After having a tasteless lunch at the eldest son's house, Shen Mo said goodbye and hurried home, and saw a few pro-soldiers under the command of Chunhua, hanging lanterns and pasting window flowers, giggling and laughing, a festive atmosphere.

Seeing Shen Mo coming in, everyone hurriedly stopped what they were doing and asked the adults for peace. Shen Mo pulled his face and nodded, and called Chunhua into the backyard study.

Everyone said that they were fine when they got off the boat, and how could they come back like this, so they pulled Shen An to ask, but he scolded angrily: "Salty and eat radish lightly, stick your window flowers!" ”

There was no brazier in the backyard study, and it was as cold as an ice cave. Shen Mo felt hot all over, stared at the trembling Chunhua and said, "What is my father's attitude?" ”

Chunhua lowered her head and hummed in a low voice: "What the master means, this matter depends on what you mean, young master......"

"And you still get such a field?" Shen Mo picked up the teacup and wanted to take a sip, but as if he had licked a fool with a soldering iron, he let out an 'oops' in pain, and smashed the best teacup in Jingdezhen, and the tea splashed all over him, and he couldn't help but scold in annoyance: "How do you work!" This water is just right for your feet! "Originally, the tea served by Rou Niang could always be drunk directly.

Chunhua said aggrievedly: "Won't you wait for a while to cool before drinking......"

Shen Mo then remembered that she was a rough maid, how could she compare with Rou Niang. He sighed and said no more: "Since my father said so, why did he get to this point?" ”

Chunhua bit her lip and whispered: "It is rumored outside that the master took the initiative to propose marriage, which is not true." In fact, it was Mrs. Lu who personally approached the master and said that he wanted to marry his sons and daughters. Because he also asked the Tang prefect to help him agree, so the old man couldn't refuse. Speaking of these gossips, she said, "I said that I would wait for the young master to come back." Tang Zhixian said, let's see if the two of them are compatible, if they make a mistake, don't bother anymore. ”

"And then?" I heard that it wasn't my father who sold him, so it was much better to be silent.

"The master is a real person, so he believed the words of the two adults, and as a result, he looked for the most famous Zhou Banxian in the city," Chunhua said solemnly: "Young master, you and that Miss Lu are actually ......"

"'A match made in heaven', right?" Shen Mo said angrily: "If you can believe the fortune telling, the sow can also go up the tree." ”

"No, no," Chunhua hurriedly shook her head and said: "Zhou Banxian said, young master, your life is both noble and treacherous, you may also be an official residence, rich and noble, or you may be ruined and ruined, and your descendants will be harmed, and you also advise Mrs. Lu to think carefully." ”

Shen Moxin said that anyone who mixes with officialdom, except for a few mediocre people, probably can't escape these two fates...... The fortune teller really knows the way of the people. I heard Chunhua continue: "Listening to the master, Mrs. Lu was not very happy at that time, but it was the Tang prefect who said, 'Let's take a look at Miss Lu's eight characters.'" Then Zhou Banxian calculated for a while, and praised Miss Lu's life as unchanged, saying that she was a noble person of IKEA, and if the young master married her, she would definitely be able to die in distress and be beautiful for a lifetime. ”

Shen Mo listened to it, and laughed angrily: "Then my father believes it?" ”

"The old man had already drunk too much that day, and he was frightened by the fortune teller. As soon as he heard that the young master had to go to Miss Lu before he could be killed, he changed his mind and turned around with Mrs. Lu to form this family business. ”

Shen Mo closed his eyes helplessly, he knew that his honest father had been tricked by Lu County's order and even Tang Shunzhi. People find a fortune teller, cooperate with a trick, and let him turn upside down and beg to get married...... 'It's also a person who has been in the public for several years, why is it so easy to fool?' Silent moaned weakly in his heart, he found that he was already extremely passive, he took a sullen breath, stood up and said loudly: "It's a big deal, Lao Tzu is a monk, become a real monk, I'll see who can calculate me again!" ”

Throughout the afternoon, Shen Mo locked himself in the house, and it was not until the time of the lamp that Shen An came out when he finished eating, and asked with a dark face, "Hasn't the master come back yet?" ”

"The master came back with a letter," Shen An said with a smile: "The yamen is busy with official business, so he won't come back today." ”

"It's a holiday at noon today, what are you busy with?" Shen Mo said angrily: "Prepare the car and go to the government office." ”

Shen An knew that he must not touch the young master's moldy head at this time, so he hurriedly went to the back to prepare the car, and after a while, he drove Shen Mo to Fuqian Street.

Approaching the end of the year, there were few people on the street, and the car was running very fast, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to reach the front of the government office. The soldiers came forward and knocked on the door, and it took a long time for an old soldier to open the side door. After silently reporting to the door, the old man who guarded the door smiled and said: "Lord Xiao Shen is here, Lord Shen is in the gatehouse, and I have to pull the little old man to drink, so I can't even go home." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "I'll take him back." Then he followed the old man who watched the door in, pushed open the door and took a look, only to see that it was steaming inside, and before he could see the person clearly, he heard Shen He's voice say: "If you don't come back, the meat will be old......

Shen Mo raised his hand, asked the old man and his soldiers to retreat, and dragged the bench by himself and sat down in front of Shen He.

Shen He heard the abnormality, so he poked his head out from behind the white hot pot, and when he saw that it was him, he immediately said 'ouch' and covered his old face with both hands.

Shen Mo laughed angrily: "Is this the stealth method that you learned in your old heart?" ”

Shen He also felt the naivety of his movements, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "Aren't I afraid to see you." ”

"Am I that scary?" Shen Mo said angrily: "I can scare Dad, you don't go home for the New Year, and you come to eat hot pot with the old man." Said a little annoyed: "If others know, they may not know how to poke my backbone." ”

"I'm not trying to hide from you." Shen He said with a smile: "I just want to think about something first, and then go home when I think about it." ”

"Do you feel like you can't explain?" Shen Mo sneered: "Everyone in the city knows, what else is there to explain?" ”

Shen He sighed and said, "Son, I complained about my father for being confused for a while, but when I turned around, I came to my senses," and patted his chest as he spoke, patting his chest and saying, "Hasn't this been dragged on, and I haven't even given a dowry?" Just to wait for you to come back. ”

"Really?" Shen Mo smiled and said: "How did you hear that it was because the Lu County Order insisted that I go to Shanyin to be hired, so it has been delayed until now?" ”

Shen He's old face turned red and said, "It turns out that you have inquired clearly......" said in a low voice: "Humble words, if you are angry, scold your father, you can't run away from home again." ”

Seeing his father's anxious look, he sighed silently and said, "If running away from home can solve the problem, I would have run as far as I could!" ”

Shen He frowned there, but Shen Mo took a pair of clean dishes and chopsticks, fished out a bowl full of mutton from the hot pot, dipped it in leek sauce and ate it. Shen He looked at it and hurriedly said, "These are old, I'll give you some fresh ones." ”

Silent but unconcerned, he lowered his head and ate vigorously, and under the reflection of the charcoal fire, his face was still a little hideous, and he threw all his demeanor to Java.

Seeing that his son was eating happily, Shen Hesuo's surname also dropped his worries, and he ate violently with him, and the father and son ate this happily, it was really a 'red copper kettle, the soup was boiled and the meat was freshly cooked. Small shrimp oil red bean curd, sweaty and dancing. ’

After a period of gluttony, the silent stomach was filled with shabu mutton slices, as well as a lot of fish balls, shrimp balls, conch meat, and fresh mushrooms. The anger he had been suppressing was numbed by the feeling of fullness, and it seemed that 'turning grief and anger into appetite' was indeed a human reason. As long as a person is well fed, his anger is blunted...... But if you drink a little more, it will become 'drunk and spit out the truth'. And Shen Mo drank a small jar of old wine in the middle of the meal, his face gradually became ruddy, his eyes began to glow, and the words in his mouth gradually increased: "There are people in the court who calculate Zhang Butang, that is to seize control of the southeast and get greater power; But why did he, 'mung bean fly', calculate the two of us? Could it be that his daughter can't get married, so he has to use this kind of indiscriminate means? ”

Shen He was also a little drunk, and said with a smile when he heard the words: "This shows that my son is in demand, they all want to take advantage of it first, and follow you to get it?" ”

"Stained? Dream on! Shen Mo laughed and said: "Even Zhang Butang, the head of the dynasty, can collapse overnight, and he almost lost his life." This official of the Ming Dynasty is simply extremely boring! "Obviously, the fall of Governor Zhang had a great impact on Shen Mo's faith.

Shen He heard the meaning of Xiao Suo in his son's tone, and asked with concern, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Don't play, don't play." Shen Mo shook his head and said: "The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is too dangerous, especially the southeast now, it has become a battlefield for the wrestling of the central government, and the rise and fall of honor and disgrace is not something that I can ......control at all." ”

Shen He's concern for his son himself is far greater than that of passing on the lineage and honoring the ancestors, and when he heard the words, he said repeatedly: "Then after the New Year, we will go back to the house to study, prepare for the imperial examination, and wait for the high school jinshi to jump out of the southeast of this broken place." ”

At least for this moment, Shen Mo thought deeply.

(To be continued)