt Hong. Chen sat next to Wu on a carved phoenix chair with sandalwood carving, accompanied by Aunt Ma, who had a pretty face. Sister-in-law Pan Cuilian in the lobby, sister Shen Xueqing in the lobby, Shen Xueyuan, second cousin Shen Xueyuan, and sister Shen Xueru sat on the left, and several female guests of the clan sat on the right side along with the mother and daughter of the Jin family and the mother and daughter of the Yan family.

When Shen's mother saw him come in, she liked it very much, and said before everyone else: "The room is full of people waiting to see your handsome appearance, come and sit next to your grandmother!" ”

Shen Fu answered, hurriedly exchanged glances with Chen Yun, who was sitting at the end, and then sat down beside his grandmother in a big way.

As soon as he sat down, Shen Fu didn't have time to take a breath, so he listened to Shen's mother muttering to herself: "The grandson of the old body, the older he is, the more handsome he is, the bigger and smarter he is. ”

Shen Fu listened with a weak heart.

Chen's heart was also empty, and he hurriedly said: "Old lady, don't praise him, you old man doesn't know, since the beginning of spring this year, how many times has the old man scolded this child for being stupid in front of me, and said that this child is not open-minded, people write chapters, words and words, he scratches his ears and cheeks for a long time, and finally can't write half a decent article!" ”

Shen's mother couldn't tolerate others saying that Shen Fu was not, and when she heard Chen's words, she was slightly unhappy, and her whole smiling face suddenly froze.

"It's not that the old body looks down on your master, he said that Fu'er is stupid twice in three days, but how good is he himself? It's just that he became a dog-headed military advisor outside, shaking goose feather fans for people, and I never saw him do any great feats! ”

When Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Wu heard this, they all laughed.

Chen also smiled.

Mother Shen couldn't help but smile when she saw that her daughters-in-law were all laughing, then paused for a while, and suddenly changed her words and said: "Besides, Da Yin Xisheng, great wisdom is foolish, although Fu'er is not a weapon yet, but the old body knows better than any of you that this child is just a little stupid on the outside, but he actually understands it in his heart, and he also has a motivated mind!" ”

Mrs. Zhou knew that her mother-in-law was partial to Shen Fu, so she hurriedly and deliberately greeted her: "The old lady is right, our Fu'er is talented and has an extraordinary understanding, although there is no achievement now, but who can guarantee that it is not a hidden dragon in the abyss, and it will be a blockbuster in the future?" ”

Mrs. Wu hurriedly glanced at her eldest sister-in-law, and after a burst of contempt in her heart, she also echoed: "Yes, Fu'er is already smart enough, plus a clever, smart and sensible granddaughter-in-law, the old lady is still worried that we will not go to the right path?" ”

"Daughter-in-law?"

Mother Shen looked left and right with puzzled eyes, and when she got a hint from her eldest daughter-in-law Zhou, her wrinkled old face suddenly burst into laughter.

Smiling kindly, Shen's mother gently patted Shen Fu's hand, turned her head and looked at Chen Yun, who was the farthest away from her, and said to Chen: "I heard that these two children are childhood sweethearts, and they have a lot of affection, but I don't know if your aunt and sister-in-law can have an agreement in private?" ”

Chen smiled, turned his head and exchanged glances with his sister-in-law Jin, before quickly turning his head and facing Shen's mother back.

"Back to the old lady, Yun Yatou is honest and has a plain temperament, I have long wanted her to be the granddaughter-in-law of our Shen family. Three years ago, when I was provincial, I had already privately agreed with my second sister-in-law to transfer the bracelet that the old lady gave me to Yun'er! ”

When Shen's mother heard this, she quickly glanced at Chen's wrist, and sure enough, she couldn't see the trace of the bracelet she had given, so she said with a shocked face: "Could it be that you ...... Your sister-in-law has already agreed? After speaking, he showed a relaxed expression, "That's really worrying about the old body, just now I saw that kid behaving politely, and I thought that such a beautiful child would fall into whose house in the future, which Cheng thought that it would actually fall into our house, it was really a spirit!" ”

After a sigh, Shen's mother saw that the people around her were silent, so she looked at Yun's mother Jin with a smile, and said: "Mrs. Jin, there were many people just now, and the old body glanced at the girl, and now, it just so happens that Fu'er is also in the house, why not let these two children stand together, and the old body is also good-looking, whether these two children can climb or not?" ”

The Jin family listened with sincere fear, and saw that Shen's mother was condescending and noble, and her attitude was very approachable, and her eyes that were no longer smart finally showed a little bit of eagerness.

Standing up in public, the Jin family blessed Shen's mother, and said without pretense: "The concubine is despicable, how dare you dismiss the old lady's meaning?" After speaking, he tilted his head slightly and ordered: "Yun'er, don't come out quickly, let the old lady take a look!" ”

When Chen Yun heard this, he quickly got up and left the chair, and then he helped his family to return to his seat, only then did he turn around and take a few steps forward, blessed his body to Shen's mother, who was kind and kind, and said with a smile: "Chen Yun has seen the old ancestor, please open the eyes of the old ancestor!" ”

Mother Shen was even more overjoyed when she saw that her rules were in place, and hurriedly reached out and pushed Shen Fu, who was stunned by Chen Yun, and said, "Don't be crooked by my side, hurry up and stand with Yun Yatou, and let the old man see if the two of you are worthy?" ”

Shen Fu felt relieved, walked down from the couch with a brush, and honestly stood beside Chen Yun, waiting for Shen's mother to observe with peace of mind.

Mrs. Wu couldn't stop talking, and when she saw that the focus of a room of people was on Shen Fu, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Old lady, look, these two children are talented and beautiful, they are simply a pair made in heaven, if they can be matched in the future, wouldn't it be the luck of our Shen Mansion?" ”

Mother Shen listened to her words, and didn't pay much attention, just looked at Chen Yun vigorously.

Because I saw that Chen Yun was combing Chaoyun near the incense bun on her head, and there were two beaded hairpins inserted between the buns; The two willow leaf eyebrows under the eyebrows are beautiful and narrow, the silkworm eyes under the eyebrows are rippling, the cheeks are crimson, and the jaw is round; The upper body wears a pine green folded branch flat silk shirt, and the lower part wears a moon white embroidered lotus petal pleated skirt, and the three-inch golden lotus is exposed under the pleated skirt. Look at his grandson's flat head and face, his posture is straight, and he is wearing a river. The cyan embroidered bamboo leaf robe is a copy of his deceased wife.

After carefully looking at it for a long time, Shen's mother bowed her head and couldn't help but praise: "These two children are the same age, but they are also a pair of beautiful people!" ”

Chen Yun looked shy, smiled and lowered his head.

Shen Fu glanced at her secretly, and a smile spread from his eyes to his cheeks.

"I think back then, his grandfather also married the old man at the age of sixteen, but unfortunately the old man didn't live long, so he went one step ahead of the old man!" Thinking of her wife who died early, Shen's mother suddenly felt a little sad, "According to the old man, these two children are affectionate, the concubine is intentional, and it is okay to get married early!" ”

Chen heard that Shen's mother was asking what he meant, and hurriedly said: "This is what the daughter-in-law also means, but the old man always said that Fu'er is still young, and he will always pass the year of the crown, and only after he has obtained fame and a stable career can he marry a wife and start a family!" ”