Chen Xi said he didn't know Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, so he didn't lie. He did not know this great writer who made the legend of Jin Ping Mei in history. Even who this person is, there were many controversies in history. However, Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, who appears in Tingzhou Prefecture, is actually himself.

Hui Niang frowned and said, "Xiaolang, since you don't know each other, why should you write a book under his name?"

Chen Xi was speechless.

When Hui Niang saw Chen Xi's embarrassment, she couldn't help but laugh and joke: "Don't let this Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng be you, right?"

Chen Xi waved his hand quickly: "Aunt, you are so proud of me. How can I write poems that even the sister of the Xie family like? Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng does exist, but he has never been a stranger. I am a child, and I can't write my own name when I write this book, right? I have to use this sage to win the name! As for that poem, it should be written by Sister Xie, how could I lie to you?"

Chen Xi found it was difficult for him to lie about this matter, but he was just accustomed to using the name "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng".

Chen Xi often has unreasonable words on weekdays, and Hui Niang has long been accustomed to it, so she has not stopped asking questions. However, Xie Yun'er has paid more attention to Chen Xi's daily words and deeds in the future.

That night, it was rare for everyone to gather together. According to the old rules, Shen Xi still told stories to everyone.

Chen Xi talked about the Romance of the Gods this time. The stories of "The Legend of the Conquest of the Gods" from Nuwa, Nezha's Sea, Jiang Ziya's Down the Mountain, King Wen's Visit to the Fairy are all very wonderful. Everyone listened with relish, but only Xie Yuner was absent-minded. She seemed to be thinking about Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's identity. She thought that this person was far away from her before, but after knowing that the printing workshop was printed and said that the person's name was the one in her office, she was a little expectant, as if she could see this person at any time.

This girl in the age of jasper, peach and plum blossoms is completely a poetic fan, and has a deep respect for the poet. In the poem in Taohua Temple, it depicts a state of freedom and selflessness, which makes Xie Yuner fascinated. Xie Yuner regards this person as an idol, purely looking for spiritual sustenance and forgets the hardships she suffered in her life.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather gradually became colder.

The winter of this year came very early. Chen Xi had already changed into thick clothes. Even after returning from school, he couldn't go out to play because the wind was strong, so he moved the classroom specially set up by the two little loli from the yard to the inner room.

The provincial examination ends in mid-August, and the Fujian provincial examination papers will be recruited to Nanjing for review. The results will take about two months to release, and scholars who go to the provincial urban and rural examinations usually return home to wait for news.

At the end of August, Shen Mingjun suddenly received a letter from Ninghua, saying that Shen Mingwen and Shen Ming had two brothers who wrote a letter to their homes before the provincial examination started, and there was no news afterwards.

Shen Mingjun was very anxious. After all, it was his elder brother and second brother. He had been to the provincial capital for a very limited number of times. Shen Mingyou accompanied Shen Mingwen on the provincial examination six years ago and three years ago. Li felt that there would be no problem this time, but who knew something happened after the provincial examination.

Ninghua was in chaos. After all, the only one who was with the old lady in Ninghua County was the honest third son Shen Mingtang. The old lady had no idea and had to call Shen Mingxin, the fourth son who stayed in Taohua Village, and Shen Mingjun, the fifth son who worked in the city, to discuss countermeasures.

But in Zhou's opinion, the old lady would ask Shen Mingjun to take a walk to the provincial capital. Not to mention the dangers on the road, at least she would not see her husband for at least two months.

"The uncle and the second uncle are old enough to pass by their thirties and have their own sense of doing things. It is useless to go back like this. It is better to write to my mother and ask her to find someone to go to the provincial capital to find out the situation. As for money, at most, we can pay it."

Zhou didn't want to let Shen Mingjun go back to Ninghua this time. She always felt that her husband was controlled too much by her mother-in-law, as long as Li had something to say. Shen Mingjun would do it no matter what. This is a typical example of asking me not to have a wife. Even if Zhou obeys her husband, she would mind it in her heart.

"The ground in Fujian is not peaceful now, if something happens to my elder brother and my second brother?"

Shen Mingjun has a very firm attitude. He is concerned about the entire Shen family or the idea of ​​"Shen family and I am indoctrinated since childhood". He believes that he will do his best to do anything about the Shen family.

Zhou was angry and could not lose his temper with her husband, so he turned around and went out to the medicine shop. When Chen Xi saw that my mother was angry, he could understand in his heart, which wife hoped that her husband would not return for a long time? What's more, Shen Mingwen and Shen Mingyou were just a few days late and didn't go back, so the old lady regarded it as a big deal. Even Shen Mingwen was distracted from the previous incident of emotional separation.

Chen Xi walked into the house and saw Shen Mingjun packing his bags and preparing to return home. He sighed: "Dad, do you really want to go back to Ninghua to see your grandmother?"

"Xiaolang, your uncle is the hope of our whole family. If he has something to do, our Shen family will be ruined. Don't worry, once there is news about your uncle, I will come back immediately."

Chen Xi thought to himself, he is such a responsible man, but unfortunately, my mother and his wife cannot do both. If he marry a wife in the future, it may be difficult to make a decision between Zhou and his wife. Chen Xi wanted to advise Shen Mingjun, but he wanted to say something but stopped. It is understandable that Shen Mingjun is filial to his mother.

This may be the sorrow of being a man!

Early in the morning in early September, Shen Mingjun packed his bags and prepared to set off. Even though Zhou was angry yesterday and went to sleep with Hui Niang late, he still came to see Shen Mingjun off in the morning.

Zhou took Chen Xi to take Shen Mingjun to the direction of the north city gate. Before he could walk out of two streets, he met a man with disheveled face.

The three of you were about to avoid it, but the man suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Shen Mingjun and greeted him loudly: "Youngest, I've found you."

These words scared Shen Mingjun and his wife. When they looked at each other, Shen Mingjun exclaimed: "Brother?"

Chen Xi carefully identified it, but it was no one else, it was his uncle Shen Mingwen! And he was alone, so he didn't see his second uncle Shen Ming walking with him.

Zhou was a little amused and cried. He originally wanted to send her husband back to Ninghua, but now he found him, which means that his husband doesn't have to leave, but it is not a good thing that Shen Mingwen comes to the city.

The Changting County, where Tingzhou Prefecture City is located, is located in the south of Ninghua County and belongs to two different water systems. There is no need to pass by Changting County from the provincial capital Fuzhou to Ninghua County, which shows that Shen Mingwen was not passing by at all, but came to find Shen Mingjun.

Shen Mingjun and his wife quickly took Shen Mingwen back, first asked Shen Mingwen to wash his hair and take a shower, then found clothes to change into him. After wearing it, Shen Mingwen finally regained his spirit.

"Brother, why did you come to the capital? You don't know how anxious Mother is these days. I'll ask someone to write a letter to Mother to report her safety." Shen Mingjun was about to go out, but Shen Mingwen grabbed him.

Shen Mingwen's voice was deep: "Fifth brother, don't tell my mother, I want to stay in the city this time and not leave."

This was said. Shen Mingjun and his wife looked at each other and saw the embarrassment on each other's face.

Shen Mingwen and the old lady have had conflicts over the past few years, which made the Shen family feel like they were disintegrated. The old lady passed on all her hatred for her eldest son to other sons and daughters-in-laws. It can be said that Zhou’s relationship with the old lady was not harmonious, mainly because Shen Mingwen “caused trouble.”

Shen Mingwen is now going to stay in the city and wants to hide it from the old lady. There is no airtight wall in this world. If the old lady knows, she will definitely think that Shen Mingjun and his wife are the accomplices of Shen Mingwen running away from home. The old lady spoils her eldest son deeply. Looking back, she may only hate the "accomplices" and give him a favor to Shen Mingwen, the "initiator".

Zhou was a little embarrassed: "His uncle, you have just finished the exam. The list has not been released yet, why don't you go back to report your safety to your mother? I remember coming to the city?"

"well!"

Shen Mingwen sighed, "I did not do well in the exam. I was afraid that I would be punished by my mother when I went back, so I was locked up in the attic in the countryside. My second brother ran away with the money. I had nowhere to go, so I had to come to the city to join you."

Originally, Shen Mingjun and his wife didn't know where Shen Ming had gone. Only after hearing what Shen Mingwen said did they realize that the eldest and second brothers were also unreliable.

Shen Mingwen touched his stomach and then said, "I have been sleeping in the open for a while. I went to the city yesterday and couldn't find you. I can only deal with the night at the street corner. Can I have any food?"

Zhou couldn't help but smile bitterly, but nodded, and went to the kitchen to take out the leftovers leftovers last night.

Shen Mingwen finished eating voraciously before looking up at Zhou: "Is there any?"

"I can only do it now, brother wait first."

Zhou didn't bother to go to the pharmacy to open the door. Anyway, she told Hui Niang yesterday that she would send Shen Mingjun to her today. Xie Yuner and Xiaoyu would be dealt with.

After Zhou went to the kitchen, Shen Mingwen looked at Shen Mingjun a little apologetically and said, "Fifth brother, I want to learn business from you, don't know if it's okay?"

Shen Mingjun was panicked and could not respond. In the past, he thought that work and business were very cheap things. He hoped that his elder brother would be able to pass the imperial examination and take him out of the sea of ​​suffering. But now, his elder brother actually wanted to "degenerate himself" and do business with him, which completely subverted Shen Mingjun's outlook on life and values.

"If the fifth brother disagrees, then forget it. I don't know if I can settle me in the city and don't tell my mother. It's better to take your sister-in-law over. I don't plan to go back."

Shen Xiyi followed behind and watched from the side when he returned home. He thought to himself that this uncle is really not a fuel-efficient lamp. He wants to break away from the old lady's control and wants to live a life of no effort. In the past more than a year, he has stayed in an inn in Ninghua. How much money has he spent at home? Now he is taking advantage of the exam in the provincial capital and has used his usual skills again to run away from home. It's fine if you leave, but you want to bring your wife and children with you. How come so many good things come?

It would be fine if he was willing to support himself, but when he came, he said, "I want to do business." He was a scholar who didn't even know the value of food, rice, oil and salt. What kind of ability does he have to do business?

When he arrived in the capital, he could only be a parasite and let Shen Mingjun and his wife raise him.

Shen Xi thought that when he was in the countryside, Shen Mingwen's wife Wang came to borrow money shortly after a while. In order to allow him to study, Zhou always lent the money. In the end, Wang's choice of scholars among the third generation of Shen's children still ignored Shen Xi mercilessly.

Chen Xi felt very unwilling to accept it.

Shen Mingwen and his wife were very selfish, and they only had their own world. Chen Xi decided that even if his father and mother let Shen Mingwen stay in the palace and did not inform Li, he would find a way to tell the old lady that the only one who can suppress Shen Mingwen in this world is Li.

ps: The third update! It is also an additional update for monthly tickets with a total of 390 tickets!
Chapter completed!