After Shen Tianshu separated from Li Zian, before going home, he took people to the street to buy some things and took them back as a return gift to Mr. Dong.
Mrs. Shen placed Mr. Shen and Mr. Dong in the courtyard next to her residence.
After Shen Tianshu got home, he took Xie Yun directly to the door with his things.
"Tian Shu is here." Mrs. Dong heard the maid's announcement and hurriedly came out from the back room to greet her.
"It's good that Auntie is here." When Shen Tianshu saw Mr. Dong coming out, he went up to him with a smile and said, "I was afraid that you were with my grandmother and I missed you!"
Immediately afterwards, Mr. Shen was also pushed out by his servants.
"Uncle, you are here too!"
Dong's expression was stiff for a moment, but he soon showed a gentle smile and said, "Why did Tianshu come here free?"
"I went out to the street today and bought some things for my uncle and you." Shen Tianshu said, while Mingyu and Minghui behind him hurriedly stepped forward and placed the large and small bags they were carrying on the table.
"Oh, you kid, why are you so polite?" Madam Dong didn't expect that Shen Tianshu would actually want to give her a gift in return, "You should take it back and use it yourself. I don't lack anything here."
"There's nothing expensive, just daily necessities for food and drink." Shen Tianshu said with a smile, "My uncle and aunt came from my hometown and are definitely not used to the climate here in Wuchang Prefecture, so I bought you some medicine. You can let the maids make tea and drink it...
"There are also some snacks and rouge gouache here, which are old signatures in the city. I'll give them to my eldest aunt to try. If you find any good ones, tell me and I'll bring them to you..."
Shen Tianshu showed Dong everything he bought.
Mrs. Dong couldn't help but sigh: "You are so attentive, kid. You have thought of everything for us."
"Now that my mother is gone and the old lady has grown up again, I usually take care of these trivial matters at home.
"Uncle and aunt are living together, if there is anything lacking or if the servants are industrious or not, you can come and tell me."
"It's also difficult for you. You have to start taking care of the affairs of the back house at a young age."
"Fortunately, there are not many people in my family, there are fewer things to do, and we are not that busy."
Mr. Shen sat aside and listened quietly to the two of them.
He suddenly looked at Shen Tianshu's wrist and asked, "Tian Shu, why don't you see you wearing the golden hairpin your aunt gave you?"
Shen Tianshu didn't expect that he would suddenly ask such a question. He was stunned for a moment and then hurriedly explained: "Uncle, aunt, I am still in the period of filial piety, and I think it is not appropriate to wear gold jewelry.
"Yunhui is young and ignorant. I have already told her about it. We will wear it later when we are out of mourning period."
"Oh, yes." Mr. Shen seemed to have discovered the filial piety on Shen Tianshu, and his expression suddenly became subtle, "You were too young when your mother passed away..."
Mr. Dong immediately interrupted: "Master, what are you talking about!"
Mr. Shen came back to his senses and apologized repeatedly: "I have been suffering from severe pain in my waist and legs recently, and I can't sleep well at night. My mind is a little unclear.
"You guys can talk, I won't keep you company."
"Uncle, hurry up and take a rest!" Shen Tianshu said hurriedly, "I'm the one causing the disturbance."
Mr. Shen was quickly pushed in by his servants, but Shen Tianshu did not leave in a hurry. He kept talking to Mrs. Dong, asking about people and things in his hometown.
But Mr. Dong became increasingly unable to sit still, and there was a faint smell coming from the back room that even Shen Tianshu found quite unfamiliar.
"What smell is this? Are the maids fumigating their clothes?" Shen Tianshu sniffed and asked, "This smell is so strange. This is the first time I smell it. Could it be some popular spice in my hometown?"
Dong's eyes dodge when asked, and he quickly said: "Where are the spices? Your uncle doesn't like incense, so I never use those things.
"If you smell something strange, it might be because your uncle is doing moxibustion in the house!
"If it weren't for you young people having great noses, I wouldn't even be able to smell it!"
"It turns out it's medicinal moxibustion. I asked why the smell is so strange." Shen Tianshu smiled slightly, "Auntie is not very old, but she still takes good care of herself. If we go out together, if we don't say anything, others will just think of us as sisters. Woolen cloth!
"You must be with my uncle every day, but you must have been used to this smell for a long time, so you can't smell it."
"You kid, why are you so sweet!" Dong said perfunctorily to Shen Tianshu, but he could no longer sit still.
Seeing that Shen Tianshu didn't understand her hint at all, Dong had no choice but to take the initiative and said: "Tianshu, I have to watch your uncle every time when he is doing moxibustion. Look..."
Shen Tianshu then stood up as if he had just noticed his facial features and said: "Oh, I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I won't stop talking once I start talking.
"Auntie, don't worry about me, go and accompany your uncle!
"I'm going back first. I'll come back to see uncle and you when I have time."
After sending Shen Tianshu out, Mrs. Dong hurriedly asked someone to close the courtyard door and went straight to the back room.
Mr. Shen was the only one in the room. He was leaning on the couch, smoking a pipe in his mouth.
"Master can't wait so much that you use the medicine before anyone leaves!"
Mr. Shen said without raising his eyes: "I don't feel good!"
Ms. Dong snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid it's not that you feel bad physically, but that you feel bad in your heart, right?
"Why, watching Shen Tianshu pay tribute to other women, do you feel uncomfortable?"
Mr. Shen then raised his eyelids slightly, looked at his wife and said, "Why are you so crazy?"
"Am I crazy? I should have gone crazy a long time ago!" Mrs. Dong changed her usual gentle demeanor, but still kept her voice low, "After so many years, I thought everything was over long ago. I thought you were so good to me. , has already changed from compensation to sincerity.
"Who knew that after the big one died, there would still be a small one?
"You should really take a mirror and look at your face every day. Ever since Shen Tianshu came back, your eyes have been glued to her and you can't tear them off!
"You started to feel uncomfortable as soon as she came over, and you didn't even care about carrying the medicine on your back?
"Why, have you remembered all those 'good memories' from the past?
"If you still have any sense of shame, you should control yourself!"
"Are you finished?" Mr. Shen looked at Mrs. Dong with a gloomy look, without any trace of his usual gentleness and kindness.
Mrs. Dong snorted coldly and said: "It's a pity that this is your niece. Even if the old lady loves you again, she can't follow your temper this time!"
"Get out!" Master Shen was furious, picked up the teapot on the table and threw it towards Mrs. Dong.
The teapot was smashed to pieces on the ground, and the tea and tea leaves were spilled all over the floor.
After having an attack, Mr. Dong finally regained some sense, pushed his scattered hair behind his ears again, and left the room without looking back.
Mr. Shen lay back down again, took a few deep puffs from his pipe, and slowly exhaled the smoke into the air.
He narrowed his eyes, and the anger on his face was gradually replaced by a smile.
It was as if I could see something through the smoke rings.