Chen Jue left in a carriage, and Shen Rui and Chen Quan walked home.

Chen Quan hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you need to let my mother go over and ask?"

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "Don't bother me, it's nothing. When I was a child, I was also picking up cars. Isn't it too old now? Isn't my third brother also used it as a car?"

Chen Quan shook his head and said, "How can it be the same? Whether you use it or not, or as you are ready to come out. Today is the first time you have come to school after you have been out of the server. You always have to show off your identity as a legitimate son in the fourth house, and you also look respectful. I really don't know what your Lao An is thinking, you are her grandson."

Shen Rui smiled indifferently. Because the Zhang family cheated and sold Sun's dowry, Juren Chen had already hated the Zhang family. Zhang Lao'an was repeatedly accused by the Zhang family, and finally coaxed him.

Even though Juren Chen could no longer bear it and drove the Zhang family out of the fourth room, Zhang Lao'an still placed them in one place behind his street and entered a small house. Uncle Zhang's two granddaughters did not even go back with his family, but stayed in front of Zhang Lao'an.

It is not difficult to guess the reason why Zhang Lao'an reconciled with the Zhang family. Now no one in the Shen clan knows that Zhang Lao'an is a confused person. Chen Juren, who has always been filial, no longer obeys the order. If the old lady put her family aside, she could only be an idle old lady who was squatting in the back house to support her old age and waiting for death. It is not easy to inquire about the news outside. The Zhang family is her hands and feet, and her eyes and ears.

No matter what the old lady does, as long as she doesn't provoke Shen Rui. Chen Li had already told Shen Rui before returning to Beijing that when he passed the boy exam, he would send him to Nanjian to study. After the provincial exam, he could go to the capital. Even if Shen Rui's marriage was handled by Zhang Lao'an and Chen Juren, Chen Li had already agreed with Chen Juren and did not allow him to make a decision.

Thinking of the capital, Shen Rui couldn't help but think of Wang Shouren, and his eyes were gloomy.

Since saying goodbye in Kaifeng Prefecture the past year, Shen Rui has never seen Wang Shouren again, but the teachers and students have not been unfamiliar with it, and they often have letters. Changshou, who had been with Shen Rui for two and a half years, was sent by Wang Shouren after returning to Yuyao. The Changshou body contract was sent by Changshou after he returned to Yuyao.

After Wang Shouren finished his funeral of Zhu family, he stayed in Yuyao for several months. At the end of the year, he went to the capital and participated in the spring examination of the 12th year of Hongzhi.

Wang Shouren was second in the imperial examination, and the palace examination paper was selected as the top ten, but he was not included in the first place by the emperor. In the end, he was ranked last by the examiner, which was seventh in the second place. This ranking was considered high among the Jinshi even if he was a distance from the top scorer. Unexpectedly, in the Suchang exam, Wang Shouren was dismissed and lost the opportunity to enter the Hanlin area, and he had no chance to enter the cabinet in the future.

In every civil examination, the people who are qualified to take the exam are the second-level Jinshi and some third-level Jinshi. Wang Shouren took the exam as the second-level seventh, but he was not selected. If there is nothing wrong with this, Shen Rui would not believe it. However, who made Wang Shouren have a noble top scholar, the father of the imperial teacher? Even if those cabinet ministers are old, they still have sons-in-law and disciples waiting to take over, so they can naturally suppress Wang Shouren if they can.

Wang Shouren's letter was not resentful. Instead, he was very attentive after entering the Six Divisions to observe politics. Even the letter to Shen Rui also mentioned words such as "talking on paper is a joke", and he felt deeply that he was not enough.

Shen Rui and Chen Quan were talking, and they arrived at the doorstep in a short while.

Shen Rui and Chen Quan said goodbye and brought Liu Cheng and Changshou into the house.

After entering the house, Shen Rui paused and said to Changshou: "Liu Cheng is still young and has only come out from the countryside again. I am afraid that he is not used to it at the house for a while, so please take care of him.

Although Liu Cheng and Changshou served by Shen Rui, they did not live in the same place as Shen Rui. Instead, they were placed in the southwest cross-yard where single male servants gathered, and separated from the middle road yard where Shen Rui is now located.

Changshou said, "Don't worry, second brother, the villain will protect Liu Cheng and will not let anyone bully him." He said, hesitating for a moment, and said, "The second brother is now following everyone from outside, so I'm afraid there will be something wrong in the future."

Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "No, we can't live here for long."

As for subdueing servants and servants from the four houses, Shen Rui was not interested. Now he has an industry under his name and a backer behind him. In his eyes, the fourth house of the Shen family is useless to be with the temporary inn. Even if there is no child by his side, there may be inconvenience in their actions, which is better than having other people's eyes and ears around him.

Changshou knew that although Shen Rui was young, he was an idea, so he stopped talking and sent Shen Rui to Fengyuan on the East Road with Liu Cheng.

There are two small courtyards on the front courtyard east road of the Shenzhai. The second gate is close to the back. It is Jinyuan where Chen Jin is located. The front wall is facing the house, which is Shen Rui’s current residence.

The two yards in front and back were originally for unmarried young men or guests, so the yard was not big and there were not many houses. They were two small yards with the same layout, both three north rooms, three east rooms and two south rooms. Because these two yards were originally renovated as soon as the yard was renovated, the yard was a bit narrow, not as spacious as the inner house.

Hearing the movement outside, he picked up a maid from the north room. A maid from the seventeen or eighteen years old came out. He had an oval face, was not tall and had a slightly plump figure. When he saw Shen Rui, he hurriedly greeted him.

Changshou and Liu Cheng immediately felt a little obedient and called out: "Sister Dongxi

Dong Xi smiled and said, "I have served my second brother for a day. You two have worked hard. Don't rush to leave. I just steamed osmanthus rice cakes. You can bring them a plate."

Dongxi is not someone else, but an old man Shen Rui knew. The little maid next to Guo’s family was at the end of Shen Rui’s mourning period. When Shen Rui finished his mourning period and returned to Shen’s house, Liu Ya and Liu Ya were sent to Shen Rui’s command. However, Dongxi’s old master was Guo, and Liu Ya’s old master was Chen Li’s husband and wife. Before Chen Li’s husband came to the capital, Guo, who entrusted Liu Ya to him, made a special trip to Shen Rui.

Dongxi is eighteen years old this year, but Guo's intention is also very obvious. He did not have the idea of ​​preparing a room for his nephew. After two years, the little maid will be trained and Dongxi can be a married woman and a steward, and continue to serve Shen Rui. Shen Rui has no old adults around him. Also, Shen Rui's body has been sick and weak. Before he grows up, let Dongxi take care of him.

Because Shen Rui had already requested, Chen Li sent someone to send money to Liu Ya's family so that her younger brother could have money to study. He didn't want to be detained by her stepmother and added a few acres of land to the family.

Although her son is a mother's heart, she is a country woman after all, she is a shallow-sense woman. Even if she is willing to spend money to send her son to study, she doesn't believe that her son is really likely to make a name for herself. Instead, she feels that her property is solid. Because the field world is arguing with the rich households in the village, Liu Ya's stepmother feels confident to offend people and is not beaten. Liu Ya's father is sold. The acres of land are sold for treatment. Liu Cheng also dropped out of the village school and returned home. The family is really poor.

Chen Li and his wife were aware of Liu Ya's despicableness, and she had helped Shen Rui, and they planned to let her go, but when they heard about the situation of Liu Ya's family, they extinguished this idea. With Liu Ya's stepmother's knowledge, if Liu Ya returns home, she will be sold for the second time. In order to increase the silver price, they will probably be sold to dirty places.

Liu Ya's stepmother made her family like this, and she didn't think about her own mistakes. Instead, she thought that the money sent by Liu Ya was causing disaster, but she hated Liu Ya. When Liu Ya asked for leave to go home to visit her family, she started beating and scolding her. Liu Ya's lame man seemed to think so, and she didn't even stop her. It was Liu Cheng who came forward to save Liu Ya.

After Liu Ya's stepmother beat and scolded her stepdaughter, she turned over the package that Liu Ya brought back, and even kept the bag. She pulled off the earrings that Liu Ya brought and took off the bracelet. If it weren't for the Shen family's reputation, Liu Ya would have to take off her clothes. The robbery was not enough, so she asked Liu Ya's monthly money and asked her to send it home on a monthly basis to buy rice and grain.

Liu Ya was completely discouraged, but she couldn't bear to leave her younger brother. Before leaving, Liu Ya advised her younger brother to continue studying at the entrance of the village without worrying about tuition. Liu Cheng mentioned to his sister the son of the old master in the school. From his teenage years old to his 40s, he became a scholar and did not know anything but studying. Now he is taking care of his daughter and relies on the cultivation of his sixties father. A child as old as him in the village has already gone to the fields. He can go to school for a year and is already very content with his knowledge of his writing.

Liu Cheng gave Liu Ya a cloth bag, which contained the bracelets and earrings she had stolen. He also told Liu Ya not to let people go to their homes for a little money. Although the land left by the Liu family was gone, the ancestral property was still there, and Liu's father also treated it almost the same. Even if he was lame, he did not delay the landing, and he could not eat. On the contrary, Liu Ya's place requires money whether it is a redeem or a marriage.

Liu Cheng completely abandoned school, but Liu Ya was obsessed with it. When she saw Shen Rui and heard Shen Rui ask about her younger brother, she mentioned this matter.

Shen Rui didn't expect that the Liu family would have such a change. After all, it was caused by his meditation, and he felt a little uncomfortable. However, when Liu Ya mentioned her little brother, Shen Rui was quite interested. He actually didn't expect that such a family, his cowardly and incompetent father, his ignorant stepmother, would have such kind children.

It just so happened that he needed a book boy, so he took Liu Cheng, which was considered to fulfill his promise to Liu Ya that year. The Liu family had only this male, so he would not be sold as a slave. Shen Rui wanted to fulfill Liu Ya, thinking of letting her brother go out to take the exam in the future, but never thought of putting someone into a slave. However, in order to prevent the troubles of the parents, when Shen Rui asked Changshou to go to take the person, he asked Liu Cheng to sign a fifteen-year long contract.

Liu Ya's parents were reluctant to part with their son, but they heard that they were following the juren's brother to be a scholar. They had a net worth of ten taels of silver, and they would have monthly money every month from now on, so they hurriedly agreed.

However, Liu Cheng was a little reluctant because he was worried about the pigs he fed. Even after seeing his sister and the siblings reunited, he still muttered a few words. However, he heard that he could follow the guy to school and might have the chance to try it in the future, so he couldn't help but be happy. Liu Ya knew that his younger brother had a wronged before, but he was probably willing to study in his heart.

The four people around Shen Rui gathered together like this, and none of them had children from the four-bedroom family.

Now that Shen Rui has returned to the fourth room, although he has no eyeliner around him, his eyes are still dark.

Unexpectedly, Dongxi was able to get angry in the yard just one day after he came back. When Shen Rui heard this, he couldn't help but look at Dongxi with admiration. You should know that although there is a small stove in the yard, it is empty and there is nothing.

Changshou said: "Thank you, Sister Dongxi."

Liu Cheng also said happily: "It's great, you don't have to worry about not having enough food in this way."

Shen Rui heard something was wrong and frowned at Changshou: "What's going on? Did you guys be bullied yesterday?"

The servants from the four rooms were assigned to the house to be covered by the house. The maids who had not been married were everywhere in the inner house, while the male servants and servants were concentrated in the front yard and cross the courtyard.

Changshou replied: "It's not that I'm bullied, but there are kids there, and I'm snatching food while eating. The villain and Xiao Liu just came, and they couldn't eat faster than others, so they ate a few fewer bites."

Shen Rui frowned and said, "No matter what, you can't be hungry. If they dare to bully you, don't hide it from me. Bullying you is slapping me in the face; if you just want to get stuck in the kitchen or in charge, don't carry it, you should act as you see the cheap." After that, he turned to Dong Xi and said, "Get a few strings of money and Changshou. After you finish it, he said." The latter sentence was about Changshou.

Dong Xi responded, turned around and entered the house, then took a few strings of money and handed it to Changshou.

Seeing that the yard was quiet, Shen Rui asked, "Where is Liu Ya?"

Dong Xi replied: "Lao An sent a message and told him to add someone to the yard and ask Liu Ya to come and take someone..." When he said this, his eyes showed a sense of sorrow, but he glanced at Liu Cheng next to him and said nothing more.

Shen Rui knew it in his mind and asked Liuya to put osmanthus rice cakes to send Changshou and Liu Cheng out. Fang asked, "How long have you been there?"

Dong Xi replied, "It's probably two quarters of an hour, why don't you go and have a look?"

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you should not punish Liu Ya. Your body combination with Liu Ya is not here."

The body combinations of these two people were in Shen Rui's hands, but they were still under the banner of "gift from elders". Yesterday, Shen Rui brought these people back. Zhang Lao'an heard that it was given by his relatives and had a master behind him, so he was a little unhappy. He even said a few words on his mouth, and his face was full of disgust. However, when the Hao Madam beside her recognized Liu Ya and said with her ears, she showed fear.

Three years ago, Liu Ya was just a maid who had just joined the Shen family for several months. How could she have the chance to know other privacy? She was the only one who was cold and hungry.

Three years ago, Mr. Zhang Lao'an beat Wang's mother and Liu Ya dozens of boards on the night when Shen Rui met his clan members and sold them to a passing boat. Shen Li chased him back.

Because Shen Rui was grateful to Liu Ya's help and Wang's kindness, he asked Shen Li to help take care of the two, thinking that these two people would be able to do so in the future. However, before Shen Li came to Beijing, Shen Li told the truth to Shen Rui.

Zhang Lao'an asked someone to sell Wang's mother and Liu Ya. The things they wanted to cover up were not only cold and hungry Shen Rui, but also something that was not easy to know.

It turned out that even though Shen Rui fainted and had injuries on his thighs, it was not serious. After all, in the eyes of the servants who executed him, he was the only legitimate son of the four houses, and Lao An's heart and soul. Who would really hit him? The reason why he woke up after three days of fainting and was diagnosed with cold air entering his body was not just because the charcoal fire in the room was insufficient for those days, but because Zhang Lao An instructed Wang's mother to open the window all night the night when he was beaten. The purpose was not to kill Shen Rui's life, but to cause his condition to worsen.

Shen Rui was stunned for a while when he heard this. Only he himself understood that the consequences that night were definitely not that he left a root cause, but that he really lost his life and woke up. Because of this, Chen Li died long ago and made plans for Shen Rui and Zhang Lao'an's heart to "get along harmoniously" with him, hoping that he could leave the fourth room as soon as possible.

No matter what happened to Wang's mother, she was the one who "helped the evil" in front of her. She was originally a crime of death that could not be forgiven for living, but when she got old, she was beaten up again, and Chen Li only expelled her.

Because of this, Shen Rui has gained a memory. He either looks at good people or is good people, or is always good people and will not do evil, and people's hearts are changeable.

Zhang Lao'an called Liu Ya alone, most of the time he wanted to make a cliché, and there should be no such thing as punishment. Now in this family, Zhang Lao'an is still Zhang Lao'an, but he has become the "head of the family" and has no longer the prestige as he was three years ago.

Just as Shen Rui was thinking, he heard a slightly messy footsteps coming from the door...
Chapter completed!