Mrs. Chen's unexpected appearance disrupted many of Shen Tianshu's arrangements to a certain extent.
Since learning about this incident, Mrs. Shen has focused all her thoughts on how to build a good relationship with Mrs. Chen and how to use this relationship in the future.
She really wanted to hook up with the Chen family.
I remember that when she married into the Shen family, the Shen family's family background was higher than that of her natal family.
In particular, Shen Youhan, the husband chosen by her parents for her, was a well-known talent in Taiyuan Prefecture.
After marrying, Mrs. Shen also devoted herself to taking care of the housework and supported Shen Youhan in studying for the imperial examination.
Everything was going well at first, but who would have thought that Shen Youhan suddenly fell ill when he went to Beijing to take part in the examination. His condition progressed rapidly, and he passed away soon.
After Shen Youhan passed away, there was a gap in the talent cultivation of the Shen family.
Among his peers, he was the only one who was quite talented in reading. The others were mostly scholars, and they failed repeatedly in the provincial examinations.
The younger generation is still young and can’t even count on it.
So after Shen Youhan passed away, the Shen family almost disappeared from the circle of aristocratic families. However, several talented members of the family came out one after another, and they soon left the Shen family far behind.
Old Mrs. Shen closed the door and worked hard to safeguard her rights as a housekeeper while devoting all her remaining energy to raising her son.
Fortunately, Shen Zhonglei was able to compete in the Tongsheng Examination, the Provincial Examination, the General Examination, and the Palace Examination, without making any detours or wasting time, and went straight to the fight.
In order to find a good place for Shen Zhonglei's first official career, Mrs. Shen made a special trip back to her parents' home and used all the connections she could use.
Seeing that Shen Zhonglei was so promising, her parents-in-law didn't make things difficult for her. After all, they were all relatives, and they could help each other in the officialdom after helping each other.
But Mrs. Shen still has a deeper desire buried in her heart, that is, whether she can expand her network of contacts and help Shen Zhonglei.
She didn't want to bet all her treasure on her mother's family.
But developing new connections is never that easy.
What's more, Shen Zhonglei is now the prefect. If he wants to help him in his future career, he must find someone with a higher status and more say.
This kind of personal connections cannot be built with just some gifts and money.
The Shen family's silence for nearly thirty years is enough to be excluded from the friendship list of most aristocratic families.
To put it bluntly, even if Mrs. Shen holds money, she can't find a way to give it to the people she wants to make friends with.
Now that there is such a good opportunity in front of her, how can Old Mrs. Shen not be excited.
As long as Shen Zhonglei has a smooth career and good health, he can basically guarantee the glory of the Shen family for the next thirty to fifty years.
Not to mention the younger generation of the Shen family who could be brought out by him during this period would lay a solid foundation for the Shen family in the future.
Therefore, Mrs. Shen did not dare to be careless. She asked Shen Tianshu again and again about the situation when he met Mrs. Chen, in order to establish a good relationship with her as soon as possible.
Even if you can't please him, at least he can't be annoying right away.
As for Shen Tianshu saying that Mrs. Chen was very kind to her, Mrs. Shen just listened to it with one ear.
After breakfast the next day, the grandfather and grandson packed up. Seeing that it was almost time, they took people to visit the Zen monastery where Mrs. Chen lived.
Mrs. Chen sent someone to say hello yesterday, thinking that they would come over today, so she did not go out.
Mrs. Shen led Shen Tianshu into the house and saluted Mrs. Chen who was sitting above.
"Mrs. Shen, you don't have to be polite. Please take a seat quickly." After Mrs. Chen saw Shen Tianshu, a faint smile appeared on her face immediately, but she couldn't go past Mrs. Shen to greet her.
The two exchanged a few words before the host and guest took their seats.
As a junior, Shen Tianshu naturally sat at the head of Mrs. Shen.
Before Mrs. Shen could think of a way to raise the topic, she heard Mrs. Chen say: "After I met Shen Yatou at Prince Rui's Mansion, I always thought about what kind of family could teach such a good child like her. , so yesterday I heard that you also came to Dongquan Temple, so I took the liberty of sending someone to say hello."
Mrs. Shen was stunned by the intimacy in Mrs. Chen's address to Shen Tianshu, but she quickly reacted.
Instead of being modest, she followed Mrs. Chen's words and praised her: "You are really flattering, but this kid Shu'er is indeed more sensible. There are so many grandchildren in the family, and I like her the most." !
"No, this is my first time to spend the summer in Huguang this year. The heat is really unbearable, so Shu'er quickly packed up her things and came to the temple with me to escape the heat."
Generally speaking, when encountering others praising their children, most people, even if they are proud of themselves, will still try their best to be humble and say something that does not mean what they say.
However, Mrs. Shen and Shen Tianshu were of the same generation, so there was no need to act like this. Instead, she accepted the compliments generously and secretly expressed that she and Mrs. Chen had the same preferences, and she also liked Shen Tianshu very much. .
"You are still lucky." Mrs. Chen looked envious, "Several of my granddaughters are already married, and the next generation are still too young. Now I don't even have a junior around me who can know what is cold and what is hot.
"Besides, the reason your child is sensible is because of the good teaching at your home."
The two people talked for a long time, but in fact there was no real content at all, but they still made Mrs. Shen understand one thing.
Mrs. Chen almost never spoke without Shen Tianshu, which shows that when she said that Mrs. Chen was very kind to her, she was not exaggerating, but was a bit too modest.
After discovering this, Mrs. Shen immediately adjusted the focus of her chat, and brought Shen Tianshu out from time to time to adjust the atmosphere. Many of Chen Sesame's and rotten millet's "interesting childhood stories" were used by her, and she soon became friends with Chen Lao Feng You became very happy talking with each other.
Shen Tianshu sat below and couldn't stop twitching his forehead when he heard it. Although the original owner did get some extra attention from Mrs. Shen when he was a child, it was only compared with other girls of the same generation.
These "interesting childhood stories" that she had never heard of before, she didn't know whether Mrs. Shen made them up casually or copied them from other people's stories.
After chatting with Shen Tianshu for half an hour, Mrs. Shen began to express secretly that she would stay in the temple for a longer period of time and hoped to keep in touch with Mrs. Chen. After receiving the other party's approval, she would no longer disturb her. , and immediately took Shen Tianshu to get up and say goodbye.
Mrs. Chen stood up to see the guests off, and said something special before leaving: "Girl Shen, come over and talk to me when you have nothing to do."
