At noon, Mrs. Shen came out of the dim sum shop with the nanny, looked up to see the sun rising above her head and said: "It's already noon, it feels like we haven't walked a few streets."
"Ma'am, look, we can't afford to buy these things all the time." The nanny smiled.
"Buying things, this time really flies. Look at the time when the warehouse is full and Huiban should be home. Let's go and buy more melon seeds for Huiban before going back." Mrs. Shen said and walked to the melon seeds stall with a smile.
"Madam is careful, and always remembers the preferences of the young master and the young madam." The nanny said with emotion, it is also the blessing of the young master's previous life to have such a stepmother.
"Worry about your life." Mrs. Shen smiled and shook her head, went to the stall to buy melon seeds, and when she turned around, she saw Qiuhe carrying a medicine box.
Qiuhe was taken aback when she saw Mrs. Shen Wang Yuezhen, then walked forward with a smile.
"Doctor Qiuhe is going to see a doctor?" Mrs. Shen exchanged greetings.
"I just came back from a doctor's visit, and I don't want to meet the second lady unexpectedly. Oh, by the way, the store has opened a semi-colon, and then I invite the second lady to show you." Qiu He took out the invitation card from the medicine box and handed it to Qiu He.
"I will definitely go there then, congratulations to Dr. Qiuhe in advance."
Qiu He smiled when she heard the words. At this time, they were all talking to each other, but who knew that there were thousands of sighs hidden in her heart. Their past is finally over, and the intimacy of the past is hard to get back. In this life, she left without saying goodbye. Once started, there is no going back.
"Hey, Dr. Qiuhe really strives for us women. In Nantong, only Dr. Qiuhe is the one who opens a medical clinic for women. I don't know which man will be lucky in the future." The nurse heard that Qiuhe Dr. He opened the semicolon and looked Qiuhe up and down. She is really a capable woman.
Qiu He was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said: "Qiu He will not marry in this life."
As soon as these words came out, the nanny blinked her eyes and was a little confused, but Shen Yuezhen's heart trembled, didn't she get married?
"Doctor Qiuhe wants to be capable and handsome, so why didn't he marry?" the nanny asked urgently.
"When Qiuhe was young, he failed someone. In this life, he just wants to watch her quietly at the place where that person is. I only hope that God will have mercy on me and grant me the fate of the next life. This life is enough." Qiuhe looked at Shen Yuezhen showed a helpless smile, the decision she made on a whim made her regret for the rest of her life.
Shen Yuezhen said with a sore nose when she heard the words: "Doctor Qiuhe, why bother? The past is already like smoke, why bother to cling to the past? I think that person already has his own life, why doesn't Doctor Qiuhe let go of the past?"
"I wish to wait quietly in this life, and look forward to the appointment in the next life." After Qiu He finished speaking, she put her head on Shen Yuezhen's lips, passed Mrs. Shen, and left with the medicine box on her back.
Shen Yuezhen suppressed the tears in her eyes, if she knew today, why bother.
"Nurse, let's go back quickly, the children must have been waiting." Shen Yuezhen gathered up her mood, and rushed home with the nanny and the two little servant girls behind her.
At this time, a little doll with two buns ran into Dongyu Lane with her calves.
"Miss, slow down, slow down." The two maids behind her were protecting her.
"Brother!!!" The little baby ran to the door and shouted excitedly.
Shen Wenchang was arguing with Lu Qingyi when he suddenly heard Qiu'er's voice at the gate.
"It's Qiu'er!" Shen Wenchang's eyes lit up, he quickly stood up and ran out, Lu Qingyi also smiled and put down the melon seeds, and followed.
"Little Qiu'er!!!" Shen Wenchang ran out of the front hall and saw Qiu'er running past the screen wall. The little girl was a little taller, but her face was still round.
"Brother!" Xiao Qiu'er broke free from the maidservant's hand, ran forward with her calves, was picked up by Shen Wenchang, and lifted above her head.
"Hey hey hey~" Xiao Qiu'er let out a bell-like laugh in the air, her immature face was filled with an innocent and pure smile.
Shen Wenchang held Xiao Qiu'er in a circle, hugged Xiao Qiu'er in his arms, kissed him and said, "Do you miss me?"
"I think so, but Dad said that my brother is busy outside, so I'm not allowed to see him." Xiao Qiu'er put her arms around Shen Wenchang's neck and said.
"Then, I won't leave from now on, I'll always be with Qiu'er, okay?"
"Really, brother?" Xiao Qiu'er's eyes sparkled, "Will brother still accompany me to catch small fish?"
"Fishing, why not fishing, Qiu'er, I will take good care of you when you grow up." Shen Wenchang pinched Qiu'er's cheek, and she seemed to love Qiu'er more than before she recovered her memory. The baby pimples born by the moon.
"Master!!!" At the screen wall, Mrs. Shen came back with the nanny and others. The nanny saw Shen Wenchang, she was overjoyed and burst into tears.
When Shen Wenchang saw the nanny, he felt that he hadn't seen her for some time. The nanny was much older. He looked over the nanny and looked at his mother at the screen wall.
"Let's go." Lu Qingyi tugged on Shen Wenchang's sleeve, took Shen Wenchang's hand, and walked towards her mother.
Shen Wenchang approached, put Qiu'er down, and said with a smile, "Nurse, is everything alright?"
"Okay, okay." The nanny touched the tears in the corner of her eyes and responded.
Shen Wenchang slowly shifted his gaze to his mother, wanting to be more affectionate but embarrassed at the moment, so he said with a playful smile: "Where did mother go? Neither of you is here when my wife and I come back. Let us wait so long. Could it be that mother wants to starve us?"
As soon as these words came out, except for Lu Qingyi and Xiao Qiuer, everyone else was stunned.
Shen Yuezhen couldn't regain her senses for a long time, her body trembled, and just now she called out "Mother", a picture flashed through her mind quickly, a doll holding candied gourds in front of the gate with a plaque on the door of the Hou's mansion, calling her mother , that appearance flashed quickly, it was clearly Mancang's childhood appearance.
"Master, the young master has grown up." With a sore nose, the nanny took a step forward to call the dazed madam, "Ma'am, did you hear? The young master is calling your mother."
Shen Yuezhen came back to her senses, looked at Mancang, that call made her want to cry, it seemed that she had been looking forward to it for a long time, and it seemed that she had never expected it before, this call made her bewildered, and tears flowed down unconsciously.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyi hurriedly stepped forward and hugged her: "Mother, Mancang and I will honor you well in the future, don't cry, in this cold winter weather, it will be uncomfortable to cry."
"Yes, yes, mother, what Yiyi said is right, let's stop crying, let's go into the house, I'm starving." Shen Wenchang suppressed tears and laughed.
Shen Yuezhen wiped her tears quickly when she heard the words, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, don't cry."
"Mother, come." Shen Wenchang went up to support his mother's left arm.
"Hey." Shen Yuezhen smiled, "Let's go, go into the house, um, nanny, let someone invite the master, just say that the young master and young mistress are back, let him come back quickly." Shen Yuezhen finished speaking and led Lu Qingyi by the hand hand, the three of them went into the house together.
"Hey, mother, brother, sister-in-law, me, and me." Xiao Qiu'er jumped up on the spot, and everyone who watched them brushed off their sadness and laughed heartily.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyi hurriedly walked forward with a smile, and picked up Xiao Qiu'er: "Yes, yes, there is also our Xiao Qiuer, let's go into the house."
On the other side, when Shen Zhongnan received the news, he put down his account book and returned to the mansion in a sedan chair. He hadn't seen his son for a long time, why didn't he want to, the joy of the father and son reunion was somewhat diluted by the troublesome business in the shop.
"Father, why are you so sad? Are you unhappy when I come back?" At the dinner table, Shen Wenchang poured a glass of wine for his father.
"Boy, am I not happy that I can come back so soon?" Shen Zhongnan drank a glass of wine and sighed.
"Your father is worried about the business in the shop." Shen Yuezhen said while serving vegetables to her little daughter, "Come, fill up the warehouse, and eat a piece of chicken feet."
"Thank you, mother." Shen Wenchang took it with a smile.
Shen Zhongnan stopped picking vegetables, looked at his son in surprise, then at his wife, then his eyes flashed, it was really rare.
Shen Wenchang asked while eating chicken feet: "Father, what happened in the shop?"
"Ah? Oh oh, hi, don't mention it, the former big shopkeeper of our family colluded with Shengji, we broke a deal, and I was resigned. After half a month of resignation, I returned to Nantong to find out about the old thing. I bought a large number of horses for me a few months ago. I originally thought that Xifan would do business with Dazhou and sell them to Xifan. Who knew that the entire road over Xifan was robbed by the Hu family. The Hu family had relatives in the army. Our troops stationed in Dazhou only let the Hu family caravans in. If we put this large number of horses in our hands, the price will only get lower and lower. It’s really a loss." Shen Zhongnan frowned slightly after speaking. "I also went to your father-in-law about this matter. Your father-in-law is talking to his colleagues about this matter, but there is no result yet."
After listening to Shen's father, Lu Qingyi thought about it carefully: "Father, do you know whose cavalry team the Hu family uses to deliver goods to Xifan?"
"The Liu family in the north of the city, what's the matter?"
"Can we also form a cavalry team?" Lu Qingyi asked after thinking about it.
As soon as these words came out, Shen Wenchang's eyes lit up, he looked at Lu Qingyi and said with a smile, "Yiyi, you're so smart."
Shen Zhongnan is an old man who has traveled all over the world. Hearing his daughter-in-law's question, his mind cleared up.
"Oh, why didn't I think of that." Shen Zhongnan was amused, his daughter-in-law solved his serious problem with a single sentence, looked at his daughter-in-law in disbelief, and praised: "Hui Ban is smart, smart."
Since the troops stationed at the border only allowed the Hu family's business to enter, the Shen family formed a cavalry team to pull the Hu family's goods. When they arrived in Xifan, the Hu family unloaded the goods, and they could sell the horses on the spot.
"Wake up the dreamer with one word, Huiban's brain is bright." Shen Zhongnan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, the daughter-in-law here is much smarter than his son. "Before I always thought about how to unblock our horses to go in, but who would have thought of pulling Hu's goods, hahahaha, heaven and night bless me." Shen Zhongnan was very happy.
"But, how do we get the Hu family to agree to use our cavalry?" Shen Yuezhen asked.
Lu Qingyi smiled and said: "Mother, the Hu family is a businessman, and there is no businessman who doesn't like to reduce costs. Our cavalry team was first established, and we can post notices. We only said to the outside world that the team will be free of charge in March. The news spread to Hu Home, how can the Hu family not be moved? Just to be on the safe side, this notice will come out from the Yamen, so there is nothing wrong with it."
"Okay!" Shen Zhongnan patted the table, stood up, and said excitedly: "Let's do what we say, let's go, Huiban, go to your house with dad, and Mancang also come together, bring things to see your father-in-law. "
"Ah?" Shen Wenchang chewed something, "I haven't finished my meal yet, so I'm in such a hurry."
"How do you know how to eat? Look at Hui Ban, how smart you are, go, go, Hui Ban, go with dad." Shen Zhongnan hurried out without waiting for Shen Wenchang, calling his daughter-in-law.
Shen Wenchang licked the rice into his mouth twice, and stood up regardless of the rice grains beside his mouth: "Mother, you and your sister eat slowly, I'll go first."
"Slow down on the road, don't be so hasty." Shen Yuezhen instructed.
"Understood." Shen Wenchang replied without looking back, carrying the things unloaded from the carriage to catch up with his father and daughter-in-law to Lu's house.
When we arrived at Lu's house, just as the Lu family was eating, Lu Qingzhe saw Shen Wenchang and Lu Qingyi, put down his chopsticks, and ran out.
"Uncle Shen, sister, brother-in-law." Lu Qingzhe approached and said hello one by one.
"My father-in-law is here, have you eaten yet?" Lu Wenzheng walked to the entrance of the front hall, glanced vaguely at his son-in-law, and smiled and invited everyone into the front hall.
"Oh, to be honest, my in-laws, we just got off the dinner table, but we only ate a few chopsticks, and our stomachs are still empty." Shen Zhongnan was not polite. Since the two families got married, apart from receiving money from the Shen family, the Lu family Other food and use will be accepted, in-laws, in-laws, like a family.
Lu Wenzheng smiled, turned around and said to the little maid beside him, "Go and add a pair of bowls and chopsticks to my in-laws and uncle, and get a bottle of bamboo leaf green by the way."
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I brought you some Yanghe rich produce when I came back this time." Shen Wenchang stepped forward and put the things on the small coffee table in the hall.
"Grandpa is interested, come and sit down." Mrs. Lu smiled and waved to Shen Wenchang.
"Mancang has grown taller." Lu Wenzheng glanced at his son-in-law, and said to Shen Zhongnan who was beside him.
"Well, a big head doesn't have a brain." Shen Zhongnan looked down on his own son, waved his hand and said, "The in-laws don't mention him anymore. Now that we're here, there is a solution to the horse issue."
"Oh? What can my father-in-law do?" Lu Wenzheng couldn't think of it. He had just arrived in the capital, and the relevant yamen was checking it out, but he hadn't sent a letter yet.
"My father-in-law gave birth to a smart daughter, hahaha, my father-in-law also knows that the matter of horses is a serious problem in my heart. I have a backlog for a long time. It happened that the young couples in the warehouse came home. I drank some wine and started nagging. Who I know, after Huiban heard this, he came up with a trick, which is very clever." Shen Zhongnan smiled comfortably, sweeping away the bad luck of the past few days.
"Oh? Although Huiban was smart since she was a child, I never knew if she could think of a coup in business, so I'll pay all my attention to my daughter's coup." Lu Wenzheng glanced at his wife, full of curiosity.
"Hui Ban said, use our horses to form a cavalry team, and take the Hu family's goods to Xifan." Shen Zhongnan said, and patted the table, "Is this trick absolutely?"
Lu Wenzheng was stunned, this thought was quite a coincidence.
"My son is really smart." Lu Wenzheng sighed.
"Dear man, I have to trouble you to issue a notice on this matter. Three months before the formation of the cavalry team, no money will be charged for soliciting goods from others."
"That's no problem." Lu Wenzheng said, seeing the servant girl bring the bowls, chopsticks and green bamboo leaves to the table, he said, "Come on, eat first, and I'll make a notice after eating."
Seeing that the elder had finished speaking, Shen Wenchang got up and poured wine for the elder.
"Dear man, I have one more thing. You know that I have only one son and one daughter. The son is not good enough and the daughter is still young. My Shen family business urgently needs a serious young master. The last time Huiban came back, I took a look at the account books of daily expenses she brought back, and with the clever plan this time, I thought, let Huiban be the young boss, and it will inevitably show up in public, I wonder if the in-laws will mind Shilin's gossip?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone at the table was stunned.
Lu Qingyi blinked, is she going to do her job now?
Mrs. Lu glanced at Lu Wenzheng who was also dumbfounded. This is really a strange thing. There has never been a father-in-law who abandons his son and puts his daughter-in-law in charge. Let the daughter-in-law be the young boss. Isn't this directly handing over the lifeblood of the family?Besides, shouldn't the husband's family care more about showing his face in public?
"What do the in-laws think?" Seeing that Lu Wenzheng was silent, Shen Zhongnan asked again.
Lu Wenzheng couldn't sit still. He taught his daughter to read and encouraged her to become a wife. He didn't want his daughter to live the life of a boudoir.But after getting married, he can't interfere with her husband's family, but now that Shen Zhongnan proposed it himself, he was a little flustered and a little excited. Push on the road of a boudoir woman.
"Ahem." Lu Wenzheng cleared his throat, and looked at Shen Wenchang, "What do you think?"
Shen Wenchang was picking up the chicken feet, and was called in the middle of the air. Seeing everyone looking at her in unison, he said, "I, I don't care, it's fine for father and father-in-law to decide."
"Brother, don't worry about him, he just knows how to eat." Shen Zhongnan was rather disgusted.
"Then, Huiban, do you like it?" Lu Wenzheng asked again.
Lu Qingyi curled her lips, she didn't want to offend Shen Wenchang's relatives and elders, so she kicked the ball back: "Daughter let father and father-in-law decide."
"Okay!" Lu Wenzheng looked sideways at Shen Zhongnan, "My in-laws are not afraid of gossip, so why should I be afraid of it?"
"Okay, I'm relieved to have in-laws." After Shen Zhongnan finished speaking, he looked at Hui Ban, "Hui Ban, I will announce it in the store from now on, and you, you will go to Yanghe with Mancang in a few days, Then I will go to the semi-colon of the Yang River to teach you how to do business."
When Lu Qingyi heard the words and was about to speak, she felt Shen Wenchang's hand tugging at her sleeve.
Shen Wenchang shook her head at Lu Qingyi, she didn't want to tell her father that she had resigned as a captain now, otherwise her father would get mad at her father-in-law's house, and she couldn't afford to lose him.
"Speaking of Yanghe, Mancang has indeed made a lot of progress. The former Yanghe county lord sent me a letter about the tax and grain case. Mancang contributed a lot." It is attributed to the county lord, otherwise, the full warehouse may be able to rise by one liter.
"He, as long as he can secure the official position of school lieutenant for me, I will be thankful. At least my Shen family has an official." Shen Zhongnan laughed.
"I'm afraid my father-in-law doesn't know my aunt very well. Haven't my father-in-law heard of Yanghe's pregnant drunken man?" After Lu Wenzheng said that, he went to see Shen Wenchang. Not shallow.
"Didn't my in-laws believe it?" Shen Zhongnan drank a glass of wine, waved his hands and said, "It's not true, I don't know my son yet, he is so full of ink, how can he draw anything? When the news spread to Nantong, the streets and alleys of Nantong were discussed everywhere, and I knew at that time that they had the same name and surname.”
Although Lu Wenzheng heard that it was unbelievable, his news should not be wrong. The captain, Shen Wenchang, and Nantong people, where did so many coincidences come from.
"Family, after dinner, how about we have a full warehouse?"
Shen Zhongnan looked at Lu Wenzheng when he heard the words, shook his head helplessly, swallowed his meal, and said: "Mancang, your father-in-law thinks that Mr. Drunkard is you, you, let your father-in-law see if you are or not. Dear Weng, let's talk about it first, don't be disappointed, Hui Ban is already my daughter-in-law of the Shen family."
"No, Mancang is young and promising now." Lu Wenzheng can see Shen Wenchang's ability from the Yanghe tax and grain case, and he doesn't think his son-in-law is inferior.
After everyone finished eating, Lu Wenzheng asked someone to set up a large table in the front hall, and prepared pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
"Please, uncle." Lu Wenzheng handed Shen Wenchang a wolf hair brush.
Shen Wenchang took the pen, pondered for a while and said, "Well, why not, how about I draw a phoenix inhabiting a sycamore tree?"
Lu Wenzheng nodded and said, "I can paint anything, my in-laws, I'm full of paintings, let's drink some tea."
"Hui Ban, come with mother." Mrs. Lu took her daughter's hand and went to the back hall.
Shen Wenchang shrugged, touched his chin, lowered his head and began to draw.
"Brother-in-law, your painting is quite innovative." Lu Qingzhe squinted his eyes and tutted.
After half a stick of incense, Lu Wenzheng approached with a teacup, saw that the teacup in his hand fell off and fell to the ground, Shen Zhongnan then stood up and approached, looked at his son's painting, laughed and said: "Well, It’s a lot better than before, the chicken still has some outlines, and the grass is not bad.”
Shen Wenchang rolled his eyes and pointed to the grass on the painting: "Father, this is a phoenix tree, and this is not a chicken, but a phoenix."
"Dear old man, do you feel at ease seeing it with your own eyes?" Shen Zhongnan didn't feel disappointed at all, because he never believed that the drunkard was his own child from the very beginning.
Compared with Shen Zhongnan, Lu Wenzheng felt a bit of a gap in his heart.
Over there, after the mother and daughter had a heart-to-heart talk, they came out hand in hand. Seeing a few people gathered together, they stepped forward. Lu Qingyi blinked when she saw Shen Wenchang's painting. What is this man doing?
"Sanggong, what are you doing?" Lu Qingyi stepped forward and saw the painting in front of her. She didn't know whether to cry or laugh. I pointed at you and raised my eyebrows in front of my father. You tripped me up. Why are you so playful? ?Lu Qingyi's mental journey seemed to have bypassed the entire Nantong City.
Shen Wenchang raised his eyebrows, and under the gaze of everyone, he dipped in ink and continued to paint on the basis of the original painting.
After two strokes, Lu Wenzheng's eyes lit up. Literati like them often do calligraphy and painting. An expert can tell a person's painting skills with one or two strokes.
"O dear man, the Shen family has a precious son." Lu Wenzheng sighed, this kid had hidden too deeply before.
Shen Zhongnan was puzzled when he heard the words, so he only drew four or five strokes, but he couldn't tell what was drawn at all.But when he was shaking his head, he saw his baby drawing two long strokes in the middle, he was startled. This phoenix is very expressive with only a few strokes. Yes, I also know that this is Phoenix.Shen Zhongnan hadn't finished marveling when he saw his son's few strokes concatenated with the grassy strokes before, and a big sycamore tree came into his eyes.
Shen Wenchang stopped painting after painting.
"I didn't write the signature." Lu Wenzheng suppressed the excitement in his heart, pointed to the bottom of the painting and said.
Shen Wenchang turned his head slightly when he heard the words, glanced at Lu Qingyi, and signed the painting silently.
"My God, when did the brat learn painting?" Shen Zhongnan strode to Shen Wenchang's side, did his son draw it?
"Father has been doing business abroad all year round, so how would he know?" Shen Wenchang blushed, she really could brag.
"There is still no seal." Lu Wenzheng reminded with his hands behind his back.
As soon as the words fell, Lu Qingyi smiled and tore off a sachet from Shen Wenchang's waist, took out a seal from it, and covered it firmly.
Everyone looked at it together, and they saw four words printed on the drunkard's letter.
Shen Zhongnan became excited at this moment, took the seal and looked at it carefully, and said blankly: "I am the father of the drunken man?"
"Congratulations to my in-laws." After Lu Wenzheng finished speaking, he picked up Shen Wenchang's book and handed it to Lu Qingzhe, "Go, let someone express it, and when it's done, bring it back and hang it on the front hall."
"Tongxi, Tongxi, this brat, I don't know when I learned it. I was busy with business after her mother passed away and neglected to take care of him. Fortunately, he didn't grow crooked himself. In this way, I will hold a banquet in the mansion tonight." My in-laws will definitely appreciate it." Shen Zhongnan was very excited, he wanted to entertain his relatives and friends, for so many years, his own children have been incompetent and unable to hold their heads up, this time he must show his face in front of relatives and friends.
Shen Wenchang raised his eyebrows, and some suffered at night.
Shen Zhongnan was quite excited about this matter, and after finishing speaking, he left the Lu family and went back to prepare the banquet.Shen Wenchang and Lu Qingyi came out of Lu's mansion, went to Cheng's house in Fu County, and when they walked to the door of Cheng's house, they saw that the plaque was replaced by the royal house, and they were stunned for a long while.
Shen Wenchang stepped forward to knock on the door, and when the door opened, Shen Wenchang asked the little brother inside: "Brother, do you know where the previous owner of this house went?"
"I don't know, my master just moved in three days ago, why don't you go and ask others?"
"I'm sorry." Shen Wenchang glanced at Lu Qingyi, and walked down the steps slowly. Lu Qingyi was holding the baby's small clothes and shoes and socks in his hand, "Where can Liniang and the others go?"
"Ask Jinwen and Fugui." After Shen Wenchang said, he took Lu Qingyi's hand, and snowflakes fell on his body.
The two went to Zhu's house, Zhu Fugui opened the door, saw Shen Wenchang, stepped forward and hugged him: "Mancang, you are back, come in and talk."
A group of people entered the house, butcher Zhu smiled when he saw Mancang: "Mancang is back, you talk, I'll cut some meat for you and take it back."
"Qingyi, drink tea, fill the bin, drink tea, sit down, don't stand." Wen Gu stepped forward to greet her with her big belly.
"Sister-in-law, don't be so busy, you have to be careful." Lu Qingyi helped Wen Gu to sit down.
"Fugui, I went to Cheng's house, why did I change?" Shen Wenchang sat next to Zhu Fugui and asked after taking a sip of tea.
"I only found out yesterday. Jinwen and I accompanied Liniang to the capital to find Chengyi, but who knew that he divorced Liniang and married the princess as his wife. Liniang came back with us when she found out the truth. Yesterday your sister-in-law I made little hats for the two babies, and we sent them to Cheng's house together, only to find out that the house was empty, and I asked everywhere, but I didn't know where Liniang had gone." Zhu Fugui sighed.
"Hey, we were so happy playing together, now, Tang Hongfei went to the capital, Cheng Yi changed again, and you also went to Yanghe, hey, we're all gone." Zhu Fugui only felt The world has changed too much.
Shen Wenchang was silent for a moment, then patted Zhu Fugui on the shoulder and said, "I won't go to Yanghe anymore, I will be in Nantong from now on, we will stay together when we grow old."
"That's a good relationship." Zhu Fugui's depression dissipated somewhat.
"Second brother, did Wan'er ask?" Lu Qingyi thought of Wan'er and asked.
"I've asked, but I only answered three words, but I don't know." Zhu Fugui rubbed his hands, "It's winter, Liniang took Mrs. Cheng and the two babies, and I don't know where to go. I only heard about Fu County The neighbor said that the entire Cheng family moved out, and all the housekeepers, maids and servants moved with them."
"Let's look for it slowly." Shen Wenchang glanced at his wife, both of them were puzzled, how did Cheng Yi persuade the princess not to care about her past?
"Mancang, brother and sister, let's eat here tonight, we haven't met for a long time." Zhu Fugui saw that the snow outside was getting heavy, so he wanted to keep someone for dinner.
"No, there is a banquet at my house tonight, you ask Shang Jinwen to come to my house together." After saying that, Shen Wenchang stood up, "We are going to Grandpa's house, see you at night, don't forget to come early."
"Okay." Zhu Fugui smiled and sent Shen Wenchang and Lu Qingyi out.
In the evening, the Shen family held a banquet in the hall, with a total of six tables. In the midwinter night, the Shen family was brightly lit.
Standing in the center, Shen Zhongnan raised his glass and said, "Today is a banquet for my little boy. This first cup is for him to capture traitors and traitors for the imperial court without fear of power in Yanghe." Shen Zhongnan raised his head and drank the first cup.
"The second cup, he practiced his painting skills without telling everyone. His name as a drunken man is prominent in Yanghe, and the ancestors of the Shen family have accumulated virtue." Shen Zhongnan drank the second cup after speaking.
Although Shen Wenchang's invitation had already stated that his son was a drunkard, but at this moment, when everyone heard Shen Zhongnan's words, they were still whispering in surprise.
"The third cup, I announce that the Shen family's business will be run by the old man's daughter-in-law Lu Qingyi as the young master from now on!!!" Shen Zhongnan raised his head and drank it all.
Everyone was shocked, but the Peng family and the Wang family looked at each other and smiled. In the afternoon, Shen Zhongnan lobbied the Wang and Peng families and successfully persuaded them.
Shen Wenchang touched Lu Qingyi with his elbow, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Please take care of me in the future, Young Master."
"Then, Yu Sheng, please listen to my command." After Lu Qingyi toasted with a smile, she endured the discomfort and took a sip of the wine.
"Hahahahaha." Shen Wenchang couldn't help laughing when he saw his wife drinking.
With this smile, the originally noisy discussion fell silent.
Shen Zhongnan looked back at his son, and said with a smile: "Mancang, you are smiling so happily, do you have something to say, come on, today I will give you a chance to talk about it in public."
"Ah?" Seeing everyone looking at him, Shen Wenchang cleared his throat and stood up. He cupped his hands and said, "Dear elders and relatives, I am very happy to gather with you today. My father is doing business abroad all year round, and it is all thanks to my mother's care at home." take care of."
The eyes of Wang's grandfather and grandmother were slightly red when they heard the words. They said mother, how many years have they been looking forward to their daughter.
"This cup, I respect my mother, thank you for your mother's kindness in nurturing me for so many years." Shen Wenchang said and raised his head to drink the first cup of wine.
Wang Yuezhen hugged Qiu'er with tears in her eyes and nodded frequently. After so many years, she finally recognized her as her own child. Only the person involved knew how difficult this stepmother was.
Lu Qingyi picked up the wine glass and offered Shen Wenchang a second glass.
"This second cup, I respect all elders, thank my grandparents, father-in-law, mother-in-law, uncle and aunt for their love for me." Shen Wenchang said and drank the second cup.
When it was the third cup, Shen Wenchang looked at Lu Qingyi with a smile and said, "The third cup, I respect my wife."
Everyone was curious after hearing the words, what is the reason for respecting his wife.
"Thank you, my lord, I knew a hero with my eyes back then." Shen Wenchang finished his wine with a smile.
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Lu Qingyi gave Shen Wenchang an angry look. She was still moved after listening to the honorific words of the first two cups, especially the first cup, tears welled up in her eyes, but who knew that the last sentence, Shen Wenchang played cards out of common sense, made people laugh through tears, It's a love-hate thing.
"In addition, Mancang has another matter. I have now resigned from the post of school lieutenant to the magistrate of Yanghe County. I am planning to open a painting academy when I come back. I hope all my relatives and friends can help spread the word and recruit students for me. Mancang is very grateful." Shen Wenchang bowed his hand. road.
As soon as this remark came out, Lu Wenzheng blinked, and then felt that it was okay. If a person is talented, he doesn't necessarily have to be an official, but Shen Zhongnan was stunned, and then pointed his trembling hand at his son: "You What did you just say? You resigned as a school lieutenant? You bastard, our Shen family finally got an official, and you resigned on your own initiative? Back then, your father-in-law put in so much effort for you, so you just resigned , I’m so mad, I, I’m going to kill you bastard today.” Shen Zhongnan seemed to look around, but couldn’t find anything, so he took off his shoes and went towards Shen Wenchang.
Shen Wenchang panicked for a moment. She thought her father was proud of her, and in front of so many relatives and friends, she would never get angry. After all, she underestimated her father.
"What are you doing in a daze? Run away." Lu Qingyi tugged at Shen Wenchang's sleeve, she was really angry when she saw Shen Zhongnan's appearance.
Shen Wenchang came back to his senses and ran away, Shen Zhongnan chased after him, still cursing.
Wang Yuezhen was stunned for a moment, and hurried to catch up to stop her, but she couldn't catch up at all.
Shen Wenchang ran around the banquet, and a lot of dishes on the table were overturned. Lu Wenzheng saw that he was not looking good, so he stood up and tried to persuade him, but he couldn't get in the way during the whole process.
"You son of a bitch, don't run away." Shen Zhongnan chased after him with his shoes up.
Shen Wenchang turned to run to the backyard. Seeing this, everyone stood up and chased after him.
"Master, stop beating, Mancang just came home." Shen Yuezhen shouted.
"Oh, this Zhongnan is too stubborn. It doesn't matter if he is an official or not." Peng's grandma went into the backyard and complained.
"Old sister, slow down, there is a lotus pond in front, be careful." Grandma Wang's family helped Grandma Peng's family.
As soon as the words fell, the grandmothers of Wang and Peng's two families heard the sound of gasping around, and couldn't help but look back, only to see that the whole warehouse was hit by Shen Zhongnan's shoes in the air.
Shen Wenchang wanted to somersault onto the rockery, but unexpectedly got a shoe on his buttocks and immediately fell straight down.
"Plop!" Shen Wenchang fell into the lotus pond.
There were screams all around.
"Xianggong~" Lu Qingyi hurried over, it was cold in the middle of winter, and the lotus pond was already covered with thin ice, and it felt a bit unbearable to fall down.
"Oh, the warehouse is full!!!" The Peng family's grandmother felt distressed, and walked forward with a cane.
Wang Yuezhen also panicked, and hurriedly ordered the servants: "Quick, hurry up and get the young master up."
Shen Zhongnan didn't expect that, when he regained his senses, he quickly directed people to retrieve his son.
The backyard of the Shen family was brightly lit, and under the bright moonlight, the Shen family was in chaos...
Fighting and squabbling are all true feelings in the world, the story is over and life is not over...
"Ma'am, look, we can't afford to buy these things all the time." The nanny smiled.
"Buying things, this time really flies. Look at the time when the warehouse is full and Huiban should be home. Let's go and buy more melon seeds for Huiban before going back." Mrs. Shen said and walked to the melon seeds stall with a smile.
"Madam is careful, and always remembers the preferences of the young master and the young madam." The nanny said with emotion, it is also the blessing of the young master's previous life to have such a stepmother.
"Worry about your life." Mrs. Shen smiled and shook her head, went to the stall to buy melon seeds, and when she turned around, she saw Qiuhe carrying a medicine box.
Qiuhe was taken aback when she saw Mrs. Shen Wang Yuezhen, then walked forward with a smile.
"Doctor Qiuhe is going to see a doctor?" Mrs. Shen exchanged greetings.
"I just came back from a doctor's visit, and I don't want to meet the second lady unexpectedly. Oh, by the way, the store has opened a semi-colon, and then I invite the second lady to show you." Qiu He took out the invitation card from the medicine box and handed it to Qiu He.
"I will definitely go there then, congratulations to Dr. Qiuhe in advance."
Qiu He smiled when she heard the words. At this time, they were all talking to each other, but who knew that there were thousands of sighs hidden in her heart. Their past is finally over, and the intimacy of the past is hard to get back. In this life, she left without saying goodbye. Once started, there is no going back.
"Hey, Dr. Qiuhe really strives for us women. In Nantong, only Dr. Qiuhe is the one who opens a medical clinic for women. I don't know which man will be lucky in the future." The nurse heard that Qiuhe Dr. He opened the semicolon and looked Qiuhe up and down. She is really a capable woman.
Qiu He was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said: "Qiu He will not marry in this life."
As soon as these words came out, the nanny blinked her eyes and was a little confused, but Shen Yuezhen's heart trembled, didn't she get married?
"Doctor Qiuhe wants to be capable and handsome, so why didn't he marry?" the nanny asked urgently.
"When Qiuhe was young, he failed someone. In this life, he just wants to watch her quietly at the place where that person is. I only hope that God will have mercy on me and grant me the fate of the next life. This life is enough." Qiuhe looked at Shen Yuezhen showed a helpless smile, the decision she made on a whim made her regret for the rest of her life.
Shen Yuezhen said with a sore nose when she heard the words: "Doctor Qiuhe, why bother? The past is already like smoke, why bother to cling to the past? I think that person already has his own life, why doesn't Doctor Qiuhe let go of the past?"
"I wish to wait quietly in this life, and look forward to the appointment in the next life." After Qiu He finished speaking, she put her head on Shen Yuezhen's lips, passed Mrs. Shen, and left with the medicine box on her back.
Shen Yuezhen suppressed the tears in her eyes, if she knew today, why bother.
"Nurse, let's go back quickly, the children must have been waiting." Shen Yuezhen gathered up her mood, and rushed home with the nanny and the two little servant girls behind her.
At this time, a little doll with two buns ran into Dongyu Lane with her calves.
"Miss, slow down, slow down." The two maids behind her were protecting her.
"Brother!!!" The little baby ran to the door and shouted excitedly.
Shen Wenchang was arguing with Lu Qingyi when he suddenly heard Qiu'er's voice at the gate.
"It's Qiu'er!" Shen Wenchang's eyes lit up, he quickly stood up and ran out, Lu Qingyi also smiled and put down the melon seeds, and followed.
"Little Qiu'er!!!" Shen Wenchang ran out of the front hall and saw Qiu'er running past the screen wall. The little girl was a little taller, but her face was still round.
"Brother!" Xiao Qiu'er broke free from the maidservant's hand, ran forward with her calves, was picked up by Shen Wenchang, and lifted above her head.
"Hey hey hey~" Xiao Qiu'er let out a bell-like laugh in the air, her immature face was filled with an innocent and pure smile.
Shen Wenchang held Xiao Qiu'er in a circle, hugged Xiao Qiu'er in his arms, kissed him and said, "Do you miss me?"
"I think so, but Dad said that my brother is busy outside, so I'm not allowed to see him." Xiao Qiu'er put her arms around Shen Wenchang's neck and said.
"Then, I won't leave from now on, I'll always be with Qiu'er, okay?"
"Really, brother?" Xiao Qiu'er's eyes sparkled, "Will brother still accompany me to catch small fish?"
"Fishing, why not fishing, Qiu'er, I will take good care of you when you grow up." Shen Wenchang pinched Qiu'er's cheek, and she seemed to love Qiu'er more than before she recovered her memory. The baby pimples born by the moon.
"Master!!!" At the screen wall, Mrs. Shen came back with the nanny and others. The nanny saw Shen Wenchang, she was overjoyed and burst into tears.
When Shen Wenchang saw the nanny, he felt that he hadn't seen her for some time. The nanny was much older. He looked over the nanny and looked at his mother at the screen wall.
"Let's go." Lu Qingyi tugged on Shen Wenchang's sleeve, took Shen Wenchang's hand, and walked towards her mother.
Shen Wenchang approached, put Qiu'er down, and said with a smile, "Nurse, is everything alright?"
"Okay, okay." The nanny touched the tears in the corner of her eyes and responded.
Shen Wenchang slowly shifted his gaze to his mother, wanting to be more affectionate but embarrassed at the moment, so he said with a playful smile: "Where did mother go? Neither of you is here when my wife and I come back. Let us wait so long. Could it be that mother wants to starve us?"
As soon as these words came out, except for Lu Qingyi and Xiao Qiuer, everyone else was stunned.
Shen Yuezhen couldn't regain her senses for a long time, her body trembled, and just now she called out "Mother", a picture flashed through her mind quickly, a doll holding candied gourds in front of the gate with a plaque on the door of the Hou's mansion, calling her mother , that appearance flashed quickly, it was clearly Mancang's childhood appearance.
"Master, the young master has grown up." With a sore nose, the nanny took a step forward to call the dazed madam, "Ma'am, did you hear? The young master is calling your mother."
Shen Yuezhen came back to her senses, looked at Mancang, that call made her want to cry, it seemed that she had been looking forward to it for a long time, and it seemed that she had never expected it before, this call made her bewildered, and tears flowed down unconsciously.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyi hurriedly stepped forward and hugged her: "Mother, Mancang and I will honor you well in the future, don't cry, in this cold winter weather, it will be uncomfortable to cry."
"Yes, yes, mother, what Yiyi said is right, let's stop crying, let's go into the house, I'm starving." Shen Wenchang suppressed tears and laughed.
Shen Yuezhen wiped her tears quickly when she heard the words, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, don't cry."
"Mother, come." Shen Wenchang went up to support his mother's left arm.
"Hey." Shen Yuezhen smiled, "Let's go, go into the house, um, nanny, let someone invite the master, just say that the young master and young mistress are back, let him come back quickly." Shen Yuezhen finished speaking and led Lu Qingyi by the hand hand, the three of them went into the house together.
"Hey, mother, brother, sister-in-law, me, and me." Xiao Qiu'er jumped up on the spot, and everyone who watched them brushed off their sadness and laughed heartily.
Seeing this, Lu Qingyi hurriedly walked forward with a smile, and picked up Xiao Qiu'er: "Yes, yes, there is also our Xiao Qiuer, let's go into the house."
On the other side, when Shen Zhongnan received the news, he put down his account book and returned to the mansion in a sedan chair. He hadn't seen his son for a long time, why didn't he want to, the joy of the father and son reunion was somewhat diluted by the troublesome business in the shop.
"Father, why are you so sad? Are you unhappy when I come back?" At the dinner table, Shen Wenchang poured a glass of wine for his father.
"Boy, am I not happy that I can come back so soon?" Shen Zhongnan drank a glass of wine and sighed.
"Your father is worried about the business in the shop." Shen Yuezhen said while serving vegetables to her little daughter, "Come, fill up the warehouse, and eat a piece of chicken feet."
"Thank you, mother." Shen Wenchang took it with a smile.
Shen Zhongnan stopped picking vegetables, looked at his son in surprise, then at his wife, then his eyes flashed, it was really rare.
Shen Wenchang asked while eating chicken feet: "Father, what happened in the shop?"
"Ah? Oh oh, hi, don't mention it, the former big shopkeeper of our family colluded with Shengji, we broke a deal, and I was resigned. After half a month of resignation, I returned to Nantong to find out about the old thing. I bought a large number of horses for me a few months ago. I originally thought that Xifan would do business with Dazhou and sell them to Xifan. Who knew that the entire road over Xifan was robbed by the Hu family. The Hu family had relatives in the army. Our troops stationed in Dazhou only let the Hu family caravans in. If we put this large number of horses in our hands, the price will only get lower and lower. It’s really a loss." Shen Zhongnan frowned slightly after speaking. "I also went to your father-in-law about this matter. Your father-in-law is talking to his colleagues about this matter, but there is no result yet."
After listening to Shen's father, Lu Qingyi thought about it carefully: "Father, do you know whose cavalry team the Hu family uses to deliver goods to Xifan?"
"The Liu family in the north of the city, what's the matter?"
"Can we also form a cavalry team?" Lu Qingyi asked after thinking about it.
As soon as these words came out, Shen Wenchang's eyes lit up, he looked at Lu Qingyi and said with a smile, "Yiyi, you're so smart."
Shen Zhongnan is an old man who has traveled all over the world. Hearing his daughter-in-law's question, his mind cleared up.
"Oh, why didn't I think of that." Shen Zhongnan was amused, his daughter-in-law solved his serious problem with a single sentence, looked at his daughter-in-law in disbelief, and praised: "Hui Ban is smart, smart."
Since the troops stationed at the border only allowed the Hu family's business to enter, the Shen family formed a cavalry team to pull the Hu family's goods. When they arrived in Xifan, the Hu family unloaded the goods, and they could sell the horses on the spot.
"Wake up the dreamer with one word, Huiban's brain is bright." Shen Zhongnan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, the daughter-in-law here is much smarter than his son. "Before I always thought about how to unblock our horses to go in, but who would have thought of pulling Hu's goods, hahahaha, heaven and night bless me." Shen Zhongnan was very happy.
"But, how do we get the Hu family to agree to use our cavalry?" Shen Yuezhen asked.
Lu Qingyi smiled and said: "Mother, the Hu family is a businessman, and there is no businessman who doesn't like to reduce costs. Our cavalry team was first established, and we can post notices. We only said to the outside world that the team will be free of charge in March. The news spread to Hu Home, how can the Hu family not be moved? Just to be on the safe side, this notice will come out from the Yamen, so there is nothing wrong with it."
"Okay!" Shen Zhongnan patted the table, stood up, and said excitedly: "Let's do what we say, let's go, Huiban, go to your house with dad, and Mancang also come together, bring things to see your father-in-law. "
"Ah?" Shen Wenchang chewed something, "I haven't finished my meal yet, so I'm in such a hurry."
"How do you know how to eat? Look at Hui Ban, how smart you are, go, go, Hui Ban, go with dad." Shen Zhongnan hurried out without waiting for Shen Wenchang, calling his daughter-in-law.
Shen Wenchang licked the rice into his mouth twice, and stood up regardless of the rice grains beside his mouth: "Mother, you and your sister eat slowly, I'll go first."
"Slow down on the road, don't be so hasty." Shen Yuezhen instructed.
"Understood." Shen Wenchang replied without looking back, carrying the things unloaded from the carriage to catch up with his father and daughter-in-law to Lu's house.
When we arrived at Lu's house, just as the Lu family was eating, Lu Qingzhe saw Shen Wenchang and Lu Qingyi, put down his chopsticks, and ran out.
"Uncle Shen, sister, brother-in-law." Lu Qingzhe approached and said hello one by one.
"My father-in-law is here, have you eaten yet?" Lu Wenzheng walked to the entrance of the front hall, glanced vaguely at his son-in-law, and smiled and invited everyone into the front hall.
"Oh, to be honest, my in-laws, we just got off the dinner table, but we only ate a few chopsticks, and our stomachs are still empty." Shen Zhongnan was not polite. Since the two families got married, apart from receiving money from the Shen family, the Lu family Other food and use will be accepted, in-laws, in-laws, like a family.
Lu Wenzheng smiled, turned around and said to the little maid beside him, "Go and add a pair of bowls and chopsticks to my in-laws and uncle, and get a bottle of bamboo leaf green by the way."
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I brought you some Yanghe rich produce when I came back this time." Shen Wenchang stepped forward and put the things on the small coffee table in the hall.
"Grandpa is interested, come and sit down." Mrs. Lu smiled and waved to Shen Wenchang.
"Mancang has grown taller." Lu Wenzheng glanced at his son-in-law, and said to Shen Zhongnan who was beside him.
"Well, a big head doesn't have a brain." Shen Zhongnan looked down on his own son, waved his hand and said, "The in-laws don't mention him anymore. Now that we're here, there is a solution to the horse issue."
"Oh? What can my father-in-law do?" Lu Wenzheng couldn't think of it. He had just arrived in the capital, and the relevant yamen was checking it out, but he hadn't sent a letter yet.
"My father-in-law gave birth to a smart daughter, hahaha, my father-in-law also knows that the matter of horses is a serious problem in my heart. I have a backlog for a long time. It happened that the young couples in the warehouse came home. I drank some wine and started nagging. Who I know, after Huiban heard this, he came up with a trick, which is very clever." Shen Zhongnan smiled comfortably, sweeping away the bad luck of the past few days.
"Oh? Although Huiban was smart since she was a child, I never knew if she could think of a coup in business, so I'll pay all my attention to my daughter's coup." Lu Wenzheng glanced at his wife, full of curiosity.
"Hui Ban said, use our horses to form a cavalry team, and take the Hu family's goods to Xifan." Shen Zhongnan said, and patted the table, "Is this trick absolutely?"
Lu Wenzheng was stunned, this thought was quite a coincidence.
"My son is really smart." Lu Wenzheng sighed.
"Dear man, I have to trouble you to issue a notice on this matter. Three months before the formation of the cavalry team, no money will be charged for soliciting goods from others."
"That's no problem." Lu Wenzheng said, seeing the servant girl bring the bowls, chopsticks and green bamboo leaves to the table, he said, "Come on, eat first, and I'll make a notice after eating."
Seeing that the elder had finished speaking, Shen Wenchang got up and poured wine for the elder.
"Dear man, I have one more thing. You know that I have only one son and one daughter. The son is not good enough and the daughter is still young. My Shen family business urgently needs a serious young master. The last time Huiban came back, I took a look at the account books of daily expenses she brought back, and with the clever plan this time, I thought, let Huiban be the young boss, and it will inevitably show up in public, I wonder if the in-laws will mind Shilin's gossip?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone at the table was stunned.
Lu Qingyi blinked, is she going to do her job now?
Mrs. Lu glanced at Lu Wenzheng who was also dumbfounded. This is really a strange thing. There has never been a father-in-law who abandons his son and puts his daughter-in-law in charge. Let the daughter-in-law be the young boss. Isn't this directly handing over the lifeblood of the family?Besides, shouldn't the husband's family care more about showing his face in public?
"What do the in-laws think?" Seeing that Lu Wenzheng was silent, Shen Zhongnan asked again.
Lu Wenzheng couldn't sit still. He taught his daughter to read and encouraged her to become a wife. He didn't want his daughter to live the life of a boudoir.But after getting married, he can't interfere with her husband's family, but now that Shen Zhongnan proposed it himself, he was a little flustered and a little excited. Push on the road of a boudoir woman.
"Ahem." Lu Wenzheng cleared his throat, and looked at Shen Wenchang, "What do you think?"
Shen Wenchang was picking up the chicken feet, and was called in the middle of the air. Seeing everyone looking at her in unison, he said, "I, I don't care, it's fine for father and father-in-law to decide."
"Brother, don't worry about him, he just knows how to eat." Shen Zhongnan was rather disgusted.
"Then, Huiban, do you like it?" Lu Wenzheng asked again.
Lu Qingyi curled her lips, she didn't want to offend Shen Wenchang's relatives and elders, so she kicked the ball back: "Daughter let father and father-in-law decide."
"Okay!" Lu Wenzheng looked sideways at Shen Zhongnan, "My in-laws are not afraid of gossip, so why should I be afraid of it?"
"Okay, I'm relieved to have in-laws." After Shen Zhongnan finished speaking, he looked at Hui Ban, "Hui Ban, I will announce it in the store from now on, and you, you will go to Yanghe with Mancang in a few days, Then I will go to the semi-colon of the Yang River to teach you how to do business."
When Lu Qingyi heard the words and was about to speak, she felt Shen Wenchang's hand tugging at her sleeve.
Shen Wenchang shook her head at Lu Qingyi, she didn't want to tell her father that she had resigned as a captain now, otherwise her father would get mad at her father-in-law's house, and she couldn't afford to lose him.
"Speaking of Yanghe, Mancang has indeed made a lot of progress. The former Yanghe county lord sent me a letter about the tax and grain case. Mancang contributed a lot." It is attributed to the county lord, otherwise, the full warehouse may be able to rise by one liter.
"He, as long as he can secure the official position of school lieutenant for me, I will be thankful. At least my Shen family has an official." Shen Zhongnan laughed.
"I'm afraid my father-in-law doesn't know my aunt very well. Haven't my father-in-law heard of Yanghe's pregnant drunken man?" After Lu Wenzheng said that, he went to see Shen Wenchang. Not shallow.
"Didn't my in-laws believe it?" Shen Zhongnan drank a glass of wine, waved his hands and said, "It's not true, I don't know my son yet, he is so full of ink, how can he draw anything? When the news spread to Nantong, the streets and alleys of Nantong were discussed everywhere, and I knew at that time that they had the same name and surname.”
Although Lu Wenzheng heard that it was unbelievable, his news should not be wrong. The captain, Shen Wenchang, and Nantong people, where did so many coincidences come from.
"Family, after dinner, how about we have a full warehouse?"
Shen Zhongnan looked at Lu Wenzheng when he heard the words, shook his head helplessly, swallowed his meal, and said: "Mancang, your father-in-law thinks that Mr. Drunkard is you, you, let your father-in-law see if you are or not. Dear Weng, let's talk about it first, don't be disappointed, Hui Ban is already my daughter-in-law of the Shen family."
"No, Mancang is young and promising now." Lu Wenzheng can see Shen Wenchang's ability from the Yanghe tax and grain case, and he doesn't think his son-in-law is inferior.
After everyone finished eating, Lu Wenzheng asked someone to set up a large table in the front hall, and prepared pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
"Please, uncle." Lu Wenzheng handed Shen Wenchang a wolf hair brush.
Shen Wenchang took the pen, pondered for a while and said, "Well, why not, how about I draw a phoenix inhabiting a sycamore tree?"
Lu Wenzheng nodded and said, "I can paint anything, my in-laws, I'm full of paintings, let's drink some tea."
"Hui Ban, come with mother." Mrs. Lu took her daughter's hand and went to the back hall.
Shen Wenchang shrugged, touched his chin, lowered his head and began to draw.
"Brother-in-law, your painting is quite innovative." Lu Qingzhe squinted his eyes and tutted.
After half a stick of incense, Lu Wenzheng approached with a teacup, saw that the teacup in his hand fell off and fell to the ground, Shen Zhongnan then stood up and approached, looked at his son's painting, laughed and said: "Well, It’s a lot better than before, the chicken still has some outlines, and the grass is not bad.”
Shen Wenchang rolled his eyes and pointed to the grass on the painting: "Father, this is a phoenix tree, and this is not a chicken, but a phoenix."
"Dear old man, do you feel at ease seeing it with your own eyes?" Shen Zhongnan didn't feel disappointed at all, because he never believed that the drunkard was his own child from the very beginning.
Compared with Shen Zhongnan, Lu Wenzheng felt a bit of a gap in his heart.
Over there, after the mother and daughter had a heart-to-heart talk, they came out hand in hand. Seeing a few people gathered together, they stepped forward. Lu Qingyi blinked when she saw Shen Wenchang's painting. What is this man doing?
"Sanggong, what are you doing?" Lu Qingyi stepped forward and saw the painting in front of her. She didn't know whether to cry or laugh. I pointed at you and raised my eyebrows in front of my father. You tripped me up. Why are you so playful? ?Lu Qingyi's mental journey seemed to have bypassed the entire Nantong City.
Shen Wenchang raised his eyebrows, and under the gaze of everyone, he dipped in ink and continued to paint on the basis of the original painting.
After two strokes, Lu Wenzheng's eyes lit up. Literati like them often do calligraphy and painting. An expert can tell a person's painting skills with one or two strokes.
"O dear man, the Shen family has a precious son." Lu Wenzheng sighed, this kid had hidden too deeply before.
Shen Zhongnan was puzzled when he heard the words, so he only drew four or five strokes, but he couldn't tell what was drawn at all.But when he was shaking his head, he saw his baby drawing two long strokes in the middle, he was startled. This phoenix is very expressive with only a few strokes. Yes, I also know that this is Phoenix.Shen Zhongnan hadn't finished marveling when he saw his son's few strokes concatenated with the grassy strokes before, and a big sycamore tree came into his eyes.
Shen Wenchang stopped painting after painting.
"I didn't write the signature." Lu Wenzheng suppressed the excitement in his heart, pointed to the bottom of the painting and said.
Shen Wenchang turned his head slightly when he heard the words, glanced at Lu Qingyi, and signed the painting silently.
"My God, when did the brat learn painting?" Shen Zhongnan strode to Shen Wenchang's side, did his son draw it?
"Father has been doing business abroad all year round, so how would he know?" Shen Wenchang blushed, she really could brag.
"There is still no seal." Lu Wenzheng reminded with his hands behind his back.
As soon as the words fell, Lu Qingyi smiled and tore off a sachet from Shen Wenchang's waist, took out a seal from it, and covered it firmly.
Everyone looked at it together, and they saw four words printed on the drunkard's letter.
Shen Zhongnan became excited at this moment, took the seal and looked at it carefully, and said blankly: "I am the father of the drunken man?"
"Congratulations to my in-laws." After Lu Wenzheng finished speaking, he picked up Shen Wenchang's book and handed it to Lu Qingzhe, "Go, let someone express it, and when it's done, bring it back and hang it on the front hall."
"Tongxi, Tongxi, this brat, I don't know when I learned it. I was busy with business after her mother passed away and neglected to take care of him. Fortunately, he didn't grow crooked himself. In this way, I will hold a banquet in the mansion tonight." My in-laws will definitely appreciate it." Shen Zhongnan was very excited, he wanted to entertain his relatives and friends, for so many years, his own children have been incompetent and unable to hold their heads up, this time he must show his face in front of relatives and friends.
Shen Wenchang raised his eyebrows, and some suffered at night.
Shen Zhongnan was quite excited about this matter, and after finishing speaking, he left the Lu family and went back to prepare the banquet.Shen Wenchang and Lu Qingyi came out of Lu's mansion, went to Cheng's house in Fu County, and when they walked to the door of Cheng's house, they saw that the plaque was replaced by the royal house, and they were stunned for a long while.
Shen Wenchang stepped forward to knock on the door, and when the door opened, Shen Wenchang asked the little brother inside: "Brother, do you know where the previous owner of this house went?"
"I don't know, my master just moved in three days ago, why don't you go and ask others?"
"I'm sorry." Shen Wenchang glanced at Lu Qingyi, and walked down the steps slowly. Lu Qingyi was holding the baby's small clothes and shoes and socks in his hand, "Where can Liniang and the others go?"
"Ask Jinwen and Fugui." After Shen Wenchang said, he took Lu Qingyi's hand, and snowflakes fell on his body.
The two went to Zhu's house, Zhu Fugui opened the door, saw Shen Wenchang, stepped forward and hugged him: "Mancang, you are back, come in and talk."
A group of people entered the house, butcher Zhu smiled when he saw Mancang: "Mancang is back, you talk, I'll cut some meat for you and take it back."
"Qingyi, drink tea, fill the bin, drink tea, sit down, don't stand." Wen Gu stepped forward to greet her with her big belly.
"Sister-in-law, don't be so busy, you have to be careful." Lu Qingyi helped Wen Gu to sit down.
"Fugui, I went to Cheng's house, why did I change?" Shen Wenchang sat next to Zhu Fugui and asked after taking a sip of tea.
"I only found out yesterday. Jinwen and I accompanied Liniang to the capital to find Chengyi, but who knew that he divorced Liniang and married the princess as his wife. Liniang came back with us when she found out the truth. Yesterday your sister-in-law I made little hats for the two babies, and we sent them to Cheng's house together, only to find out that the house was empty, and I asked everywhere, but I didn't know where Liniang had gone." Zhu Fugui sighed.
"Hey, we were so happy playing together, now, Tang Hongfei went to the capital, Cheng Yi changed again, and you also went to Yanghe, hey, we're all gone." Zhu Fugui only felt The world has changed too much.
Shen Wenchang was silent for a moment, then patted Zhu Fugui on the shoulder and said, "I won't go to Yanghe anymore, I will be in Nantong from now on, we will stay together when we grow old."
"That's a good relationship." Zhu Fugui's depression dissipated somewhat.
"Second brother, did Wan'er ask?" Lu Qingyi thought of Wan'er and asked.
"I've asked, but I only answered three words, but I don't know." Zhu Fugui rubbed his hands, "It's winter, Liniang took Mrs. Cheng and the two babies, and I don't know where to go. I only heard about Fu County The neighbor said that the entire Cheng family moved out, and all the housekeepers, maids and servants moved with them."
"Let's look for it slowly." Shen Wenchang glanced at his wife, both of them were puzzled, how did Cheng Yi persuade the princess not to care about her past?
"Mancang, brother and sister, let's eat here tonight, we haven't met for a long time." Zhu Fugui saw that the snow outside was getting heavy, so he wanted to keep someone for dinner.
"No, there is a banquet at my house tonight, you ask Shang Jinwen to come to my house together." After saying that, Shen Wenchang stood up, "We are going to Grandpa's house, see you at night, don't forget to come early."
"Okay." Zhu Fugui smiled and sent Shen Wenchang and Lu Qingyi out.
In the evening, the Shen family held a banquet in the hall, with a total of six tables. In the midwinter night, the Shen family was brightly lit.
Standing in the center, Shen Zhongnan raised his glass and said, "Today is a banquet for my little boy. This first cup is for him to capture traitors and traitors for the imperial court without fear of power in Yanghe." Shen Zhongnan raised his head and drank the first cup.
"The second cup, he practiced his painting skills without telling everyone. His name as a drunken man is prominent in Yanghe, and the ancestors of the Shen family have accumulated virtue." Shen Zhongnan drank the second cup after speaking.
Although Shen Wenchang's invitation had already stated that his son was a drunkard, but at this moment, when everyone heard Shen Zhongnan's words, they were still whispering in surprise.
"The third cup, I announce that the Shen family's business will be run by the old man's daughter-in-law Lu Qingyi as the young master from now on!!!" Shen Zhongnan raised his head and drank it all.
Everyone was shocked, but the Peng family and the Wang family looked at each other and smiled. In the afternoon, Shen Zhongnan lobbied the Wang and Peng families and successfully persuaded them.
Shen Wenchang touched Lu Qingyi with his elbow, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Please take care of me in the future, Young Master."
"Then, Yu Sheng, please listen to my command." After Lu Qingyi toasted with a smile, she endured the discomfort and took a sip of the wine.
"Hahahahaha." Shen Wenchang couldn't help laughing when he saw his wife drinking.
With this smile, the originally noisy discussion fell silent.
Shen Zhongnan looked back at his son, and said with a smile: "Mancang, you are smiling so happily, do you have something to say, come on, today I will give you a chance to talk about it in public."
"Ah?" Seeing everyone looking at him, Shen Wenchang cleared his throat and stood up. He cupped his hands and said, "Dear elders and relatives, I am very happy to gather with you today. My father is doing business abroad all year round, and it is all thanks to my mother's care at home." take care of."
The eyes of Wang's grandfather and grandmother were slightly red when they heard the words. They said mother, how many years have they been looking forward to their daughter.
"This cup, I respect my mother, thank you for your mother's kindness in nurturing me for so many years." Shen Wenchang said and raised his head to drink the first cup of wine.
Wang Yuezhen hugged Qiu'er with tears in her eyes and nodded frequently. After so many years, she finally recognized her as her own child. Only the person involved knew how difficult this stepmother was.
Lu Qingyi picked up the wine glass and offered Shen Wenchang a second glass.
"This second cup, I respect all elders, thank my grandparents, father-in-law, mother-in-law, uncle and aunt for their love for me." Shen Wenchang said and drank the second cup.
When it was the third cup, Shen Wenchang looked at Lu Qingyi with a smile and said, "The third cup, I respect my wife."
Everyone was curious after hearing the words, what is the reason for respecting his wife.
"Thank you, my lord, I knew a hero with my eyes back then." Shen Wenchang finished his wine with a smile.
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Lu Qingyi gave Shen Wenchang an angry look. She was still moved after listening to the honorific words of the first two cups, especially the first cup, tears welled up in her eyes, but who knew that the last sentence, Shen Wenchang played cards out of common sense, made people laugh through tears, It's a love-hate thing.
"In addition, Mancang has another matter. I have now resigned from the post of school lieutenant to the magistrate of Yanghe County. I am planning to open a painting academy when I come back. I hope all my relatives and friends can help spread the word and recruit students for me. Mancang is very grateful." Shen Wenchang bowed his hand. road.
As soon as this remark came out, Lu Wenzheng blinked, and then felt that it was okay. If a person is talented, he doesn't necessarily have to be an official, but Shen Zhongnan was stunned, and then pointed his trembling hand at his son: "You What did you just say? You resigned as a school lieutenant? You bastard, our Shen family finally got an official, and you resigned on your own initiative? Back then, your father-in-law put in so much effort for you, so you just resigned , I’m so mad, I, I’m going to kill you bastard today.” Shen Zhongnan seemed to look around, but couldn’t find anything, so he took off his shoes and went towards Shen Wenchang.
Shen Wenchang panicked for a moment. She thought her father was proud of her, and in front of so many relatives and friends, she would never get angry. After all, she underestimated her father.
"What are you doing in a daze? Run away." Lu Qingyi tugged at Shen Wenchang's sleeve, she was really angry when she saw Shen Zhongnan's appearance.
Shen Wenchang came back to his senses and ran away, Shen Zhongnan chased after him, still cursing.
Wang Yuezhen was stunned for a moment, and hurried to catch up to stop her, but she couldn't catch up at all.
Shen Wenchang ran around the banquet, and a lot of dishes on the table were overturned. Lu Wenzheng saw that he was not looking good, so he stood up and tried to persuade him, but he couldn't get in the way during the whole process.
"You son of a bitch, don't run away." Shen Zhongnan chased after him with his shoes up.
Shen Wenchang turned to run to the backyard. Seeing this, everyone stood up and chased after him.
"Master, stop beating, Mancang just came home." Shen Yuezhen shouted.
"Oh, this Zhongnan is too stubborn. It doesn't matter if he is an official or not." Peng's grandma went into the backyard and complained.
"Old sister, slow down, there is a lotus pond in front, be careful." Grandma Wang's family helped Grandma Peng's family.
As soon as the words fell, the grandmothers of Wang and Peng's two families heard the sound of gasping around, and couldn't help but look back, only to see that the whole warehouse was hit by Shen Zhongnan's shoes in the air.
Shen Wenchang wanted to somersault onto the rockery, but unexpectedly got a shoe on his buttocks and immediately fell straight down.
"Plop!" Shen Wenchang fell into the lotus pond.
There were screams all around.
"Xianggong~" Lu Qingyi hurried over, it was cold in the middle of winter, and the lotus pond was already covered with thin ice, and it felt a bit unbearable to fall down.
"Oh, the warehouse is full!!!" The Peng family's grandmother felt distressed, and walked forward with a cane.
Wang Yuezhen also panicked, and hurriedly ordered the servants: "Quick, hurry up and get the young master up."
Shen Zhongnan didn't expect that, when he regained his senses, he quickly directed people to retrieve his son.
The backyard of the Shen family was brightly lit, and under the bright moonlight, the Shen family was in chaos...
Fighting and squabbling are all true feelings in the world, the story is over and life is not over...
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