Bachelor's Square.
The Shen family’s birthday banquet at Shen Han Pavilion.
From the perspective of the Shen family in the southeast, there are naturally a lot of congratulatory guests.
Early in the morning, the bachelor's square was cleaned inside and out by the Shen family's servants.
Later, they simply decorated the entire big tree in the Bachelor's Square with colorful ribbons.
In the evening, the street in front of Shen's house was crowded with carriages and sedan chairs.
The people who came to congratulate stood in groups of three and five and lined up at the door to hand over messages and gift orders.
Menzi, dressed in red, stood in front of the mansion and shouted in his hoarse voice:
"Master Qu, the chief envoy of Zhejiang Province, sent Songs and Cranes to prolong the year and inkstones from all directions!"
"Fujian Inspector Gong sent a pair of jade Ruyi!"
"Master Long, Minister of the Ministry of Industry of Nanjing, gave me an emerald paperweight!"
"Master Liu of Nanjing Imperial College presented a hundred-year-old painting as a gift!"
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At this moment, the well-maintained Shen Han was standing at the door receiving guests. Shen Xuan and Shen Wan on the side saw their father saluting and bowed accordingly.
Shen Han was talking to a middle-aged man at this time: "This time Yi Xiu has been ordered to leave the capital and serve as the magistrate of Huzhou. You have a heavy responsibility, especially since Lu Butang has passed away. The situation in Zhejiang has taken a turn for the worse. In the eyes of the imperial court, Huzhou is trying to contain Wu and Yue. You attach great importance to righteous cultivation!"
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said: "I have no experience at all when I come to the first post of the Mu family, and I still need some advice from the boss!"
Shen Han smiled and said, "It's easy to talk!"
In the room on the side, Mrs. Shen secretly came to the window and watched the excitement at the door from a distance. The maid on the side said: "Madam, you see, although our master has been away from office for many years, no matter how big the official is, he comes to serve us." I wish you a happy birthday!"
Another maid suddenly said in surprise: "Madam, look, isn't that the prefect of Songjiang?"
Sure enough, Magistrate Fang, who had been talking to Shen Xuan on the shore in the morning, came to Shen Han with a smile on his face and bowed to the ground: "I wish Mr. Shen Ge good luck and endless blessings in the future!"
When Shen Han saw Magistrate Fang, although his face was not as enthusiastic as the official before him, he still smiled and returned the greeting: "Master Fang can come, and the Shen Mansion will be full of glory!"
After hearing this, the prefect secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked his servants to give him a brocade box. When he opened it, it turned out to be a couplet.
After opening it, it read: "The famous moon is like a pond of lotus, fishing for Wei silk fiber will make the sun and the moon longer; the age of pine trees will be longer, and the peaches will hold the sun for three thousand years!"
Seeing this couplet, the Shen family was still smiling at first, but after seeing that there was no gift list, Shen Han and Shen Xuan were okay, but Shen Wan smiled coldly and said: "Prefect Fang is such a generous person. , take this couplet and hang it in the yard for me, so that the guests can see what the prefect is thinking!"
When the prefect heard this, his face turned red.
However, although Songjiang was an important tax-paying area for the imperial court, it was actually a small and cramped place, and he was not a man who was good at plundering. He lived a tight life on weekdays, and how could he find the money to send gifts now?
As for the hanging scroll of this couplet, he bought it after shaking his teeth and selling his wife's jade head.
Seeing that the prefect could not come down, Shen Han turned around and glared at his youngest son, scolding in a low voice: "Nonsense! The visitor is a guest, and it's enough to show what he wants. How can we classify guests into three, six or nine grades based on gifts?"
When the guests and the prefect Fang heard this, they couldn't help but praise Mr. Shen Ge in their hearts.
Shen Wan, however, had a look of disdain on his face, thinking that the seating arrangement in the house was based on the number of gifts, and he thought he really didn't know anything. His father and second brother were used to selling things in front of others.
At this moment, a big green mule suddenly walked towards the door in the distance.
Riding on the mule was a young man dressed as a soldier, with a servant holding an umbrella beside him. When passing the luxurious carriage, it attracted angry and sideways glances from all the wealthy slaves.
When the big green mule stopped in front of Shen's house, the people who came to congratulate him all sneered with disdain.
One of the servants said to the servant of another family: "I don't know whose family came to give the gift, but they sent a servant. Unfortunately, you can tell by looking at the mount that it's not a rich family!"
"That's it, just watch it. When I submit the post later, there will be a good show!"
At this time, Xu He stopped in front of the Shen family. Looking at the imposing front, Xu He smiled and said to Ding Ze beside him: "After all, the Songjiang Shen family is two generations old. It is indeed better than our Xu family. Let's just say this." It takes three or four strong men to push the door."
Ding Ze pointed to the archway not far behind him and said: "Those two Jinshi archways are carved out of white marble, and they are so big. The Shen family is too rich!"
Xu He just wanted to say that the archway was built by the state, but when he thought about it, the court would not spend that wasteful money. If he wanted to be stylish, he would have to pay for the upgrade himself! It is correct to say that the Shen family is rich!
"Sir, I'm going to hand over the post first!" Ding Ze took the big green mule aside out of the way, turned around and went to the concierge to hand over the post.
The concierge of the Shen family had actually discovered this strange pair of master and servant.
The last person who was qualified to come to the Shen family to give gifts came on horseback and in a two-carriage sedan.
He has never seen anyone riding a mule to the Shen family to deliver gifts.
The servants who were congratulating the guests on the ground all focused their attention on Ding Ze, preparing to see how this servant would make a fool of himself.
But when Menzi got the post and saw the words [Hailing Xu He], he suddenly became a little stunned. He hurriedly showed the post to another disciple next to him.
The other doorman glanced at Ding Ze after reading it, then turned around and entered the door and whispered something in Shen Xuan's ear.
The servants who were about to see the joke were all dumbfounded. What was going on?
Don't play by the rules.
But the next scene completely subverted their three views.
I saw Shen Xuan, the eldest son of the Shen family, quickly walking out of the door. Under the guidance of the door, he personally walked down the steps and came to the big green mule.
At this time, Xu He had already tied the mule among a group of tall horses.
Seeing Shen Xuan coming, he cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Brother Zongqi!"
Seeing this, Shen Xuan pulled Xu He affectionately and said as he walked: "Liangsheng, when did you arrive? I didn't ask my servants to inform you first, so I could send someone to pick you up!"
Xu He smiled and said: "We arrived yesterday and looked at the sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Brother Zongqi has been busy these past two days, so I didn't dare to disturb him."
The servants of the officials' families at the door were all dumbfounded.
Today is the birthday banquet of the Shen Mansion. The master of the Shen family and the two young masters are waiting inside the gate to welcome the guests.
They had never seen the second son of the Shen family greet anyone from the lower steps.
What is the origin of this young man?
He actually let the Shen family members...
But what surprised them even more was that not only the second son of the Shen family came, but the third son of the Shen family also ran down happily.
As soon as he reached that person, he pushed his brother aside and said with an extremely affectionate and exaggerated smile: "This is Brother Liang Sheng, right? I am Shen Wan, Shen Xuan's younger brother!"
Xu He was a little confused by the sudden enthusiasm.
Shen Xuan frowned and said, "Third brother, so many people are watching, you..."
Shen Wan pulled Xu He over and looked at his eldest brother as if to guard against thieves: "Second brother, what's wrong? You are only allowed to reminisce with the Xu family brothers, but you are not allowed to make friends with Liangsheng Xiandi?"
The wealthy slaves at the door were completely dumbfounded. Who is this big green mule boy who actually made two young masters of the Shen family compete to befriend him?
"Thank you to my book friend Mi Lao for the reward of 10,000 vertical and horizontal coins and 22 monthly tickets. I won't say anything more. I will update it for you when I come back!
Thanks for looking for the two bottles of energy drinks that were gifted by my former brothers! Thank you, brother!
I wish brothers all the best and all the best!
Good work and happy family!
Compare your heart! "
