After dinner that day, Shen Yu went to teach Sister Peng again.

Huai'an did his homework, drew on the side, and sighed when he heard it: "Dad, you have the kung fu to compete with the two of us, and the eight eldest brothers have all been taught to be champions." ”

Xu Tinglan angrily twisted his ear: "If you don't take the top prize, you won't study?" ”

Huai'an rubbed his ears and smiled, "Just kidding." ”

Xu Tinglan was not in the mood to joke with him, Sister Peng was getting older day by day, and her business was busy, not to mention her husband, she was no longer the old man Hanlin who arrived late and left early.

So Xu Tinglan proposed: "It's better to ask your younger siblings to help, take Peng'er to study during the day, and you can rest at night." ”

Shen Yu said: "My younger brother and sister are not in good health, in the early years, Huaiying and Huaiwei were all brought by their mothers, and she can't take Peng'er's temperament." ”

"It's also ......," Xu Tinglan said, "Let's invite another gentleman for them." ”

Shen Yu groaned slightly.

"Don't, don't!" Sister Peng was very resistant.

Shen Yu said helplessly: "She doesn't want it." ”

Xu Tinglan: ......

Huai'an can see through the essence of his father's daughter slave, but he also hopes that his sister can always be carefree, what if she can't read well, what if she likes to catch crickets and roll in the mud, with her father and eldest brother, no one in the world dares to bully her, with her mother and herself, she has endless money in her life, of course, how happy and how to live.

"Why doesn't Peng'er want Mr.?" Shen Yu asked.

"Sir, they're all very fierce." Sister Peng said.

The husband and wife looked at each other and smiled: "Who said that gentlemen are very fierce?" ”

"It wasn't my brother who said it!" Sister Peng said crisply, in order to prove her statement, she nodded very affirmatively.

Isn't there no three hundred taels of silver here?

As soon as the couple looked up, they found that their son had slipped to the gate and ran away with a whoosh.

The two of them supported their foreheads at the same time, and spread this pair of living treasure children, which can not only exercise their bodies, but also hone their minds, which is really a blessing......

After grinding for a long time, Sister Peng finally completed today's homework, Shen Yu sent her out to find her brother, and ran away.

The room finally quieted down, Xu Tinglan put down the account book and took out a stack of manuscript paper: "Huaiying and Lu last year, a few of them mentioned to me were unsatisfactory, so I entrusted a proper matchmaker." ”

Shen Yugang glanced at it and couldn't help but exclaim: "My God! ”

I saw that on the thick pile of manuscript paper, each page recorded the information of the children of an unmarried official family, the name and place of origin, the family history, the age order, and the general appearance...... Very detailed.

"Half of the unmarried men in the capital have been pulled out by you, right?" Shen Yu asked weakly.

"Those under the age of fifteen and over the age of twenty are not present. Oh, and those who have merit can be relaxed to twenty-five. Xu Tinglan said: "It's all sorted out by the media officer, and it's clear at a glance." ”

Shen Yu was speechless, are the current media officials so efficient? If the officials of the local central yamen can also do this, why don't the national dynasty worry about it!

"Ahem." Shen Yu coughed dryly, pretended to look down at the book, and turned the page of the book in his hand "whoosh": "Don't worry, our daughter is still worried about getting married?" ”

"That's not a worry." Xu Tinglan thought for a while, and then said: "Your military department and the ritual department ...... There are also young talents who have not yet married a wife among the Shuji of the Hanlin Academy, and they don't have to be from noble families. ”

Shen Yu thought about it, there are a lot of young officials, and it is really unclear whether they have a wife.

Seeing her husband's attitude, Xu Tinglan couldn't help but be a little anxious: "That's your niece, the second uncle is in Baoding, the younger brother and sister are weak, and they live in a simple place, so you can't do me alone in a hurry, you also have to have a snack." ”

Shen Yu said: "In a few days, I may have something to say to you." ”

"I'm talking about Sister Ying'er, Yong'er is a boy after all, and she hasn't gained fame, so she doesn't ...... in a hurry" Xu Tinglan's voice stopped abruptly: "What do you mean ......?"

Shen Yu said: "Your son and his cousin have been sneaky recently, raising money to buy a house." ”

Xu Tinglan was stunned, the two and a half children are less than thirty years old, and they want to buy a house in the capital?

After thinking about it, Huai'an didn't buy it, didn't he buy the bookstore in Haojia Hutong.

"Yong'er wants to marry Huaiying, but she doesn't dare to mention it without an independent portal. The two brothers discussed, chose a small courtyard with two entrances in the alley next door, renovated it, used it as a new house, and then confessed to the elders. Shen Yu said.

Xu Tinglan was stuck for a long time before digesting all this information.

"It's my negligence, you say this, these two children are indeed better from an early age."

Shen Yu said: "Who will take it seriously when children play together, in the final analysis, it is still the younger siblings who want to nod." ”

"How do you know?" Xu Tinglan asked: "Have you bought off the little guys around them?" ”

Speaking of this, Shen Yu sneered and laughed: "The day before yesterday, you dozed off with your endorsement, talked in your sleep, and could still ask and answer, and I was tricked out of it in a few words." ”

Xu Tinglan laughed and laughed, thought it was funny, and said with interest: "You arrest him, I'll ask him." ”

The rain-washed yard carried the fragrance of the earth, and Huai'an accompanied Sister Peng to squat on the stone bench to fight crickets, and was playing happily, so she was carried back to the house by her father.

Xu Tinglan opened his mouth and asked, "Son, do you have something to hide from your father?" ”

Facing his father's scrutinizing gaze, Huai'an quickly recalled what he had done secretly recently—it seemed a bit too much.

"What did you say?" Huai'an asked.

Shen Yu listened, hey, it's quite enough. He sat down in his chair: "Guess what." ”

Huai'an: ......

Then I have to guess.

"I admit that I have an element of gambling, but what if the sea opens, the price of silk and cotton yarn on the market will increase at least five times, and when will I not stock up at this time?"

Xu Tinglan: ......

"No...... Isn't that what happened? Huai'an thought for a moment: "I wrote two words for the prince, just two, mixed in a pile of homework, and was almost seen by the master, and then I didn't write again." ”

Shen Yu: ......

"Isn't it?" Huai'an scratched his head and racked his brains to recall: "Yesterday, I hired someone to go to Tianjin Wei to dig two baskets of sand, and planned to transport it back to build a sand pool for Peng'er. ”

"Last month, I took my mother's rouge to paint, but I broke it and secretly put it back."

"Last month, I accidentally put a handprint on the lone book in my father's collection."

"Last last month......

Xu Tinglan went to look through the makeup, and Shen Yu went to the bookshelf.

"Huh?" Huai'an said: "I haven't finished talking yet, how can I go?" ”

Chapter 142

By the time the couple reacted, the man was gone.

"I haven't asked about the business yet." Xu Tinglan said.

"Stinky boy, learn to be loud." Shen Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Don't come back if you have a kind!" ”

"What about Huaiying?" Xu Tinglan asked, "Are you going to go to tomorrow's banquet?" ”

They were going to take their two nieces to the Yuan family's flower viewing banquet, the eldest son of the third room in Yuan Ge's hometown was the same age as Huaiying, had good learning, and his appearance was also a talent. I heard that the niece of the Shen family was married, Mrs. Yuan gave Xu Tinglan an invitation, and Yuan Ge Lao gave Shen Yu an invitation, The meaning is very obvious, and Shen Yu is invited to look at his son-in-law instead of Shen Luxiang, if the time is right, the two children may be able to take a look from afar.

"Is Huaiying willing to go?" Shen Yu asked.

Combined with Chen Yong's matter, Xu Tinglan suddenly realized: "I said that during this time, Huaiying is always uncomfortable, today has a headache, tomorrow her feet hurt, and the day after tomorrow has a stomachache, sometimes she kicks the shuttlecock in the yard, and if she says no, she can't do it, Lang Zhong can't see any disease, and I am easy to be shy when I am her daughter." ”

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Let her be, tomorrow you only take Huaiwei and Peng'er to go, and I won't go." ”

……

Huai'an escaped from the yard and ran to the front yard to join his cousin.

Chen Yong had already scattered his hair and was ready to sleep, only wearing a middle single, yawning and coming to open the door for him.

Huai'an rushed into the house, panting and said, "Cousin, slam the door!" ”

"What?" Chen Yong laughed and laughed: "What kind of door are you inserting in your own home?" ”

Huai'an was already slumped on the stool, turned over the water cup buckled in the tray, poured himself a glass of cold white water, and poured it down.

Chen Yong still plugged the door shut, looked down and saw that this guy was still barefoot, and asked in surprise: "Why don't you even wear shoes?" ”

"I ran too fast and fell off the road." Huai'an Road.

Chen Yong hurriedly took out a pair of sneakers from the cabinet, similar to the slippers of later generations, with flat soles and no roots, and cloth as the upper. And he called the servant to come and fetch water. Huai'an washed and changed his shoes, and unceremoniously climbed onto Chen Yong's bed.

Huaiyuan heard the voice early, finished writing the homework at hand, and also ran over to join in the fun, seeing that Huai'an was really kicked out again, he gloated: "Tell me about you, you have been kicked out seven or eight times a month, wandering everywhere, so simply move to the front yard to live." ”

"I want to too, but my father and mother don't agree." Huai'an pointed two fingers to his eyes, and said compassionately: "They said that they would keep staring at me." ”

Amused the two brothers to lean forward and back together.

"Why this time?" Chen Yong asked.

"It's all for you and your cousin!" Huai'an said: "Daddy and mother should have found something and wanted to trick me, how inappropriate it is for me to say this, I gave them a sound to attack the west and encircle Wei to save Zhao." ”

As he spoke, he told the cause and effect again.

The two looked at each other, and Huaiyuan said: "You are too sincere, the bamboo tube pours beans and shakes out, who will be beaten if you don't get beaten?" ”

"Young people, at first glance, lack experience." Huai'an said smugly: "This kind of opportunity to turn ten beatings into one beating is the rarest, once you say it, the total score is found several times to be cost-effective, take the initiative to explain, maybe you can fight for a leniency." ”

Huaiyuan praised him and said: "You have been beaten up and experienced, you can publish a book." ”

"That's what I mean!"

Chen Yong didn't speak for a long time, Huai'an smiled, and said to him: "Cousin, the house is about to be repaired, when are you going to tell the adults?" ”

Chen Yong hesitated.

"I was in my father's house, I saw such a thick pile of resumes, half of the unmarried men in the capital were collected by them, and recently I often took my two sisters to banquets, if you don't open your mouth, I will be an uncle." Huai'an urged.

Chen Yong was even more uneasy, a few years ago, the Japanese invaded, he lost his parents and relatives, at first he only thought about reading and studying weapons, thinking that he would become an official in the future, take charge of the army to exterminate the Japanese and avenge his relatives.

Later, when Governor Cao reported to the imperial court that the Japanese were purged and the coast was regained peace, he sat alone on the roof all night, at a loss because he had lost his purpose in life.

Huaiying suddenly appeared in front of him, the gentle and dignified lady actually "stole" a pot of wine from the small kitchen, and climbed the ladder to the roof.

Chen Yong was afraid that she would fall, and he couldn't care about being melancholy, so he helped her sit down in a hurry.

Huaiying pointed to the stars in the sky and said to him: "In fact, the deceased relatives never leave, they will become stars and watch you in the sky." ”

Huaiying also told him that people should have goals, but they can't live for goals, they must live for themselves. Eat a big meal, get a good night's sleep, and write a good essay...... It's all about the meaning of being alive.