Chapter 8 Shen Family Courtyard (Part 1) (《》)

The fourth young master suddenly felt that this young man, who was three or four years younger than him, was really a wonderful person.

After pinching his cheeks and thinking for a while, he whispered: "How about you apologize to Miss Seven, you can settle this matter privately."

Before he could say anything, the seventh girl who had been listening with her ears stopped for now and said shrillly: "No! He made me like this, so you can't just forget it."

The Fourth Young Master also felt that so many people had seen it. If they were left unresolved, they would make people gossip, and might even make him mess up. Thinking of this, he winked at Chen Si and said, "Don't worry, as long as it's not your fault, I will talk to you."

"Uncle Fourth..." The seventh girl pouted aggrievedly.

The fourth young master looked at the sky outside the corridor and laughed dryly, "It's so refreshing today." Then he lowered his head and walked to the front, stopping talking to him.

After passing through several arches, the group arrived outside the "Zhonghe Hall" located in Sanjin. The fourth young master asked them to wait outside the door and went in first to report.

This hall is obviously an extremely important place in the mansion. On the twelve halls facing south, the doors are hollowed out with "spring, summer, autumn and winter", "fishing, woodcutters, farming and reading", "piano, chess, calligraphy and painting". The characters are simple in shape and the carvings are meticulous, making silence almost unable to see them.

After a while, the fourth young master came out and said, "The master told you to come in."

The man helped the seventh girl down from the cart and helped her to the entrance of the hall. He then let out his hands and limped in, without taking any further steps in.

Seeing that Chen Si was a little curious, the fourth young master leaned in his ear and whispered: "You are married to the family and you can't go to the table." Then he kindly instructed: "The master is very powerful, you must be careful."

Silent smiled at him and said, "Young Master Xie's advice." After a long robe that was washed with white hair, he walked in with his head held high.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a sandalwood plaque hanging directly above the flower hall, with four ancient and powerful characters written on it, "Zhonghe Weiyu". The walls under the plaque are decorated in elegant decoration, and the family teachings of Zhu Zi were engraved in running script. The couplets on both sides are "establishing ambitions and reading the books of sages" in eight gold regular scripts.

An Eight Immortals table stood before the couplet and family precepts, and on it was the table that was placed in the throne of Saint Kong. On the right side of the table was a black gauze and a middle-aged man with a black gauze with sleeves similar to a Taoist robe, three long beards, and an elegant middle-aged man.

The seventh girl knelt in front of him and was crying to him.

This middle-aged man is the owner of the Chen Mansion, Master Shen. He should not have been dealt with these trivial matters, but for the sake of the strict family rules and the main family style, he regarded fighting in the clan as a humiliating act and insulting the family style, and strictly prohibited it. Once discovered, the head of the family will deal with it himself, and as long as it is verified, he will be expelled from the family. It is very strict.

If this right is falsely handled by others, the Shen family's sect will not be confused? Therefore, despite being quite impatient, he still has to press his temperament and ask clearly the whole story of the conflict.

He was dizzy by the "Seven Girls" who spoke in a mixed manner and spoke Yongchang dialect. He saw a young man with beautiful eyebrows, white teeth and red lips coming in from outside the door. He looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. Although his long gown was patched, it was washed clean and neatly dressed, making people feel refreshed the more they looked.

What is even more valuable is that this child has a dignified and moderate manner, and he is obviously a well-educated person, and must be from a scholarly family.

Compared to the seventh girl who was kneeling on the ground, as stupid as a pig, she was like a sky, one underground, one snow and one mud. Before she knew it, the master had a problem of judging people by appearance, and he first turned to this later life.

After Chen Si entered, he lifted the lower collar of his robe and saluted respectfully to the statue of Confucius worshipping on the table. This action suddenly made Mr. Shen feel more fond of him. After saluting Confucius, Chen Si looked at Mr. Shen again and said aloud: "Tong Sheng is silent, and has seen Mr. Shen."

Mr. Shen quickly laughed and said, "Please get up quickly, there is no need to be polite." This is not because Mr. Shen is approachable and cannot bear to kneel in silence... In this era, kneeling etiquette is a necessary etiquette to distinguish the superiors and inferiors and establish the majesty of superiors. Especially in a large family like the Shen family, it is even more careless.

The key reason why he did not accept the silence was the word "Tongsheng" in the silence. What is Tongsheng? It is not that he is young, please take care of him or something, but that he shows his identity... Scholars who have participated in the county, government, and college entrance examinations but have not obtained the qualifications of a student, whether they are yellow hair or gray hair, are called Tongsheng.

This often gives people the illusion that "Tongsheng" is a loser, a synonym for unlucky guys, and its social status is not much better than that of beggars. But in fact, as long as you can take the examination, it means that the Tongsheng has a pure life experience, no man who violates the law for three generations, no daughter who remarries, and has received formal education, and is a serious scholar.

Among the scholars, peasants, industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty, "scholars" were highly respected and treated, and belonged to the ruler class. Although "children" was only the lowest class of this class, their living conditions were likely to be inferior to farmers, but they did not hinder their superior political status.

This is not difficult to understand... Although they are in a poor position now, who knows whether the next class will turn the salted fish into the dragon gate? So everyone has a tacit understanding of the situation and it is better to meet each other in the future. Over time, a rule has been formed for children. In addition to formal occasions, they can avoid kneeling or kneeling.

Silence was last year when he was tested for a child, but because his mother was seriously ill, he had to give up halfway... This is not a shameful thing, but it is very glorious, it is a filial piety that everyone praises.

But after all, he took the county school entrance examination and took the Tongsheng exam, so he naturally was qualified to call himself Tongsheng, which was the least embarrassing type.

Shun stood up happily and bowed deeply, "The later students were silent and met Master Shen."

"No gift." Mr. Shen laughed and said, "You are the son of Mr. Chen, right?"

"Reply to the master, the student is right." Chen Jing politely said: "My father often said that Master Meng took in when my father and son were in trouble. My father and son had no way to repay him, so he could only feel the five-pointed feelings..."

Mr. Shen waved his hand and pretended to be displeased and said, "Aren't you the children of the Shen family? That's what I meant is a divorce." Since Chen He's father's generation, he has been separated from his family. In fact, it can't be considered a family, but it's nothing wrong to say it intimately.
Chapter completed!