I didn't expect that Jinpan washing hands for many years actually came in handy. How had these country kids ever seen such realistic horror special effects? Immediately frightened, they screamed "Hell", hugged their heads and ran away.

"Hey, little fart, how can the name of the 'Great Demon King' be called for nothing for so many years?"

Shen Li took a sip, spit out the rouge in his mouth, and while wiping his mouth with a handkerchief, he proudly admired their embarrassed appearance of running away, but found that the direction they were running in was the cross-courtyard of the East Chamber, and in that courtyard, it seemed that there was still smoke?

She couldn't help but be stunned: that small courtyard is a guest room for distant guests, usually the door is locked, but today it is half-hidden, these bear children will not sneak in to play with fire, right? Walking away from the water is not a joke!

Shen Li's heart tightened, and he hurriedly chased after him in a few steps, and as soon as he pushed the door, he smelled a strong smell of burning wormwood wafting from inside. She covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and saw Shen Shun taking a few small servants to smoke wormwood everywhere, and the bear children were sitting on the big cart of wormwood in the middle of the yard.

Shen Li was puzzled: "Shunzi, what are you doing here?"

Shen Shun replied: "Madame said that the eldest young master came back from afar with a sick person, and he was afraid that it would be unlucky, so let me take some Ai to smoke it and go to bad luck." ”

"Fart! my mother won't say such a bastard thing. Shen Li glared and said, "Who said that?"

Shen Shun replied honestly: "Uncle An said, Mrs. said." ”

'Uncle An' is the housekeeper Shen Ping'an, the old man has been in the village for many years, and everything is good, but sometimes the gods chatter.

"Don't burn, don't burn!"

Shen Li hurriedly waved his hand to make them all stop.

Seeing that it was the eldest lady who spoke, they didn't dare to disobey, threw the burning wormwood in their hands to the ground, and stepped on the fire with their feet. But as soon as the fire was extinguished, the smoke became thicker, which made everyone in the courtyard cough, and even the back room came from a coughing sound.

"Your Uncle An is so confused, you don't even understand!" Shen Li pointed to the room and scolded them: "I know that there is a sick person in it, but I still want to smoke him with smoke! Are you stupid or bad?"

Everyone didn't dare to say anything, and the bears hid behind the adults, and they were even more frightened when they looked at the bloody mouth.

"Why are you still stunned? Why don't you go get some water and rinse it off......! And this car, throw it away! Don't let me see it again!"

Everyone said yes one after another, packed up with all hands and feet, and busily made a mess.

Only then did Shen Li turn around and push the door into the house. As expected, a room full of mugwort. The little maid who had been arranged to serve the sick was so smoked that tears came out of her eyes, but the old housekeeper did not dare not listen to what she said, and a pale young man was half-lying on the bed, and he choked on coughing.

"This bad old man, really bad. Shen Li grumbled while pushing open the closed windows: "Go find something that can fan the wind, and the smell of this room will soon be dispersed!"

The little maid answered, lifted the curtain and entered the compartment.

Shen Li turned around and tilted his head to look at the man on the bed: although this young man looked a little thinner due to weakness and had deep eye sockets, from the facial features, he looked medium and upper, and he must be a handsome and elegant son when he was healthy. It's also pitiful, Zhao Su tossed on the road for a few days and almost lost his life, but he didn't expect it to be easy to get to the place, and as soon as he settled down, he was smoked again, coughing so much that the whole person was about to collapse.

Shen Li is such a smart person, it is not difficult to infer from his age, temperament and timing when he came to the village, this is probably Zhao Su himself.

There was no one to serve him for the time being, Zhao Su coughed and wheezed for a while, his cheeks were flushed, and he pressed his chest with one hand, and his condition was miserable. Seeing this, Shen Li personally poured a glass of water and handed it over.

"Be careful. ”

Seeing his miserable appearance, Shen Li was afraid that he would spill himself, so he reached out to hold his vain wrist and helped him drink a few sips. The cough finally stopped slightly, and he eased up for a long time before he said in a hoarse voice:

“...... Thanks a lot. ”

Shen Li shook his head and helped him lie down again. When he approached, he noticed a trace of black gas in his ears and temples, and he was shocked, and he was immediately alert, and asked, "What kind of disease are you suffering from?"

Zhao Su frowned and shook his head.

Shen Li touched his forehead, took his wrist again, touched the pulse, and the doubts in his heart were confirmed a little, and asked again: "Have you had a high fever for no reason these days, can't eat anything, and are you still pulling and vomiting?"

Zhao Su nodded.

That's it. I thought that he would just be hunted down and killed in the capital, but I didn't expect to be cursed with a curse? Fortunately, he had a big life, and it seemed that he had the help of a master, and he only picked up a small life after breaking the evil art.

Shen Li sighed, bent down to help him cover the quilt, and comforted him with kind words: "It's okay, just raise it for a few days." ”

As she spoke, a few strands of green silk naturally slid down from her shoulders, gently striking with the scent of rouge. Zhao Su felt that the temperature of her fingertips was still left on her cold wrist, and he looked at her side face quietly, but suddenly thought in his heart: 'Gentle and elegant, like a white lotus', probably talking about the woman in front of him, right?

She suddenly turned her face and yelled at the inner room, "Are you dead in the house, is it so difficult to find a fan?"

In Zhao Su's extremely shocked gaze, the little maid came out of the house timidly, holding an incense burner in her hand: "Miss, I didn't find a fan, do you look at this, this is okay?"

Shen Li was really speechless: "Are you smoking meat, eldest sister?

The little girl stuck out her tongue, and just wanted to go in again to look for it, but was stopped by Shen Li. She glanced around the room and stuffed the black lacquered wood tea tray on the table into her hand: "Use this to make do! Even if you can't find a fan, you haven't seen anyone die of heat in the summer!"

The little maid said 'oh', and took the tea tray as a fan and waved it around the house. Although the effect is limited, the choking taste does gradually dissipate, for example, it is already much better.

Zhao Su suddenly felt that his conclusion seemed to be early.

The girl in front of him was gorgeously dressed and made up exquisitely, and at first glance she was a young lady from a large family; but he had seen a lot of ladies from famous families, some who were full of poetry and books, dignified and elegant, and some who were rude and willful, and coquettish and reckless—only she was unheard of.

Unlike the obedient women who are brought up by ordinary etiquette norms, she deals with problems decisively and simply, but also gently and considerately; her tone is stern and tough, seemingly domineering but reasonable, while reprimanding them and not forgetting to guide them to do things well, which is really very rare. From the obedient and awe-inspiring eyes of the slaves, it can be seen that she must usually be a powerful character who speaks very much.

If you only describe her as 'gentle and elegant, like a white lotus', it seems shallow.

At this time, I saw a servant woman dressed as a cook come in from outside with a food box, and when she saw that Shen Li was also there, she first saluted her in a proper manner: "Miss." ”

Shen Li let out an 'um' sound, opened it and saw that there was only a bowl of warm rice soup. She nodded, stretched out her hand and handed it to the maid beside her, and said to Zhao Su:

"Childe, don't blame my family for being stingy! There are big fish and big meat at the banquet, and you are not inferior to your pair of dishes and chopsticks. It's just that your body is weak right now, so you can only use this clear soup to raise it with little water. Thanks to my eldest brother, who thought about it and prepared this for you. ”

"Thank you for your attention. ”

Zhao Su wanted to say something to express his gratitude, but saw that she had already turned around and left.

——

When Shen Li came to the main hall, it was already the time to hold the lamp.

Five or six round tables had been set up in the huge hall, the servants were busy setting up the cups and saucers, the servants were setting up the tables and chairs, and in the compartment behind the screen on the west side, the ladies and daughters-in-law of the various rooms had almost arrived, sitting and talking in twos and threes, and the men were probably still in the ancestral hall, and it was estimated that they would arrive in a quarter and a half.

Shen Li saw Meng Qingyi at a glance, and was talking to Meng Qingru together, and the two sisters were holding hands very affectionately.

Since the last time Meng Qingyi clicked, Shen Li's impression of her was instantly so good that he was out of the charts, and as soon as he saw her, he immediately stuck to it, and smiled and came to the middle of the two to say hello:

"Hello sister-in-law! Hello sister-in-law~!"

When Meng Qingru saw her coming, she hurriedly beckoned the maid to bring the gift to her. As soon as the three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, Shen Li saw that Meng Qingyi seemed to have a new wound on his neck, and just wanted to ask carefully, but saw her wave her hand and signal not to make a noise.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sister-in-law turned around to take the gift, Shen Li pulled Meng Qingyi and said in a low voice: "That bastard still doesn't change?"

Meng Qingyi quietly pinched her: "Today is the big day when your eldest brother comes home, and this matter will be talked about another day." ”

"Another day?"

Sure enough, the matter of beating his wife, as far as Shen Jiazhuang is concerned, there is a hundredth time!

But Meng Qingyi tried her best to give her a look, so that she would wait for today anyway.

Shen Li sighed in his heart: Looking at this situation, I'm afraid she didn't even tell her sister, she is really a good daughter-in-law who 'knows the general situation'.

"Come, this is Ah Li's sister!" Meng Qingru took a pink brocade box and handed it to Shen Li: "When you came, your eldest brother thought he brought a lot of things, so he said that his sister didn't lack anything anyway, so I could save it!"

"Don't listen to him!"

Shen Li happily took it: "How can there be too many gifts? I am happy to give whatever you give! But if not, then I will definitely not follow!"

Meng Qingru said with a smile: "That's how I told him: 'My sisters have it, but she doesn't have it?' Seeing that she doesn't make trouble, you won't be able to live in peace for a year?"

"Count him as a stingy ghost acquaintance!"

Shen Li opened the brocade box as he spoke, picked out a pink flower from it, and asked Meng Qingyi to help her put it on.

The three of them were talking and laughing, and Shen Li saw a large group of men coming from the direction of the ancestral hall from the window, thinking that it was almost time to start the banquet over there. Her mind moved, and an idea came to her.

"I'll go out for a while. ”

Shen Li said as he stood up and walked out.

"Where's the meal? ”

"Something. ”

Shen Li casually answered and was about to go out, Meng Qingyi guessed that she was going to stand up for herself, and hurriedly reached out to stop her, but Shen Li pushed her arm away, said "Don't worry" and turned the screen and walked over to the group of men.

Master Shen walked in the front, beside Mrs. Xu, followed by the second master, the second wife and others. Shen Li stood by the door and saluted everyone, shouting "Hello uncle and aunt", although he lowered his head, his eyes secretly searched for the crowd - until he saw Shen Xiaotian coming with his brothers in the clan, he quietly stood up and walked towards him.

Everyone praised Ah for being sweet and sensible, and they talked and laughed and divided the guests and hosts into the table.

Shen Xiaotian is the eldest son and grandson of the clan, and he is at the forefront of all the brothers of the same generation. He couldn't help frowning when he saw Shen Li, who was like a leopard sneaking in the grass.

Shen Xiaotian watched Shen Li grow up, and her current look only shows one thing - she is going to beat someone.

Everyone walked slowly into the main hall, and saw that she suddenly stepped forward without warning, grabbed Shen Xiaolin's collar, and actually pulled the man who was a head taller than her to stagger, and before he could shout, she dragged him directly into an ear room on the side and slammed the door shut.

It happened so quickly that almost no one reacted - was someone being dragged away just now?

"It's okay, I'll go and see!"

The third young master, Shen Xiaoshan, came out and said a word, and then followed with schadenfreude.