Zhu Jintang raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and a leisurely smile appeared on the corner of his lips. "Where are you stupid?"

The smile on Shen Yuechen's face deepened a little, and she deliberately didn't speak.

Whether it's stupid or not, as long as you can make him laugh, it's worth it.

Zhu Jintang gently held her hand and looked at her thoughtfully. Smart people always take modesty as a protective color, avoid everywhere, and seek peace and stability. Thinking about it this way, instead of being stupid, she is very smart.

Shen Yuechen raised his head, saw a smile on the corner of his mouth, and was slightly distracted, so he said, "In a few days, it will be Brother Ming's first birthday, what does the uncle want to do?" ”

Zhu Jintang's slender fingers caressed the back of her hand, and said in a deep voice: "Naturally, you have to do it well, the old lady must have her own plans, you don't have to worry too much, just do what she says." ”

When the full moon wine was made, I didn't have time to do it, so I took advantage of this time to make up for it all.

Shen Yuechen nodded. "Okay, then let's take care of it." With that, she smiled softly at him.

Zhu Jintang's heart moved, and then he reached out to hug her, but she gently dodged her.

Shen Yuechen's face flushed slightly: "It's inconvenient for the concubine to be here today." ”

"Inconvenient?" Zhu Jintang was slightly surprised.

"yes, it's on the body...... It's the inconvenience that a woman's family will have every month. ”

Shen Yuechen replied with some embarrassment.

When Zhu Jintang heard this, he showed a clear smile, withdrew his hand, patted the pillow and said, "Got it, let's sleep." ”

Shen Yuechen answered, personally covered the quilt for him, and then leaned over and blew out the candle next to the bed.

After a few days in a hurry, it was February 19, Zhu Qingming's first birthday.

In order to please an auspicious and good fortune, Brother Ming's first birthday banquet set up a hundred tables, and everyone in Texas who had a little relationship with the Zhu family, the Zhu family sent invitations.

The banquet is expected to take three days, one wave in the city and one wave outside the city, as well as one wave of their own relatives.

Mrs. Shen sent someone to send a big gift in advance, she is now in Laizhou, although no one has arrived, but the words of congratulations have not been left behind.

Because it was Brother Ming's first birthday ceremony, the Zhu family had another big operation, and neither the Li family nor the Chai family could find time to hide, and even Shen Yuechen was already tired. Fortunately, the people of the Zhu family are used to such banquets, everyone receives money to do things, and they are busy with their own work, but they have not delayed any effort, and they have made any mistakes.

It snowed again last night, and the air was fresh after the snow.

Shen Yuechen deliberately got up early in the morning, because she wanted to meet the guests for entertainment, she also dressed up carefully, put on new clothes, and put on gorgeous jewelry. Zhu Jintang also wore very particular clothes today, he was already handsome, and when he changed into new clothes, he looked even more handsome.

Since Brother Ming moved to the west courtyard, Zhu Jintang has become much closer to him, and the father and son get along day and night, and they have begun to have some eye for each other.

After cleaning up, Shen Yuechen hugged Brother Ming and went to the upper room with Zhu Jintang.

Brother Ming has gained a lot of weight recently, and Shen Yuechen already feels a little difficult to walk with him.

Zhu Jintang saw that she was walking slower and slower, stopped slightly, and said, "Give Brother Ming to me." ”

Shen Yuechen smiled when she heard this, and sent Brother Ming to Zhu Jintang's arms.

Zhu Jintang is not very good at holding a child, so he took him over half-hugging and half-hugging, Brother Ming couldn't believe him, and immediately wrapped his limbs around Zhu Jintang with his small hands and feet, like a little monkey, and climbed tightly on his body.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Jintang couldn't help but smile slightly. This child has become quite close to him recently, and he is very happy.

On the upper side of the room, there are already things ready to catch Zhou, from silk and satin, to pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and antique toys, all kinds of items are readily available, which is really dazzling. Of course, this is also indispensable to the golden abacus that the Zhu family values the most, for Brother Ming to choose.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or an accident, when Zhu Feng and Zhu Jintang, the two fathers and sons, caught Zhou when they were young, both of them coincidentally chose the golden abacus.

Brother Ming was carried onto the table covered with red cloth, and Old Man Zhu said with a smile on his face: "Good boy, go, you can take whatever you like." ”

As soon as Brother Ming saw this battle, he knew what it meant, and pouted helplessly.

The ancient people attached great importance to grasping Zhou, although it was just a temporary amusement for children, but it was regarded as a harbinger of the child's life prospect.

If you choose rouge pollen, then when you grow up, eighty percent will become a kind of pity and cherishing jade, if you choose the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, eighty percent will be a romantic genius when you grow up, if you choose gold, silver and jewelry, it is a rich life, as for the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, it is undoubtedly the number of lives to be an official, and it may be a big official in the future.

Brother Ming raised his head slightly, looked around at everyone, and saw everyone looking at him earnestly.

Shen Yuechen smiled meaningfully at him, she had explained to him just now, and asked him to go directly to get the golden abacus and inherit the glorious tradition of the Zhu family's room, so that the elders were also happy.

Brother Ming was a little awkward, but he still obeyed Shen Yuechen's words, obediently crawled to the golden abacus, stretched out his little hand to grab the abacus, fiddled a few times, grinned, and showed a mouthful of small broken teeth.

His seemingly unobtrusive acting skills made the Zhu family overjoyed, not to mention the two old men, even Zhu Feng, who usually does not smile, was also excited, clapped his hands and said: "It's really worthy of being the child of our Zhu family, okay, this is really good." After speaking, he couldn't help but reach out and hug Brother Ming, kissed and kissed his face, and the stiff beard made Brother Ming look disgusted, but he still couldn't hide.

Zhu Jun and Chai watched from the sidelines, although they were smiling, they couldn't help but murmur to themselves in their hearts: "It's really evil, three generations have chosen this Laoshizi." ”

Seeing everyone's happy appearance, Shen Yuechen couldn't hide her excitement, and then looked at Zhu Jintang's eyes when he looked at Brother Ming, which was also full of pampering and pity.

Brother Ming was the heart of the whole family before, but now that he has turned one year old and arrested Zhou, the Zhu family treats him like a jewel.

Although Brother Ming is a child, Lizi is a restless man, the more he grows up, the more lively and active he becomes, and he always doesn't stop every day.

The more naughty he was, the more he won the favor of Old Man Zhu, and he couldn't help but let him play everywhere. In his opinion, children are naughty, that is a sign of intelligence, and smart children are naughty.

Brother Ming not only spoke early, but also walked early, after he turned old, he began to walk around, although his feet were not very neat, but his strength was not small, and every time he tossed the maids and women enough.

Seeing that Shen Yuechen sincerely regarded Brother Ming as his own son, Li Shi took care of him carefully, and became more and more relieved, and he was not in a hurry to bring Brother Ming back, but he just hugged him over every once in a while to stay for a few days, and saw that he was uncomfortable, so he immediately sent him back.

Brother Ming followed Shen Yuechen's side, and he also understood the situation of the Zhu family more and more clearly. In the past, he only thought that the Zhu family was rich, but he didn't expect that the Zhu family would be a wealthy family on the rich side, and moreover, they were still touched by the connections of the emperor's relatives and relatives.

Brother Ming always thought that he was too unlucky to come to this place, but now that he looks at it, he is not too unlucky.

After enough of eating, sleeping, sleeping and eating every day, after Brother Ming could walk, he kept walking back and forth on the Zhu family, wanting to see how big the Zhu family was.

Shen Yuechen saw the appearance of other people's little ghosts, so he kept holding on to him, forcing his temper, and was afraid that he would say the wrong thing, so he only let the maids and wives follow him inch by inch, and accompany him to the garden every day.

A small person, but behind him is followed by more than 20 subordinates to serve left and right, mighty, like a soil emperor.

In early spring and March, the air is still a little cold in winter, and although the flowers in the garden have not yet bloomed, they have shown a faint spring.

Brother Ming can't stand still, or is he willing to run into the garden all day long, standing on the high raised stones, looking at the garden that can't be seen, his heart flutters, and he hummed a few words "I smile proudly, I smile proudly......"

Old Man Zhu heard that he liked to go to the garden, so he also followed. The old man is a year older, but his temperament is still the same, like an old naughty boy.

Brother Ming is not a person who doesn't know what to do, seeing that the elders love him, he is willing to be a child in front of him, and occasionally say a few childish words to make him happy.

On this day, Old Man Zhu and Zhu Feng were playing chess in the pavilion, and the father and son were mediocre in chess, not fighting for winning or losing, just for fun.

Brother Ming sat bored, slipped out of the nurse's arms, ran to the nearby tree, and looked up at the bird's nest in the tree.

It was not breeding season, but he heard the chicks of the birds, which were small but could not escape his ears.

Brother Ming stood under the tree and watched for a while, and Chang's mother took the initiative to come over and ask, "Young Master Ming, what are you looking at?" ”

Brother Ming didn't speak, just pointed to the bird's nest in the treetops.

Mother Chang didn't understand what it meant, and only said, "Young Master Ming, that's an empty nest, and there are no birds yet?" ”

Brother Ming shook his head, and said in a milky voice: "Mom, listen carefully." ”

When Chang's mother heard this, she had to tilt her head slightly and listen with him.

Brother Ming said again: "On such a cold day, they will freeze to death." ”

Chang's mother said helplessly: "Then young master, what do you mean ......?"

"Send someone up and take down the nests, and I'm going to find them a new place to live."

Brother Ming said it seriously, but she was surprised to hear it in Chang's mother's ears.

Just as a child's naughty naughty, he hurriedly found someone to find a ladder to see if he could fish down the bird's nest on the tree.

Just when the people were busy, Old Man Zhu was also stopping to watch, Zhu Feng couldn't help but raise his head when he saw that his father was not leaving behind, only to see him turn his head to look at Brother Ming, with a faint smile on his face.

Zhu Feng smiled slightly: "Brother Ming, this kid is getting more and more clever. ”

Old Man Zhu smiled silently, and saw that the little guy carefully fished out the bird's nest on the treetops, put it in a wooden basin, and handed it to Brother Ming.

"This kid is good, and he will definitely be a promising one in the future." After Old Man Zhu was half-loud, he said.

When Zhu Feng heard this, he smiled and said, "Dad, don't spoil that child too much." ”

People say that they are next generation to each other, but the old man is separated by two generations to Brother Ming, so he is naturally close and close.

Old Man Zhu smiled and said: "I only pet when I recruit people, this child is really good." ”

The old man likes Brother Ming because he is the great-eldest grandson, and because he is different, he rarely sees the stupidity of a child on Brother Ming's face, he always has a clever face and quick eyes, as if he understands what you say to him.

Brother Ming picked up a bird's nest and went back, Shen Yuechen was personally preparing lunch, and when he saw him coming back, he hurriedly instructed the maid to bring warm water, soak a hand towel, and wipe his hands and face.

After he wiped his hands and face clean, he said, "I'm hungry after playing for a while, let's start eating soon." ”

Brother Ming looked at the table full of good dishes, leaned forward, and said, "I'm going to eat now." ”

Shen Yuechen brought warm water to moisten his throat, "Your father hasn't come back yet." We'll have to wait a little longer. ”

When Brother Ming heard this, he frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Chang's mother and hugged him.

Mother Chang was busy supporting his little body, and said warmly: "Young Master Ming, don't move, let's wait a while." ”

Suddenly, Zhu Jintang came in from outside, and as soon as Shen Yuechen got up to greet him, he saw him with a solemn face, as if he was not very happy.

Zhu Jintang cleaned his hands first, then sat down and ordered everyone to eat.

Shen Yuechen personally served him vegetables, and asked by the way: "Uncle, I'm not very happy today." ”

Zhu Jintang first took a sip of tea before replying: "It seems that the imperial court is going to war again, and it is starting to raise military salaries and grain and grass everywhere." ”

Shen Yuechen was slightly stunned, she usually closed the door and was not well-informed about the news outside.

As soon as Li Zheng ascended the throne, the imperial court was about to go to war, which was undoubtedly not a good sign.

The Zhu family is a big grain merchant, and every time the imperial court raises grain and grass, they will lose money together.

Shen Yuechen didn't know how to collect grain and grass, so he didn't say much, just waited for Zhu Jintang to continue to speak: "The granary in the western suburbs is damaged, our grain stock is limited, once the imperial court raises grain, the entire Dezhou City will suffer." ”

"What are you going to do?"

Zhu Jintang groaned slightly: "According to my meaning, it's better to protect the big head first, the affairs of the court are big, and I still have to make up the total number first." Then, we will find a way to collect some grain from the small landlords and households, and we will have to find a way to hold out until the new grain comes down in the second half of the year. ”

Shen Yuechen listened to what he said, so he nodded: "Uncle's method is naturally the best." ”

Zhu Jintang took a big bite of food, ate quickly and was very anxious, made up for it a little, and then got up and said: "Today I want to go to the Zhuangzi in the suburbs to have a look, and if you can't come back at night, you don't stay up all night and wait." ”

Shen Yuechen answered, personally put on a cloak for him, and sent him out.

At night, Brother Ming and Zhu Xiao were taken to the main courtyard by the old lady, and Shen Yuechen rarely stole a leisure, so he could take a break from the daily trivialities. Wu's mother then came in with Chun Ming Cuixin and talked with her.

On the other side, Old Man Zhu teased Brother Ming to play for a long time, but he was still not sleepy or tired, as if he had endless energy.

The old lady yawned twice in a row, and couldn't help but say, "Master, it's not too early, it's time for the child to rest." ”

When Brother Ming heard this, he couldn't help but secretly agree in his heart, he pretended to be tired of pretending to be a child.

Old Man Zhu easily got the opportunity to stay with Brother Ming, how could he be willing to give up? Then he smiled and said, "It's rare that this kid can sleep with us, play a little longer, it's okay." ”

The old lady didn't take him seriously, she just looked at Mother Yang and said, "You all go down, Brother Ming will sleep with me tonight." ”

Mother Yang answered and took away Zhu Xiao, who was already asleep, leaving only the old couple to guard their little grandson.

Old Man Zhu couldn't get enough of looking at Brother Ming, he suddenly remembered what happened in the garden during the day, and simply asked with a smile: "Brother Ming, Grandpa Zeng'er asked you, why did you take the bird's nest off the tree during the day?" ”

Brother Ming'er's eyes rolled, and he didn't know if he remembered it, so he only replied softly: "I'm afraid that the birds in the nest will freeze to death, so I want to make a new nest for them." ”

When the old lady heard this, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, only to feel that the child was innocent and the most lovely.

The old lady picked up Brother Ming'er's little face, kissed and kissed, and praised: "Our Brother Ming is sensible, what a good boy." ”

The old man touched Brother Ming'er's head with a satisfied expression.

Brother Ming was a little embarrassed by their old couple's praise, so he tilted his body and closed his eyes and pretended to be sleepy.

Seeing that he was sleepy, the old lady carefully put him on the bed, gently covered him with a small thin quilt, and only said lightly after half a sound, as if she had a feeling: "Master, watching the children grow up wave by wave, we really can't accept the old man." ”

When Old Man Zhu heard this, he lay beside Brother Ming, holding his little hand with a wrinkled palm, and sighed a little: "Old is old, as long as the children are healthy and healthy, I will be content." ”

Think about it, when Brother Ming was born, the doctors said that it was difficult to feed, but now he is also growing well.

Brother Ming listened to their words, his heart was warm, and he really fell asleep after a while.

The old lady looked at his sleeping face, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Calculate carefully, Yuechen's child has been in the house for more than half a year, why hasn't his stomach moved?" ”

The old man glanced at her, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "You are too anxious, it's not been a year." The children are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future, sooner or later. ”

Before, it took three years for the Qin family to conceive a child, and sometimes, everything depends on God's will.

Thinking of this, the old man said again: "Now that she takes care of Brother Ming so well, it's a good thing to be born two years late." Once she has her own child, even if she wants to continue to take care of Brother Ming, I'm afraid she can't be as careful as she is now. ”

People are selfish, and no matter how good a person is, he will inevitably be selfish.

The old lady sighed lightly: "The old man has a point. Fortunately, she is a stable one, not as competitive as the Qin family. ”

The old man said: "The grace of nurturing is greater than the grace of childbirth." As long as she can take care of Brother Ming, don't worry about anything else. ”