Since the clan leader and the funeral came to an end, except for the clan family who had to wear mourning and mourning, the other party members would be dispensed with the blessing after returning from the blessed land without any clothes, so that it would not hinder social engagements.

Chen Jue was fine, but he had great meritorious clothes on his body, and others were more considerate of him as the grandson of the clan leader; but Shen Rui went south on behalf of the second house, and other relatives and elders of the head clan were not allowed to invite him to come.

Even Shen Rui received a lot of posts from outside.

The elders of the clan need to visit here. After all, Shen Rui represents the second wife and the etiquette that should be entered should be entered. As for the posts outside, others are not involved, but Shen Rui has to accept the posts of Liu Wan, the governor of Songjiang. It is just because Liu Wan was a Jinshi in the 14th year of Hongzhi and was in the same year as Yang Tinghe. In the officialdom, classmates, fellow villagers, and those in the same year are all the most important relationships. Shen Rui, the son-in-law of the Yang family, knows this important relationship, but can only perform the etiquette of the younger generation.

Another thing is the Sun family sacrifice, which is the top priority for Shen Rui.

It is just a matter of sacrifice. It is not something that you want to worship when you want to worship. You need to choose auspicious things.

Because the sacrifice is suitable for rituals on August 13, the day of August 13 was finally decided.

Because he had to fast before the sacrifice, Shen Rui chose the eighth day of the lunar month and went out to socialize on the ninth day of the lunar month. On the eighth day of the lunar month, he visited the relatives and elders of each family.

The third room has an old man here, and the second room is in the fifth room. Shen Rui first visited the third room. Because Chen Jue brought Xiao, it was not suitable for socializing, and the one who went with Shen Rui was Chen Quan.

The old man from the third room is also a person who is 80 years old. His hair and beard are all white, and he looks not as tough as before.

In addition to the master of the third room, there is also the three-room treasure scholar Chen Zhu. However, compared with the high spirits three years ago, Chen Zhu is now much quieter.

"Brother Rui, I know that it was Brother Zhu's fault back then, and it made you annoyed... I told him to apologize to you..." The old man in the third room said while holding a crutch.

Chen Zhu had already left the list and bowed to Shen Rui: "Brother Rui, I was wrong back then..."

Although the old man from the third room watched with great enthusiasm, Shen Rui still avoided and avoided Shen Zhu's gift.

Seeing this, Chen Zhu's face turned pale, and the old man from the third room coughed even harder.

Shen Rui did not look at Chen Zhu and said to the old master of the third room: "Old Master, the one who asked his great-grandson to splash hot tea was Brother Jue. Even if he wanted to compensate, he should find the main boss..."

When the old man from the third room frowned tightly when he heard this, he said, "But the boy's arguments will never be remembered for the rest of his life?"

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "If you really want to compensate for it, you must have the sincerity to compensate for it, otherwise it will be meaningless."

In recent years, the three-bedroom life has been getting worse. The three-bedroom master seems to have divided the property, but he has given a few brothers who can operate freely. He is not good at managing and is fooled by the shopkeepers and managers. He has lost the ten-stop business and has been defeated by five-stop business. The shop in the capital has long been unable to save it and has changed his master.

The relationship between the three bedrooms and the clan house also became subtle because of the incident when Chen Zhu bullied Chen Jue.

The third house didn't think about the past, but instead complained that the clan house was stingy, so he wanted to hold the big tree of the second house.

Now that Chen Zhu’s compensation is not an introduction, the next article is the main text.

"I'm old and I always have to look at my children and grandchildren. Brother Ling has been there for two years, but I don't know what happened?" The old man from the third room sighed.

Shen Rui glanced at Chen Zhu and said, "It is said that the third house has a lot of grandchildren. Are all the uncles in Songjiang now? Why did you hear that Uncle Yong Er went to Nanjing?"

Chen Yong was kind-hearted and even though he was separated from the three houses, he was unwilling to fight with his brothers and avoided a new business in Nanjing. It was just that people left their hometowns and were in a lowly place. Nanjing was also a capital, so how could it be so easy to gain a foothold? It happened that Chen Zhou was an official in Nanjing in the same year and wrote a letter to take care of him. He mentioned this matter in his letter at home, and Shen Rui remembered this.

The old man from the third room laughed and said, "It is precisely because Yongguan'er is away that I am more and more concerned about their house... I heard that Brother Ling has already married and had children. How could he not go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors for such a big deal?"

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "I am about to send Brother Zhu to Nanchang Mansion to change Brother Ling back... He is not here, he is the eldest son, so it is reasonable to stay in the hometown for him to fulfill his filial piety..."

Shen Rui's expression remained unmoved and did not answer the words of the old man from the third room.

When Chen Zhou took away his two nephews from Songjiang, he wrote a letter of contract with Chen Yong and the great master of Jiufang. Even if he did not accept the two as adopted sons, he also established a document. The two nephews returned to the clan and Chen Zhou's teachings. Chen Zhou decided on the wedding and funerals and future arrangements, and his elders were not allowed to intervene.

The old man in the third room wanted Chen Zhu to "replace" Shen Ling with just one sentence. Even if he had a high seniority, he was just a grandfather in the next room who had never had any contact with each other for several lifetimes. When he returned to Songjiang, he came to visit him to him to give face. If he wanted to ask for anything else, he would be a luxury.

Seeing that Shen Rui did not respond, the old man in the third room frowned and said, "Why didn't Brother Rui speak? But I think my arrangement is inappropriate? Filial piety is the first priority for all virtues, and as a junior, it should be filial. This is the principle of being a human being.

Shen Rui said with a faint expression: "How to use people and who to use is the business of the uncle. Without the matter around the uncle, the reason why the nephew spoke casually is in line with the old man's way of filial piety. Do you think?"

The old man in the third room was choked all of a sudden.

Shen Rui was too lazy to deal with the old man in the third room anymore, and stood up and said, "I have to pay my respects to the old man in the eighth room, so I won't bother with the old man..."

The old man from the third room wanted to borrow a favor from Shen Rui, but when he saw that he was about to leave without saying a word, he couldn't help but feel anxious and coughed continuously.

The eldest master of the third room was sitting aside. Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel annoyed and frowned at Shen Rui, "Brother Rui is so arrogant, right? Today, in order to entertain you, the great master ordered an eight-treasure table from the restaurant early..."

Shen Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "The elders should not give him any food, but he has never visited him, so he has rude to leave late. Therefore, when he was sending a post, his nephew sent him to the person to tell him. It seems that he was a person who was ruthless and forgot his nephew's orders."

The eldest master of the third room, Yu Xing, was so blocked that he could not speak.

When Shen Rui sent someone to hand over the post, he did ask someone to say hello in advance.

Chen Zhu looked a little depressed, but she didn't say anything.

Seeing that his spirit was not right, Shen Rui left the third room and asked Chen Quan: "What's wrong with Chen Zhu? I didn't do well in the college entrance examination? Shen Ling is not a bad guy, why are he still thinking about the old man in the third room?"

Shen Ling followed Chen Zhou to manage common affairs while in office. In name, she was a family member of the clan nephew, and the feasible thing was to manage the housework. However, Chen Zhu was a study seed that was highly expected by the three houses, and the weight of the two was different at all.

Chen Quan nodded and said, "I took the fourth grade last year's exam... I missed the last provincial exam, and it can be said that I was young and had insufficient time. Now, three years have passed... I have no hope for the students in the statutory department. I am always not good at the exam for the exam every year. I am afraid that the third room is also anxious..."

Shen Rui said: "Even if you are anxious, you don't have to... just this seed of study, can't you give up? Is there anyone who likes them on my second uncle? Or do you want to imitate Shen Ling and help by getting married to officials?

Chen Quan shook his head and said, "It's not this. I forgot to tell you that Chen Zhu has been engaged, either someone else, or his uncle Dong Jur's little wife, and he will get married at the end of the year..."

When Shen Rui heard this, he couldn't help but think of Chen Yan.

Is this considered "hate of taking over your wife"? However, compared with Chen Yan, Chen Zhu is not a little worse than that. I wonder what Juren Dong would regret it.

Chen Quan smiled and said, "The two families made a reservation at the beginning of last year. They were going to marry at the end of last year, but they had a good fight over the betrothal and dowry, and almost went bad. Later, somehow they reached an agreement again..."

Shen Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Dong doesn't look like a greedy person..."

"It's not that the Dong family wants more bets, but I want less, but Aunt Hu refused to obey. My sister-in-law and sister-in-law almost took action for this... Tsk tsk, blood flowing back, and people were about to be told, and they made these jokes. Is it a marriage or a grudge?" Chen Quan said.

The custom of marriage in Songjiang, women should marry well. Without a decent dowry, they cannot be said to be a marriage that is of equal status.

According to the agreement, the man's betrothal fee is half of the woman's dowry. The two families have to negotiate privately before the specific number is officially settled. If the woman receives the man's betrothal fee and cannot prepare the corresponding dowry, then the one who is ridiculed will be her family.

"The Dong family endured this tone?" Shen Rui said in confusion: "Mr. Dong has not been an official, so don't he have a son to be a county magistrate in the family? There is not even a person to support the door. Why are you still so arrogant?"

Chen Quan said: "Who told Master Dong to be picked up by Yue's family in his early years and owed a favor to the three families... If he dared to turn against him, the Dong family would be the one who was stabbed by the backbone..."

Chen Zhu is not for marriage, so why do she want to go to Nanchang Mansion?

"Can't it be that I like the second room's supervisor Yinjian?" Shen Rui thought for a moment and said.

Chen Quan said: "What else can I do? The news that you passed the examination last year was sent back to Songjiang. Some people praised your future, and some people thought that the science exam in Beizhili was easy to take... Chen Zhu looked like this and continued to live in Songjiang. Is there still a few words to say whether the provincial examination will end in the future. If you really want to enter the Beijing Supervisory Commission, you can avoid the annual science exam and take the Shuntian Prefecture Provincial Examination...

"I dare to think that if I really think that the annual examination is difficult, wouldn't it be the same if I just spend money to go to the Southern Supervisory Commission? I can still end up with the provincial examination... It seems that I don't even have the confidence to go to the provincial examination, and I probably want to be a fond person directly..." Shen Rui shook his head and said, "It's just that he is so whimsical. Is it a fool to be an elder of the second house?"

It is not easy to enter the Northern Supervisory Bureau, but it is much easier to do. It is common for the gentry of the Southern Zhili to avoid the boy exam and take the provincial exam directly to buy a family background. Even if you get the reputation of a scholar, you can go to the Southern Supervisory Bureau to study for a few years. It is not difficult for Chen Qi to study in the Southern Supervisory Bureau before the provincial exam.

Even if the elders of the second house were holding the younger generations, there were several ready-made Jinshi and Juren, they still had to work hard on a scholar? Not to mention that Chen Zhu was a bad person, he had already recorded the files in front of the elders of the second house.

Three bedrooms, in the old man's room.

The old man looked down and looked at his kneeling great-grandson, frowned impatiently, "What? Did I give up my old face and plan for you or not?"

Chen Zhu begged with a full face: "Old Master, I won't go to Nanchang Mansion, I won't go to the second brother of Ling... I will give my grandson three years of hard work, so my grandson will definitely try in the provincial examination..."

"Hmph, I can't even pass the annual exam, and I still have the face to talk about the provincial exam? You are not the only scholar in the clan, but who can't even touch the threshold for the provincial exam like you? Even if you fail the provincial exam, you must first be able to enter the venue... Think about Chen Yan, I passed the juren at the age of nineteen, and you are twenty this year..." The old man said bluntly.

The more hopeful I was back then, the more disappointed I am now.

I saw that my great-grandson could not be said to be the best among my peers and the best among them, but now I want to destroy everyone.

Since the old man hoped that Chen Zhu would shine on his family lintel, how could he see him drifting like this? Naturally, he was wholeheartedly worried about planning for him, and he didn't want Chen Zhu to appreciate it at all.

Chen Zhu said with a white face: "Sun'er knows that the old man is for the sake of his grandson's good, but his grandson still wants to try it...

There is a saying that Chen Zhu didn't say, that is, even if the old man wanted to plot against the second wife, it would be useless.

The eldest master and the eldest wife of the second wife are not a kind-hearted person. Even though the second wife resumed contact with the Songjiang people a few years ago, who in Songjiang really took advantage of the second wife?

Not to mention that he and Chen Jue and Shen Rui have a rift. Even if the second wife is willing to take the younger generation of the clan, she will not take him.

Instead of causing humiliation, it is better to work hard to do it...

On the ninth day of the lunar month, I visited the prefect Liu Wan.
Chapter completed!