Chapter 26: Family Affairs (2)
Shen Yuechen lived in the Shen Mansion for seven or eight days, watching Chun Ming lead the little maids in and out every day, very active and busy. And he rarely goes out of the room, except for morning and dusk and dinner, the rest of the time stays in the room, or practicing calligraphy, or doing needlework with Cuixin Chunhui to pass the time. As when I was in the old house before, it was as quiet and quiet as it was in the world.
Nowadays, her food and clothing are specially selected, and there are naturally not so many things around her that need to be sewn and mended, so Wu's mother picked out some beautiful handkerchiefs and accompanied her with the maids to practice embroidery.
Shen Yuechen's female red is mediocre, and she can only do some simple sewing. Because, when I was a child, I spent all my mind and time practicing calligraphy, so I rarely took a needle and thread. Wu's mother didn't want her to hurt her eyes because of this, and from childhood to adulthood, she almost did all the needlework.
It took a whole morning, Shen Yuechen didn't even embroider a single flower, and Cui Xin and Chunhui, who were sitting on the small bench next to her, had already embroidered a handkerchief by themselves. The two of them sat on one side of the needle and thread, and chattered on the other hand, as if they were very interesting.
When Wu's mother came into the house occasionally, she would give them a look and ask them not to disturb the cleanliness of the young lady. Shen Yuechen felt that it was okay, and only let them say what they should say, and he would interject a few words from time to time.
Listening to them say some irrelevant gossip can just distract her, and she doesn't have to always worry about family affairs and the Zhu family's affairs.
Yao and her two precious daughters often come and go to give some snacks or rubble gouache and other gadgets.
Shen Yuechen treated them politely and politely, but she didn't talk much, she listened to what Yao said, and once she encountered a topic that made her feel embarrassed, she lowered her head and pursed her lips slightly, pretending to be shy and sluggish.
When Yao saw her like this, he only felt that she grew up in a nunnery, with a dull temperament, not liking to talk, and a very boring person, so he was a little less vigilant.
Shen Yuechan listened to her mother's words, she was jealous, and she was polite to her, and her words were a little more deferential.
After a few more days, there was finally some movement on the Zhu family's side. It is said that Zhu Jintang, the eldest young man of the Zhu family, chose a younger sister from the maiden family of his late wife Qin to be a concubine, and the ceremony of entering the door was very decent. Although they didn't have a daughter for nothing, the Qin family didn't seem willing to break off this in-law relationship with the Zhu family.
The Zhu family is rich and rich, who wouldn't like it.
The news of Zhu Jintang's concubine, the eldest of the Zhu family, flew all the way from Texas to Laizhou like wings, and soon reached the ears of the old lady and Shen Zhiyun.
The old lady had already prepared in her heart, but she didn't think so, only to feel that Shen Yuechen's good news was about to be close. Sure enough, as she expected, about half a month later, the matchmaker of the Zhu family came to visit, and it was Shen Yuechen who married Zhu Jintang to continue the string.
The old lady was overjoyed, and Shen Zhiyun felt a lot more at ease.
Because the Zhu family had already combined the eight characters of the two people in advance, they directly skipped the step of Najib, and the two families had already begun to prepare for the big gift.
The Zhu family is illustrious, and the bride price prepared is naturally not to be underestimated, and even the Yao family, who boasts of seeing the world, can't help but feel a sour feeling in his heart. An orphan girl who was born with a mother, where is she loved, it is worth the Zhu family to spend so much effort to prepare.
The Zhu family is very anxious about Zhu Jintang's continuation, Zhu Jintang is the eldest son of the eldest son of the long house, and the heirs must be more hurried.
After the bride price, the most important thing is to set the date. Mrs. Shen was afraid of the Zhu family's intentions, so she had to set the wedding date in a month, which was too hasty.
Old Mrs. Shen was full of thoughts to prepare a dowry for Shen Yuechen this time, and she was even worried that the Yao family would be stingy, so she did not hesitate to take out a thousand taels of silver tickets to make up for it. The old lady was the first to express her attitude, and the rest of the Shen family naturally couldn't be indifferent, and they all followed suit, including the second room's family.
Yao looked at the silver that went out of his hand like flowing water every day, and he was distressed and angry, but he couldn't complain because of his identity, so he could only occasionally say two sour words to Shen Zhiyun that didn't hurt or itch.
Knowing that his wedding date was set for the fifteenth of next month, Shen Yuechen's expression instantly became solemn.
Why is the Zhu family in such a hurry? It was only a hundred days after Qin's death, so he took a concubine and married a relative...... Don't you feel ashamed of the dead?
Also, that Zhu Jintang's deceased wife had just died, and he couldn't wait to marry her, would it be too cold and ruthless.
Since ancient times, men have been so cold and thin, only to see the newcomer laugh but not the old man crying. Shen Yuechen sighed secretly, and couldn't help but worry about her future.
Obviously she should be happy, but Shen Yuechen seemed to be a little distracted, and when she heard Wu's mother ask her what she wanted to eat, she said lightly, and said with a heavy heart: "Whatever, I don't have much appetite." ”
Mother Wu said with concern: "Miss is a person who is going to get married, don't be depressed all the time." ”
Shen Yuechen knew that she was worried, and nodded slightly: "Otherwise, I'll go to the old lady for dinner." ”
Wu's mother echoed: "It's okay, I'll go to the kitchen to make some soup for you and drink it at night." ”
As soon as the old lady saw Shen Yuechen coming, she immediately burst into a warm smile like a spring breeze: "You are here." ”
The maids and ladies in the room all bowed their knees to Shen Yuechen, Shen Yuechen nodded slightly, walked straight to the old lady to say hello, and then bent over, and was helped up by the old lady.
Shen Yuechen stood up, looked up at the old lady and smiled.
The old lady touched her head, pulled her to her, handed her the list in her hand and said, "These are all dowries for you, do you see if there is anything missing?" ”
Shen Yuechen pretended to be shy and said: "Grandmother just has an idea for these things, Yuechen doesn't understand anything......
The old lady saw her look like a shy daughter, and the smile on her face deepened.
While talking, the maid outside came to report that Shen Zhiyun had returned.
Shen Zhiyun came to ask for peace, and he hadn't had time to change his official uniform.
Shen Yuechen stood up, bowed to him and said, "Greetings to my father." ”
Shen Zhiyun didn't expect her to be there, and said with a smile: "You came just in time, come and talk to your father." ”
Shen Yuechen's heart tightened, and when he walked in front of him, he saw him carefully examine himself, "I see that your complexion is not bad, but your body is still too thin." ”
The old lady also said half-jokingly next to her: "It's because I look too thin." In the future, let the people of the Zhu family see it, and they thought that we were ruthless and didn't give you food every day. ”