[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Worrying about the people's livelihood on the ground in Yangzhou, several years have carved a lot of marks on Shen Ren's body. The most intuitive thing is that he also has a beard. years old.A pair of eyes similar to those of Shen Yue have already formed several deep wrinkles, even if they don't talk or laugh, the wrinkles are already deeply planted, and it's time to smooth them out.Even with a pair of eyes, there was no clarity when Shen Yue left, but wisdom was replaced by wisdom.

On the whole, Shen Ren was even more mature than Shen Xin who stayed in the capital, he obviously paid attention to maintenance on weekdays, his age in his 30s was reflected in his face and actions.This made Shen Yue unknowingly feel sorry for the people he used to cheat from time to time, and the corners of his eyes also got a little wet: "My son pays his respects to his father, and welcomes his father back home."

"Okay, okay," looking at the promising eldest son, Shen Ren has long forgotten the fact that he was cheated back then, and his eyes are full of relief: "You have grown up, you are also promising, you can care about your brothers and considerate your mother, good, very good "One letter on the fifth day did not cancel with Fang's entry into Beijing, but exchanged one letter from Beijing and China for two letters from Yangzhou, so that Shen Ren knew about his eldest son's actions. very clear.

Shen Ren's repeated praises, even though Shen Yue has always been thick-skinned, he couldn't bear it, and his face turned red: "The son has only done what he should do, so he should not be praised by his father. Please also invite father to get off the boat, okay?" Let the servants pack up and return home."

At this moment, Shen Ren turned his attention to the second son and youngest son, touched their little heads one by one, and took one with each hand: "Okay, I will go home with my father."

Shen Ren's return to the mansion is different from Fang's return. This time, the gate of Shen's mansion was opened, and Shen Chao took Yan Geer and Ne Geer to stand in front of the mansion early, and greeted the carriage as soon as he saw it: "Please uncle Ann, welcome uncle back home."

Shen Ren was also very excited when he saw the plaque hanging on the gate of the mansion. After telling the children to get up, he strode towards the mansion.Shen Chao looked at his second uncle's unsteady footsteps, and felt emotional in his heart: "Second uncle is getting old."

Shen Yue nodded, but Brother Xun was a little unhappy: "Second Master is not old."

Shen Chao smiled kindly at Brother Xun, and stopped Brother Yan from retorting: "The old lady should be in a hurry." The leader followed Shen Ren, who had already entered the mansion in a hurry, into the gate.

When they reached the second gate, Mrs. Fang kept wiping away tears, Mrs. Liu was also wiping the corners of her own eyes, and then they all walked towards the Wanhui courtyard together.Mrs. Shen was already standing at the gate of the courtyard. Seeing her youngest son approaching, she called out: "You still know how to come back..." and burst into tears.

Shen Ren, who was kneeling on the ground, walked all the way to Mrs. Shen: "My son is not filial, and I can't accept Huan's knees. Please forgive my wife."

At this time, Mrs. Shen had long lost her previous reserved and dignified, she lowered her body and hugged her youngest son in her arms, and let out a mournful voice: "It will be six or seven years since you left, you are so cruel." There are older elders in the family, It was hard for Mrs. Shen to say anything else, so she had to turn her longing for many years into tears.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Fang persuaded and persuaded Mrs. Shen to stop crying by saying that the old lady was still waiting to speak, but they still couldn't take their eyes off their youngest son. The principal room.

This time, Xueshi Shen and the old lady were waiting.The second grandson who originally wanted to avoid disaster and keep the blood of the Shen family, now returned to Beijing safely, it can be seen that the Shen family passed this test safely, how can the old man be unhappy?Even Bachelor Shen smiled and watched his second grandson salute himself, affirming Shen's achievements when he was a foreigner for the first time.

This was the first time Shen Ren had heard his grandfather's recognition of him since he became an official, and it would be a lie to say that he was not excited.Looking at the majestic cloth of the old man sitting high, his body has bent down with the years, and his figure seems to be a little thinner. Shen Ren said affectionately: "Grandfather and grandmother are in good health, and grandson is very happy."

Xueshi Shen asked him to get up, and ordered him not to sit down politely, and said: "We are also in our 70s, and we have nothing to worry about except thinking about you, and there is nothing serious about our health."

Mrs. Shen looked at the two daughters-in-law. They are daily servants, so they naturally knew that the old man was comforting his grandson, and the old lady was just nagging. Since Xueshi Shen entered the palace last time, even his actions have slowed down. This makes everyone have to worry.

These are not things that should be said when they reunite after a long absence, Shen Ren has slowly told his family what he saw and heard when he was a foreigner.These Fangs had already mentioned it once when they came back, but when their children and grandchildren said it, it was more cordial to the elders.

Since a family banquet is to be held, the banquet can be opened after the screen is separated.Seeing that the grandparents, grandchildren, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were sitting around, the old lady said to Mrs. Shen, "Can you make an agreement with the Li family?"

Mrs. Shen nodded and said: "It's scheduled for June [-]th. By then, the imperial examination will be over, the yamen will be divided, and there will be more time."

The old lady nodded after hearing this: "I also left good things for Chao's daughter-in-law, so that kid always thinks I'm partial."

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Shen Yue on the other side of the screen looked at Shen Chao with mockery in his eyes.Shen Chao's face turned red little by little, and he covered it up by toasting Shen Ren.

When I got back to the west courtyard, I had some conversations between father and son, and couples complained.Shen Ren didn't ask how Shen Yue's knowledge was, but only listened to him explain in detail what Prince Zhongshun and other prefectures in Beijing knew, and made preparations before his appointment.

At the close of the new year, all ministries were extremely busy. Shen Ren happened to be interviewed by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials two days before closing his pen, and got the news of returning home to wait for the letter.

Shen Chao and Shen Yue devoted themselves to studying hard, how could they care about passing the New Year?Even the Shen family and the Lin family made way for two people who wanted Chunxi this year, and they didn't even invite guests a few times.Apart from visiting their ancestral home and Yue's family to pay New Year's greetings as usual, the two never saw each other and heard nothing.

The two made articles and discussed each other from time to time, not daring to make too much noise, so they could only talk to Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai treated the two of them equally, and he didn't show mercy because Shen Yue was close, nor did he limit his affection because Shen Chao was just a relative.

This move made the Shen family feel grateful to Lin Ruhai, and they only turned this gratitude into being kind to Daiyu, and even brother Kuan got the letter from Xueshi Shen.

"Just don't catch up with anyone crying next to you this time." Sitting in the car rushing for the exam again, Shen Chao still had lingering fears when he talked about what happened to Qiu Wei.Shen Yue still had the heart to tease him: "What are you afraid of, Miss Li gave me another handkerchief this time, just to plug her ears."

However, Shen Chao did not rush forward to beat Shen Yue as before, but sighed: "This time, you and I will go all out, no matter who can enter the first class, it is the glory of the Shen family. Because the master is no longer the Minister of the Household Department, I feel that the Shen family..."

Shen Yue nodded heavily.After the emperor started writing a new year, a series of personnel adjustments were made: Shen Shangshu no longer served as the household secretary, and was full-time a scholar counselor for the government just like his old father.The Minister of the Ministry of Officials did not change, but Mu Shilang was transferred to Yunnan as the chief envoy, so Shen Yue still hadn't figured out what was going on.

However, Lin Ruhai became the secretary of the household department, which surprised all the courtiers.As for Shen Xin, he took over Lin Ruhai's right servant from the Ministry of Officials.Naturally, there was nothing wrong with Shen Yue, but some people felt that the Shen family was afraid of making the emperor fearful, and they dared not speak out, but they also talked a little bit.

Shen Yue knew that Shen Chao's words came from these three words. He himself has read books more carefully these days and gained experience in writing poems. He wants to see how he is worse than this ancient man.

Chun Wei was still held in the Gongyuan. With the experience of Qiu Wei, Shen Chao and Shen Yue did not squeeze into the front row in a hurry, but waited for the guards to open the door and roll their names before entering.This inspection is stricter than that of the department, and candidates are even required to take off their clothes for inspection.

Shen Yue was disgusted by this uncommon gesture, obediently followed the orders of the guards, and took away his four or five long gowns one by one, and put them on calmly after the guards felt that there was no problem. The guards were a little more patient with him: "This is your number plate, you can see it when you turn left from the promenade."

Fortunately, after the fall of last year, the Gongyuan was also cleaned, the dust was not that big, Shen Yue could sit and lie down after wiping with the rag he brought.At this time, it was getting warmer day by day, and a large cloak was heavy enough not to be woken up by the cold at night.

When the first exam questions were handed in hand, Shen Yue smiled in his heart: the poem title asks for trust, and the stereotype title is "A gentleman who is not serious is not powerful, learning is not solid, the Lord is loyal and trustworthy, and those who have no friends are not as good as themselves, don't be afraid to correct mistakes." , it seems that today this is to make the courtiers understand the meaning of loyalty and trustworthiness.With the ink that had been polished long ago, Shen Yue picked up the pen and started to solve the problem first.

Explaining loyalty and trustworthiness is easy for Shen Yue, and he is even more familiar with the stereotyped format.Firstly, the prestige of a gentleman should be established, then the loyalty and trustworthiness of the courtiers should be kept, and how to keep loyalty and trustworthiness, and finally, learning must be based on internal and external factors, so merit is indispensable.Out of order is disloyalty, and the words that everyone can punish are the conclusion of his article.

When such an article comes out, Shen Yue believes that as long as his paper can enter the top ten, then the present who has the most say in the first class will be able to see his article, and it will not be far to enter the first class.

For the rest of the time, Shen Yue devoted himself to thinking about the test post poems. From what code to use, to how to turn the meaning of loyalty into faith, Shen Yue's key considerations were issues.Many days of practice allowed him to form a habit of thinking, and he also used the integration of ideas in modern exam-oriented education.

When the officer came to collect the papers on the third day, he found that the candidate had a relaxed expression, and he had no other attitude of worrying about gains and losses, and he was secretly surprised.By the time the papers were closed for the third round, the guards were already familiar with it: this little juren might have been forced by the adults in the family to take the exam to deal with the errand, or he couldn't be so careless.

But such a young child is already considered a talent if he can pass the autumn, why do you have to push the child so hard for the sake of fame?Look, even if you come to take the exam and you can't answer well, isn't it just frustrating the child's spirit in vain?

Shen Yue didn't know that he was sympathized by the guards once, and fell asleep after he went to the room to ask for peace: Ever since Lin Ruhai forbade him to see Daiyu, the old lady of the Shen family and Mrs. Shen didn't know what they were thinking , and seldom invite Daiyu to come to the mansion again, and today I don't see Daiyu worrying about coming over to see her like she was in Qiu Wei, what else can Shen Yue do if he doesn't sleep?

Silence the paper, ask Shen Shangshu, Shen Xin and Shen Ren to read it, and then send it to Lin Ruhai's mansion for him to read, Shen Yue will not go out much, and concentrate on waiting for the day when the paper will be released.It's just that if this person is thinking about this matter in his heart, he can't relax.The same is true for Shen Yue, he just felt that sitting and sleeping in the mansion is not satisfactory, so he asked Shuang'an to ask Mr. Li if he was at home, so he asked someone to set up a car to talk to Mr. Li.

"Why don't you just stay at home and wait for the news?" Mr. Li was naturally happy to see him, but he also knew that this was not the time for Shen Yue to go out.

"I'm always uneasy, and I don't know what to say about this uneasiness, so I want to talk to my husband to resolve it."

Mr. Li was amused when he heard this: "I have known about suing since I was a child, don't you think that the second master didn't send you to take the exam this time?"

"Taking a scholar will make people talk about it. How dare I let the second master send me off now? Besides, the second master has just taken over the Shuntian Mansion, everything is just beginning, and there is no time to talk to me."

"It's true. People say that in the previous life, they were not good, but in this life they are magistrates. If they did evil in the previous life, the magistrate was attached to Guo, full of evil, and attached to the provincial capital of Guo. Although the Shuntian Mansion is much higher in rank than the county magistrate, it is under the foot of the emperor. It is not easy for Mr. Shen to be an official." Mr. Li sighed in sympathy.

Then he asked Shen Yue: "If you pass this subject, at such a young age, where can you go to be an official?" But there was still a smile on his face, obviously he didn't really worry about Shen Yue.

Shen Yue sighed to himself: "Sir, do you think the examiners will not list the articles in the top ten because the candidates are young?"

Mr. Li shook his head: "Don't say that the examiners are personally appointed by saints. Have you forgotten that there has been a seal since Qiu Wei? The seal will not be opened until the first ten submissions are made, and then the apricot list will be released." What's more, even if you have won the Jinshi, isn't there still a palace test? Then it's time to see the real chapter."

Both of them knew in their hearts that although the rankings in the palace examination might change, generally speaking, the changes would not be too big—if the examiners didn't understand the emperor's likes and dislikes, they wouldn't be selected as examiners by the emperor.

Shen Yue knew all these rules, but he just used them as a resource for talking with Mr. Li.Mr. Li intentionally teased him: "Master Ma of the Manufacturing Office told me that he was wondering if you would go directly to the Manufacturing Office as an errand."

"How did you come back, sir? My family doesn't want me to build an office." Shen Yue asked hastily.

Mr. Li said disapprovingly: "I will not decide this matter for you. Even if you enter the Imperial Academy in the future, you will not be unable to serve the saints. I think your interest in painting is only average, and it is better for Yu'er to be interested. I told Master Ma that your family intends to let you practice."

Shen Yue heaved a sigh of relief, pretending not to care and asked: "When did Yu'er come to see Mr., but I never heard Mr. mention it."

"I don't come here often. I will come to see my daily life every half a month in the past few months." Speaking of this, Mr. Li had a gratified smile on his face: "The child is considerate, knowing that I live here alone, Not good at internal affairs, always take care of me in an orderly manner."

Shen Yue himself felt a little surprised: "Students have been preparing for the matter of spring for the past few months, but they didn't care about Mr.

Mr. Li waved his hands again and again: "I don't mean to blame you. Even if you come here, I will drive you back. Why don't you make any distinctions at such an adult? Besides, Yu'er will always be her own housekeeper in the future, and I just happen to train her here."

Even though his heart aches, Shen Yue has to admit that what Mr. Li said makes sense.There are many people coming and going in the Lin Mansion, and the official position is not low. If Daiyu directly manages the Lin Mansion, it will be a big cart.But Mr. Li is the only one living here, and there are only a dozen servants, and Daiyu comes here every half a month, so there is no need to worry about her being tired.

Secretly calculating the day when Daiyu would come next time in his heart, Shen Yue thought in his heart that he could come to help if he had nothing to do, and the gloomy look on his face dissipated unknowingly.

Although Mr. Li didn't get along with him every day like Lin Ruhai, how could he not be familiar with him after ten years?Seeing that his expression improved, one couldn't hold back and asked, "Are you sure you'll be in the top ten?"

Shen Yue shook his head: "There are so many students in the world, and Jiangnan's literary style is at its peak. Many people have been studying for a while longer than me, and students are not guaranteed to be in the top ten."

That being said, Mr. Li still saw a bit of confidence in his eyes, so he stopped entangled with him, let Shen Yue accompany him for dinner, and then drove him back to his house: "After the list is announced, let your little one You don’t have to come by yourself.” It’s not the same as being a Jinshi and a Zhongjuren, and the palace test comes right after.

Even if the ranking doesn't change too much, isn't there still talk of grinding the gun before the battle?So let's wait until after the palace test.Shen Yue is not a stubborn person, he nodded obediently and went home to continue hatching human mushrooms.

But the Shen family is not only waiting for the release of the rankings, although there are still more than two months until the sixth day of June, many things should be prepared.The courtyard where Shen Chao lived was going to be cleaned up to make a new house, and sheep wine and other things had to be bought.And Shen Chao was the first one in their generation to get married, so the elders naturally attached great importance to it.

Mrs. Liu couldn't do it alone, so she asked Mrs. Shen to make peace, and Mrs. Fang took over the household chores, so she could concentrate on preparing her son's dowry.Fang has always respected his eldest sister-in-law and refused to change her rules. He handles small matters by himself, and only when he tells Liu Shizhi about the money involved in the exception.

This day when Shen Ren left the yamen, after the whole family had dinner, the two younger ones went to do their homework by themselves, and Shen Yue accompanied them to gossip.Fang said to their father and son: "This time Chao'er got married, I'm afraid the sister-in-law has added a lot by herself."

It turns out that the sons of the Shen family have their own rules, except for banquets and other things, the betrothal gift is 5 taels of silver, not only the betrothal money, but also tea cakes, three animals, and post boxes.Of course, if the mother-in-law is satisfied with her daughter-in-law, there is no objection to supplementing it with her own private house.

Mrs. Fang sighed when he saw what Mrs. Liu added: "The betrothal money is a full [-] yuan, gold, jade, face, and rare cloths. I am afraid that my sister-in-law added half of her dowry."

Shen Ren has been working as a foreigner for several years, and he still has confidence in his heart: "If you envy others what they do, when it comes to Yue'er and Yu'er, you can just add it."

Fang couldn't help being amused: "There are ways to add, it's not easy to let Yue'er's dowry surpass Chao'er."

Shen Yue himself shook his head, it would take five or six years before he got married: "Grandma, don't worry, Yu'er is not someone like these."

Mrs. Fang listened and nodded: "Don't worry, I've saved good things for Yu'er here. It's nice to put in the dowry gift, but if it's too much, it's better for me to give it to you in private." Then asked Shen Ren how his family should give it to her. Nephew congratulations.

Shen Ren is not very good at such things, so he just let Fang Shi figure it out.It was Shen Yue who came up with the idea, in addition to giving [-] silver as gift money to Mrs. Liu, he also prepared a set of emerald haircuts as a gift for the couple when they meet their relatives.

After everything was discussed, it was time to publish the list.The apricot list was written from the back to the front, Shuang'an, Shuangyue, Shuangxi, Zaozao and Shen Chao's servants all waited outside the tribute courtyard.

Seeing that the gate of the Gongyuan was closed tightly, only a small crack was opened at the side door. From time to time someone handed out a note inside, and the guards on the side took it and sent it to an official under the list.

The official looked at the content on the note, and copied it word by word onto the red paper that had been drawn earlier, which is the so-called filling in the list.This list is filled from No.6, and the top five are filled out backwards, which is the so-called top five.

Seeing that the officials wrote one by one, although there were guards nearby to maintain the list, the people who read the list couldn't help pushing forward, and were pushed back by the guards with water and fire sticks, and some stepped on the feet of the people behind them, and some pulled them away. Everyone didn't care about the ones in front of them, and they all stared at the names written one by one.

If there is his master's name, those who read the list will try their best to squeeze out, and others will ask in a low voice: "Which one won, and what number did they win?"Everyone understands this point. After all, no matter how frugal people are on weekdays, they will give a reward when they hear the news that they have won. I can't get it anymore.

Until the names at the back of the six names were all filled in, Shuangxi and the others were not in a hurry when they didn't find the names of their two young masters: when the two young masters were in Qiuwei, one was second and the other was fourth. The grades are not bad.Even if there are other ideas, can their husband be stronger than the bachelor who went to the study and Mr. Lin who came from Tanhua?

But No.5 is not surnamed Shen, and No.4 is still not surnamed Shen.The young servants also felt uneasy: there is no master after the sixth, so the master should be among the five.But it's not realistic that there are two Shen family children in Yijia all of a sudden, right?

When the official who filled out the list named No.3's surname, the servants of the two rooms raised their hearts in their throats: Shen!But this official didn't have much ink on his pen, so he wanted to dip it in ink at this time!Shuangxi wished she could go forward and lick the ink for him, so that he could quickly write the last word.

In the eyes of others, it was only a matter of breath, but Shuangxi and the others were sweating anxiously.Fortunately, the official did not move slowly. After dipping in the ink, he calmly began to write a word: walk to the edge of the word.

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Jin Jiang set the comment to be visible in the background, please angels don't abandon me.mwah