The third master's words not only shocked Chen Qin, but even Shen Rui was a little surprised.

The nephew of the clan is a student? Why did the third master come from? You should know that Chen Qin's qualifications are just mediocre among the Shen family's siblings.

Although Chen Bao was surprised, he reacted quickly. He quickly played Chen Qin's back collar and whispered: "Second Brother Qin, why don't you thank Uncle San?"

"Ah?" Chen Qinfang woke up and was full of excitement: "Uncle Run San, nephew... nephew..."

The third master smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "But I'm fine, I have limited energy, and I can teach you for only one or two years. When Brother Bao returns to his hometown, you will also go back. Since you are determined to take the imperial examination, don't have the intention to take shortcuts, or get the exam from the boy level one by one."

Chen Qin nodded hurriedly, her eyes were bright, and she looked at the third master with gratitude.

Before he came out, his parents taught him to be a guest and not to think about it. Because he was not surprised that he had no chance of being a child, but it was a surprise that the third master was willing to accept him as a student.

He knew that he was probably benefiting from Chen Bao's glory. The student the third master really wanted to accept should be Chen Bao, but Chen Bao already had a teacher.

No matter what, if you can stay in the capital with Chen Bao and have a juren uncle as a teacher, you are very happy about Chen Qin.

Because of the "master's "masterpiece" of the third master, everyone was originally a little drowsy and immediately became much more energetic.

The sound of firecrackers coming from all directions was getting louder and louder, and midnight was approaching.

Xu and his second wife and third wife came from the west, and several masters and wives sat down again.

After midnight, a maid put a brocade mat on the ground. Starting from the oldest Shenzhu, the fifth son of Shen kowtowed to the elders in turn and worshiped the early years.

Here, the masters and wives had already prepared purses containing gold and silver crocks and distributed them to everyone to make New Year's money.

Everyone is one year older, and the elders are bound to say something to encourage and encourage them. The second wife, although her eyes are a little red, she is also kind to her nephews.

It’s time to stay here and come to an end.

The third master was stared by the eldest master and the eldest lady, wrapped in a thick hooded mink cloak, and went back hand in hand with the third wife. The second master and his wife also said goodbye to the eldest master and Xu after the maids sent away the young men.

Since the Ming Dynasty, Shen Rui has always gone to bed early and got up early. Except for the night before Sun's funeral, he has not been able to stay so late and he has been a little sleepy.

Seeing that Hao's mother brought Dong Xi and Liu Ya were waiting for her, and her eyelids were fighting, Shen Rui returned to the living yard and sent them down to rest.

There were lights and candles in the room, and Shen Rui was lying on the kang in his middle clothes, but he couldn't sleep.

The third master left Shen Bao and wanted to accept Shen Qin again, which seemed to be winning over the seventh and eighth rooms of the Shen family.

Why is it so complicated?

With the eldest master and the second master here, is there any importance of the favors of the Songe Moto family?

The seventh house and eighth houses in the Shen family are not only a clan, but because the two houses are constantly studying and have a promising career, others dare not underestimate them.

But compared with the Shen family's second-bedroom, seven-bedroom, and eight-bedroom are nothing.

According to the earlier style of the second house, the less relations between the same clan are involved, the better? Now not only do they want to accept heirs, but they also have their disciples, but there are more and more people involved.

Even if the third master speaks a little straightforwardly, he is definitely not a fool. He must have a useful intention in acting like this.

Is it for... the way to balance?

Shen Rui thought of this for no reason, shuddered and sat up all of a sudden.

I heard footsteps coming from the yard, and someone said through the door: "Did Brother Rui rest?"

It's the sound of Shenzhu.

Shen Rui frowned, stood up, pulled his shoes, put on his clothes, walked to the door and opened the door: "Brother Zhu Jiu, why are you here at this time?"

Chen Zhu didn't bring anyone, holding a lantern in his hand, with some snowflakes on his cloak, and said with a smile: "I've disturbed Brother Rui."

When someone heard something outside in the wing room, someone held the lights. Seeing this, Shen Rui sang: "It's Brother Zhu Jiu coming here, you can rest, don't come here."

Someone in the wing room responded and blew the lights again.

The night wind blew, and the snowflakes hit the face. Shen Rui shivered and hurriedly let Shenzhu into the house.

The water in the teapot was still warm. Shen Rui mixed half a pot of hot water and poured a cup of himself and Shenzhu each, asking Shenzhu to sit on the kang.

Shenzhu extinguished the lantern, blew the snowflakes on his body, untied the fox fur cloak she wore, put it aside, and sat on the kang.

Chen Zhu held the teacup and took a few bites. Fang said, "The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and he can lose his feet... This is the first time I have seen such heavy snow..."

"Snow indicates a good harvest" Shen Rui smiled and continued: "I only saw it in books earlier, but now this is not the case."

The northern Zhili area has been drought for ten years, but it is not as crisscrossing waterways as in the south of the Yangtze River. It can cause heavy snow to drop, which is always good for people's livelihood.

"The managers who come to pay tribute to the elders of the second house should be coming soon." Chen Zhu said thoughtfully.

Shen Rui calculated the journey in his mind. Those people were not much slower than them by land. How could they arrive in the capital before the fifteenth day of the year, so he nodded and said, "After all, there is a name for giving gifts for festivals, and he should be before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

Chen Zhu stroked the cup and whispered: "Brother Qin and Brother Bao were invited by Uncle Run San and would stay in the capital; if you and my brother are not invited, wait for the butler to come, should you go back with the butler..."

When Shen Rui heard this, he thought of the sacrifice to Mr. Sun.

I don’t know when Xu and the master will arrange for him to worship Grandpa Sun.

Regarding his grandfather, Shen Rui did not feel any affection for him when he thought of this person, but instead felt a vague feeling of incongruity.

Grandpa Sun never popped out of the crack of the stone. Why didn’t even hear any clan member of the Sun family hear about it? Even the funeral was entrusted to the third grandpa of my friend? Are the father, mother and wife all dead?

Not to mention the ancients, even people five hundred years later paid attention to "leaves fall back to their roots". Since Master Sun was from Wenzhou Prefecture, how could he set up a blessed land in the capital?

Chen Zhu kept Shen Rui silent and thought he was worried, saying, "Do you know when will Brother Rui worship his grandfather?"

Shen Rui shook his head and said, "It's not easy to say this in the New Year."

Chen Zhu hesitated for a moment: "Brother Quan San and Brother Jue will come to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow, right?"

"That's natural. The uncles and uncles of the second house are all elders, so the clan brothers naturally come to pay New Year's greetings first." Shen Rui said.

In this way, the tribe brothers are also easy to get away and there is no need to go to the family of all the clans. Shen Rui only needs to pay New Year's greetings to Wang Shouren's house. As for Shen Li, the eldest brother of Zongfang and the eldest brother of the fifth house must go with the brothers of the clan, but the specific time depends on the arrangements of each family.

The day before yesterday, several clan brothers mentioned this, and as for Chen Li, they said they wanted to pick Shen Rui up, but later changed their words for some reason, saying that they would go and live there after he finished paying homage to Grandpa Sun.

Chen Zhu felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this and said to herself, "My second cousin is also in the capital. I'm afraid she doesn't even know where the gate of the Minister's Mansion will open."

Shen Rui did not respond, and he was also surprised in his heart. When Chen Jue mentioned the people in the Beijing tribe, he had not only a few clan brothers from the day before yesterday, but also a third wife Shen Ling, but no one mentioned it when he arrived in the capital.

But think about it, the second house had a relationship with the sect house, and the eldest brother of the sect house was in the six ministries, so it was reasonable to have a relationship with the sect house. Shen Li was in the Hanlin Academy and the second master was in the same yamen as the second master. How could he be a stranger?

Even though the brothers in the fifth room had no contact with the second room earlier, they began to walk with the second room because of the sunshine.

On the contrary, the three bedrooms are still engaged in business even when they arrive in the capital. After all, the capital is different from Songjiang. The three bedrooms are backed by the Shen family in Songjiang, and can spread their business, but when they arrive in the capital, they can only be considered a small fuss.

Even if they wanted to rely on the second house earlier, they had no way, so they should have another shelter.

Seeing Shen Rui so dull, Chen Zhu was a little bored and remembered something and said, "Uncle Yuan received the betrothal gift before the New Year. I wonder when the wedding date will be scheduled? When we go back, I wonder if we can catch up?"

Shen Rui remembered the lost Sun family, the left Zheng family, and the sold-out sister Zhang San and the fourth sister. He had no disgust for Xiao He who was about to enter the house. He only felt that another flower was filled with cow dung.

This Shenzhu wished that the words "want to stay" were engraved on her face, but she kept mentioning the story of Songjiang back to her, which was also interesting.

Shen Rui smiled and said, "It's cold in February, and there are not many families holding weddings, and it will be as early as March... If we leave Beijing after the Lantern Festival, we should have time to catch up..."

Chen Zhu only felt that Shen Rui was heartless with a smile, and frowned and said, "Why is Brother Rui not worried when stepmother comes in?"

Shen Ruiyi is innocent and innocent: "What are you worried about? Uncle Zongfang is a matchmaker, and he is talking about the cousin of Uncle Zongfang, not someone else.

Chen Zhu said with a grudge: "If the stepmother in this world is good, the second wife would not have caused a tragedy. You are the first wife and son of Uncle Yuan. Even if Brother Jin is in front of him, he has grown up and has fame. How can he be easy to plot? When your stepmother enters the door, the first thing you can't tolerate is that if you marry a daughter from a foreign surname, Brother Rui has suffered a grievance and can still ask for protection from the elders of the clan. But since your stepmother is the aunt of the master of the zongfang, who will stand up for you?"

Shen Rui understood Chen Zhu's intentions, his face faded, and lowered his eyelids and said, "Stepmother is also a mother. As a son, filial piety must be the first."

Chen Zhu shook his head: "You are always smart, so unrealistic? Since you have a deep relationship with Uncle Yuan, you are in the capital again. Are you asking Uncle Cang to be pityed? You, you are good at learning from Brother Bao and Brother Qin. It is a good thing to follow the rules in front of your elders, and you should also learn to like it."

In Shen Zhu's opinion, there are almost no matter how Shen Rui adopted the second wife's eldest son, but for some reason, the eldest wife and the eldest wife have never told Shen Ruiming that Chen Zhu is willing to make a coincidence, go to Shen Rui to sell her a good brother.

Even if Shen Rui inherits the eldest family, so what if he is in the eldest family? He is older than Shen Rui. When he enters the second family, he is also Shen Rui's cousin. He has already achieved fame and reputation as a scholar, and he will be one step faster than Shen Rui in his career in the future. In the future, the third generation of the second family in the Shen family will really not be able to say who is the head of the family.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhu was a little happy and uneasy.

What is secretly happy is that Chen Bao is finally missing for the candidate for the heir. Chen Qin and the other two are uneasy. Chen Quan will come back tomorrow, and Chen Jue will come back. I wonder if there will be any changes.

From the New Year's Eve dinner tonight, the second master was very kind to him and often chatted with him when he was staying up with the New Year, but he was not enthusiastic about other people.
Chapter completed!