"Go on." Shen Peiwen urged.

The table full of cousins all looked forward to it, and it was rare for them to hear a man talking about a woman, not only interested, but also a girl who did not have spring?

Even the aunts at the next table were talking and doing things on their faces, and their ears were quietly pricked up, if Shen Kan said it well, probably tomorrow this passage would spread throughout the gossip circle of the entire Shenjia Village.

It's a pity that Shen Kan, who accepted it when he saw it, shook his head slightly, and said with a bitter face: "If you continue to say it, it's a big article, and the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers."

"Alas!"

The women were immediately disappointed.

"Okay then." Although Shen Peiwen was also disappointed, he still pointed to the seat next to him generously, "On the Winter Solstice Festival, my brothers and sisters can not help but share the same table." When you're full, talk to us. ”

You're fine, but what about me?

Shen Kan glanced at the old man with a weak heart, not wanting to reprimand himself. However, under the obviously deliberate smile of the eldest sister and the second sister, my heart was horizontal, and my heart said that I would not let me study, then I would simply be a prodigal, and it was better to be so angry that no one would bother to pay attention to me.

"Yikes!" Shen Peiwen was dumbfounded.

As soon as he thought of it, he saw that he really sat down in a grand manner, and Shen Shi and the others, who were making trouble with the brothers next door, suddenly stared at each other, Shen Kan's actions were too bold.

Fortunately, tonight is the winter solstice, and Shen Han and his wife are old and frail, and they are tired all day, so they don't pay attention to the movement here.

Shen Peiwen hurriedly gave way to the side, but out of self-esteem, he didn't dodge. Shen Peiwei covered her mouth and laughed, and said with a smile: "What are you hiding from when you let the fifth brother sit down?" What are your brothers afraid of?"

"Who is hiding?" Shen Peiwen was so angry that he stretched out his little hand to screw her, "Eldest sister is like a mother, are you still laughing at the dead girl?"

Glancing at his sister angrily, Shen Peiwen said seriously: "When I was a child, I also hugged him to feed him medicine and food, and even his words were taught by me."

"Really?" Shen Kan was very surprised, this was the first time he had close contact with the eldest sister since the crossing.

"Did you forget?"

saw Shen Peiwen's pretty face instantly revealing a sinister aura, narrowed a pair of beautiful eyes, and looked distressed, "When you first came, you cried and called your mother all day long, crying heartbreakingly, your face was pale, and you couldn't breathe, I was holding you and coaxing you, guarding you day and night." I knew you were ungrateful, huh!"

"Sister, I deliberately coaxed you, how can I forget?" Shen Kan said hurriedly, and at the same time, a warm current surged in his heart.

"Humph!" Shen Peiwen didn't slow down, and sneered, "Now that the fifth son of the Shen family has grown up and knows how to do things, who doesn't stutter?" I forgot about my sister who was not close to me, and it has been a whole year, and I can't even see a shadow. ”

At this time, Sun on the opposite table shouted softly, "Oops! Why did Brother Mu sit next to Peiwen?"

"He's been busy all day, he's almost hungry, the whole family is here, let him go." Zhou didn't take it seriously, she knew her daughter's love for Shen Kan better than anyone else.

It turned out that Shen Peiwen, who was so young back then, took the initiative to insist on taking care of a strange cousin who came from afar, which made Shen Han and his wife very happy, and praised her for being kind and sensible, and having the style of an eldest sister.

"All of them were boys, and the dishes were eaten quickly, and there were only leftovers leftovers, so Brother Mu was worried about the girls' table."

After all, staring at it under his nose, and how to know the character of a big child since he was a child, Sun also nodded and said with a smile: "That's it, I just said that he would become a swinger, but I don't know that there is really the unruliness of a Suzhou madman."

Sun turned his head, no longer paying attention to the children, and asked in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, how is Peiwen's marriage?"

"I'm worried." Zhou sighed lightly, "No one in our family has been promoted for many years, in contrast, there are more and more people in each family who are officials, and the family rank has become higher, do you think you will dislike us?" Although the Peiwen Peiwei sisters are not worried about getting married, their mother's family is weak, will they be wronged?"

"That's not going to be a good place." Sun pouted, "Everyone is a big family, nothing more than a little arrogant, can't stand setbacks, most of them are elegant, and they know how to take care of their mothers." is not like someone from a poor family, with a strange temper in his belly, and his temperament is as stubborn as a donkey. There are even some women who swear when they are poor, and once they make a fortune, they become lustful and unbridled, and the women who buy a room are not as modest as the children of everyone. ”

"That's a big shot and overturned a boatload of people." Zhou was amused by her, "It's nothing if you're not from a poor family, but after all, Peiwen is the eldest sister, and she will have to help her younger brothers and sisters in the future, so it stands to reason that she should marry into a good family." ”

The concubines here were talking about themselves, and the rest of the concubines couldn't interject, so they simply formed a pair with each other and chatted about gossip.

"You eat slowly, and no one will rob you."

Shen Peiwen loves his younger brother in the end, and after seeing Shen Kan apologize seriously, he showed a smile after a while.

The girls saw the hungry Shen Kan munching like a whirlwind of the clouds, which could be said to be an eye-opener. Fortunately, although Shen Kan ate quickly, he didn't look vulgar, otherwise, he would have to break up a table of people.

"Men, you have to look like you are eating, what does Si Swenwen do like a girl?" Shen Kan didn't forget to defend himself while eating.

"Makes sense." Shen Peiwen looked at him with a smile on his cheeks, "I knew I would have called you over first, seeing that you are eating well, we can also eat more." ”

"When people eat more, it is fragrant." Shen Kan stopped his movements contentedly and drank a glass of winter wine, "I didn't eat a drop of rice for a whole day, so I ate a few pieces of dim sum." ”

Shen Yu, who was not far away, secretly said to Shen Shi: "Big brother, look, who is the brother?" Little brother is holding for you!"

Shen Shi glanced at him and said unhappily: "It's not big or small, it's not too young, you can learn to instigate at a young age, bastard!"

Shen Hua also frowned, and Shen Qi lowered his head wryly when he saw this.

Here, Shen Peiwei suddenly said: "You are more funny and kind than before, unlike Shen Qi, you are a scholar in front of people, and you are a beast in the future."

Shen Peiwen looked at her in surprise, looking very surprised. Shen Kan frowned and said, "What's wrong with Shen Qi?"

"What else could have happened?" Shen Peiwei sneered.

Shen Kan saw that her face was red, and because she drank too much osmanthus wine, it was no wonder that she began to speak unscrupulously.

After drinking, I couldn't hide my thoughts, and Shen Peiwei said it intermittently at the moment.

Shen Kan's second uncle, Shen Jiamo, has only one daughter under his knees, and Shen Peiwei's mother Gan is older than her husband, has a loyal temperament, and is over sixty years old.

The custom of young men marrying eldest wives was widespread in the Ming Dynasty, and this marriage custom was popular in Huguang, Sichuan, Huizhou in Anhui and other places. At the same time, the custom of young daughters marrying older husbands only exists in Wuxing, Zhejiang.

Interestingly, these two marriage customs exist in the Shen family at the same time. It turned out that Shen Jiayou had vowed not to marry for the rest of his life in order to win the job, and later at the age of thirty, Shen Han and his wife forced him to marry the twelve-year-old Zhou.

And Shen Jiamou was because Shen Han wanted to go to the capital to take up his post, and his wife and eldest son had to be brought over, considering that there was no one at home to take care of him, he thought that the second son Shen Jiamo married the twenty-year-old Gan, and Shen Jiamo was only more than ten years old at that time.

In short, Shen Jiamo has been married for many years, and Gan's belly has not moved, but it is Zhou, who became married later, who gave birth to two sons and a daughter in one go.

Shen Peiwei, like Shen Peiwen, has been fond of poetry and books since she was a child, but the old-fashioned Shen Jiamo doesn't like her daughter to sing the wind and make the moon, he thinks that most of the talented and beautiful people in the past and present are because they are educated, and they often use poetry to get married in private, so that gossip spreads, is ridiculed, and corrupts the style.

Helplessly, he didn't allow his daughter to write poems, but Shen Peiwei loved it, and even though she was scolded repeatedly, she didn't change it. Several times Shen Jiamo bumped into his daughter who was chanting poetry, and there were a few big troubles about this, and the father and daughter were a little discordant.

Shen Peiwei's mother Gan is old, she gave birth to two children in middle age, and she has to raise Shen Zhuo wholeheartedly, and she has been in charge of family affairs for a long time, and she has been sick.

That year, Shen Jiamo met a woman in a green building on the Qinhuai River, although she couldn't compose poems, she could also recognize words, she was beautiful, had a charming temperament, and was better at serving and flattering on the pillow.

Shen Jiamo's head was hot at that time, and after being instigated, he simply spent money to buy the person back, renamed Jiao Niang, and put it in the room.

Within a year, this lady gave birth to Shen Kui. Shen Ju is very smart, although he is not as outstanding as Shen Ju, but he is about ten years old, and he has almost learned the four books and five classics.

Shen Qi is inconspicuous here, but he can speak well by Jinling's father's side, plus Shen Jiamo dotes on his concubine, loves the house and Wu, and loves his young son more and more.

Shen Wei Shen Zuo was also sent back to his hometown since he was a child, and he is a famous young talent, with a good temperament and no flattery, while Shen Kui inherited his mother's advantages and was good at playing clever to please his father.

Shen Peiwei sighed: "My father dotes on them too much, and he hates me everywhere, my mother is angry, and she has quarreled a few times, who knows that Shen Wei dared to help her father speak disrespectfully, and her mother was so sick that she became sick."

Shen Peiwen said angrily: "Why didn't you write to inform your family? Or call the third and fourth brothers back?"

"Alas!" Shen Peiwei smiled bitterly: "One is that the ugliness of the family does not dare to be publicized, the mother is afraid that the grandfather and grandmother will be angry, the second is unwilling to delay their studies, and the third is that the son does not dare to say anything about his father, what can he do if he goes back?" Don't you know that Shen Qi deliberately wants to be angry with his mother, so that he can straighten it out. ”

Straightening? Shen Kan frowned, Shen Qi didn't know, it stands to reason that the concubine is not qualified to straighten out.

The problem is that the ritual law is now abolished...

The second uncle is not an official, and at such an old age, he basically has no hope of being an official, if he waits for the death of the second uncle, he will be bent on promoting Jiao Niang to the steproom, who can control it?

Shen Kan doesn't understand much in this regard, he only knows that the qualifications of the son-in-law and the son-in-law to inherit the inheritance seem to be equal, but people compete for a breath of Buddha and receive a pillar of incense, which concubine has not thought of becoming a son-in-law? The right to inherit the status of a father is completely different from the status of society.

The issue of establishing a successor is a particularly important key to the ancient patriarchal society, and the core principle is "to establish a successor to be long, not to be virtuous; Standing is precious, not long". In other words, if they are all sons of righteous wives, then they should be elders, regardless of whether these sons are virtuous or not.

If they are all concubines, then it depends on whose biological mother's status is noble, not on age, which is called "the son is more precious than the mother".

But that was the principle of establishing princes in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is no longer useful to the people today, mainly depending on the will of the male owner himself, and whether the clan supports it.

Shen Kan didn't think that the second sister was right, Shen Kui's chances of success were too slim, because Shen Wei and Shen Kui were too good, like two insurmountable mountains, blocking Shen Kui's top.

But then again, the second sister's speculation is not entirely unreasonable, if Shen Kui really becomes a "sister-in-law", then with Shen Wei and Shen Zuo's personality and reputation in Shilin, it is indeed unlikely that he will compete with his younger brother for any family property, and it is very likely that he will live his life far away and give up the house and property to Shen Kui, which may be the ambition of Shen Kui's mother and son.

Shen Kan can't help this matter, and he can't do anything about it, first, it comes to other people's affairs, and secondly, Shen is older than him, and a cousin can't and shouldn't take care of it, and at the same time, he is not qualified to take care of it.