Rebirth of a wishful life

Chapter 134

"Tomorrow is Laba, we have to prepare a lot of Laba porridge." Mrs. Shen said while flipping through the account book, Shen Ruyi pinched Shen Minghe's little feet, and scraped the soles of his feet with her fingers, which made Shen Minghe giggle. There is a charcoal basin and floor heating, so it is not cold at all.

However, Mrs. Shen was still a little worried, she looked up at their siblings, and urged: "Put on the clothes for him quickly, it's winter, it's hot after taking a bath, it should be cold after sitting for a while."

Shen Ruyi responded, reached out and took the small jacket next to her, and put it on for Shen Minghe, Shen Minghe was still a little unhappy, she was more comfortable without clothes, she could move as she wanted, it was too uncomfortable to put on clothes!However, Xiao Liwei struggled for a long time but couldn't escape from the palm of his own sister, so he could only put on his clothes reluctantly, lay there pouting and kicking his calves, venting his dissatisfaction.

Shen Ruyi stretched her hand through his armpit, hugged him up, and kissed that pink and tender cheek vigorously.Shen Minghe instantly forgot the discomfort in his heart, and walked over laughingly, coming and going, which also made Shen Ruyi's face slobbered.

"Didn't there be a rule for Laba porridge last year?" Shen Ruyi turned to talk to Madam Shen, Madam Shen shook her head: "The situation is different, this year we have to send more to He's and Lu's, and our own home, The second room can be omitted, and you have to give alms to Fahua Temple to pray for your grandmother, this rule is no longer applicable."

"Then let the purchasing manager look at the purchase first, and report the account later. But, mother, let Song Nanny or Chen Nanny go outside to inquire about the prices of various things outside. It's winter, and the prices should also be adjusted. I Looking at the reimbursement on the purchase, it has already been raised once, and it is almost the end of the new year, maybe there will be two more price increases."

No matter whether it is Shen Ruyi or Mrs. Shen, the price quoted by the Hou Mansion will not be calculated according to the lowest price.Of course, it will not be paid as much as the purchaser quotes, but first let people inquire about the approximate price and set a middle level. is you.Generally speaking, it is impossible to have enough money.

Mrs. Shen nodded: "I have to start planning early. The New Year is coming soon, and there is no set rule for this year. By the way, has Yunrou come to see you these two days?"

"You came here in the morning. Why, what does mother have to do with Yunrou?" Shen Ruyi asked with a smile, and Mrs. Shen nodded: "I thought, Yunrou is not young anymore. After the new year, I will bring her She learns about housekeeping."

After a pause, Mrs. Shen said again: "When your marriage is settled, I should be busy preparing for your marriage. There are only a few things about the family. Yunrou is just trying her hand at the beginning, and nothing will happen. Big mistake, besides, with Aunt Wang here, I think Yunrou can handle it well."

"Mother thinks it's fine." Shen Ruyi said with a smile, Madam Shen nodded, and sighed after a while: "Aunt Liu came here today to ask An to look for her. I didn't like to see them at first, so I didn't like to let them Come out to say hello, but Aunt Liu is going to come..."

"Mother, what you say counts. If you are like Aunt Liu, you agree to everything you want to do, so how can you manage the affairs of this mansion?" Shen Ruyi felt a little helpless, Mrs. Shen He waved his hand: "It's not what you think. Your father's attitude is very clear now. The people in the house are not all fools. Besides, Aunt Wang has also expressed her opinion. Who would foolishly come forward to oppose me? Aunt Liu is thinking Please release it, this matter will be more difficult for me.”

"Please let me out?" Shen Ruyi was a little surprised, Madam Shen nodded: "Yes, she herself said that there is no way out if she stays in the Hou's mansion. , at least you can have children in the future..."

After a pause, Mrs. Shen didn't continue to say: "What she said was quite pitiful. I saw that Aunt Liu had lost a lot of weight, so I wondered if I could promise her and release her. But , your father... After all, Aunt Liu waited on him for a while, and she let him out suddenly, I'm afraid your father will feel uncomfortable."

Men are possessive, and their own women are not willing to let others touch them.Even though Lord Shen Hou hasn't touched Aunt Liu for a long time, the fact that Aunt Liu is Lord Shen's aunt cannot be changed.If Aunt Liu remarried, it would be tantamount to cuckolding Lord Shen, and she would lose face. How could Lord Shen agree so easily?
"Mother, what do you mean?" Shen Ruyi asked, and Mrs. Shen sighed: "I don't want to offend your father because of an irrelevant person. Besides, I didn't ask them to be your father's pawns back then." Concubines and concubines, when they want to enjoy the glory and wealth, they don't care about it... Now that they have no chance, they want to be an ordinary person again, marry and have children. In this world, where can there be such a good thing? "

Shen Ruyi nodded in agreement, it was already a big change that Mrs. Shen didn't show kindness immediately this time.

"But, it's really pitiful for me to look at all the young people who are so ashamed. I don't really sympathize with them. After all, the Buddha said that karma reincarnation, in this world, no matter what Things have to pay attention to cause and effect. Their current situation is brought back by themselves. I don't need to sympathize with them too much. I am just worried that if this matter is not resolved, they will not be reconciled and resentful, and then It’s hard to make trouble in the mansion, our mansion has only lived in peace for such a period of time, if there is a commotion again, it will be really troublesome.”

Mrs. Shen sighed: "So I was thinking, can there be a way to get the best of both worlds, so that your father will not be angry, and Aunt Liu and the others will not be dissatisfied. Ruyi, you are always smart, why don't you help my mother find a way?"

"Isn't that simple? Mom, tell your father to send him to Zhuangzi. Those aunts have served my father for such a long time anyway, and our Hou's mansion shouldn't treat them badly, right? Then Zhuangzi, I will give it to them, and then let them each choose a nephew or niece from their natal family, take it to their side to raise, and return to give them old age and die."

A Zhuangzi is nothing in the eyes of the Hou Mansion, but to ordinary people, it is a very large fortune.Aunt Liu and the others didn't come from very good backgrounds, and the nephews and nieces in the family are naturally not the daughters and masters of everyone.

Zhuangzi near the outskirts of Beijing does not have a few thousand taels of silver, so it is absolutely impossible to take it down.

"You can't come forward to do this matter. My father has to come forward." Shen Ruyi said with a smile: "Just now my...cough, isn't it coming soon? Father's handling of this matter can also be regarded as a demonstration. an attitude."

Mrs. Shen is not stupid. After Shen Ruyi's words spun in her head, she figured it out. Lord Shen's attitude was to be conveyed to the sixth prince—a good man should respect his first wife. , Yingying Yanyan in the mansion and so on, they can deal with it as soon as possible, so as to give their first wife a comfortable living environment.

"Aunt Liu and the others will be willing?" Mrs. Shen deeply felt that this was a good idea, but she was still a little hesitant. What Aunt Liu meant was that she still wanted to get married and only have a child. Would they be satisfied?

"Mother, you also said that there is a cycle of cause and effect. Everyone makes their own decisions, so don't regret it. Is it possible that Aunt Liu and the others still feel that they have the right to bargain?" Shen Ruyi pouted: "It really annoys me Father, be careful that my father will send people directly to Zhuangzi, let alone children, he won’t even give it to Zhuangzi!"

Was it Lord Shen Hou who forcibly robbed the civilian girls and made them aunts?Or did Mrs. Shen coerce and lure them into becoming aunts?I was fascinated by the glory and wealth, and I would blame others for not wanting to give her a better way of life. Isn't this what I want to be and what I want?

However, in front of Mrs. Shen, Shen Ruyi still wants to be more elegant: "If you don't want to, then forget it, we have so many yards in our house, you can just find one, and lock them all in later. They give some leaf cards and let them have something to pass the time, anyway, our family does not lack those two or three people to eat."

Mrs. Shen nodded with a smile: "Okay, I will discuss it with your father later. After all, you are smart, and you can come up with a good solution once you think about it."

Shen Ruyi squinted her eyes and smiled, and continued to turn her head to tease Shen Minghe.When Shen Houye came back from court, Mrs. Shen really talked to him about Aunt Liu and the others. While teasing Shen Minghe, Shen Houye said casually: "Well, you can pick a few Zhuangzi later, and what about the land deeds?" I'm ready, I'll do it myself, but, for the people in the village, should we use people from our house, or let Aunt Liu and the others find a way by themselves?"

Mrs. Shen was a little stunned, and Lord Shen raised his eyebrows slightly: "You didn't think of this question before? You said before that you wanted to give Zhuangzi to Aunt Liu and the others, and you allowed them to pick up a child from their natal family to raise them. , it must be left for those children, so it is not something in our house, and the people in Zhuangzi use our own house, isn't it inappropriate?"

However, it is not appropriate for Aunt Liu and the others to choose by themselves.Even if Aunt Liu and the others were sent to the Zhuangzi, the Zhuangzi would still belong to them, but fundamentally speaking, Lord Shen did not write a letter to release concubines, and Aunt Liu and the others were still Lord Shen's concubines.At least Mrs. Shen knows what Aunt Liu and the others are doing.

"Is there any good way for Lord Hou?" Mrs. Shen asked with a blink of an eye, and Lord Shen smiled: "Is there any good way for me, I have never interfered with Aunt Liu and the others, what do you think? , then what to do, I will listen to you."

Mrs. Shen frowned, and after thinking for a while, she said: "How about this, those who serve the aunts use our manpower, and those who serve the children, the aunts go to buy people by themselves, and the tenants in the village also use our own people. Chuang Tzu, when the child grows up, if he is unwilling to use it, then we will call him back, if he still wants to use it, then continue to use it."

The tenants do not serve the masters personally, and the relationship with the masters is very weak.Some tenants may not be able to see the master's family in their entire lives, and they always discuss with the head of the village on the farm if they have anything to ask.Except for the land rent, it basically has nothing to do with the main family.

"The head of the Zhuangzi and so on, we also use our own people. After all, before the child grows up, the master who will be served by the Zhuangzi is still mainly aunts, don't you think so?" Mrs. Shen raised her head and asked, Shen Lord Hou smiled and nodded: "Okay, then after you have selected Zhuangzi, I will handle this matter, it is best to be quick, I estimate that the emperor will grant the marriage in a short time. "

Mrs. Shen nodded hurriedly, had lunch with Lord Shen, sent Lord Shen to the study, and then called Aunt Liu and the others over.It's not easy for Shen Ruyi to listen to this kind of thing, and she doesn't want to do needlework, so she simply followed Master Shen to the study, looking for two books to read along the way.

How to persuade Aunt Liu and the others is Mrs. Shen's own business. Shen Ruyi only needs to know the result.

"Master Hou, His Highness the Sixth Prince is here." Not long after entering the study, Huichun came in to report. Lord Shen raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Ruyi. Shen Ruyi hurriedly waved his hands, expressing that he did not know why the Sixth Prince came here today.

"Please come in." After all, it was the prince, even if Lord Shen didn't like him, he couldn't leave him outside for too long.

The sixth prince came in with a smile, bowed to Lord Shen, and offered the box in his hand with both hands: "Two days ago, I heard that the old lady was feeling unwell, so I specially found some medicinal materials in the palace. Don't be disgusted."

Lord Shen nodded indifferently, and put the box aside: "Is the Imperial Academy busy recently?"

"It's not very free, but I can find time to come here occasionally." Then, he turned his head to look at Shen Ruyi, and said with a smile: "I heard that Lord Hou and Mrs. Shen are very affectionate. Some time ago, I just repaired a Zhuangzi. , Coincidentally, a hot spring was dug out of it, so I thought about inviting Lord Hou and Mrs. Shen to stay in Zhuangzi for a few days."

Lord Shen sneered: "My wife and I are very affectionate. What does it have to do with staying in your Zhuangzi for a few days? Do you think my Houfu doesn't even have a hot spring village?"

"Of course not, it's just that this is also my filial piety." The sixth prince said with a smile, Shen Houye paused, and raised his eyebrows for a long time: "Filial piety?"

"Yes, I'm here today, and I have a piece of good news to share with Ruyi." The sixth prince showed his teeth in a smile. Although he had been smiling since he entered the door, his face was full of joy, but At this moment, the joy was about to break through the sky.

"What good news?" Lord Shen immediately frowned and asked, the sixth prince took a step back and bowed to Lord Shen to salute: "Master, the imperial decree will come in a while, the emperor wants to marry me and Ruyi, from now on From now on, I should change my mind."

Lord Shen was very irritable: "Why change? Even if it is a marriage, it is still not married! As long as you are not married, you can't change your words! Who cares if you change your words? Where should I go? I am very busy , I have no time to entertain you!"

The sixth prince didn't care at all, and coughed lightly: "Master Hou, since you are busy, I won't bother you. I also brought some books to Ruyi. I wonder if I can go to the garden with Ruyi. Walk?"

Lord Shen quickly shook his head: "No, Ruyi wants to grind ink for this honor. Just keep the books you brought. If you want to take a walk in the garden, I will send someone to wait for you there."

The sixth prince blinked, feeling a little distressed, his old man's temper was really weird.The father-in-law of someone else’s family, when his daughter-in-law talks about kissing, is not pleasing to the eyes of the future son-in-law. It will look a little better.

As for myself, it was the other way around. I used to think he was a bit pleasing to the eye, and occasionally I was willing to give two opportunities to be alone when I was in a good mood, but when the marriage was settled, the old man began to be irritable and disliked him.

Sure enough, a smart person like Shen Houye does things differently from ordinary people?
(End of this chapter)