In the dark room, Zou Manshan, who was sitting on the bed, didn't even dare to breathe, she saw her father's serious figure standing there outside the window, and then heard the sound of rustling in the quiet, and soon she vaguely found Shen Qi crawling up along the window.

He touched his head uncomfortably, and a large bag was thrown out of his head, but his eyes suddenly noticed a dark shadow in front of him, and reflexively took a step back, and then realized that it was his father-in-law.

Faced with such an embarrassing scene, Shen Qi didn't know how to explain it, and spit out a sentence to Zou Shangzhu, who was standing through the window, for a long time:

"Hehe, such a coincidence, why is Master Yuezhang here?"

Zou Shangzhu was even more angry when he heard this, but he was suddenly stopped by Liu Huilan, who came to break the situation:

"Her father, what are you doing here, the children are all older, and we won't worry about some things. ”

Then the empathetic Liu Huilan said to Shen Qi:

"Qi'er, go to sleep, it's late. ”

After speaking, Liu Huilan pulled Zou Shangzhu, who was helping with his body, back to his room, listening to the creaking sound of the door closing from them, Shen Qi had not yet eased up.

Did they acquiesce to me staying in Shanmei's room?

Shen Qi finally suddenly realized this meaning, he quickly straightened out the gray and white robe, turned around and said to Zou Manshan on the bed with a smile:

"Sister Shan, your father is gone, I can sleep in your bed. ”

Shen Qi was overjoyed, stretched out his hands and moved to Zou Manshan's small bed, but as soon as he arrived at the bed, Zou Manshan stopped him abruptly, and said uneasily in his small mouth:

"Don't come here, people's beds are too small to accommodate your ......"

Zou Manshan's move was really disappointing, Shen Qi stayed in place, took out the fire fold to illuminate the dark room, and saw Zou Manshan's black eyes flashing with fire and the touching white melon seed face.

"Sister Shan, I don't mean anything else, I just want to talk to you, I really can't sleep. ”

Shen Qi saw that he couldn't do it, so he turned around and lit the candle on the table next to him, and the candlelight lit up, and the figures of the two of them became clear.

Zou Manshan was sitting on her bed at this moment, holding her slender legs with a pair of small hands, pressing her pointed chin on her knees, and her eyes didn't dare to look at Shen Qi, because her ears were hot, and her pretty face was about to burn red.

Seeing that her little lady was so thin-skinned, Shen Qi sat at the table with a little frustration, holding her side face with one hand and staring at her on the bed, daring to be like a husband who was kicked out of bed by the bride on a candle night in the cave room.

After being silent for a long time, Zou Manshan, who felt that her body was cold, raised her head and saw Shen Qi sitting motionless opposite her, and she didn't know if she was sad or didn't want to make herself nervous.

"You, you come here. ”

Zou Manshan relented, and softly asked Shen Qi to get into bed, while she moved her body inside, and the three-inch golden lotus was together, snow-white.

Shen Qi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly walked over, he hesitated in front of the bed for a while, and had a feeling that he didn't know what to do, after all, it was the first time he slept in the same bed with a girl, and he had no experience.

"What are you doing standing stupidly, lie down and sleep. ”

Zou Manshan watched Shen Qi suddenly become overwhelmed, and glanced at him and shrunk into the quilt.

Shen Qi was sober now, and he didn't even take off the gray and white robe and lay directly on the half of the futon left by Zou Manshan, he turned his body sideways, staring at the good-looking little daughter-in-law beside him, revealing a stupid expression.

"Sister Shan, you are so beautiful. ”

Suddenly, Shen Qi, who was crazy, couldn't help but praise, Zou Manshan stared at him with her own bright eyes when she heard this, and then suddenly approached and kissed him.

Zou Manshan's soft red lips kissed Shen Qi's mouth, and a warm air flow directly made Shen Qi float up to the clouds, but he soon heard Zou Manshan, who was only slightly satisfied with himself, said seriously:

"That's it, don't try to touch my body until you get married. ”

After Zou Manshan finished speaking, she covered her head with a futon, seemingly not wanting Shen Qi to see her embarrassed expression.

Shen Qi licked his mouth with his tongue at this moment, and exhaled a long breath of great satisfaction, he put his hands under his head, and stared at the mosquito net above in a daze.

After a long time, Zou Manshan, who was covered in the futon, heard that there was no movement outside, so she quietly poked her head out, and at this time the candle in the room had been extinguished, and Shen Qi didn't know when she fell asleep.

The morning light was already faintly visible outside, Zou Manshan felt that she hadn't slept well all night, but Shen Qi, who didn't need much sleep after practicing her pen skills, slept very soundly, it seemed that her kiss made Shen Qi's spirit relax a lot.

Zou Manshan wanted to take advantage of this gap to catch up on sleep, she snuggled up to Shen Qi's side, closed her eyes, and slowly fell into a deep sleep.

When it was dawn, Liu Huilan and Zou Shangzhu got up, but Zou Manshan hadn't woken up yet.

"Huilan, why haven't they gotten up yet, hurry up and urge. ”

In the kitchen, Zou Shangzhu, who was used to sitting on the stove and smoking, still had a bad complexion, and Liu Huilan put down the washed white rice in her hand when she heard this, wiped the water on her hands with an apron and left the kitchen.

She approached Zou Manshan's boudoir, and after a little hesitation, knocked on the door:

"Shan'er, it's time for breakfast, why haven't you gotten up yet?"

This voice came in, and Zou Manshan, who was asleep, woke up vaguely, but the moment she opened her eyes, she found that Shen Qi was no longer in bed.

Zou Manshan knew that Shen Qi had quietly gone back, so she got up a little disappointed and opened the door:

"Mother, my daughter didn't sleep well last night, and Brother Qi has already gone back. ”

Hearing this, Liu Huilan sighed in her heart, and suddenly grabbed Zou Manshan's hands and asked:

"Did you last night?"

"Mother, why do you and your father always guess, my daughter didn't let him touch me. ”

Zou Manshan was a little resistant when she saw Liu Huilan's expression, it seemed that she really wanted to let herself have sex with Shen Qi as soon as possible.

Shen Qi had already returned to Xianghua Village at this time, Shen Ho had gotten up early, and he was a little surprised to see his son come back.

"Qi'er, you didn't have breakfast and came back?"

Shen Qi responded casually to Shen Hao's question, he went to the room he had rebuilt to find the book basket and took out one of the paintings inside.

Shen Qi originally wanted to take the painting with him with him, but he changed his mind when he thought that he could protect his father at home.

He hung this painting of abandoned temples, lonely men and widows, big rivers and long winds in the main hall of his home, just behind the spiritual seat of the Shen Qin clan.

"Dad, this portrait is not simple, there is a river god in it, so you must remember to incense him every day in the future. ”

After hanging the portrait, Shen Qi explained to Shen Hoe beside him, he looked at his son's masterpiece, and also felt that his painting skills were getting better. In the past, Shen Qi followed Song Kuangfu to learn to write and paint, but he was very poor. There is also the small poem "Cultivator", although he can barely recognize a few words, he also thinks that this poem is very charming.

"Well, don't worry, Daddy will remember. ”

Shen Ho stared at the statue of the river god exposed in the abandoned temple in the painting, and seemed to see a brilliant divine light lit up, but it disappeared instead.

When Shen Qi was speaking, Shen Qi saw a trace of pen power from this painting spreading throughout the room, accompanied by the faint divine light emitted by the water mill.

He had been asleep for several days since he woke up his master Shui Mozi in the Batong River, but since he had not yet fully condensed his godhead, he rarely paid attention to the things outside.

Shen hoe picked up three sticks of incense at this time and bowed to the portrait three times, from the incense in his hand, it can be seen that a trace of white incense fire rose up with the power of wish, and then was absorbed into the body by the water mill in the portrait.

Shen Qi watched Shen hoe finish worshipping, and his eyes fell on the spiritual seat under the portrait, according to the country custom, he needed to wear linen and filial piety for Shen Qin's family, but he couldn't do it because of many miscellaneous things.

"Young Master Shen Qi, I'm here again. ”

At this time, a cheerful voice sounded at the door of the Shen family's fence courtyard, and when he heard it, he knew that it was Steward Qin of Shengda Qianzhuang.

"Hello Steward Qin, why are you here early in the morning?"

Shen Qi knew that he had come to further discuss the matter of Shengda Bookstore, so he hurriedly greeted him.

"Haha, Shen Qi Xiaoyou asked well, my master is very concerned about cooperating with you, and he just found a location to open a Shengda bookstore, so he hurriedly asked me to come and ask you to take a look. ”

Shen Qi was still a little hesitant when he saw that things were progressing so fast, in his heart, what bookstore to open was not what he wanted to do the most.

However, Shen Ho was an old man, and found that Shen Qi was a little shaken, so he urged:

"Qi'er, Master Chen Zhuang has such good intentions, you don't have to hesitate, now doing business in this world is no worse than participating in the imperial examination, if you can accumulate enough experience in the shopping mall, it will be easier to work hard in officialdom. ”

Shen Hoe suddenly said this truth, Shen Qi didn't expect it, but as a person who came over, Shen Ho's opinion was very pertinent, thinking about Qi Changqing squatting in the prison, a genius, but he was repeatedly disappointed on the way to the imperial examination.

"Since Master Chen Zhuang is so enthusiastic, he will go all out, hoping that he will not cause trouble for him. ”

Shen Qi agreed, Steward Qin was overjoyed, and after thanking Shen for his persuasion, he took Shen Qi and hurried to the county seat, where his carriage stopped at the intersection of the village.

The road was bumpy, and the carriage quickly entered the city and went straight to the position that Chen Tianbao fancied.

"Shen Qi Xiaoyou is finally here. ”

When Shen Qi came out of the stopped carriage, Chen Tianbao, who was waiting on the side of the road, happily greeted him, and behind him was a shop that was in urgent need of sale, and the area was not small.

"Master Chen Zhuang has a good eye, this place is full of traffic, people come and go, and it is just right to open a bookstore. ”

Shen Qi greeted him politely, looked around, and found that this place was located at a crossroads, and it was adjacent to some government-run and private schools, which was really the best time and place, but the only bad thing was that there was also a bookstore nearby, which was not small, and it was inevitable to have friction with them in the future.

Since the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, there have been various official schools, such as Guozijian, Zongxue, Jueluoxue, and Eight Banners official schools in Beijing, and government schools, state schools, and county schools in various provinces. In addition to these government schools, there are also private schools, social studies, and colleges established by private and local communities.

Shen Qi swept it roughly, and found that on the major plaques at this crossroads, there were county schools, private schools, social studies, Yixue and colleges, and in the flow of people, the teachings, teachings, and Confucian students who were responsible for teaching could be seen everywhere, and many people recognized the famous Shen Qi and greeted him from afar.

And when Shen Qi returned the courtesy to them, he suddenly heard the sound of reading aloud from a certain school, and the content of what he read turned out to be the summer quatrain he had inscribed for Ye Shude's painting.