At night, Lin Dai held the pillow and asked Chen Xi to tell stories.

Chen Xi knew it in his heart, so he made up a story indirectly, which was a famous official in ancient times. He was so prestigious and honest in the court, and was deeply loved by the people. However, he was arrested because of a treacherous minister and his wife and children were sent to slaves.

Chen Xi said tactfully, making the story twists and turns, ups and downs.

Lin Dai initially felt that she was just listening to other people's stories, and slowly brought them into it later. In the end, she couldn't help but make a "wow" sound and cried bitterly while holding the pillow.

"Don't cry, let my mother know that she thought I was bullying you. You don't like to listen to this story, I'll just change it."

Lin Dai didn't care about it, and she cried so hard that Chen Xi felt heartbroken.

Maybe Lin Dai cried too loudly, and even Zhou was alarmed.

Soon the sound of pushing the door came from the outer room. Zhou walked in and looked at Lin Dai who was lying on the pillow and cried sadly. He asked Chen Xi directly: "You stinky guy, you are in the middle of the night, how did you bully Dai'er?"

"Mom, I didn't bully her."

Chen Xi hurriedly hid in the bed so that my mother would not come forward to beat him up.

This time, Zhou had no intention of settled the score with him. She sat straight to the edge of the bed, stroked Lin Dai's head, and comforted her warmly. Lin Dai cried sadly, and finally leaned in Zhou's arms, and her emotions gradually calmed down.

Zhou said, "Good girl, don't cry. If this guy really bullies you, see how I teach him a lesson to go and get up and sleep with my mother?"

"Um."

Lin Dai glanced slightly, then remembered something, turned around and looked at Chen Xi's eyes, with a sense of reluctance in her eyes.

After all, she begged Chen Xi to tell a story. Because she had limited experience and did not realize that Chen Xi was intentionally testing her, so she felt a little guilty that her crying might lead to Chen Xi being punished.

But the temptation of getting up and sleeping with Zhou was too great. Lin Dai still held the pillow and followed Zhou to the main house with her side.

With this incident, Chen Xi became more convinced that Lin Dai's loli was related to the loss of the family members of the criminals mentioned by the two yamen runners, but she had to escape under the guidance of the Jinyiwei and escape from the pursuit. That was a very difficult thing. He didn't quite understand how this was done.

Chen Xi could only hide this matter in his heart, thinking that he would investigate it first and then make a long-term plan.

A few days later, Shen Mingjun still had no news. Zhou's daily work was not energetic, and he often said, "Those who have no conscience will lose their home."

Although Chen Xi didn't know where his father went, when he met Wang Lingzhi two days ago, he learned from this cheap junior brother that Wang Lingzhi's father Wang Changnie was not at home, so he speculated that he had not left the house for so long this time, because his father had gone out with Mr. Wang for a long time.

The biggest possibility is that Wang Changnie went to Wuchang Mansion in Huguang to visit his imprisoned eldest son and asked Shen Mingjun to go with him. However, before leaving, Shen Mingjun did not even greet his family and did not go there.

Chen Xi took advantage of the fact that the government did not make great efforts to hunt down the relatives of criminals and tried to inquire.

During the Hongzhi period, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Mou Bin, was kind and upright, which made the Jinyiwei, a spy organization, perform more and more fairly. Perhaps it was because the Jinyiwei was afraid that things would be exposed and the Shangguan would be questioned, and he was very low-key in his work. There was no rumors among the people, and not everyone knew about the yamen. Chen Xi tried to ask for it but there was no news.

Finally it was the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

This day is the day when the primary school class takes the school for school studies, which is equivalent to the final exam before the New Year. After the school is over, these first-time children can return to their hometowns with their luggage to celebrate the New Year. They have to wait until the school will resume classes after the first lunar month, because the whole first lunar month is considered the New Year.

The upper and middle-grade classes of the school had completed the exams one after another yesterday. Shen Yongzhuo did not wait for Shen Yuan to leave. Like previous years, he hired a carriage to return to Shuangxi Town with a few classmates on the same road. According to convention, his family would pick him up at the entrance of the town.

Mr. Su took the exam for the children who were in junior college one by one, mainly the content of the Analects of Confucius in the school. However, he no longer simply recites and writes, and he will also ask the meaning of some words and sentences.

Chen Xi is the best among all the children. When Mr. Su was taking the exam for Chen Xi, he couldn't stop and could see that he was very satisfied with Chen Xi.

When he arrived at Shen Yuan, Shen Yuan's answer was also fluent. In the end, the gentleman judged that it was still the second place in Shen Xi, which made the half-aged children next to him very envious.

At noon, all classes in the school were officially on holiday.

Because of the age of the children in the elementary school class, those who came to study outside the city had to wait for their family to pick them up. Chen Xi took Shen Yuan back to his home as Zhou's instructions, because in the afternoon, the fourth uncle Shen Mingxin came to the city to pick up his son.

When Chen Xi and Shen Yuan arrived at the pharmacy shop, not only Shen Mingxin was there, but Shen Mingxin's wife Feng also came. The two discussed things with Zhou in the back hall of the pharmacy shop, meaning that they wanted Shen Yuan not to live in the school house in the future, but to move over to live with Shen Mingjun and Zhou.

"I'm very busy on weekdays and may not have much time to take care of these guys."

Zhou didn't really want to pick up Shen Yuan, she couldn't even care about Chen Xi and Lin Dai. If Shen Yuan was added, she would definitely have a headache.

Feng was a little embarrassed: "Aunt Wu, you are not unaware of our family's situation. My mother kept talking about how many students there were at home who had no money to support. Isn't it better to save money now? If you come to take care of Liulang in the future, we parents can rest assured."

"Look at Yongzhuo, he is so crazy about studying outside. A few days ago, the second uncle went to the town to pick up people, but he didn't. The family was very anxious. But after a day, the son showed up. He was drunk at his classmate's house and missed the time. What's wrong with you?"

Zhou was a little surprised: "Yongzhuo still made such a fuss when he got home?"

Feng said: "Yes, so I am a mother-in-law who is worried about the child, because I am afraid that no one will care about him for a long time and will go astray."

When Shen Yuan felt a little aggrieved when he heard his mother like this, he pouted.

Zhou sighed: "Okay, I'll discuss it with him when my husband comes back. I haven't seen anyone for a long time. If possible, I'll let him and my mother go back to celebrate the New Year."

Feng is a discerning person, and you can tell that Zhou is a bit reluctant.

Originally, when he was in the countryside, Feng thought that Zhou and his son were all relying on Shen Mingjun to live in the city, and their life was definitely very miserable. When he arrived at the place, he suddenly realized that Zhou was actually working in a pharmacy. Seeing that the shopkeeper was so close to her, he should have a lot of wages, so he didn't have to rely on Shen Mingjun at all, and he couldn't help but feel envious and jealousy.

"Then let's take Liulang home in the afternoon. I wonder when you and uncle will go back?" Feng asked last.

Zhou could only shake his head helplessly: "I have to wait for my husband to come back and ask him before counting. He has not been at home for the past month, and he doesn't even know where he has gone."

Shen Mingxin interrupted, "That's true for the fifth brother. He took you two to the city, but he ignored his family and turned around and asked his mother to ask him to ask him carefully and see what he did."

Zhou smiled bitterly.

Although she was not very enthusiastic about Shen Mingxin's room, she was a family member after all, so she kindly asked the three of them to stay in the evening before leaving.

Zhou apologized to Hui Niang and got off work early. He returned to his home in the back alley and made a sumptuous lunch to entertain guests. Then, Zhou went to the street to buy things and asked Shen Mingxin's house to take them back.

When Zhou left, Shen Mingxin and Feng started chatting in the yard.

Chen Xi and Shen Yuan were under the windows in the house with millions of small numbers! He said that because Chen Xi had many ancient books borrowed from Hui Niang, Shen Yuan was interested in seeing them. Chen Xi pricked up his ears and eavesdropped on the wall to roughly understand the meaning of the fourth uncle and his wife.

Feng repeatedly accused Zhou of not being like Yi's family and refused to even leave Shen Yuan, his nephew, to take care of him.

"Look at how busy she is? After all, she is working for others. If we didn't come here, she might not even have a rest time to live here and no one takes care of her. In fact, it would be better to stay in the school. At least she has a teacher to take care of her and will not delay her studies."

Shen Mingxin disagreed with Feng's words.

Although the couple is relatively open-minded in the five rooms of Yi's family, they still have their own family and will not completely consider others.

ps: The second update is here!

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