Songjiang·Shen Mansion
As soon as autumn arrives, the small courtyard of the third young master in the backyard becomes lively.
A separate wing on the west side was opened up and filled with earthen jars and utensils.
After a while, these containers will be filled with all kinds of singing insects sent by the Shen family servants and village leaders.
Among these insects, there are bellworms, crickets, golden bells, grasshoppers, etc.
The sounds of all kinds of insects came and went, making it very lively.
Shen Wan has loved insects since he was a child, and he even built a fire dragon, which is unique to the north, on the ground floor of the west chamber just to raise them.
As soon as winter comes, the servants are asked to get into the fire dragon and light a fire. After a while, the whole house becomes like spring.
As for why people are asked to get into the fire dragon?
That's because it has to be burned many times a day, and only a little firewood is burned each time, and multiple fires need to be lit at the same time, otherwise the room temperature will not be uniform and insects will easily get sick.
For this reason, the Shen family assigned a dozen servants to Shen Wan to help the young master raise insects.
Raising insects not only requires a suitable temperature, but also the air should not be too dry, so you have to take out the insects one by one every day and crawl on the damp cloth. Just the number of insects raised by the Shen family, if you don't have one, There were more than ten people waiting on her, but she couldn't take care of her at all.
Even though there were many insects in the house, Shen Wan still felt that it was not enough.
Since autumn has arrived in Songjiang Prefecture, many people are selling songbugs at the market every eighth day.
Therefore, as long as you go to the market, the third young master of the Shen family must be there.
No, today is the eighth day of the year. Shen Wan dressed up and prepared to go out early in the morning with his servants waiting on him.
When I just went to pay my respects to Mrs. Shen, I met Shen Xuan at the door.
Ever since the last time the two brothers fought each other, Shen Wan has been holding a grudge against him and would not say anything when he saw Shen Xuan.
Shen Xuan wanted to ease the relationship between the brothers. When they met, he had nothing to say and said, "Third brother, are you ready to go out so early?"
Shen Wan rolled her eyes at him, without even thinking about talking, she just took a step forward and entered the main room ahead of Shen Xuan.
Shen Xuan stood outside the door and saw that he had repeatedly tried to repair the relationship between the brothers, but was always treated coldly by Shen Wan, and he was very angry in his heart.
He is obviously the elder brother, but he tolerates everything at home.
Not only did this younger brother ignore him, he even entered the house ahead of him without showing any basic etiquette.
After Shen Wan entered the house, he saw Mrs. Shen holding a bowl of bird's nest and drinking slowly while being served by the maid.
Seeing her mother, Shen Wan immediately changed her face and smiled: "Mom, if you have any good things, you just keep them to yourself and eat them. You never think of your son!"
When Mrs. Shen saw her old son, her eyes widened with a smile: "You, this is what women drink. If you want it, marry a daughter-in-law first this year. When the time comes, your daughter-in-law will give you as much as she wants!" "
These words made Shen Xuan's wife Liu, who was waiting on the side, feel very unhappy.
I came early in the morning to help my mother-in-law get up, and I have been starving until now, without even having a drink of water.
When her mother-in-law ate, she could only stand and watch, without even a chance to speak.
Thinking about it, my mother's brother was also a provincial inspector, Si Qianshi. Who knew that he was not even as good as a servant in the Shen family.
At this time, she saw her husband walking in and quickly stood up with a calm expression.
As soon as Shen Xuan entered the door, he saw his wife standing with her servants with her head bowed, while her brother and Prince Shen were talking and laughing.
He endured the displeasure in his heart, bowed and saluted: "Mother!"
Wang Shen had obviously seen Shen Xuan come in, but she pretended not to hear Shen Xuan's words and still talked and laughed with her youngest son.
Shen Wan naturally knew his mother's intention, which was to vent his anger, so he told Mrs. Shen that the laughter was getting louder and louder, as if Shen Xuan, who had been bowing to greet her, was nothing.
Mrs. Liu's eyes suddenly turned red when she saw that her husband was aggrieved, but she did not dare to say anything for fear of causing trouble to her husband and making it difficult for herself.
Shen Xuan suppressed the anger in her heart and bowed again: "Mother..."
This time Shen Xuan's voice was very loud. Shen Wang in the hall frowned and said, "I'm not deaf yet, why are you shouting so loudly? If you don't want to come to say hello, don't come in the future, so as not to make you feel uncomfortable!"
Shen Wan helped from the side and said, "Mom, I have to say hello to you every day. I like to say hello to you!"
Mrs. Shen said with a smile on her face: "You are the only one with a poor mouth!"
Shen Wan said: "Mom, I want to get some money from my account. Today is the eighth day, so I will go to the market to look for insects!"
Mrs. Shen smiled and said: "Go, go, don't cause trouble when you go out, do you hear me?"
Shen Xuan frowned when he heard what the two women said: "Third brother, you already spent more than three thousand taels of silver on your account to buy insects last month, why do you still want to buy them?"
Before Shen Wan could say anything, Shen Wang slammed the table and stood up, glaring at Shen Xuan and saying, "What? Your brother can't even play like a worm now? Do people like us care about these three thousand taels of silver?" Shen Xuan, what do you mean? Are you unhappy by coming here so early in the morning? "
Shen Xuan was also angry: "Mom, you were born in an official family and married into our Shen family. You have lived a lifetime of fine clothing and fine food, but do you know how long it will take for a farmer to farm when he is busy and work when he is free? Save these three thousand taels? Let alone two hundred years! Shen Wan spent three thousand taels in one month, this..."
Shen Wan suddenly sneered and said, "Shen Xuan, don't make trouble for the old farmer. Are we the ones with muddy legs?"
"Besides, every time you go out, you don't spend thousands or eight hundred dollars on your account. Do you think I don't know?"
Shen Xuan was angry: "I did it for my family!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" Shen Wan looked like a ghost would believe you, "To put it nicely, the money has been spent for the sake of the family, who knows what you have done? Maybe..."
Speaking of this, he looked at Mrs. Liu who was waiting on the side and said in a frivolous tone: "Sister-in-law, maybe Shen Xuan has raised an aunt, just to hide it from you!"
The brother-in-law spoke to his sister-in-law in this tone, which was actually very frivolous. Mrs. Liu blushed, lowered her head, and did not dare to raise it.
Shen Xuan was furious when he saw this and rushed two steps forward to take action.
Prince Shen suddenly stood in front of Shen Wan and said, "Shen Xuan, you still want to hit my son? Try it. If you dare to touch Shen Wan today, I will go to the Yamen to sue you for disobedience!"
When Shen Xuan saw this, he felt discouraged. He looked at the scoundrel mother and son in front of him and gritted his teeth and said, "Just do it. Sooner or later, the Shen family will be destroyed in the hands of you people!"
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and went out.
Shen Wan looked at his back and sneered: "Mom, this kind of person has read too many books and is used to being sanctimonious. Let's ignore him. I'm going out. Don't leave me any food at noon!"
After seeing her son leave, Mrs. Shen still had no choice but to raise her eyebrows. She turned to glare at Mrs. Liu: "Look at you guys, do you still have any rules for juniors? You are the one who led Shen Xuan to be like this now. Give it to me." Kneel down..."
