Jiapingguan Chronicle

"Master Shen, you just said that you saw your brother-in-law and Liang Jieque coming out of the same room affectionately, right?"

"Yes!" Shen Zhonghe nodded, "I don't know why, but they seem to be afraid of being seen by others. Every time they are together, they are secretive. I have always had a question when I was a child. Obviously the relationship between the two of them is so... Okay, so close, why do you act so unfamiliar in front of everyone, as if it's just a normal relationship?"

"Because they don't want people to know, and they don't want this relationship to be exposed, so they pretend to be unfamiliar with each other. But it's too much. Liang Jieque grew up in your home with your father and brother-in-law. , I should have been very good at playing when I was young, but when I grew up, I pretended to be unfamiliar with it to avoid suspicion, so I deceived Mr. Shen when I was a child. It is impossible to deceive the family members who have lived with them under the same roof for many years. "

"What the general means is that in fact, the family is well aware of their relationship, but grandfather and father do not want these two people to be together." Shen Zhonghe shook his head gently, "If that is the case, grandfather and father I would definitely arrange marriage arrangements for them, but I didn’t do that.”

"Didn't I say before, let's not dwell on this matter." Xue Ruitian waved his hand, "No matter how we go around, we will eventually go around to ask Liang Jieque for confirmation, so let's let ourselves go for the time being and think about it first. Anything else, okay?”

"Master Hou is right." Shen Zhonghe nodded in agreement, "I have been thinking about it for so many years, but I still haven't figured it out. I will definitely not be able to find any answer for a while." He sighed softly. tone, he said, "After Aunt Liang reconciled with her grandfather and father, in the next few years, my grandfather and father slowly stopped going to sea. They originally went to sea twice a year, but then they only went to the short one and the long one." I stopped doing it, and then I didn’t do it that much, and finally, I sold the boat and stopped doing it completely.”

“How long did the whole process last from reducing going to sea to not going to sea at all?”

"Three or four years." Shen Zhonghe did some calculations, "I don't remember it very clearly, because at that time, I was making a fuss about breaking off the engagement and going to join the army. You may also know that Erniang and I have been together since childhood. Growing up, childhood sweethearts, in the eyes of outsiders, the two of us getting married would be a good story. But we both know that we are not each other’s favorite people, and we can only be family members, not lovers. Therefore, we have always Everyone was resisting and wanted to cancel the engagement. However, neither the Zhou family nor my family agreed. We had troubles several times, but to no avail. Instead, they treated us as children messing around and did not treat us at all. Take your thoughts seriously.”

"Then what? Didn't you get married in the end?"

"Because there was no way to cancel the engagement, we discussed, or we could just do something big and make them regret it. I have wanted to join Liu Shuai's army since I was a child. It happened that the Liu family army was recruiting new soldiers that year, so I thought I made another fuss, then pretended to be angry and ran away, leaving home and running to Liu Shuai's camp. Of course, my second mother also helped me a lot, otherwise, I would have been found by my family long ago."

"They don't agree with you joining the army?"

"Of course I disagree. Everyone in the family, even Aunt Liang, who has always supported me in everything I do, no longer supports me. He said that I am the only child of the Shen family. If I join the army, if I die in the battle, Who will inherit the Shen family's business? Can I bear to watch the elders in the family, the white-haired people give away the black-haired people?" Shen Zhonghe sighed softly, "I know what she said is right, but I don't know what to do. I have no interest in business at all. When I was a child, I liked to run to the seaside and watch Liu Shuai’s naval officers training. One was handsome and the other was heroic. I deeply believed that this is what a heroic man should be. So, no matter at home, No matter how you stop it, I will go."

"Won't Er Niang stop you?" "No way." Shen Zhonghe shook his head gently, "She is very supportive of me. In fact, Er Niang is another me in this world. She actually knows exactly what I am thinking. Yes, I couldn't hide it from her at all. She said that a good man has ambitions in all directions and cannot stick to one place. He has to go out and make a living, so she helped me run away from home. Not only that, she He even helped me stay home for three months so that I could complete the three-month training camp. By the time my family came to find me, there was no way to get me back."

"Generally speaking, it's like this." Shen Jiu nodded, "I don't know the situation at Liu Shuai's side, but we have gone through three months of recruit training here. Unless I don't want to stay, then, other Even if you are a close relative, you cannot take that person back." He looked at Shen Zhonghe and chuckled, "Master Shen is still very resourceful."

"This is also thanks to Liu Shuai. After I entered the camp, I went to him to confess and explain the situation. Liu Shuai said that as long as I passed the exam and was willing to stay, no one could take me away. That's it. Liu Shuai’s words make me feel more at ease.”

"Would your family be very angry if you did this?"

"I don't know whether I'm angry or not. Anyway, in the first two years, I basically never went back home, and no one from home came to visit my relatives. Even Liu Shuai's camp was only half a day's journey from the town, and they all I haven't been here before. Every time she comes to see me, it's my second mother who brings me some clothes and so on." Shen Zhonghe sighed softly, with a somewhat guilty expression on his face, and said, "She had really worked hard in those years. But if it weren’t for her, it wouldn’t be so easy for me and my family to reconcile.”

"But she helped you escape, helped you get into Liu Shuai's camp, and kept you in the dark for so long. Didn't anyone in your family blame her?"

"I thought it would happen, but it didn't." Shen Zhonghe chuckled, "Everyone in my family knew that I wanted to regret my marriage, so they all thought that I had threatened her and made her have to help me, so no one criticized her harshly. , but they pity her very much and treat her very well. Moreover, seeing that I’m like this and still insisting on leaving me, they can’t bear it anymore and think I’m a bastard.”

"Is this also a step you are planning?"

"Yes." Shen Zhonghe nodded, "I feel sorry for Er Niang in the first place. This way, I will feel better." He sighed softly, "But it is precisely because of this that I have her to help me at home. As I ease the relationship, I feel more at ease. Even if I go to war or go to sea, I won't have too many worries."

"So, your relationship only really eased after you joined the army for more than two years?"

"Yes!" Shen Zhonghe nodded, "At that time, because of my repeated military exploits, I had been promoted to a junior lieutenant under Liu Shuai."