All the young people from the Shen clan couldn't help but look at Shen Rui. Apart from the late aunt of the fourth house, there was no one else but "Sister Sun" who could make Mrs. Guo so moved.
Shen Ruize couldn't help but squinted his eyes. Didn't it mean that the Sun's family only had a wealthy father, who had passed away long ago, and there was no one else? Who is the woman in front of him? Someone who can give the woman a hand in marriage, even if she is not a close relative, It's almost the same. Why haven't I heard anyone mention it?
As for Zhu Yunming, who was standing behind Mrs. Xu, everyone in School Wei was also surprised. Before coming to Songjiang, they only knew that their aunt was going to visit the Zong family, and they had never heard her mention any old memories.
Hear Mrs. Xu say: "It's me. When I sent Min Niang off to get married, Mrs. Hong was still a bride in a red dress. In the blink of an eye, it will be thirty years and you have a house full of children and grandchildren. You are a lucky one." At the end of the sentence. , with a little sadness.
Mrs. Guo choked up and said, "Sister Xu's arrival is too late. Min Niang has been gone for three years."
Mrs. Xu sighed and said: "She is too stubborn. If you give me the news as soon as possible, Brother Rui will not suffer the consequences later." At this point, he looked at Shen Rui lovingly and said, "Brother Rui has brought up a good education." Very good, you and Shen Li took the trouble."
Mr. Guo lowered his head and wiped his tears and said, "I didn't do anything. In the past few years, Brother Rui has been observing filial piety in the Zen Temple, and Brother Li has been taking care of me."
The door was not the place to talk, so Mrs. Guo welcomed Mrs. Xu into the private room.
Sister Fu was already four years old, and she was at a lively and active age. She was impatient to wait inside and had already run outside the screen to wait. However, the many people who came in "hurrah la la" frightened the little girl. He hurriedly ran behind Mr. Guo, exposed half of his head, looked at Shen Rui, and whispered: "Brother Rui..."
Shen Rui smiled at Sister Fu. Seeing this, Shen Jue teased in a low voice: "Sister Fu only remembers Brother Rui, but doesn't remember Fifth Brother?"
Sister Fu glanced at him twice, and Fang whispered: "Fifth brother..."
Looking at such a fair and lovely little girl, Mrs. Xu smiled lovingly: "Is this your little girl? She is actually younger than her nephew."
When Sister Fu heard what the adults were saying, she was already standing beside Mr. Guo.
Mrs. Guo felt a little strange when she heard Mrs. Xu's words, but thinking that she also knew Shen Li, she thought that she had inquired about Songjiang before coming here and knew the situation of each family, so she pulled Sister Fu and said, "This is my old lady." The girl was given to Min Niang as her daughter-in-law. If she hadn't given up half her life to give birth to her, she wouldn't have used half of Min Niang's life-saving ginseng.
It was obvious that she felt deeply guilty about this matter. Several years later, she still looked sad when she mentioned this matter.
Mrs. Xu shook her head and said: "You are overthinking it. It is all fate. Although ginseng is a good thing and can sometimes save people in emergencies, it cannot cure all diseases. Min Niang was a good friend of you during her lifetime, and she was willing to give you ginseng. You are like this No matter how much I think about it, she won’t be able to live peacefully down there.”
Mrs. Guo wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "I'm rude."
The young Shen family were all waiting to greet Guo family. Seeing that the greetings between the two elders had come to an end, they all stepped forward and said: "My nephew has met my aunt (aunt), and I wish to greet my aunt (aunt). "
Mrs. Guo shouted hurriedly, glanced at Mrs. Xu, and said to the young men: "This is Brother Rui's mother's natal elder. You should call her Aunt Xu..."
Before the young men could salute, Mrs. Xu shook her head and said, "Although I am considered a member of Min Niang's family, they should not call me aunt. Instead, I should be called uncle or aunt."
When Mr. Guo heard this, he looked puzzled. He really didn't know where this title came from.
Mrs. Xu smiled slightly and said: "My maiden name is Xu, but I am also a wife of the Shen family. My younger sister can be called Sister-in-law Cang."
Zhu Yunming and others would certainly not be surprised if they knew Xu's identity. Several young people from the Shen tribe were a little dumbfounded.
There is only one person named "Cang" in the Shen family, and that is Shen Cang, the second eldest man with the highest official rank in the entire Shen family.
Shen Rui also showed a bit of surprise on his face, but he seemed to understand in his heart that since Sun was a merchant, why did Sun have to be matched by the clan master back then? She has also been protected by the clan clan master in recent years. It turns out that she has a relationship with the second house in the capital. Moreover, This relationship must be unusual, as Mrs. Xu, who was the eldest daughter-in-law of the second wife, went to Songjiang to marry her in person.
However, Mrs. Xu, as the wife of the Shen family, only presented her identity as Mrs. Xu when she arrived at the Songjiang family, rather than as the daughter-in-law of the second wife. No one in Songjiang recognized her, which shows that the relationship between the second wife and the Songjiang clan was estranged and unfamiliar.
"Cang, Cang sister-in-law... I don't know the identity of my eldest sister-in-law. I have done many rude things, so I ask my sister-in-law to forgive me." Mrs. Guo was also shocked in her heart. She stood up and met the ceremony again. Among the sisters-in-law of the same race, the sister-in-law was Honorable position and etiquette are more important.
Mrs. Xu also stood up and returned the greeting, then she pulled Mrs. Guo to sit down and said, "Don't be surprised if you don't know. At that time, my ancestor was still alive, so he gave you such an order. As your daughter-in-law, I have no choice but to obey. I also ask my brother-in-law not to worry about me hiding my identity." "
Guo thought about the past, and the female relatives in the clan thought that Sun was a business woman, and they were jealous of her rich dowry, and they often made slanderous remarks when they received the bride. However, it was Xu who was the bride-to-be who had to show her shame to everyone, so they could protect her. Miss Sun. Who would have thought that she turned out to be the eldest daughter of the second wife.
The second wife did not start from Shen Cang. Back then, the third wife also achieved high-ranking positions. Naturally, the eldest daughter-in-law she married was not from an ordinary family. No wonder the Xu family was young but powerful. It is ridiculous for the female family members of the clan. , was intimidated by Xu's arrogance in person, and later said that the merchant woman was acting recklessly, rude, and ignorant of etiquette.
Mrs. Xu immediately revealed her identity, and the young men of the Shen family came forward in order to receive the gift according to their age, with Mr. Guo introducing them.
"This is my third son, Quan Ge."
"This is Brother Qin, the second master of the seventh house, the second uncle."
"This is Brother Bao, the eldest master of the eighth house, the fourth uncle."
"This is brother Jue of the clan eldest master, the fifth uncle."
"This is Brother Rui, Min Niang's son. My sister-in-law just met her."
Everyone bowed in turn, and Mrs. Xu took the gift from the servant woman and handed it to everyone with her own hands. It was an identical Nanyang Jade Ping An Plate. Although Nanyang Jade was not as precious as mutton-fat jade, the color of the Ping An Plate was pure and warm. Not an ordinary object.
Sister Fu's gift was different from that of her brothers. It was a gold-encrusted bat pendant.
When Mrs. Guo saw this, she hesitated and said: "This gift is too heavy. Her little kid..."
She originally thought that because of the relationship between the Sun family, Shen Rui's courtesy would be the most important, but she didn't expect that it was Sister Fu who got the biggest blow.
Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "This thing fits Sister Fu's nickname, and it is also destined to Sister Fu." After that, she took a brocade box from the servant woman and pushed it to Mrs. Guo: "As my sister-in-law, back then, When I met my brother-in-law, it was her wedding, and I was supposed to prepare a congratulatory gift. Since there were so many people at that time, it was not cheap, so I thought of making up for it this time. I thought it would take two days to see my brother-in-law, but I didn’t expect to see her today. Don’t be too rough, brother-in-law. Thin."
After hearing this, Mrs. Guo couldn't help but blush. When she met Mrs. Xu, she was a bride, but now that she has grandchildren, she still accepts wedding gifts in return, which is really embarrassing. She knows that Mrs. Xu wants to be close to her. For the sake of the late Sun, he also had to help Shen Rui manage his property, otherwise he would not have specially prepared a gift. Even the jewel-encrusted pendant that Sister Fu got, it seemed that it had also been prepared in advance.
Guo sighed secretly in her heart and could not refuse, so she had to stand up and thank her.
She couldn't blame Mrs. Xu for saying that Mrs. Sun was stubborn. Mrs. Sun had a generous dowry and her life in the fourth house was prosperous at first. Later, she suffered a lot because she had no children for many years and her family was missing. Even after she got Shen Rui, one of them didn't like her. With her mother-in-law on her head, life was not much better. If she had brought up the big Buddha of the second wife's wife as a support, she would not have ended up like this.
After Mrs. Xu saw the Shen family, she called some of her nephews to come forward to pay homage to Mr. Guo.
When Mrs. Guo heard the surnames of these three people, she remembered that the three masters in the second house had only one seedling, and couldn't help but ask: "Sister-in-law, are you going south to visit relatives? Why didn't you bring Brother Luo back?"
Although Shen Luo was the only son of the second master, because the second master had no heirs and had no intention of choosing an heir from the clan, there had been rumors that Shen Luo would be the father of the third master in the future. All the houses in Songjiang lamented that the second master was rich and noble. , but the bloodline was withering, and the third room only guarded one man. But after the eleventh year of Hongzhi's provincial examination, when the news came back that Shen Luo passed the exam, everyone became less sarcastic. So what if the third room only guarded one man? He won the imperial examination at the age of six. Even if there is only one of his promising descendants, he would not mind it.
When Mrs. Xu heard this, she looked stunned and said softly: "I have never reported to Songjiang before... Brother Luo, Brother Luo disappeared in September..."
When Guo heard this, he was shocked.
The young men of the Shen family also looked at each other, obviously shocked by this news.
Although they have never met Shen Luo, a brother of the clan, they have heard of his name for many years. He was a scholar at the age of 14 and was elected as a scholar at the age of 16. He is one of the most outstanding children of the Shen family. And because he is the only son of the late second wife, Sun, in the future it is impossible to say that I will have three houses with my uncle and uncle, and I will have many wives and concubines.
The atmosphere in the room was silent. Mrs. Xu sighed and said to Shen Rui: "Brother Rui is not thinking about Xizhe's writing? You brothers go to have tea and write outside, so there is no need to stay here."
Although everyone was surprised by Shen Luo's untimely death, they were not really sad at all. The clan brothers who had never met each other would act heartbroken and pretend to be so, and would obediently retreat outside.
On the other hand, Mr. Guo, who was also a mother and had children and grandchildren outside, was worried. She couldn't bear to hear such news, and her eyes were red. She wanted to comfort her, but Shen Luo was not an ordinary man. He was an only heir from a second wife. When he died young, his second wife's bloodline was cut off. Such a big event as the sky and the earth collapsed, everything was meaningless, and all she could do was cry silently.
A boy outside had already bought pens, inks, paper, inkstones and other items, but Shen Rui no longer had any interest in letting Zhu Yunming write.
The second wife is in the capital, and although few people return to their hometown, there are children of the Shen family in the capital, so the news has not been cut off. The Xu family has an old relationship with the Sun family, so they have ignored her in the past three years because they know Is there no need to worry about my condition, or is my relationship with Sun not that close?
If Shen Luo, the second wife, was still there, Shen Rui would still be willing to get close to him if he had this supporter; but now that Shen Luo has died and the second wife has lost his heir, if he is close to the Xu family, he might be regarded as someone with ulterior motives.
Thinking of this, Shen Rui suddenly opened his eyes wide.
The second wife has no heir? How can the second wife have no heir?
Thinking about brothers Shen Yan, he looked at Shen Quan, Shen Jue and others. Shen Rui's eyes were dark.
In my previous life, I was the grandson of the Second Fang, and the Second Fang has been passed down to modern times. Even in Songjiang, the various Fangs are scattered all over the country, and some even ended their inheritance long ago. The Second Fang is still there.
The person who inherits the bloodline of Erfang must be the heir chosen here in Songjiang. Who on earth became his ancestor?