At the end of June, Yang's youngest son, Shen Qiang, was going to perform the Zhou ceremony.
The child was more or less normal as a baby. Although it was relatively huge during childbirth and almost killed the mother, the rest also grew up rapidly like ordinary babies. It's just that sometimes he has a very irritable temper, and he often throws things out in his hands, bowls and plates, throwing countless, and even playing with silk and other fabrics, only to hear the sound of tearing, which made Yang once It is suspected that he was born by Daji.
But the longer it gets, the more people can see that something is wrong. From Shen Yi to Shen Wen, everyone can see some inheritance from the elders. For example, Shen Yi and Shen Xiang inherited the handsome eyebrows and face of Marquis Zhenbei, Shen Zhuo had Yang's appearance, Shen Jian and Shen Wen followed the old lady's slender eyebrows and fair skin. Except that Shen Wen was a little fat, the boys were lean and straight, and Shen Xiang was slim even though he was tall. But this Shen Qiang, not to mention thick eyebrows, tiger eyes, fat head and big ears, has a dark complexion and a stout body.
If it wasn't for Yang's staying in the mansion like this every day, people have every reason to suspect that this child is not the son of Lord Hou at all.
But the old lady looked around, but she couldn't love her enough. She said that the ancestor of the Shen family was a black man with infinite strength. He fought the world for the great ancestor, which made the Shen family step on the road of generals. For so many years, the men of the Shen family have married many beauties, neutralizing many of the old ancestor's rough appearance, but every now and then, when the truth is revealed, this child should be the representative of the authentic image of the Shen family.
The old lady has always liked small children, but compared to Liu's baby, the old lady prefers the strong Shen Qiang, probably because Shen Qiang's dark flesh is so tight that he feels like he can't be played badly.
Shen Qiang started walking staggeringly at ten months, and by the time he was one year old, he had already walked steadily. When he got anxious, he blushed and yelled. Although he couldn't speak a word, he could be deaf for a moment. If Shen Wen from the previous life met him, he would only feel that this was another failure of the Hou Fu.
On the day of Zhou Zhou, all kinds of objects were placed on Mrs. Yang's big bed, and everyone surrounded him lively. Even Liu Shi, who was holding her baby Shen Wei in her arms, showed a rare gentle smile after Shen Yi left.
Yang pulled Shen Qiang to the side of the bed, Shen Qiang grabbed the edge of the bed and climbed up, Yang picked him up and put him on the bed, suddenly "Ouch", everyone asked what's wrong, Yang beat his back The waist said: "This dead and heavy guy, flashed my waist!" Everyone laughed.
The old lady pointed at the things on the bed and smiled to urge Shen Qiang: "Qiang'er, go quickly and get something."
Without hesitation, Shen Qiang picked up a wooden sword among so many dazzling things, and waved it excitedly, "Ah".
The old lady clapped her hands and said: "Look, what I said! This is from our Shen family, the ancestor has returned!"
Yang sent one of his sons away, and he began to feel that he didn't want all his sons to become military generals. When I was raised, I just watched him leave like that, and I don’t know if I can come back alive, so sad!
When the sons caught Zhou, my husband was often in the mansion, and he always put many wooden weapons on the bed. If a child grabbed it casually, it was naturally a weapon, and the husband happily said something like "the door has a queen" and so on. of. At that time, I was very proud, but now, Yang is very envious of the Pingyuan Hou Mansion, who has transformed from the position of military commander, and one of the eldest sons has passed the examination of scholar! If I had known earlier, I would have let Shen Yi study literature, at least for now, I would stay by my side.
Thinking of this, Yang asked Shen Qiang unwillingly: "Qiang'er, what else do you like? Look again." She put a lot of paper, ink, pens, inkstones and books on the bed, and only a few were placed under the supervision of the old lady. weapon. If Shen Qiang catches a literary object, she can also use words such as "both literary and martial arts" in the future to make Shen Qiang read more and practice less martial arts.
Sure enough, Shen Qiang looked down again, drooling all over his body, just as Yang Shi was about to wipe his mouth, Shen Qiang let out a strange cry, and crawled over excitedly, Yang Shi frowned angrily when he saw it: A big toy knife came out, yelled, took it with the other hand, and waved it with both hands.
Next, without any further words from Mrs. Yang, Shen Qiang searched everywhere by himself, pulled out the wooden dagger, small bow and arrow and a small shield hidden in the objects, and held them all in his arms. Seeing that there was nothing interesting on the bed, he turned over and rolled under the bed. Everyone around shouted, Shen Jian grabbed the little black fat man by the waist, like a big black fat cat, and moved him off the bed. Put it on the ground.
Shen Qiang walked outside with his baby in his arms, and sometimes he would pick it up when it fell down. The people next to him looked at them and laughed, only Yang Shi closed his eyes and sighed.
Because this is a character that did not exist in the previous life, Shen Wen is always curious about his growth, and she often goes to see this little brother in her mother's house.
Shen Qiang likes Shen Wen the most, and when he sees her coming, he wants to climb on her. As long as Shen Wen hugs him softly, his arms and legs are clasped on Shen Wen's body like octopuses, and his body is heavy, making it difficult for Shen Wen to move. Shen Wen's complexion is fair and tender, while Shen Qiang's complexion is darkened. Sometimes Shen Wen feels that hugging him is like hugging a big black dog or something.
Since he got those weapons, everyone around him has been in trouble. Every day he wields a wooden sword or knife, yelling and running back and forth, slashing anyone who stops him, so the maids and women dare not stand in front of him and can only run after him. In the summer, everyone was sweating profusely like him.
But the strange thing is that Shen Qiang stopped making trouble when he saw Shen Wen. He liked to let her hug him, or sit on her lap and let her read to him. Later, even if Shen Wen read by himself, it would be fine, as long as he could continue to be with Shen Wen. Wen arms. The hotter the weather, the more this is the case, and everyone is amazed.
Later, Su Wanniang went to touch Shen Wen's arm, and finally found out the reason: Shen Wen's body temperature is low, and he is usually quiet, this little black skin is here to cool off!
Shen Wen knew that because he practiced breathing meditation all the year round, his heartbeat was slow, and there was a stable energy of consciousness gathered around him. This kid is sensuous and sure feels relaxed when he is with himself, so he likes to come.
As soon as everyone found out that Shen Qiang liked to be held by Shen Wen, they immediately surrendered their hands to Xian and encouraged Shen Qiang to hug Shen Wen. Even if Shen Wen doesn't come, once he makes a fuss, Yang will send him to Shen Wen's yard "to be quiet".
Shen Wen became a nanny inexplicably, but there was nothing he could do. This summer, there is an extra black charcoal head around him for no reason.
On Shen Xiang's twelfth birthday, he only invited Zhang Yunjin to the house. When Shen Xiang and Shen Wen went to meet Zhang Yunjin, they heard the news that Mr. Zhang came to see off his sister, and Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo blocked Mr. Zhang at the second gate.
When Shen Xiang heard this, he was very happy, thinking that he could watch them fight, so he pulled Shen Wen and hurried over there, walking swiftly along the way.
When they arrived at the second gate, they found that Shen Zhuo was smiling and talking to the shy Zhang Yunjin, and the two maids stood aside like wooden figures, while Zhang Yunming and Shen Jian were nowhere to be seen.
When I got closer, I heard Shen Zhuo saying: "...your brother knocked me down with one punch, and then jumped on me like a tiger..."
Zhang Yunjin suppressed a smile and interrupted: "No way! My brother is so elegant..."
Shen Zhuo said "tsk": "Why are you so easily deceived by him? Let me tell you, I looked at him at the time, he really looked like a big tiger, with black and yellow marks on his face!"
Zhang Yunjin couldn't help laughing: "Impossible! How can he have tiger stripes on his face?!"
Shen Zhuo said: "Oh, maybe it's the way of loess and black soil. Anyway, he rushed over..."
Zhang Yunjin smiled: "What! How could it be so loud? He has no wings!"
Shen Zhuo raised his eyebrows in the air: "He has no wings, but he has clothes! Oh, the material of the clothes is very good! There was a big lump on his back, he looked like a hunchback at that time..."
Zhang Yunjin bent slightly with a smile, pointed at Shen Zhuo and said, "You...you..."
Shen Zhuo tilted his head: "It's not me! It's your brother. He jumped down, and I rolled quickly, it's no different from a yellow dog!"
Zhang Yunjin waved: "How did you become a dog?!"
Shen Zhuo said vividly: "Your brother didn't jump on me, he just squatted there, looked up at me, and there was that big bulge on his back..."
Zhang Yunjin waved at Shen Zhuo vigorously, as if he wanted to hit him: "You bad guy, you say my brother is a dog or a hunchback! I'll hit you!"
Shen Zhuo waved his hands quickly: "I didn't, I didn't! Where did I say that? You just said that! But it's okay! I have the same opinion as you!"
Zhang Yunjin stomped his feet while laughing, and wiped his face with his hands. Both Shen Xiang and Shen Wen stopped and slowly backed away, the two who were talking didn't notice it.
Shen Zhuo said: "Then, he yelled at me...Wow!"
Zhang Yunjin stomped his feet vigorously and said intermittently: "You...you are still scolding him..."
Shen Zhuo said seriously: "He said: 'Look' this way!"
Zhang Yunjin waved his hands together: "Don't listen, don't listen, you villain!"
Shen Zhuo pretended to be profound and asked: "Don't you want to know what he asked me to watch?"
Zhang Yunjin asked while wiping away tears of laughter, "What?"
Shen Zhuo said triumphantly: "Look at the big bulge on his back! He didn't deflate after dancing like this..."
Even the maids laughed out loud, Zhang Yunjin finally slapped Shen Zhuo's shoulder hard! After she shot, she was taken aback. The maids immediately became serious, and turned into wooden figures again.
Shen Zhuo covered the place where he was beaten, and he got up: "I told you! It doesn't matter if you read any books, just don't practice martial arts! How did you become Iron Sand Palm? It's only been a few years, you are really a student Martial arts genius..."
Zhang Yunjin turned her face reproachfully: "Fuck you! I won't talk to you anymore."
Shen Zhuo put down his hand and said weakly: "Your brother almost killed me, and you beat me seriously..."
Zhang Yunjin turned his face back, and Shen Zhuo immediately regained his energy: "But, it doesn't matter! I'm the ball, the more I hit, the higher I jump!"
Zhang Yunjin gritted her teeth: "I have to tell my brother to let him... let him..."
Shen Zhuo quickly said: "Tell him not to wear the kind of clothes that make a big bag on his back when he jumps. Although it looks like a ball, I have already snatched it up. He shouldn't be so preoccupied. He wants everything." fight..."
Zhang Yunjin stomped his feet again: "You are the ball! What is my brother fighting for?"
Shen Zhuo said thoughtfully: "That's because he wants others to think he's hunchbacked. Although this fulfills his wish to be a young man, can you mention it to him as a girl: after all, it's not so good-looking! I'm younger than him and I understand! Don't say I don't care about him, I have good intentions... "
Zhang Yunjin was so angry that he waved his handkerchief: "I'll kill you for your good intentions! You bad guy!"
Shen Zhuo smiled, his eyes were bright, and he was about to speak again. Zhang Yunming hurried in from the second door, shook his fan vigorously, and said to Shen Zhuo from a long distance: "Mr. Shen, long time no see, I don't know your chess skills. Can you see how long?" Shen Jian walked behind him with a happy expression, although Zhang Yunming's clothes were not messed up, there was still some dust left on the hem of the clothes.
Zhang Yunjin immediately became dignified, with shoulders flat and back straight, head lowered and restrained, very well-behaved. Shen Zhuo watched her transformation with great interest.
Zhang Yunming was already at his side, Shen Zhuocai turned his head to look at Zhang Yunming, and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, you are well dressed today!" Zhang Yunming was a little puzzled, but Zhang Yunjin thought of the big bag on his back and couldn't help but smile.
Seeing this, Zhang Yunming became furious, came over and pulled Shen Zhuo's arm and said, "Let's go, let's play chess!"
Shen Zhuo saluted and bid farewell to Zhang Yunjin, looked hard at Zhang Yunming's back, and said, "Actually, you'll look pretty even if you hunchback!"
Zhang Yunjin couldn't help it, he burst out laughing, and could only cover his face with his sleeves, Zhang Yunming couldn't figure it out, so he quickly pulled Shen Zhuo away, and Shen Jian also left with them.
Shen Xiang and Shen Wen went up to meet each other, Zhang Yunjin's face was still flushed after laughing. She took out a gift for Shen Xiang from her sleeve, took a food box from the maid, and gave it to Shen Wen. Shen Wen thanked and handed it to Su Wanniang behind her.
Zhang Yunjin and Shen Xiang walked towards Shen Xiang's yard talking and laughing, while Shen Wen still followed them as a light bulb as before.
She peeked at Zhang Yunjin's two maids, they followed silently with no expression on their faces, without looking to the left and right, while Su Wanniang and Chunlu whispered to each other as they walked. Shen Wen once again admired the strictness of the Pingyuanhou Mansion.
Next year, she planned in her heart that she would have to find the "eldest daughter" of Marquis Pingyuan. She is ten years old, maybe her elder brother will believe her, but others will still treat her like a child. The older you are, the more credibility you have. She will be eleven years old next year, and I hope she will grow two or three inches taller in this year, so that she will appear more mature.
They entered Shen Xiang's boudoir, Shen Wen took the food box and asked everyone else to leave, Shen Xiang and Zhang Yunjin began to gossip about the capital, Shen Wen opened the food box and picked out snacks by himself.
Zhang Yunjin said in a low voice: "Have you heard? The third prince is almost seventeen years old this year, and it's time to kiss him. But the queen told me about a prostitute daughter of her natal family's Lehou Mansion. That sounds good, but someone asked about it. A first-class girl has buck teeth and sunken eyes, which is very ugly."
Shen Xiang bowed his head and said, "Since the empress mentioned it, it can't be too far behind, maybe someone is talking bad things."
Zhang Yunjin said: "Who doesn't think so? But many people say they know that woman, who is two years older than the third prince. They have mentioned several families, but it doesn't work. The empress actually wants to give it to the third prince. She really wants to bury him sincerely."
Shen Xiang lowered his head: "Then... I don't know if he is willing or not..."
Zhang Yunjin sighed and said: "Of course I don't want to! I heard that the third prince knelt down at the emperor's place, saying that because his mother had just passed away, he would not marry for five years! The emperor was angry and ignored him, so the third prince knelt in front of the ancestral temple. One day and one night…”
Shen Xiang "Ah?!" raised his head: "One day and one night?! Didn't he kneel down?!"
Zhang Yunjin waved his hand and said, "You don't know. It can be seen that you have never kneeled at home. If you kneel, you have to wear something to protect your knees. Why do you kneel naked? You can't move for an hour. …”
Shen Xiang frowned: "That's in the palace, what if he didn't wear it?"
Zhang Yunjin said: "Then I don't know..." Shen Xiang frowned tightly, and Zhang Yunjin continued to gossip: "Anyway, there are several ministers pleading for the third prince."
Shen Xiang nodded and said: "That's right, Concubine Chen is dead, he wants to wear mourning, it's a kindness to his mother..."
Zhang Yunjin pushed Shen Xiang: "What are you talking about! The third prince's aunt is the queen!"
Seeing Shen Xiang's puzzled eyes, Zhang Yunjin smiled: "Your family has not had a concubine room for several generations. Look at you, you don't even understand this! Concubine Chen is a concubine. If she dies, if the emperor doesn't speak, he can't Wearing filial piety. You see, neither the third prince nor the fifth princess publicly wears filial piety, which shows that the emperor did not allow them to do so. How can the third prince use this excuse to keep filial piety? Both the aunt and the father are there, so who should wear filial piety?"
Shen Xiang hurriedly asked: "Then what can the ministers use to persuade the emperor?"
Zhang Yunjin smiled and said: "Use the Winter Hunting Ceremony! The crown prince doesn't practice martial arts, and the fourth prince has leg problems. If the third prince also kneels and breaks his knees, then in winter hunting, the emperor's son doesn't even have a single one who can ride and shoot. No matter how humble you are, you can't make a prince shine. The emperor asked the third prince to go back. Although he didn't say that he was allowed to keep his filial piety, he didn't accept the queen's marriage proposal."
Shen Xiang let out a sigh, and sighed: "It's really not easy to be a prince. Hey, your mother taught you the rules so well, but she can't be a queen. Does she want you to be a princess or something?"
Zhang Yunjin pushed Shen Xiang again: "What! My mother was born in a business, and she was always afraid that people would say that my father married a lowly family. She was very strict with me. She learned the rules from a young age and couldn't make any mistakes. You don't know, I was two years old. When I started to learn how to walk, I had to practice sitting still at the age of three..." Her eyes were a little red.
Shen Xiang hurriedly comforted him: "You didn't watch me practice martial arts. You can get a stick of incense just by squatting on the horse! If there is a square corner at the knee, my legs will shake like chaff, and the master will stand aside with a note. I get up a little bit…”
Zhang Yunjin's eyes widened: "Does she dare to hit you?"
Shen Xiang waved his hand: "How dare she? I'm the daughter of Marquis Zhenbei! She slapped me hard, and there was a loud 'snap', and the eldest brother, second brother, third brother, and the servants all looked at me. Come here, maybe someone will come over and ask what's going on, I'm very embarrassed, so I have to squat down again."
Zhang Yunjin covered her mouth and smiled: "Your mansion is really interesting. Unlike our mansion, there is no sound every day, saying that I am afraid of disturbing my eldest sister. I haven't seen her in so many years." She sighed: "If It’s not that we are talking and laughing like this, I don’t even know what it means to be funny.”
Shen Xiang jokingly said, "Then you should marry me!"
Zhang Yunjin pushed Shen Xiang: "Fuck you, you're talking nonsense!"
Shen Wen leaned over: "Why are you talking nonsense? Didn't my sister say that our house is fun? Why don't you marry me?"
Zhang Yunjin blushed: "How can you talk so nonsense about this matter? Parents have to decide. You must stop talking like that. If my mother finds out, she should say that we are disorderly and will never let me come again." It's gone." Shen Wen secretly remembered: She didn't say that she didn't want to marry.
Shen Xiangbian said: "Your mother is so, didn't she have a handkerchief when she was young? Didn't she joke with her best friend?"
Zhang Yunjin said: "My mother was very beautiful when she was young..."
Shen Wen hurriedly nodded and said: "I think she is also very beautiful now."
Zhang Yunjin was a little proud, and continued: "She was almost sent to the palace, but at that time the emperor promoted her because a concubine gave birth to a princess. Her natal family was a businessman, so she was very happy, so she set up a banquet for three days. In the end, they were sued to the court, saying that the merchants were lowly, and they should not be praised like this. My grandfather heard this, and was afraid that my mother would be wronged when she entered the palace, so she changed her mind."
Shen Xiang whispered, "Fortunately, I didn't go in, otherwise I wouldn't know how I died."
Zhang Yunjin nodded and said: "I don't have to be in the capital to know these things? How can I know so clearly in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to enter the palace, my mother learned a lot of rules. My grandfather didn't let her have more contacts with the daughters of other merchants , so as not to spoil her reputation. Married to the capital, the wives here are not easy to get along with, my mother is especially easy to worry, my father told her to move around less, so she doesn't have any girlfriends. "
Shen Xiang asked: "People say that your father married your mother for her money, is it true?"
Zhang Yunjin covered his mouth and smiled: "It's true. Anyway, it is said that my father was going to get married in the capital at that time. The famous young Lord Hou wanted nothing else but money!"
All three of them laughed, Shen Wen smiled wryly, how much effort was spent in the Pingyuan Hou Mansion back then.
Zhang Yunjin said: "My maternal grandfather's family is the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that a matchmaker came to the door. As soon as I applied for the door, my father agreed. He just said that he wanted more dowry. He didn't wait for anyone to say something about my mother's beauty." .”
Shen Xiang shook his head: "Doesn't your mother blame your father?"
Zhang Yunjin covered her mouth again: "I don't know, I just know that at home, my father says one thing, and you have to listen to him in everything! My mother is in charge of the affairs of the house, but I have to discuss everything with him. Besides, my mother is right The admiration of my father, when he sees him, he always turns around him like "Hou Ye is long" and "Husband is short". Once my father went out for a few days, and when he came back, my mother put on gorgeous makeup and a fancy dress I went to meet him at the door, but my father asked her if she was going into the palace..."
She and Shen Xiang laughed again, and Shen Wen asked: "Dongshou are you going? Is your brother going?"
Zhang Yunjin nodded and said, "We all have to go."
Shen Xiang hurriedly said: "Then our two families will be together at that time."
Zhang Yunjin nodded, and suddenly the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a smile. To cover up, he hurriedly asked Shen Xiang: "Are your clothes ready? My mother made three or four sets for me..."
They started talking about the style and color of the clothes and boots, and Shen Wen went back to eat snacks.
In July, the Liu family didn't like meat and meat, so Shi Helin was asked to call for his pulse, and it turned out to be a happy pulse again! It should be conceived by Shen Yi who left in May, and she will give birth in March next year. The old lady was overjoyed: This is another Yang family, so easy to give birth to! The prosperity of the Hou Mansion is imminent!
When Liu's father heard that there was another one, he wrote to say that the boy would be named Shen Yu and the girl Shen Wan. It was the same as the previous life that Shen Wen remembered.
By the time of Shen Wen's tenth birthday in August, the capital was already busy for the winter hunting at the end of October. Every family wants to make brand-new and bright winter hunting clothes, not to mention buying tents for camping in the wild, tables and chairs for eating, and even beds, not to mention the pots, pans, etc., which must be small and compact. But also have character.
The imperial court has not held such a hunt for many years. I don't know when there will be such a grand event where the famous families and dignitaries from all over the capital and even other places gather in one place for this purpose. This is not only a competition of martial arts riding and shooting, but also a competition of fashion, style, gold and silver treasures, family tradition and so on.
Families in the mansion who went to participate in the winter hunting ceremony made meticulous preparations. It is harmless not to kill animals during hunting, but if in front of many dignitaries, there are problems with clothing, speech and manners, it will be ridiculous and generous, adding to the conversation of the capital for a long time!
In the Zhenbei Hou's Mansion, the Yang family cut Shen Xiang and Shen Wen a brand-new leather jacket covered with brocade and fur inside for this hunting. Shen Xiang's three sets are all bright red short suits, and the embroidery is also dark red. The waist and the red cloak outside made her look extra dashing. Shen Wen's is cotton long cloak, one set is bright green with yellow flowers embroidered on the edge, one set is dark concubine color with white florals, and the other is bamboo blue embroidered with dark green bamboo leaves. It is carmine red, which makes Shen Wen's face very white and tender. Yang felt that if she dressed Shen Wen up like a flower and jade, then Shen Wen would definitely be loved by everyone, and she would not be burdened by the past "stupid" reputation in the future.
The ones for the boys are simple, Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo have four sets of thick and warm leather clothes, plus leather hats, neck pads, knee pads, gloves, boots, etc. But with these, it took two or three months to prepare.
Shen Wen didn't take it seriously at all, he didn't prepare anything, and left it to Su Wanniang to arrange.
In September, when Duan Zengjin came to see Su Chuanya to see Su Wanniang, he said that he was going to see the old lady and gave her the sleeping cakes he made. Su Chuanya was taken to play by Su Wanniang, and Duan Zeng and Shen Wen went to see the old lady and Yang Shi.
During walking, Duan Zeng said in a low voice: "You will get those plum-shaped ones in a while."
Shen Wen asked in a low voice: "Is it sure to work?"
Duan Zeng raised his chin as if challenged: "What are you talking about? Can the things I make not work?! Moreover, I tried it with my master."
Shen Wen smiled all of a sudden: "What did he say?"
Duan Zeng hummed: "He didn't know at all, he thought he had drunk too much.
Shen Wen smiled: "You are bullying your master!"
Duan Zeng nodded and said: "I just bullied him, who told him not to let me run away to practice medicine."
Shen Wen asked: "Why do you want to leave so much?"
Duan Zeng sighed: "I don't know, I just want to leave here, walk on the road, see all kinds of people, see all kinds of diseases. Sitting in the same room every day, I will be suffocated to death."
Shen Wen muttered, "This will have a name in the future, it's called ADHD."
Duan Zeng asked, "What did you say?"
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "You have helped me so much, then when I leave the city in three or four years, you can follow me."
Duan Zeng looked at Shen Wen suspiciously: "You are a girl, how do you leave the city?"
Shen Wen waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about it! Don't tell others! Anyway, I'm going to a far away place. When the time comes, I should! I mean, I should have a car and money, so it won't be so difficult."
Duan Zeng looked at Shen Wen vigilantly again: "You are so young, so you are planning on what happened at that time? Where do you have money? You must be cheating for food and drink, and you are a fairy dance?"
Shen Wen said flatly: "Don't worry about it! Are you going or not? Food, lodging and transportation should be free!"
Duan Zeng finally smiled: "Of course!"
Shen Wen said: "Then if you want to go with us, you have to wait in the capital, otherwise we won't be able to find you when we leave. Don't leave with your master during this period."
Duan Zeng pouted: "He won't leave! He always says he has no money."
Shen Wen was surprised: "It shouldn't be, you have made a lot of outpatient visits, so there should be a surplus."
Duan Zeng said depressedly: "My master said that he gave all the money he earned to people in his hometown. He has an elderly mother, wife and a lot of children."
Shen Wen was puzzled: "Then why didn't he bring his family over?"
Duan Zeng replied: "He said in a daze that he couldn't afford it! He borrowed money from me every time! He just did things like giving me money with his left hand and returning it with his right hand! I just saved a few money secretly, and he cried poor! What do you say? Someone at home sent a message that his mother was not in good health, and there was nothing to eat at home. I had to give him money! I told him that he should go home, but he didn’t want to go back, saying that it was a Small place, not as many patients as the capital. He will not be able to farm when he goes back, and he will not be able to earn money. I think he is playing tricks, using this method to prevent me from saving enough money, preventing me from leaving, and saying that I am too Little or something. Damn! How can you not bully him?!"
Shen Wen persuaded him: "One day you really go out, and you will know that the capital is better."
Duan Zeng rolled his eyes: "Girls are short-sighted. People say that a man has ambitions everywhere. Do you know that? Have you ever heard of reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles? I was born with this feeling, you don't understand of!"
Shen Wen gritted his teeth: This little kid actually taught me a lesson! There is no way, ask others for help, and you can't quarrel with him.
Seeing Shen Wen frowning and saying nothing, Duan Zeng proudly puffed out his chest, feeling great.
When we arrived at the main hall, the old lady and Mrs. Yang were there, and all the maids and women stood by. After saluting, Duan Zeng took out a small package and said, "This is the sleeping cake made by my master for the old lady..."
Shen Wen leaned over with a curious look, picked it up, opened it, smelled it under his nose, and said, "It smells so good! Grandma, smell it!"
The old lady smiled and said: "This is to help the elderly sleep, where can I smell it casually?"
Duan Zeng said with a smile: "It's okay to smell it a little bit, and it also has the effect of calming the nerves and nourishing the mind."
Shen Wen put the small bag in front of the old lady, quickly picked out five or six plum-shaped fragrant cakes, held them with both hands, and said shamelessly: "I want these!"
The old lady laughed, picked up a piece of fragrant cake and smelled it, and said, "It smells really good!"
Yang scolded Shen Wen: "Children, how can you want those, put them back quickly!"
Shen Wen still couldn't help twisting her body: "I don't! I want these!"
The old lady handed Yang a piece: "You smell it, it's really comfortable."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yang couldn't help saying: "Really, then I want a few dollars too."
The old lady smiled: "Look at you!" She turned her head and asked Duan Zeng, "Is this kid all right?"
Duan Zeng said: "Of course it's okay to smell it, just don't burn it. When it's burned, the fragrance will be strong and make people fall asleep immediately."
The old lady nodded and said, "That's good! I can't wait for it!"
Shen Wen turned and ran: "These are mine!"
Yang shouted: "Don't burn it!"
Shen Wen replied from a distance: "Mother, I know..."
The old lady smiled, asked someone to give Duan Zengqian, and asked his master to make more. I shared the rest of the cake with Yang.