Poor Family

Seeing that Shi Zhengmao and Shi Zhenghe were almost chatting, Mrs. Shi glanced at Nanny An, and Nanny An immediately turned around and went to the inner room, and then came out with a tray.

"Zhenghe, Yue'e, come here."

Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e got up quickly and walked to Mrs. Shi.

Mrs. Shi took out a jasper pendant from the tray. The front of the pendant was engraved with Wu, and the back was engraved with four: "Every son of the Shi family has a jade pendant after he was born. This is yours." After saying that, she personally put it on for Shi Zhenghe. body.

Shi Zhenghe: "Thank you, mother."

Madam Shi looked at Jin Yue'e, smiled and put a pair of jasper bracelets on her wrists: "Your sister-in-law also has such bracelets, this pair belongs to you."

Jin Yue'e quickly blessed her body: "Thank you, mother."

Although her expression was still a bit cautious, she did not forget the rules and etiquette. Mrs. Shi did not have high demands on Jin Yue'e, seeing that she responded decently, she nodded in satisfaction.

Mrs. Shi, Mrs. Fifth, and Mrs. Shi Qi who were sitting at the bottom looked at the jade pendant and jade bracelet that Mrs. Shi had brought out, their eyes flickering non-stop.

Whether it's the jade pendant or the jade bracelet, the color of the water is excellent, no less than the gift that the old lady gave them when they got married.

From the year when the Prince Regent's incident happened, the Shi family has been exporting more and entering less, and they have been reeling from the past. Twenty or thirty years have passed, and Nei Li has long been defeated.

The marriage of Mr. Shi's generation of heirs has emptied most of the uncle's family property.

When the grandchildren and granddaughters get married, the mansion has nothing good to offer.

In these years, in order to maintain the operation of the uncle's mansion, the cost of the mansion has been reduced several times.

Marrying and making some connections, the old lady did not pay less. I thought that the things in the old lady's hands were almost used up, but I didn't expect to be able to produce such good jade pendants and jade bracelets.

It seems that the old lady still has a lot of good things in her hands.

That's right, when the old lady married into the uncle's mansion, both the uncle's mansion and the Jiang family were in their heyday, and their dowry was definitely extremely rich.

Afterwards, Mrs. Shi called Shi Dingxuan, Shi Fuyin, Shi Fuxin, and Shi Dinghao over, and gave Shi Dingxuan and Shi Dinghao each a jade pendant similar to Shizhenghe's. But the quality is also good.

As for Shi Fuyin and Shi Fuxin, each got a string of topaz and pearl necklaces and a pair of agate earrings.

After Mrs. Shi gave the meeting gift, Mrs. Shi also smiled and asked someone to give the meeting gift. As brothers and sisters, they also prepared for Shi Dinghe and Jin Yue'e.

Later, Mrs. Shi Wu and Mrs. Shi Qi, as younger siblings, only gave the four children a meeting gift.

If you accept the gift, you have to return the gift.

Jin Yue'e hurriedly asked Zhang's mother to bring up the meeting gift that she had prepared a long time ago: "I took the medicine pillow and purse with Er Yin and Xin to sew, and the medicinal herbs inside were brought by Mr. Wulang and Jiulang into the mountain." picked."

"Medical pillows and pouches are often used and worn, which can help sleep and strengthen the body."

"The craftsmanship is not very good. Please forgive my father, mother, elder brother and sister-in-law, fifth younger brother, fifth younger brother, seventh younger brother and seventh younger brother."

As he said, he presented two medicinal pillows to Mrs. Shi with both hands.

Mrs. Shi took it over with a smile. She was a little surprised that the second son's family had prepared a meeting gift, but she was more happy: "I have a heart!"

Then, Jin Yuee gave the purse to Mrs. Shi Da, Mrs. Fifth and Mrs. Shi Qi.

The fabric for sewing medicine pillows and purses was given by the Jiang family, and they are still available, but looking at the crude female red needlework on the purses, Mrs. Shi, Mrs. Fifth, and Mrs. Shi Seven thanked them with a smile on their faces. But my heart is somewhat disdainful.

The adults can still put on a show and accept the gift happily, but on the children's side, they can't hide their disgust.

"What kind of purse is this? I can't wear it out."

When Shi Fuyin sent the purse to Shi Fuyin, the Seventh Girl of the Dafang didn't answer it, and turned her face away.

This behavior made Shi Fuyin a little bit embarrassed, and the smile on her face froze, but soon, she returned to normal color: "The purse is a bit rough, it's normal that Seventh Sister doesn't like it."

After speaking, he walked directly to the next person.

Miss Shi Qi's reaction was somewhat embarrassing. In order to avoid embarrassing things from happening again, Grandma Shi hurriedly stepped forward to take the purse from Shi Fuyin's hand: "Third Sister, let me distribute these purses."

On the boy's side, the uncle of the Shi family also took the purse from Shi Dingxuan's hand: "Fifth brother, I'll come."

Shi Fuyin and Shi Dingxuan smiled gratefully and handed over the purse.

Everyone has to give the face of the uncle of the Shi family and the grandmother of the Shi family. Although they don't like the purse, they accept it anyway.

Looking at the people who took the purse and immediately gave it to the maid, Shi Fuxin smiled and said, "Seventh sister, don't think our purse is ugly, but it can't be bought anywhere else. The family specially prepared it for everyone, but there will be no more in the future, you really don't want it?"

The seventh girl, Shi Fulin had a sneer on her lips, and ignored Shi Fuxin.

Shi Fuxin shrugged, and put the purse that Shi Fuyin didn't give away on her waist: "Seventh sister, there is no medicine for regret in this world."

This made other people a little funny, it was just a broken purse, and it seemed like it was some kind of treasure.

The adults naturally saw the situation on the child's side, Mrs. Shi was embarrassed and angry, and smiled apologetically at Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e: "Sister Lin is spoiled by me, don't be as knowledgeable as her. "

Jin Yue'e shook her head with a stiff smile.

Mrs. Shi Qi saw that the scene was a bit ugly, and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law Si, I see that sisters Yin and Xin don't seem to have their ears pierced yet?"

Jin Yue'e nodded: "No."

Mrs. Shi: "It's not a big deal, Nanny An will pierce her ears, just find a time to do it for the two girls."

At this time, the people in the kitchen came back and said that the meal was ready.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's set the meal."

One table for adults and two tables for children.

Da Chu is not strict with women's restraints. There are no strict rules that men and women have different seats at the age of seven, women are not allowed to show their faces, and they must follow the strict rules of not going out of the door.

Shi Dingxuan originally wanted to wait for the Shi family uncle and the others to take their seats before taking his younger siblings to sit down, but he found that everyone was watching them standing still.

Thinking of something, Shi Dingxuan walked to the nearest table and sat down expressionlessly, and Shi Fuyin and the others naturally followed him to their seats.

As soon as the four brothers and sisters sat down, the others rushed to another table, making no secret of their unwillingness to sit at the same table with them for dinner.

Seeing this, Shi Dingxuan and Shi Fuyin lowered their eyes, Shi Dinghao frowned, his face was a bit smelly, Shi Fuxin didn't respond, and nodded his chin on the table repeatedly.

The elders of the Shi family were very embarrassed to see this scene, and sat next to Shi Dingxuan with a smirk, talking innocuous words to enliven the atmosphere.

Shi Dingxu, the little fat man who had a dispute with Shi Dinghao before, didn't grab the others, so he had to sit down at their table with a straight face.

Soon, the servant girl began to serve the dishes.

Seeing the plates of delicious, fragrant and delicious dishes being brought to the table, Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao immediately averted their eyes and stared at the dishes with salivation.

"Look at Brother Jiu's drooling appearance, as if he hasn't eaten anything."

"I heard that the poor eat very vulgarly. I don't know how vulgar it is?"

"It must be too vulgar to eat."

The tables were next to each other, even if the people at the next table spoke softly, the people at Shi Dingxuan's table still listened to them.

The uncle of the Shi family and others at the same table were a little embarrassed, but Shi Dingxuan and the others remained calm, as if they hadn't heard anything.

The adults are also paying attention to the children's situation, but seeing that there is no commotion, it is hard to say anything.

When the dishes were ready, the old man picked up the chopsticks and said, "Everyone, use your chopsticks." After he picked up the first dish, the others picked up the chopsticks one after another.

Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e silently looked at everyone, doing everything according to others.

On the children's side, the rules are not so strict.

As soon as the old man ordered to move the chopsticks, everyone picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

The diameter of the big round table is two meters, and the table is full of various dishes.

The four of Shi Dingxuan had never seen such a rich dish, and they didn't bother to care about the others, so they picked up the chopsticks and ate it.

Shi Dingxu, who was sitting opposite Shi Dinghao, raised his head to look at Shi Dingxuan and the others from time to time, and saw that they were not acting strangely other than eating faster, and he couldn't help showing doubts on his face.

Isn't it vulgar?

This is not too vulgar!

Shi Dinghao noticed that the little fat man was always looking at him, and when he looked over again, he suddenly said: "What are you looking at, have you never seen a beautiful man eating?"

Shi Dingxu didn't expect that he would be caught, he was stunned for a moment, then pouted and said: "Beautiful man, just you?"

Shi Dinghao swallowed the meatball in his mouth before he spoke: "I am a handsome man, this is obvious to all, do you have any objections?"

Shi Dingxu obviously has never seen such a narcissistic person as Shi Dinghao: "You are a black bump, and you have the face to call yourself a handsome man, don't you look in the mirror yourself?"

Shi Dinghao: "I'm a bit dark, but this is my specialty. Believe it or not, I just need to stand among the beauties, and I will definitely stand out from the crowd."

Everyone: "."

Shi Fuxin laughed, good brother, just want to be so confident that they won't choke to death.

Shi Dingxu couldn't refute Shi Dinghao, he was a little anxious, and looked at the Shi family uncle for help.

Naturally, the uncle of the Shi family would not participate in the argument between the younger brothers, so he just pretended not to see it.

Shi Dingxu snorted, a little unhappy.

He was not tall, so Shi Dinghao was happy, and smiled and picked up another chicken leg.

When Shi Dingxu saw it, he immediately said, "Eat, eat, eat so much, be careful not to turn into a fat pig."

Shi Dinghao replied without showing any weakness: "Fat pig, why don't you take a look at yourself, look at our table, who is more like a fat pig?"

Shi Dingxu was ashamed and angry at the same time, his face turned red in a flash, staring at Shi Dinghao angrily, his eyes were red.

When Shi Dinghao saw that he was about to cry, he was a little dumbfounded: "No, you want to touch porcelain?"

"Ahem~"

Shi Fuxin coughed twice suddenly, and looked at Shi Dinghao in disapproval: "Ninth brother, what you said just now was wrong, how could tenth brother be fat like a fat pig, remember, he is not fat, he That's luck expanding..."

Shi Dinghao took a look at Shi Dingxu: "I'm really lucky, so I want to eat more."

When Shi Dingxu heard Shi Fuxin's words, the tears in his eyes slowly receded, and he hummed to Shi Dinghao: "I'm not just blessed."

The farce stopped for a while.

On the adult's side, Jin Yue'e smiled apologetically at Madam Shi Qi.

Mrs. Shi Qi returned a faint smile, and glanced at her youngest son angrily.

This silly boy doesn't even know he's been ganged up on.

The other people at the table also had different expressions. They thought that the fourth brother's family should be cautious when meeting them, but they didn't expect the fact to be completely different from their expectations.

Sister Lin didn't accept the purse, so they just skipped it; Brother Xu's words were out of line, and they immediately responded.

Good guy, it really is the powerful character who forced Zheng Kun's family to move out of the house before returning home!

Uncle Shi's family and the others didn't have a big appetite, and the dishes on the table were all familiar to them. After eating for a while, they put down their chopsticks. For a while, only the four brothers and sisters of Shi Dingxuan and Shi Dingxu were still eating.

When Shi Dingxu saw that the speed of Shi Dinghao's four people's cooking showed no signs of slowing down, and they could eat better than him, he couldn't help asking: "Do you all eat so much every meal?"

Shi Dinghao glanced at him: "We used to be able to eat two pieces of dry buns every meal. How could we eat so much?"

Shi Dingxu showed curiosity: "What is dry bun?"

Shi Dinghao: "It is steamed and dried pancakes made of rice bran, mixed noodles, and various wild vegetables."

Shi Dingxu said 'ah': "Can you eat something like that?"

Shi Dinghao: "Why can't you eat it? It's still a good thing at the border. Many people still can't eat it. They can only eat dry buns made from tree roots and bark ground into powder."

The adults fell silent when they heard this.

Mrs. Shi's chest heaved a little, she took a deep breath, and with a forced smile put a pile of vegetables on the plate in front of Shi Zhenghe: "Eat more."

On the other side, Shi Dingxu was stunned. Their livestock seemed to eat better than these, so he asked suspiciously, "Didn't you lie to me?"

Shi Dinghao smiled and said: "If you don't believe it, you can go to the border gate to experience it yourself, and you will know it is true or false."

Shi Dingxu hurriedly shook his head: "I don't want to go to the border."

Shi Fuxin interjected: "My tenth brother, border crossings are a bit bitter, but there are also unique features that are not found in other places. In border crossings, you can feel the shock of the sky and the vastness of the sky, and you can also witness the desolation of the barren land. There are many things It is something you will never feel in the capital."

Shi Dingxuan interrupted suddenly: "The yellow sand is all over the sky, standing firm on the sky and the earth."

Shi Fuyin continued: "The Gobi is boundless, and one sword can cut off life and death."

Shi Dinghao thought about it for a while, and then said: "Pierce the clouds and crack the rocks, the wild geese will crash."

Brother, sister, and brother have all said it, but Shi Fuxin is not easy to let go: "Well, over the mountains and mountains, the roar of beasts can't stop."

After finishing speaking, the four siblings immediately looked at each other and smiled.

This is a scene that four people often encounter when practicing martial arts. Shi Dingxuan's fist is amazing, and when he swings his fist, it will immediately stir up yellow sand all over the sky. It can really seal the throat at the sight of blood.

When Shi Dinghao practiced his sonic skills in the wild, he often caused wild geese to fall into the sky; Shi Fu collected herbs all over Tianshan Mountain, and was chased by animals in the mountains, which was even more commonplace.

The words of the four brothers and sisters made everyone look at each other in dismay.

What and what, poems are not poems, words are not words, they understand the sentences, but they don't understand the meaning at all.

Although I don't understand, looking at the smiles of the four people, whether they are adults or children, their expressions fluctuate a little.

In the smiles of the four of them, there was a bit of flamboyance, a bit of undisguised confidence, and even a bit of arrogance.

On the adult's side, Mrs. Shi clearly felt that after hearing the laughter of the four children, Jin's tense expression was obviously relaxed, and a smile appeared on the second son's unhappy face.

It can be seen that the second son and his wife are proud of their four children from the bottom of their hearts.

The dinner ended amidst everyone's different thoughts.

After everyone had left, Mrs. Shi pulled Mrs. Shi to chat: "What do you mean by those few words that the four Goroes just said?"

Mrs. Shi shook her head: "I can't guess it, but it should be related to their life scene at the border." She frowned as she spoke.

"Wu Lang and Sister Yin should be talking about the bad weather at the border, but I don't understand Jiulang and Sister Xin. There are wild geese and roaring beasts. Could it be that they are hunting?"

The old couple didn't want to understand, so they didn't make it difficult for themselves. Anyway, the grandchildren have returned to their side, and they will naturally know what happened to them in the future.

I thought that when the second son's family came back today, they would not be able to sleep at night, but they didn't expect that the old couple fell asleep not long after lying down, and woke up refreshed before dawn the next day.

When the maids saw it, they all smiled and said: "The old master and the old lady have improved because of the return of the fourth master's family."

Mrs. Shi smiled, and after getting dressed, she went to the dining room to have dinner with Mrs. Shi.

When the maid was making the bed, she saw two medicinal pillows at the head of the bed, thinking of the importance the old lady attached to the newly returned fourth master's family, she didn't put them away, but put them behind the brocade pillows.

When they were at the dinner table, Mrs. Shi drank half a bowl of porridge and asked, "Fourth Master, are they awake?"

Mother An smiled and replied: "I know the old lady is thinking about it. I went over to see it early in the morning. The fourth master and the others slept well last night, and the fourth master got up to practice boxing before dawn."

The old man Shi nodded in satisfaction: "Zhenghe didn't forget to continue practicing kung fu after returning home, that's very good."

Mrs. Shi asked again: "Wu Lang and the others?"

Nanny An's expression was a little strange.

Mrs. Shi noticed it and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Nanny An hurriedly said: "Old Madam, don't worry, Fifth Master and the others are very good, even Fifth Master and Seventh Master got up early in the morning to practice martial arts, the old slave thought it was nothing, but the third girl also got up, and took a piece of it in the yard. The branches are also making gestures."

The old man showed surprise on his face: "Sister Yin also knows martial arts?"

Mother An: "This old slave doesn't understand this, but I see that the third girl dances the branches vigorously, so she should be able to."

Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi looked at each other.

"The border is not stable. It's normal for Zhenghe to teach the two girls some kung fu."

After saying that, Mrs. Shi paused for a moment: "Where's Miss Xin?"

Mother An was silent: "When the old slave left Yigui Courtyard, Miss Six didn't seem to be up yet."

Mrs. Shi was stunned, with obvious surprise on her face: "Sister Yin is quiet and stable, and Sister Xin is lively and unrestrained, shouldn't it be Sister Xin who likes to wield knives and guns? Why is it the other way around?"

With this doubt, when Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e brought their four children to Yixiangtang to pay their respects, Mrs. Shi made a point of asking.

When Shi Zheng and his family heard this, they were all stunned.

It was Shi Dinghao who knew the twin sister, and said loudly: "Because the sixth sister is going to be a lady of everyone, and the girl in the boudoir should be gentle and elegant. How decent is it to dance with knives and guns!"

Shi Zhenghe and the others looked weird, looked at Shi Dinghao, and were a little surprised that he could say such words that were inconsistent with the facts without changing his face.

Shi Fuxin was very satisfied with his younger brother's answer, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, my parents said, I have an elder brother and a younger brother, and I was born to enjoy life, so I don't need to get up early and go to bed late to practice martial arts. Just do what I want."

Uh.

This is also true, Shi Zheng and the others didn't bother to say anything.

It's better for the youngest daughter (sister) to stop, after all, this is the capital, and it won't end well if something happens.

When the old lady looked at the second son's family, she always felt that something was out of harmony, especially when she saw the sweet and well-behaved smiling face of her sixth granddaughter, she couldn't help but think of all kinds of deeds when she was a child pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

Is this girl really so good?

Why is it so unbelievable?