After the New Year, although the spring cold has not decreased, everyone in the Shen family is in high mood and blood boiling, in such an atmosphere, the cold is a little far away from the Shen family, because the happy events of the Shen family are one after another.

At the beginning of February, the Shen family ushered in the first happy event after the beginning of spring: Shen An's was pregnant again. It turned out that a few days earlier, Shen An's appetite was weak, and her spirit was also a little wilted, she thought that she missed Shen Yuxian, and she hadn't come for a few days, so she realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered a doctor to come and see, but she diagnosed a happy pulse, although the days are still shallow, but there will be no mistakes.

Now the Shen family is lively again, Shen Yu's and Shen An's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are pregnant at the same time, and Shen Huashan and Shen Zejing are happy. Although Shen Yu felt embarrassed again, he also had to plan the housekeeper's affairs. Shen An's fetus is a little denser, and Shen Qingde is not yet a year old, so this body must also be well maintained.

So Shen Yu invited Shen Hu and asked her to help the housekeeper for a while, and then she returned to charge the housekeeper after she gave birth. Then let Shen Ning assist Shen Hu's housekeeper, all arranged one by one, she was about to give birth in less than two months, so this time would not be too long, Shen Hu also readily agreed, and after the beginning of spring, she also had leisure to come down, and the Tao was to let Shen Yu and Shen An's have a good life and recuperate.

It didn't take long for Xiangzhou, Jizhou and Luzhou to receive the good news, and at this time, Shen Yuxian had only returned to Xiangzhou for less than a month. In this way, I received the good news, thinking of Shen An's family, I also had a lot of thoughts, and I also wrote a letter to Shen An's in a numb manner, which contained thoughts and words such as "What is the fate of the neck for the mandarin duck, and the two sides soar together", so that Shen An's can concentrate on raising the fetus without remembering him.

When Shen Anshi saw the letter, he was naturally shy, and he recuperated with peace of mind.

The second happy event of the Shen family is that Shen Yuxuan and Shen Yuping have passed the examination of Guozijian, and together with Shen Zeru's two sons, Shen Yupu and Shen Yubai, they will study in Guozijian in the near future. Guozijian is the highest institution of learning for the great immortal apprentices, and it is a great joy to be admitted to Guozijian to become a Guozijian, and more importantly, Shen Huashan and Shen Zejing and others have not dispatched anything from it, it is completely based on the ability of the two people, it can be seen that they are really talented and learned, Shen Huashan is very satisfied, and gave the pen and ink of his youth as a gift to these two people, and expressed praise and expectations for these two grandsons.

Although Dayong stipulated that the children and grandchildren of Beijing officials above the seventh rank could enter the Guozijian to study or audit, as the number of officials' children increased, the number of places to study became tight. Guozijian, the people who study in it are the children and grandchildren of the officials of the dynasty, and they will get along well with each other in the future, and it will be a lot of convenience to do things, besides, Guozijian has almost brought together the top teaching talents in the country, needless to say, the ordinary teachers are also prestigious Confucians, and these people have a teacher-student friendship What kind of blessing is that; What's more, Guozijian also brings together the top scholars in Jingzhao and even the country, and it is foreseeable that many of these people will be important ministers of the court in the future.

This is a very low-cost political investment, it can be said that the place of Guozijian is intertwined with the family, in-laws, protégés, and old four big nets, no wonder the officials of Jingzhao have snatched their heads for the quota of Guozijian, relying on favors, borrowing relationships, money, etc., in order to let the children of the family enter the Guozijian that is their own tricks, so this regulation has become that the descendants of Jingguan above the seventh grade are eligible to enroll, but each family can not exceed three people, and before enrolling, you must pass an examination held by Guozijian, only pass this exam, can be regarded as a national son.

Shen Yuxuan and Shen Yuping passed this kind of exam. Shen Yuxuan was directly qualified for the exam because of Shen Zejing, and Shen Yuping obtained the qualification for the exam because of his grandfather Yin, but fortunately, these two people also lived up to expectations and got the quota of these two national students.

The Shen family set up a few more tables of banquets because of this incident. Because Shen Yuwen and Shen Yutao returned to Jingzhao for a short time, they didn't have time to participate in the examination of Guozijian, according to Shen Huashan's meaning, the two of them also entered Jingzhao Guanxue while adapting to Jingzhao's life, Jingzhao Guanxue is worse than Guozijian, but there are also many famous Confucian masters, compared to Lingnan, it is much better, Shen Yuhong also studied Jingzhao Guanxue back then, and is considered the same senior brother of Shen Yuwen and Shen Yutao.

Shen Yuhong also went to find these two cousins and taught them how to survive in Jingzhao official school, such as which gentleman is strict and unkind, which master is easy to talk and negotiable, what places in the official school can not go, and where are the scholars often go, all kinds of things, listening to Shen Yuwen and Shen Yutao, they nodded frequently, and desperately kept these points in their minds, so as not to go to the official school and blacken their eyes, and secretly grateful to this cousin.

The third happy event of the Shen family is related to Shen Yuhong, in fact, it is not a happy event, that is, the Shen family has made a decision to start a family, Shen Yuhong's marriage process has taken another step forward, and the rest will wait for Cheng Yanyan and Lu to agree on the date of marriage, which is not in a hurry. So Shen Yuhong lived a very comfortable life, muttered a few words with his cousin Shen Yuyi, arranged things like a stream, and the rest of the thing was to study and prepare for next year's spring.

There is another thing that has also caused discussion among the Shen family, and in Shen Ning's opinion, this can be regarded as a great joy. In February, Yan Shang, Batang Shu Shen Zexue, Hu Shi An Hetang and others returned to Jingzhao from Xining Dao, they had been gone for a few months, and they did not even come back for the Chinese New Year. When they came back, they brought back a lot of local items from Xiyan and Yunnangui, and even Shen Ning got a few packets of sour bamboo shoots. Duck soup with sour bamboo shoots?

Shen Zeyuan and Shen Hu were very happy, watching the fatigue of the group, busy letting them rest first and then talk about this trip to Xining, Shen Hu even thought of what items to let An Hetang and the others bring back to their parents' homes when they returned to Jiangnan.

As usual, in Shen Huashan's study, Yan Shang and his party told Shen Huashan and Shen Zeyuan about Xining, and they really gained a lot from going to Xining. Shen Zexue took out a map, according to the fine tradition of the Shen family, he also put relevant instructions on this map, marking the things in Xining Road in the area of Yunnan and Guizhou, the commercial markets that passed, the towns with lush transactions, the ferries with a large number of ships, merchant families, etc., and even the economic pillar industries in some places were marked, which was one of the harvests; Second, the group witnessed the establishment of the Tea and Horse Division, and secretly funded the construction of the Tea and Horse Division, of course, this matter was not concealed from the History of the Tea and Horse Division, so they also maintained a good relationship with the History of the Tea and Horse Division, and the money dispersed for this reason was not concerned; third, visited several major merchant families in Xining Road, exchanged famous posts, and agreed to communicate with each other; Fourth, a trading agreement was signed with the Xining Dao Tea Merchants Association and the Pharmaceutical Merchants Association, agreeing to transport 300 catties of April new tea and 500 catties of June medicinal materials, including Yuanzhi, rhubarb, salvia, Zhimu, etc., to Xining on time for the first cooperation.

These few things, one is more important than the other, I didn't expect Yan Shang and others to have such a harvest in less than half a year, it is really amazing, Shen Huashan and Shen Zeyuan are very satisfied, especially the transactions with the Tea Merchants Guild and the Medicine Merchants Guild, although the number is very small, but this is a good start, as long as there is a beginning, everything will be easy to do.

The next thing is not within the scope that Shen Huashan is familiar with, so he told Shen Zeyuan and Yan Shang and others to go down to discuss, and be sure to arrange the relevant follow-up matters properly, a few days later, when Shen Zexue and An Hetang's people were ready to return to Jiangnan, he also personally wrote a greeting letter for An Hetang's people to bring to Hu Butu, and the letter praised Shen Hu's family.

Shen Ning only vaguely knew that Yan Shang and the others had gained a lot, and Shen Hu had inadvertently revealed a few words to her, so she was naturally happy, thinking that with the business talents of the second uncle and Yan Shang, these things would be arranged. So she also turned her eyes elsewhere and gathered with Shen Mi, Shen Yao and other sisters to celebrate.

It turned out that Shen Wan was almost seven years old, and after the New Year, Shen Yu sent a message to allocate a small courtyard near Bihe Courtyard to Shen Wan, and it had been repaired at the beginning of February, and Shen Wan was preparing to move in these days. Shen Wan had already thought of the name of the new courtyard, and asked Shen Zejing to inscribe it, and now the three words "exquisite residence" have been made into a plaque and are hanging firmly on her new residence.

When Shen Wan moved in, Shen Ning, Shen Mi, Shen Yao and others all went to Jingqiaoju to congratulate in person, Aunt Li and Aunt He were also there, although Shen Yu's, Shen An's and Shen Hu's didn't come in person, but they also gave gifts, and Shen Hu's also asked the big kitchen to make a table of banquets, so a few little girls and two aunts were also very lively together.

The most unique place of Jingqiaoju is that there are a lot of Shen Wan's own woven gadgets inside, Bogu shelf, the windowsill, and the coffee table are placed on a few of these gadgets, take a closer look, the vase is also weaved, but it also looks very interesting, the main hall of the room hangs Shen Ning's couplet: "The heart is clever into the universe" and "the hand is fine for mountains and rivers", the name of Jingqiaoju is very appropriate.

After a few months of getting along, the maid and the maid who had been prepared before were also familiar, and Shen Wan also named the two personal maids rice stalks and reeds, and these two names were really ...... It's speechless, it's all woven materials, it's really named according to the material, Shen Ning and Shen Mi couldn't help but laugh when they heard the names of the two maids.