Chapter 262: The Dowry
In order to avoid the whole family from suffering, Master Shen expelled Shen Lian from the ancestral hall, but there are always many critics in the world who stand and talk without backache, and criticize this move, saying that he is ruthless and unjust, cowardly and afraid of things, which makes him under a lot of pressure, so he learns to borrow wine to drown his sorrows.
Therefore, the number of times Master Shen got drunk in the past half a year far exceeded that of most of his previous life, almost overdosing at every turn, and he would get drunk every time he drank...... This time was no exception.
Shen Mo helped up Master Shen, who was lying on the table, and put him on the bed, and heard him say vaguely: "My son, why haven't you come back......
Shen Mo was stunned for a moment, and after listening carefully to Master Shen's words, he heard words such as 'the wind is high and the waves are urgent' and 'this barbarian', and he couldn't help but feel very guilty...... I thought that the uncle had been kept in the dark, but it was obvious that he had already known Shen Jing's whereabouts through other channels, but he just kept pretending not to know.
Looking at Master Shen, who was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly, he had obviously seen his old age in the past six months, and he couldn't help but sigh silently, and said secretly: "It's not easy. ’
came out of the door of Shen's family and went to visit Uncle Tang again, but he was told by the Shaoxing Tongzhi who warmly received him that the prefect had gone out.
Shen Mo had no choice but to take out the signboard of the patrol press again and ask where the Tang Governor's Mansion went. Master Tongzhi had no choice but to tell him the truth and told him that Hu Zhongcheng came to ask and asked the Tang prefect to lead the army north to participate in the siege of the Japanese invaders.
"Or the Beixinguan gang?" Shen Mo asked in surprise.
"yes." Master Tongzhi couldn't understand it: "I don't know what kind of fame is up there, isn't it just one hundred and eighty fish caught in the net, as for such a teacher?" ”
Shen nodded silently, no longer discussing this issue, he also felt that there would not be much of a problem, after all, no matter how powerful the hundred and eighty people were, it was impossible to stir up a big storm.
Declined Lord Tongzhi to stay for dinner, and it was already evening when he returned home silently, and sure enough, he saw that the house was a lot quieter, but that Liu Lao Liu was still there, and the rest were all oily-faced people, and he couldn't help but wonder what kind of retention standard Chunhua was.
When I called the guards who came to stay, I found out that the spring flower girl likes to listen to good words, and if she gives her something yellow and white, she can stay. As for the person who left, either he spoke too badly, or he didn't have the money to pay for her, so there was a current candidate.
Shen Mo didn't want to blame Chunhua, because she was an illiterate rough maid, with a good heart, a wooden brain, and a greedy and cheap person, if she handed over such an errand, there would definitely be such a result, and after thinking for a while, he concluded: "So, it's not okay to have no hostess at home." ”
provoked the guards to laugh, it seems that the adults can't wait to marry Miss Yin and enter the door.
When it was dark, Dad and Shen An came back, and when they looked silently, there was a big bubble on the old man's mouth, and he couldn't help but feel distressed: "Why are you bothering?" How uncomfortable it is to get on fire. ”
"It's fine." Shen He picked up the teacup, drank a cup and said, "Your father and I are in pain and happy." He smiled and said, "Drove them away?" ”
Shen Mo nodded and said, "I won't leave a few left, but it's always bad to get rid of them all at once, so let's talk about it later." "Xin said that when Ruohan enters the door, let her pick it up, it will be fine.
"You can do anything." Shen He laughed happily: "I just know, don't let me be this bad guy anyway." ”
"Wiping his father's ass is the son's obligation." Shen Mo smiled without a big or small smile.
Shen He was so angry that his beard curled up and said: "Stinky boy, you are now Xie Yuan, the head of filial piety." Do you know what filial piety is? ”
Shen Mo grinned and said with a smile: "This is." ”
Shen He leaned back and laughed, accidentally choked and coughed. Shen Mo hurriedly went to pat his father on the back, and it took a while for Shen He to calm down. Shen Mo wanted to sit back, but his father grabbed his arm tightly.
Looking at his father silently, he saw that his face was full of pride and pride, and his eyes seemed to be a little red. The old man looked at his son carefully, and did not say a word for a long time, until finally he nodded heavily and said: "Be modest and cautious, don't be proud...... and let go of the silence, and pin his head to the side, lest his son see him crying.
Silent said, 'Can this be understood as you are always praising me?' He felt warm in his body and heart, as if he was happier than when he first knew about Zhongxiyuan.
Shen He secretly wiped away his tears, then turned around, took his son's hand and said, "Let's go, accompany my father and I will drink two cups." "Shen Mo smiled bitterly in his heart: 'My father-in-law asked me to accompany the wine, and my uncle also asked me to accompany the wine, and when I returned home, my father asked me to accompany me, and this is all three accompaniments.'
Chunhua did at least one thing right, that is, she left the cook, and as soon as the two sat down, a few side dishes were served. Although the color and flavor can't be compared, compared with the dishes in Luyuan and Xixi, the mood of the two of them is not wine and food...... is just a pot of fennel beans here, and the two of them are still happy.
In fact, Shen He's true colors did not change, and he didn't eat the dishes on the table, so he pinched his fennel beans. One by one, I put it in my mouth, and I have an endless aftertaste with a little wine, and the sourness is really crazy, but fortunately, I am used to silence, and I still think it is very interesting.
Shen He drank wine cup after glass, unlike Master Shen who borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, he was really happy, his son was in the middle of the solution, and the two great joys were connected together, and everyone was so happy that they couldn't sleep.
When he was excited, Shen He also hummed a self-composed song and said: "The beautiful scenery of a good day is just the right day, so who will enjoy it?" Whose courtyard is Shen's courtyard, rejoicing year after year...... "It can be seen that he can't be lifted, and there is a reason for that.
After being happy for a while, Shen Hecai said to Shen Mo about business: "Hurry Ming'er, let's go to the grave of your grandparents, make the old man happy, and then go to the Yin family the day after tomorrow to hire." ”
Shen Mo nodded and said, "You have the final say in this matter, I can do anything." ”
Shen He smiled and asked: "Then when are you going to get married, when you discuss it with your in-laws the day after tomorrow, I also have an idea." ”
Shen Mo thought for a moment and said, "What do you mean?" ”
"The sooner the better, of course." Shen He said: "According to the practice of previous years, I have to go to Yanjing at the end of October to catch the exam, and I don't know if I can come back in the Year of the Monkey." If you don't do this thing, how long will you have to drag Ruohan to others? ”
Shen Mo rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you very idea?" Why are you still asking me when? ”
"Asking you respects you, stinky boy." Shen He scolded with a smile: "Our Shaoxing side, we usually have a big gift, and we will get married in half a month to a month...... "As he spoke, he pondered there: "If you want to do the scenery, it's better to have enough time, then next month, pick a day in the middle of next month, what do you think?" ”
"Isn't it useful for me to say it's bad?" Shen Mo pouted.
"It's good to know." Shen He said proudly: "Even if you win the champion in the future, don't forget which of us is the parent." ”
The next day, when he went to pay tribute to his ancestors, Shen He took his son and carefully counted the dowry at home, and when he looked at the whole room of things, he couldn't help but say with a big head: "People don't have anything, why bother putting on this pomp?" ”
Shen He glared at him and said, "This is a dowry, nothing less." ”
Shen silently shrunk his neck, lifted the baskets covered with red silk, and couldn't help pouting: "Give me something decent, Dad, you are so stingy...... I actually got some mung beans and red dates, and grains to fill the number. ”
Shen He was furious at this time, and gave him a violent shudder: "The rabbit cub who doesn't distinguish between leeks and wheat, is there a higher score and incompetent Xie Yuanlang in the Ming Dynasty than you?" ”
Shen Mo hurriedly covered his head and said, "I'm joking with you, in fact, I understand, this is all symbolic." ”
"Not bad." Shen He nodded and said: "I have pondered repeatedly, the Yin family is a rich family, and it is definitely not uncommon to give anything, so we have to highlight the characteristics of our family." ”
"What are the characteristics of our family?" Silent asked.
"Scholarly family." Shen He said with a smug face.
"Our family is still a scholarly family?" Shen Mo was surprised: "I remember that the three generations were all cloth sellers, and only then did you change to study." ”
"You don't care about the original, just talk about the present." Shen He clapped his hands and said, "You go and inquire, see if Man Shaoxing can pick out the second one, all of them are from Xiucai or above?" ”
"If you say that, there's really no second one." Shen Mo spread his hands and said: "Everyone is a family of seven or eight people, how can they be as single as our two masters." ”
Shen He's old face flushed and said: "Anyway, the door is full of scholars, which many people can't envy, so let's use the method of scholars...... I deliberately flipped through the ancient books in this area, anyway, the dowry that has appeared from the Tang Dynasty to the present, as long as I can find it, I have got it. Saying that, he patted a coconut, and said with a smile: "For example, this, many people have never seen it, and I will definitely ask you when the time comes, Xie Yuanlang, what is this?" ”
"Coconut." Shen Mo rolled his eyes.
"Do you know what that means?" Shen He glared.
"There is a father and a son." Shen Mo spread his hands and said, "The book you read was bought from the bookstore." ”
(To be continued)