Chapter 15
According to custom, Shen San is just a son-in-law, and he only needs to take hemp (缌麻: a mourning dress name, the lightest of the five clothes), but he took the initiative to wear linen and filial piety with the gift of half a son, the old lady had no children before her death, only Si Niang and a daughter, and treated Shen San as a parent, and Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen also had no objections. Xiao Mi Niang didn't know that her grandmother was gone, Shen San and Jiang were busy with loss and had no time to take care of her, Mr. Fan, Aunt Fu and Shen Xinghuai took care of her, she didn't know life and death, sometimes grandma and grandma would pop out of her mouth, and then staggered to go to her grandma's room to find her, the room was blocked, she couldn't get in, pushed, pushed, sat on the threshold, and asked them with wide eyes: "Grandma?"
Aunt Fu followed the old lady all her life, and couldn't help but have red eyes and weep with her back to her.
Mrs. Jiang was a kind person, some of Jiang Lao Xiucai's disciples had received her favors, and Mrs. Jiang also donated a lot to the temple every year, so that the temple could help the homeless. Jiang Lao Xiucai's students thanked her for her kindness, and raised funds to carve a tablet for her, writing her good deeds during her lifetime. Shen San's bookstore has also become the old lady's good deed, and everyone in the world praises the old lady's kindness and righteousness, and understands the poor students, and more and more people come from all over the world.
After the old lady was buried, the Shen family quieted down, Shen San and the Jiang family had to keep filial piety for a year and a half, and they did not visit relatives and friends or do happy events, only a few families of close relatives came and went with each other.
The child is forgetful, and she can't find the old lady again and again, she just knows that her grandma is gone, but she doesn't know where her grandma is, and after a long time, she doesn't mention it less, but occasionally, she holds her little juanhua, which her grandma made for her, "Grandma, do it." Jiang touched her head and said with tears in his eyes, "Grandma did it." ”
"Grandma, Grandma?" she shook her head and looked around, as if trying to call her out.
Maybe after a long time, she will forget that there was such a person in her life, and now in her young heart, her grandmother has slowly passed away......
During the period of filial piety, Shen San had no activity, but settled down at home, he could read books with peace of mind, practice calligraphy, although he has been criticized by Mr. Fan, but the more frustrated he is, the more courageous, after a long time, he has improved a lot compared to his youth, and his attainments in calligraphy and painting are also much more profound.
However, with his son Zhuyu in front of him, Mr. Fan was still not very satisfied with Shen San.
Shen San reads and writes at home, and spends the rest of his time running the family business, the bookstore has a lot of income these days, Shen San has other investments in addition to the bookstore, and the Jiang family also has some, which were left to her by the old lady. The old lady knows how to make money, and also knows how to be a frank person (frank person: is a kind of living more comfortable person), the most valuable thing in this era is to buy land, but the income of the land is too slow, the old lady loves to buy shops, and collects rent every month, and now the best shop has been twice the price when buying. This is the way of the world, only keeping it will only get poorer and poorer, and money can make money, and the rich will get richer.
When the family is out of filial piety, Xiao Mi Niang is more than four years old, three years old, can run and jump, naughty and cute, but there are many crooked truths, Jiang is speechless, not to mention Jiang, even Mr. Fan sometimes has no way to take her.
"Ah Gong, why does Mimi want to be a Honghu? can't she be a little swallow?" The little girl listened to Mr. Fan talk about the ambition of the Honghu, and the little girl tilted her head, "How cute the little swallow is." Mr. Fan said, "Honghu can fly higher and see farther. Mimi looked at the little swallow, and could only stay under the eaves. ”
Xiao Mi Niang thought for a while: "But Mi Mi is afraid of being high! she can't fly high, and Xiao Yanzi stays in the house because there is rain outside, and Ah Gong is stupid." ”
Mr. Fan: ......
Children's brains are so novel, but as they grow older, such interesting and cute ideas will gradually disappear, and will be suppressed by worldly boring and traditional thoughts, just like 100,000 why will decrease.
Shen San and the Jiang family can't cope with her novel and many brain holes, but Shen Xinghuai can follow her to talk nonsense, which is like a confidant for children, Xiao Mi Niang likes to whisper to her brother the most, because only her brother can understand her.
went to filial piety, invited relatives to have a drink, and removed the white cloth in front of the door.
The old lady's maiden family is a rice warehouse to make a fortune, and now she is opening the largest rice warehouse in the town, and now the family is the old lady's eldest nephew, Shen San and the old brothers of the Yang family have a good relationship, the rice in the family is supplied by the Yang family, and it should be, the Yang family's books, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are also supplied by Shen San, although Si Niang is a married daughter, and the relationship between the Shen family and the Yang family is one step further, but the old lady Jiang's family is kind, the old lady has always had a good relationship with her mother's family, and the two nephews are taught by Jiang Lao Xiucai, and they are also teachers.
The Jiang family got married and still maintained close contacts. When the old lady died, the coffin was carried by her two nephews.
Now that Shen San is developing very well, the Yang family naturally has no intention of being estranged, and they still give gifts to each other as the former Jiang family during the New Year's holidays.
Coupled with the children, they put together three tables, the man's table, the old man Shen should have sat on the top, the old man Shen took the initiative to let Mr. Fan, in line with the respect for the reader, the Shen family was quite polite to Mr. Fan, in Shen San's relay, Mr. Fan is a master, it was the kindness of the old lady that made him stay to teach Brother Huai, and it rose to an unusual height. Mr. Fan can't bear their respect, Old Man Shen is an honest farmer, Shen Da Geng is honest and kind, Shen Er is very much like his father, and he muttered mentally that the heart and eyes of this family are estimated to be on the third son, tsk.
The eldest brother of the Yang family drank some wine, and his words gradually became verbose: "...... In the past few years, the time has been good, but this tax is really too much, hey, although the court does not suppress business now, it is gradually prospering, and this business tax is also rising, it is really sad......"
Shen San touched the wine cup with him: "What can it be, if tax evasion is discovered, implicating the whole family, the gains outweigh the losses." ”
Old man Shen is so old, and he is most afraid of these things, so he hurriedly said: "No, money is a trivial matter, of course people are important, and then you can earn it when the money is gone, this is enough to race, Nai Gang yes, less greedy, what individuals are most afraid of is greed." ”
The eldest brother of the Yang family nodded with a smile: "Yes, Shen Shugang's yes, don't worry, this scourge to the family, will it be done." ”
The second brother of the Yang family said: "It's much better to have a fame...... This is also the right to listen, this fame is not so easy to test, especially in the Jiangnan area, there are many scholarly families, and ordinary people, one is not able to afford it, and the other is that everyone can live in a rich land, so they don't have that enterprising heart, and they just feel that they can live well without fame.
The female dependents still have to take care of the children, so many children are noisy at the same table, Dong Solstice and Liu Su are already six years old, it is the age of Pi Hao, it is a genetic problem, the two little girls look a little similar, but they can't play together, they always have to quarrel together. The autumn equinox is a year older than them, in fact, only a few months older, but she is already like a big sister, and she is very good at taking care of several younger sisters. People are more quiet and introverted, not like a seven-year-old girl. Xia Zhi is already a ten-year-old girl, hearty and neat, has supported most of the family, Hua's is not useful, these years it is Xia Zhi who has taken care of this house in an orderly manner, although she is ten years old, but many people have already revealed the meaning.
However, the most embarrassing thing is that in the past few years, the Hua family has still not been able to give birth to a son, and the medicine for children has not been less, and the money thrown into the temple every year has added up to a lot, and the Hua family is also very anxious, how to marry if the summer solstice is not born! In the past few years, I have been very anxious, and the whole person looks a lot older.
Shen Qinmei's eldest daughter, Sun Cuicui, is about the same age as Xia Zhi, but because she has to work in the field, her skin is dark and swarthy, and she looks like her Aye, and her appearance is not very standard. Sun Lian is the same as when she was a child, she is sick, one year older than Xiao Mi Niang, she looks similar to Xiao Mi Niang, thin and weak, the girls of the Shen family don't like to play with her, she loves to cry, if she cries, the old hen and the second aunt will rush up again.
Xiao Mi Niang eats well, Jiang doesn't need to worry about it, just give her some dishes, and she will hold a small bowl and eat with her own small spoon.
Sister Lian'er is already five years old, and she still wants Shen Qinmei to hold her and coax her to eat, Sister Lian'er eats very little, and she basically doesn't move anything if she eats some fish and shrimp.
Shen Yingmei asked, "Sister Lian'er is so old, can you put her down and let her do it by herself?"
Sun Lian leaned on Shen Qinmei's arms, glanced at Shen Yingmei quickly, buried her face and didn't speak.
Shen Qinmei is still raising her like a doll, and it is natural: "Sister Lian'er is weak, and she doesn't want to eat by herself, isn't this still small, it's good to be older." ”
Shen Yingmei didn't continue, she couldn't make sense of this girl, and she had said a lot over the years, but she didn't hear it.
Mrs. Shen has not been very happy to take care of this daughter in recent years, what does she like, there are a bunch of grandchildren, where is there still time to take care of this daughter's bad things. The family has been deserted for more than a year, and today Shen San is also happy, a few more glasses, it is rare to be a little drunk, this meal is happy for both guests and hosts, and the men are drunk and left.
Both out of the filial piety period, Shen San also began to move around again, in the past two years he has a lot of money in hand, Shen San wants to renovate the house in the village, although he now lives in the town, but the village is still his ancestral roots, when this house was built, he was still a poor boy, and now it seems unsatisfactory. However, Shen San wanted to open the bookstore to the county, but only one of the two could be realized, and he was a little entangled.
At this time, friends in the county told him that there was a good shop in the county to be sold, and the county was more prosperous than the town.
It's just that this time the shop was a little too big, but it affected the price, but it was exactly in line with Shen San's idea, and Shen San immediately bought it through a friend.
These days, I go to the county every day to run errands.
Mr. Fan finally waited for him in a free evening and carried him over.
"Do you have any plans for the future?"
Shen San: "Isn't this opening a new bookstore?"
Mr. Fan glared at him: "You just have this point of interest, thinking about Ah Duwu all day long, Shinong Industry and Commerce, although this business is much better than the previous dynasty, but this world is not ashamed of business." Although you are not a merchant and have a lot of money, you still have to be inferior when you go out. ”
Although Shen San is not a merchant, he walks in business, has a lot of money, but has little respect.
Shen San is also a person with a heart, these days in the county to do some things, mainly to go through the doorway, follow those small officials to have some friendships, he has always looked down on those small officials only fat body and not fat brain, but he also has to use silver to provide for them. From the bottom of his heart, he also longs for some status, men have the desire to pursue fame and fortune, not to mention capable and ambitious people like Shen San.
"What do you say, sir?"
Mr. Fan leaned on the Taishi's chair, looking at it, Shen San can't be called a good person, but he can't be a bad person, he has a flexible mind, a lot of eyes, is good at management, and is also a capable person, if he is young, Mr. Fan must not like this kind of person. Now that he sees that the people he treats at home are sincere and sincere, and he is a capable person, he only feels that the way of doing business is a bit overkill.
"You really don't think about the way of the imperial examination? Although you have a shallow foundation, you have a lot of reserves the day after tomorrow, and you have some smart paths, if you give it a try, it is not impossible to get famous. Not to mention whether you can be an official or not, you have a fame, and it is convenient to act when you go out, and this tax can also be reduced or reduced......"
Shen Sanxi was stunned, and the hand holding the teacup slowly let go......