Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 32
Shen Zhiyun leaned on the couch to sober up, frowned slightly and said, "Don't talk when you eat, don't talk when you sleep, isn't this the rule you taught your son since he was a child?"

The old lady put down her teacup when she saw his eyes closed, and said, "Don't use these words to prevaricate me, she is your own after all, even if you talk to her, you won't lose a piece of meat."

Shen Zhiyun still had his eyes closed, and his tone was a bit grave: "Mother, these sons know about it. However, looking at her face, my son still feels uncomfortable."

The old lady complained a little: "If you are uncomfortable, the child will not feel uncomfortable."

Shen Zhiyun heard her accentuate her tone, opened her eyes, and slowly sat up straight.

The old lady stretched out the teacup on the table and pushed it towards him, saying earnestly: "The matter in front of me is important. It is a good thing that you, father and daughter, can get close by taking this opportunity. When she arrives at Zhu's house later, I can also remember us more in my heart, and it is easier to do things."

Shen Zhiyun took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said, "Yes, my son knows."

The old lady didn't want to see him in trouble, so she continued: "Perhaps it's because I haven't seen you for many years, and it's inevitable that you feel uncomfortable. It would be nice if the days were longer." At this point, she paused, "Actually , that child's eyebrows and eyes are really similar to yours, and he can write a good hand. He is so young and grew up outside, so he can write a good hand. It's amazing!"

This was the old lady praising Shen Yuechen in front of her son. In the past, the two of them always avoided talking about her, as if as long as they didn't mention her, they would forget that there was such a child in the Shen family.

After the old lady finished speaking, she took out the scriptures copied by Shen Yuechen and put them on the table.

Shen Zhiyun hesitated for a moment, and finally picked up the scriptures and flipped through them. Originally, he just wanted to take a look, but he didn't expect Shen Yuechen to write such an unforgettable handwriting. The handwriting is meaningful and majestic without losing the beauty of a woman , looks very pleasing to the eye.

Shen Zhiyun was really a bit frightened, he couldn't speak for a while, and just kept flipping through the books.

The old lady pondered slightly, "Be nice to her, after all, it's a father-daughter relationship, don't let people leave any gossip."

Shen Yuechen lived in the Shen Mansion for seven or eight days, watching Chunming lead a group of little maids in and out every day, very active and busy.But I seldom go out of the room, except for morning and evening meditation and dinner, the rest of the time is spent in the room, or practicing calligraphy, or doing needlework with Cuixin Chunhui, to pass the time.Just like when I was in the old house before, it was as quiet and uncontested with the world.

Now, her food and clothing are specially selected, and naturally there are not so many things to sew and mend around her, so Wu Ma picked some beautiful handkerchiefs and practiced embroidery with her along with the maids.

Shen Yuechen's girl is mediocre, she can only do simple sewing.Because, when I was a child, I spent all my mind and time on calligraphy, so I seldom used needles and threads.Wu Ma also didn't want her to hurt her eyes because of this, since she was a child, she has done almost all the needlework.

After spending the whole morning, Shen Yuechen didn't even embroider a single flower, while Cui Xin and Chun Hui, who were sitting on the small bench next to them, had already embroidered a handkerchief each.The two of them sat and sewed while chatting, as if they were having fun.

Occasionally, when Mama Wu came into the house, she would wink at them, telling them not to disturb the young lady's cleanliness.Shen Yuechen didn't think it was a problem, she just let them say what they had to say, and she would add a few words from time to time.

Listening to them talking about irrelevant gossip can just distract her, so she doesn't have to always be thinking about family affairs and Zhu's affairs.

Yao Shi and her two precious daughters would come and walk around from time to time, sending some snacks or small things like rouge and gouache.

Shen Yuechen treated them politely, but she didn't talk much, she listened to what Yao said, and when she encountered a topic that made her feel embarrassed, she lowered her head and pursed her lips slightly, pretending to be shy and dull.

Seeing her like this, Yao Shi felt that she grew up in a nunnery, she has a dull temper, doesn't like to talk, and is very boring, so she became less wary.

After listening to her mother's words, Shen Yuechan felt apprehensive, and treated her politely, with a little more subservience in her words.

After a few more days, there was finally some movement from the Zhu family.It is said that Zhu Jintang, the youngest of the Zhu family, picked a concubine younger sister from the natal family of his late wife, Qin Shi, to be a concubine.Although they lost a daughter in vain, the Qin family seemed unwilling to sever the family relationship with the Zhu family.

The Zhu family is rich and powerful, who wouldn't like it.

The news that Zhu Jintang, the eldest son of the Zhu family, took a concubine flew all the way from Dezhou to Laizhou as if he had grown wings, and soon reached the ears of the old lady and Shen Zhiyun.

The old lady had been prepared for a long time, she didn't take it seriously, she only felt that Shen Yuechen's good news was coming soon.Sure enough, as she expected, about half a month later, the Zhu family's matchmaker came to visit, and what they wanted to facilitate was Shen Yuechen's marriage to Zhu Jintang as a sequel.

The old lady beamed with joy, and Shen Zhiyun felt more at ease.

Because the Zhu family had already combined the two people's horoscopes beforehand, they skipped Najib's step directly, and the two families had already started preparing for the big gift.

The Zhu family is prominent, so the bride price prepared should not be underestimated. Even Yao Shi, who claimed to have seen the world, couldn't help feeling sour in his heart.How could an orphan girl who was born to restrain her mother be so lovable, it was worth the Zhu family's effort to prepare.

The Zhu family was very anxious about Zhu Jintang's continuation. After all, Zhu Jintang was the eldest son of the eldest son, and the heirs had to pay more attention to it.

After the bride price, the most important thing is to set the date.Mrs. Shen was concerned about the intention of going to Zhu's house, so she had no choice but to set the wedding date one month later, which was a bit too hasty.

This time, Mrs. Shen had put all her heart into preparing a dowry for Shen Yuechen, and she was even worried that Mrs. Yao would be stingy, so she took out 1000 taels of bank notes to make up for it.The old lady was the first to express her opinion, and naturally the rest of the Shen family couldn't be indifferent, and they all followed suit, including the Erfang family as well.

Every day Yao looked at the white silver that flowed out of his hand, and felt distressed and jealous, but because of his status, he couldn't complain, so he could only say something to Shen Zhiyun occasionally. Itchy sour words.

Knowing that her wedding date was set on the fifteenth day of next month, Shen Yuechen's expression instantly became serious.

Why is the Zhu family in such a hurry?It was only a hundred days since Qin's death.It's taking a concubine and getting married... Don't you feel ashamed of the dead?

Also, Zhu Jintang's late wife had just passed away, so he couldn't wait to marry her, wouldn't it be too cold and ruthless?

Since ancient times, men have been so cold and mean, only the newcomers laugh but the old ones cry.Shen Yuechen sighed secretly, couldn't help worrying about her future.

It was obviously something to be happy about, but Shen Yuechen seemed a little distracted. When Wu Ma asked her what she wanted to eat, she gave a faint "Yes" and said with a lot of thoughts: "Whatever, I don't have much appetite."

Wu Ma said with concern: "Miss is about to get married, don't always be unhappy."

Shen Yuechen knew that she was worried, so she nodded slightly: "How about, I'll go to the old lady's for dinner."

Wu Ma agreed, "Alright, I'll go to the kitchen and make you some soup for dinner."

As soon as the old lady saw Shen Yuechen coming, she immediately burst into a warm smile like a spring breeze: "You are here."

All the maids and women in the room bowed their knees to salute Shen Yuechen, Shen Yuechen nodded slightly, went straight to the old lady to say hello, bent down, and was helped up by the old lady.

Shen Yuechen stood up, looked up at the old lady and smiled.

The old lady patted her head, pulled her closer, handed her the list in her hand and said, "These are all dowry for you, can you see if there is anything missing?"

Shen Yuechen pretended to be shy and said: "Grandma can make up her mind about these things, Yuechen doesn't understand anything..."

Seeing her shy appearance like a daughter's, the old lady's smile deepened.

While talking, the maid outside came to report that Shen Zhiyun had returned from the Yamen.

Shen Zhiyun came to pay his respects, but he hadn't had time to change his official uniform.

Shen Yuechen got up and stood up, bowed his knees and saluted him: "Greetings to father."

Shen Zhiyun didn't expect that she was there, and said with a smile: "You came just in time, come and talk to Dad."

Shen Yuechen's heart tightened, and she walked in front of him, only to see him take a good look at herself, "You look pretty good, but your body is still too thin."

The old lady also half-jokingly said: "It looks too thin. In the future, if people from the Zhu family see it, they will think that we are cruel and don't give you food every day."

Shen Zhiyun said indifferently: "The girl's family is too thin, she looks unlucky, it's better to pay more attention to her diet."

Shen Yuechen nodded and said nothing.

The old lady pulled her back to sit next to her, looked at her son, and said: "There is still more than a month before the wedding day. I am thinking that it is better for this child to go back to the old house to get married."

Shen Zhiyun thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "That's good, this will save me a lot of hardships, so let's do it according to my mother's wishes."

The old lady smiled and said: "Okay, then let's make a deal like this, go back and make a good deal of it, it can be regarded as honoring the ancestors of the Shen family."

The family background of the Shen family is not high or low, and it is not easy to meet such a beautiful marriage as the Zhu family. The thought of being able to marry the Zhu family soon, Shen Zhiyun felt a gloomy joy in his heart, and even had feelings for Shen Yuechen. Kind of like it.

He looked at Shen Yuechen in a blink of an eye, and saw that she lowered her head slightly, with no expression on her face, her dark eyes were gloomy, without the shy look of a girl who was about to marry, as if she was not talking about her marriage, It's someone else's marriage.

Sensing his gaze, Shen Yuechen raised her head slowly, and her gaze was on Shen Zhiyun. Shen Zhiyun was slightly startled, as if he suddenly understood something in his heart, the smile on his face faded, and he turned his head to continue chatting with the old lady , got up and went back.

It was night, and Shen Zhiyun was resting in Yao's room, flipping through a few pages of books while leaning on the couch, while listening to Yao's rambling about buying dowry.

(End of this chapter)