Rebirth of a wishful life

Chapter 19

Since it takes a long time to travel from Qingshan Town to Qinghe County, Mrs. Lin warmly invited Mrs. Shen and Shen Ruyi to live in the county government office two days in advance. Shen Ruyi went to Qinghe County.

"Let some boys from my family come over to say hello to you." After exchanging pleasantries, Mrs. Lin patted Mrs. Shen's hand and said with a smile, "Our two families should walk around frequently in the future."

Although it is said that Mrs. Shen is not liked by Lord Shen now, Mrs. Shen is young, beautiful, and scheming. Just looking at what she has done this time, you can know that Mrs. Shen is not a simple one, and she is a little bit different from her appearance. Children are different.

She is smart enough to have means, and now she has waited for the "Gold Medal for Avoiding Death" from the Empress Dowager, and is the wife of Lord Shen Hou. It is really uncertain who will be the master of the Hou Mansion in the future.

As for Mrs. Shen, since the last time she realized that she had treated her only precious daughter badly, she began to learn to change. to change.

Listening to Mrs. Lin's words now, I lost a little bit of timidity before, and a little more dignified and stable: "Even if Sister Lin didn't say anything, I also wanted to meet some nephews. I'm sorry, please don't argue with me, sister."

Mrs. Lin quickly waved her hand: "What's the matter, we love sisters, and we don't need to pay too much attention to those vulgar etiquettes, or they are too polite."

As he said that, he called people to call a few sons over.Although Mrs. Lin's status is not as good as Mrs. Shen's, her blessing is much deeper than Mrs. Shen's. The husband and wife are loving and have many sons. The teacher also revealed a message. About this assessment, the lord will be promoted. Life is simply too smooth.

When all the sons came in, Mrs. Lin introduced them one by one: "You have met my eldest son, Shuyang, come here to greet your Aunt Shen."

Lin Shuyang hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and talked to Mrs. Shen with a smile: "Last time, I had something to do, and I couldn't greet Aunt Shen properly. Please forgive me. I haven't seen you for many years, and Aunt Shen is still as beautiful as before."

"Shuyang's mouth is really sweet." Mrs. Shen couldn't help laughing, and Mrs. Lin didn't refute, and called the remaining sons: "You probably haven't seen this before. The second boy of my family, Mu Yang, the third Little boy Mingyang, fourth boy Zhiyang."

Mrs. Shen had already inquired before, and she had prepared a meeting gift for the sons of the Lin family.Four sets of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, one for each person.

Probably because there are no girls in my family, except for Lin Shuyang, who is a little older, the rest of the boys are very curious about Shen Ruyi, and they have to look at Shen Ruyi from time to time.Lin Muyang is only one year younger than Shen Ruyi. He is exactly the kind of person who is very curious about girls but is taught that men and women are different. He obviously wants to talk to Shen Ruyi, but he just holds back his breath.

His two younger brothers were more straightforward, chatting next to Shen Ruyi: "Sister Shen, do you live in Zhuangzi here? Is it fun to live in Zhuangzi? Are there any sparrows? Sister Shen, can you catch sparrows? I catch sparrows." Sparrows are the best at it, in winter, if you put up a frame and sprinkle some rice grains, you can catch many of them at once."

Lin Mingyang stretched out his hand and gestured: "Sister Shen, can I catch sparrows for you in winter? If you want to eat them, let the kitchen make fried sparrows for you. They are very delicious. If you don't want to eat them, you can raise them yourself, but This kind of thing has not been raised for a long time, and the sparrow has a strong temper, once it is caught, it will die of anger within two days."

Lin Zhiyang nodded again and again: "Sister Shen, you look really good-looking, you will live in our house from now on, okay?"

Lin Muyang finally seized the opportunity, coughed lightly and squinted at Lin Zhiyang: "Sister Shen can't live in our house, and Sister Shen is not from our family, but if Sister Shen..."

As he blushed, Lin Muyang fell silent. Speaking of which, this elder sister Shen is really beautiful, prettier than any little girl he has ever seen before.

Lin Shuyang glanced at his younger brothers, feeling a little ashamed, but he couldn't walk away, so he touched his nose and turned to look at the other side.However, Miss Shen is indeed pretty.

Stayed at Lin's house for one night, and the next day, the two families set off for Daming Mansion together.Before Mrs. Shen set off, she specially made a pair of embroidery work. Since the queen mother had praised her double-sided embroidery, Shen Ruyi was even more unwilling to let her do embroidery work easily, so this time, she only brought a pair of embroidery. A small round fan.Although such things are precious, they cannot be regarded as serious congratulatory gifts, and things that are on the big face have to be prepared separately.

Fortunately, during this period of time, the rouge shops of theirs have made a lot of money, and together with their previous savings, they pieced it together, and the two of them also took 300 taels of silver.In the end, I bought a pair of white jade gourds at Jubaozhai. Although small, the quality of the jade was quite good, and I spent the 300 taels in no time.

The distressed Mrs. Shen kept clutching her chest, and her heart ached when she saw the gourd.The two of them lived in Zhuangzi for ten years, and only saved a few hundred taels of silver in ten years. Now, they have almost spent all of it!

"Mother, don't worry, isn't this money just for spending?" Shen Ruyi hurriedly comforted Mrs. Shen: "As long as the money is worth it, it's fine. Think about it, Mr. Lin's commendation note must be sent to the magistrate first." My lord, if the lord magistrate handed it over quickly, we will have a lot of benefits. I have inquired about it before. A few years ago, there was an archway for festival women in our county, and the imperial court rewarded 1000 taels of silver. !"

Mrs. Shen was taken aback: "So much?"

Shen Ruyi nodded: "There may be more filial wives than chaste wives."

Although the imperial court also issued chastity memorial archways, due to natural disasters and man-made disasters in the past few years, the population has dropped sharply, so under normal circumstances they are not in favor of keeping chastity, and they encourage widows to remarry.But if you really intend to keep it, the imperial court will still give it a commendation, after all women's morals still have to be promoted.

"Then we have something to ask for, isn't this a little too little?" Madam Shen turned her head and couldn't figure it out again, Shen Ruyi smiled and shook her head: "A lot, mother, you are a first-class order, Madam Zhifu It is of the fourth grade."

Mrs. Shen was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly: "For my grade, it is the same whether I have it or not, that is, the Fengguan Xiapei conferred by the imperial court, I haven't touched it twice."

"There will be more opportunities in the future." Shen Ruyi paused, smiled and hugged Mrs. Shen's arm coquettishly: "As long as mother is firm, we can always wear the phoenix crown and Xiapei when we return to Beijing. Then, when mother is in Shen When the family gradually has a place to talk, it will be able to make decisions for me in my marriage. When I get married, I can also support you, mother, and then you can live wherever you want. "

Mrs. Shen nodded with a smile: "You're right. I was confused before, but now I understand it. If we don't want to be manipulated by others, we have to stand on a high ground first. Don't worry, since I have understood, I won't You're going to be stupid again. It's like what Sister Fang said..."

After a pause, Mrs. Shen didn't continue talking, and Shen Ruyi didn't ask further. Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Fang were already married, and now they were both abandoned by their own men. They must say something inappropriate when they got together. She, a little girl who hadn't reached Jiji, listened to her words.

Madam Zhifu's birthday banquet was very lively, Madam Shen was still a little nervous when she entered the door, but after seeing Madam Zhifu, the nervousness disappeared.Although the smile is still a bit shy, it is considered decent: "I wanted to visit Mrs. Chen for a long time, but I just stayed at home and couldn't go out often, so I couldn't visit. Seeing it today, I really regret it. I knew it earlier. Mrs. Chen is so beautiful, I should have come here sooner."

Mrs. Chen was a little surprised. She thought that a woman who was rejected by her husband should be old and gloomy, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Shen looked so young and good-looking. There is no haze at all, and it seems that he is really forgiving.

If such a woman is smarter, she is probably the one from Lord Shen's family, and her good days will come to an end.

Thinking of Mrs. Chen, she also smiled and pulled Mrs. Shen's hand: "Ms. Shen praised me too much. I thought I looked pretty good at first, but now I stand in front of you. Oh, I'm really ashamed of myself." .”

There were people around who didn't know Mrs. Shen, so they secretly asked.But Mrs. Shen left Beijing ten years ago, and none of the people present had seen her.It's just that there are those who are smart, when they hear the surname, and then contact Mrs. Lin's identity, they think of the compliment from the empress dowager before, and then guess the identity of Mrs. Shen.

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Shen were chatting and laughing in front, while a group of people behind them were muttering.

"Is this the first wife that Lord Shen left in Zhuangzi's house for ten years?"

"She looks really good-looking. I don't know what Shen Houye thinks about such a beautiful lady."

"Maybe there is something wrong with your behavior?"

"You don't want to die? This is what the Empress Dowager praised herself. If this Mrs. Shen's behavior is really wrong, Mrs. Gao would not dare to lead her with a hundred guts!"

"You look reasonable, dignified and virtuous, tsk tsk tsk, why did you get sent to Zhuangzi?"

"Men, aren't they all like this?"

"Hey, all the first wives in the world have the same fate. It depends on which side you suffer from."

"The person next to her is the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, right?"

"Why, did you fall in love with her? But you have to be careful first, seeing that this woman is not favored. If she is really married, then there will be no help from her mother's family."

A group of people were chattering, and Shen Ruyi in front of her occasionally heard a word or two, but she just pretended she didn't hear it, and followed Madam Shen, just keeping a smile on her face.After entering the living room, Mrs. Chen gave her a meeting gift, and then called her daughter: "You brought Miss Shen to play in the garden, and you must not neglect Miss Shen."

(End of this chapter)