"Why is this time coming here today?" During the mourning period, husband and wife were not allowed to live in the same room. To avoid suspicion, the husband and wife lived separately.
When he was in the imperial capital before, because the Tutor's Mansion and other businesses in the city were burned to the ground, Shen Zangfeng lived in the city to handle official duties, while the guard chief Ying and his family lived in a separate courtyard outside the city.
After returning to Mingpeitang, Shen Zangfeng personally took his eldest son with him to teach him. The father and son lived together in the guest courtyard in front; Wei Changying took his second son to live in their original courtyard and take care of the family affairs.
Of course, when something needs to be discussed, it is reasonable whether Wei Changying goes to the front yard to look for him or Shen Zangfeng comes to the back.
But this kind of meeting is usually done on a sunny day. After talking about things, we leave... It's already evening like this, and we have to come over, which will inevitably make some people gossip.
Shen Zangfeng had great respect and pain for his deceased parents, so he certainly paid great attention to these aspects. What's more, after this year of fighting, although the position of the sect is much more stable than before he came back, there are still some people in the branch who are not willing to give up. Logically, Shen Zangfeng would not give them a reason to attack him in a place like this.
So Wei Changying was quite surprised to see him coming at this moment.
Shen Zangfeng had only seen half of Shen Shuxie's homework at this time, and his brows were already furrowed tightly. He was not the only one who was doing this. Shen Shuguang, who was standing next to him and watching together, was also not very satisfied. However, the master whose homework was being checked looked nonchalant and happily ran up to call his mother with a tabby cat in his arms.
Wei Changying glared at him and was about to reprimand him for not paying attention. Shen Zangfeng, who was above him, must have felt that he couldn't stand his son's perfunctory behavior this time. He casually handed the crooked paper to his eldest son to read. Said: "I happened to remember something, but I was afraid that I would turn around and forget it. So I came here."
"The time is just right. Let's go back after dinner." Wei Changying looked at the copper leak in the corner of the room and said. Speaking of which, because of filial piety, the family of four has not had a few meals together for almost two years.
Now that they had bumped into each other, Shen Zangfeng had no objection and said to Shen Shuguang, "Take your brother to the side room and correct him... As a father, I have something to say to your mother."
Shen Shuguang responded and glared at his brother: "Why don't you come with me?"
Shen Shuxie suddenly coughed.
The cough made his parents pause. Shen Zangfeng wanted to say something, but he tried his best to hold it back and only glanced at his wife. Wei Changying didn't pay attention to her husband's expression, and ordered Lianzhu: "Go and bring the warm medicine."
"The baby is fine!" Shen Shuxie was anxious when he heard that he needed to take medicine, and he stopped coughing immediately!
Seeing this situation, Shen Zangfeng's face turned dark! Shen Shuguang also showed a hint of helplessness and pushed his younger brother: "Resign yourself to your parents before leaving!"
When the little brother walked out the door, Guard Chief Ying glanced around, and the servants all retreated to the corridor outside in a wise manner, but the door was not closed to avoid any bad gossip.
She asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Just as he was thinking about the marriages that the three sisters-in-law were discussing today from the current situation in the world, Shen Zangfeng sighed helplessly and said, "It's nothing serious. I just heard that Xie'er had a cough yesterday. , I happened to have some free time at the moment, so I brought Guang'er over to have a meal with you two. As a result, I just saw that this boy's homework was a lot worse than his brother's before! , His health is not good, I really want to beat him! I think if I say in front of him that I came here specifically to visit him, won’t this kid just follow the stick and become even more disobedient? "
Wei Changying was a bit dumbfounded: "Then you didn't know that his cough was caused by himself? Doctor Ji had already warned him that he couldn't eat cold food in summer. In order not to attract him, all the people in the yard I didn't even want to eat with him! As a result, he ran to his eldest sister yesterday. Xi'er happened to be naughty and accidentally fell down while climbing a tree, so her eldest sister brought ice to apply to her wound. She didn't use much. The servant took a bowl and put a piece of it in his mouth while no one was paying attention... He coughed violently before he could swallow it, which frightened the eldest sister so much that Xi'er couldn't care about it and sent him back in person. Explain to me!”
When Shen Zangfeng heard this, his face became even more ugly, and he said angrily: "This disobedient thing!" He frowned and said, "He is already five years old this year. When Guang'er was enlightened at the age of five, he was also very naughty, but compared to him, he is considered well-behaved. . This kid... it's time to show him some color!"
"How to give it?" Wei Changying said with a headache, "Just tell him, at best he will act coquettishly with you, at worst he won't make any noise, he will just sit there and shed tears... I feel bad when I see you! If He is still so young, especially last year..." She said with a dark expression, "After suffering so much, Doctor Ji even said that he would drink this medicine until he was old enough to lose his hair. I'm worried when I see him, but luckily this kid thinks so and doesn't take it seriously... Can his body withstand a beating? You just said it's not easy to do anything to him."
These words left Shen Zangfeng speechless - influenced by Shen Xuan, he was not the kind of father who couldn't bring himself to discipline his children, but he was helpless when faced with his second son who was not in good health and was not afraid of being scolded or frightened. After a long while, he said: "Always restrain him, and let him eat what he likes."
"I can scare him here." Wei Changying sighed.
Lessons from the Second Son Shen Zangfeng couldn't think of any good ideas for the time being, so he asked about his health: "Have you asked Divine Doctor Ji to take a look at it? Does it matter? I heard he was still coughing just now."
Shen Shuxie's poor health is due to being accidentally buried. The cold air enters the body and is difficult to get rid of. Drinking ice in winter may not be a big problem for ordinary people, but it is very dangerous for him. Accidentally triggering the cold air that has not been removed from the body. Cold, who knows what will happen
"Fortunately, the person in front of my eldest sister found out in time, and coaxed him to vomit it out before he could swallow it, so he swallowed some ice water." Wei Changying said with a wry smile, "Yesterday, the miracle doctor Ji came to see him and said It’s okay, just take your medicine as usual.”
He added, "The wet nurse and maid who followed him have all been punished. I plan to transfer Man'er to be his aunt, and Lianzhu to be his ambassador maid."
Shen Zangfeng nodded: "Everyone in our family knows that Xie'er is not good at eating cold food. It was actually discovered by someone in front of my eldest sister that he was swallowing ice. The people who followed him were really too lazy. But Shi Maner and Shen Die We just got married, will it be distracting to be Xie'er's aunt now?"
"Even if she doesn't want to be Xie'er's aunt, she still has to do other errands. After all, she has been married to Shen Die for three months." Shi Lin tried his best to give his daughter and nieces to Wei Changying as ambassador maid. , it finally paid off. In the middle of this year, Wei Changying asked Shen Zangfeng and Shen Die what they wanted, and promised Shi Man'er to Shen Die. And her cousins, such as Shi Qing'er, have also found good homes.
Because the master's family is observing filial piety, all the marriages of the servants are held outside. Regardless of Shi Qing'er and others, because of Shen Die's status, even though they got married outside, it was not disgraceful. Shen Zangfeng and Wei Zhangying rewarded them with a house in the south of the city, and also gave Shi Man'er a pair of servants to accompany them. A very generous dowry.
Of course, for Shi Man'er, what's more important is that Shen Die is handsome, young, and has a good temper. He has been with Shen Zangfeng for many years. Needless to say, his future prospects are not in doubt. He is a very good husband-in-law for a servant who has only been working as a maid for Wei Changying for less than two years.
After getting married, Shen Die was assigned as a steward, and Shi Maner also became the steward aunt in the backyard, and now works under the Huang family. The couple, one on the outside and the other on the inside, are considered to be the most respected among the Shen family servants.
At this moment, hearing that her husband objected to using Shi Man'er as Shen Shuxie's personal aunt, Wei Changying thought for a while and felt that although Shi Man'er became an aunt because she was married, she had just started a family after all, so she was too young and might not be considerate. After thinking for a while, he said, "Then let me transfer Lianzhu to you for a few days. Tomorrow I will see if there are any more sophisticated people in the family."
Shen Zangfeng nodded and said: "It doesn't matter if he is older, I can rest assured that I have given birth to him. If he is still strong, I can arrange two nuns for him who are quick and efficient."
"I'll do it tomorrow." Wei Changying nodded.
The servants around the second son had said that Shen Zangfeng had to ask a few questions because his wife mentioned Shen Zangzhu: "How are eldest sisters doing these days?"
"I'm getting better, but I'm still not in good spirits. I'm feeling gloomy all the time. When I sent Xie'er over yesterday, he looked gloomy as well." Wei Changying sighed.
Last autumn, Shen Zangfeng, Wei Changying and others arrived in Xiliang one after another - especially after Wei Changying and his group came back, the truth about the male heirs of Xiangning House could not be hidden from Shen Zangzhu no matter what. .
After Su Yuyin personally went to Guanzhou to take charge of the purchase of medicinal materials, he heard people from Mingpeitang tell Shen Zangzhu more than once that Xiang Ningbo and others had died during the breakout. This was indeed what Su Yuyin expected. In that way, she thought that all this was a way for a side branch to take advantage of her and covet the status of the sect - but after hearing more about it, and not seeing the handwriting of her father and brothers in the letters home from Xiliang, she began to have doubts in her heart. .
But after all, this kind of bad news is more willing to believe that it is false.
The return of Wei Changying and his entourage undoubtedly broke Shen Zangzhu's last bit of luck...
Despite the efforts of her three sisters-in-law and nieces to comfort her, as well as the immature pleas of Shen Shuxi, whom she had raised personally for several years, Shen Zangzhu struggled to crawl out of bed several months after a serious illness for the only flesh and blood left by her brother. He stood up, but remained frowning ever since.
Her body had no problem after Ji Qubing's treatment, but her heart ailment... Ji Qubing couldn't do anything about it.
Under such long-term depression, Shen Zangzhu, like Shen Shuxie, also had to ask the doctor to drink several doses of medicine from time to time.
After listening to Wei Changying's description, Shen Zangfeng was not surprised and sighed: "If you have time, go to the eldest sister's place a few more times with the fifth and sixth siblings and talk to her."
"Of course it is." Guard Chief Ying nodded.
When the couple saw that they had finished talking, they called people in and ordered them to bring their two sons back to the main hall to have a meal together... (To be continued)