Encounter with the Four Great Talents

Since Tang Yin returned to Wu County, he studied painting with Mr. Shen every day.Tang Shen was very supportive of this. As long as he needed all kinds of four treasures of the study, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, he would immediately prepare them for him. He also strongly supported him in writing and posting poems, which made the Tang family earn a fortune. .Originally, Tang Guangde had some objections to his son not taking the exam because of his good grades, but after Tang Shen chatted with him alone in the study for two hours, he became Tang Yin's biggest supporter of learning painting.

However, because the youngest son had a serious illness after the provincial examination, Qiu had some opinions on the continued examination of the two sons.When her husband and son disagreed with the test, she immediately stood up to support and tactfully dismissed the ladies of the Women's Association who came to inquire about the news.

But even if they don't take part in the test, the excellence of the two sons is obvious to all, and there is still an endless stream of door-to-door marriage proposals.But just because his son is so outstanding, Tang Yin's marriage has become a serious worry for Qiu Shi!why?Because if you can't make it high, you can't make it low.

Wu County is neither big nor small, but it is too difficult for Qiu to find someone worthy of Tang Yin in Wu County.At least she hasn't seen the daughter-in-law in her mind after looking for half a year.Either her looks are bad, or her character is bad, or her family background is not good, in short, she always has infinite faults to pick out, and then she has to delete this girl from the waiting list sadly.

As a result, until the spring of the next year, Tang Yin's marriage partner had not yet been decided.

Then suddenly, Mrs. Xu, the elder sister of Changzhou, wrote a letter, telling her that an official from the capital came to Changzhou, and that he had a granddaughter who was a perfect match for Tang Yin.

Qiu's heart is itchy, although this girl's family background is indeed worthy of her son, and her sister also praised her for her appearance and personality, but after all, she is the eldest daughter-in-law, Qiu always feels worried if she doesn't meet her in person .So the husband and wife discussed together, and Qiu took his second son Tang Shen to Changzhou.

Tang Shen leaned in the carriage and looked at his mother and couldn't help but sigh: "Mother, just let my aunt go and look at it for me, why do you need to make this trip yourself, although Changzhou is not far away, it is tiring to go back and forth like this Yes. What Auntie said is very good, I believe it must be good."

Qiu gave him a blank look: "What do you know? This is your sister-in-law. The mistress of the house in the future, of course you have to look after yourself as a mother." Then she turned to her maid Dongyue and said, "In my house I took out a new green bamboo purse from the box and gave it to the second master to change it, it’s too old for him to use.” Thinking of this, he was dissatisfied with his son and said: “Look at you, mother asked you to put a few more maids by your side, but you just refuse , how can Yonglu take care of you as well as the maids alone."

"My son is not a rich lady. Why bother to pay so much attention to some trivial matters. Yonglu alone is enough. I don't like girls getting all over my face." Tang Shen rested his chin and found a comfortable position, Judging from the collection of Tang Yin's poems taken from behind him, it seems that he is not going to continue this topic.Qiu Shi understood his temperament, knew that he couldn't be persuaded, so he didn't bother to talk.He took the purse and put it on with him personally, and looked at his son who was leaning on the wall of the car and reading with lowered eyes, suddenly feeling a little dazed.

Although my two sons are good, but people's hearts are inherently biased, and they will always be compared secretly.Normally, no matter in terms of appearance or talent, the eldest son Tang Yin is more outstanding, and the attention of many matchmakers to Tang Yin can also reflect this point.But looking at Tang Shen at this time, he felt that the youngest son's appearance was unexpectedly good-looking.The gentle and soft eyebrows and eyes have a hint of lazy style, and the corners of the slightly thin mouth are gently pressed up to press out two small cute pear dimples, matching his palm-sized face, sharp chin, fair skin, and slender skin. The long neck looks good no matter how you look at it.

This kind of good looks is different from that of women, it is not soft, flamboyant, or dazzling, but the more you look at it, the more you look at it, the more you like it.

Tang Shen was so stared at by her, he put down the book and looked up and asked strangely: "Mother, what are you reading?"

Qiu stretched out her hand and gently stroked her son's face, which made Tang Shen confused.Qiu said with a smile: "Our Shen'er looks so good-looking, even the skin is so tender, like a boiled egg."

Although she is his own mother, Tang Shen is also very embarrassed to be touched so much, and dodges dumbfoundedly: "Mother, don't touch it!"

Qiu stared at him: "I can touch the flesh that falls from my body as I like!" (Borrowing my old mother's original words.) He pinched it even harder.

Tang Shen was forced by his mother's hooliganism, so he had no choice but to let her go. Seeing that he couldn't escape, he yawned and lay down on his mother's lap, hugging her waist, to sleep.Qiu Shi chuckled, stretched out her hand to hug him lightly, seeing that he was acting coquettish because of embarrassment, she cooperated and stopped making trouble with him, and went out early in the morning, he must have not slept well.With the bumping of the carriage, Tang Shen really fell asleep like this.

Qiu looked down at the child sleeping peacefully on his lap, feeling extremely satisfied.Dongyue took a thin blanket to cover him, covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Second Lord is usually like a little adult, but now he is really like a child when he is asleep."

Qiu smiled and stretched out her hand to cover the blanket tightly, and gently stroked a strand of hair that fell on his face: "He is only a 14-year-old child, so he is an adult."

"In the eyes of Madam, no matter how old the uncle and the second uncle are, they will not grow up." Dongyue whispered and laughed, not afraid of being given a blank look by Qiu Shi, and sat in the corner to continue sewing.

Qiu looked at the child lying on his lap, because he was sleeping on his side, the right side of his face was squashed, he squeezed his mouth into a pout, he was sleeping deeply, his brows were stretched, he looked like a carefree child. A worried child, how could he have thought that he would have merit at a young age and still take care of the livelihood of a large family.But no matter how capable and strong he is at ordinary times, in his own eyes, he will always be a child who will never grow up, a child who needs her, a mother, to worry about for a lifetime.

Regarding the matter of falling asleep on his mother's lap, Tang Shen was slightly uncomfortable. To be honest, neither he nor his mother had ever done this in his previous life.But looking at Qiu's warm eyes, Tang Shen quickly calmed down again. This is his mother, the only mother in this life.

Therefore, it was rare for Tang Shen to have the consciousness of being loved by his mother. Tang Shen continued to pester his mother and act like a baby: "Mother, you haven't traveled far, have you? Let's come out this time, and have a good time in Changzhou. The scenery is the best now in spring. Shall we go swimming in the lake?"

Qiu smiled and slapped him lightly on the head: "I know how to play, mother has something to do when she comes out, have you forgotten?"

"How can I. But thinking that my mother has never played it anyway, why not take this opportunity to invite a few friends to go to the lake together. My mother has taken a fancy to the lady of which family, and invited her together, killing two birds with one stone. "

"It's just that you have so many ideas!" Qiu's heart was really moved. It was a rare time to come out. It would be really nice to go to the lake with the future daughter-in-law of her sisters and friends to see the scenery on both sides.He nodded and said, "If things in Changzhou are going well, then you can arrange it then."

"Leave it to me and you can rest assured." Tang Shen saw that his mother was a little tired, so he quickly pulled out a pillow and stuffed it to the side for his mother to lean on: "Mother, you are tired, go to sleep for a while, and you will be able to rest soon The place is here, let's rest overnight and we will be there tomorrow."

"Okay, it's windy outside, don't go out, just read a book in the carriage."

"I'm not going out, I'm here with you."

Qiu Shi nodded with a smile, held his hand and closed his eyes to rest.Tang Shen held one hand for his mother, and took out the poetry collection with the other to continue reading.It may be because of the comfortable life and success in learning, every word and sentence in Tang Yin's collection of poems always exudes a sense of warmth and happiness. come out.Perhaps because of this, Tang Yin's poetry collections are extremely popular among women, especially in the south of the Yangtze River.The Tang family was not short of money, so under Tang Yin's insistence, after four or six openings, [-]% of the money would be spent by Tang Yin himself.With such benefits, Tang Yin himself was no longer interested in imperial examinations, and devoted himself to studying poetry, calligraphy and painting, which made Tang Shen heave a sigh of relief.

Changzhou is not far away. It can be reached in one day if it is fast, and it will take two days if it is slow.But after all, it was the first time for the Qiu family to go out. Tang Shen was considerate of his mother and was afraid that she would be tired from the journey, so he walked very slowly, and it was not until the third morning that he lingered outside the gate of Changzhou City.Then, I met Butler Zhou who was specially picked up by the Xu family.

As soon as Steward Zhou saw Tang Shen, he kowtowed and saluted. Tang Shen got him up and said, "Butler Zhou has been waiting for a long time."

Although the man in front of Steward Zhou is only 14 years old, younger than his fifth master, he is already a master!The Tang family is in charge!Butler Zhou didn't dare to take Joe, he bent down respectfully and smiled and said: "What's the matter with the second master, it's a great blessing to be able to come to pick up my aunt and second master, and I want to get some fairy spirit from the second master." Let my kid also take the exam, such a good thing is that I would be happy to let the little one come to pick it up [-] times."

"Oh? How old is Steward Zhou's boy this year?"

"Back to Second Master, it's thirteen."

Tang Shen smiled, and put a piece of jade in his hand: "Then give this jade to that child, I wish him an early victory in the Toad Palace."

Tang Shen didn't like any jade ornaments, and his mother mostly embroidered purses or woven nets on his body.But even if you don't use it yourself, you still have the ability to appreciate it.The jade in his hand was really good, and it was worth seven or eighty taels of silver. Given the current property and status of the Tang family, this jade was not bad at all, and it was indeed a face-saving gift to Steward Zhou.Butler Zhou naturally accepted it happily, and thanked him repeatedly.

After greeting Tang Shen, Housekeeper Zhou also went to the car to greet Qiu Shi.Mrs. Qiu was in the carriage next to Tang Shen, and naturally heard their conversation, so she also gave the child some small things.Although the things looked like they were pieced together, a discerning eye could tell that there were two sets of things belonging to Housekeeper Zhou, Housekeeper Zhou's mother-in-law, and the child.Steward Zhou quickly thanked him again, and then asked Tang Shen to get back in the carriage and lead them into the city.

Mrs. Xu, who got the news, had already been waiting by the second gate. Since Mrs. Qiu was a female family member, the carriage she was riding in drove directly into the second gate.When Qiu got out of the car, the two sisters hugged their heads and cried as soon as they met.

Mrs. Xu was accompanied by three daughters-in-law. Although they were all daughters-in-law of concubine sons, the three sons of the Xu family who were now married were all serious in charge of affairs.Mrs. Xu is thinking about her son's future, these daughters-in-law are quite face-saving, and they usually get along pretty well.

Seeing this situation, the three daughters-in-law shed tears with emotion, and then went up to persuade the two to stop crying, and told them not to cry for such a happy event and hurt their eyes.

The two sisters hadn't seen each other for many years. After crying, they naturally had countless things to say, so they wiped each other's tears carefully.Then they went to Mrs. Xu's room arm in arm, ready to have a good chat.

The author has something to say: Although the next few chapters are all about Tang Yin, basically Tang Yin will not appear on stage, and his role will become less and less in the future until he enters Beijing.

Tang Yin didn't fall in love. I still have some sympathy for this extremely sad talent in history. Don't worry about him, just look at Xiao Shenshen.

The rare mother-child interaction in this chapter of Xiao Shenshen is what I have always wanted to write, because I think it seems that I have written too little before. I don’t want everyone to think that Xiao Shenshen is a rational and deserted person. So kind, gentle, and cute!