On the first day of the fifth month, the weather was sunny and sunny, and early in the morning, Lin Qingwan packed the six rites used for apprenticeship in a basket and took Lin Yubin to Qingfeng Mountain to apprentice.

The Lin family's courtyard was very close to Qingfeng Mountain, so they only went out when the sun was shining, and when they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they happened to run into the Shang family's carriage.

Shang Mingjie, who was walking beside the Shang family's car, immediately turned his horse's head and came back to greet them, "Aunt Lin, cousin, you also came so early." ”

Lin Qingwan opened the curtains and asked with a smile, "Why are you here, didn't your mother come?" ”

Shang Mingjie scratched his head and smiled: "I also want to apprentice, so I came, my mother was in front, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law also came." ”

As soon as the words fell, Shang Mingyuan also rode over to say hello, "The old lady wanted to make an appointment with my aunt in advance, and the two families will set off together, but my aunt said that my aunt lives near Qingfeng Mountain, and she must have left early, and saying hello will cause trouble for you." I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, but the two of us still met. ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "This apprentice also pays attention to auspicious times, and we came too early to cause trouble to the master's family, so we took the time to go out, so it is difficult not to meet it, so why bother to meet in advance?" ”

Indeed, those who came to apprentice today were blocked at the door of the Lu family's school.

The Lu family specially dispatched two stewards and grandmothers to entertain the guests, and the second Mrs. Shang got down from the carriage and came over to greet Lin Qingwan with Danzhu's hand, "Yubin is really beautiful today." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled lightly: "It's just that the clothes are neat, and there is not much difference from the past, it should be that the weather is good today, and the second wife is in a good mood, so everything looks good." ”

The girls who came today are all brightly dressed, after all, it is an apprenticeship ceremony, and it must be more solemn.

Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin also changed into new clothes, but they were still plain, and there were only the original dark lines of the fabric on the clothes, not even a flower.

Lin Qingwan only has two beaded flowers and a simple wooden hairpin on her head, while Lin Yubin only has a plain head rope and a beaded flower on her head, which looks a little abrupt among the people dressed up.

When the two got out of the car, the girls and parents waiting at the door couldn't help but look over, but the two aunts and nephews, one calm and confident, the other beautiful and delicate, looked directly at the people who came over generously, neither humble nor arrogant, and everyone couldn't help but bow their heads slightly after looking at each other.

After hearing the greeting of the second Mrs. Shang and knowing the identities of the two, he didn't dare to despise them.

Not to mention that one of their aunts and nephews is now the county lord and the other is the county lord, and the Lin family's prestige in Jiangnan is worthy of everyone's respect.

So everyone quickly got out of the way and put the two of them in the first place.

Seeing Lin Qingwan greeting people with a smile, Second Mrs. Shang couldn't help but clench her hands in annoyance.

Again, whether it is the Shang family or the Zhao family, whenever they meet the Lin family, they will be second every time, and it was just when Lin Jiang was alive before, but now he is dead, and his sister and daughter are still standing on her head.

In addition to the people with foreign surnames who came to apprentice, there were also people from the Lu family and the Shi family, and it should be said that except for Cui Rong and Lu Ling, other people who wanted to apprentice were waiting at the door.

Shang Mingjie also wanted to join in the fun here, but today was also the day of his apprenticeship, so he was dragged by Shang Mingyuan to the Lu family before he could move forward.

"That's all women, what are you going to do?" Shang Mingyuan taught him in a low voice: "Be careful of being beaten out as a disciple." ”

"I just want to see my sisters apprentice."

"You take care of yourself first, it's easy to pass Mr. Lu's assessment, if you are turned away from the door wall when you are late for apprenticeship, see if your mother doesn't break your legs." Shang Mingyuan's eyes rolled, and he lowered his voice and said, "Don't think I don't know that you want to stay there to see Cousin Lin." ”

Shang Mingjie blushed and walked with his head down without saying a word.

Shang Mingyuan coughed lightly, leaned over to him and whispered: "Don't blame the eldest brother for not reminding you, the second aunt doesn't like Cousin Lin very much, you come to Cousin Lin's side, be careful that the second aunt is angry with Cousin Lin." ”

Shang Mingjie frowned slightly, "My cousin is gentle and kind, and she has always respected her elders, why doesn't my mother like my cousin?" ”

"Naturally, it's because your cousin's surname is Lin."

"This is even more unreasonable, they are all relatives, our family and uncle have always been close, my aunt died, my uncle even entrusted my cousin to our family to take care of, how could my mother not like my cousin's surname Lin?"

Shang Mingyuan sneered: "That's because the second aunt is not surnamed Shang, her surname is Zhao." ”

Shang Mingjie pursed his lips in displeasure, a little unhappy that the eldest brother said this about his mother.

Shang Mingyuan asked, "Then you say, does the second aunt really like the Lin family?" ”

Shang Mingjie bowed his head and did not speak.

"Why are you afraid to admit it?" Shang Mingyuan sighed and said, "I think you will stay away from Cousin Lin in the future, anyway, your family affairs are not counted." ”

Shang Mingjie was stunned and asked, "Relatives?" What's the matter? ”

Shang Mingyuan was excited in his heart, but said with a flat face: "What kind of family affair can it be, naturally it is your and Cousin Lin's family affair." When my uncle was still there, the ancestor wanted to marry you, and your mother agreed, and specially picked a jade ruyi and took it to the Lin family to make a decision, but there was one condition. ”

Shang Mingjie's eyes widened and asked, "Then I and Cousin Lin are married?" ”

Shang Mingyuan couldn't help but roll his eyes, is this the point?

"No," he said angrily, "Didn't you say it, the second aunt has conditions." ”

Shang Mingjie frowned, "What conditions?" ”

"The second aunt asked the Lin family to hand over all the family property to the Shang family, and in the future, Cousin Lin married and carried it directly to the Shang family as a dowry," Shang Mingyuan shook his head and said: "It's just that at that time, my uncle had already made a statement with the emperor and said that he wanted to donate the family property, so the matter was over." ”

Shang Mingjie staggered twice and asked blankly, "How could my mother make such a condition?" ”

"What's this, your cousin Lin's family has a lot of wealth, and it is rich enough to rival the country, how many people are red."

Shang Mingjie was angry and sad, his eyes were red, "Then, what about my cousin." ”

"Alas~" Shang Mingyuan sighed: "It's not a success, it's not a success, at that time, my uncle replied that the family property had been donated, but he would also leave a rich dowry for Cousin Lin. ”

Shang Mingyuan squinted at him and said, "The old ancestor was angry at the time, so he didn't reply, but the second aunt didn't agree, and asked me to bring Yu Ruyi back." ”

Shang Mingjie's heart was broken, and he squatted on the ground uncomfortably and didn't speak.

Shang Mingyuan was taken aback, he wanted to take the opportunity to provoke the mother-son relationship between his cousin and his second aunt, but he didn't want him to have an accident, today is a big day for apprenticeship, if he can't worship the old ancestor and ask......

Shang Mingyuan immediately squatted next to him and whispered: "But then the ancestor regretted it again, and asked me to leave Yu Ruyi to the Lin family, although the relationship between the two of you has not been decided, but there is already a token, it depends on whether your mother loosens her mouth......"

Shang Mingjie raised his red eyes, looked at him seriously and asked, "Really?" ”

"Really, it really can't be true anymore, if you don't believe it, go ask Aunt Lin, she must know about this matter, but if your mother doesn't agree......"

Shang Mingjie bit his lip, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "I will definitely convince my mother." ”

Shang Mingyuan sneered in his heart, if the second aunt could be convinced, he would screw his head off and sit on a stool.

After more than half a year of observation, he found that the Zhao family's hostility towards the Lin family was more than a little bit, and it was not much different from the enemy family.

He didn't believe that his second aunt would let his only son marry the "enemy".

Shang Mingjie had already eased his emotions, and with a tear, he strode to the flower hall to meet Mr. Lu.

Lu Su was frowning a little when he saw that people were not coming, and when he heard the footsteps, he looked up and saw Shang Mingjie coming in with red eyes, and couldn't help frowning and asking, "What's the matter, have you cried?" ”

Shang Mingjie bowed his head and said, "Meet Mr., the students are some gentlemen and classmates who are reluctant to study." ”

Lu Su loosened his brows, bowed slightly, and said: "Although you have left Fuxue, Qingfeng Mountain is not far from Fuxue, and you will often go back to see you in the future, why is the manly husband crying?" ”

"Yes, students are taught."

Shang Mingyuan was dumbfounded, when would his innocent cousin tell lies?

At this time, the female dependents and female students who were at the door were welcomed into the door. Shi Xian and Shi Hui and another gentle lady were standing at the door of the flower hall to greet them.

Lin Qingwan guessed that she was another gentleman of the female school, Mrs. Lu.

Sure enough, when Shi Hui introduced her, she said, "This is my second brother and sister, and my maiden name is Jin." ”

Lin Qingwan immediately greeted her, and Second Lady Lu slightly evaded: "The county lord doesn't dislike it, just call me Sister Jin, listen to my sister-in-law, you and they will be worthy of being sisters." ”

"Then Sister Jin don't call me the county lord, just call me Qingwan or Sister Wan like Sister Hui."

"I'm much older than you, so I'll call you Sister Wan." It's really Lin Qingwan who is too young, almost the same age as their children.

Lin Qingwan asked Lin Yubin to come forward to greet her, and Second Mrs. Lu introduced her sister-in-law and nieces to Lin Qingwan and Lin Yubin.

This time, the Jin family also sent two girls to study, one named Jin Shuang and the other named Jin Xue, who are cousins.

Cui Rong and Lu Ling also ran out of the back hall to play with Lin Yubin, and introduced her to their cousins and cousins.

She naturally didn't forget Shang Danlan and them, so she turned around and pulled the three cousins to introduce each other, because the second Mrs. Shang couldn't speak, and the three Shang Danlan sisters were a little restrained, and they were pulled over at this time, they were all girls of the same age, there were many topics, and their temperament slowly let go, and they couldn't help but joke with their new friends.

Mrs. Shang was not so lucky, the Suzhou Lu family had never looked down on the Zhao family, and Mrs. Shang was too arrogant when she first returned to Suzhou, and she offended many people by relying on the Shang family being the lord.

Other families are afraid of her, but the Lu family and the Shi family are not afraid, so they rarely interact with the Shang family, and rarely have intersections with the second Mrs. Shang, and several people are just nodding friends.

Therefore, Shi Hui and Second Lady Lu only greeted the second lady of the monk lightly, and Shi Xian was just not rude.

In this way, except for the people she knew before, she could hardly talk to the three female gentlemen, but Lin Qingwan was surrounded in the middle, and everyone went to greet her with a smile on their faces.

Second Lady Shang was angry, but she still had to maintain a smile on her face.

If it was someone else who was surrounded in the middle, she might not be so angry, but why is it someone from the Lin family?

The Lin family is her nemesis!