The next day, Shen Rui woke up before Maozheng (six o'clock in the morning), and the clan school had classes at the beginning of the morning.
It was bright outside, Dong Xi and Liu Ya brought hot water in to help Shen Rui wash up. They were afraid of being late, so they sent Xiao Tao to the big kitchen to make dinner. Thinking about yesterday's snacks, Shen Rui said: "If you don't bring a food box in the morning, wait until noon."
Let longevity be sent to you again."
Desserts in the south are mostly sweet and greasy. Even if the winter days are short, eating snacks to fill your stomach every noon is uncomfortable.
There was nothing to do in the family studies, Liu Cheng followed the class and could still listen to the lectures; Changshou was not interested in studying, and it was hard work there, so he might as well have stayed at home and delivered lunch as a job.
Dong Xi said: "That's good. My maid can also watch the dishes in the big kitchen and help my second brother add or remove them. It's better than filling the food box with snacks in the morning."
Liu Ya tightened her clothes and said, "Second brother, it's cloudy today, so I need to put on some extra clothes."
Dong Xi heard this and hesitated: "Should I also bring a hand stove?"
Shen Rui hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Forget about the clothes and the hand stove. I'm not a child, how can I get cold?"
Seeing his little adult appearance, Dongxi just smiled. He went into the house and took out a dozen clothes. The top was a small pearl sheepskin vest, and the bottom was a brand new hooded one-minute cloak. The outside was made of amber pigmented satin, and the inside was made of amber satin.
It's chinchilla skin. It looks thin, but it's warm. Considering Shen Rui's height, it can cover her body from head to ankle. These seasonal clothes were sewn by Guo's people a month ago.
Fortunately, otherwise there would be no preparations in the fourth room, and Shen Rui would have to wear plain clothes to go out.
Dong Xi took a small waistcoat and said, "Second brother, put this on inside. Even if it's cold in the school, as long as you protect your stomach, it will feel better." After saying that, she served Shen Rui to put it on.
This pearl sheepskin is lambskin. This lamb is not a suckling sheep that fell to the ground, but a lamb that is still in the ewe's belly. Before it grows up, the ewe's belly is opened and the lamb is taken out. The sheepskin on the lamb is still there.
It didn't work out, there were pearl-like protrusions on it, so it was named pearl sheepskin. This sheepskin is very soft and tough, and it's quite comfortable to wear inside.
By the time Shen Rui finished dressing, Xiao Tao had returned from the big kitchen, followed by the woman carrying the food box.
Compared with last night's dinner, today's breakfast is luxurious. It includes plum and vegetable buns, honeysuckle rolls, peanut porridge, small wontons, four side dishes with porridge, yuba and fungus, and shredded red oil ear. It's almost the same as yesterday's breakfast.
The porridge in front of him was delicious and delicious. Shen Rui moved his index finger when he saw it. He ate half a plate of plum and vegetable buns with the wontons. Pointing to the remaining sweet porridge and honeysuckle rolls, Shen Rui said to Dong Xi: "You guys will wait a minute.
Use it, don’t waste it.”
He won't let irrelevant things affect his appetite, but if he compares the dinners the day before yesterday with yesterday, and then compares the breakfasts yesterday with today, he doesn't understand why. The reason why the breakfasts in the past two days were so rich is because of "stain"
Jin's light. Whether it was Zhang Laoan who spoke or Shen Juren who spoke, because Shen Jin was at home, there was extra food in the kitchen.
Are you going to argue with Shen Juren? Even if you are unhappy, so what? For the sake of food, a son just complains, which is untenable.
But he is not short of money, so why should he grieve his stomach?
Thinking of this, Shen Rui said to Dong Xi: "I will leave Changshou at home. Please make a list of the things in the small kitchen for Changshou to buy. Don't just prepare ingredients for snacks, soups, bacon, dried vegetables and the like.
Also reserve some, if you want to eat in the future, you can cook it here in the small kitchen."
Dong Xi had long thought that Shen Rui had not eaten well last night, and was afraid that the food in the big kitchen was not to her liking, so she ate it with her mouthful.
When Shen Rui came out of the house, Changshou and Liu Cheng were already waiting at the entrance of the courtyard.
Shen Rui then told Changshou: "Starting today, you don't have to go to school with me in the morning. At noon, you will pick up a food box from Dongxi and send it to school. In the rest of the time, spend more time with people at home. Our courtyard There are few outsiders, and the information is too limited. I have been away from home for three years, so I should inquire as much as I should. I cannot become deaf or blind."
Changshou agreed, sent Shen Rui and Liu Cheng out, and handed the bookbox in his hand to Liu Cheng.
At this time, someone heard someone say: "Brother Rui..."
It was Shen Quan's voice. Shen Rui looked back and saw Shen Quan walking over with a smile, followed by a large blue woolen carriage.
"Let's take a carriage to school starting today." Shen Quan walked closer.
Seeing that the horses pulling the carriage were tall and powerful, and the carriage was wider than common carriages, Shen Rui looked familiar and said, "Is this my aunt's carriage? Don't bother, it's not far away."
Shen Quan said: "It's my mother's carriage. Now that they're all driven out, Brother Rui, don't hesitate anymore and hurry up and get in the carriage. The north wind has started today, making people shiver." After that, he pulled up. Shen Rui's arm.
The entrance to the two rooms was not the place to talk, so Shen Rui did not break away and followed Shen Quan into the carriage.
The curtains were lowered and the carriage started to move. The Shenjiafang area was mostly covered with bluestone roads, so the carriage moved very steadily.
Before Shen Rui could speak, Shen Quan said: "It's just a matter of dealing with it for a few days first. My mother won't go out early in the morning, and she won't delay using the carriage during the day. My mother had someone customize a new carriage yesterday. , it will take ten days to get it.”
After hearing this, Shen Rui couldn't help but frown and said, "I have already troubled my aunt a lot, so why bother bothering her with such trivial matters again?"
Shen Quan glared at him and said: "What are you heretics? It's not like you don't know. Now in my mother's heart, you and Sister Fu are the first, but our three sons have to take a step back. I said no last night." To get a new carriage, I only need to paint the carriage I used in the early years. But my mother said that the carriage was small and it would be boring for two people to squeeze into one carriage. I remember that when I first entered the Mongolian School, my eldest brother was still in the clan school. The three of us brothers squeeze into one car, and my mother is not afraid of who is squeezed into one car."
Shen Rui was already uneasy. Hearing what Shen Quan said, he became even more uncomfortable.
The profits from Shen Rui's properties are all collected by Guo. Every quarter, Guo teaches Shen Rui how to read the account books. However, Shen Rui's food and clothing expenses in recent years are not attributable to him, but between Yuan and Guo. gift.
Shen Rui "protested" twice earlier, trying to change this situation, but the "protests" were ineffective.
In Guo's eyes, Shen Rui is indeed a child with ideas, but he only has ideas and is still a child after all. Before Shen Rui grows up, although she cannot replace Sun, she still wants to care for him a little more. When he gets a wife and has someone around him who understands the cold and the hot, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.
Seeing Shen Rui's expression change, Shen Quan punched him and said, "You kid, you just love to think too much. The elders are taking care of you, so you just have to bear with it. It's not a business, you have to go back and forth. When love breaks up, it's up to you." Come back from the deal. My mother loves you now. When my mother gets old, you will be filial to my mother."
After hearing this, Shen Rui rolled his eyes. The Guo family has three sons and one daughter, and two grandsons. How could it be Shen Rui's turn to be filial.
Shen Quan already laughed and said: "You, don't worry about the new carriage. Although you can ride in the new carriage on weekdays, it cannot be returned to you. I will use it to go to Nanjing next summer."
"Why are you going to Nanjing?" Shen Rui was a little curious.
There will be no college examination next year, and Shen Quan's second brother, who originally studied in Nanjian, also passed the examination and went to Beijing.
Shen Quan raised his eyebrows and said: "Next year is the year of the provincial examination. There must be many clan brothers in the clan who will take the examination. I also want to follow them to experience it."
Hearing what he said, Shen Rui couldn't help but feel moved, and said, "Brother Quan, please don't pull me down."
Nanjing not only has the Imperial College, but also the Qinhuai River. Although Shen Rui has no desire to be a prostitute, he is still a man and wants to broaden his horizons. China's prostitute culture reached its peak during the Ming Dynasty.
It was more than a mile away, and the carriage arrived in less than a quarter of an hour.
Several carriages have stopped at the gate of the Ethnic Studies School, and students are getting off.
Because many people are brothers, cousins, or uncles and nephews who are studying in the family, there are not a few people like Shen Rui and Shen Quan who come to school in the same carriage. Some carriages look impressive, and the students who get off have chins. Lift it higher; some carriages look shabby, and people coming out of them are also cautious. It's like the comparison between BMW and Xiali in later generations when there is no school entrance.
At this time, a carriage was seen coming from behind. The carriage was tall and looked even more impressive than Guo's carriage. Next to it were five or six long entourage on horseback, all tall and tall, wearing uniform indigo robes. Sitting there were a pair of twin children, in their teens, dressed in exactly the same clothes.
When Shen Rui saw this, he couldn't help but be stunned. Who is this? Looking at this style, he is more powerful than Shen Jue, the direct grandson of the clan.
Shen Quan was standing by, his face a little dark, and he muttered: "This bastard is just going to school and showing off, but he has no shame."
At this moment, the carriage had stopped, and a man got out. He was wearing a royal blue cloak, with a golden collar faintly visible around his neck. He was holding a gold-embedded hand stove in his hand. Although he was tall, his face was still childish. However, he was fourteen or five years old, with pretty features, red lips and white teeth, and he had good looks. However, he had an arrogant expression, which made him a bit unpleasant to look at.
Shen Rui thought about the classmates in his "memory", but he couldn't identify them. He should have learned them later.
"Which in-law is this?" Shen Rui couldn't help but ask.
If they were members of the same clan, Shen Rui would probably have met him in his "early years", even if they were of similar age; most of the children from relatives' families had studied with him along the way.
Shen Quan's face turned darker, and he frowned and said, "The person living in our room is my uncle's eldest son Guo Sheng."
Shen Rui was very surprised: "It turns out to be Quan Sange's cousin? Why is he acting like this?"
The Guo family is also a wealthy family in Songjiang, and Shen Quan's wife's family is the direct descendant. Could it be that the Guo family, which is so big, doesn't have its own private school, so it goes to the Shen family to study as an affiliated school? Although Shen Rui has never dealt with the Guo family, but The Guo family has a low-key and humble temperament. Although the Guo family is not as powerful as the Shen and He families and is considered to be at the bottom of the second-class family, it is still a scholarly family and a family of high-ranking officials.
This Guo Sheng does not look like a scholar, but looks like a nouveau riche who was born a businessman...