Because he was about to travel far and there were many things to prepare, Shen Rui asked people to go to the clan to ask for leave and did not go to school. Chen Jin went back to the palace to study last night, and Shen Rui didn't have time to tell him about leaving.
"Second brother, you have to carry these winter clothes, but there are no thin coats. What's the best thing to do when the season changes?" Dong Xi brought a few maids, packed Shen Rui's luggage, and half of the clothes were cleaned up.
Shen Rui took off his clothes after winter. The thinnest one in the newly sewn clothes was also a silk cotton jacket, and there was no spring and autumn shirt. But now he set off to the capital, and it will not arrive until the end of the twelfth lunar month, and the next year is the beginning of spring.
Shen Rui smiled and said, "I'm afraid I don't have any clothes to wear? Don't forget to pack up all the tickets for Changshou and let him go to the money house to exchange them." After giving the order, he thought that he had to go to the next door first. Then he left the courtyard.
Xu is also mentioning the money house in the Zongfang Room.
Zhu Yunming looked at the thick stack of banknotes in front of him and flipped it. There were about a hundred and ten denominations, and he couldn't help but be stunned: "Auntie, how much money is this?"
"100,000 taels." Xu replied.
Although Zhu Yunming was born into a family of officials and grew up with wealth and wealth, this was the first time he had seen so many banknotes. Only Su Song's wealthy land and the banknotes had such large banknotes.
"Auntie, you have to pay for this?" Zhu Yunming asked.
Xu nodded and said, "I went to the money shop to say hello and asked me to prepare gold there. I will set off tomorrow morning and return to Suzhou, so I have to get it back today.
Zhu Yunming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that it was gold to be redeemed.
One hundred thousand taels of silver are more than 6,000 kilograms; if you really want to get it back, you must prepare seven or eight kilograms first; if you exchange it for gold, it is much cheaper if you only have more than 600 kilograms, and a carriage is Enough. However, even if it is more than 600 kilograms of gold, it is not convenient to carry. If you accidentally reveal the sound of wind, you may even attract bandits.
Thinking of coming from Suzhou in this journey, besides Xu's maid and mother, there were only six or seven servants guarding the male servants. Zhu Yunming said, "Auntie wants to leave with this large sum of gold? Yes Didn’t you ask the Shen family to arrange some escorts?”
Xu shook his head and said, "No need, the gold is not taken away. You took it in two separate times. Three thousand taels were sent to the fifth house of Shen's family and handed over to the eldest lady of the fifth house to receive it. The remaining seven thousand taels were shipped back, five of which were The thousand liang is handed over to the master of the sect, and the remaining two thousand liang is brought here directly. I have already greeted these two families, just watch and take the text contract."
Seeing that Xu had made arrangements, Zhu Yunming took people out of the clan room and ordered him to go.
Xu was sitting on the Arhat couch, a little stunned.
She helped Sun's dowry to be purchased. The total number of industries was more than 100,000 taels, and another 20,000 yuan was silver.
Although there is a strong marriage nowadays, this dowry is extremely generous, let alone marrying into a juren's family, even if it is a high-ranking family, it is extremely generous.
It was Xu's own dowry, except furniture and clothing, and the big head was only 50 hectares of makeup, 3,000 taels of boxes, and shops in other courtyards. This was the first among the nine sisters in his family. It was just because his father stopped looking for him. After being imprisoned, only a few of her colleagues were willing to help, including one of her father-in-law. Only then did she marry her twice as much as her sister's dowry.
When Xu bought a dowry on behalf of Sun's family, he was shocked by Grand Master Sun's big money and thought that Grand Master Sun was the daughter of Qing's family. It was not until later that the housekeeper learned that compared with Grand Master Sun's family's wealth, Sun's dowry cannot be said to be a drop in the bucket.
But it was just a small head. The real estate left by Grandpa Sun in Zhili was several times higher. This is one of the reasons why Xu later received the bequest but did not dare to accept it.
After Grandpa Sun passed away, according to the bequest, the industries were brought to the hands of the couple, but they were very uneasy and always felt that it was a loss to Sun. But it was not easy to send silver to Songjiang clearly. Sometimes there was too much silver.
It's the root of the disaster.
Sun's dowry was originally eye-catching in Songe, but no one had any idea because the patriarch and the great master protected him.
Because of this, after discussing, the eldest master and his wife first recorded the love between Grand Master Sun, thinking that when Sun has children, they will repay her children. It is precisely because of this that the eldest master will know that Sun's orphans will be entrusted.
, even though he knew it would affect family harmony, he still decided to adopt his son.
The Sun family was in the eighth year of Chenghua, which was about thirty years ago. If she had managed it well, it would not be difficult to save 100,000 taels of silver in the dowry industry.
However, according to the information obtained by Xu, Sun had been doing good deeds during his lifetime and believed in Buddhism. Even though he had never personally burned incense and worshipped Buddhas in major temples, the donations he secretly sent to temples and temples were not decimal, just like a boy from Shancai.
Flowers like flowing water go out.
If anyone else knew Sun's move, he would probably scold the "prodigal woman". When Xu thought of this, he could only sigh.
It was more than 30 years ago when Sun was still in the Shen family. One autumn, Grandpa Sun and Grandpa went on an outing in Xiangshan with the third Grandpa and met a great monk. The monk was so sarcastic that he could help Grandpa Sun, saying that he was "destined"
If you violate the evil of heaven, you will have no support for your relatives and live in the world. You will be affected by the cause and effect of the past evil, and you will be entangled with the souls of wrongs. You will have a good ending and you will not have blood to worship after your death."
Grandpa Sun didn't take it seriously. The third grandpa scolded the monk away. After annoyed for a long time, he felt a little sad. He even said to his wife and children twice, saying that when Sun got married with Shenzhou and had a second son, he would be adopted by his grandson.
The family and the Grand Master Sun had no descendants to worship. This was also one of the reasons why the old lady regretted the marriage with Shen Zhou and the Third Grand Master was so angry.
Xu didn't agree with his father-in-law's reaction at that time. Monks and Taoists were nonsense, so how could he believe it? His father-in-law was also a Jinshi of two lists, not an ignorant woman, so why did he believe these nonsense?
It was not until a few years later that Sun had married, and Grandpa Sun passed away, and the coffin was sent to the capital. The Third Grandpa almost died of death. Grandpa Sun's family died suddenly, just in line with the words of the monk back then.
The third master was deeply saddened, and even Xu and Shen Cang were uneasy.
Grandpa Sun moved to the capital to retire in his early years. If the Shen family had not broken their marriage, they would not have gone south again. This cause and effect is really hard to explain.
Even Shen Cang and his wife felt guilty, let alone the third master?
After the third master cooked Master Sun's later generations, he fell seriously ill and died from summer to winter.
Sun knew the words of the monk back then, and from her later letter to the capital, she could also see that she knew the true cause of Master Sun's death. It was from that time that Sun began to believe in Buddhism and gave alms in temples all year round.
Sun did his best to do good deeds and gave charity to the four houses. A few years ago, he should have accumulated merits for the late Grand Master Sun so that he could clear his grudges and enter the cycle of reincarnation early; in the next ten years, he was for Shen Rui's peace.
Shen Rui was the grandson of Grandpa Sun. Even if he was not of the same surname, he was also a descendant of Grandpa Sun's bloodline. At that time, the Sun family had no parents and brothers, and they had only gotten married for more than ten years. However, with the words of the monk in front of him, I can imagine that he was so worried and terrified.
And know.
Thinking of this, Xu couldn't help but sigh.
If Shen Rui had not survived three years ago, wouldn’t Master Sun’s bloodline be cut off?
Although Sun's heart was so beautiful that he thought of it everywhere, just this omission almost killed Shen Rui's life.
It is said that if the disaster fails, there will be blessings in the future. Even if the child does not get close to him, his eyes are clear and humble, he should be a good child...
Five bedroom inner courtyard, second room.
Looking at the table of silks spread out, Shen Rui said helplessly: "Aunt, why bother so hard? There are still several months before the season change. I will find someone to sew it when I arrive in the capital."
Guo shook his head and said, "The sewing will be done in the future. You must prepare some first. It will be cheaper to change it at that time..."
Speaking of this, she paused and said, "Everyone in the world is snobbish. If you respect others, you will first respect you. Even if you go to the elders of the clan, you will be able to cut new things for you.
You don't have a lot of clothes to wear. But even if you bring gold and silver, in the eyes of the deacons of the Minister's House, you still use food and clothing for the Minister's House. You can't think of you as a poor relative who is the one who is in the autumn wind.
Look at it and be despised."
"Spring and autumn shirts were already sewn in the sewing room last night... There is no summer clothes in the warehouse at home, so I went to the satin shop in the morning to find them. You can choose two cute colors. Only half a day left, I'm afraid it's sewing.
There are not a few sets. I asked someone to find a few sets of your third brother's spring and summer clothes this year. They have never been used. They also ordered people to change a few sets according to Brother Rui's posture, mixing them together, and joining them together.
It is made by the sky and can also fill two wardrobes. Fortunately, there are those added before, so it should also be filled with two wardrobes. Four wardrobes are almost enough to change them in a short time.”
Guo was not a talkative person, but at this time he was talking, he thought of Shen Rui all the time.
Although Shen Rui felt that it was too troublesome for a man to carry four boxes of clothes when he went out, he refused and couldn't say anything, so he said, "It's just a matter of time. Time is so hurrying, there is no need to cut new ones. Three
I just pick a few sets of old clothes like me when I was as old as me, but my aunt is so tired that I have to worry about it.”
Guo heard this and smiled: "I have kept your third brother's clothes for him, but he loved beautiful colors in his early years, and most of the clothes are red in all seasons. If Brother Rui was willing to go up, his aunt immediately asked someone to turn them over.
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Upon hearing this, Shen Rui waved his hand and said, "I'm not bothering my aunt."
She wore a red shirt and a gold collar, dressed like a big Ah Fu, and she was so stupid no matter how she looked. Shen Quan looked gentle and elegant now, which made people forget the appearance of Fuwa in her childhood.
Although there are many boys who love to wear red, there may not be many who are as rustic as Shen.
The mother in the needle and thread room stood by and waited. After Shen Rui pointed to two pieces of light platinum materials, Guo asked someone to sew it, and asked someone to carry the remaining silk down.
Another woman came in to report the matter, saying that Shen Quan had packed all his luggage, and he had two boxes, one box of clothes, and one box of common items.
Shen Rui was listening, but was stunned.
When the woman went down, Shen Rui asked, "Auntie, will the third brother come to the capital, won't he live with us?"
If they all went to the Minister's Mansion, it would be unreasonable that Guo had planned for Shen Rui, but he didn't care about Shen Quan.
Guo nodded and said, "Your elder brother and second brother are all in Beijing and have bought a house. Your third brother will naturally have to go home to live. Then you will add clothes and you will have your elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law. It's your place, if so If you are not cheap at the Minister's Mansion, just go and tell your elder brother and sister-in-law."
The eldest son of the fifth house, the second son has been away for many years due to his imperial examinations. After returning from his grandfather’s funeral the year before, he was mourning in Songjiang for a year. Shen Rui met several times. The eldest son is peaceful and elegant, and the second son is enthusiastic and funny, and they are all very easy to get along with. .The eldest sister-in-law was chosen by Guo himself, and she was a generous and considerate person; the second sister-in-law Jiang, was gentle and gentle, and was the niece of the prefect Jiang Sheng cousin. She was raised by the prefect since she was a child. This marriage was made by Sun.
Compared with the elders of the second wife who have never lived in their lifetime, the brothers and sisters-in-law of the fifth wife are considered acquaintances.
Shen Rui couldn't help but feel moved, and came to Guo and said, "Aunt, my nephew is in the capital. If you can't live in the Minister's Mansion, can you also go to your elder brother's house..."