There are precedents in the history of the Red Chamber

Traveling by water is always very slow, and he wandered out of Sichuan, and it was less than half a year away from Chunwei, Shi Zhongzhu decided not to go to Fujian to see his parents, siblings, and went back to the capital directly.

A group of 15 people were all young and middle-aged men. They made up their minds and rushed to the capital on the [-]th.

While wandering on the road, Shi Zhongzhu finally settled his heart completely in the Dayue Dynasty. The past life cannot be traced, but the present life is worthwhile.To be an official, you must be loyal to the king and end up in the country, and let go of those outdated equality; face the officialdom, be brave and brave, let go of the meaningless fairness; face the weak, keep a compassionate heart, do what you can Bar.

On the day when Shi Zhongzhu and his party returned to the capital, it happened to be Xiumu. Shi Bosong had already received the letter, so he didn't ask his servants to pick it up, and waited at the gate of the city by himself.

The scenery of the capital is prosperous and there are many people. Shi Zhongzhu rode a good horse that travels thousands of miles a day, but he only trots slowly, under the feet of the emperor, afraid of hurting people.Seeing the standard carriage of his eldest brother, the prince of the Marquis, and his elder brother standing outside the carriage waiting for him, he couldn't help flicking his whip twice, and ran to Shi Bosong.

"Big brother!"

"Brother Bamboo!"

"Brother, I'm back!" Shi Zhongzhu dismounted smoothly, rushed over with a stride, gave his elder brother a hug, and patted Shi Bosong's back with his hands twice, his heart was so excited that it was hard to describe.

Shi Bosong was hit by him and took two small steps back before he stabilized his body. At first, he was still not used to his younger brother's enthusiasm, so he reacted by stroking his younger brother's back twice.Pushing the man out of his arms, he laughed and scolded, "How can you be so unsteady after being away for three years?"

"Brother, big brother, my brother misses you, don't you miss me?" Shi Zhongzhu pretended to be wronged, but he couldn't hold back the joy of returning home, and his eyes were always smiling.

"I don't want to! You're a troublemaker, forget about it, and don't know how to take care of yourself. You were assassinated, how did you scare my mother? Who would miss you!" Shi Bosong tried his best to show the majesty of his eldest brother, but unfortunately Appearance, really unsuccessful.

"Brother, good brother, dear brother, I was wrong, can't I be wrong? Not seeing each other every day is like three autumns. Count how many years we haven't seen each other. If you still meet, you will criticize me."

"Let's go, you old monster!" Shi Bosong didn't want to complain about his younger brother's ability to use idioms indiscriminately.

Shi Zhongzhu turned his head and greeted Nanshan, Master Dong, and the twelve guards to follow, and followed his eldest brother into the carriage.

The carriage of the son of the Marquis was naturally luxurious. Shi Zhongzhu entered the carriage, sat down next to Shi Bosong, wiped his hands with a wet towel, and drank a cup of hot tea Shi Shiran before he missed Shi Bosong.

Seeing that Shi Bosong looked at his heart, he couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, and asked, "Brother, why don't you ask me what happened on the road? The things on the road are interesting!"

Shi Bosong laughed, "If I don't ask, you are also talking."

"Huh!" Shi Zhongzhu was so unconvinced, he turned his head and sulked for 2 minutes, and couldn't help turning his head again, and said, "I know you want to hear it too, but I'm sorry to ask, brothers, what's wrong with you, oh, Who made me such a good brother, let me tell you about the grassland cattle and sheep I saw in Hetao first, you don’t know, the grass there is so tall, as tall as a person, Master Dong is as tall, standing on the grass Here, the head of the grass covered his head, and I..."

Shi Bosong smiled and listened to what his younger brother had seen and heard. He said that there were water bubbles in the meadow, and the fish there were really stupid. He caught every one of them, "beating the roe deer with a ladle to scoop the fish", the prey was so plentiful, and he was in his heart. Imagine that the endless grassland is about the size of a dozen or dozens of horse farms in the suburbs of Beijing. When can I go and see it myself?

Shi Zhongzhu usually didn't think it was so close from the city gate to Bowling's House in Dongshi, and he arrived home after he started talking.Shi Zhongzhu had no choice but to shut up and get out of the carriage first.

Shi Bosong got out of the carriage first, and when Shi Zhongzhu came down, the porter had already knelt down on the ground, shouting, "Welcome Second Young Master back home!".

Shi Zhongzhu looked at his elder brother with a smile, and Shi Bosong smiled back. Shi Zhongzhu felt that his elder brother valued and cared for him, so he waved his hand happily.

All the way through the gate, the servants on the road saluted Shi Zhongzhu one after another, shouting, "Welcome the second young master back home!" Shi Zhongzhu pretended to complain, "Brother, what are you doing with such an array?"

Shi Bosong did not answer, another voice sounded. "Second brother has wronged your elder brother. My sister-in-law and I made up this situation. Your elder brother said that his brotherhood is at ease in his heart, but sister-in-law is a person who can't hide her thoughts. Everyone must know that our second master has returned to the house. OK!"

It turned out that they had already reached the inner courtyard, upon hearing this, Shi Zhongzhu hurriedly greeted his elder sister-in-law Xu, and after talking about the ceremony, they walked all the way to the main hall.The sister-in-law asked the girl to serve tea, and when she arrived, "The Autumn Festival courtyard has been cleaned on time. I heard that the second brother is coming back, and even replaced it with new bedding and curtains. The second brother has been full of dust all the way. Let's go to wash up first, and we will talk later. , how are you?"

"Listen to your sister-in-law." Shi Bosong thought it was good.

"My sister-in-law has made all the arrangements, I'll go back first." After exchanging some pleasantries, Shi Zhongzhu got away and walked towards the Qiujieyuan.If he had encountered such a situation before, Shi Zhongzhu would have thought wildly in his heart: Is my eldest brother separated from me?Is my sister-in-law beating me that this family is already in charge of them?Why replace the curtains in my yard with the bamboo pattern I love the most?Now, Shi Zhongzhuli understands his own thoughts, and naturally knows that his sister-in-law is the only woman in the family, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. It is justifiable to let her manage the backyard and take care of himself. "I, when I got back to the yard, I saw that the newly replaced curtains still had bamboo patterns, and Shi Zhongzhu was even more sure of this.

Chunya and Xiaye are already family members and daughters-in-law, but Shi Zhongzhu's courtyard is still the two chiefs, and Shi Zhongzhu takes the seat. Make a kowtow to Shi Zhongzhu.

The Autumn Festival Courtyard belonged to the Outer Courtyard, and when Shi Zhongzhu left, he dismissed most of the people. Now the Autumn Festival Courtyard serves only daughters-in-law, mother-in-law and servants, not a single unmarried girl.Mrs. Xu also probably knew that Shi Zhongzhu was impatient with the little girl's service, and the rough envoy he sent over was also a young boy who had only kept his head.

He ordered Nanshan to present rewards to them, and when they got the rewards, they retired happily, and Shi Zhongzhu went to the bathroom to freshen up.

After Shi Zhongzhu took care of it, his sister-in-law Xu had already called someone to invite him.This family banquet was held in Shi Bosong's Tingtao Courtyard, and there were only a few serious masters in the family. Although Shi Bosong was the eldest son, to show respect, Shi Ding and his wife were away, so he did not move into the main courtyard.

Entering the main hall of Tingtao Courtyard, Mrs. Shi Bosong and Mrs. Xu let their children visit their second uncle first.The two little radish heads were dressed like red envelopes, and they looked at Shi Zhongzhu eagerly, and there was a nanny holding the baby next to him.Mrs. Xu first pushed the slightly bigger radish to Shi Zhongzhu, and introduced, "This is the boss, and my father-in-law named him Sixian."

Shi Zhongzhu picked up Shi Sixian and gave him a pouch from his sleeve. The little guy was quite polite. Seeing his mother Xu's nodding, he said in a childish voice, "Thank you, Uncle Second." Shi Zhongzhu touched his buds He turned his head and asked, "How do you know I'm the second uncle?" Shi Sixian glanced at his mother, meaning: Mother taught her.Shi Zhongzhu said with emotion, "When I left, the little guy was less than one year old, and he is so old now."

The other little luotou saw his brother sitting on other people's laps and chatting, and his parents ignored him. He was extremely wronged, and he pulled Shi Zhongzhu's clothes by himself, and climbed up his legs.Shi Zhongzhu shifted Shi Sixian to his left thigh, supported him with his left hand, scooped it up with his right hand, and brought another little guy to sit on his right thigh.

Without waiting for my sister-in-law to introduce her, she asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Brother Qi!"

"Then who am I?" Shi Zhongzhu asked again.

"Second uncle!"

"What is Brother Qi's name?"

"Shi Siqi!" The little guy is not yet two years old, and the pronunciation of the names is similar, so he can't speak clearly, and almost choked on his saliva.

"Okay, second brother, let them go, there are no rules." Shi Bosong aspired to be a strict father, so it was obvious that he would not be a son sitting on the elder's lap.The two little guys were also very afraid of their father, and their bodies froze for a moment.

Shi Zhongzhu was not an obedient master, "Brother, you are old-fashioned, but sister-in-law can stand you!" After hearing this, Mrs. Xu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled.Shi Bosong was devastated and concentrated on drinking tea, not bothering to talk to him.

"Where's mine?" Shi Siqi asked, pointing to the purse in Shi Sixian's hand, Shi Bosong scolded "no rules", Shi Zhongzhu smiled and said to Qi Geer, "It's in the right sleeve, you take it yourself, do you know which side is on the right? "

The little guy proved with practical actions that he knew which side was on the right. Brother Qi held the two purses in his hand and asked, "Are these two mine?"

"No, one is your sister's. You see, your brother only has one, and you only have one." Shi Zhongzhu said, "Choose one."

Brother Qi looked at the red one and the pink one and didn't know how to choose. He looked at the big red purse in Shi Sixian's hand and chose the same one as his brother.This is of course the right choice. The big red purse contains the jade pendant worn by the boy, and the pink purse contains two pearls. The girl is a concubine, and the value of pearls cannot be compared with the jade pendant.

Seeing that he had been selected, Shi Zhongzhu said again, "Brother Qi, help second uncle give this pink purse to sister, okay?"

"it is good!"

Mrs. Xu motioned for the nanny to come forward, and the nanny bowed and saluted, and read: "My maidservant on behalf of the young lady greets the second master, and the second master is blessed!" After Brother Qi put the pink purse on the swaddle, he saluted and thanked the second master, "Thank you, the second master." ".Shi Zhongzhu said "Yes", and the nanny looked up, and added, "Thank you, second brother!"

The titles in the family are a little messy, Shi Bosong Xu's servants are called "uncle, grandma", the younger generation are called "Xiangeer, Qigeer", and sometimes "yeah", when Shi Zhongzhu came back, "Second Ye" The title of "Second Young Master" is his exclusive title, and the wet nurse hesitated to choose the title of "Second Brother".

Seeing that Shi Zhongzhu treated her own children better than those born to concubines, Mrs. Xu was very happy despite the gender difference.Laughing, "Second brother is a good-tempered one. These two little monsters are very skinny on weekdays. Only my father and second brother can cure them!" Then he told the nanny, "My sister is still young and can't stand the wind. See you Let's go down first." The nanny naturally agreed and withdrew.Only then did Xu truly feel that this was a family feast.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Shi Bosong greeted him and moved to the dining room. The two little guys stuck to Shi Zhongzhu's body and couldn't get off.Xu said later, "Second brother likes children, I'm too happy to be happy, so please don't get angry!"

"A loving mother loses so much!" Shi Bosong said angrily.

"Let my second uncle hug me, why would I lose my son?" Mrs. Xu rolled his eyes at him, followed Shi Zhongzhu to the dining room, Shi Bosong fell behind wondering: Why am I not welcome when my second brother comes back?

After a happy meal, the two little guys listed Shi Zhongzhu as their favorite person. During the meal, they talked about "Second Uncle" all the time, which made Xu's little snack jealous for a while.

After dinner, Shi Bosong and Shi Zhongzhu were going to sleep tonight, so Mrs. Xu took the two reluctant little ones back to her room to rest.

The two brothers chatted miscellaneously all night. They didn't go to bed until dawn, and they had to wake up for breakfast after sleeping for a while.Shi Zhongzhu was eating sleepily, and his servants came to report: The sage has called.