Zhou Shiyi said something extremely tough, but for her, she was actually considered as surrendering.

The aunt glanced at Zhou Shi coldly and said indifferently: "Look at where my sister said, "What are the two words of my family? But my son is hard-working in school, but he doesn't even have the money to buy walnuts and tofu brains that can nourish the brain. When will this hard day end?"

When Zhou heard this, he wanted to have an attack, but Chen Xi pulled his sleeves. Then he snorted coldly, ignored Wang, and lowered his head and cleaned up the room.

Wang is the wife of Shen Mingwen, the eldest son of the Shen family. Since her husband is a scholar and has entered the gentry class with only one foot, he likes to be arrogant the most. The old lady who is in charge of the power of the Yi family also prefers the eldest wife.

The Shen family has five sons, all of whom are born to an old lady. There will be no such thing as favoritism, but the eldest son and grandson are called careful care. The whole family lives with wild vegetables and coarse grains all year round, while the uncle Shen Mingwen is a fishy person who is not aware of the small kitchen at home every day, and even Wang and her three children benefit from it.

Furthermore, the Shen family has seven legitimate grandchildren, which can be considered prosperous, and Chen Xi is the youngest. Not only is he the youngest, but his father Shen Mingjun is also the youngest. So in such an environment, Chen Xi did not pay much attention to his words and deeds. Fortunately, this allowed him to occasionally indulge in his depressed mood.

Among the five sons of the Shen family, the second, the third, and the fourth are all working in the village for farming and sericulture. The fifth is Chen Xi's father Shen Mingshan works as a long-term worker in the Wang family, the big landlord in the county.

Before the eldest son, Shen Mingwen was admitted to the scholar, he was all brothers who paid for it. He had to start from childhood. Therefore, his family lived a tight life. It was not until Shen Mingwen lived up to the expectations and became a scholar in the county. With six dou of rice per month and four taels of silver per year, his life improved slightly.

Because he was the old lady in charge and was relatively fair in his work, the Shen family seemed too frugal in food and clothing, and the atmosphere between the rooms was quite harmonious.

Among the Shen family's legitimate grandson, perhaps the son inherited his father's business, only the old man Shen Yongzhuo could go to a private school in the county. This was decided by the old lady himself. Although there were occasional dirty tricks between the Shen family, they were all family members, and they all hoped that a juren would be born at home. After Shen Mingwen made up for the actual vacancies, the family would naturally revive and there was no complaints about the old lady.

Living in a big house, Chen Xi did not have much contact with other brothers and sisters, especially after occupying this body last year, she was worried about revealing her identity and always respected Xie Bumin for mini games such as mud, catching crickets, and playing scarabs. Over time, several cousins ​​stopped playing with him.

Let’s talk about Wang. She looked at Chen Xi’s impatient look, shook her head and smiled, stood hesitantly for a while, and wanted to speak but stopped.

"Sister, my sister-in-law is not here to find you for eggs. I would like to ask you if I have something to do." After hesitating for a long time, Wang said.

When Chen Xi heard this, he smiled bitterly, but he did not dare to speak.

Zhou snorted softly: "Sister-in-law is there to borrow money again? Sister-in-law, please spare me. There are so many people in this family. Sister-in-law borrowed money from my family, and she borrowed it and did not repay it. The last time she lent her sister-in-law fifty cents. Xiaolang hasn't been stuck in meat for almost two months."

Although the Shen family has no family separation, each room has its own small stove, and the old lady also acquiesced. Chen Xi felt that the aunt in front of her was a bit too much. She usually relied on her husband as a scholar and never took her father and mother seriously.

Since Shen Mingwen was admitted to the scholar, Wang stopped doing family affairs. He stayed in the room all day long. With the detention of his uncle's food and silver, the couple was openly open and spent almost all their money. They borrowed it from Zhou, who had some extra money from her husband who worked outside.

Although Zhou's stingy family is actually nothing more than a knife-like and slander. Every time Wang coaxes him a few words, he will lend him money. So the uncle's family owes him the most. Every time he spends thirty or fifty cents, he now has at least two or three taels of silver.

If my uncle's life was tense, Chen Xi would not have any disgust with it. But his living standards were much better than his own. He had to sneak a secret meal when eating an egg. He only had to do this for two small dishes, but he lived a very comfortable life. Last time, Chen Xi saw Dalang Shen Yongzhuo holding a chicken leg and chewing him hard, which made him so greedy that he was so clear about his saliva!

The Shen family was originally passed down from the past, but the descendants of the previous two generations were not in a good position, the family was in decline, and the brothers were in trouble, so they simply divided the family property, and Chen Xi's grandfather was among them.

Of course, this three-entry mansion is also the ancestral property of the Shen family. There are dozens of acres of land in the village, but this is not even a thousand oxen for the Shen family back then. It can be seen that the Shen Xi vein is not popular.

After the death of my grandfather, the Shen family's family became increasingly declining. There were several long-term workers in the family, but because the Shen family did not distribute money and grain in time, they all dispersed.

Today, although the Shen family has been in the glory of the family tree for three generations, Chen Xi's great-grandfather was a fifth-ranked official, but the current situation is not as good as an ordinary gentry family, which makes people sigh at the impermanence of the world.

The master’s last wish before his death was to not be separated, so now the five couples and their families are still together.

The exception is that my uncle passed the scholar ten years ago and my grandmother was very happy and put all the hope of revitalizing the Shen family on my uncle. His bias has since reached the point of obedience.

This is why Chen Xi's mother, Zhou, was seen by Wang, secretly gave Chen Xi a small kitchen. After all, the uncle is a scholar. According to the current situation, only if the uncle is admitted to the juren and glorify his ancestors, the Shen family can revive the family.

As for Chen Xi, he was very suspicious in his heart whether his uncle had innocently passed the imperial examination and became an official, would he bring substantial benefits to his room?

Under Wang's soft and hard work, Zhou quickly surrendered and handed over the small amount of private money left in his family.

Looking at Wang's back as he left, Chen Xi hummed unhappily: "Mom, why do you always borrow money from my aunt? You don't know how good my aunt's life is. We eat wild vegetables and grass roots every day, without any oil and water, I'm almost hungry as a monkey."

Halfway through, Chen Xi suddenly realized that a child of six or seven years old should not care about these things, but had already said it, and it was hard to recover.

Zhou was not surprised. Over the past year, his son became much more distant. He said such words only as he was reading the eldest son's house and grandson, and he had good food and drinks for him. He felt jealous.

"Boy, do you think your mother is? Your uncle is a scholar now, and if you make further progress, you will be a juren. Although your uncle failed twice in a row, your uncle is still young and will have a chance to pass the imperial examination in the future. If you pass the imperial examination, you will have a chance to become an official. Silly boy, do you know what an official is? Your uncle is an official and can help our family. At that time, as long as he says, our family will be easy?"

When Chen Xi heard this, he sighed slightly in his heart and said in his heart: It turns out that everything is inferior, but only in the era of high school study! Perhaps it is more appropriate to change the statement. All things are inferior, but only in the high official position, the difference between the people and the officials is more than tens of millions of miles.

Seeing Chen Xi stunned, Zhou suddenly asked, "Boy, do you want to study too?"

When Chen Xi heard this, although he knew that if he showed his desire to study, he would definitely put great pressure on his father and mother, he still gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously.

Zhou squatted down, looked at Chen Xi carefully, and repeatedly examined the agility and intelligence in Xiao Shen Xi's eyes. It took a long time to make up his mind:

"Baby, it's not that my mother is cruel to not let you study, it's that our family really can't get the tuition fee, but it doesn't matter. When your aunt borrows money from our family next time, she will ask her to ask your uncle to take time to teach you."

"Baby, if this happens, we don't want to study anymore. If you don't say anything else, your uncles and aunts will not agree. It's good to plow the fields honestly."

Chen Xi looked at the concern in his mother's eyes and couldn't help but blame himself, and forced himself to pretend to be indifferent: "Mom, it's okay. Even if his son cannot make a name for himself in the future, he will be filial to you two elders."

Looking at Chen Xi's well-behaved and sensible appearance, Zhou smiled and returned to his fierce temperament: "Go away, little bastard, you will know how to make me angry."

Chen Xi laughed happily, ran out of the room, and shouted, "Mom, I'm out for fun."

As soon as he walked out of the yard, Chen Xi heard the scream of fear coming from the east wing where his uncle's family lived in the second yard.

The Shen family is a traditional three-entry courtyard building. In front of the house is a large courtyard with stone pavilions. The entrance is a stone courtyard. To the north of the stone courtyard is a screen wall and to the east is a southeast corner courtyard. To the north of the southeast corner courtyard is an ear room toilet connecting the second courtyard. To the south is a car and sedan room, but now two rooms are used as guest rooms.

On the west side of the stone courtyard is an archway, and when the archway enters, the front yard. The four downward houses on the south side of the front yard were used to be where the Changgong and his family lived, but now they have been opened into a pigpen and the chicken coop. On the west side of the front yard, there is a moon archway, and inside the archway is a southwest corner courtyard.

The north side of the southwest corner courtyard is still an ear room and toilet connecting the second yard. The three rooms on the south side were originally the southern study room where the Shen family received guests during the prosperous period, but now it has become the location of Chenxi Yi's family.

The front yard is connected to the main courtyard by a hanging flower gate on the north side of the front yard. The six rooms on the east side of the main courtyard are all given to the Shen family’s eldest son Shen Mingwen. Shen Mingwen and his wife Wang have two sons and daughters, Shen Yongzhuo, fifteen years old, and are currently studying in a school in the county. The two daughters are the thirteen-year-old eldest daughter Chen Qian and the seven-year-old fourth daughter Chen Man. The five-person and six-person room are enough for living, and the extra room is used as Shen Mingwen’s reception room.

The six rooms in the west wing were divided into the second and third rooms, each room was three.

The second son, Shen Mingyou and his wife Qian, are fourteen-year-old Erlang Shen Yongfu, twelve-year-old Sanlang Shen Yongrui, ten-year-old third daughter Chen Tingting, and eight-year-old Wulang Shen Yongqi.

The third son Shen Mingtang and his wife Sun have two daughters, Shen Xiuxiu, who is ten years old, and Silang Chen Qian, who is ten years old.

There are three main rooms in the north, and the main hall is in the middle, where guests and ancestors are welcomed here. The old lady lives in the room on the east side of the main hall, and the room on the west side is where the old and old kids in the Yi family are eating.

On both sides of the main room are East-West Ear Rooms. The East-Ear Room is a unique shape and is a three-story cylindrical attic. Chen Xiyi doesn't understand its use. The West-Ear Room was the study room of the head of the Shen family, but now there are no books on the shelves, and most of the places are used to pile up debris.

On the outside of the east-west ear room, there is a moon gate connected to the backyard.

There are eight rooms in the backyard, of which the kitchen is located in the northwest corner. The other seven rooms were originally where the servants of the Shen family lived. Now three rooms are given to the fourth child of the Shen family, and the rest are full of firewood.

Shen Mingxin, the fourth son of the Shen family, and his wife Feng, have seven-year-old six-armed son Shen Yuan and five-year-old five-year-old daughters. Shen Yuan has been smart since childhood and is deeply loved by the old lady.

There was originally a garden behind the backyard, but with the fall of the Shen family, it has now become a vegetable garden full of seasonal vegetables. However, this is not something left for one's own food, and most of them are picked in the town for money and grain.

Hearing the sound of the east wing of the main courtyard where Shen Mingwen, the boss of the Shen family, became louder and louder, Chen Xi was very surprised. He walked his calves and took two steps in front of his uncle's house. However, he saw that his uncle was being held by his third and fourth uncles and struggled constantly.

Chen Xiyi was stunned for a moment. He looked at the old lady with cold eyes in the distance. He stepped forward and lowered his head, greeted him flatteringly: "Hello grandmother."

The old lady was covered in white hair and had a crutch in her hand. When she saw Chen Xi coming forward to say hello, she nodded slightly and did not look at him again, but looked at her uncle and said sincerely:

"Son, it's not that my mother's cruelty. Oh, you will inevitably suffer a little this time. You must be careful and pass the imperial examination to comfort your father's spirit in heaven."

Chen Xi stayed honestly beside him, stumbled his little head, and looked at the moment of the moment in front of him in confusion.

The uncle is not old and is only 34 years old this year, so he still has hope of revitalizing the Shen family. At this time, he kept struggling and begging in fear: "Mom, it's because my son is not good at it. My son will definitely not be relaxed any more. Mom, please, I don't want to go to the attic, I don't want to go to the attic."

The old lady sighed and felt a lot of reluctance in her tone: "Dalang, my mother is forced to do it. Don't worry, just wait for two and a half years. You will definitely be able to pass the imperial examination in two and a half years! Dalang, if you suffer, your mother will feel distressed, don't call me again. Last time you studied in the attic for a year, you successfully passed the exam for the scholar."

"When the next autumn exam starts, you will definitely be able to pass the imperial examination, will surely be able to glorify your ancestors, and will surely be able to become an official." The old lady's voice suddenly became hot.

Shen Mingwen roared to the sky, tears in his eyes turned, and he said in fear and fear: "Mom, don't forget, last time I almost died in the attic, I don't want to go to the attic, I don't want to."

The old lady looked at Shen Mingwen and sighed quietly, a little bit unsteady: "Dalang, youth is fleeting, autumn examinations have been gone for three years. You are already thirty-four years old this year. How many three years can you have in your life? It lasts for two and a half years, only two and a half years. After you go to the attic, I will have someone to deliver food and drink to you on time. If you are upset, you will shout a few times at the east window."

In the end, Shen Mingwen lowered his head in a bad mood and let his third and fourth uncles send him to the attic.

Chen Xi cat-chested and followed him forward.

Shen Mingwen was sent into the attic. The old lady stopped and sighed for a long time, as if she had been a few years older. With the help of her second uncle, she turned around and left.

Chen Xi looked at the cylindrical building and felt chilling.

The status of the attic in the Shen family is second only to that of the ancestral hall. It is better to say that it is a round flashlight, which is completely closed. Only a small iron window is on the east side. Chen Xi believes that even if it is inside during broad daylight, an oil lamp must be lit to see things.

Just as Chen Xi was stunned, a "pop" sound came from the small iron window. The sound was crisp and very regular. Every time he rang, Shen Mingwen's screams were heard, and he heard his gritting teeth and stunning sound.

"Bang."

"Let you be flirted with each other."

"Bang."

"Make you half-hearted."

"Bang."

"Make you unwilling to be enterprising."

"Bang."

"Make you not do your job properly."

"Bang."

"Let you forget your father's teachings."

"Bang."

"Make you restless."

"Bang."

"Make you tired and relaxed."

After seven sounds, the attic was silent.

Chen Xi stared at the closed cylinder door blankly and came to his senses. He felt uncomfortable all over. It was obvious that only the uncle was in the attic!

It was not until a long time later that Chen Xi realized that the attic was a heritage building of the Shen family. If the children in the family failed the test repeatedly, they would be forcibly taken to this attic and confine themselves to innocence. After entering, they had to use a ruler to draw themselves seven times, and blood stains would overflow every time, otherwise it would not count, so they would have to reflect on them seven times.

ps: The emperor has opened a new book!

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