peach smile

I just feel a little uncomfortable. This person surnamed Shen always keeps his words in his stomach. Unless you force him to ask him, he really doesn't say anything, which is really annoying!

When she was sleeping at night, probably because of the chilblain ointment, Shen Quji's frostbitten fingers and auricles were hot and itchy all the time. She couldn't sleep, so she simply stretched out her left hand that was not frozen to rub her ears and right hand.

After a while, Wei Changan was probably disturbed, she finally couldn't help reaching out to grab Shen Quji's hand, and muttered a few words, the voice of the sleepy person was in a daze, but Shen Quji could hear it My heart trembled.

She said, "Shen, aren't you sleepy? I'm so sleepy..."

Sure enough, Shen Quji didn't move around anymore, and after an unknown amount of time, when Wei Changan's breathing calmed down again, Shen Quji finally stretched out his right hand, and gently gathered the two hands holding her left hand into the quilt.

Wei Changan's hands were extremely cold, Shen Quji thought it was because her hands were exposed outside, but he didn't expect that her quilt was not very warm.

Shen Quji sighed calmly.

In the dark and thick night, a hand with well-defined bones slowly stretched out again, and the owner of the hand gently touched Wei Changan's cheek with the back of his hand—as expected, it was very cold.

Hiss... Shen Quji couldn't help rubbing his ears against the pillow, his ears were itchy, as if dozens of ants were crawling and gnawing on the pinnae, it was so itchy and painful!

But she still kept this posture without moving, and even the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise—as if quietly feeling the existence of the people around her could make her forget everything.

Or maybe Shen Quji's hand became the only source of heat that Wei Changan could touch. The sleeping man moved his head lazily, and pulled Shen Quji's hand into his arms, holding it even tighter.

Shen Quji lay on his side like this, one hand was held by Wei Changan, and he didn't move all night.

Shen Quji didn't sleep well all night, not because of anything else, but because she was so happy to get close to Wei Changan in such a sneaky way—this is something Shen Quji would never dare to do under the blue sky—she deeply felt Staring at the blurred outline of Wei Changan in the night, he was greedy and restrained, affectionate and suppressed.

There is nothing more tormenting than this, is there?

There is no happier thing than this, is there?

In the cold and dark winter night, there was something in my heart that sprouted out of the ground...

/ / /

At the end of the year, as soon as Shen Qubing found out that there was a problem with the account books of the tea house, he ran to his elder brother Shen Quji immediately.

Holding the abacus in his hands, Shen Quji roughly checked the account book in his hand with the account book brought by Shen Qubing. That's right, there was indeed a discrepancy of 1 taels—the account book in his hand was more than Qubing's record. 1 taels of silver was missing from the account.

Shen Quji raised his eyebrows, Qubing's account was what the tea farm should earn in the second half of this year, and what he had in his hand was the real amount from the tea farm to the bank.

There was a difference of 1 taels, not the 6000 taels recorded in the mysterious ledger.

Shen Qubing stood beside Shen Quji's desk, his hands trembling and his legs feeling weak - I don't know why.

"Brother... I haven't touched the tent of the tea house!" Shen Qubing propped his hands on the edge of the table, his voice trembling.

Shen Qubing's performance is obvious - he knows that he is not as smart as his elder brother, and this is the first time he is alone, so he has always been diligent, conscientious, self-denying and dedicated to public affairs, but in the end he still made such a big hole, you How could he not be afraid?

Shen Quji raised his hand and patted his second brother's shoulder comfortingly, not knowing how to comment for a moment.

Qubing, this child, usually looks like a young man with a well-thought-out plan, but after all, he is just a young man who has never experienced storms——Shen Quji is willing to think so.

She took Shen Qubing to the low table next to the fireplace, and said softly, "Qubing, it's fine, I don't blame you, you just don't know what's going on here..."

The two sat at the low table, Shen Quji took down the wine that was warming on the stove, and poured a glass for his second brother unhurriedly: "You have been busy working in the tea house for the past few days, and you are not at home, so don't worry about it." I know—a few days ago, my mother, the old man, and I each received a mysterious account book, which recorded the missing 6000 taels of silver from the tea house, and the specific whereabouts..."

Speaking of this, Shen Quji saw that the second younger brother's hand holding the wine glass visibly shook.

Shen Qubing frowned, and drank the wine in the glass several times without taking a sip. After a moment of contemplation, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes were burning like a torch: "Brother, is it Pingrui, the accountant at home?!"

Shen Quji smiled but said nothing, held up the wine glass and touched the wine with his second brother Shen Qubing, and drank it down in one gulp, showing coquettishness.

After all, Shen Qubing failed to figure out what his elder brother was thinking. When he was about to open his mouth to test again, the door of the study was kicked open from the outside with a bang.

"Shen Qubing! You eat dog food from inside out!" The old man Shen Xiren rushed in angrily with a cane in his hand...

The Shen family had a lot of trouble because of the 1 taels of loophole, but Shen Dongren's family on the East Street was not much better at this time.

Shen Dongren's wife, Shen Luoshi, suffered another leg disease for many years, and she cried and cried for her mother on the hospital bed. It can be described as a chicken and a dog jumping here.

Shen Luoshi's eldest son, Shen Lili, is happily playing with his grandson in the yard at this time.

Shen Li's eldest son, Shen Cong, stood beside him with folded hands. Although his tone was respectful, his expression was disdainful as usual: "Father, do you think that Feng is really helping us? Why do I think it's unreliable?" !"

"Reliable? What is reliable?" Shen Li grabbed a handful of snow and squeezed it into a snow ball, half-truthfully playing snowball fights with his seven-year-old grandson. It's reliable... Oops!" Shen Li was thrown a ball of snow by his grandson, he bent down and grabbed a handful of snow, and ran after his grandson in the yard, shouting, "Little brat, you You smashed Weng Weng very accurately, come here, let Weng Weng hit you too..."

Shen Li's little grandson was jokingly running after being chased by his grandfather. The clear and clear laughter of the child echoed above the yard, and it was a joy to listen to it.

……

Let’s talk about the Shen family on West Street——

Shen Xiren rushed in with the rattan stick, and beat Shen Qubing involuntarily, but Shen Quji blocked him for his second brother.

Shen Quji, who had been whipped by mistake, had no expression on his face, but his brows were extremely tight: "Weng Weng, what are you doing?"

"Get away from me, Quji!" Shen Xiren's angry eyes were wide open, his expression was a bit like an arhat in a temple, he pulled Shen Quji aside with one hand, and held up the rattan with the other, and was often protected by Shen Quji Shen Qubing twitched on his body: "You unfamiliar animal! How dare you cooperate with outsiders to seize my family's property! You son of a bitch..."

Shen Xiren was about to burst into anger, so, Shen Quji gave his second brother another spanking.

When the old man's anger had almost subsided, Shen Quji dragged Shen Qubing and ran out of the Shen family's big study.

The big study of the Shen family is a small independent courtyard. The main room is owned by the owner, Shen Lian, and the side rooms belong to Shen Shusheng, Shen Quji, Shen Qubing and Shen Jie. After leaving Shen Quji's room, Shen Qubing turned around. , took his elder brother to his study.

After returning to Xinyixuan, the servant girl Xin'er said that the eldest young lady had gone to the eldest lady's yard. Shen Quji thought that the opportunity was just right, so he asked Shen Pan to take the plaster for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis given by Dr. Dong.

When Wei Changan came in through the curtain with auspicious Ruyi, Shen Quji was rubbing medicine on his arms with his sleeves rolled up high.

Shen Quji hurriedly cleaned up the things on the table, but still knocked over a porcelain vase in a hurry. The small round-bellied porcelain vase rolled a few times on the table, and when it was about to roll to the edge of the table, it was finally caught by a hand with distinct knuckles. Hastily stopped.

Wei Changan said "Excuse me" and turned around and ran out. Shen Quji looked at the blood spots and bruises on his arm, and finally frowned unhappily—tsk, why did Wei Changan bump into these? Ugly and unbearable?Does God love to tease Shen Quji so much?

——Where is Shen Pan?Where did Shen Pan go?Why didn't Wei Chang'an report aloud when he came back? !

Shen Pan, who was sitting in the toilet, suddenly felt flustered, and his right eyelid kept twitching. Could something bad happen?

Shen Pan clasped his hands together, Amitabha, Chinese New Year is coming, please don't let anything happen, Amitabha...

The author has something to say: Probably some sweetness that Shen Quji and Wei Changan couldn't get, so it melted on Shen Lian and Fu Que

The elders are always more romantic than us

No.: Concession (6)

Yu Nian's words from that day were still in his ears, but what Wei Changan saw from Shen Quji was indifference and alienation, even if she hadn't taken the initiative to talk to Shen every time, that person would have always been silent and evasive towards her.

Wei Changan never dared to forget what Shen Quji said when they first got married. She originally wanted to hide her thoughts and stop the hopeless struggle, but Yu Nian slipped out of those words.

Wei Chang'an's reluctance was easily ignited again, she wanted to try again, put on the bet of her lonely life, and try again.

——Or maybe, she doesn't admire Shen as much as she thinks, is she just not reconciled?After all, the surname Shen broke into her heart since she was a child. Although he may not remember anything, the person who was in the heart when he was young is the most difficult to forget...

Ugh!

But what did such persistence gain?

She thought it was her best friend's dream come true, and she married that man happily in a fiery red wedding dress, but that man didn't even want to talk to her.

At the ancestor's funeral, she obeyed her mother-in-law's arrangement and staged a hijacking, but in the end she only got the man's words "a woman is like a garment".

She thought that the man was so indifferent by nature, but he was always silently treating her well——

He couldn't accompany her back to her mother's house, so he left Shen Pan and Xin'er by his side to her to save her face.

He was afraid that she would not be able to hold her head up in her natal family in the future, so he forcibly avoided a tea road from the Shen family's business and gave it to the Wei family to help the Wei family expand their tea business to the northwest.

However, just when she, Wei Changan, thought that the surname Shen still cared about her, that person rejected her, turned around and went off to have a good time with a prostitute.

Wei Changan thought to himself——Sure enough, all the men in the world are indifferent, even the one with the surname Shen...

Wei Changan was really torn—every time that man let her down, in turn he could sincerely give her hope again.

Wei Changan was a little tired. She wanted to retract herself into a safe shell, but she couldn't resist the slightest temptation from that man. Even the casual approach of that man could make her throw away her armor and flee.

Wei Chang'an hated herself to death, but she found out horribly that the person surnamed Shen just liked to keep things and words in her stomach, whether it was sorrow or joy, this person could keep everything to herself In the stomach, there is no word to the outside world.

That person just has the ability to make people feel distressed easily.

/ / /

Today the housekeeper ordered another heater to be installed in the house. He said that it was cold in March and September, and the Eldest Young Master ordered to add more heaters to each room, but Wei Changan felt that Shen Quji knew that she was afraid of the cold and specially installed a heater for her. , but he was afraid that she would know, so he ordered all the rooms to be filled.

Wei Changan wanted to have a chat with Shen Quji, but she didn't see Shen Quji all day, and also at night, Wei Changan waited until he fell asleep, and then the surname Shen came back slowly.

"Why did you come back so late? Have you had dinner? Are you hungry?" Wei Changan crawled out of the quilt and asked these words without any scruples in a daze.

Shen Quji, who had just bathed in the clean room, picked up a charcoal fork to gently pick off the layer of charcoal ash covered in the charcoal basin, then sat by the side of the charcoal basin, and slowly roasted the damp and cold air on his body that had not had time to dissipate. gas.

After a while, the man finally opened his mouth, and his deep and warm voice sounded sultry in the silent winter night: "The last batch of wine came out of the pot today, and Linlang Pavilion also received a few big orders from the government. I was a little too busy, so I came back late..."

Is it still warm in the house today?how are you feeling?still cold? ——There are a few simple everyday words in the back, Shen Quji couldn't ask a single word after all.

"...you go to sleep first, me, I'll go to sleep after warming up to the fire." Shen Quji poked the burning charcoal fire with a charcoal fork, and said with a muffled head.

"I'm waiting for you," Wei Changan put on his coat and got up. She took out the wine that was warm on the stove, and took two wine glasses to sit down in front of Shen Quji: "I've thought about it for a long time, although It will take you some time, but I still want to say something to you."

Shen Quji stretched out his hand subconsciously, and pulled Wei Changan's coat that was draped over his shoulders towards her again, trying his best to suppress some kind of cheers in his dark eyes: "Speak, I'll listen."

Wei Changan poured half a glass of wine and handed it to Shen Quji. He also took a sip of the warm rice wine, and then he mustered up the courage to say, "When are you going to give me a divorce letter?"

When the voice fell, the interrogator's fingertips trembled, and his heart seemed to be hit hard by some heavy object, and the pain was dull.The person being asked looked down, and the fingertips of the fingers holding the wine glass turned white.

I don't know if it was cold in the room or because of the cold wind blowing after coming out of the shower, Shen Quji felt his whole body go numb for a moment, as if the blood in his whole body was frozen.

She looked down at the wine in the wine glass that was rippling and dizzy because of her trembling, and it took a long time to find her voice, which was low and seemed to hide some kind of unspeakable pain: "You haven't committed any crimes since you married the Shen family. The fault of the next seven is that I am sorry for you first, Da Chao has no wife and divorced her husband...so let's make peace, make peace..."

"Heli?" The woman poured herself a glass of wine, her fair cheeks became pink because of drinking, and those smiling words pierced Shen Quji's heart like an awl: "Heli is good!" Ah, in the future you will marry me and marry again, each has nothing to do with you, Shen Quji is still your thoughtfulness."

Jue Ran's words were spoken easily, and Wei Chang'an suddenly poured himself a glass of wine, but he coughed so much that his eyes were red from choking.

Shen Quji reached out to help her pat her back, but was pushed away by the tearful person: "Don't touch me again, Shen Quji...don't get close to me anymore, don't..."

It was only three glasses of wine, Wei Changan was drunk.

It's good to be drunk. When you are drunk, you can ask what you want to ask but have been afraid to ask.

"...You're drunk, Chang'an..." Shen Quji collected his emotions, took away the wine glass in Wei Chang'an's hand, and reached out to support the person who was about to stagger: "I'll help you to sleep."

Although Wei Changan drinks very little, she won't be really drunk after a few glasses of rice wine. Her consciousness is still clear, but she can't control her thoughts and behaviors.

She grabbed onto the man's shoulder with Shen Quji's arm, pulled Shen Quji so hard that she bent down and squatted beside her, and then, Wei Changan started her long and tossing road like a queen dowager .

"I'm not warming the bed, you put this in the quilt for me." The drunk who thought he was still awake pointed to the fiery red charcoal basin to make Shen Quji: "Hurry up, the bed warms me up." I can sleep now, hey, go..."

How can the charcoal basin be put in the quilt!really...

This idiot who drinks too little but still dares to drink himself!

Although Shen Quji was angry, she still spoke softly and was extremely patient. She stroked Wei Changan's waterfall-like blue hair and said in a low voice, "You can't put the charcoal basin in the quilt, it will leak water, get up, There is Tang Po in the quilt, so it won't be cold..."

Shen Quji half helped and half pulled Wei Changan up from the low stool, but the drunkard climbed onto Shen Quji with hands and feet like a monkey possessed, really climbed onto Shen Quji!

She hung her arms around Shen Quji's neck, her legs were wrapped around his waist, her head was tilted on his shoulder, and she whispered into his ear: "Shen Quji, I want to listen to you play the piano, play Lyre, do you know, the way you play the lyre in your robe...it's so pretty..."

Lyre, Qin Qixian, before Fuxi Dacheng.The first sage fell into the net of gossip, and the later soil was sad and never played again. How can lovesickness be entangled.

It's just that I haven't touched the lyre for many years.

Shen Quji sighed, and struggled to get the person who changed his surname after drinking to the monkey onto the bed, but Wei Changan, who was of the monkey nature, still held Shen Quji tightly. It also caused him to fall onto the bed.

"I'm going to be cold...don't go, just warm my hands..." As he said that, Wei Changan's two hands groped restlessly on Shen Quji's body.

After Shen Quji came in, he was going to sleep, and the tie of his robe was tied loosely, but Wei Changan pulled it away in two or three strokes.

Shen Quji abruptly broke away Wei Changan's hand, closed his clothes, and stuffed Wei Changan, the evil spirit, into the quilt without any explanation.

"Don't move around, sleep!" Shen Quji frowned, with a bad expression.

But Wei Changan, who was drunk, was capable of making Shen Quji angry.

Sure enough, Wei Changan didn't move, but she didn't sleep either, she just lay under the quilt, looking pitifully at Shen Quji with her watery eyes.

Shen Quji gritted her teeth, and didn't care about Wei Changan's robe that fell to the ground and the low stool that was kicked over just now. She even forgot to blow on the lamp, so she got into her quilt numbly, turned her back to Wei Chang'an, close your eyes and force yourself not to think about Wei Chang'an's appearance just now, don't want, don't want...

The impatient person was "chanting sutras" to himself with his eyes closed, when his back suddenly felt cold, and then a warm side came close to him, and Shen Quji clenched his back molars tightly——Wei Changan's death It actually got into her quilt!

... Forget it, she is really tired and confused, what is she fussing about with a drunk person?

Wei Changan made such a fuss, which diverted her mind, making her not bother to be too sad, and not to think too much about what Wei Changan said just now.

"Chang, Chang'an, be good, don't move around..." After all, Shen Quji couldn't be tough on Wei Chang'an.

She grabbed the hand that was sticking to her stomach under her underwear, turned over and put Wei Changan's hands in her hands, and put them on her chest through the underwear to warm her: "How is it, are you still cold? ?”

"Well, it's cold, my feet are cold!" Wei Changan was not polite, he said, and squeezed into Shen Quji's arms again.

Shen Quji covered her with the quilt, then tucked the corners of the quilt behind Wei Changan, and slightly curled up his legs under the quilt: "Where are your feet? Come here and kick my legs to warm you up." It's fine."

Wei Changan curled himself up like a lobster, his hands and feet were warmed, and then fell asleep humming.

Shen Quji has been busy for many days and is very tired every day. He basically sleeps with the pillow on his head at night, but now there is such an extra person under the quilt, which made Shen Quji feel sleepless for a while.

Wei Changan's hands and feet were not cold, but because of drinking, her body was a little hot, but for some reason she kept shouting that she was cold.

Wei Changan was too close to her, Shen Quji let herself touch Wei Changan lightly with her forehead, she thought, this guy always shouted cold, maybe it was really because he was afraid of cold, and it was all her own fault—— Shen Quji, she is afraid of the cold all night long, and will squeeze against you when she falls asleep, but you, Shen Quji, who are sleeping next to her, don't know anything about her coldness!

I owe Wei Changan too much.

She Shen Quji is not a fool, how could she not see the joy and admiration in Wei Changan's eyes when he looked at her?How could she not feel Wei Changan's heart that wanted to be close to her?

But what if you see it yourself?So what if you feel it?She can't respond to her, she can't respond at all, she can't give Wei Changan anything, and maybe even hurt Wei Changan!

She is not the mother Shen Lian, she does not have the courage to fear nothing, Aunt Fu Que is not afraid to accompany her mother to die, but she is not willing to implicate Wei Chang'an!

If it is known that she is not a man but likes a woman, both she and Wei Changan will be tied up in a bamboo cage and sink into the Wuchou River. She is not afraid, but she cannot let Wei Changan follow her into it.

Those who love vigorously, most of them like to say "love again in the next life" before they die. I have to be clean, I don’t remember anything, I don’t care about anything, so why talk about love again in the next life of bullshit!

All love and hatred, only the living can have it.

The pain and entanglement in Shen Quji's heart did not need Wei Changan at all.

She didn't understand why her mother wanted her to be the "Master of the Shen family", but the only time in the past 20 years that she thanked her mother for giving her the status of a man was when she found out that she fell in love with Wei Chang'an.

In Shen Quji's memory, the ancestor's 16th birthday was the first time she saw Wei Chang'an at the age of [-].

At that time, Wei Changan was only 14 years old. She was wearing a pink-blue dress with a small silver bell hanging around her waist, and her long hair hung down like a waterfall, like a dream.

She got up from the guest seat, chatted and laughed with her father and walked towards this side, her laughter accompanied by the crisp sound of the silver bell was very pleasant.

She came to Shen Quji's table with her hands behind her back, and smiled at Shen Quji in the early spring sunshine, her eyebrows and eyes curved like crescent moons: "I wonder if my little girl is lucky enough to invite Quji, who is famous for his piano skills in ten states along the river." Brother will play a song for me?"

For the first time, a little light gathered in Shen Quji's always calm black eyes, she nodded, and immediately ordered Shen Pan to put on her lyre.

The pink-clothed girl danced in shock, and congratulated the ancestor of the Shen family on Shoubi Nanshan.

He played the lyre to accompany the dance, and finally got her to smile brightly. Shen Quji felt that the thousands of ice and snow that had been frozen all winter had melted.

At that time, Wei Changan was the girl Shen Quji had seen who laughed the most, and she was also the girl with the prettiest smile. Her smile seemed to have a kind of magical power, which could pass through the heavy haze in Shen Quji's heart and shine directly on him. To the softest place in her heart, making people reluctant to part...

From then on, Shen Quji no longer played the piano, because she secretly swore that her lyre named "Long Lovesickness" would only be used to appease Chang from now on.

The author has something to say: In ancient mythology, Fuxi and Nuwa were a couple. After Fuxi fell into the gossip net and returned to chaos, Nuwa disappeared from the world. It was not until Gonggong overturned Buzhou Mountain and collapsed the sky that Nuwa came out. Mending the sky, after mending, it also became a feather, and fell into a houtu, so the houtu in the "emperor's houtu" in mythology generally refers to Nuwa. (ps: It has a different meaning from "Houtu" in Chinese class)

The middle section "lyre, lyre and seven strings" was made up by the author Jun.

If there is something wrong, please advise.

No.: Concession (7)

When I wake up from a sad dream.

After Wei Changan woke up, Shen Quji was no longer around. She turned over and stretched wearily, some words from last night floated in her mind incompletely.

She only remembered that Shen Quji told her to make peace, but as for what happened later, Wei Changan couldn't think of anything because he was too heavy or too drunk.

There is a kind of subconsciousness in people's minds to avoid. Since he couldn't figure out why, Wei Changan simply called Jixiang Ruyi to come in and wait on him. She didn't care about the headache after waking up. Help them persuade my sister-in-law for Yu Nian.

It turned out that she went by accident, and the servants in Shen Yunian's yard said that the eldest lady had an appointment with a friend and went out of the city early in the morning to enjoy the plum blossoms in the snow.

Wei Chang'an still clearly remembered the despair and pain in Shen Yunian's eyes when Shen Quji clearly told his sister that it was impossible for her to marry into the Feng family. God, after she came out again, she became like a normal person, eating and playing as much as she wanted every day, but she didn't talk to her brother anymore.

From this point of view, Shen Yunian's stubbornness is exactly the same as Shen Quji's stubbornness.

If you are not at home, then you are not at home, Wei Changan shook his head with a smile, how could Yu Nian get over it without a year or so?There is no rush.

In the end, Wei Changan turned around and brought Ruyi and Xin'er to the yard of her mother-in-law Shen Lian.

She didn't expect to meet her younger uncle Shen Jie who just came out of the main courtyard at the gate of her mother-in-law's courtyard.

"I've met my sister-in-law." Shen Jie bowed respectfully to her sister-in-law, not in a high mood.

There was a faint slump around his body, his shoulders were hunched, and his appearance was unkempt, he looked a bit like those gamblers who had spent days and nights in the casino but lost everything in the end.

Seeing Shen Jie in this state, Wei Changan didn't know what to say for a while, so he chose a neutral greeting to respond.

The sky that had been gloomy all of a sudden suddenly had a light snowfall, which fell in a hurry, like snowflakes or small ice particles, and it hurt people's faces and hands when they hit them.

Wei Changan was about to ask Ruyi to fetch an umbrella for Shen Jie who had no entourage, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Aunt Fuqu standing under the eaves of the main house and waving to her from a distance.

Wei Chang'an didn't say much at all, he slightly bowed to Shen Jie and hurried to Aunt Fuqu.

"...Chang'an, you came just in time. Jin Tian has been thinking about you all the time, and he wants me to go to Xinyixuan to find you!"

"Aunt Fuqu, luckily you didn't go to Xinyixuan, I just came here from Yu Nian..."

There was a faint conversation between Aunt Fuqu and sister-in-law Wei Chang'an from behind, Shen Jie clenched his fists, and the back view of leaving angrily showed a bit of aloofness and absoluteness.

When Wei Changan came in with Fu Que, the head of the house, Shen Lian, was sitting cross-legged on the blanket spread between Nuan Tiao and the round table, playing with Xiao Jin Tian.

Seeing Wei Changan coming in, Shen Lian raised his head, his complexion was much better than the previous few days: "Why did you come here so soon, did you meet on the road?"

Wei Changan bowed his knees to salute his mother-in-law, and Fu Que helped her arm to stop her: "Your mother doesn't like these red tapes, sit down quickly, it's cold, drink some hot tea to keep you warm first." Chang An poured a cup of hot tea.

"Thank you, aunt." Wei Changan took the teacup with both hands, and bowed slightly to Fu Que.

Xiao Jintian got up from the ground, holding a pony-shaped puppet in her hand, and threw herself in front of Wei Changan with a pair of short legs. She tiptoed and pointed to the table, speaking more clearly than a few days ago Some: "Sister-in-law seven (eat) cakes, give sister-in-law seven (eat)..."

Fu Que pushed a few plates of newly made pastries on the table towards Wei Chang'an, and smiled slightly: "Xiao Jintian is a villain, but I know who loves her the most—Chang'an, try it too, I just made it this morning."

Wei Changan picked up Jintian, squeezed a piece of purple snack to taste, Shen Lian got up from the ground and turned to sit on the warm table beside him, holding a teacup to drink tea, but when the tea was about to drink, he looked up at Wei Changan: " What about Quji? Today is the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, what about others?"

Wei Changan quickly put down the snack in his hand: "He went out early in the morning."

Shen Lian: "Go out? It's twenty today, and all the shops are resting. He's not at home to accompany you. Where did he run like crazy?"

"Oh, you are sick and confused!" Fu Que smiled and carried the teapot over to add hot tea to Shen Lian: "You also said that today is the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month. In previous years, on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, you said you brought What's it like to be busy? You forgot but I didn't forget—you were so busy that you only had one meal in one day!"

Shen Lian suddenly realized, that's right, today is twenty, and it's already passed the middle of the twelfth lunar month—tsk, life flies so fast!

This year's twelfth lunar month is different from previous years - the Patriarch of the Shen family said he was sick and retired behind the scenes, leaving all business matters to his eldest son, Shen Quji.

Shen Lian is still not used to it, she is worried, worried that Quji's indecisive and conservative personality will make him unable to cope with various unexpected situations in business, she is even more worried - Quji pays too much attention to the so-called Dear child, will you not be ruthless to deal with some things? ——If he can't be cruel by that time, then she, Shen Lian, will have to be the big villain.

……

The housekeeper, Shen Fu, came to meet the Patriarch in person when he was too busy to do anything, and he presented a letter from the Chu family in the capital, which stated that Shen Lian, the Patriarch of the Shen family, should personally sign it.

When Shen Lian was reading the letter, Wei Chang'an found that Aunt Fuqu, who always had a smile on her face, looked a little unhappy. The expression seemed worried, anxious, and she knew that she was about to lose something important. relieved?

After reading it, Shen Lian turned back and threw the letter together with the envelope into the fiery red charcoal basin at the side. A wisp of black smoke burst out from the letter paper, and it ignited instantly. The flame burst out suddenly, smelling like smoke Spread out slowly around the house.

"The old master of the Chu family is about to split up, and he wants me to allow Qu Ji to go to the capital." The corner of Shen Lian's slightly cold mouth curled up a touch of sarcasm very quickly: "It seems that he wants to take what Qu Ji has in his hand." Also belong to their Chu family, so that they can be divided among his sons and grandchildren!"

"...Don't, don't be angry!" Fu Que heaved a sigh of relief, looking at Shen Lian's eyes became more and more soft: "Qu Ji has grown up, and he is already a family member, you have to believe Him, he'll take care of it."

Shen Lian's beautiful crescent eyebrows raised, and Shen Run's voice suddenly raised a tune: "How dare you count on him?!"

At this moment, people who dare not be counted on by Shen Lian are in the Zhaixing Building, the largest restaurant in Hezhou City, having dinner parties one after another.

Bearing the tiresome title of "the eldest grandson of Shen Xiren, the wine handleman" in Hezhou City, the youngest Shen Quji is undoubtedly the target of everyone's drinking no matter which dinner table he is at.

The last dinner party was with those old men who held positions in the chamber of commerce. This group of people who can run horses and carts are the most good at persuading people to drink. They didn't eat a few bites of the good dishes, and they sank after a few laps of wine. Qu Ji couldn't hold his wine glass in a daze.

Shen Pan was standing outside the door, he came in at the right time, and helped his young master back who was drunk on the table.

When Shen Pan sent Shen Quji back to the Shen family, the sun had just passed in the western sky, and Wei Changan had just had dinner in the main courtyard of the Shen family.

Hearing that Shen Quji was poured down on the wine table, Shen Lian immediately said to Fu Que with a dumbfounding expression: "Look, am I right?"

Fu Que ignored Shen Lian, but told Wei Changan to return to Xinyixuan quickly, and then she cooked the wine soup herself, and sent someone over to deliver it.

New Yixuan——

After being helped back by Shen Pan, Shen Quji lay sprawled on the bed with his dead body stretched out. It wasn't until Wei Changan hurried back that a certain drunk man who couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north, and south, murmured for a drink of water.

Shen Pan, who was waiting at the side, poured warm water and handed it to Wei Chang'an wittily. Seeing his young master drinking water from his grandma's hand, Shen Pan felt extremely relieved. He also doesn't like others to touch him. Now that the eldest young master is willing to let the eldest young mistress serve him, this is really something to be happy about...

No one knew what Shen Pan was thinking of, anyway, when he sneaked out of the room with a snickering smile, he took Xin'er, who brought the hangover soup, away with him.

Seeing that Shen Pan had gone out, Shen Quji closed her eyes and pushed away the water glass near her mouth, and fell back on the bed again in a daze. As a result, she fell violently, the back of her head was shaken by the pillow, and her mind was suddenly overwhelmed. Dizzy and nauseous, a dull and uncomfortable moan/groan came out of the man's throat.

Wei Changan couldn't hear Shen's discomfort, so she decisively picked up the hangover soup that Xin'er sent, and gulped Shen Qujiji a few mouthfuls without saying a word.

After being forcibly fed a few mouthfuls of unpalatable hangover soup, Shen Quji pushed Wei Changan's hand holding the spoon away in pain, his eyes closed, and his eyebrows frowned: "No, I don't want to drink this, it's too uncomfortable. ..."

"Do you still know it's uncomfortable?" Wei Changan twisted a hot cloth towel and put it on Shen Quji's forehead, finally couldn't bear to see him in such pain, turned around and sat on the bedside to rub the acupuncture points on his head, his tone slightly annoyed : "It's hard to drink like this? The family is brewing wine and you're not tired of drinking it. Don't you know that you can't eat too much wine?"

The corners of Shen Quji's mouth curled up into a wry smile—don't drink?Don't drink enough to pretend to be drunk, Chang'an, where do you want me to find the courage to come back to you?

Naturally, Wei Changan would not let Wei Changan know about these thoughts. The strength of rubbing and pressing her head was just right. She moved her body and found a comfortable position to lie down. He raised his hand and held Wei Changan's hand.

Wei Chang'an's hand was a little cold, Shen Quji held it in his hand to warm it up, and explained with his eyes closed: "Today is the last social gathering before the market closes for the New Year's Day. If I don't get drunk for a while, those fat-headed people in the chamber of commerce will The old guys won't let me back easily... I didn't mean to get drunk, you, don't be angry, Taohua..."

With that said, Shen Quji squeezed Wei Changan's palm gently.

Shen Quji couldn't avoid Wei Changan, so why did Wei Changan refuse to get Shen Quji - Shen Quji's inadvertently showing her a little bit of warmth could make Wei Changan... crazy about it - as if A moth that has already understood its own destiny, knowing that it will lose its life, still pounces on the jumping fire cluster.

For some reason, Shen Quji's inadvertent "peach blossom" made Wei Chang'an's nose sore, his eye sockets swelled up, and his voice sounded like weeping.

Wei Changan's heart was flooded with the matter of reconciliation and separation that was said last night. She was so wronged that she pushed Shen Quji away and pushed the man away from her side: "Shen, what are you explaining to me? Suffering and death have nothing to do with me, so I am not angry..."

Shen Quji turned over and got up, knelt down in front of Wei Changan with his back straight, raised his hand and gently pinched her nose, the thing that had been suppressed in his deep black eyes was revealed inadvertently, and his voice was soft: "...not angry, huh? Look, you are all crying, and you still say you are not angry?"

Wei Changan turned his head away from Shen Quji's hand - she was still a little sober - the surname Shen likes to tease people when he's drunk, he doesn't mean it, and she can't take it seriously!

"If you feel uncomfortable, go to bed quickly, I'll go out first." Wei Changan got up to leave, but Shen Qujiu quickly grabbed his wrist.

Wei Chang'an: "Drunken again, let me go... Shen Quji! Let go!"

Shen Quji was stunned for a moment, the smile on the corner of her mouth gradually disappeared, and she finally let go of that soft and boneless wrist, the pain in her eyes was so heavy that drunkenness could not hide it - that's right, last night she just I said that I asked her not to touch her again, yes, yes, don't touch her again...

"Holding, I'm sorry... I offended..." Shen Quji lowered his head, like a shadow puppet whose support was taken away, his straight back slumped all of a sudden.

After a moment of silence, Shen Quji climbed off the bed unsteadily. After staggering a bit, she hastily grabbed the robe next to her and put it on her body indiscriminately, rarely in a panic: "I'm going to the study to rest. Alright, don't bother you..."

Those sudden approach and intentional contact are enough for Shen Quji to remember the rest of her life, she can't force anything, can't...

Shen Quji left the room with messy steps, Wei Changan stood where he was, and the words that Yu Nian said to her that day echoed over and over in his ears——

"Don't you know? That heartless Shen Jinnian has secretly admired you for many years, um... it seems to have started since he was 16."

"He still hides it from others. If I hadn't accidentally seen the preface he wrote for his own piano score "Chang'an Si", I would still think that he was comparing the capital Chang'an City to Beauty, I am so envious..."

The author has something to say: These two people, you are drunk and I am drunk, neither of them is sober.Maybe it's because we can't face each other soberly, or we will torture each other too much,

Sweet candy?Uh, the author Jun Jing is thinking about how to abuse Shen Quji...

Shen Quji (eyelids half-closed): Author, I have clearly never offended you

Wei Changan (blinking big eyes): But you offended me

Shen Quji helped his forehead, in life, the last person to offend is his wife.

No.: Ranging (1)

Shen Quji has always had a certain amount of drinking, but now that he thinks about it, the only three times he ate too much alcohol in the past six months were all related to Wei Changan.

In fact, she has a lot of alcohol, the reason why she pretends to be drunk is just to take the opportunity to get close to Wei Chang'an - Shen Quji secretly scolded himself, in order to get in touch with her more, he didn't even have such a shameful filth Everything is done.

The sage books are all in vain!

Shen Quji has always been self-controlled, and has never done anything that would damage the image of a gentleman——when she thought about it, the word "beautiful beauty is a disaster" popped into her mind.

The husband who taught her in the past once said that the words "beautiful beauty and troublesome water" are the most incompetent excuses for men-they have spoiled the political game and can't clean up the mess, so they easily throw the eternal crimes to It's ridiculous, shameful, sad, and deplorable for a woman to bear the burden.

Hmph, peach blossoms are not the bane of beauty, Shen Quji let out a long sigh, walking around the big study impetuously with all the boredom and bitterness.

This is already the fifth day that she has no bed and can't sleep. I was really possessed by a ghost on the night of the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, so I said the word "heli" to Wei Chang'an!

But after thinking about it again, people are inherently greedy. Even if she knows the future ending, she still can't help but want to get close to Wei Changan—to get close to her, to get close to her, to listen to her talk, to see her smile, to be with her. , to share everything—clumsy yet enthusiastic, having nothing yet wanting to give everything away.

The housekeeper, Shen Fu, knocked on the study door: "Eldest young master, the eldest young lady's natal family has come."

Shen Quji: "Who is it?"

Butler: "The second master of the Wei family." Wei Jinghao.

Wei Chang'an originally took Shen Jintian to play in Shen Yunian's room. Shen Yunian's yard was far away from the front hall of Shen's house. Therefore, when she received the news and rushed to the front hall from Yu Nian, her second brother was going to have a drink with Shen Yunian. Tea and small talk.

"Peach Blossom, come here." Wei Jinghao stood up from his chair, and waved to the person who had just entered the door: "Why are you so thin? Your chin is like an awl!"

Wei Changan came to the second brother, bent his crescent-like eyes, called the second brother affectionately, and then pouted his lips and said, "Why did it take so long to see me? I thought you didn't want me..."

"Stupid Peach Blossom," Wei Jinghao was pulled by his sister to sit down, with a light smile and soft words: "Thanks to your husband-in-law, our family has access to the tea road to the northwest. It's just been a little busy for the past six months. Why don't you want it?" What about you? Besides, even if we don't want you anymore, don't you still have a husband who loves you..."

Wei Changan's crooked eyes filled with indescribable emotions, she narrowed her eyebrows, and pushed the hot tea at her side towards her second brother: "I'm just talking, second brother, it's freezing outside, you Drink some hot tea to keep you warm...By the way, are you from home? How are your parents doing recently?"

Wei Jinghao took a sip from his teacup, rolled his dark brown eyeballs, and then said, "I just came back from Yecheng, and I haven't had time to see my parents, so I passed by your house and came in to see you... By the way, The second brother brought you something."

As Wei Jinghao spoke, he tapped the pile of presents under the door with his chin: "Mr. Fusheng's new storybook, the embroidery thread spun by Miss Ye's family in Fengshan Town, and a few boxes of Qingfenglou snacks..."

Wei Jinghao probably mentioned the pile of gifts, Wei Changan was very happy, at least it seemed so.

Shen Quji, who was sitting quietly beside her, silently reduced her sense of existence to the minimum. The talkative and laughing person in front of her is the real Wei Changan, the one who has always been restrained and suppressed in front of her, The one who is careful is not her...

Wei Jinghao looked like a rough guy on the surface, but in fact he was the most thoughtful of the five brothers. There was something wrong between his sister and brother-in-law. He could tell when his sister came in, but he couldn't say anything.

Wei Jinghao didn't sit at Shen's house for long, but it was only two cups of tea, and he left in a hurry.

Sending away the second master of the Wei family, Shen Quji just wanted to say to send Wei Changan back, but the housekeeper hurriedly looked for him with his clothes on - approaching the end of the year, there are too many things that Shen Quji needs to personally review and take care of up.

……

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Quji, who had stayed up all night, finally delivered a beautiful ledger to his mother, Shen Lian.

In Mrs. Shen's room:

Shen Lian sat behind the stove, held the ledger and flipped through it briefly. She didn't know what she saw, so she frowned slightly, and then said calmly, "1 taels I'll find 6000 taels for you, what about the remaining 4000 taels, don't you want it?"

"Feng family's cousin from Bancheng wrote a letter." Shen Quji sat sideways at a small table on one side, half-lidded his eyelids, covering all the red blood in his eyes, and said irrelevantly: "He said that Qingcheng will still be there this year for the New Year's Eve." She will come to Wufo Temple to chant sutras for her eldest brother, and she will also pay homage to my father by the way."

The Feng family used to have two sons and one daughter. Feng Bancheng also had an elder brother. Five years ago, when he was running a business and passed by the border of Hezhou, he caught the epidemic and went to Wufo Temple. Therefore, Feng Qingcheng has come to Wufo Temple every year for his parents to chant scriptures and burn incense for the past five years. It can also be regarded as repaying the kindness of the monks of the Five Buddhas Temple for saving the Feng family.

Shen Lian didn't say anything else, but she had her own considerations in her heart. After a moment of silence, she asked her son, "Did you pay back the 500 taels that Shen Youtu owed?"

Shen Quji: "Not yet, that day I saw his wife, Mrs. Yang, who took the initiative to tell me about the 500 taels, saying that Shen Youtu had already prepared the money, and asked me to go to his accountant by myself. Take it up."

"Fart! It's fucking bullshit!" Shen Lian handed the ledger to his father Shen Xiren who couldn't understand the ledger but still liked to join in the fun. His brows that had just been relieved for a long time finally frowned again: "He owes us money but instead Showing the grandpa's genealogy-you, the creditor, come to the door to withdraw money? It seems that they have lived too comfortably for a while..."

My mother has been a businessman for half her life, and has dealt with a bunch of old men for decades. When she gets angry, it’s nothing to swear a few dirty words. Aunt Yang said a word of peace.

When Shen Youtu was mentioned, Shen Lian asked again: "I heard that Shen Youtu's mother has a leg problem again, and she hasn't recovered after a month, what's the matter?"

As soon as this question was uttered, even Shen Xiren, who was sitting on the warm floor and looked down at the account book, looked up at his precious grandson: "Yes, last time I heard from the old Zhaotou in the back street that the hall master of Jishi Hall in the East Street They are all invited to the house, and it seems that the Chinese New Year is almost here, have you recovered from your illness yet?"

"Not yet." Shen Quji's eyes slantedly fell on a maid beside him, and his voice was a little hoarse: "I had a drink with Shen Jiayao a few days ago, and he told me that his grandmother is still working all day long. Yedi's leg hurts, Shen Jiayao also said that the voice of his grandmother crying for father and mother can be heard clearly in his yard all day long."

Shen Xiren opened her big eyes, gloating: "Yo, it seems that this year's New Year's Eve that thief woman won't be able to eat meat, haha!"

Shen Lian glanced at his father, turned around and said to Shen Quji: "In the afternoon, you go to the storeroom to get two good ginseng, and add some other things, make up five pieces, and I will go to Dongjie for you before my young year." When Mrs. Cai sent it, she said it was for a visit, don’t say anything else, if she asks who you are visiting, you don’t answer.”

Shen Quji's Aunt Cai is actually Shen Dongren's eldest daughter-in-law and Shen Li's wife. In the last few years of the ancestor, Shen Cai often served at the sick bed.

Shen Quji bowed his hand to agree with his mother's words - it turned out that these affections were all kept in his mother's heart, and also, between people, no one will accept favors from others for nothing, and they will have to pay back in the end.

"If you visit, just visit. What do you want to send the old ginseng?" Shen Xiren put on a straight face and said to his grandson with an air: "It's enough to pick up two bottles of wine from the warehouse. Don't send good things to Dongjie. Wolf-hearted things won't think well of us."

Shen Quji didn't dare to respond, so he could only turn his head to look at his mother, Shen Lian.

Shen Lian put the half-peeled melon seeds in the hands of his father Shen Xiren, and said to his father: "After my grandmother's funeral, our family will completely break the relationship with Dongjie, but they can put things in order. Don't do it, but our family can't be ruthless, father, the Shen family on the East Street is not as good as the Shen family on the West Street, there are countless people watching our family's every move, if you don't pay attention, you will be in trouble."

Shen Quji, who had stayed up all night, was too sleepy. After hearing what her mother said, she hummed and said, "You two don't argue, Luo Shi might not be able to see the sun tomorrow morning..."

Shen Quji never knew that he had the ability to make a prophecy come true—when the news of Shen Luoshi's suicide came, the entire Shen family was having dinner in Mrs. Shen's room.

"This time, really, really dead?" Shen Yunian asked the butler Shen Fu again in disbelief: "Isn't it another martial arts show?"

Shen Luoshi, the scene of crying, making trouble, and hanging himself three times a year is staged ten times a year, and every time he is about to die, but every time he is still alive and well. Dare to believe it easily.

The housekeeper, Shen Fu, cupped his hands: "Back to the eldest lady, I have confirmed that even the ever-burning lights on the East Street have been hung up."

Shen Yunian was sitting on Fu Que's left. She tilted her head to the left, passed her sister-in-law and Shen Quji, and looked directly at her second brother Shen Qubing: "This is all over? Has the old man opened his mind?"

Shen Qubing lowered his head slightly, looked at his elder sister Shen Yunian, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, he looked sarcastic and proud: "I guess it's too painful..." Stealing the chicken was nothing but losing 3 taels Ah, of course Luo Che, who is picking his ass and fingering his fingers, can't think about it, ha ha.

Shen Jie on the side also laughed, Luo Shi wanted to be like his aunt, but Luo Shi didn't have the magnanimity and vision of the aunt Shen Lian, but she was wilder than the aunt's heart, she deserved to hang herself!

Shen Xiren raised his eyebrows, raised his head and drank a cup of wine.

At this time, Shen Lian, who had been eating quietly, slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand. When the chopsticks touched the chopsticks pillow, there was a crisp "click" sound. The little smart ghost Shen Jintian sat motionless.

Shen Lian wiped his mouth, put the hand under the dining table and patted Fu Que's hand comfortingly, she gave Shen Fu a look, let the nanny take Xiao Jintian away, and waved away the servants in the room , and then he opened his mouth unhurriedly.

She said, "Qubing, Jie'er, how much money did you two let people float? How much money did you throw in yourself?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present except for Shen Lian and Fu Que looked puzzled. Soon, Shen Quji, who had been silent all this time, exuded an incomparably cold aura. Terrified.

Shen Qubing pulled Shen Jie to stand up, and knelt down for the aunt and elder brother.

Seeing this scene, Wei Changan, who was sitting on the right side of Shen Quji, was stunned, his left hand twitched subconsciously, but fortunately he was held down by the people around him.

"Auntie, brother... I was wrong!" Shen Qubing knocked his head on the ground, and said in a big way: "I floated 3 taels of that person, but the 1 taels I threw out were taken away by Feng Bancheng. I got away with 4000 taels, auntie, brother, don’t worry, I will definitely give the 4000 taels to..."

"Bang" - a muffled sound cut off Shen Qubing's words. It was Shen Quji who slapped the dining table with one hand. The mahogany dining table covered with gorgeous tablecloth made a dull sound, which made Shen Jie tremble in fright.

Shen Quji became anxious, and the words that should have been full of anger calmed down when he spoke.

She said: "For a moment's pleasure, the 3 taels I earned so hard were wasted, and in the end, people took their lives. The two of you said that in the future, the two of you will live comfortably without guilt." , or live with a conscience? No matter which way you live, this is unbearable, and once you carry it on hastily, it will be a lifetime of embarrassment, have you thought about it clearly?"

"Brother! I was wrong..." Shen Jie suddenly fell to the ground and began to cry. The sound of crying came from the space between his body and the ground, which made people's heart feel dull.

On the early morning of the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the aunt brought him to the main courtyard. The aunt's morality was too profound, and she summed up everything he knew in a few sentences. In the end, the aunt also said something to him, It coincided with the elder brother's words, but Shen Luoshi hadn't hanged himself at that time.

Now Shen Jie finally knew what it was to be afraid.

"Why are you crying!" Shen Qubing, who was kneeling on the ground, slapped Shen Jie to the ground with a stern voice, turned his head up, and looked proudly at the aunt and elder brother: "Let's not talk about whether that person died because of it or not. Yes, even if it is, that is her retribution!"

Shen Qubing's words seemed to have torn a hole in some secret, and everyone present, except Wei Chang'an who knew nothing about the past of the Shen family, all looked gloomy.

Shen Qubing's fist hanging by his side was clenched tightly. He tried his best to suppress his anger, and his voice became hoarse: "12 years ago, if it wasn't for that person's frame, how could eldest brother's biological father die in an accident?! Eight years ago If that person hadn't come to our house to make a big fuss, how could Aunt Fu Que have a miscarriage?! This summer, if it wasn't for the fact that the person tied up my sister-in-law because of that person's vain attempt to obtain our family's things, how could the relationship between the elder brother and the elder sister-in-law come to this point? step?!"

After finishing speaking, Shen Qubing smiled softly: "A person's life is too short, so short that reincarnation is too late for retribution, whether you do evil or do good, anyway, it's 'building bridges and paving roads, killing people and setting fires', karmic reincarnation I'm not afraid when I come here, if she takes one life for two lives of my Shen family, she won't lose..."

"Shut up!" Shen Lian finally stood up, his hands propped on the edge of the table trembling uncontrollably, he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Fu Que tried her best not to let her eyes turn red. Shen Yunian had long been dumbfounded by what his second brother said. Wei Changan didn't know what was going on, so he just sat still—she didn't understand, and she and Shen went to rush away. What is the relationship between this step and what Ershu Qubing said?

There was a sudden silence in the room. Old Mr. Shen suddenly held the wine cup and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Qubing, the things you said are all about our Shen family's family affairs. What does it have to do with you?"

Shen Qubing suddenly raised his head, and looked at old Mrs. Shen frankly with burning eyes. He moved the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't say a word.

The author has something to say: It was introduced at the beginning that Shen Jiayao is the only son of Shen Youtu.

Shen Li and Shen Youtu are the two sons of Shen Dongren.

No.: Ranging (2)

The boy was taken to Shen's house in the winter when he was nine years old. The day he stepped into Shen's house, it was snowing heavily, and the snow was knee-deep.

Under the leadership of the housekeeper Shen Fu, this boy in a winter jacket that was shortened tremblingly walked into the front hall of Shen's house, which was as warm as spring.

There were many adults sitting in the room, the boy raised his eyes very quickly, then lowered his head very quickly, he didn't see anyone in the room at all—he was too scared.

"Children, look up and let me see." A man's voice came from directly in front of the room. It was low and deep. It wouldn't make people feel scared, but it wouldn't make people feel not afraid either.

Keeping in mind the word "obedient" that his mother told him, the boy quickly raised his head towards the source of the sound directly in front of the room. He vaguely saw a Weng Weng, then he lowered his head and continued to stare at himself for a moment. His feet—the soles of his shoes were stained with snow, and now they turned into a puddle of muddy water, staining the especially clean ground under their feet.

"Isn't his father a pig killer? Why is he so timid? He doesn't even dare to lift his head!" The boy heard the Weng Weng say this.

"It's too cold, maybe it's frozen!" The boy heard a woman say softly, "Mother Shen Pan, quickly pour a bowl of hot goat's milk for the child."

It was the first time in the boy's life that he drank goat's milk. The goat's milk was hot and had a strange smell, but it was extremely sweet and tasted better than anything he had ever drunk—but he was too hungry to drink it. The corner of the mouth overflowed and flowed to the chin. The boy put his palms together on the chin, and reluctantly licked the palms covered with goat milk.

In fact, he didn't like to do this, but he had to lick the porridge like this before when he drank porridge, otherwise he would be beaten by his father, and his mother told him not to let him waste things.

Weng Weng in the house said: "Okay, I've seen it, let the servants take it down and wash it, and come back after cleaning it."

The boy was about to be taken away by the housekeeper next to him, when the heavy cotton curtain behind him was suddenly lifted, and two very good-looking children in nice clothes ran in from outside, and one of them was wearing a bright red The girl in the beautiful padded jacket ran in yelling "Where is my brother?"

An adult in the room gave a low laugh. Her voice was nice, but it frightened the boy. She said, "Yu Nian, with your two big eyes, just look forward. My brother is behind you." Woolen cloth."

The little fairy-like girl named Yu Nian turned her head - she saw the brother she was looking for - he was thin and small, wearing a little padded jacket that Yu Nian hadn't seen and chubby cotton pants like lanterns, the brother stood with his head down There, it looks very intimidating.

Xiao Yu Nian took two steps towards the boy, and the stench from the boy made her subconsciously cover her mouth and nose.

"Aunt Fuqu, aunt, my brother smells so bad." Ten-year-old Xiao Yu Nian said carelessly.

The boy lowered his head even more. He always knew that he was carrying the stench of slaughter that could not be washed off, but when this matter was told by this pretty young lady, the boy felt extremely uncomfortable until later. It took a long time for the boy to know that that kind of discomfort is called inferiority complex.

At this time, another child who came in with the little sister came gently to the boy, and he reached out to hold the boy's hand, and said softly, "You are the younger brother, I am Jin...I am Quji elder brother."

The boy couldn't help stealing glances at the taller boy in front of him - Brother Quji was very good-looking, and Brother Quji's hands were warm and clean.

Ten-year-old Shen Quji held the boy's sticky hand that had just been wiped with goat milk, tilted his head, squinted his eyes, and smiled softly.

The boy was afraid of getting Qu Ji's brother's hand dirty, so he struggled hard to grab the hand held by Qu Ji's brother, but he didn't break away.

The boy finally moved his lips that were cracked by the strong wind, and said coyly: "...My name is Li Datou."

At this time, the Weng Weng in the house said: "Since you have entered the door of my Shen's house, you must never call Li Datou again... The eldest son has just changed it to 'Quji', and this boy follows our surname Shen. Then call it 'Qubing', Shen Lian, do you think it will work?"

The Patriarch of the Shen family, who had been silent all this time, finally slowly raised his eyelids, and said, "But it's up to father to make the decision."

Shen Xiren twirled his beard and nodded, "Okay, let's do it like this, go and sick my grandson, you and your Uncle Fu will take the sick brother to take a bath, change into clean and warm clothes, and then come back with Weng Weng Have a meal."

Hearing this, Li Datou... No, Qu Bing slowly raised his head, and looked at Qu Ji's brother timidly.

I saw Brother Quji bent his big eyes, bowed his hands to Weng Weng politely, and then Brother Quji pulled him out of the house, and Brother Quji said, "Brother, I will take you to take a bath. There is a big pool, it is comfortable to soak in it in winter!"

Before Qu Bing could answer, Yu Nian's sister's voice came from behind her, saying, "Shen Jinnian, wait for me! I want to sit in hot soup with you!"

Qu Bing heard many women behind him shouting "Miss, you can't go", Qu Ji brother pulled him and ran away, without looking back, shouting: "You can't sit with men in hot soup, together you are a female hooligan , Shen Yunian, you are a female hooligan hahahaha..."

Qu Bing couldn't bear to turn back, but saw Yu Nian's sister running after them, crying loudly: "I'm not a female hooligan, Shen Jinnian, give me back my brother..."

……

This was the first memory of Shen Qubing in the Shen family, but when the old man asked him what the matter of the Shen family had to do with him, he really couldn't answer anything.

Shen Qubing stared straight at Old Man Shen for a long time, until Old Man Shen guiltily turned his face away, Shen Qubing relaxed his whole body, and knelt down on his heels.

He lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "The Shen family's kindness in food, clothing and upbringing will naturally be repaid to Qu Bing. Qu Bing is not as smart as elder brother, so I have to make a bad plan and use my own mind to kill people, pay their lives and pay back debts. I ask my heart." No shame, if he is to blame in the future, he will not hurt the Shen family at all..."

"Fart!" Shen Quji, who was in a hurry, still couldn't open his mouth to curse like his mother, and after holding it in for a long time, he could only curse out the word "fart".

After the mother asked a few words, she kept silent, obviously throwing all this to herself, Shen Quji didn't dare to think about the result, but was so angry that her eyes were red.

She stared at her younger brother with a hoarse voice: "Shen Qubing! Is what you're talking about human!"

Shen Qubing took a deep breath, as if he wanted to refute something, but in the end he pursed his lips and lowered his head without saying a word.

Both Shen Yunian and Wei Changan, who were poking and poking silently, were really surprised—hey, it turns out that Shen Quji, a gentle and gentle gentleman, knows how to curse!

Shen Quji, who knows how to curse, frowned tightly, and glanced at the third brother who was still lying on the ground sobbing softly. She pinched the bridge of her nose weakly and remorsefully—after she yelled at the second brother, her head was a little dazed. , probably because of the unknown fire in my heart, it really makes people... not worry.

"Don't be angry," the young lady of the Shen family finally spoke at this moment, she gently patted Shen Quji's clenched hand on the edge of the table, and persuaded without pain: "There is something to say."

At this moment, as smart as Wei Chang'an, she immediately understood why Shen Quji would take her to the theater and temple fair at that time - he was just using this excuse to investigate Shen Qubing's matter secretly!

Shen Yunian originally thought that his sister-in-law is usually very clever, but she can't even persuade others, but he didn't expect that after the sister-in-law persuaded, Shen Jinnian's elm bump really stopped being angry. There is still a layer of ice cold.

Shen Quji let go of her tightly clenched fist, and the small blue veins that were faintly bouncing on the back of her hand also disappeared. She looked at her two younger brothers and said in a deep voice, "You two kneel down for me... Say it all over again."

It's actually very simple to say-

Ever since Wei Changan married the Shen family, there have been rumors outside that Wei Rong gave one-sixth of the Wei family's salt business as a dowry to his son-in-law Shen Quji. tea road.

These rumors were originally false and true, until the Wei family started to travel to the northwest for tea, everyone really believed it.

Shen Luoshi has been coveting the business of Shen Lian's family for many years, and knowing the fact that Shen Lian's family is "split", she asked her eldest grandson, Shen Cong, to approach Shen Qubing, a person with a different surname living in Shen Lian's family with the surname "Shen" and Shen Jie.

Shen Cong first came up with Shen Jie's idea, and then let his family's eyeliner at Shen Lian's house test Shen Qubing, oh, that Ping Rui in the accountant of Shen's house was bought by Shen Luoshi.

Due to the factors of living environment, Shen Qubing has been especially good at observing words and feelings since he was a child. The relationship between elder brother and sister-in-law became alienated after his ancestors were buried. "Women are like clothes".

What's more, since the ancestor passed away, after Shen Shusheng's two quarrels, the family has become a mess, and the warmth and happiness of the past are no longer there.

What's even more exasperating is that Shen Shusheng joined hands with Feng Bancheng, intending to marry his eldest sister Yu Nian to Feng Bancheng as a continuation, but in the end this plan failed, Feng Bancheng even joined forces with the East Street Shen family in an attempt to force his eldest brother to agree.

So Shen Qubing agreed with Shen Cong and accepted Shen Luoshi's conspiracy.

In addition, at that time, the aunt just handed over the tea plantation and silk and satin plantation to him and Shen Jie, so Shen Qubing took advantage of the rumors that "Shen's family ran away with salt" circulating outside, and easily caught the greedy Shen Luoshi. up the hook.

In the end, Shen Luoshi took the initiative to give 3 taels to Shen Qubing, but before Shen Qubing made a move, Shen Luoshi's 3 taels were cut off by Shen Cong, who came out halfway.

Shen Qubing knew what Shen Cong was thinking, so he immediately took it away, but the 6000 taels he was going to throw in, when he arrived, he found that his younger brother Shen Jie added 1 taels.

Shen Qubing also knew that if the whole 1 taels hadn't been kept here, Shen Luo would not have easily believed Feng Bancheng from the capital, nor would Shen Cong jump out to take the 3 taels. mess.

In fact, the 3 taels was Shen Luo’s private money collected from her two sons and her family’s business behind her husband’s back. It was just for naught, but she didn’t dare to say a word, and she was dumb and ate Coptis chinensis. .

It's just that no one expected that after such a long time since the 3 taels were lost, Shen Luoshi hanged himself.

As soon as Shen Qubing clarified "how Feng Bancheng stole 4000 taels from him", the housekeeper Shen Fu knocked on the door and came in.

Shen Fu reported back that after inquiring about the situation on the East Street, Shen Luoshi suffered from leg problems since the beginning of winter. After being tortured day and night, Shen Luoshi finally couldn't bear the pain and chose to hang himself. The reason for hanging himself was clear, and he also explained everything behind him clearly. At the end of the suicide note, he said that he wanted the Shen family on the East Street and the Shen family on the West Street.

Shen Qubing let out a long breath, looking extremely tired.Shen Jie hiccupped, a smile uglier than crying appeared on his face.

Shen Yunian thought, is this the end?

Only Shen Quji clarified the matter without saying a word——Shen Qubing and Shen Jie teamed up to pass Feng Bancheng and leak 6000 taels from the tea house, using it as bait to lure Shen Lili, and planned to cheat his family. In the end, Luo Shi saw the trick of those two people, so he turned his back on Feng Bancheng. He planned to take 6000 taels, but who knew that Shen Jie would steal 1 taels from the tea house and throw it in. Feng Bancheng, who was too cautious, saw that the account was wrong, He didn't dare to move for a while, but in the end, Luo's stealing the chicken failed to make a fortune, and Bai was taken away by his own grandson Shen Cong for 3 taels.

Shen Xiren waved Shen Fu back, and was about to say something when she was interrupted by her silent daughter, Shen Lian.

Shen Lian sat next to Shen Xiren, calm and calm as usual: "Thinking about it, the Shen family was calculated by others. Since Shen Luo's 3 taels fell into Shen Cong's hands in the end, what will happen in the future?" It has nothing to do with us, Qubing, Jieer, the matter between the two of you can't be passed easily... From tomorrow, let's go to the Buddhist hall to copy the "Ksitigarbha Sutra", except for the first day of the new year, until the east street crosses Until the end of the seventh day, get up, don't kneel."

"Ksitigarbha Sutra", the scriptures used by Buddhists for salvation.

As for the mysterious ledger and Shen Shusheng, neither Shen Lian nor Shen Quji mentioned a word.

Shen Qubing and Shen Jie heavily kowtowed to the aunt and elder brother, and then stood up with the support of Shen Yunian and Wei Changan.

After all, no one ate well this dinner.

Shen Quji returned to Xinyixuan in a top-heavy manner. She stayed up all night last night, and today she has been busy during the day, and this incident happened again at night. She was really exhausted.

"Aren't you full? Do you want to get some food from the small kitchen?" Wei Changan and Shen Quji walked up the small wooden bridge in the yard one after the other.

Shen Qu hurried to the side behind Wei Changan, she shook her head when she heard the words, realized that the other party could not see her and shook her head, but she told Shen Pan behind her: "Order the small kitchen to bring some digestible supper, one serving Just fine."

While speaking, the two walked to the door of the house.

"Add another one, I didn't eat well." Wei Changan said in the room