The sun was getting higher, the wind and waves were getting smaller, more and more ships were passing by on both sides, and Brother Gou was also released from the cabin.
Also returning to Beijing were Guo Erlang and Zhao Mingxin, and Qin Linger also brought her two-year-old brother Zhi with her.
Most children don't like to play with children younger than themselves. Brother Lao was not very happy to play with Brother Zhi, so he ran around on the deck with the wood and returned to Shen Nanxun.
Shen Nanxun picked up Brother Bao and tucked him into his cloak.
"Why did you run out?" Shen Nanxun asked.
"My younger sister can only sleep, and my younger brother can't speak clearly. It's not fun."
Shen Nanxun weighed his brother and asked him to sit more firmly in his arms.
"Dad, when will you come to take us home?" Brother Bai asked again.
"Calculate the time with grandma, and dad will come to pick you up when he's done."
"I can't tell whether my grandfather's family is good or not." Brother Chen was very confused.
"What's wrong?"
"My grandma's house has to go to school and have homework every day, which is really tiring, but I also have my brothers and sisters to play with. My master even praised me yesterday."
Brother Lao paused, "But I think Mom seems to be more cheerful. No one in my grandfather's family will scold Mom. Everyone else is kind to Mom, and Mom is also very kind to the servants."
Shen Nanxun looked serious, "Who in the house would scold your mother?"
Brother Lao thought for a while, "Grandma knows how to scold everyone, not just my mother. Sometimes when we play with my brother and make grandma angry, grandma will ask Aunt Lin to scold us for not knowing etiquette."
"What else?" Shen Nanxun asked again.
"Aunt Lin can do it too. When she doesn't eat well, wears well, gets cold, or gets sick, she will always say it's because of mom and dad. Why is she such an adult and she still doesn't know how to feed and clothe herself? Mom is the mother of brother and sister, and Not her mother."
Shen Nanxun was angry, but he was also amused by Brother Lao.
"Because the Lin family girl has no motherly upbringing, she looks at your mother so well that she is treated like a mother."
Brother Lao nodded and said in agreement: "It should be like this."
"But, Dad, why didn't you help my mother distinguish when she scolded her?"
Shen Nanxun frowned, "Who taught you this?"
Brother Bao also frowned like Shen Nanxun, "Yesterday when I went to my second great-grandfather's house, my sixth aunt and my second grandmother got into an argument. My sixth aunt was so angry that she threw her hands away and left. My sixth uncle and my second grandmother talked for a long time. We all understood that it was boring, so I ran to find my mother."
Shen Nanxun was confused by Brother Bao's great-grandfather, grandmother, uncle, and aunt. It took him a long time to realize what was going on.
He said, yesterday when he went to look for Lady He, Lady Lu Liu actually ran away to hide, so it turned out that this was the case.
However, this did remind Shen Nanxun once again how much he had ignored.
Shen Nanxun wrote to Brother Bao, "If dad knows about it, he will definitely help your mother distinguish it more in the future."
Piling was not far from Yangzhou, and the next day it was bright and clear as we arrived at Yangzhou Pier.
The Wei family had received the letter a long time ago. Wei Jiaojiao could not come to greet her because she was pregnant, and because her husband was with her on the boat, the Wei family arranged for Wei Jiaojiao's eldest brother, Wei Dalang, to come to the dock to welcome him.
Dalang Wei observed etiquette everywhere. After bowing to his two uncles from the Lu family and Shen Nanxun, he met with the two gentlemen again and repeatedly invited him to disembark and stay for half a day. Mr. Lu refused all of them, saying that Shen Nanxun still had official duties.
Wei Dalang then presented them with breakfast banquets from the best teahouse in Yangzhou City and wished them a safe journey. Seeing that all the female family members had disembarked, he also took his leave.
Shen Nanxun narrowed his eyes as he looked at Wei Dalang's back. Wei Dalang was very stable on the springboard. Although he was trying his best to hide it, it was not difficult to see the clues.
"This Wei family..." Shen Nanxun asked Mr. Lu. The Wei family was really not well-known to Shen Nanxun. There were no capable children in the court, and the name of the Wei family was rarely heard in shopping malls.
Mr. Lu watched the carriage on the pier slowly start its journey.
"In the Wei family, the sons and daughters are not prominent, but the in-laws are very useful."
"The old aunt of the Zhao family is a concubine. There are only two girls of your grandfather's generation in the Zhao family. This aunt is the eldest. She was raised with the cousins of the Zhao family. The Wei family promised her the eldest daughter's legitimate wife. , the Zhao family naturally gave me a generous dowry."
"Wei Jiaojiao married the richest man in Jinling and had numerous wives and concubines. His family also married."
"Wei Dalang's deceased wife was the third young lady of the Si family who was the transfer envoy on Huainan North Road. She suffered from a cough and died within three years of their marriage."
Shen Nanxun narrowed his eyes, "So what do the Wei family do for a living?"
"Whatever the in-laws do for a living, they will take a stake in it and have a hand in it. Others don't put their eggs in one basket, but their family puts their eggs in one basket. They are proficient in everything and practice sparsely."
"Is there any girl in their generation who is waiting to be married?" Shen Nanxun asked.
Mr. Lu glanced at Shen Nanxun.
Shen Nanxun waved his hands repeatedly, "The Wei family won't let it go in the general election."
Third Master Lu said in a long voice, "I don't know about the general election. Anyway, He Niang and the others should..."
"Don't even think about it, it's not something that can be put on the table."
Mr. Lu twitched the corners of his mouth slightly.
This is not to say that Third Master Lu is being alarmist. Although the Wei family is not very moral, Third Master Lu will not prevent his daughter from making friends. Who Lu Fenghe makes friends with and who she associates with are matters she should judge for herself.
Moreover, the Wei family has never done anything involving thieves or stealing, and Wei Jiaojiao is also a straightforward person.
It's just that in today's situation, they are all girls. Logically speaking, the husband should avoid danger. Even if he wants to come to greet them, he should at least bring Wei Jiaojiao, or the old lady of the Wei family, or the mature nun in front of the wife.
There is no way to directly ask the husband to pick up a girl of the same generation. There is no such reason for serious in-laws, not to mention that these are in-laws separated by a generation.
Shen Nanxun recalled Wei Dalang's appearance. Although he didn't want to admit it, he did take it as a compliment. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was more handsome than Pan An. Thinking about it, he could always find a suitable in-law. You have to have some capital. The capital of the Wei family is hard to say that both men and women compete with each other in beauty.
"In that case, let the Wei family have a girl to be married and let her be selected into the palace. Now this is the best in-law in the world."
Third Master Lu glanced at Shen Nanxun, "There are no legitimate daughters in this generation of the Wei family. We can have what a concubine should have."
After Mr. Lu finished speaking, he returned to the banquet hall. The table sent by the Wei family was quite good, and Mr. Lu was already looking forward to it.
Shen Nanxun also sat at the table. He just looked at the table in front of him, losing all appetite, and tapped the table with his index finger one after another.
Lu Wulang was not happy and choked for a moment. He regained his composure and complained to Shen Nanxun, "Shen Dalang, what are you doing? You can't even eat in the morning. You are more anxious every time and make me afraid that I will eat slowly." . ”
Shen Nanxun then picked up the chopsticks, but ate very quickly. A gust of wind swept through the clouds, leaving behind a stunned Lu Wulang and an unsurprised Lu Silang.
Zaizai was sick last week, and he had fluids for several days over the weekend.