pet marriage

Shen Mingshu and Luo Xin ate small wontons in the small kitchen. Although it was late, they didn't feel sleepy, so they wanted to walk around.

When Fang walked to the gate of the courtyard, he saw Lan Yin and Qiu Nong rushing back, saw them salute quickly, and shouted, "Eldest Miss, Young Madam."

Shen Mingshu nodded slightly, noticing the anxiety in Qiu Nong and Lan Yin's expressions, his eyes darkened, and asked, "But what's the matter?"

Qiu Nong and Lan Yin looked at each other, bent their knees and said, "Just now we were helping to deal with things at the front, and we saw a carriage coming in, and the young master and young master Biao went to pick it up in person. The people who got on and off the carriage seemed to be from the ancestral hall. One of the adults here."

Qiu Nong and Lan Yin also stayed in Shen's house for a long time, and they have a keen sense of recent events in Shen's house, for example, if there is something that needs the old man in this ancestral hall to come in a hurry, it is obvious that they can guess that it is related to Shen's house. It is related to the family's property, but the master has just been buried in the ground, and someone can't wait so much.

In Shen Mingshu's heart, she wasn't surprised, on the contrary, she felt that it was true. She nodded indifferently, "I know, don't worry."

Although Shen Mingshu said so, Lan Yinqiu Nong followed behind Luo Xin and Shen Mingshu with a faint worry in her heart.

Luo Xin's hand was held by Shen Mingshu, her fingers were interlocked, and the crumbs were swimming and shaking gently. She turned her head to look at Shen Mingshu's face, and saw that she didn't seem to be depressed, but seemed to have regained her strength.

After eating, the two of them went back to the room to rest. Shen Mingshu thought that since the other party had invited someone here yesterday in a hurry, he probably wouldn't procrastinate. Sure enough, someone came to look for them early the next morning.

At that time, Shen Mingshu was braiding Luo Xin's long hair. When he heard the message from the servant outside, he just responded lightly, and then skillfully pulled up the braided hair with his slender knuckle hands, and took out a Hairpins, inserted obliquely between hair strands to fix.

"Okay." Shen Mingshu patted Luo Xin on the shoulder lightly, looked at Luo Xin through the mirror, and showed a faint smile.

Luo Xin also frowned, and the servants outside the door urged a few more times. Even Luo Xin sensed something was wrong, and frowned slightly, "Sister, are you going to the front hall now?"

Shen Mingshu comfortingly held the hand she extended, and gently squeezed it, "Don't worry, I'll come back as soon as I go."

Luo Xin watched her and Qiu Nong leave with a hint of worry in her heart.

When Shen Mingshu came to the front hall, there were already many people seated, and the seat was the old man from the ancestral hall that Qiu Nong and the others mentioned yesterday, Shen Mingshu had to call uncle.

These years, the relationship between the Shen family and the ancestral hall was not close, but it was decent on the surface. Every year, they gave the ancestral hall some financial support, and the ancestral hall didn't talk too much about this side, but this time it seemed that they were going to intervene.

Shen Qingjia and Zhang Xiulang were sitting at the bottom, and shopkeeper Liu of Linlang Pavilion was opposite.

Seeing Shen Mingshu coming in, no one got up, just sat on the seat and looked at her with different expressions, Zhang Xiulang had a smug smile on his face, and shopkeeper Liu on the other side also raised his lips slightly, apparently in a good mood, Shen Qing Jia Ze kept looking down, looking at his feet, as if he was about to drill a hole.

Shen Mingshu took everything into his eyes, and with a calm face, he saluted the old man in the seat and said, "Uncle."

The old man raised his cloudy eyes and nodded slightly, "Since you're here, sit down."

He pointed to the seat next to Shen Qingjia, Shen Mingshu sat down, and the old man said, "This time, the old man came here for some things. Originally, I should not interfere with this matter, but since someone asked to come over, the old man had to Come and be a witness."

Shen Mingshu asked, "I don't know what it is?"

The old man sitting high in the seat glanced at her, and slowly said two words, "Separation."

As soon as these two words were uttered, the hall fell silent, no one spoke, and everyone else was waiting for Shen Mingshu's reaction.

There was a moment of silence, but Shen Mingshu laughed lightly, and said with sarcasm in a faint tone, "Father was buried in the ground yesterday, but today you have to separate the family, it's too much."

Zhang Xiulang shook the fan in his hand, and said lightly, "Ming Shu is wrong to say that. Naturally, the sooner he can clarify things like this, the better."

Shen Mingshu ignored him, but stared straight at Shen Qingjia, and asked, "You think so too?"

Her tone was calm, but when Shen Qingjia heard it, it made him tremble, looked at Shen Mingshu erratically, and nodded.

However, Shen Mingshu seemed to be discouraged, and slowly loosened the fingers he had held just now, leaned back on the chair, and looked at Shen Qingjia disappointedly, while Shen Qingjia gritted his teeth and looked away from her.

The old man sitting in the upper seat looked at the situation and said, "Since there is no objection, how about how to divide the property?"

Zhang Xiulang took out a folded piece of rice paper from his sleeve, handed it to the old man, and said, "This is our idea."

The old man unfolded the rice paper and looked at it, nodded after a while, and handed the rice paper to the servant at the side, and showed it to Shen Mingshu.

Shen Mingshu's complexion was a little pale, as if she hadn't expected that Shen Qingjia could be so cruel to her. She took the rice paper and swept it up and down. After a while, she sneered coldly, put the rice paper down, and shook her head, "You guys are really deceiving people. Too much."

On the rice paper, all Shen Jiaming's assets were listed, including the Linlang Pavilion, which is located in the city, belonged to Shen Qingjia, while Shen Mingshu only got the old city wall, including Xuandong Tower. a small shop.

Zhang Xiulang had already guessed that Shen Mingshu would raise objections, so he just smiled and said, "Mingshu, what do you think is wrong? Feel free to speak up and listen."

Shen Mingshu raised his eyebrows and gave him a cold look, and said, "I have taken over Linlang Pavilion for so many years, why should it belong to Shen Qingjia?"

Her face was cold and hard at this time, but Zhang Xiulang was not afraid, on the contrary, he was still thinking about it. Now Shen Mingshu was forced to call Shen Qingjia's name directly, and he was really pissed off. After all, at this moment, who would care about it? What kind of sibling relationship.

He shook his head with a smile, and said, "Actually, I thought so too at the beginning, but I chatted with shopkeeper Liu, and I didn't expect that your business has not been very good these years."

Zhang Xiulang said with a regretful expression, "I also know that Mingshu worked very hard for this in the early years, but your way of doing business is really bad. Didn't Jiadi go to ask Wei Xuan to solve the matter of the black pearl last time? It's enough to show that you, Ming Shu, are no longer fit to manage Linlang Pavilion."

Shopkeeper Liu, who was sitting opposite, nodded in approval, and said with emotion, "Miss, I have been with you for many years, you really have to think about it, we old guys also think that Linlang Pavilion can It’s flourishing day by day, and I really don’t want it to be ruined in our hands.”

Hearing these words, Shen Mingshu seemed to be chilled, and his complexion became even darker, but the others didn't take it seriously at all. Seeing that Shen Mingshu was unwilling to speak, they gave her some time.

After a while, the old man said, "Ming Shu, what else do you want to say, this old man sees that this division is not bad, if you have no objection, then we will settle it like this."

Shen Mingshu stared at shopkeeper Liu until he couldn't bear to move away. After a while, she stood up and said coldly, "Since you have already discussed it, why bother to do it again, those things I will give it to you if you want it, I don’t care.”

She glanced at Shen Qingjia one last time, then walked out of the front hall without hesitation, without looking back.

Zhang Xiulang didn't expect it to be so easy, but after thinking about it again, he had already taken care of it, even if Shen Mingshu didn't want to, he had to force her to nod. Now that Shen Mingshu saw the situation clearly, it would be good not to entangle her too much.

Zhang Xiulang glanced at Shen Qingjia, saw him staring at the door in a daze, and smiled dispensably.

He looked at the old man sitting on top, winked, the old man nodded, and said, "Since that's the case, this matter is settled like this. If there are other things, I will find the old man."

Shopkeeper Liu was also relieved to see Shen Mingshu leave, followed Shen Qingjia and Zhang Xiulang to send the old man out, saluted Shen Qingjia, and said with a smile, "Congratulations, young master."

Shen Qingjia smiled, stroked him up, and said, "Thank you shopkeeper Liu, these days have been hard."

Shopkeeper Liu was even happier when he thought about the better days to come. This Shen Qingjia seemed to be much easier to fool than Shen Mingshu, and he would definitely be more luscious in the future.

Shen Qingjia said a few more words with shopkeeper Liu, and promised to go to the shop to have a look in a few days, then shopkeeper Liu said goodbye and left.

Seeing that Shen Qingjia was in a daze, Zhang Xiulang poked him with a fan and asked, "Why are you listless? You should be happy at this time."

Shen Qingjia hesitated for a moment, then said, "I think the way Eldest Sister looked at me just now, it's really scary."

Zhang Xiulang patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, and said, "What are you afraid of, most of the Shen family is in your hands, what else can she do to you."

Shen Qingjia was comforted by him, showing a relaxed expression, and said, "Thank you, cousin."

"Hey!" Zhang Xiulang said pretending to be angry, "Why are you being polite to me? Grandma must be happy when this is over. I have to write to her earlier to tell her."

Seeing Shen Qingjia listening to him with a smile, Zhang Xiulang smiled again, and said, "Speaking of which, these days are so busy, Wei Xuan has made appointments several times and we didn't go, will we find some time to go and see someday?"

Shen Qingjia quickly responded, "My cousin reminded me, I should invite you this time, and I will definitely arrange it."

Zhang Xiulang smiled in satisfaction, and walked back to the yard side by side with him.