At the end of April, Xie Yun'er's due date was approaching, and Shen Xi became a father for the first time, and the time to take care of the family gradually increased.

In the past, when Shen Xi returned home, most of the time he would go to the study to take a book and read it until bedtime, during which he would eat with his family at most, but with Xie Yun'er's big belly, Shen Xi would take time to spend more time with her, even if it was just to sit down and talk for a while, talk about general things in life, or get together as a family to eat fruit snacks, at this time Shen Xi would tell one or two light-hearted and humorous stories to make everyone smile from the bottom of their hearts.

Shen Xi wants to give Xie Yun'er the warmth of her family, the love of her husband and the support of her sisters, so that her first child can give birth smoothly, otherwise with today's medical conditions, it is almost impossible to have a dystocia section, and it will inevitably be one corpse and two lives!

Xie Yun'er is delicate, and she thinks more about many things than Shen Xi...... The midwife was prepared in advance, and the baby was prepared with small clothes, quilts, and even a change of diaper, but she did not plan to hire a nurse because she was going to nurse herself.

The maids in the family are all busy, except for Xiaoyu who stayed in the Lu family to take care of them, and the other maids are now staying in the Shen family, which is a big family. In the past, when we were in Changting County, everyone got along day and night, Xie Yuner was almost their "sister", knowing each other's temperament and similar age, Xie Yuner felt the same way when she gave birth to a child.

This is different from the mentality of Zhou's birth at that time, after all, Zhou's was a round older than them, and the maids were ignorant at that time, and they didn't think much about marriage, let alone getting married and having children. But now they are getting older, and they are all thinking about whether they have a place in the future.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Shen family is full of vitality, which is completely different from the lifeless situation on the Lu Mansion, they prefer to stay in the Shen family, and they seem to be in a happier mood.

As Xie Yun'er's due date approached, Lin Dai's obsession with Shen Xi became more, because she knew that if she wanted to get pregnant, it would be best to take advantage of Xie Yun'er's unborn life.

Because Xie Yun'er will not compete with her at this time, although Lin Dai still has the exclusive right for a long time after Xie Yun'er gave birth, but at that time, Shen Xi will focus more on the child and have no time to cherish her anymore.

Lin Dai is a scheming girl, she puts all her careful thoughts on how to win Shen Xi's favor, she also knows that in another year or two, Shen Xi will welcome Yin Wen into the door, and Lu Xi'er may also enter the door, at that time, she will no longer be able to dominate Shen Xi.

At present, Lin Dai feels that the most important thing is to give birth to a son before other women, if she gives birth to the eldest son in the family, even if her current status is a concubine, her status in the Shen family will be invisibly improved a lot.

The current situation is that it is difficult to say whether Xie Yun'er can give birth smoothly, even if she is born, the probability of a boy and a girl is only half, Lin Dai feels that she still has a chance!

Shen Xi was tossed by Lin Dai, he was getting older, his body was gradually maturing, and he unconsciously had more needs for men and women. It's just that he is a little helpless about Lin Dai's "excess", because Lin Dai at this time is completely a resentful woman in the boudoir who has an insatiable desire.

The family is ready to welcome the little life, and the imperial court has begun to arrange candidates for the two Beijing townships to test the curtain officials in the autumn season, Shen Xi has been the chief examiner from the beginning, whether it is the Ministry of Rites or ordinary scholars, they are coaxing him to become the chief examiner in any of the two capitals.

On this day, Shen Xi went to Xie Mansion to give Xie Pi a lesson.

Shen Xi came up with three questions and four book questions, Xie Pi did it seriously, and Xie Hengnu next to him was also writing, but he was silently writing the content of "Women's Training", Shen Xi picked up the book at random and looked at it, although Xie Qian was not a bibliophile, and there were no surprises in the books in his collection, but some of the historical materials were still helpful to him.

"Brother Qi, I'm done writing silently, can you see if there is anything wrong?" Xie Hengnu was a little distracted when he wrote silently, mainly because he couldn't look up at Shen Xi.

Shen Xi smiled and nodded, took the fine rice paper full of Juanxiu small characters in his hand, looked at it carefully, and found that there were some typos on it. He found them one by one, and finally smiled and said, "You must be serious when you write silently." ”

"You don't teach others, how can you be serious?"

Mixed with Shen Xi, Xie Hengnu occasionally played a little coquettish at this time, and now the Xie family has no objection to her reading and writing with Shen Xi, even Xie Qian seems to have acquiesced, and she slowly became bolder.

Shen Xi smiled: "You have learned very well, how can I teach you?" ”

Xie Hengnu blushed and said, "Seventh brother, you can teach me to write by hand." ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "You are not a beginner in writing, how can you do it by hand?" Okay, go recite a few more sentences, and I'll test you again before leaving. ”

"Oh."

Xie Hengnu pouted, his expression was a little aggrieved, but then there was a happy and satisfied smile on his face...... Regardless of whether she can get close to Shen Xi or not, as long as Shen Xi comes, it is her happiest day, only two days in a month can "meet the lover", this daughter always dresses herself up in advance and shows her most beautiful side to Shen Xi.

After Xie Pi finished writing the article and sent it to Shen Xi, Shen Xi was much more cautious when reading it, because this involved judging the quality of an eight-strand essay, which was tantamount to a rehearsal for the chief examiner of the township examination.

"Not bad."

After reading the three articles, Shen Xi nodded in approval, "It is more solid than the previous articles, but it is not comprehensive enough in terms of citation, and you need to read more Cheng Wen." ”

Xie Pi asked, "Isn't it true that Mr. doesn't advocate memorizing Cheng Wen?" ”

"If you don't advocate it, you don't mean you don't do it, you don't need to memorize the specific words in the Cheng Wen, but the way of its discussion, arguments, and arguments are something you must be proficient in." Shen Xi Road.

"No wonder I always feel that the article can't convince people, it turns out that the flesh and bones are not plump enough!" Xie Pi said suddenly, "Everyone else says that Mr. is the best candidate for the examiner of this year's Liangjing Township Examination. ”

Shen Xi coughed and said, "Don't compliment me, no matter whether I will preside over the Shuntianfu Township Examination or not, I will not leak any of the text of the exam questions." ”

Xie Pi nodded, but asked with a somewhat sly smile: "What does Mr. mean, the question you came up with now is definitely not the question of the future township exam that Mr. wants?" ”

Shen Xi thought of Cheng Minzheng's fate, so he had to shake his head: "I didn't say that." ”

Shen Xi knew that if he was officially appointed as the chief examiner of the Liangjing Township Examination, especially the chief examiner of Shuntian Mansion, he would no longer come to Xie Pi's house for tutoring. Now there are only more than three months left before the township test, and the rest of this time Xie Pi needs to sharpen his gun and continue to increase the accumulation of knowledge, and the anthology is indispensable when reading!

Xie Pi in history, he didn't pass the township test this time, but in Shen Xi's opinion, who can say clearly that Xie Pi will not stand out with his arrival?

This is the future Daming's Tanhualang!

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Coming out of Xie's Mansion, Shen Xi was about to go home and found his old acquaintance Yu Niang waiting for him at the mouth of the alley.

There are not many people who know that Shen Xi came to Xie Mansion to teach, and it is not uncommon for Yu Niang, as a secret agent of the factory guard, to know his whereabouts.

"Yu Niang, is there something wrong?"

Shen Xi didn't think that Yu Niang could bring him any trouble this time, because he was likely to become the chief examiner of the Liangjing Township Examination appointed by the imperial court, Liu Daxia had already performed his duties as the secretary of the military department at this time, and it was not yet the turn of a Hanlin official like Shen Xi to interfere in military and political affairs.

This change of personnel in the imperial court is a good thing for Shen Xi.

Liu Daxia is no longer in charge of the household department, and the big and small matters of the household department can no longer trouble him, because Yu Niang has not seen him for more than three months.

"The adults look more mature and stable." Yu Niang smiled and saluted.

"The way Yu Niang praises people is really unique." Shen Xi said with a smile, "Remind Yu Niang, I have been very busy with both business and private affairs recently, and I don't have time to gossip." ”

Yu Niang smiled: "First congratulations to Lord Shen on becoming a father." This time, the slave family came just to have a good time with Lord Shen...... I wonder if I can take a step to speak? ”

Shen Xi nodded, every time he saw Yu Niang, he always felt that she was arranging her own work, so she was a little resistant.

But this time, although he also knew that she would come to the door for nothing, Shen Xi felt that he was a little more confident now...... You can't let me, a Hanlin Wenchen who is about to serve as the chief examiner of the township examination, send him to the border to fight, right?

When he arrived at a nearby teahouse, Shen Xi found a place near the window and sat down, and Yu Niang also sat down after giving the salute, but he leaned towards Shen Xi, and at the same time lowered his head a little, not looking at Shen Xi to show respect.

“…… The slave family came this time, not for official business, but to remind Lord Shen of some important things. ”

Yu Niang's face was a little dignified, "The day before yesterday, the slave family heard that the household department was about to make some adjustments, first of all, to change the official ship grain transportation system in recent years, and the ...... behind the adults The Chamber of Commerce is still helping the Ministry of Households to transport grain, and the imperial court is afraid that all official ships will be nationalized at one time. ”

Shen Xi said coldly: "Has the imperial court ever allocated official ships?" ”

It is said that it is the official ship to transport grain, but in fact all the requisitioned ships are private ships, and now the imperial court has withdrawn the right to transport grain, and actually wants to take away the ships together, to put it bluntly, the household department is ready to take back the errand contracted out, but at the same time, it is also clever and reckless, turning private capital into official capital, and sweeping the entire chain of interests.

The weak eat the strong, and it is even more at the bottom of the kettle, obviously wanting the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to finish the game completely!

Yu Niang sighed lightly: "There are some things that can't be said with reason......

Shen Xi thought to himself, this is really a big truth, there are two official words, and businessmen can't reason with the government.

"Nothing but ships, right?" Shen Xi asked.

Yu Niang shook her head: "The slave family doesn't know for the time being, but I still have to advise Lord Shen, the Chamber of Commerce had better stay away from the official mansion earlier, many merchant families in the capital have collapsed because of the fall of Gao Shilang, I don't want Lord Shen's family and friends to be affected." ”

Shen Xi knew that Yu Niang might be targeting Hui Niang, so he immediately nodded to express his gratitude, "Thank you Yu Niang for reminding me, I will remind my family and friends when I go back, so that they can withdraw from this business as soon as possible, and ...... in the future." I'm afraid I'll never be doing business again. ”

Yu Niang finished talking about the matter, and finally mentioned it in passing: "...... I heard that Mr. Gao had visited Lord Shen, but I wonder if Lord Shen would help him? ”

Although Yu Niang just threw a vague look, it made Shen Xi can't help but shudder...... Gao Chong wouldn't have told Yu Niang about Shen Xi as a plan to join his relatives Zhang brothers in Gao Ming City, right?

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