On this day, Shen Yuechen had just finished taking the decoction and was talking to Wu's mother, when she saw Chun Ming running in and said, "Miss, someone came to the porter just now, saying that a little servant of the Shen family came to spread the word." ”

Shen Yuechen was overjoyed when she heard this, and was about to get up, but she heard Wu's mother say: "It's going to be hot, so don't go, Miss, I'll go over in person to see what's going on." ”

Shen Yuechen smiled slightly: "Okay, then there will be Mother Lao." ”

Mother Wu moved quickly, and came back with about a cup of tea, and brought back good news to Shen Yuechen.

"Someone from the Shen family said that the old lady can enter the city and return home before tomorrow evening, and the second master Shen said that he wanted to invite the young lady to go back while she was free to take advantage of the time to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the old lady."

Shen Yuechen couldn't help but smile when she heard this.

The old lady did not disappoint her, and rushed back as soon as possible, to speak for her.

Shen Yuechen nodded slightly: "When I go over to say hello with my uncle in the evening, I will talk to the elders." Spring Tea Cuixin, you two take some silver, buy some small gifts, and exchange them for more copper coins. ”

Chun Ming and Cui Xin left in response.

Mother Wu was standing aside and said softly: "Miss, this will be more down-to-earth, I'll go to the kitchen to make a few snacks that the old lady likes to eat." ”

Shen Yuechen smiled and nodded, then leaned back on the chair and closed her eyes to recuperate.

However, as soon as she closed her eyes, she heard the mother-in-law outside shouting: "Girl, watch your step, don't run, don't run." ”

After a while, after hearing Suosuo's footsteps, it was Wu's mother's voice: "Sister Ying'er's body is just right, you let her run around like this." ”

The mother-in-law confessed again and again, and said, "Sister Ying has just come back from the old lady's place, and she is in a hurry to see the eldest grandmother. ”

Zhu Ying followed: "The ancestor gave me a lot of delicious food, and I want to give it to my mother to eat together." ”

The immature and tender children's voice, listening to it only makes people feel sweet in their hearts.

"Our sister Ying is so well-behaved, it hurts the most." Mother Wu smiled and lifted the curtain and let Zhu Ying into the house.

Children can be coquettish, and they can best please adults and solve people's worries.

Zhu Ying was wearing a fresh dress, carrying a small bamboo basket, and walked away from the house, Shen Yuechen opened her eyes, looked at her and smiled: "There is still a bitter smell of medicine in the house, smoke you carefully, my mother will take you to the yard to play, okay?" ”

Children don't like to take medicine because they are afraid of bitterness, and they don't like to smell medicine, and they feel that even the smell is bitter.

When Zhu Ying heard this, she shook her head and said to Shen Yuechen with a smile: "My daughter is not afraid of the smell of medicine, my mother has just taken medicine, and her mouth must be bitter." This is the honey and candied fruit that the ancestors gave to their daughters, they are very delicious, and my mother will give them to you. After speaking, she took out a delicate small paper bag from the basket, picked out the largest preserved fruit from it and sent it to Shen Yuechen's mouth.

Shen Yuechen tasted the sweet candied fruit, and was in a very good mood, so she only touched Zhu Ying's head, and said with a smile: "Sister Ying really has a heart, come and let my mother kiss her." ”

Zhu Ying smiled proudly, and immediately ran in front of Shen Yuechen, Shen Yuechen picked up her round little face and kissed her twice, and was kissed by her and smiled.

At this time, Wu's mother was still standing at the door, looking at the closeness of their mother and daughter, and she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart.

Shen Yuechen saw that Zhu Ying had just come back from the old lady's place, so she asked, "How is Brother Ming?" Did you see him? ”

Zhu Ying nodded: "I was playing with my younger brother, and he was also very worried about his mother, but my grandmother didn't let him come back with me, saying that she wanted to take him back for a nap......

Although she is only a four-year-old child, she is already very good at seeing eyes. She knew that although the family liked her very much, they preferred Brother Ming because he was her younger brother.

Shen Yuechen listened to Zhu Ying's words, and said with a faint smile: "Brother Ming has always been naughty, your grandmother doesn't worry about him." After speaking, he took her little hand, stood up and said, "You are also tired of playing, let the maids wash you, and take a nap directly in your mother's house." ”

Zhu Ying didn't want to sleep yet, but she wanted to stay by Shen Yuechen's side for a while, so she immediately nodded and said okay.

Zhu Ying was not as energetic as Brother Ming, and after freshening up, she fell asleep after listening to only half of the story.

Shen Yuechen looked at her sleeping little face, slightly distracted.

Now, Li Shi has a deep prejudice against her, and he will definitely not let Brother Ming get closer to her in the future, except for the daily morning and dusk province, it is estimated that it is difficult to see more than once.

After evening, Shen Yuechen and Zhu Jintang told the old lady Shen about coming back.

Zhu Jintang agreed without saying a word: "It's not easy for your grandmother to come back this time, the old man's road must be hard, I'll go back with you to have a look, and it's good to ask her old man to be safe." ”

Shen Yuechen smiled softly: "Will this delay the uncle?" ”

It's naturally good to have him with you to go back. However, his time was precious, and she was embarrassed to take up too much.

Zhu Jintang shook his head lightly when he heard this, "It's an elder, I should go over." Then, he changed into homely civilian clothes, took Shen Yuechen's hand, and said, "Wait a while, when you get to the upper room, I'll talk about going back to your mother's house, don't worry." ”

Shen Yuechen nodded slightly.

When they arrived at the upper room, the two of them first greeted the elders, and then told the elders that Mrs. Shen would come back tomorrow and that they were going back to greet them.

"Hmm...... Now that the old lady of the in-laws is back, it's good for you to go over and take a look, and by the way, say hello on our behalf, let her take care of her body, and come to sit often. ”

The old lady carefully admonished her.

She and Mrs. Shen are similar in age, and they are both old people.

To be honest, it's not easy to live to this age, not to mention, the old lady Shen is still a widow, she has no husband early, she runs a family by herself, and she has to raise two sons, and the eldest son is also a big official...... This is really not easy for a woman. Although the two have hardly met officially, they have finally become in-laws, and those who are close are better, and they can't be too estranged.

After the old lady said this, the old man had no opinion, he was not very interested in the housework of the woman's family.

However, the Li family was not as thoughtful as the elders thought, she pondered for a moment, and then said to Zhu Jintang: "The in-laws are back, just go back and have a look at Yuechen alone." You are usually so busy, so tired, it's rare to have time and not rest much, why do you have to go over ......" After speaking, she looked at Zhu Jintang's face carefully, and sighed lightly: "Look at your face, how have you lost weight recently?" ”

His chin looks sharper than it was a while ago, and the lines of his cheeks are more defined.

When Zhu Jintang heard this, he lowered his eyes slightly, and unconsciously said softly: "Mother, my son hasn't been too busy lately, don't worry." ”

Seeing that he had a hard mouth, Li Shi deliberately favored Shen Yuechen, and couldn't help but say: "If you are not tired and decent, why is your chin so thin that it is pointy?" ”

Her words seemed to be a little angry, but Zhu Jintang's face became slightly embarrassed, and looking at it again, Shen Yuechen's face was also slightly red, as if she was a little embarrassed.

Chai, who had been sitting next to him watching the excitement, suddenly couldn't help but sneer, and hurriedly covered the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said softly: "Sister-in-law, I don't think you have to worry, Jintang knows it in his own heart." ”

Chai's smile made Li Shi understand what happened in an instant, his face sank, and he suddenly stopped talking, and sat there as if he was sulking, and said secretly: I thought he was busy with things outside, so he would be a little haggard, but he didn't think that he was tripped up......

Seeing this, the old lady couldn't help but glance at her, and said in her heart: This eldest daughter-in-law, why is her temperament always so anxious? The speech is too impulsive, and it sounds like fighting with someone?

Zhu Jintang took Shen Yuechen into the seat, and his mood was a little embarrassed, especially Shen Yuechen, the flush on his face took a long time before it slowly faded.

Fortunately, after a while, the maids brought Brother Ming, Zhu Ying and Zhu Xiao over.

With the children present, the atmosphere in the house has changed.

Brother Ming was the first to enter the house, he had just eaten dinner, his face was puffy, and he was wearing a homely gown, after coming in, he first put down his hands and respectfully greeted his family, starting from the old man, and then ending with Zhu Jinlun, after a greeting, his forehead was already slightly sweaty.

Zhu Ying, like him, also saluted and greeted him in a proper manner, and no one could be left behind.

The old lady was slightly distressed, and hurriedly stopped the two of them in her arms, one left and one right, and kissed and said, "Good boy, you are all good children." ”

Brother Ming'er's eyes went around everyone, and when he saw that the atmosphere in the room was just right, he simply acted as a child honestly and seriously.

Suddenly, the old man looked at Brother Ming'er's shrewd eyes, and suddenly mentioned something and said, "Isn't it time to ask Brother Ming for a teacher to enlighten him." ”

Although the Zhu family is a merchant family, they also value learning.

Businessmen don't have to be copper-smelling and illiterate. If you want to find something valuable, you must first have a pair of eyes that can find value, so you must have knowledge.

The children of the Zhu family, when they reach a certain age, have to start reading and reading, but the only difference is that they study hard, not to gain fame.

When Brother Ming heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he seemed a little reluctant in his heart.

He knew a lot in his previous life, and he didn't want to learn that nonsense anymore.

If he had to learn, he wanted someone to invite a martial artist back, and then practice this little body well......

He was thinking about being distracted, but he listened, and the old lady objected: "Master, isn't it too early to be enlightened?" Brother Ming is not yet three years old, and he is too young. ”

The old man said lightly: "It's not a few months before his birthday, and it's almost time to start looking for someone now." Children can't always be spoiled, they have to learn something, and their brains can turn fast. ”

The old lady also agreed with her husband's point of view, but she felt sorry for the child who was too young and didn't want him to suffer.

Zhu Jintang and the old man have the same opinion, he thinks that children cannot be used to raising, not to mention, Brother Ming is his eldest son, and he will inevitably inherit the family business in the future.

Usually, looking at his mother and Shen Yuechen spoiling Brother Ming so much that he couldn't put it into his heart, although he was happy, he was always a little worried in his heart.

Brother Ming is a naughty child, if he spoils too much and develops an arrogant and arrogant temperament, wouldn't he delay the big thing.

"Brother Ming spoke early, and it's a good thing to start reading early." After Zhu Jintang finished speaking, he glanced sideways at Shen Yuechen, only to see her smile and nod: "Brother Ming has always been smart, and he will definitely learn well." ”

She said this with confidence. After all, what lies inside that tiny body is an adult.

Brother Ming frowned slightly, hesitated for a while, and suddenly said, "Great-grandfather, my grandson wants to practice martial arts." ”

His sudden words provoked the old man to almost squirt out the tea in his mouth.

Old Man Zhu was choked and coughed, so frightened that Zhu Feng hurriedly stepped forward to pat him on the back, "Father, be careful." ”

The old lady looked down at Brother Ming in her arms, and scolded softly: "You little thing, what are you talking about?" Learning martial arts? That's all rough stuff. ”

Brother Ming raised his eyes to look at the old lady, and gestured with both hands: "No, learning martial arts is the best way to strengthen the body, and it is more effective than any panacea!" ”

He said it seriously, even, a little seriously.

Everyone was slightly stunned, and Li Shi immediately frowned and said, "It's not like words, who told you these words?" After speaking, he glared at Shen Yuechen, with a look of disgust in his eyes, and pointed the finger at her for the first time in his heart. Who is it that is ignorant to say such inconsequential things to children? ”

Shen Yuechen was also taken aback by Brother Ming's words, and she didn't know what kind of trouble he was making.

"Grandmother, don't be angry, Brother Ming is looking at those porters and occasionally practicing stick skills, I think it's amazing." Brother Ming didn't expect Li Shi's reaction to be so big, and he hurriedly explained.

The old lady saw that Li Shi was about to have a seizure again, and said lightly: "Don't worry, the child is just casually talking, what are you more serious." ”

"You can't just learn the matter of dancing knives and guns, and I'll talk about it when you grow up later." The old lady gently touched Brother Ming'er's head, and naturally passed the matter aside.

This kid is smart, but he is also a little eccentric, thinking about things that others don't think.

However, Shen Yuechen felt that Li Shi was full of hostility towards him.

Just now, Brother Ming just said a word, and her gaze was coldly handed over for the first time.

Shen Yuechen shook her head secretly, she was clearly deliberately targeting herself......

Thinking of this, Shen Yuechen's heart couldn't help but feel a heavy sense of irritability.

After returning to the room, she gently pushed open the window, stood in front of the window and breathed quietly, half a sound, Zhu Jintang stood behind her quietly, wrapped her whole body in his arms, and asked softly, "What do you want?" ”

After returning from the upper room, she looked a little sullen.

Shen Yuechen hesitated, but slowly raised his hand to hug Zhu Jintang's arm, and sighed slightly: "Didn't the uncle notice it?" Mother she still seems to be angry with me, she still hates me so much......"

Zhu Jintang listened to her words, frowned unconsciously, gently pressed against Shen Yuechen's cheek, and said lightly: "It's okay, take your time, it will always get better." ”

His comfort is simple and simple, but it also has a deep meaning.

Shen Yuechen smiled lightly and said softly: "Yes, everything will always be fine." ”

There is only one way to make Li's attitude possible, and that is that she can conceive the child of the Zhu family.

Early the next morning, Zhu Jintang went out early to run errands, while Shen Yuechen stayed at home, preparing the gifts and things needed to return to his parents' house.

The old lady allowed them to go back, and acquiesced to them staying there for the night, so they must bring their underwear. Moreover, Zhu Jintang also has a slight cleanliness habit, so there are many details that need to be paid attention to.

After everything was cleaned up, Shen Yuechen sat at the table drinking tea and resting, Chun Ming put the burden away, and said, "Miss is tired, I'll press your shoulder, right?" ”

Shen Yuechen nodded, put down the teacup, and closed her eyes to recuperate.

Chun Ming walked behind her and gently rubbed her shoulders for her, with no light or heavy force.

Halfway through, Shen Yuechen sighed comfortably, "If I press it like this again, I'll be about to fall asleep." ”

Chun Ming said with a smile: "Miss will rest for a while when she is tired, and Uncle will not be able to return until the afternoon." ”

Shen Yuechen opened his eyes and said, "No, I still have to look at the account book again." ”

Recently, Shen Yuechen has spent a lot of money for Zhang Luo's new store, a total of as many as 1,000 taels.

That's not a small amount of money. And, in the months that followed, she would spend more money, so she had to be careful with her calculations.

At noon, the Shen family sent someone to bring a message, saying that Mrs. Shen had arrived home safely and was waiting for Shen Yuechen and Zhu Jintang to go back.

Shen Yuechen heard the news and did not leave first, but continued to stay in the Zhu family and wait for Zhu Jintang.

Fortunately, he came back quite early today, so the two of them rushed to Shen's house before the sun went down.

As the sun sets, the old mansion of the Shen family looks peaceful and beautiful under the sunlight, as if it is covered with a layer of golden transparent tulle.

Shen Yuechen looked at the scenes and objects in this courtyard, and suddenly felt a kind of kindness in his heart...... If you think about it, if she hadn't survived in the capital at the beginning, then she wouldn't have been able to come back here.

The maids came to the upper room all the way, slowly lifted the curtain, and immediately heard the voice of Mrs. Shen from inside: "Is Yuechen back?" ”

Shen Yuechen smiled gently when she heard this, hurriedly walked in, and went straight to the old lady Shen who was sitting on the main seat and saluted: "Yuechen greets grandmother, grandmother has worked hard all the way......"

As soon as her words fell, she saw Old Lady Shen stand up, hold her shoulders, look her up and down, and said, "Quick, let me see." Are you feeling better? ”

After not seeing her for a few months, Mrs. Shen's figure has lost a lot of weight, and Xu Yes, because of the fatigue of the journey, her complexion is also a little haggard. At this time, there was a hazy layer of water in his eyes, as if he was about to cry.

Shen Yuechen hurriedly comforted her and said, "I'm fine, I eat and sleep well every day, and I've gained a lot of weight." ”

Old Madam Shen didn't believe what she said, she just shook her head: "How can a person who has just recovered from a serious illness say that it is good?" At the beginning, when I was in the capital, you left in too much hurry, which really worried me for a while. Now, Grandmother is back and can take good care of you. ”