The master and others had already returned from the palace, and Wang Shouren and his son also took him back. Shen Rui greeted Xu and took Changshou and Liu Cheng and the other two to the Wang family to pay New Year's greetings.
Wang Hua was born in the top scholar, first in the Hanlin Academy, and then in the Ministry of Rites. There were countless disciples in the capital, so many people came to visit him. Shen Rui came to pay New Year's greetings, but he did not stay and returned to the Shen family.
Wang Shouren made an appointment with him here and took him to visit a friend after the fifth day of the lunar month.
Although they are greeting New Year's greetings in the first lunar month, they are divided into different relatives and relatives. Naturally, the relatives and clan members are in front of each other, and friends and other banquets must be postponed.
At the Chen house, the Shen family is in Beijing. Except for Chen Qi's wife who is not able to go out because of her heavy body, Chen Ying and Chen Ying all came together, and Chen Jue and Chen Quan also followed.
Although Chen Jue used his bedding because of Shen Shun and muttered to Shen Rui, he thought that he was sick during the Chinese New Year and felt a little reluctant: "It's not easy for Brother Zhu Jiu to go out this time, and he is also precious in gold and jade when he is young. As he grew up, someone served him with his fingers, but along the way he was like an adult. Even if he didn't take care of us, he had troubled us..."
Chen Quan also said: "He has always been strong. He is sick again this year. He must be uncomfortable. Everyone should comfort him more."
Chen Zhu drank the medicine and was still asleep. Shen Rui followed Chen Quan, Chen Jue and others to Xu's room.
The upper room of Xu's family was crowded with people, and the female family was talking in the same place. The man went to the inner study room. Shen Rui, Chen Jue and other half-aged children were still placed in the east room with the younger generation. .
Chen Li is two men and one woman, three children; Chen Ji brought two women and one man, and I heard that there is a concubine's son who is less than one year old in the family; Chen Ying is one son and one daughter; Chen Qi is already late to become a parent, and he is mourning for another year in the middle. , so no children have landed yet.
Eight children, the older ones are twelve and three years old, and the younger ones are only two or three years old, and the whole room is filled.
Shen Rui, Chen Jue and others have become uncles. Xu's place has already prepared purses for them and sent New Year's money to their nephews and nieces.
Shen Rui and the children of the Chen Li family are familiar with each other. Now they have been separated for several months and have not been unfamiliar with each other. Shen Rui has also seen Chen Ying's children before. However, the three children of the eldest brother Zongfang's family are here. It was still the first time I met.
The two little girls are fine, one is eight or nine years old, and the other is six or seven years old. They are good-looking and are already a little lady. I have seen all the uncles of the clan. After paying New Year's greetings, I will share with the other two little girls with them. Along with that, Sister Yu took the warm room to play with the Nine Series, there were only a group of kids left here in the east.
Shen Rui took a few more glances at the eldest son of the clan's eldest son. This is not only the great-right grandson of the clan leader, but also the future clan son of the Shen family.
Chen Ji's eldest son Ming Dong is also thirteen years old this year, but he is more than Shen Rui and Chen Jue for half a year. He stood there upright and looked much more steady than Chen Jue. Although he did not end up at the age of nine like He Taizhi. , but I heard that I read very well, so I guess I should return to my hometown by the end of this year and prepare for the boy exam next year.
Seeing Shen Rui looking at him, Chen Dong said respectfully: "Uncle Rui has something to do to ask his nephew..."
Shen Rui was calm about this title and smiled and said, "I heard that there are temple fairs in many places in the first lunar month of the capital. I was curious and wanted to inquire with Brother Dong..."
Chen Dong heard this, but his face was embarrassed: "My nephew rarely goes out... I only heard of the Longfu Temple Fair, but I don't know what the specific one..."
Chen Li's eldest son Chen Lin listened and said with a smile: "Uncle Rui, my nephew knows, Uncle Rui will go with my house later, and my nephew will take Uncle Rui to the next day... The temple fair is so fun, there are so many tricks. There are all kinds of foods for the show…”
Chen Jue was by his side, and he was moved to hear it.
Although he went to his brother's house, the two brothers were too old, so they couldn't go together. There was a nephew of similar age who was also a nerd who was too stubborn to hold Chen Jue in a bad way.
"Brother Xiaolin really wants to take Brother Rui to the temple fair, and I will also tell me, I will go with you." Chen Jue said with great interest: "Brother Lin, Brother Qin, Brother Bao, you will come together and arrive in the capital. You can't just be bored in the yard." The latter sentence was said to several clan brothers.
Chen Lin and Chen Qin and others are half-aged boys, and there are no ones who don’t like to be lively. They are naturally moved when they hear it.
Shen Rui did want to go to the temple fair, but after looking at Chen Lin's head, he was puzzled, pulled him to the front, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Lin has been there?"
Chen Lin is only ten years old this year, and only seven years old three years ago. Will such a older child take him to a crowded place?
Chen Lin blushed when he heard this and said in a low voice: "My nephew was still young when he was in Beijing... But my cousins have been there, and I am older this year..."
Others have strict fathers and kind mothers, but the Shenli family has strict mothers and kind fathers.
Because Xie was the wife of the top scholar and married the top scholar as his wife, he always had high hopes for his eldest son. Shen Rui did not dare to hook up on his nephew and offend Xie.
Shen Rui touched Chen Lin's head, changed the topic from the temple fair, and asked about Chen Lin's schooling.
Chen Linyin is already ten years old and will be sent to the academy in the next year. It is the Hanlin Courtyard School where He Taizhi is located, and he will be classmates with He Taizhi.
Shen Rui knew about Guo's arrangements and knew that Chen Quanhui stayed in the capital to study. Thinking of this Hanlin Academy, it should be the best school they know.
"Brother Ying mentioned that where will I arrange for my third brother to study after the New Year?" Shen Rui said.
Chen Quan said: "The eldest brother said he wanted to ask the sixth clan brother for help to see if he could enter Chunshan Academy."
Chunshan Academy is Shen Rui’s Hanlin Children’s School. It is quite famous among the academies in the capital.
Chen Jue calculated the time and said, "If the third brother enrolled in middle school in Beijing, wouldn't he return to his hometown next year?"
This year is the year of the provincial examination, and the hospital examination will be suspended. The hospital examination will not be held next year or after.
Chen Quan shook his head and said, "Brother said that if I could enter the college, I would be better off studying for two years and I don't have to worry about the situation. After two years, my homework was solid, and the college entrance examination would be natural than this. Every time Being worried and having no idea what to do.”
Chen Jue nodded: "Brother Jin, Brother Yan is going to end this year. I don't know what the result will be. I can't say that the Shen family will produce two new juren."
However, no one mentioned Shenzhu. Since Shenzhu came to Beijing with Xu, he gave up the annual examination and scientific examination. Without the annual examination, the students who did not have the annual examination could not be rated, so they did not have the qualification to end the provincial examination.
A moment less, the tables are ready.
Mother Zhou came over and led the young people to the table.
The tables were set up in the central hall today, with five full squats, which were more lively than last night's New Year's Eve dinner.
Just now, the master had already told the Shen family that he wanted to adopt Shen Rui and Chen Jue, Shen Li and Shen Machinery. It was not surprising that the fifth brother Chen Ying had guessed before, but he also thought it was unexpected. Among them, I was just a little uneasy.
In the eyes of others, Shen Rui entered the second house from the Juren family to the Minister's Mansion and walked to a high place; in the eyes of the two brothers, Shen Rui went from the son of the fourth house to the embarrassing heir. It’s not easy to deal with oneself. Even if the elders of the second wife have always been kind, how can these nephews and their heirs be the same?
This is the housework of the second house. Apart from the fourth house, others have no room for more talk. Even Chen Li, the big backer behind Shen Rui, did not object to it, and it was not their turn to speak.
If Shen Rui was still the only legitimate son of the fourth family, then the adoption would not be involved in Shen Rui anyway. Since Shen Rui became the second legitimate son and had a connection with the Sun family and the second family, this adoption would be natural.
Did Sun leave the suicide note that the eldest son had registered three years ago, and was it unintentional arrangements or for today?
The two brothers thought about it secretly, but they were a little confused.
Shen Ji had already received letters from his father and grandfather. He knew that his grandfather did not argue with the matter of choosing a heir to the second wife, but his father was moved.
Now the second house selected is Chen Jue. Chen Ji didn't know whether he should be happy that his father "wishes everything he wants" or he should be sad that his younger brother will become a clan brother. He still felt a little deficient, and he felt that Chen Jue would become a young elder if he was a descendant. The house is more perfect. However, the eldest son and the second son have to establish a house in the future, and they are involved more. If the eldest and second masters don’t choose Chen Jue, they are probably not going to prevent the clan house from interfering in the affairs of the second wife.
Here, the second wife knew that the heir she had decided by her husband was Chen Jue, so she began to pay attention to the actions of her big grandmother and was secretly picky in her heart. However, the wife of Shen Ji was the future clan wife of the Shen family, and she was chosen by many people back then. The eldest daughter is dignified and virtuous, and she will not reveal her mistakes at the relative's house.
The second wife was also concerned that Xie and Ying Grandma. Ying Grandma was also from an official family. They were both made from the same machine and were like the same mold. They did not look like clan sisters-in-law, but like relatives. People and things are all within the rules. However, Xie's family is a young girl in the family and is spoiled by her father and brother, and she is more comfortable in speaking and acting.
The second wife's eyes were so lively that several grandmothers had been staring at her for a long time, but because she was an elder, it was hard to bother with her.
Xu looked at her with such a dislike and kept winking in secret, so she could feel at ease.
The third wife did not interfere with the lawsuit between the two sisters-in-law, but only spoke to Xie, and praised several nephews in the clan. Although Xie followed her husband back to Songjiang to mourn for three years, she was still in the Shen family. They are still not familiar with each other. Among these people, they are also familiar with Chen Jue and Chen Quan, and they can't help but praise these two people.
Chen Quan was the candidate of the second wife who had chosen before. Now she has not obtained it. Instead, she feels more and more that Chen Quan is good, so she also praised Chen Quan with the words of Xie and the third wife.
Grandma Ying, who was so proud of her sister-in-law, couldn't sit still, so everyone changed their conversation.
The big grandma also knew some adoption news, but as the eldest sister-in-law, it is not good to mention this matter to her husband, otherwise she would be unable to tolerate her relatives.
After using the mat, Shen Rui did not go back with Chen Li, but followed Chen Jue first.
Tomorrow is the second day of the first lunar month. It is customary in Beijing that a married daughter and son-in-law want to go back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings. How can Chen Jue go to Chen's house to cause trouble? On the contrary, her grandmother's house is in Songjiang and she does not need to go back to her parents' home.
When I came home from the Minister's Mansion, when my husband mentioned that the second wife's heir had already decided, Grandma Ji was surprised: "It was Brother Rui and the fifth brother? I was on the front of me, and I listened to my second sister and my third sister praised her for her fifth wife. Brother Quan is here?"
When the sinking weapon heard this, he couldn't help but think.
From the perspective of bloodline, it is reasonable to choose Shen Rui and Chen Jue as his heir, but the bloodline of the fifth house is also not far behind the fourth house. Compared with the descendant of the descendant of the clan, he naturally chose the fifth house and his son's son's son. , can avoid right and wrong.
Chen has grown up all year round, and it is the age to be able to get married and have children.
Listening to his wife's words, the second and third wife over there also felt that Chen Quan was good, so why did she choose Chen Jue?
The only reason is that Chen Jue is younger than Shen Rui and will not have a cousin on the head of the little eldest son's heir.
Shen Ji thought of this and became curious: "What kind of kindness did the Sun family have with the second wife back then? Uncle Cang not only wanted to accept Brother Rui as his heir, but also had good intentions and plans for Brother Rui so much..."