Shen Qiutan's life in Zhuangzi has always had a price, and it is expensive.

Since the last time Wang Chongzhi happened, I thought that Old Marquis Shen would not ask the Chen family too much because of his weak heart, but I didn't expect that it was really a faceless and skinless person, not only did he not restrain but intensified.

From April to June, but in just two months, the Shen family has come five times, and with today's time, it is already the sixth time.

Before Chen Derun could speak, Mrs. Chen said: "Take people to the flower hall to rest, and ask the kitchen to clean up some food for him if he doesn't need to eat." ”

Her face was five points of contempt, five points of unhappiness.

Shen Qiutan sandwiched a pair of chopsticks and fried crucian carp into Mrs. Chen's bowl: "Grandmother, let's eat first." ”

After everyone ate, Shen Maomao quietly took Shen Qiutan's hand and pulled the person directly into his study. Since he was officially enlightened, Mrs. Chen specially set out a spacious, open, and well-lit room for him as a study.

"What's wrong, Maumo?"

"Sister, Mao Mao doesn't like the Shen family."

Shen Qiutan touched his little head: "I don't like it either, but after all, we are all surnamed Shen." ”

Shen Changzhen is still young, he can only say his instinctive likes and dislikes, but he doesn't know how to solve it, Shen Qiutan saw him frowning a little and looking serious, and couldn't help but smile: "Mao Mao concentrates on studying, and when you get the top exam in the future, the Shen family will listen to you, as for now, it's better to give it to my sister first." ”

"Really? The champion is so powerful? ”

Shen Qiutan nodded: "Of course." ”

Although studying is not necessarily for the imperial examination, for men, the imperial examination is undoubtedly the most preferred path if the preconditions permit, and the same is true for Maomao.

Shen Changzhen nodded, his little face was full of solemnity.

Uncle Chen personally met the steward of the Shen family, and this time they really didn't come to ask for money, but to take Shen Qiutan back to Beijing to live.

Because Shen Qiutong's wedding date has been set, it will be on the second day of August.

The reason given by the steward was that the dearest sister was married, and the ninth girl should go back to reunite with her sisters.

It sounds like there's nothing wrong with it, but it's impossible to ask Shen Qiutan to go back obediently.

Since Wang Chongzhi's incident, she has never returned to the Shen Mansion once, because she is afraid that once she goes back, that good grandfather will never allow her to come out again.

As long as he goes back, what awaits him must be the family affairs arranged by him.

Chen Derun only said: "Steward Shen is right, Qiu Tan's sister is about to get married, and she naturally stays in the capital to accompany her sister as a younger sister, but you also know that my niece's body is ......."

He put his sleeve in front of Steward Shen: "I just came back from Steward Shen, Steward Shen, you smell it...... It's all medicinal! For this child, my mother didn't worry a lot, just ginseng, deer antler velvet and other medicinal materials, I don't know how much to eat in a year...... If you really want to do the math, you can buy a Zhuangzi. ”

This steward can be surnamed Shen, naturally he is an old servant of the Shen family, and he is trusted by Shen Hong, and when he sees Chen Derun's painful face at this moment, he is somewhat empathetic.

The ninth girl has been thin since she was a child, and when she returned to the Shen Mansion several times in a short time, most of them were also said to be sick, and the famous one fell down when she saw the wind, and her body bones were naturally not good.

That is to say, the rich owner of the Chen family has a mountain of gold and silver, and he is willing to spend it on her......

"If the steward takes my niece back, then my mother's body is ...... money" Seeing the panicked look on Steward Shen's face, Chen Derun made persistent efforts: "I have been pampered by my mother for two years, and the food and clothing are only better than most of the girls from official eunuchs in Beijing...... I'm afraid it's ......."

"What are you afraid of? Uncle, what do you mean by that! The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the ninth girl was a money-spending, and the old marquis was the most distressed about money.

Chen Derun shook his head and sighed, as if he had something unspeakable, Manager Shen looked at it, touched his forehead again, and was already in a cold sweat.

"Do you think that's okay?" Chen Derun leaned forward and pulled in the distance between him and Steward Shen: "I told Yan Yan to prepare the congratulation ceremony and add makeup first, and then let Yan go back five or six days before the six girls of your mansion get married?" In this way, you will have the friendship between sisters, and you may reassure my mother. ”

Of course, when the time comes, the gift will be given, and then the illness will not go.

The Shen steward bowed deeply to Chen Derun: "In this way, thank you uncle!" "In this way, presumably the old marquis doesn't have to spend more money, and he is also satisfied, right?

Chen Derun politely sent the person away, and then turned around and said behind the curtain: "Come out." ”

"Haha, uncle is amazing!" Shen Qiutan's stomach hurt when he smiled, it turned out to be such an uncle.

She has grown so big, she has never seen someone more honest and pure than her uncle, and anyone who sees it will think that her uncle is a simple or even stupid person, who would have thought that he would be so clever......

Sure enough, it's my own uncle, great!

Chen Derun pinched her little face: "This time it's a fool, but it's not a long-term solution......"

She has grown up, and her appearance is getting better day by day, but how much can she and her mother manage her family affairs?

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The people from the Shen family were blocked back by Uncle Chen, how should they live their lives, but in the end they affected their mood.

Shen Qiutan was a little anxious, Zhuang'er and Hongdou inquired for a long time and got some sporadic clues, but it was still not enough.

It is not enough to hit the Shen family in one blow, and it is not enough for Shen Hong to break up the family.

And even if Shen Hong agrees to divide the family, his younger brother's age is not enough to start a household.

According to the Daning Law, a man can only start a household when he is ten years old, which is the same as the age at which men and women keep slaves and maids have their own private property, and Mao Mao is not yet four years old......

However, do you really have to wait for Mao Mao to grow up to ten years old before talking about separation?

Apparently impossible.

Shen Qiutan flipped through the file he copied in his hand, which was the introduction of the household registration chapter in Daning's "Ning Lu Shu Yi", and at the bottom of the page there was a line of small characters, clarifying the circumstances under which a man or woman under the age of ten could set up a household:

One is that both parents are dead, and there are really no relatives to take care of within the three clans, which means that all the people of the clan are dead, and there is only one child less than ten years old. The second is that if one of the parents has outstanding merits, and no one in the clan is willing to adopt, the court can come forward to adopt, or a single independent household, that is, for example, the father died in the war and made meritorious contributions to the country, but no relatives and friends have adopted him, and the children left behind, regardless of gender, can be re-established; The third is that the parents are not there, there are relatives to support, but the support is not good, if there is a respected person as a guarantor, you can also be a single independent household.

Of course, such as official households, workers' households, tribesmen, guest girls, miscellaneous households, etc., are not included.

Shen Qiutan thought that his current appearance was barely the third type, but the evidence of "poor support" was not enough, and the Shen family had always shown love for himself and his younger brother.

Moreover, you also need a respected guarantor.

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