Chapter 22
But Shen San and Jiang were frightened, if something really happened, how to explain to Shen Dahuang, he had already seen it in the county hospital before sending it back, mainly because the leg was broken, and he was sent to the Liu family's hospital to see it, and after confirming that there was no problem, Shen San hurriedly sent him home.
When Huang saw his son's appearance, he really cried: "Brother Zhi, why did you do this!"
Shen Xingzhi lay on the bed, did not speak, and his face was a little weak.
Jiang He talked about the matter, those big young masters came to the store to buy books, the tone was not good, and they were messing around, Shen Xingzhi was young and vigorous, and the shopkeeper walked away when he had something to do, so they quarreled, and the group of people had a lot of hands, and when the shopkeeper came back, the group stopped.
Shen Da frowned and said to the Huang family: "What is there to cry about, he doesn't have to think clearly when he is doing things outside, and he has caused trouble for his third uncle." ”
"Those who don't have the royal law will beat people like this in the public. Huang burst into tears in distress. Shen San apologized: "It's because I didn't take good care of Brother Zhi, and I was entrusted by my eldest brother and sister-in-law." ”
Shen Xingzhi opened his mouth and said the first sentence: "Third uncle, I am wrong and caused trouble for you......" Shen Da also said: "It's good that you still know! Don't go after that, just stay at home." Your mother sent you out at the beginning, and now don't cry when you come back injured, you have no ability, and you have to swallow the bitter water yourself. The third child, Brother Zhi is not the kind of person who can go out and wander, I thought it would be better to let him stay at home to help, the printing house is too busy now, so let him not go to the county. ”
Shen San nodded, sat on the edge of the bed, and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Zhi, the third uncle will make it clear to you here." When your mother Aya entrusted you to me, I told you Aya that you are upright and righteous, not so sleek, not good at management, you are young and want to come out and break through, but you have also seen that this outside is much more sinister than at home. If you can concentrate on your studies, you can come back with a good reputation......"
Shen Xingzhi held back his red eyes, "Third uncle, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......"
Shen San didn't have to say anything, Huang felt sorry for his son, and now he also thinks that this is very good at home, and there is a printing workshop, so it is good to let his son take care of the printing workshop.
At night, the Huang family said to Shen Da to let Shen Xingzhi take charge of the printing workshop, and Shen Da said coldly: "The printing workshop is just for me to manage the third child, you talk to the third child." ”
The Huang family was not happy with his remarks, the printing workshop and their family also contributed money and efforts, why couldn't they do it, "Then the printing workshop still accounts for 30% of our family, why can't Brother Zhi take care of it?"
Shen Da sat up and turned his head sideways and pulled his lips, "The three percent are also given to us by the third child and brotherhood, you really are all capable people in our family? Our family has three percent, and the second and third families also have three percent, so why do you want our family to take care of it? The other two can't manage it?"
Huang twisted his body and stood up sideways: "Brother Zhi is the nephew of the third brother, I originally wanted the third brother to arrange a good position for Brother Zhi, to do the accounting room or something, the third child asked him to serve tea and pour water for people and bow his head, although our family has no money, but Brother Zhi has never done this kind of thing, and now it looks like this, what's wrong with a printing shop?"
Shen Da sneered a few times: "Look at your good calculations, let him be an accountant, you see a teenager who goes to be a bookkeeper as soon as he comes up? At the beginning, I had to tell him to run out, but now it's bad, and I blame others. Nai also thinks about the ability of Nainizi (son) Ah has the ability of the third child, and if he goes out, he will stay at home honestly!" "How can you talk about your son like this!" Huang Shi glared, although she admitted that Brother Zhi was not as capable as his third uncle, but it was not as bad as he said.
"You see that your son's is fragrant. I'll make it clear today, how much ability he has to do something, the printing shop, the second child and I are just looking at the third child, other things, don't think about it, if the third brother wants Brother Zhi to help, it is the third child's business, Brother Zhi really has to have a ability, and he will do one. His third uncle's business has done so much, and he has also endured hardships, and he can't bear the hardships, so he can live a good life in peace, and don't think about anything else. He doesn't have a business mind, and you still want him to be in charge of the printing shop, and I still want to be faced. In the printing workshop, only the third child is the master, our family, An An is divided into equal shares!" Shen Da's words were categorical, and no matter how Huang was angry, he turned over and lay down and closed his eyes and ignored her.
Huang stared at his back, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only sulk and fall asleep. Shen Da started the fire and the Huang family was still afraid, Shen Da is quite principled and has a good personality, otherwise he would not have let the Huang family make such a fuss before, but the Huang family stepped on this bottom line, and he was ruthless in this lesson.
Shen Xingzhi stayed at home to recuperate, and Shen San went to the county to deal with the matter and found a young man to help.
It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again, this year, Old Man Shen and Mrs. Shen want to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together, it's so lively, Shen San thinks about it, and he hasn't spent the Mid-Autumn Festival together for several years, so he agreed.
Mi Niang said that she wanted to play with small lanterns, Shen San bought a small lantern for her nieces and nephews, and took it back to Lingtian Village.
The winter solstice wants to bring lanterns to her friends in the village to see, Mi Niang does not often stay in the village, and they are not familiar with them, so they don't want to go, the winter solstice is very difficult, and Mi Niang and the autumn equinox also follow her, coaxing Mi Niang to go together. The children in the village didn't necessarily recognize Mi Niang, and they all asked, "Winter Solstice, who is this?"
"Whose child is this? Her headflower is so beautiful. ”
Dong Solstice pointed at Mi Niang: "This is my third uncle's family." Mi Niang held the hand of the autumn equinox, next to the autumn equinox, the first time she saw so many children, big and small, she often came to play in the town, in addition to Liu Su, she was the girl of the Yang family of the old lady's mother.
"Hee-hee, why doesn't she speak?"
The autumn equinox protects Mi Niang: "She doesn't know you." Those children were not very interested in Mi Niang, and the winter solstice took out her small lantern, and everyone's attention was on her small lantern again.
"Wow, Winter Solstice, it's so pretty, where did it come from?" "My third uncle bought it for me!" Winter Solstice held his head proudly. "It's so pretty, play with me. "I want it too, the winter solstice, and give me a look. ”
Dong Solstice hurriedly said: "No, don't play bad for me, there are beads on it~"
"Don't be stingy, I played with my Trojan last time. Dong Solstice hesitated, a little reluctant, but still stretched out his hand: "Okay, you guys play carefully, don't break it!"
The little girls love to play with these beautiful things, even if they can only touch it, they are very happy, so many people play with a lamp is naturally not enough, and they saw the autumn equinox and the one in the hands of the honey girl.
"Autumn equinox, Nai's play with me. ”
The autumn equinox is a little reluctant but still borrowed, she seems to be born not to refuse others, and her temperament is very gentle.
Mi Niang huddled behind the autumn equinox, clutching her lantern tightly.
Dong Solstice caught a glimpse of the light in Mi Niang's hand, and said, "Mi Niang, Nai will also play with everyone." ”
Mi Niang didn't speak, holding it and reluctant to take it out. "Mi Niang is obedient, we can play together. Dong Solstice said like an eldest sister.
Mi Niang reluctantly handed over her little lantern, and the autumn equinox took pity on her, and whispered in her ear: "Mi Niang, let's play for a while and go back." ”
Mi Niang nodded hurriedly, after the winter solstice brought them out, she left them alone, played with her friends by herself, and took away her small lanterns, Mi Niang was a little unhappy.
The autumn equinox is not gregarious, Mi Niang is small, and she can't play together, so the two of them watched them play with lanterns, and Mi Niang pouted: "Sister Autumn Equinox, I want to go back." Autumn Equinox nodded and said to them, "Give us our lanterns, we're going back......"
The autumnal equinox has a soft voice, and the children play with themselves, and ignore her. The autumn equinox was in a hurry, and he grabbed the winter solstice and said: "Mimi is going back, let them return the lanterns to us." ”
Winter Solstice is having fun: "Wait a little longer, play and go back!"
The autumn equinox didn't get a response from her, so she asked those who took the lanterns to ask for the lanterns, and the little girl turned her face: "I'll just play for a while, let me play again." ”
"No, this lantern belongs to Mi Niang, we're leaving. The autumn equinox pulled the lantern and didn't give it, the two people pushed and shoved, the little girl on the opposite side let go of her hand, the autumn equinox staggered two steps, the lantern slipped from her hand, fell to the ground, snapped, broken.
The lanterns are surrounded by small porcelain tiles, as well as colorful beads, which are really beautiful when lit, but they are also easy to break.
Mi Niang saw that her beloved lantern was broken like this, and the grievances standing here broke out and cried.
The girl who was competing with the autumn equinox said in a panic: "I didn't get it, it was Nai who didn't hold it steady!"
The autumn equinox scratched her eyes hard, endured her anger, and walked back to Mi Niang, "Mi Niang doesn't cry, let's go back." ”
The winter solstice didn't know what to do, and he was beating a drum in his heart, afraid of being scolded by the adults when he went back, "Eh, go separately in autumn, there are lanterns here, don't cry honey girl......" The autumn equinox was angry with her, ignored her, and pulled Mi Niang to go back, and Mi Niang walked back crying.
Jiang Shi was still strange that she was okay when she went out, and she was busy coaxing her, and Mi Niang cried with tears on her face: "Woo woo, flower lantern, sleep (broken) ......"
The autumn equinox didn't get his lantern back, and said aggrievedly that something had happened.
The Huang family hated itchy, what did the little girl show, and she had to apologize to the two concubines: "The girl on the winter solstice is really, I have to teach her a good lesson when I come back, Mi Niang, will you play with the lantern on the winter solstice for Mi Niang in a while?"
Jiang waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, it's a matter between children." ”
There is also a lantern here on the summer solstice, although the summer solstice is a big girl, but Shen San did not forget to buy her one, and her one was played with by Mi Niang on the autumn equinox, which was regarded as stopping the crying.
When it was almost time to eat, the winter solstice had not yet returned, Huang was about to go out to find her, she also ran in crying, only carrying a lantern in her hand, someone had broken her lantern, Huang grabbed her and slapped her ass a few times: "Tell you to go out and give it to others!" Tell you to ignore your sisters and sisters, now it's okay, take out three lights, and there is only one left." This one is for Mi Niang!"
Winter Solstice cried red and swollen eyes, looking over there, Mi Niang still had a lantern in her hand on the autumn equinox, crying and unhappy, Huang's called hate, this uneasy thing, but this youngest girl Huang has always hurt her, and some can't do it.
Jiang sighed in his heart, and he didn't know who to follow with the winter solstice, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, Mi Niang can go back to the town and buy it again, children are like this." ”
The family is about to have a meal, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival reunion dinner is extraordinarily rich, there are also hairy crabs that honey girls love to eat, honey girls have been peeping for a long time, and when the meal is opened, the first one wants to get started with the hairy crabs.
Mrs. Shen knew that she loved to eat, so she was the first to take one and put it in front of her, "Come on, come on, Mimi's favorite crab, be careful of scalding~"
"Thank you good wife, Mimi likes good wife the most. Mi Niang looked at the big crab in front of her and blew it vigorously. Jiang said angrily: "Two days ago, I said that I liked Nai Aye the most, and yesterday I said that I liked Mom the most, Mimi, who does Nai like the most?"
Xiao Mi Niang said confidently: "Every day is different, today I like a good wife the most." ”
Mrs. Shen smiled even more happily and added some more dishes to her. The winter solstice nibbled on the chicken leg and rocked the chair over there, "I'm going to eat crabs too, I'm going to eat crabs too!"
Huang patted her buttocks: "Don't shake around, turn down and see where you cry." Eat the chicken thighs and then eat the crabs. "No, no, no, I want crabs. The winter solstice threw the chicken legs, "Then I won't eat chicken legs, I want crabs, big crabs." ”
She threw the chicken leg on the ground, but Mrs. Shen's face remained unswerving, but she didn't speak.
Huang endured his anger and sandwiched a crab for her, "Eat well, don't make noise." ”
Mi Niang said softly to the Jiang family: "This is a waste of food, it's not right......"
Jiang touched her head, "Let's eat......" Mrs. Shen was close, and she heard it, her face was pale and she didn't say anything, she bent down and picked up the chicken leg and put it next to her, Huang only cared about her daughter and didn't see it, but she could see it clearly on the summer solstice and autumn equinox, and the autumn equinox looked at the chicken wings in the bowl and stepped up to gnaw on it.
Halfway through the meal, from far and near to the sound of gongs and drums, "...... Sink... Bang Laoye...... Master Shen Zhenbang!" "Third child, are you calling you?" asked Shen Er. Shen San's heart jumped, carefully distinguished, and glanced at Mr. Fan, isn't it just tomorrow that the list will be released?
The man had already walked in: "Master Shen Zhenbang, where is Master Xiucai?"
"What? Third child, are you a talented talent? When did you take the exam?" Shen Da looked surprised.
Shen San was also excited in his heart, and his face did not leak a bit, "Big brother, let's talk about this later." ”
Mrs. Shen was so excited and stupid: "San'er, it's really Nai, Nai Zhong Xiucai! Hurry up, open the door quickly!"
The family hurriedly went to the door, and there were many people gathered at the door of Shen's house.
The messenger finally saw the old man Xiucai, and said: "Master Xiucai, I finally found it, I can't find you in the town, I came to report to you, you are in Xiucai, the sixty-seventh mile! The county lord learned the news, and hurriedly asked the little ones to report the news." ”
The Shen family inhaled, and the onlookers blew up. "There is another talented man in our village!"
"The ancestral tomb of the Shen family is really smoking!"
"Zhenbang's kid, at first glance, you know that he is a promising person, but it's different when he is young. ”
Shen San replied: "Thank you, my lord, I am tired, please sit in the cold house, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, my lord did not have to reunite with his family, and I am ashamed to report the news to Shen." ”
The man smiled happily and hurriedly said: "What an adult, a small one just runs errands, Master Xiucai is really polite, it is a small honor to report to Master Xiucai, eh, I won't stay longer, there is still a mile, far away, in the next town." ”
"It's been a great job, it's been a hard job. Shen San secretly stuffed a purse and put it in his hand, and asked, "Isn't this release tomorrow?
The man stuffed his purse into his sleeve and replied patiently: "This list is tomorrow, but the list has been drawn up, the county lord received it this evening, and immediately asked us to report it. ”
"Thank you, hit someone slowly, and be careful on the road. Shen San sent the messenger away, and was immediately surrounded by neighbors. "Zhenbang, you really give our village chief face!
"That's it, Zhenbang, how did you get a talented man in the exam without a sound?"
Shen San couldn't deal with so many mouths with one mouth, but he just smiled: "Uncle and aunt, uncles and aunts, don't torture me, what kind of showy master, don't, they are all Zhenbang's elders, watching Zhenbang grow up." ”
Mrs. Shen was still immersed in the joy that her son was a showman, and hurriedly stopped the seven aunts and eight aunts: "Okay, okay, they are all neighbors, and they all grew up watching Zhenbang, don't call them Xiucai." This reunion dinner is not finished yet. Tomorrow, the paperwork is here, and they all come to our house for dinner~"
"That's a certainty, Wenquxing's meal must be rubbed. "The old lady is so blessed that she has become a talented lady, and she has gone back. ”
After accepting the congratulations from the neighbors, the family returned to the dinner table, and the food was almost cold.
There is still a happy smile on his face, the meals are secondary, who has a show talent in the family, there are other things to care about, just care about happiness.
Old man Shen drank a glass of wine to suppress his shock, "San'er, Nai should tell me what's going on?"
Shen San was a little embarrassed, and elaborated: "I started walking outside last year, and it was really inconvenient to have no fame...... At that time, I thought that if I didn't win, I wouldn't say anything, and if I did, I would talk to Ayemu's mother. ”
"What's so embarrassing about this, hey, I'll just say that Nai has been in the village since last year, and she didn't come out to do anything. As she spoke, Mrs. Shen clasped her hands together again, "It's really a bodhisattva blessing, my family Zhenbang is actually a talented master." ”
Old man Shen poured Mr. Fan full of wine and raised his glass to him: "Thanks to Mr. Fan, Mr. Zhenbang has to guide him to have this creation, and it is really a blessing for Zhenbang to meet Mr."
Mr. Fan didn't dare to bow, but praised Shen San, "Eh, you can't be right, that's because he is diligent and willing to learn, and he is talented, otherwise he can still drink water according to the cow?"
Shen San stood up and raised his glass, and said seriously: "I really want to thank Mr. Fan here, if it weren't for Mr. Fan's urging me, I wouldn't have been able to do this. ”
Shen San bent down with the wine glass and bowed, Mr. Fan raised him weakly, "It's good that you can still do something in middle age, thanks to your previous accumulation, and don't be proud, that Xiucai is still hanging at the end, this township test ...... Continue. ”
Shen San's idea was gone, this old man really couldn't speak, he was moved by him and just wanted to beat him. What's hanging at the end, it's good to pass the exam, where to care about the ranking. He hadn't even considered the township test......
This reunion dinner also added another significance, Shen San was a showman, and this social class began to be different, and there was a showman in the family, and it was also a lot of face to go out.
Since he already knew that he had won the show, there was no need for Shen San to go back to the town, as long as he waited for the documents in Suzhou City to come down, the old man Shen and Mrs. Shen had already secretly thought about a banquet with several large tables.
At noon on the second day, as soon as the person who delivered the documents came, big firecrackers were set off in front of the three doors of the Shen family, and the whole village was blown up with the sound of firecrackers. At this time, it was too late to notify people, so I could only rush to notify one by one, and began to set up a banquet that night, Shen Da Shen Er, Shen San, and every household was full, but it was still not enough, and I borrowed a few tables from the neighbor's yard.
Old man Shen and Mrs. Shen are about to call all the people of that clan, if it is not really impossible to put it down, the relatives who are crutches will also be invited, but Shen San also has people in business, and some brothers who helped him, they can't catch up today, but this banquet will be held for three days in a row, and they will still be able to catch up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
In addition, after he won the show, the local squires and wealthy people all sent people to give gifts, which can be regarded as friendship, Shen San accepted it politely, and also returned the gift, and returned a set of four books and five classics printed by Chunfangxie, packaged into a set in a wooden box, carefully and without much money, all of which were produced by themselves. Shen San unceremoniously used it to return the gift.
Shen San, who gave some money and silver, accepted it, and when he sent the house or something, Shen San refused with good words, and then prepared a generous gift, so that people could not make mistakes.
Everyone in the Shen clan is happy, it is really not an easy task to make a celebrity in the family, that old man Shen is kind, how thick, look at the Shen family, who has opened a bookstore and a printing shop, dealing with this book, and now there is a show talent, is this considered a "scholarly family"? It seems that anything stained with books will become more elegant, such as Shen Sanxing's business road, the beginning of spring, just because he sells books, and has a good reputation for taking care of poor readers, the world is not so lowly to him, and now he has taken the Xiucai exam, and I only feel that it is because I am in contact with books every day.
There are many benefits to having fame, the field can be exempted from taxes, of course, it cannot be completely exempt, it can be exempted from 100 acres of land, although Shen San has more than 100 acres of land, but he himself only uses the 50 acres of land to be exempt, and the remaining 50 acres of land are divided equally between Shen Da and Shen Er, Shen Old Man Shen is really pleased, these three children always do not forget the two brothers when they get benefits, and now the family is harmonious and united, and it is a thriving trend, if the two old people are gone now, there is nothing to regret.
Everyone in the village said that the ancestral tomb of Old Man Shen's house was smoking, so someone pointed to Uncle Shen's house. But no, Old Man Shen is a brother who is separated, and Uncle Shen is the family. But now look, Uncle Shen is still comparable to Old Man Shen's family.
Mrs. Shen sneered, what ancestral tomb does not emit smoke, and if it smokes, it will not burn their house. These days are all lived by themselves, and the good lives are also fought by themselves.
During the three-day banquet, Shen San also let the two Chun Fangxie under his name rent books for free, and the purchase of books was cheaper.
The joy of the showman has passed, and this day should still be how to live.