Shang Ping did not attend the next day's cultural meeting, he decided to take a day off, and he had to rush back to the capital on the tenth day of the new year.

This time, the time to return to the hometown was too tight, and many things were too late to be arranged.

So he didn't go to the cultural meeting, and naturally he didn't let Shang Mingjie go, because he wanted to discuss with Mrs. Shang to take him to the capital to educate him personally.

This news was a bolt from the blue for Mrs. Shang, Mrs. Shang and Shang Mingjie.

Old Madam Shang refused without thinking about it: "No! ”

Mrs. Shang Er came back to her senses from her stunned, looked at Mrs. Shang, and then at her husband, and felt that it was impossible for her husband to take Mrs. Shang back to Beijing when she was living in Suzhou.

Even if her son enters Beijing, she can only stay here to take care of her mother-in-law, so she lowered her eyes and didn't speak.

Shang Mingjie didn't want to go with his father, he still remembered the events of the previous year, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to do everything when he arrived in the capital.

Even if he wanted to take the Jinshi exam this year, it would not be this time to enter Beijing.

Shang Ping looked at his mother with a cold face with a headache, and he explained softly: "Mother, my son thinks that Mingjie is not too young, and when I enter Beijing with me, I can just instruct him on his homework and take him to meet a few more friends......"

"He has a gentleman in Suzhou," Mrs. Shang looked down at her son and said, "In terms of knowledge and connections, Mr. Lu is no worse than you." And you are an official in Beijing, and you are busy with official affairs, how much time do you have to teach him every day? Instead of tossing like this, it is better to let him stay in Suzhou and go to the capital when the exam is about to be. ”

Shang Ping was a little embarrassed to be said by his biological mother to be inferior to others, but who called her his own mother, Shang Ping could only smile and say: "My son knows, so when I get to the capital, my son will find another gentleman for Mingjie, and I will give him more guidance in private." Mr. Lu's knowledge is naturally good, but after all, it is the Lu family's school, and most of them are the children of the Lu family, he is so busy, he is afraid that he will not be able to take care of Mingjie. ”

"You can rest assured about this, Mr. Lu has a high moral character, and he will not hide his personal interests just because Mingjie is not surnamed Lu." Yesterday I rejected the marriage of the Shang Lin family, and today I want to take Shang Mingjie away, Mrs. Shang feels that her son is guarding against her.

Shang Ping had a headache, looked at Shang Mingjie, and asked, "Mingjie, you are so old, you have an idea for yourself." ”

Old Madam Shang frowned fiercely, couldn't help but patted the handrail and said, "He wants to make an idea for himself when he is older, you are older than him, do you also want to get an idea for this family?" ”

"Mother," Shang Ping hurriedly knelt down and said, "You know that the son doesn't mean this, the son is also for the good of Mingjie, if he can go to the capital one step earlier to make a name for himself, then the chances of being in the Jinshi scientific examination will be higher......"

Shang Mingjie also lifted his robe and knelt down, but it was aimed at Shang Ping, he bowed his head and said: "Father, I was about to tell you, I have made an appointment with my classmates, and I will go on a study tour after the New Year." In June, he went directly to the capital to take the Jinshi exam. ”

Shang Ping frowned, "What can I learn in just half a year?" ”

"I don't want to learn anything, just take a look at the mountains and rivers of my Daliang and the people of Daliang," Shang Mingjie raised his head and said: "There is also the rule of my Daliang." ”

Old Madam Shang immediately asked, "Who is going?" ”

"Lu Li, Lu Rui, Cui Hua, and Cousin Lin You also decided to go, as well as Senior Brother Qian Tao and Senior Brother Zheng who were on the Fuxue side before."

They are all children of people they know, and Mrs. Shang muttered: "It's not bad, where are you going to go?" ”

Shang Ping's eyes widened in surprise, "Mother! ”

He only has one son, how can he be allowed to go out to study, what if something happens along the way?

Old Madam Shang glared at him and said, "If the jade is not cut, isn't this what you often say, just let him go out to practice and experience, as long as he doesn't go to dangerous places." ”

Shang Mingjie immediately said: "It's not dangerous, it's not dangerous, others don't say it, how dare Cousin Lin You go to a dangerous place, so we set the place in the Central Plains, in fact, it is equivalent to walking slowly to the capital and walking around the capital." ”

Old Madam Shang became more and more relieved when she heard this, and immediately said, "Since this is the case, then you can start preparing." ”

Shang Mingjie was overjoyed in his heart, and happily turned around and kowtowed to his grandmother.

He thought that he would have to fight for a while, and even prepared a route to sneak out of the city, but he didn't expect his grandmother to agree so easily.

Shang Mingjie lowered his eyes and snickered, he knew that this time he was taking advantage of his father.

I don't know how his father offended his grandmother.

Shang Ping was even more bitter in his heart, knowing that his mother was probably angry because he politely refused the marriage between the two families yesterday, but even so, he shouldn't gamble with Mingjie's life.

Of course, Old Madam Shang would not gamble with Shang Mingjie's life, and the reason why she agreed was because Lin You was among the people who was traveling with her.

Lin You's importance in the Lin family is no less than Shang Mingjie, he is the only seedling in their family, if his widowed mother agrees with him to go out, then the route they set must be very safe.

The mother and son of the second room of the Shang family are fighting together, Shang Mingyuan doesn't know that he is happily taking his daughter-in-law and three younger sisters to Wenyuan to play at this time.

Xiao Fang's belly was already very big, Shang Mingyuan helped her and whispered: "You don't care about everything, just eat and drink by yourself, if you have something, look for Aunt Lin." ”

"Don't worry, didn't I get tired yesterday?" Xiao Fang looked at the carriage in front of him, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Did you say that the Zhou family that Aunt Lin said yesterday was for Danlan?" ”

Shang Mingyuan groaned: "I'm afraid that the Zhou family doesn't have that mind." ”

His second uncle is a fourth-grade official, his father is a dead man, but he has no interest, unlike the second brother who can study, and he can be a master in the future, Danlan's marriage......

Shang Mingyuan's face was a little red, and he whispered to her: "You quietly ask Aunt Lin, if the Zhou family doesn't mean that, you say that in fact, we can lower the conditions......"

In fact, other homes are also possible.

Lin Qingwan glanced at Xiao Fang's family with hatred, and said meaningfully: "I didn't choose the Zhou family, after all, I don't know if the Zhou family's kid has changed, but I just mentioned it in passing, if the Zhou family is interested, they will naturally come to ask me, and you will pick it again when the time comes." ”

In her opinion, Zhou Tongcai is not worthy of Shang Danlan.

The three sisters of the Shang family, if you want to be transparent, no one is as good as Shang Danlan.

Marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person is not just about the power standing behind her, in terms of the family, the Zhou family is not as good as the Shang family.

Mrs. Zhou may not understand the truth, can Zhou Tingshi still not understand?

Therefore, Lin Qingwan felt that Shang Mingyuan had no need to put his posture so low.

It's a pity that Shang Mingyuan doesn't understand the trick, but fortunately, Zhou Tingshi understands, and after returning home last night, he also communicated with his wife about the events at the meeting, so he naturally knew that Lin Qingwan intended to talk about his relatives.

Zhou Tingshi straightened his back and asked urgently, "Who does Lord Lin want to kiss?" ”

"The third sister of the Shang family should be the second daughter of the second room," Mrs. Zhou frowned and said: "It's just that I listened to what the ladies said, it seems that her mother is not very favored in the Shang family, and now the Shang family's chores are actually managed by the people of the big house." ”

"Confused, let you pick your daughter-in-law, why are you picking her mother?"

"Mother Xiao, of course you have to choose," Mrs. Zhou pouted: "What if she can't manage a family like her mother, our family only has one son." ”

There was a whisper: "And the mother is not willing to do anything in her parents' house, who will pay attention to her daughter-in-law when she goes back to her parents' house when she has something to do in the future?" ”

Zhou Tingshi turned his head to look at his stupid wife, sighed loudly and said, "Forget it, you don't care about this matter, tomorrow you serve your mother to the Wenhui." ”

"Huh?" Mrs. Zhou's mouth opened wide, "Mother, is my mother going to the Wenhui?" ”

"That's right," Zhou Tingshi said with a headache, "Let my mother go and talk to the county lord." ”

Mrs. Zhou was a little aggrieved when she heard this, and vaguely knew that she couldn't be the master of her son's marriage, although she couldn't be the master in the first place, but anyway, she got the news and came back to tell her husband, and then her husband would choose, but now she couldn't even participate in it.

Looking at her sad appearance, Zhou Tingshi couldn't help but say: "I don't think the Lord of Lin County is mentioning the second daughter of the second room of the Shang family, you follow your mother to learn more from her." ”

"It's not the second daughter, it can't be the concubine, right?" Mrs. Zhou's eyes widened, "Then how can my son marry a concubine?" ”

"Alright, alright, mother will find out tomorrow when she goes to see it." He paused and said: "The child's marriage is finally decided by us, and outsiders just give us a choice, if we don't agree to refuse, there is no need to be so entangled." This is said to be a constant temptation, choice, measurement, abandonment and re-election, and there is no one or two years that cannot be chosen. ”

"But Tong'er is so old, it will be a year or two ......"

Zhou Tingshi said indifferently: "It's okay for the boy to get married later, you see the children of the Lin family, the Shang family and the Lu family, who is the same age as Tong'er who got married?" ”

Although Mrs. Zhou was a little sad that she couldn't do the marriage of her son, she still respectfully served her mother-in-law to Wenyuan the next day.

Mrs. Zhou glanced at her daughter-in-law, her son had already come to her this morning, and her daughter-in-law was short-sighted, she knew it, but fortunately, she had no other shortcomings except for this shortcoming, and she also listened to their mother and son, otherwise she would really have no place to cry.

Obviously, this child looked very clever when he said he was married, but who knew that he was smart and stupid.

Fortunately, she has a long life, and she can help her son take care of the relationship between officials and dependents, but she definitely can't take care of her grandson, and she can't count on her daughter-in-law, so the selection of her granddaughter-in-law must be cautious.

Mrs. Zhou helped her daughter-in-law get out of the car, and as soon as she raised her eyes, she saw the gorgeous plum blossoms, and a cold fragrance came to her face, she couldn't help but smile, "It's really a good place, no wonder their literati are rushing to it." ”

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said: "If my mother likes it, when the weather is warmer, our family will also rent a yard here and invite relatives to come here to play." ”

Old Madam Zhou bowed slightly, "Okay, you can write down this matter." ”

Well, one of the biggest advantages of a daughter-in-law is filial piety.

Looking at her daughter-in-law who was happy in her heart, Mrs. Zhou held her hand and looked at Changxuan in front, "Let's go, let's go and meet the county lord." ”