Ninghua County, Shen family.

Shen Xizhong Xie Yuan, the old lady Li's half-life wish was realized, the old man was relieved, but he was worried in his heart, because this grandson was a little beyond her control, it was cultivated by the house, and it had little to do with her, a grandmother, she began to regret that even if the two of them were going to Fucheng, they should have left their grandson by their side, just like Liulang Shen Yuan.

In February, Shen Yuan passed the county test, which was another happy event for the Shen family in recent years.

This is the fourth person in the Shen family to pass the county examination, the third among the grandchildren, the old lady is now going out, no one is disrespectful, there are so many scholars in the family, there are lifters, there are talents, two grandsons one has passed the county test, one has passed the government test, and in a few years, there may be two more talents in the family.

It's just that Shen Yuan and Shen Yongzhuo's road to the children's test is not as smooth as Shen Xi's, even if Shen Yuan passed the county test at the age of fourteen, he didn't have the slightest confidence when he got to the government test.

"You said that the little son of the old family, how can it be like drinking chicken blood, what is in the test, is it that in a few years, he can still take the Jinshi exam and come back? After that, the old couple died unwillingly outside? Can we still hold our heads up in front of them? ”

The Wang family of the big house has a much better temper recently, this is because her father-in-law Shen Mingwen no longer has to be locked in the attic and the small black room to study, even if she reads every day, but at night, the two of them live together.

A woman with a man is different, her small life is moist, her mood is comfortable, and she doesn't even seem to be as mean as she used to be, but when she mentions "unit" and "little girl", her anger doesn't come to one place, she can't figure out how to think about it, when she was admitted to Xiucai, the little girl was just born, how come it has only been a few years of work, and the glory that should have belonged to her husband was robbed by the little girl?

The fourth-room daughter-in-law, Feng Shi, took the dustpan, raised it twice, turned around, and said in a calm tone: "Sister-in-law, that's you, we don't feel that we can't raise our heads." ”

After Shen Yuan passed the county test, the old lady finally found out in her conscience that she would no longer let Sifang stay in Taohua Village to guard the ancestral house, so that the two of them would return to the city with their daughter and youngest son, and the family could be reunited.

As for the land in Peach Blossom Village, the old lady rented it out, although the land is a little barren, most of which is terraced fields, and some sloping land, but there are dozens of acres, if you save a little food, the rent collected for a large family should be no problem, but if you want to live a good life, you still have to rely on the third son, the fourth son to work and Shen Mingjun and his wife send money home to subsidize the family.

Li is afraid that the mistakes made in the fourth room will happen again, and she can't stand the gossip outside.

Now people outside are rumoring that she, the eldest parent, is too domineering, and the eldest son is in his early forties, but he was locked up in a small black house to study, the husband and wife cannot be reunited, and the family cannot share the family.

Many people even relied on the strict control of the Li family for Shen Mingwen's failure to be promoted...... This is also to blame for the long mouth of the Wang family, and when he returned to his parents' house, he told his parents and brothers to know, but as soon as the Wang family publicized it outside, this matter became known all over the city.

In the words of the old lady, she had just accumulated a good reputation because of her grandson's promotion, and she almost lost to this long-tongued daughter-in-law.

But even if people outside talk about the Li family's extreme education method, who in the whole city doesn't admire and envy the Shen family?

Even if the proportion of people in the Shen family who have read is not large, even if there is a second son who is exiled and has no return, no matter who mentions the Shen family, he must praise him:

The Shen family is full of readers!

When Wang heard Feng's words, his mouth began to count: "Fourth daughter-in-law, you really want to be a little longer, that old family hates our mother so much, and has been trying to separate it for the past few years, if her son really becomes an official in Jinshi, can he tolerate us?" When the time comes, the house will be divided, and it won't be any good for my Shen family......"

Feng choked and said: "We have our own hands and feet, and we can feed a family, so why rely on others?" ”

Wang's heart is angry!

On weekdays, the second daughter-in-law Qian kept arguing with her, she was pressed by the old lady, so she didn't feel that there was the majesty of the eldest sister-in-law as her mother in this family, I thought that the old four were easy to talk to, she must be able to suppress it, but she didn't expect that the four rooms of the family only lived their own lives, and even her sister-in-law didn't give face.

Seeing Feng go back to the room, Wang scolded and scolded: "My son just passed the county exam and thought he was a talented man?" Hmph, sooner or later, like his uncompetitive father, he will come out to be a carpenter! ”

In Wang's mind, "Xiucai Gong" is more valuable than "Jurengong", who told her husband that he has not been admitted to Juren since he came?

The fourth child, Shen Mingxin, entered the city, and indeed did not rely on others to support him.

Doing carpenter work in the county seat, in fact, is much more money than in the countryside, at least in the county town do not have to face the loess to take care of the crops, do not need to take the mountain road to the surrounding villages and towns to solicit business, relying on a skilled technical work, after the word of mouth spreads, you can wait for the order at home, and now Shen Mingxin has opened up a place in the firewood room at home, specializing in carpentry work, and the money will naturally be earned.

Although the money earned is not much, how can you have consistent money in a month, the Shen family looked at it hotly...... The old lady controls the money strictly, and the children who are enlightened and read will have a head start in the future, but what about those who do not study?

This carpenter's craft must be passed on no matter what, and it must be carried forward!

So the family selected an apprentice for Shen Mingxin, and finally Shen Yongqi, the fifth child in the second room, was selected, which was also the old lady's preparation for the afterlife, she was afraid that she would break up in the future, and the second family would not have a pillar.

If you want to say that Shen Xizhong's people have the greatest impact on the Shen family, you have to count the second room.

Although the second eldest Shen Ming is missing, there are three sons in the second room, and the second husband Shen Yongfu did not marry the daughter of a small family until he was nineteen years old.

San Lang Shen Yongrui is nineteen years old this year, but because of Shen Xizhongju, there are many people who come to talk about the matchmaker, the Shen family began to choose, and finally chose the little girl of a big family in the city, who is quite handsome, and the most important thing is that there is a lot of dowry.

In April, Shen Yuan went to Fucheng to participate in the government test, and the Shen family began to welcome Shen Yongrui.

Rich and easy to do, in recent years, there is a house to do business outside to make some money, the Shen family's family is different from the past, plus the bride married this time is rich in the family, both sides are in Zhang Luo, the marriage is going well, after the levy, the deadline is set, and the final wedding date is set for April 16.

The third daughter-in-law, Shen Sun, was busy with the old lady, always pretending to remind the old lady inadvertently: "Mother, in fact, Shiro is not young. ”

Shiro Shen Qian was seventeen years old, and it stands to reason that he should also ask his daughter-in-law to live at home, but the old lady felt that things were very tricky.

The family is so big, and the granddaughters-in-law who married back are one after another, but the yard is almost uninhabitable, and if you want to expand, there is no foundation, so you can't expand it to the neighbor's house, right? The surrounding neighbors are ancestral homes, even if they pay a high price, they will not forget to sell their roots, if they buy a yard elsewhere, who moves out or not will be a problem, and then the family will be scattered, how can she, the head of the family, still have the prestige of the head of the family?

Qian said casually: "Third brother and sister, you can be content, my two sons did not marry their daughters-in-law until they were twenty years old, and your son was only eighteen years old, which is still early." It's okay to take Hachiro in the house, this kid always runs out these days, be careful of being deceived by a kidnapper! ”

The Shen family is very messy all day long, especially after constantly adding Ding, and now they are going to marry a new daughter-in-law to enter the door, this new daughter-in-law is still a pampered daughter, and she may not be able to make a mess after entering the door.

On the day of greeting relatives, the Shen family put aside their prejudices and began to discuss the matter of welcoming relatives.

In the courtyard of the Shen family and on the street outside, thirty or forty tables were placed, and all the relatives and neighbors were invited, but there were also many people who came to eat and drink when they heard the news.

The Shen family waited at the gate, and they didn't wait for the bride's sedan chair to come, the Li family was a little anxious, and hurriedly asked Shen Mingxin to go and ask, but the reply they waited for made the Shen family black face one by one.

The bride had an opinion, jumped off the sedan chair halfway, and went home, now hiding in the boudoir and shouting that she didn't want to get married.

There are wonders every year, and this year there are so many!

Since ancient times, it has been the order of the parents for the daughter to marry, the matchmaker said, you are the daughter of a rich gentry, there is no famous person in the family to support you, even if you are pampered, you can't mess around! If you miss the auspicious time, it doesn't matter, if you miss the auspicious day, then won't the Shen family be laughed at to death?

But the bride's family is unwilling to persecute her daughter, so she just blindly persuades her......

The daughters-in-law who got on the sedan chair all flew, if this matter breaks out, the Shen family will lose face! The Li family was in a hurry, she was in Zhang Luo from beginning to end of this marriage, and she basically didn't ask the opinions of Qian's mother and son in the middle, and now that the marriage has changed, she is simply slapping her old face.

Li was furious, and immediately took his fourth son to the bride's house to discuss the law, but before the trip could be made, the bride sent someone to explain that she wanted to postpone the marriage for two days.

The matchmaker looked helpless, and explained with a smile: "Old lady, you are angry, it's like this, the bride occasionally feels unwell, vomits and diarrhea, and this wedding date has to be postponed for two days...... I watched the meeting, and it was a good day. When the time comes, I will send someone to greet my relatives, and I will marry the bride at the door, and the bride is a beautiful girl, and she is knowledgeable and courteous......"

Wang squinted his eyes and sneered: "Knowing the book and the gift can escape the marriage on the wedding day?" ”

was glared at by Li, and Wang stopped talking.

As soon as the matchmaker's words fell, there was a burst of laughter in the courtyard, and there was a cheap shout: "Isn't it a good day when the deadline is paid, and it happens that you are unwell, isn't it happy?" ”

The bride is happy before she passes through the door, how bad is that?

If it is an ordinary family, you must invite this kind of guest out of the house. But the old lady of the Shen family had the best face, so she had to turn a deaf ear at the moment.

But the old lady was so angry in her heart that she couldn't stop shaking.

The Shen family had no choice but to help the old lady to the hall to rest, and the banquet outside did not say that it was withdrawn, but it was not set up either...... After all, the cooks and helpers have been hired, the stove has been set up, and all the food has been bought, and the things can't be left for a long time in April, otherwise they will easily rot and deteriorate.

The guests waited there, as if waiting for the banquet to begin, and as if they were ready to see the excitement of the Shen family.

To say that there have been a lot of happy events in the Shen family in recent years, the imperial examination has been passed on with good news, and the third generation has also married one after another...... Let you have a small foot The old lady always likes to be in the limelight, and now she flashes her waist, right?

Shen Yongzhuo went out to investigate, and came back half an hour later to explain the situation to the sulking Li.

It turned out that the bride was not unwell, but she didn't know who she was marrying before marriage, thinking that the Shen family was full of scholars, and it was only on the wedding day that she learned from the matchmaker that she was married to the Shen family Saburo who was a coolie.

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