Seeing Mrs. Guo looking at her belly, Shen Rui lowered his head in embarrassment.
Mrs. Guo has a good relationship with Mrs. Sun, and she often came to the fourth house in the past. She has met Shen Rui herself. She knows that although he has good manners, Shen Rui is indeed doted on by the old man of the fourth house and has a somewhat arrogant temperament. Now that he has seen his temperament
Such a big change, so shy and well-behaved, Mr. Guo would not have thought that he was not "possessed by a wild ghost", but he felt more and more pitiful for him. As a little child, he had been trained to this point in a few days. He originally had a temper like a little bully, but now
Timidly, I started to look at people's faces.
Mrs. Guo felt sad for a while, tears welled up all of a sudden. She hurriedly lowered her head and wiped her tears, and said softly: "Brother Rui has been sleeping for two days without eating rice or water. It seems that he is starving. Auntie will make people give him to him."
Brother Rui, get some food." After saying that, he turned around and called the maid in plain clothes and gave a few instructions.
The maidservant responded and turned back after a while. She already had a food box in her hand, followed by the maidservant in filial piety, holding a kang table in her hand.
Another maid came over with a basin and helped Guo to roll up her sleeves. Guo personally threw in a towel and wiped Shen Rui's face and hands.
Shen Rui is a child by nature, but he has the heart of a man. He is being treated like a child and is wiping his hands and face. How can he feel at ease? It is difficult to avoid him. He can only blush and let Guo control him. He bows his head.
His appearance made him timid in the eyes of others. Seeing this, Mrs. Guo felt more and more distressed. She couldn't help holding her in her arms and choked: "My son, it's not good for my aunt. My aunt should have come to see you earlier. I should have come to see you earlier."
Come and see you earlier."
Although Shen Rui was held in a hug, listening to these sad words, he couldn't think of anything wrong, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only remain silent.
The maid who had carried the food box saw this and advised, "Madam, I'm still hungry."
Mrs. Guo quickly stood up and wiped her tears, ordered her maid to set up the small table, opened the food box herself, put out several plates of side dishes and snacks, and filled out a bowl of thick porridge.
Shen Rui was already hungry and resentful. His eyes were glued to the small dining table. He only felt the aroma of rice, coriander and coriander coming to his nose. He couldn't help but leaned forward. But he was an adult at heart. He couldn't act like grabbing food in front of everyone.
He just looked at it eagerly, swallowed a mouthful of spit, took the porridge bowl with both hands, and started eating spoonful after spoonful.
As the warm rice porridge went down his throat, Shen Rui almost cried and unconsciously speeded up his eating pace.
Wow, this unfortunate rebirth.
He drank porridge for three days before, but the porridge was so thin that he could see the bottom. It was really useless and could only be used to quench his thirst. Without those few eggs, he would have starved to death. When he finished the bowl of porridge, he
Only then did I realize that the porridge was slightly bitter, and after a slight aftertaste, it tasted like ginseng.
Mrs. Guo had already taken his empty bowl and said softly: "Brother Rui was very hungry before. It's not advisable to eat too much, otherwise it may hurt your stomach. Brother Rui, use these first. When you have a meal, aunt will prepare it for you."
delicious."
Shen Rui thanked him. Although his stomach was still empty, he still looked away from the dinner table.
Mrs. Guo was very pleased to see that he was obedient. She ordered people to move the dining table away and said, "Brother Rui has slept all day and night. It's not good to lie down any longer. Be careful when it's too late and you'll feel sleepy. If you can bear it, get up."
Walking around the house also saves food."
Shen Rui nodded, got up and got out of bed. Mrs. Guo ordered someone to get a pile of clothes, hats, shoes and socks, all of which were brand new. Although the clothes were made of plain white fine cloth, the inside was made of thin cotton. It didn't look thick, but it could be worn
His body felt soft and warm. After he finished wearing these, he was covered with burlap mourning clothes and hat.
Although Mrs. Sun is the head of the family, because there are elders in the family, she cannot stop the Qiqi Festival. She can only stop the mourning until the "May 7th" at most. Now is the day after the "First Qi", and there is still about a month of mourning period. Guo Guo
Shi was not in a hurry to take Shen Rui to the funeral home.
The dead are gone, and we still have to care for the living. In the early winter, even if Songjiang is not as cold as the weather in the north, the mourning hall is cold and cold. If a sickly child cannot be born and nursed back to health, how can he bear it? What Guo meant, before the funeral
, every time "Burning Seven", Shen Rui just showed up, so as to save the son of the evil concubine from occupying the position of filial son, but he may not necessarily have to watch in front of the ghost.
As soon as Shen Rui changed his clothes, he heard footsteps coming from outside the house. Before he could see anyone, he heard a voice outside the door: "My precious grandson is awake!"
Following the voice, the door curtain opened, and an old woman came in surrounded by several foster mothers and maidservants. The old woman was sixty years old, well-built, wearing a crow-green silk jacket, and a silver hairpin on her head. She was not tall.
Tall, plump, and hasty steps.
When Mrs. Guo heard the commotion, she had already stood up, walked down to the old woman, and said, "Auntie is here."
The old woman seemed not to have seen her, and walked directly towards Shen Rui, hugged Shen Rui in her arms, and said: "My dear, I will die from my heartache."
The old woman in front of him is the first time Shen Rui has seen him since he woke up, but because of the owner's memory, she is no stranger to her. She is the owner's grandmother, Zhang Lao'an from the fourth room. The owner has been raised by Zhang Lao'an's side since she was born.
.In the eyes of outsiders, the relationship between grandfather and grandson is very good.
According to what Shen Juren said yesterday, Zhang Laoan had been sad since Sun passed away, and was not feeling well. He also had to take care of Sun's funeral, so he could not take care of his grandson personally. But looking at the old woman's energy,
His face was glowing red, and he really didn't look like he was ill.
Seeing Mrs. Guo still bending her knees, Shen Rui looked at Mrs. Guo.
Seeing that his grandson didn't respond, Zhang Laoan lowered his head and followed his line of sight, as if he had just seen Mrs. Guo, and said: "Hong'er-in-law, please get up. Thank you for taking care of Brother Rui for the past two days. It's been a hard work for you."
, I’d like to thank you so much.”
Mrs. Guo stood up and said: "It's just a niece-in-law's fault. A kind-hearted person like my sister-in-law has accumulated so much merit. If we watch Rui Ge'er suffer, are we still human?"
Zhang Laoan's expression was slightly stiff, he groped Shen Rui's back and said, "It's all because of me... If I hadn't been sad about losing my good wife, and was not in good health, and couldn't take care of it for a while, I wouldn't have let the servants do it.
You neglected Brother Rui."
Regardless of the real reason why Shen Rui was treated so slowly, Zhang Laoan's words can be regarded as an "official explanation."
Since ancient times, the world has respected filial piety. There is also the story of "Guo Ju burying his son" in "Twenty-Four Filial Piety". Even if there are outsiders who are unfair to the Sun family, the Lao'an people have spoken out and put their grandson's affairs into their own hands.
If others want to find fault with Shen Juren, it will appear to be nosy.
For someone with a tactful personality, he would have to say a few words of flattery to smooth over the matter. After all, this is a family matter of the fourth house. Shen Rui will be fine after being ill, and he will have to rely on his grandmother to live in the future. Mr. Guo is not a tactful person.
She glanced at Zhang Lao'an with doubts and said, "My aunt is an old feudal lord. It's not uncommon for her to lose energy as she gets older. She's just someone around my sister-in-law. Although my sister-in-law is gone, Brother Rui is theirs."
My little master, it’s time for them to serve you faithfully.”
Hearing this, Zhang Laoan snorted and said: "It's not because your sister-in-law was kind-hearted and didn't know what she was thinking. She canceled their slave status without telling the family and let them out early. They are all white-eyed wolves. Who would think anything else?" The Shen family is the old owner, and there is a younger owner here..."
"Let them all out?" Mrs. Guo frowned upon hearing this: "But a few days before my sister-in-law left, were they still there?"
Zhang Lao'an snorted coldly and said: "Is it possible that I am still lying to you? Who told your sister-in-law to be kind-hearted? Didn't she start letting people out a few months ago? Others don't know, and Hong's daughter-in-law doesn't know either? "
Guo said, neither humble nor overbearing, "My sister-in-law has been ill for more than half a year, and my aunt is responsible for running the weaving factory outside. My niece-in-law thought that my aunt was also involved in the inner house."
Shen Rui, who was standing by, only felt that these two people were trying to seduce each other. It seemed that Zhang Lao'an's involvement in the dowry industry was not a secret among the clan. From what he heard, it meant that there had been changes in the personnel of the industry.
Zhang Laoan's face was ugly, and he looked at Guo coldly and said: "The previous shopkeepers and accountants all signed short contracts. Once the contract is terminated, they will be free. My nephew and daughter-in-law can use it if they want to keep it. In the inner house These slaves and servants have a lot of connections, and there are many people who have evil intentions and betray their master. After Sun's funeral, there will always be some calculations, and the nephew and daughter-in-law must be careful not to steal the chicken but lose the rice."
Mrs. Guo said calmly: "Don't worry, mother-in-law. If my nephew-in-law sees them, she will definitely persuade them to come back and serve Brother Rui. This will save Brother Rui from having no suitable person around him."
Shen Rui was beside him, but he was a little anxious. He was very hungry, and when he woke up just now, all his thoughts were focused on eating. When he heard the two talking, he thought of Mama Wang and Liu Ya.
Look at Lao An's behavior just now, without any regrets. Shen Juren pushed Zheng out in front of the clan, but with Shen Jin here, what can he do to Zheng? The investigation was very ruthless. In order to shirk responsibility, he might have to How could Shen Rui let Wang Mama and Liu Ya be the scapegoats? But in front of Zhang Lao'an, Shen Rui couldn't speak out about the matter, so he took two steps sideways, pulled Guo's sleeve, and whispered: " Aunt, my nephew wants to pay homage to his mother."
Zhang Lao'an saw that Shen Rui was getting close to Guo, so he forced a smile and stretched out his arm to pull Shen Rui and said, "Your aunt has had a hard time taking care of you for two days. If I don't bother you any more, I will take you there."
Shen Rui turned sideways and hid behind Guo, looking at Zhang Lao'an "timidly". He really didn't want to engage in a drama of deep ancestral and grandson love with this Lao'an, so it was better to continue to follow the "little pitiful" route. Otherwise, the elders in the clan "see it as they see it" and just think that they have a "deep relationship with their ancestors and grandchildren" with the Zhang Lao'an people and no longer care about how good they are.
Zhang Lao'an's expression was stiff. Guo had already held Shen Rui's hand and said, "Good boy, aunt will take you to see your mother right now." After saying that, Fang said to Zhang Lao'an, "My mother is not well. Okay, while we are resting, my nephew-in-law will take Brother Rui to the mourning hall."
Zhang Lao'an said with a worried look on his face: "Brother Rui is still weak, how can he bear the torment? What if something happens? Who can bear it?"
Mrs. Guo's expression turned cold. She held Shen Rui's hand tightly and said in a deep voice: "My sister-in-law has been away for a few days. As a son, brother Rui has already been given the gift of incense. My nephew and daughter-in-law have been ordered by the clan elders to take care of brother Rui." My son, if you don’t deserve it, your nephew-in-law should bear it with all your strength.”
Shen Rui felt chilled in his heart. Cursing his grandson like this, was this his grandmother or his enemy?