Chapter 907: Accept the wind and wash away the dust
That night, Xia Zihan told Zhuo and Chu Xuanyu about the Shen family's arrival.
Chu Xuanyu was very happy and said, "You don't need to prepare the house where the Shen family lives. I have already prepared it. I have an unused three-in house on South Street, which I can lend to the Shen family first. The Shen family has a simple population and three-in. The house is big enough for them to live in.”
Then, he told Mrs. Zhuo, "Tomorrow you will send a few rough servants and maids to clean it and see if anything else needs to be added. We will add it first. When Aunt Shen's family comes, we can move in directly."
Mrs. Zhuo knew about the Shen family and also knew that several of the Dou family's wives had loved Chu Xuanyu as their own son when they were still alive. Now, when the nephew of Mrs. Dou's second wife came to Beijing, they would not treat him lightly.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Zhuo personally took several maids and women to clean the house. Seeing that the furniture in the house was old and the paint was peeling, she ordered people to buy paint and re-oil all the furniture. Painted and added a few pieces of furniture.
Seeing that the shelf was empty, she called her mother-in-law next to her and went to her warehouse to find a dozen small ornaments and put them on the shelf.
Even the flowers and plants in the garden were replaced by Zhuo.
After the house was renewed, the Shen family arrived in the capital.
And Xia Zihan has not been idle these days. He went to the palace in the morning and went to the Xia family in the afternoon. He asked Xia Shiming to find a job as a private school teacher for the Xu family and his son, and then moved his empty second house into a small house. , packed it up and lent it to the Xu family to live in.
When the Shen family and the Xu family arrived in the capital, Xia Zihan had just finished all these things. She held the twins in her arms and went to the city gate to pick them up with the Zhuo family's Chu Xuanyu.
When they arrived at the city gate, Xia Zihan saw several young masters from the Dou family arriving.
Also, the Shen family and the Dou family are real relatives. Mrs. Shen is Mr. Dou's biological aunt, and she and Mr. Shen are also cousins, much closer than the Chu family.
Xia Zihan stepped forward, saluted and said hello to several elders of the Dou family, and greeted several peers of the Dou family. Then she followed Zhuo with the twins in her arms and talked to several ladies of the Dou family.
Mrs. Dou said excitedly, "I haven't seen my cousins from the Shen family for more than ten years. If Aqi hadn't gone to Ningfeng City and met them this time, we wouldn't have known where the Shen family had gone."
Mr. Dou also said, "That year, when the emperor ascended the throne and Dasheng was stabilized, I went to the Ministry of Personnel to check the whereabouts of the Shen cousin. But after several months of checking, I still couldn't find out that the Shen cousin had been transferred by Lu Guogong. Where, I suspect that the transfer documents of the Shen family cousin were all destroyed by Lu Guogong. At the beginning, we were treated by Lu Guogong. "
Duke Lu Guo vented his hatred towards them on the Shen family.
He deliberately transferred the Shen family's cousin to a place where nothing matters, and destroyed the transfer documents so that they could not find out.
"Everyone is dead. That is all in the past. The Lu family has also received his retribution. God is wise." The second master of the Dou family said angrily.
As a group of people were talking, the Shen family's motorcade arrived.
Mrs. Shen of the Shen family got off the carriage and was about to salute Chu Xuanyu, Zhuo family and Xia Zihan.
The three of them have the title of prince, princess, concubine and princess, and they can be regarded as half-kings. The Shen family is ministers, and when ministers see the king, they must bow.
How could Xia Zihan and the others dare to accept her courtesy? Mrs. Zhuo jumped out hurriedly, supported her, and said, "Cousin, please forgive me. We are a family, and a family should talk about seniority."< br>
After saying that, the family, together with the Dou family, bowed to Mrs. Shen, and then met with Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen.
The Shen brothers also jumped off the carriage and came over, first saluting Chu Xuanyu, Zhuo and Xia Zihan, and then saluting the elders of the Dou family.
This time, Zhuo did not stop him.
The Shen brothers are younger than Chu Jingqi and are juniors, so they should salute and say hello to them.
After the three families introduced each other and said hello, the Xu family behind also got off the carriage and walked over to salute and say hello. This time, Mrs. Zhuo accepted the ceremony upright and said with a polite smile, "You were introduced to Beijing by Chu Yu. Since you are here, we will be a family from now on. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can go to Prince Anjun's Mansion." Come to me and I will help you if I can.”
This can be regarded as accepting the Xu family for Xia Zihan's sake.
The Xu family was flattered, especially Mrs. Xu and Xu Waner, who once again bowed and thanked her.
Seeing that the Xu family values their rules and looks prudent and not ostentatious, Mrs. Zhuo's facial expression did not change, but in her heart she was praising her daughter-in-law for her vision and winning over a good family.
She introduced the Dou family to the Xu family
Then, another greeting and salute was given.
After that, Chu Xuanyu sent a steward to take the Shen family's motorcade to the house he arranged for the Shen family, while Xia Zihan sent Chu Fei to take the Xu family's carriage to the house she arranged for the Xu family. inside.
The house is not big, with only two entrances, but it is more than enough to accommodate the Xu family.
The Xu family consists of Master Xu, Mrs. Xu, a pair of children, two maids, a cook, two servants, and a long attendant. There are ten people in total, which is enough to live in.
Master Xu and his young servant chief lived in the front room, Master Xu and Mrs. Xu lived in the backyard, and Xu Waner, her maid and cook lived in the back room.
Ten people moved in, but the whole house was still very empty. After Mr. Xu came back from drinking at Anjun Prince's Mansion, he directly converted all the west wing rooms in his yard into study rooms, passing on the legacy of his Xu family to several generations. More than a dozen boxes of books were all put up, filling the two rooms.
These rare and rare books of his were loved by Xia Zihan. Xia Zihan often came to Xu's house to borrow books to read. Later, when she borrowed too many books, Xu Waner simply picked out the books she liked, copied them all and gave them to her. she.
Of course, this is a later story.
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In order to bring peace to the Shen family, Prince Anjun specially prepared ten tables of banquets and invited many relatives.
Several sisters from the Dou family are here, and Princess Qinghui of the Zeng family is also here. The second princess heard the news and originally wanted to join in the fun, but Princess Mingzhu has not yet given birth, and she has to take care of her grandson at home, so she cannot come.
Song and Huai also came.
Song Huai had already passed the scholar examination, but his ranking was a little low, and he was almost selected by the officials to be a seventh-grade county magistrate in a remote place.
Later, it was Shi Wenting who begged the Dou family and got rid of the Dou family's connections, and then she got a seventh-grade official position in the Ministry of Rites.
Although he is also a seventh-grade official, he is still in the capital and does not have to go to those remote places to be a county magistrate.
Shi Wenting also gave birth to a son to Song Huai three years ago. After giving birth to her son, she became fatter and her face became rosy. She looked much better than when she was in the Song family.
The couple had two children, seven or eight servants, and no elders above them. They lived a peaceful and peaceful life, but Song Huai and Shi Wenting seemed to have lost their sharpness, and they were much gentler, especially Shi Wenting's temperament has become a bit warmer.
It was obvious that Song Huai was very kind to her.
The couple had suffered a lot in the past, and both families were ruined. Now they live in love and love, and it can be regarded as a blessing after all the hardships.
(End of chapter)