"Isn't it normal for people to reciprocate with courtesy?" Shen Zhonglei couldn't understand what Mrs. Shen said.
Seeing that Shen Zhonglei didn't understand, Mrs. Shen was not in a hurry.
To put it bluntly, he has never had to worry about the various courtesy matters at home.
Mrs. Shen has always been in charge of the public affairs. After coming to Yongzhou Prefecture, Mrs. Xu was responsible for the movement among her colleagues.
Although the two of them would often talk to him about things like giving something to someone, giving something in return, etc., he didn't take it too seriously.
Old Mrs. Shen said with a smile: "The families I mentioned have higher status than ours, and they are all related to your maternal grandfather's family.
"I started to gradually get involved in management the year before last, just to allow you to move up a little bit.
"These families usually have a lot of people giving them gifts and asking for help. Do you think that just anyone will be reciprocated with courtesy?
"Of course, you have to reach a certain status before others will look at you seriously.
"I have sent gifts several times before, but they all just disappeared without a trace of return.
"It turned out that this time there was a funeral at home, and not only were the gifts prepared, but they were also not light. Tell me, other than the prospect of your promotion, what else could be the reason?"
After listening to his mother's analysis, Shen Zhonglei felt that it was very reasonable and nodded: "Perhaps it is because I wiped out Lao Dao and his group this time that I was already praised by the superiors, so the promotion has been finalized.
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"What kind of compliment?" Old Mrs. Shen was at home all the time and didn't know about it yet.
When mentioning this matter, Shen Zhonglei felt a little proud. After all, Lao Dao and his gang finally used gunpowder. Such a scale of gangsters was unheard of in the history of Daqi.
No matter what the reason was, he had been on the front line in hunting down Lao Dao. In the end, he not only eliminated Lao Dao and his gang, but also caused no civilian casualties.
Such a deed, even if it was reported to the emperor, would definitely be a great achievement.
"On the day of the funeral, when I just left the city, I happened to meet someone who came to express condolences from Prince Rui's palace. They said that after receiving the news, the prince had sent people 800 miles away to deliver a letter to Beijing to ask for my merits. I must have..."
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Mrs. Shen frowned and interrupted: "Why did Prince Rui's Mansion ask for credit for you, and why did you rush 800 miles away? Didn't I tell you to keep as far away from Prince Rui's Mansion as possible!"
"Mom, you also know that this case was handled by me in cooperation with people from Prince Rui's Palace. Now that the matter has come to an end, it is only reasonable and reasonable for Prince Rui's Palace to ask for credit for me. I can't avoid it even if I want to!
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"That's true..." Old Mrs. Shen thought to herself. Now that she had used Lao Dao's case to cleanly get rid of the two bastards Mr. Xu had with her, she felt a little regretful in other places, so she couldn't be too harsh.
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"Now that the family has just finished something, you can't go out much. Why don't you ask about these things and just handle official business at the Yamen in peace and quiet.
"I have already written to your uncle and asked him to help keep an eye on the news.
"There is another thing I need to do to keep you here today."
As Mrs. Shen spoke, she opened a drawer beside her and took out a stack of deeds.
"These house deeds and title deeds were purchased by Mrs. Xu in the past few years. Some are in her name, some are in the names of those two bastards, and some are in the possession of servants.
"I took a look around, and although the places are scattered, each place is not big.
"So I want to discuss with you. It's better to ask people to go everywhere and sell the ones that can be sold as soon as possible. After converting the money into money, choose a good place to buy two houses or buy a few decent storefronts. It's better than this It’s as good as sprinkled with chopped sesame seeds all over the floor.”
"It's up to my mother to make the final decision on these matters. My son has no objection."
"Forget it, you probably don't have time to take care of these trivial matters. I'll ask someone to do it later. After doing it, I'll set up an account and leave it to Shu'er for now. I'll wait until you get married later."
Hearing this, Shen Zhonglei lowered his head in shame and said: "Ms. Xu reaches out to his hometown for money every year. His son always thinks that it is because of his unwillingness to be greedy, so the family cannot make ends meet.
"Now I know that it was all the Xu family who was behind this. Fortunately, not all was lost, and these house deeds and title deeds are still left.
"My mother takes it all, rents it or sells it, and the proceeds go to the family account, and my son has nothing to say about it."
"Okay, I know you are filial, but although there are many people in my hometown, there is also a lot of land and a lot of tenants. All the food and supplies for the family come from the own land all year round, so what money do we need?
"Now the entire Shen family depends on you to support the family and establish a family outside the house. No one can say no even if money is spent on you."
Shen Zhonglei was so moved that tears almost came out of his eyes.
The drama of motherly kindness and filial piety was going on in this room, but Shen Tianshu had already put on the clothes of a maid and slipped out of Shen's Mansion under the cover of Mingyu and Qiu Jun.
She was anxious to see Yuan Xining.
The two of them were close friends in their previous life, and she knew that Yuan Xining was not the kind of person who could put on a show.
Since she said she wanted to see Mrs. Tong if there was something urgent, it must be something urgent.
So Shen Tianshu didn't bother to rest after returning to his room. He changed his clothes and hurried to the hospital.
After changing into Mrs. Tong's dress at the hospital, she sent Xiu'er to ask Yuan Xining to come over, while he went to follow up with Jiang Yuling first.
After accepting the lessons learned last time, Mrs. Jiang no longer relied on others and watched her daughter take medicine every time.
Ever since she found out that her daughter secretly dumped the medicine, Mrs. Jiang was embarrassed to say harsh words to Zhang Muchiu. On the contrary, from time to time she would even act a little like apologizing, but she didn't say a word of apology out of shame. .
At this time, seeing Mrs. Tong finally coming back, Mrs. Jiang came up to her with a smile and said: "Ms. Tong has had a hard journey. She came to see us just after we got home. I'm really sorry.
"Ling'er has been taking medicine on time recently. I see that her condition is much better than before, and she has not had the same minor problems for several days in a row.
"But I don't have to say whether it's good or not. It just so happens that Mrs. Tong is coming back today. I need to check her pulse quickly so that I, as a mother, can feel at ease."
"I see that Miss Jiang's face is rosy and she has a smile on her lips. She should be in good condition." Shen Tianshu sat down opposite Jiang Yuling and said with a smile, "But we still need to have a doctor and pulse check to be sure."
Zhang Muqiu hurriedly took out the pulse pillow and put it away. Qiu Tao helped Jiang Yuling gently roll up her sleeves and put her right wrist in a suitable position.
As soon as Shen Tianshu put his fingers on it and was about to hold his breath and feel the pulse carefully, there was a sudden noise outside.
"Ms. Tong! Miz. Tong! Human life is at stake, please come out and take a look!"