Shen Ruojin stood here, regretting that his head hurt a little.

Hearing that Luo Xin sent someone to pick up Taosheng early in the morning, Shen Ruojin volunteered to come out to welcome the arrival of the "third sister".

Shen Ruojin came here this time, and Tao Sheng's original departure time with Luo Xin's mother's feedback was two o'clock in the morning, and the time to come over to answer at this time was just right.

Who knew that the carriage that went to Tongguang Lane to pick up Taosheng back this time came back very slowly, and it was a full two quarters of an hour late, so that she stood here for a long time, and her heart hurt a little from the cold.

The people on duty at the porter also saw her predicament, and asked her to go inside to rest several times.

The porter is a few servants and servants on errands on weekdays, and it is also the room where they rest on weekdays, Shen Ruojin naturally can't bear such an environment, she pinched her handkerchief and waved her hand lightly: "I will inevitably be restrained when I go, so it is better to stand outside a little." ”

At this moment, another mother-in-law walked up and smiled at Shen Ruojin: "Girl, why don't you go to the flower hall inside to warm up, and when the carriage arrives, I will send someone to invite you out." ”

Ruojin in order to show his sisterhood with Taosheng and show his generosity and sensibility, he said in front of his parents and grandmother at breakfast that he would come to greet Taosheng.

In the two quarters of an hour that stood here, Shen Ruojin also thought a lot while standing in the cold wind.

On the one hand, I feel that I am very liked by Mrs. Shen and Shen Yu, Marquis of Wenyuan, and now she has been selected as the companion of the eldest daughter of the prince of the East Palace, and the position of the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion can be said to be stable.

But even so, she always couldn't restrain herself from wanting to please her family, and she couldn't help but secretly compare with Taosheng in her heart, wanting everyone to see the gap between the two, every time she heard her grandmother and father talk about Taosheng's tutoring and behavior, she would have a satisfaction similar to excitement in her heart.

She also knew that her thoughts were a little wrong or even extreme, but she couldn't help but fall into such a whirlpool, unable to extricate herself, and wanted to show her sensibility and etiquette in an all-round way, and crush Taosheng in all directions.

Tao Sheng saw that Ruojin's face was a little pale from the cold, and his body was a little shaky, like a daffodil fluttering in the wind, and he involuntarily shrunk his neck.

It's cold!

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Da Zhou has always attached great importance to the New Year, especially these high-ranking families who do not need to operate and work, from Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first month, they are in a relatively relaxed state of "New Year".

Today's Wenyuan Marquis Mansion is also quite lively, and the relatives are very complete.

The elders all gathered in the front hall to play cards and chat, and several juniors gathered in the warm pavilion to eat tea and talk.

When Shen Ruojin arrived at the Nuan Pavilion with Taosheng, Shen Ci was playing dice with a few cousins, Shen Yue and his cousin Shen Qiuran were flipping through a book of poems, and Shen Lian was discussing with his two cousins about going out after the New Year.

Shen Ci happened to be sitting in the direction of the door, and was the first to notice the two sisters who entered the room. He saw Shen Ruojin's pale face, holding his chest and frowning and walking in, he immediately said to Tao Sheng with some distress: "Sister Ruojin is not in good health, and this time she will be cold and heartbroken because she went out to meet you, if you can go out two quarters of an hour early, she will not be like this." ”

Shen Lian's eyes when he looked at Tao Sheng also began to be a little unkind, he pulled Ruojin to sit down against the stove, poured another cup of hot tea and handed it to her: "Second sister, sit down and warm up, don't freeze anything for irrelevant people." ”

Seeing this, Shen Yue also whispered to Taosheng: "Originally, my grandmother said that she wanted Ruojin to stay warm in the room, but she was thinking about you, and when she heard that you were coming, she went outside early in the morning to wait, which was really not easy." ”

The implication is that Taosheng should accept Shen Ruojin's affection.

These plots have basically been seen in the original text, although they are not exactly the same as in the original text, but they are similar.

Once there is a dispute between Taosheng and Ruojin, everyone will look at Ruojin, even if she stands here and does nothing, just because of her existence it is her fault to make Ruojin frown.

Tao Sheng didn't plan to get used to the temper of this family, so she picked up an empty chair and sat down at the bottom: "According to this, I really should thank Second Miss Shen." It's just that I don't know something, the second girl went to meet me outside the door, but who told me in advance? ”

Shen Ruojin bit his lower lip and spit out two words for a long time: "No." ”

Tao Sheng said again: "That is the second girl Shen is smart, the foot is faster than the person who leads the way, and the second girl helps me lead the way, I can also come in here earlier to warm up, so I should be grateful." ”

Tao Sheng's two sentences immediately made everyone present sort out the relationship.

One Taosheng didn't know that Shen Ruojin was going to meet her outside the door, let alone that she had been waiting outside for a long time; Second, Shen Ruojin's behavior of picking up Taosheng did not bring any substantial benefits and benefits to Taosheng, but attracted the complaints of several brothers, which was not a good thing for Taosheng at all.

Several sisters in the second room of the Shen family also felt strange, according to what Shen Ci said, this Luo girl was a distant relative of Mrs. Hou's family, and she didn't seem to be familiar with Ruojin, and it was estimated that she hadn't met a few times before.

In this way, in fact, Shen Ruojin doesn't have to wait in the cold wind to greet him, this seems to be a bit overdone, purely self-touched. If Miss Luo appreciates it, it's okay, but if she doesn't appreciate it at this time, it becomes a joke.

Thinking of this, the eyes of several people looking at Ruojin and the Shen family brothers also became subtle.

Shen Qiuran, a cousin who didn't know the inside story, said to everyone: "This sister of the Luo family hasn't seen her much before, but when she sees it, she feels kind, I heard that she is a relative of the Luo family, and she thinks she is an important guest in the family." If Sister Jin took the initiative to welcome guests, and it was not forced by the Luo family's sister, hospitality's hospitality was also our Shen family's family style, how can you blame the Luo family's sister for this matter? This kind of protection is not hospitality. ”

After Shen Qiuran finished speaking, Shen Yue and the others realized the most important part of this matter.

They all know Tao Sheng's true identity, and when facing her, they can't help but bring in some subjective emotions, thinking that she is the genuine Shen Er girl who is stubborn and unwilling to go home, but they didn't expect that according to the current situation, Tao Sheng is actually a guest invited by her mother to the Hou Mansion.

And their behaviors are indeed a bit excessive, and they don't even understand the basic principles of hospitality taught by their elders since childhood.

Shen Qiuran's words made Shen Ci and the others lower their heads.

In the following time, Shen Yue became more and more cautious about Taosheng, Shen Jian moved his seat away from Taosheng, and Shen Ci also restrained a lot when he saw this.

In the end, Shen Ruojin's psychological quality is stronger, and his eyes turned a little red after hearing this, but he has endured not saying half a word of Taosheng.

At this time, there was a lot of movement ahead, it sounded like Shen Yu, the head of the Hou Mansion, was coming, greeting his mother and several aunts and sisters-in-law in the clan, and accompanying Mrs. Shen to touch a few cards together, which was quite a bit of a "colorful clothes and entertainment" posture.

After Shen Yu finished playing cards, he found someone to signal Ruojin and brought Taosheng to the main courtyard.

Ruojin judged what Shen Yu meant, and probably just wanted her to avoid people and call Taosheng over, but he didn't give himself instructions, nor did he have the intention of letting himself go together.

Thinking of this, Ruojin felt a little uneasy in her heart, she didn't know what her father would say when she asked Taosheng to go alone, and thinking that her father didn't explicitly prohibit her from following, so she took Taosheng to the main courtyard together.

Luo Xin was not in good health during this time, so he didn't come over to play cards with the old lady, and was waiting for Taosheng in the main courtyard at this time.

Seeing the two daughters arriving together, Luo Xin beckoned Taosheng and Ruojin to sit down.

Tao Sheng sat down and fixed his gaze on Luo Xin's hand.

Luo Xin's fingers are white and slender, with distinct joints, which is very suitable for playing musical instruments. Although Tao Sheng had a small achievement in composition in her previous life, she has always been mediocre in performance, and she has always believed that in addition to being enlightened too late, it has a lot to do with finger conditions.

Tao Sheng silently added points to Luo Xin in his heart, and then saw Shen Yu's stubby fingers wearing a big green wrench, and felt that his hands were not as good as Luo Xinmei, who lowered his appearance and silently subtracted points for this cheap father with an uncertain temperament.

Shen Yu saw Taosheng's people again today, thinking that he should seize the time to educate this unruly daughter again.

Shen Yu sat down and just said a few words, and Shen Ci came over with his homework.

After Tao Sheng and Ruojin left, the brothers went outside to throw pots, and later went to the study to enjoy calligraphy and painting.

A cousin who had just passed the exam saw his homework and praised one of his articles, saying that this one was very well written, and it was a level that he didn't even have.

This article is indeed written by Shen Ci carefully, although it is not as good as what my cousin said, but it is indeed visible progress.

Shen Ci was coaxed and praised by several cousins, and his heart was a little itchy, so he thought about coming to his father with his homework to take a look, and he also wanted to ask for another compliment in the new year and ask for a good fortune.

After Shen Yu read Shen Ci's homework, he felt that compared with the articles he had written before, there had indeed been a lot of improvement, and he immediately praised him a few words.

After praising Shen Ci, Shen Yu turned his head and asked Tao Sheng: "I heard that your cousin is also preparing for the exam, and your aunt is also very busy, so I don't have any intention to prepare for this New Year?" ”

Shen Ci was also curious: "How did the third sister spend the New Year?" Mother has been thinking about it all the time, so why don't you tell us about it too. ”

Immediately afterwards, I asked about the level of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, holiday decorations at home and related questions.

learned that Taosheng only ate a simple Chinese New Year's Eve meal at the Su family, without any precious ingredients and no celebrity chefs; The house is not big, there are only three small courtyards when it is full, and there is not much New Year's decoration, and the lanterns used for decoration are also purchased from ordinary small shops.

And because Su Jia has no other relatives in Beijing, Taosheng only received two red envelopes from her aunt and cousin, and she didn't have much money.

Shen Yu shook his head again and again when he heard this.

Tao Sheng would rather live in such a poor family than return to the Hou Mansion, which is really stubborn.

He even began to wonder if Sang's mother was stupid when she lost the child, and he always felt that his head was not very good.

At this time, his patience was basically sold out, and he just asked Tao Sheng coldly: "If you figure it out and are willing to come back, I can consider finding someone to give you a household registration at home after the first month." ”

Tao Sheng is now quite familiar with dealing with this topic: "My aunt plans to open the idle shop in Beijing in the first lunar month, and the family is short of manpower at that time, so I probably don't have much time to come to the house." ”

Shen Yu was slapped in the face by Taosheng again, sat on the side with a black face, and no longer paid attention to this unreasonable daughter, and didn't even bother to say anything more if he wanted to educate.

Shen Ci snorted coldly at Tao Sheng: "If you keep giving up on yourself like this, you and Ruojin will definitely be different from each other in the future." ”

After that, Shen Ci added to himself to Tao Sheng: "Do you know what the difference between cloud and mud means?" The disparity is as great as the difference between the clouds in the sky and the dirt on the earth. ”

While speaking, Shen Ci saw Tao Sheng staring at the homework in his hand, and hurriedly hid the homework behind him, and said dissatisfiedly: "Those who work hard and those who don't work hard will be very different in the future, what's the matter?" Don't you think so? ”

Thinking of the homework of his cousin Ji Yanming that he accidentally glimpsed in the study that day, and then comparing it with Shen Ci's article in front of him, Tao Sheng felt that he had a fuller and deeper understanding of the meaning of "the difference between cloud and mud".

Taosheng nodded: "You're right, I think so too." ”

When it comes to autumn half a year later, you can see it when you want to come.