[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Shen Yue was stopped by someone who was almost a head taller than him, with a face that was not ruthless but also arrogant, no matter how he thought he would suffer immediate disadvantages if he tried to make sense of it, he wanted to pretend that he didn't hear him, and just walked around and went home.

Who knows that the bear child's thinking is not something you can satisfy by hiding. Seeing that Shen Yue wanted to leave, the person blocking people stepped forward to block him: "Talk to you, didn't your adults teach you how to talk to people? "

It's all right to stop himself, and if he insults his elders, Shen Yue can't hide if he wants to: "Didn't you say that about yourself?"

Those who stopped people didn't expect that the kid would dare to talk back, and his face suddenly changed from teasing to angry: "Whose child are you, dare to talk to me like that?" There was someone who was with him, and started to boo: " Teach this kid a lesson and let him know the rules of the Imperial College."

Shen Yue rolled his eyes at the booers, perhaps his eyes were too calm, the booers found that the child was not only not afraid, but even dared to stare at others, some couldn't figure out his way, and the booing sound became quieter .

The one who made the first attack felt even more dull, gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, and ran towards Shen Yue.Shen Yue is not afraid in his heart, this person is a head taller than him, and his body is much stronger than he looks, he will definitely be defeated, but he knows that he must not coward such a person, even if he cannot be beaten, he must beat.

Just about to put down the book basket in his hand to fight with the visitor, a voice came from behind: "When did the rules of the Guozijian become your Yang family's?"

Everyone looked back, and there were a few more students, all wearing Confucian uniforms, and their colors were more elegant than those who blocked Shen Yue.What's more, these few people looked bigger than the people blocking Shen Yue, and their calm demeanor was even more unmatched by these people.

The person blocking people could see clearly the senior man, with a trace of annoyance on his face, but he still refused to give in to those who just made a fuss: "Fang, it's none of your business."

Shen Yue heard him say that the surname was Fang, and looked at the two of them carefully, with a smile on his face, but he didn't speak.Just one of the leaders said: "What's wrong with me? You've bullied my cousin and you said it's nothing to do with me?"

Another person who was about the same age as him also stood in front of Shen Yue: "This Guozijian is a place of learning, and the rules were all set by the Tai/Zu himself when the country was founded. I didn't expect you, Yang Jia, to be able to do it today." Say something else. Why don't you tell us what your new rules are?"

As a child of an official family, except for Wang Xifeng, who is so stupid and bold that he thinks that someone will sue them for treason, who can't hear the bones in this person's words?Even Yang Jia, who was blocking people, hurriedly said: "Don't be bloody, I just saw him new here, and wanted to tell him the rules in the Imperial College, who said I..."

The one who opened the mouth first said to him with disdain: "He is my cousin, and his surname is Shen, what rules do you need? We don't know how to say it ourselves, or is there no one in the Shen family to tell him?"

Yang Jia now had panic on his face, he had been in Guozijian for quite a long time, and because of his poor grades, he could only hang around in class C, always taking pleasure in bullying newcomers.This time, such a young child came here, and he just thought about it again, but he forgot that he could enter the Imperial College at this age, and he could study halfway through, how could his family background be so poor?

Shen Yue didn't look at Yang Jia's face, although judging from his name, he should be of the same family as Yang Yi.But Yang Sen's family has only one Yang Yi who can catch his eyes, Yang Bao and him are just for face, such a clan brother is not worthy of him getting close to him just after being angry.

"Cousin." He saluted the two cousins ​​who came.

The one who spoke first smiled at him: "The last time you came home, neither of us was at home. I just met today, why don't I treat you, let's drink together..." Looking at the cousin's small body, he couldn't tell For drinking: "How about drinking tea together?"

The one who spoke last also laughed: "It's rare for elder brother to treat you, why don't you go to Zhixuan?"

Shen Yue decided that these two should be the cousins ​​of the two uncles' family, but the Fang family should only have one quota for the Imperial Academy, and he didn't know which of the two was admitted by him.But he still wanted to refuse: "My cousin should not resign from his kindness, but today is the first day of school, and the elders in the family may also be thinking about it. If you go back late, the elders will be worried. After reporting to the elders tomorrow, we will talk to the two Cousin talk."

They walked and talked like this, completely ignoring Yang Jia whose expression changed again and again, and those in Class C who were booing with Yang Jia.A few people who came with the Fang brothers asked, "Zisi, why don't you introduce your little cousin to us? It's not that he has already been selected as a scholar, so why is he still in class C? Why don't you go with Master Jijiu?" Please, let him come to our Class B."

Fang Fangsi stopped and introduced his classmates to Shen Yue. He couldn't remember such names for a while, but he knew everyone's official position, grandfather or father, but it was difficult to match them all at once.

"Then I invite you brothers to drink tea tomorrow, how about thanking you brothers for helping me out today?" After hearing about the official positions of each family, Shen Yue is more willing to interact with these people more, and directly use today's events as an introduction, so as to plan for future contacts .

After hearing this, Fang Fangsi patted him: "How much money do you have at such a young age, and there is no reason for you to spend money with your cousin." They walked and said, and they had already arrived at the gate of the Imperial College, and Shuangxi greeted him with a smile: " Young master, uncle is waiting for young master over there."

Hearing that Shen Xin came to pick him up, Shen Yue felt in his heart that this uncle was very qualified, and probably because he was afraid that his nephew would be bullied when he came to the Imperial Supervision the first day.Yin smiled to the Fang brothers: "My uncle is worried that I will pick him up in person, so he bid farewell to my cousin and brothers."

The Fang brothers heard that Shen Xin was there, how could they be rude?After saying goodbye to his classmates, he followed Shen Yue to the front of the car and greeted Shen Xin.The two families were originally relatives by marriage, even if Fang's family was not in Beijing, they never stopped walking around, Shen Xin was actually more familiar with the Fang's brothers than Shen Yue, his nephew, so he got out of the car earlier and chatted with the two of them. sentence.

And in the carriage, when Shen Yue said that Yang Jia made things difficult for him, Shen Xin asked calmly, "Did you suffer?"

Shen Yue shook his head: "Before the fight started, my cousin and the others came over. It didn't hurt me."

These words made Shen Xin frown: "He doesn't speak well, you just have to reason with him. These days I saw that you didn't say anything back to him, why do you want to do something?"

Naturally, he doesn't need to use his hands to move his mouth. Shen Yue thought that he must be willing to listen to my reasoning: "Yang Jia is arrogant. Even if his cousins ​​come over, he is still a little unconvinced. He must not be able to explain the truth in a few words." Xiongzi In this world, whoever has the big fist is always right, otherwise you can only think about how to persuade the other party, and they have already taught you how to be a man with a fist.

Shen Xin was still explaining to his nephew: "That Yang Jia is the eldest grandson of the right servant of the Ministry of Officials. He grew up beside Mrs. Yang since he was a child. He is the most arrogant and unrestrained person."

Shen Yue thought about it and said: "When I was in Yangzhou, I made good friends with the young sons of the prefect of Yang's family. It seems that the two young masters of the prefect Yang's family are well-bred." Why did the eldest grandson of the family become arrogant?

Shen Xin gently shook his head: "So boys still can't grow up in a woman's hands. Your father also told me that you pay too much attention to the affairs of the inner house. This is certainly your filial piety, but there must be a limit, and you can't be obsessed with the period A man should travel outside more often so that he is not in vain." Shen Xin took the opportunity to teach his nephew.

Even if he disagreed with these words, Shen Yue would not directly refute Shen Xin's words.What is in front of him is only his uncle, and since the eldest son's family's requirements for him are different from those for Shen Ren, why bother to refute to make him unhappy?Anyway, it is Shen Ren who will be his own master in the future.

It wasn't until this time that Shen Yue felt that his cheap father was more enlightened than ordinary ancients. Even if he was dissatisfied with his attention to the inner house, he didn't object so bluntly, but subtly influenced him by taking him out for more walks.

"I don't know if my father has a letter?" Thinking of this, Shen Yue asked, he had already sent several letters back to Yangzhou, but he never received a reply, and wished he could raise a few pigeons to deliver the news.

Shen Xin thought that he was wronged and missed his father, and thought that no matter how calm he was, he was still a child.The expression on his face couldn't help becoming gentle: "Don't worry, it's just the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. It's okay if you don't have anything to do today, and you won't suffer in vain if you have something to do."

That's already a loss, okay?Shen Yue felt that it was better to respect his uncle, so he smiled shyly: "Thank you uncle."

Not wanting to just enter the house, Shuang'an told him that the butler of the old Lin family house had brought something.Everyone in the manor knew that Lin Ruhai was his husband, and it was common for the man to send things over. Mrs. Shen asked someone to hand them over to Shuang An to accept.

Shen Yue walked quickly towards the study, and slowed down in the middle of the walk: "In the future, if the Lin family sends things, they will be sent to the study, and there is no need to send them to the inner courtyard. What's so rare?"

Shuang An hurriedly followed him first, couldn't hold back his feet for a while and took half a step over, and his body was short: "The slave has overstepped." Who cares about this at this time?Shen Yue only glanced at him and told him to speak quickly.

"There are only a few delicate snacks, and two letters, nothing else." Shuang'an was forgiven, and he spoke a little briskly.

"Let Luliu send the snacks to the old lady's room, and then tell the old lady that I will go to pay her respects after I wash up." Shen Yue still walked unhurriedly after ordering.Don't be in a hurry at this time, the mansion treats him as normal with the Lin family, so he has to be treated normally.

After entering the study room to wash and change clothes, Shen Yue was not in a hurry to open the letter, but went to pay Mrs. Shen a greeting.It happened that Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Liu were both waiting to serve the old lady for dinner, and they laughed when they saw him come back: "This time it can be regarded as putting on the bridle, let's see that you can still be as relaxed as you were a few days ago."

Shen Yue was not afraid of their jokes, and solemnly thanked Liu Shi for Shen Xin's sending him off today and for picking him up, so happy that the old lady said to Liu Shi who was still humble: "His uncle is so worried, it is time for him to let him go." Thank you so much. Even if the whole family deserves it, it’s good for the children to be grateful.”

After the old lady had finished speaking, Mrs. Liu pursed her lips and nodded: "That is to say, thank you, uncle, why don't you quickly draw that happy picture for us when you are taking a rest."

Shen Yue naturally wanted to agree, and agreed happily with a smile.He was too young when he left the mansion, and the time he spent with the elders in the family was too short, and he reintegrated quickly by making portraits for everyone. How could he give up such a useful skill just after a few days of good looks?

What's more, he wants to make a name for himself with his paintings. These people are his effortless propagandists, let alone self-destruct the Great Wall.Mrs. Liu was already smiling happily: "When Chao'er also takes a rest, let him take you to your grandfather's house to play."

This grandfather refers to Shen Chao's grandfather's house, the mansion of Liu Ben, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry.Shen Yue knew why Liu Shi wanted him to go, and he still agreed happily with a smile on his face.

Old Mrs. Shen said to Mrs. Shen: "How old are you? I have a much better temper than when I was a child." The old people love their grandchildren to be happy every day, and no one wants to see the little people with a straight face every day. .

Mrs. Shen nodded accordingly: "Now that I'm in school again, I want to go out to socialize, such a temper is good."

Chatting, eating, and laughing with each other, Shen Yue showed no impatience, which made Mrs. Shen and others very satisfied. No one noticed that she was out of the old lady's Wanhui Courtyard. Shen Yue rubbed himself hard s face.

Went to Shen Shangshu's study to stay with him for a while, Shen Yue finally had his own time, and when he returned to the study, it was already half past time, Shuang'an handed the received letter to him, and asked: "My lord, do you want some tea?" ?”

Shen Yue shook his head, Shuang'an quietly closed the door by himself, and then went to the second gate to tell Mr. Hongliu that he would not return to the inner courtyard today and closed the door early.When I turned back to the study, I saw that the young master had finished reading the letter and was grinding ink by himself.

"Come here, little one?" Shuang An asked, and received the expected refusal, and closed the door again, guarding the door and not tampering with it.

Lin Ruhai and Shen Ren each wrote two letters.Lin Ruhai said in the letter that he was aware of the situation in Beijing and Central China, and told him not to inquire about it, and also told him not to waste his studies just to inquire about these information.He also said that the Prefect Yang has been in closer contact with Governor Shi during this period of time, and he has also shown his favor to the salt merchants frequently.The marriage between Yang Bao and the daughter of Liu Tongzhi's family in Jinling has also been decided.

Shen Ren's letter reveals his longing for his eldest son, telling him to listen to his elders and not act on his own like in Yangzhou.He also told him that he might be able to return to Beijing to report on his work at the end of this year.However, Shen Ren's letter also mentioned one thing that Lin Ruhai didn't say, that is, Jia Min fell ill for some reason some time ago, but fortunately there is nothing serious now.

This is what Shen Yue was worried about.When he left Yangzhou, Jia Min was still in good health, why did he suddenly become ill?When he first returned to Beijing, everyone seemed to think that Daiyu would definitely come to Beijing. Is there any connection between this?

There was no place to ask, so Shen Yue had no choice but to write back to the two of them, and remind Lin Ruhai to pay more attention to the inner house——Lin Ruhai is cautious as an official, and those people can't catch him on the surface, so it's hard to say that they won't be here. The inner house made a fuss.Lin Ruhai's inner house is not only his own weakness, but also Shen Yue's backlash!

And in the letter to Shen Ren, there are undisguised thoughts, concerns, misses, and reminding him that Shen and Lin are already one in the eyes of outsiders, so Shen Ren and Fang's have nothing to do with the Lin family.

"Send the letter to the Lin Mansion tomorrow." Shen Yue yawned: "Let Steward Lin make people watch the Rongguo Mansion more." He said and handed the letter to Shuang'an.

"It's the end of the application, can you rest?" Shuang An asked after receiving the letter.Although Shen Yue was a little tired, he still shook his head: "Today's homework is not over yet, so I can't eat the board just the first day."

"The servant went to the kitchen to see if there is any supper, and brought some for the young master." Shuang An responded and went out.While walking towards the courtyard gate, he was still complaining for the young master: this is the disadvantage of grandma not being in the mansion. If grandma was in the mansion, she would definitely send someone to deliver soup and water early when she saw the young master reading at night. There is no need for him to go to the kitchen to find someone ?

Don't want to just walk to the gate of the courtyard, and saw two people coming here with lanterns, and when they fixed their eyes, it turned out to be Shen Shangshu, Shuang'an was shocked, and hurriedly said hello.When Shen Shangshu saw it, he asked, "What are you young masters doing?"

Shuang'an hurriedly said: "Young master wants to read at night, and the servant wants to go to the kitchen to see if there is anything to eat."

Shen Shangshu nodded and asked again: "Why is it so late?"

Shuang'an couldn't say that his master returned to Yangzhou's letter first, but said: "Young master invited An to come back halfway, and he said that he couldn't be punished the first day, so he read it late."

Erlang didn't play and have fun, but read at night, even though Shen Shangshu has become more and more sophisticated in the past few years, he still nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I will tell you sons tomorrow that when I come back from school, I will greet the old lady and come back to study. You don’t need to accompany the meal.” He waved his hand to signal Shuang An to go to the kitchen quickly.

Shuang'an left immediately, but Shen Shangshu himself did not leave, he let people enter the courtyard gate with a lantern, and saw a young man's figure reflected on the window under the bright window, it seemed that he was writing something.Knowing that he would know the truth as soon as he came in, Shen Shangshu still wanted to take another look to comfort himself.

When he turned around, he saw someone coming with a lantern, still a slim figure, Shen Shangshu frowned a little: "What are you doing?"

It was the eldest girl in Liu's room who came: "Master, our grandma heard that the second son reads at night, and asked the kitchen to prepare soup."

Shen Shangshu asked his servant to take over: "Your grandma has a heart. Tell her to prepare it every day. You don't need to send it yourself, just let the night duty in the kitchen deliver it." The girl bowed her head and answered, seeing whether Shen Shangshu Only after other orders did he calmly go to the inner courtyard.

"Tomorrow I want to remind me that I need to tell my wife that girls are not allowed to leave the house lightly." Although the daughter-in-law is kind-hearted and Shen Yue is still young at this age, he still has to guard against girls who are ambitious.

After receiving the soup from Shen Shangshu's servant, and a while later receiving the glazed lamp sent by Shen Shangshu, Shen Yue went over to thank him, and the servant hurriedly said: "The master said, let the young master just focus on studying, Finish reading early and go to bed early, so there is no need to thank you."

At this time, Shuang'an had already returned, and he brought a bowl of hot shredded chicken noodles—even if the kitchen staff said that the grandma had sent someone to deliver the soup, he still couldn't go for nothing, no.

On the second day, Shen Yue deliberately stayed in the old lady's room for a while before going to school, just to say thank you to Mrs. Liu.He said he was from his own family, but he was not his own mother, so there was no reason why he had to be nice to him. Shen Yue understood the reason why he had an adult heart inside.

If you want people to continue to treat you well, you can't take others' kindness for granted.Mrs. Liu didn't feel that she had done too many extraordinary things: "Chao'er is not at home often, but I was negligent. Just don't blame your aunt for not thinking about it earlier."

Shen Yue thanked him again, and then went out to go to the Guozijian to go to school.Shen Xin didn't see him off today, but there were still two more people with him, they had to wait outside the gate of the Imperial College, and Shen Yue would pick him up after school.

As soon as he entered Class C, Shen Yue felt that the atmosphere in the room was a bit tense, but he didn't care, and walked steadily to the position the doctor pointed out to him yesterday, took out the book in a leisurely manner, and straightened it out. Then take out the inkstone, pour some water in the water bowl, and carefully ink the ink.

The people sitting next to him all took a breath, they all saw how Yang Jia blocked Shen Yue yesterday, and also saw how the Fang brothers gave Yang Jia shame.I didn't expect this child to rub the ink so quietly as if nothing happened.

"Crack!" Someone patted Shen Yue's table directly, causing the books and inkstones on the table to jump up. Far, did not splash.

"What are you going to do?" Shen Yue fixedly looked at Yang Jia who was a little out of breath.

"I heard that you were selected as a scholar, so why are you still in Class C?" Yang Jia still looked dissatisfied.This person who has been selected as a scholar should go directly to Class B. If the kid went directly to Class B, he wouldn't bother him, and he wouldn't be so embarrassing in front of everyone yesterday.

There are such people in the world, whose faults are caused by others, and have nothing to do with their own actions.Even if he was provocative first, it was because Shen Yue shouldn't be in Class C.

Shen Yue said coldly: "Master Jijiu has the final say on which class I should join." If you have the ability, go find Liu Jijiu yourself.

Yang Jia sneered: "Even if you are selected as a scholar, it is just like us to enter the Imperial Academy. With your father's official position, you are worthy to sit in as a mere fifth-rank magistrate. But relying on a good relationship, use There's nothing to be proud of when the Yue family's quota comes in. Maybe it's because your parents took a fancy to the Lin family's Guozijian quota, so they sold you to the Lin family early."

Back home yesterday, Yang Jia also complained to his grandmother about letting the Fang brothers get screwed over, and his grandmother told him how Shen Yue entered the Imperial College, which meant that Shen Yue was not as good as him when he entered the Imperial College As the name goes, he doesn't have to care.

Or how to say that behind a bear child, there is always one or a group of bear parents.This old lady Yang is just like Jia's mother, who loves her grandchildren infinitely.When children have conflicts outside, they don't ask why the conflicts happened first, but only look for weaknesses in other people's families so that their children can get back on the field

What she means is very clear, that is, it is not that the Shen family does not have a quota to enter the Imperial College, and Shen Chao went to the study room to accompany the Seventh Prince to read. Not as harmonious as it appears.Even if they are not harmonious, it should be just a matter of face to Shen Yue. I didn't see that the person who stood up for Shen Yue yesterday was Fang's nephew, and there is no one from the Shen family?

So good grandson, don't be afraid, that kid has no help in Beijing except his family.As for his natal family, the current official position is the same as that of his own old man, and he is still in the Ministry of Rites. How can he catch up with the Ministry of Officials and manage the world's officials?Even Shen Ren will have to be appraised by the Ministry of Officials when he reports on his duties in the future.

After receiving old lady Yang's words, Yang Jia felt that it was time for Shen Yue to lose face, so she vomited out all the things she knew.

He spoke quickly, and while looking at Shen Yue's face, he saw that the child's face turned blue a little bit, and he became more and more proud: "You are a soft food, and you have been eating soft food since you were a child, ah—" For some reason, Yang Jia suddenly screamed.