Chapter 2: There is nothing to be done

"Sister, have you been hooked?"

At night, Sheng Mingzhu and his sister Lingzhu slept together, and the doctor said that someone had hooked the soul and needed to take a girl under the age of seven to calm it. Lingzhu is ten years old, and she is young, only eight years old. I didn't have to find a seven-year-old girl for the time being, so I took it to the top.

"Mr. said that people are heavier than Mount Tai and lighter than Hongmao", Sheng Lingzhu said with a milky voice, "Sister doesn't read, can't read, Mr. said that this kind of person has no thoughts, and people without thoughts are useless people." If I sleep with you, you will have thoughts, and I am willing to share half of my thoughts with my sister. ”

"Take it, take it!" Half of you are half of a fool.

Sheng Mingzhu turned her head, biting her fingers again, remembering those residual dreams, the soft belly of the little ball behind her was still attached to herself, and she thought of the rotten meat for a while, and her heart was shocked and jumping. Sheng Lingzhu stretched out her little fat hand to put her sister's thin waist, and her mouth was slightly open to spit bubbles and play.

"Lingzhu, what do you usually like to do in Clan Studies?" Knowing one's own situation and that of the enemy.

"I love to read."

Sheng Mingzhu frowned, "What about besides reading?" "The first lady is not always a nerd.

"Nope."

"Don't you play with Xiao Cheng'er?" Xiaocheng They are people from the Sheng family, and they are all studying in the clan. Mingzhu is not the same age as them, and she doesn't play often, she thinks Lingzhu will have a good relationship with them.

"I love to read and have fun reading. Xiao Cheng'er, they scolded me and was unhappy. Sheng Lingzhu looked at the palm of his hand, "I also snatched the purse that my mother gave me, and grabbed the little silver beans in the purse." "The little silver bean is the pocket money that Yun Niang gave her, Mingzhu sank her eyebrows after listening to her, unlike phoenix eyes, she was born with sword eyebrows, and when she was angry, she looked a little majestic.

"Are you stupid? They eat our family's food and drink our family, and you are still bullied by them, let me tell you, if someone robs you again in the future, will you not beat him? ”

It's useless for her to be in a hurry, but the emperor is not in a hurry. Lingzhu was sleepy, pinched her clothes, "Mother said that I will steam zongzi tomorrow to eat......

He fell asleep with a muttering voice.

Mingzhu held her breath, and the villain behind her was no longer moving, so she turned her head to look back. The weather is hot, and even if you put the ice basin in it, you can't get rid of the heat, especially if two people sleep together. When Lingzhu was born, she was three years old, and the little girl who was used to being spoiled alone hated the little pink dumplings in Yun Niang's arms at that time.

I don't think that ugly thing is my sister, so I have to let Yun Niang throw it on the street.

"No......" She looked at the Lingzhu with an indistinguishable expression, and she couldn't see the clever words in the dream. She reached out and pinched her face, and the slender sticky saliva pulled directly onto her hand. Mingzhu was disgusted, wiped her hand directly on her sister, turned her head and fell asleep.

——

Sheng Mingzhu has been sick in the past few days, and the small courtyard that was originally neglected has gradually come and gone.

The mother of the Sheng Mansion, Song Shi, is five years older than Sheng Qian, twelve years older than Yun Niang, and has no children under her knees. The people in the house were all newly used by Sheng Qian when he came to merge the state, and he didn't know the situation of the old mansion in the capital, and he didn't know the old situation of the Song family and Sheng Qian. I only think that the young and beautiful Aunt Yun is more promising.

It is also true that when Aunt Yun first came to the house, when the eldest lady was just born, she had to do a lot of grace. It's just that I don't know when the old man doesn't come to this lakeside building for a long time.

"The new Yunjin in Hangzhou, do you like it?" I didn't accompany my daughter for half a month, and she was seriously ill, so Sheng Qian had to take some good things to coax.

"I don't like it, I'm upset."

Sheng Mingzhu was annoyed, most people would not take the dream seriously. She was also at the beginning, and after waking up from the dream, everything in it became a mysterious thing. But when one thing came true, she began to fear that everything would come true. But the brain has a bad memory, pinching the head and removing the tail, and the dream is not completely remembered.

If it is placed on Sheng Lingzhu, she is careful, and she loves to talk, and she will definitely take a pen and paper to record it.

"What's the annoyance? If you're bored, Daddy will take you out tomorrow. Where do you want to go? ”

She didn't want to go anywhere, Sheng Mingzhu turned her head. Sheng Qian saw that his daughter ignored her, and thought that he had done something wrong, which was quite pitiful, and he didn't see a bit of officialdom style.

The subordinates who can see the appearance of the master are no strangers. The eldest lady is the eldest daughter of the old man, and she has grown up riding on the root of his neck since she was a child.

In contrast, the second lady seems to have picked it up. That's what the family says, and so do the outsiders.

Lingzhu is young, and most of his intelligence is also used in reading, and he doesn't know the comparison between his subordinates. Now she is holding this historical record in her hand, pestering Yun Niang to read her some words she doesn't understand. It's just that she doesn't understand, and Yun Niang doesn't understand it anymore.

"Alas," Lingzhu sighed, "This world is full of blind eyes. The tone followed the gentleman of the clan, Mingzhu heard it from afar, and there was another blow in the chest. She couldn't remember clearly, but she remembered that Lingzhu was later called Mr. Ming Ai. The people who block the city have no ink on their chests, and their eyes are very hard.

"Dad, I want to go to the clan to learn how to read and write." She raised her chin and looked at Sheng Qian seriously.

Mingzhu knows how to read, but she doesn't like to learn. Listening to Lingzhu's words, she didn't want to be a spicy-eyed person, and secondly, whether the things in the dream were true or false, she lived like a plaything, partly because she was like a straw bale. A dream scene suddenly popped up in my mind, like Yangzhou in March with fireworks in Sheng Qian's painting.

Na Sheng Mingzhu was above the shipyard, and next to her was a man in a red trimmed robe, and his appearance was not real. Several people wrote poems, all of them were characters with heads and faces, as well as noble ladies from upper-class families. Because she couldn't answer a word, she was drunk by everyone. The scene was very ambiguous, and the man in the black robe fed with his mouth.

She didn't know what that pearl felt, but she only felt depression and disgust in her heart.

There is no road, and it is still dark ahead.

"Why did you suddenly think of this?" Sheng Mingzhu's lazy mansion is well known, Sheng Qian doesn't know his daughter, and touched her little face, "Is it really too boring in the mansion?" It didn't take long to leave, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You like to play with your cousin on weekdays, but there are a lot of things to do these days, so you can't go there." But Daddy can take your cousin over, what do you think? ”

Sheng Mingzhu shook his head, "I want to go to the clan study, I want to take the female champion." ”

Sheng Qian was stunned for a moment, laughed for a moment, and couldn't help rubbing her hair, "What a big ambition." "When Da Wei began to enter the customs, he was not surnamed Wei, but his surname was Tuoba. Later, in order to integrate into the Han people, he changed his surname to Wei. At the beginning, there were female champions in Dawei, and there were even female generals. But the Han people are different from the outsiders after all, the long-term male superiority and female inferiority, the Tuoba people did not change the Han people, but let the Han people gradually influence the Tuoba people.

It's not that women are not allowed to take the top exam, but in the past 50 years, no woman has ever entered the examination room.

"I want to be the top student too." Lingzhu on the side suddenly said something.

Sheng Qian's hand was slightly stunned, but he ignored her and continued to talk to his eldest daughter. Yun Niang saw it, hugged her little daughter into her arms, and pulled a zongzi from the basket next to her to feed her, Lingzhu swallowed two bites, and hugged her arm, a little uncomfortable.

"If you want to take the female champion, your father won't stop you. It's just that Mr. Bingzhou is not good, and when you return to Beijing, Dad will ask the best Mr. Xixi to teach you. Sheng Qian said, "Good girl, my father has to deal with the affairs of merging with the state recently, and if he can't return to Beijing in time to report on his work, it will be a big trouble." ”

Sheng Mingzhu really wanted to pester her father not to go to the capital, but how old the Beijing official is, if she doesn't go, she doesn't say that she will lose money or not, and it's not good just for a dream. But she was not at ease in her heart, and said in Sheng Qian's ear, "Daddy, you came to see me secretly tonight, I have something to tell you, it's very serious." ”

It's serious.

Sheng Qian looked at his daughter's serious face, tightened his face, and nodded equally seriously.

——

After leaving the lakeside courtyard, Sheng Qian went to find the Song family.

To return to the capital within a month, not to mention how long the road is delayed, just dealing with the merger of state affairs is heartbreaking. There are also large and small case files in the state government and the summary of the prefecture records and townships and counties below the prefecture, as well as some official relationships. In addition to these, there are also acres of land and shops in the state.

Sheng Qian has read the letter from home, and it is estimated that it will be impossible to go back in the future, and all of it will be converted into cash.

"Brother Qian, is there anything wrong here?" The Song family is much older than Sheng Qian, and he always calls him Brother Qian, not a husband and wife, but like a brother and sister.

She looked at it with one look, and Zhou, who was waiting in front of her, took the tea cup and presented it to Sheng Qian in person, "Master use it slowly." Then he glanced at Song, took the tray and cautiously withdrew, and pulled the door open for the two from outside.

Sheng Qian took off his hat, the weather was hot, and he was sweating. Song shook his head, took out a handkerchief from his waist, and approached Sheng Qian.

Song's health is not good, he has been taking medicine for many years, and he has a strong smell of medicine. Sheng Qian turned his head to dodge, Song was stunned for a while, and quickly tucked the handkerchief back into his waist, the smile on his face remained unchanged.

"In the past few days, the big and small things in the house need you to work hard." Sheng Qian took a sip of herbal tea, and as if he remembered something, he said, "There is also the matter of ethnology, the ancestral hall is according to the original specifications, and there is no need to build it again." The gentlemen's tie fees will be paid by the end of this year. ”

The Song family was a little puzzled and persuaded, "We just left and cut off the money here, I'm afraid that people will think that our Sheng family is not close to people." ”

"It's the Sheng family's money, and I don't have to support idlers."

Sheng Qian's decisions have always been like this, and after saying it, others will not refute it. After that, there was silence, and Song wanted to find some topics, and Sheng Qian responded. After a while, he still had to leave, so Song sent people to the door and stared at the door for a long time.

Zhou came out from the side and probed out, "Why didn't you stay for a while?" ”

"Got something to do?" Song turned around, walked towards the house, turned his head again, and said softly, "Gai Ming'er informed Ma Liu'er that in the future, the people from the side branch will ask for money at home, and don't give a word." Zhou's head was full of touch, and Song continued, "You also let them pay attention to it on weekdays, although that little one is not loved by Brother Qian, in the end it is his daughter, if it goes too far in the future, don't blame me for not being merciful." ”