People like Gu Rouzhang and Duanmu Xinmiao all call Wei Zhang Ying sister. Shen Zangning, who was married to the imperial capital earlier, is her sister-in-law, so she naturally comes to visit her.
But Su Yuli is a cousin, and she not only has a young daughter under her knees, but also raises her grandson Pei Heng, so it will not be easy for her to escape. So after Chuchu settled down, Wei Changying sent someone to send a message to the Gu family and made an appointment to take the children to visit.
When the day came, Wei Changying led Shen Shuxie, Shen Shuyan and Ji Yiren to go together.
At this time, Shen Shuguang was accompanied by his father or uncle all day long. Like Gyro, he became familiar with everyone, so that everyone knew that the Shen family had begun to officially cultivate the young master.
Wen Yulan was sent back to Panzhou together with Wen Zhiqi. As for whether Wen Yaozi would send Wen Zhiqi back to Ruiyu Hall to study, the Shen family had no control over it. It was Wen Yaozi who son.
However, according to Wei Changying's plan, he only took care of his niece and adopted daughter. It was proper for his second son to stay at home and read... The problem was that once she and Shen Shuyan left, Shen Zangfeng and Shen Shuguang were not here either. Who could read it? Can you live with Shen Shuxie
It was not possible to keep Shen Shuyan, because Wei Changying was out walking by himself at this time. Apart from catching up with relatives, he was also trying to find out news for her husband. Other than that, there was nothing major going on.
But at Shen Shuyan's age, she is about to start discussing marriage, so she has to go out often to show her face, so as to show off her talent, beauty, virtuousness, and etiquette... Otherwise, the rich lady will be kept in the boudoir every day, and people outside will not know about you. After all, just relying on a few compliments from the elders is not as trustworthy as seeing it with your own eyes. How could you rashly send someone to propose marriage
In particular, Shen Shuyan is beautiful and has good manners. There is nothing that she cannot do. It is time to take more of them out and ask other mistresses to see them. Go back quickly to see if there are suitable children in your family, and prepare them when the age comes. Liu Li came to ask about the situation.
Therefore, Wei Changying could only let Shen Shuxie get his wish, stop the class for the day and follow him.
After the two cousins met, they were extremely sad.
Speaking of which, they haven't seen each other for several years. The last time they met, Gu Rouzhang and Duanmu Xinmiao, was after the fall of the imperial capital. And Su Yuli had left the imperial capital long ago because of her husband Gu Naizheng's exile.
Now we meet again after nearly ten years, and there are countless things that have changed in the process. The ceremony has not been completed, and the tears of both of them can't stop flowing!
The younger ones were of course not so excited. Shen Shuyan, Ji Yiren, and Su Yuli's eldest daughter Gu Jinzi, the three girls came up to persuade them to sit down, and Gu Jinzi ordered someone to bring in water. Wait for them to wash themselves.
After doing this, Wei Changying and Su Yuli suppressed their emotions and introduced them to the juniors on both sides.
Su Yuli and Gu Naizheng now have two sons and two daughters. Except for the youngest daughter who was born not long ago, they are all direct children.
Among them, the eldest son Gu Jinan was asked by his second uncle Gu Xinian to teach him last year. No one who heard this disapproved of this. Even if it wasn't for Gu Jinan's own good, and the noble clan didn't want to see another Gu Naizheng appear again, everyone would think that Gu Xinian was really a kind person.
So it's the same as Wei Changying's case - the eldest son is older and spends more time with his male elders, so the friendship between the female family members is often not available. The only male heir of the Gu family who accompanied his mother to the guests today was Gu Jinmian, the second son.
Gu Jinmian is six years old this year and has just started school.
Generally speaking, the eldest son is expected to inherit the family business and has been strictly controlled and taught since childhood, so he will be more stable. But the second son may be more relaxed, and his temperament will inevitably be more naughty, such as Shen Shuxie.
However, Gu Jinmian was not as lively as Shen Shuxie. He was so quiet and shy that it reminded Wei Changying of Wen Zhiqi. He stood next to his eldest sister and looked around curiously and timidly.
Su Yuli had a conversation with Wei Changying, and as usual, she would focus on the juniors brought by the other party first. Shen Shuxie heard Su Yuli, who was both her cousin and cousin, praise Shen Shuyan and Ji Yi for living upright lives. : "Just like the flowers that have just bloomed in the garden today and are still stained with dew, they are fresh and pretty. They are even older than us. Time is really not forgiving!"
Wei Changying had a smile on his face and was about to say a few words of humility on behalf of the two girls, and also praise the dignity and beauty of Gu Jin's calligraphy. However, Shen Shuxie, just like he was at home, interjected without fear: "Gu's garden" Is it the same as our Ding Wangfu? "
Wei Changying glared at him: "I didn't see my mother talking to your cousin? Why are you talking so much?"
"Children, we are not outsiders. Besides, Xie'er is not restrained, so she doesn't treat my aunt as an outsider." Of course Su Yuli stopped her and scolded her son, and called her son Gu Jinmian: "You Take your cousin to the garden to see, our house is a little smaller than Prince Ding’s house, but the two houses were not built by the same group of people, so there are some differences. "
Gu Jinmian's face suddenly turned red. He stood up slowly, lowered his head and said, "Cousin Shen, please come with me."
Wei Changying looked at him in surprise and smiled: "Why is Mian'er so shy?" He is the legitimate son and the youngest son now. He should be loved and loved by Chang on his knees. It would be nice if he is not so naughty that he gives his elders a headache. Why are you so shy like a girl
Ordinarily, Su Yuli's child would not be raised like this - in fact, even if it were Gu Naizheng to teach him, Wei Changying felt that he would not be able to raise a shy child... How could Gu Naizheng be a shy person!
"..." It was good that she was joking like this. Gu Jinmian almost lowered his chin to his chest, completely embarrassed to speak.
Su Yuli looked at her youngest son speechlessly, and said to Wei Zhangying: "My husband and I are also puzzled. The children under our knees are raised in the same way, but this child is shyer than the girl."
"Perhaps he is still young and has never seen us before. It will be fine when he grows up." Seeing that his nephew was about to cry, Wei Changying hurriedly smoothed things over.
The servants surrounded the two young masters and went to the garden. Only then did the two cousins have time to continue the conversation.
At this time, it was Wei Changying's turn to praise Gu Jinzi: "She looks exactly like my cousin before she left the pavilion. This quiet and gentle demeanor is rarely seen in girls no matter how many years older she is. After all, it is my cousin." "My biological daughter!" He also praised her for her carefulness and filial piety in twisting the handkerchief for Su Yuli. "It's strange that people say daughters are good. I'm really sorry that I don't have such a daughter. How can the two boys add up?" Is there a caring daughter?”
Su Yuli said with a smile: "You have already arrived in the imperial capital. You want a daughter. Are you worried about not having one in the future?" She said this and saw Wei Changying give him an angry look, and then she realized that there is a junior here now. In front of me, it was inappropriate to talk about such things that involve boudoir teasing. He hurriedly made up for it, "Besides, the niece and the adopted daughter around you are like flowers. Others can't even envy them. What else do you have?" Unsatisfactory?"
"That's true." Wei Changying has always hoped to have a biological daughter. Even though she personally raised and taught Shen Shuyan and Ji Yiren and treated them the same as her biological daughters, in the end, flesh and blood relations are different. However, the scene naturally recognized Su Yuli's words, "I look at Yan'er and Yiren as if they were my own children. They are also good, filial children."
In this way, they complimented each other on the juniors that the other brought out, and chatted a few words. Shen Shuyan and Gu Jinzi were both serious daughters of wealthy families, and they had deep knowledge of when to leave the table on such occasions so that their elders could speak more conveniently.
The two spoke almost at the same time. One said that he wanted to go to the garden to see Shen Shuxie; the other said that he had heard for a long time that Shen Shuyan had learned a lot and Ji Yiren was good at riding. He was very interested and wanted to ask for advice...
So Su Yuli and Wei Changying sent them down naturally, asked the idlers to exit, brought tea and water to others, and then dropped the cliche and got down to business.
Naturally, Wei Changying wanted to first express condolences to her cousin about the death of her aunt Wei Zhengyin. In fact, she couldn't help but mention this when she came in. But before she said a few words, the junior came up to comfort her, and she didn't mention it again. .
Su Yuli still burst into tears when she heard it again, and said with sobs: "Back then, my mother told me that my husband was too frivolous, and he might cause trouble if he stayed in the imperial capital, so she sent him to other places to grind him down. Grinding. As a result, our family lost a life because of this incident! But the mother who gave me this idea is gone..."
She cried, "And my father is gone too!"
"Yu Wu is still here." Wei Changying came up to her, wiped her face with his own handkerchief, and persuaded her with red eyes, "Everything in the world is unpredictable, and luck and misfortune are unpredictable. But fortunately, Yu Wu is still there. You have to relax, otherwise Yu Wu will worry about you in Qingzhou... He is still guarding the filial piety of his uncle... "
"Speaking of Qingzhou." Su Yuli wiped her face carelessly, sniffed and said, "I was planning to send someone to tell you tomorrow if you don't come today - Yu Wu's eldest daughter has landed. , just half a month ago.”
Previously, Song Zaishui's pregnancy news was conveyed along with the news of Qingzhou's funeral, so she wrote it very briefly and did not dare to reveal the joy of finally having a baby. She didn't even mention how long she was pregnant.
So if Su Yuli hadn't told her, Wei Changying wouldn't have known about it yet. She counted the days and said, "It's a credit to my cousin that you gave me this news, otherwise I wouldn't even know about it."
"Oh, I wonder how the child is doing now?" Su Yuli shook her head, not at all happy that her brother-in-law finally had flesh and blood. Instead, her face was filled with worry, "According to the delivery date, it should be next month. She was born in the middle of the month. The person who reported the news said that because of the funeral of her eldest uncle, her younger sister and sister were very busy. In addition...the younger brother and sister's direct grandfather passed away around the same time as their eldest uncle, and she was born prematurely..."
Wei Changying's face changed color: "Then Cousin Song...?!"
"My brothers and sisters are currently lying on the bed recuperating. They should be fine, but they are in very bad spirits." Su Yuli said sadly, "But you also know that the Su family was in a mess because of my uncle and father... Anyway, she may not be able to Rest in peace.”
"..." Wei Changying didn't say anything for a long time, and then said after a while, "I just came here, and I haven't had time to find out any information... Jiangnan Hall... the Song family... has the candidate for the new lord been announced?" (To be continued)