The maid of the third aunt and grandmother took Ming Kan to the prepared courtyard and called the two maids who were assigned to Ming Kan.

The two of them, one big and one small, wore the same cyan jacket and cloud shoulder vest, both combed a braid, and tied it with a red rope and hung it down at the back of their heads. The big one is called Chun Tao, tall and strong, with a plump body, looking at the fourteenth or fifteen years old, his chest is bulging, and his eyes are rolling around;

There was also an old lady who was a janitor, wearing a half-worn blue bamboo cloth blouse. She looked to be in her fifties, her hair was half white, her face was full of wrinkles, and her eyes were straight when she looked at people, and her mind was obviously not very clear.

The yard where Ming Kan lives is not big, and there is a big locust tree planted in it, and the ground is bare, and he has just removed the weeds and turned the soil, and he hasn't had time to plant anything. Entering the courtyard is directly opposite a hall room, and there are wing rooms on the left and right sides.

"So, what are we going to do now?"

Akira asked the other two people in the bedroom at a loss, and found that the little one was just as dazed as her.

The maid named Chun Tao shook her braids: "What else can I do, haven't you seen that it's dark, sleep." ”

Akaga had no choice but to climb into bed and go to sleep.

As soon as she got under the covers, she smelled a musty smell.

The yard was originally uninhabited, and the grass grew tall. It wasn't until she explained that Kan was coming back that the third aunt and grandmother asked the people below to remove the weeds in the yard and clean the house again. But the subordinate in charge of sweeping was lazy, and no one really paid attention to it, so there was always a lingering smell of damp musty in the house, even on the quilt.

But this quilt is indeed a new brocade fabric, soft and slippery to the touch.

Ming Kan didn't make a sound, curled up in a ball, nestled in the quilt and gradually fell asleep.

The next morning, she woke up without waiting for anyone to be called.

The moment Ming Kan opened her eyes, she thought it was when she was in Ming's house, but she didn't react until she saw a thick green brocade quilt covering her body, rubbed her eyes and got out of bed, and went to find someone in a daze.

After a while, spring peaches and licorice also woke up. They got up hastily and cleaned up and began to serve Ming Kan.

Chun Tao fetched a basin of water from the outside and put it heavily on the basin stand, and the water splashed everywhere.

"Wash your face. ”

Akasuga obediently washed his face with cold water in a basin and dried it with a snow-white hand towel.

Chun Tao saw that Ming Kan was obedient and obedient, and she was very proud. What a young lady is not a young lady, but a wild girl from the countryside, stupid and stupid doesn't understand anything, and she doesn't want to let her knead it in her hands in the future.

She casually instructed the licorice on the side: "You, go and pour out the water." ”

Licorice hurriedly walked over, two slender wrists stretched out from the sleeve tube, and the body staggered out carrying the heavy basin of water.

Chun Tao glanced at Ming Kan and said, "You sit on that round stool, and I'll comb your hair." ”

Ming Kan jumped on the stool and sat down upright.

Chun Tao was a little impatient when she combed her hair, and grabbed Ming Kan's hair very hard, pulling her whole scalp painfully.

At first, Ming Kan could bear it, but later found that if she didn't say it, Chun Tao's strength became bigger and bigger, and it hurt more and more, so she couldn't help frowning and reminded her: "You hurt me." ”

Chun Tao pouted and said, "I just came back, so squeamish." ”

Although she said this, Chun Tao still slowed down and combed her hastily twice.

When the licorice came back after pouring water, Chun Tao had already combed Ming Kan's hair, and when she saw her, she lost her temper and said, "What are you doing to eat!

Licorice was so frightened that she didn't dare to breathe, and she cowered and stood aside.

Ming Kan asked, "What are we going to do next?"

Chun Tao glanced at her: "Wait for the kitchen person to bring the food, and then go to learn calligraphy with the female gentleman with a few other young ladies after eating." ”

After a while, the kitchen man came with a lunch box.

Chun Tao bumped into the skinny licorice and went out to meet it.

The person from the kitchen obviously knew Chun Tao, and when he saw her, he smiled and said, "It turns out that you are a glutton, don't eat it secretly." ”

"Look at what you said, I'm that kind of person," Chun Tao lowered her voice, glanced into the room, and smiled deliciously, "Besides, I just ate it, what can she do." ”

The two of them laughed low together outside the door.

Ming Kan and Licorice, who were listening behind the door, looked at each other.

The people outside kept laughing and laughing, and it wasn't until the kitchen delivery person left that Chun Tao came in with two food boxes.

She opened the food box and brought out the contents of the food dish by plate and placed it on the table.

"I made five buns today, I'll give you a taste first. ”

Chun Tao said, without waiting for Ming Kan to answer, sat down, grabbed a bun and ate it by herself.

Ming Kan just glanced at her, didn't make a sound, lowered his head and ate.

While Chun Tao was feasting, she squinted at the little one next to her who was ignorant and eating the rest she picked, and she slowly gained confidence in her heart. The two little fools got together, and they would be old fools again in a while, and they didn't have to be at her mercy.

After breakfast, Chun Tao sent licorice to the kitchen to deliver the lunch box, and took Ming Kan to the study by himself.

On the way there, Ming Kan listened to Chun Tao's muttering and learned something about the Wen family's situation.

The old lady of Wenfu has four sons and one daughter, in addition to Asu's father, there is also a third master who died early, and only the eldest master and the second master have both children. The eldest lady has a powerful means, although the eldest lady has a problem with flowers, and one after another aunt and wife have married into the door, but only one girl has been born in these years. The second wife is a bad move, and her stomach is not angry, so far she has only one daughter, but let the two aunts give birth to a son and a daughter respectively. In this way, there are four young ladies in the Wen Mansion, including the newcomer Ming Kan.

The study where the Wen ladies took classes was not far from the courtyard of Ming Kan, and after a while, they came to the verandah near the study.

A few maids were sitting on the railing, munching melon seeds and chatting quietly to relieve boredom.

Chun Tao glanced into the room and asked, "What about the female gentleman?"

One of the maids said crisply: "I heard that there is something at home today, I will come later, and the three young ladies are learning calligraphy inside." ”

The other asked quickly, "Why did you bring her alone, today is the first day of class, why do you have to let someone talk to the gentleman." ”

Chun Tao pouted and said: "Something happened in the house, the third aunt and grandmother are not busy enough every day, how can they care about her." Why don't you let her in and sit first, and we'll talk to her when the lady comes." ”

Several maids looked at each other: "This is not good, I will go in first and talk to the ladies inside." ”

Ming Kan and the others looked at the maid who went in to ask questions, and soon came out again, beckoning them to let them in.

There were three small desks in the huge study, and a girl sat in each of them, turning her head to look at them.

The eldest two looked eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest was only five or six years old, followed by a young woman who looked like a nurse.

"Who is she?"

The question was asked by a little girl in a pink silk jacket.

Although she is still young, she is very powdery. With snow-white skin, delicate eyebrows and eyes, she is a complete little beauty embryo. It's just that a pair of Danfeng eyes are very arrogant, and it's not easy to get along with when you look at it.

Chun Tao hurriedly smiled and said, "If you go back to the eldest lady, this is the third lady who just came back, and I came to study with you today." ”

The little beauty sneered, without saying a word, grabbed the tea cup on the side and threw it at Jianning, and shouted in her mouth: "Go away!

Ming Kan's eyes were quick, and he grabbed the thin licorice on the side to dodge, and the tea cup smashed straight on Chun Tao's chest.

The hot tea quickly penetrated into the placket, leaving a brown stain, which made Spring Peach scream.

The room was in chaos.

Soon someone ran to tell the third aunt and grandmother.

When someone reported the news, Mei Shan happened to be drinking tea at the third aunt's grandmother, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows after hearing the news.

The third aunt sighed and said: "Speaking of which, the child is also pitiful, her mother died of childbirth when she gave birth to her, and you also know the methods of the eldest wife, although she was raised by her aunt, how can she control her." Seeing such an arrogant and intolerable temperament, I am afraid that I will suffer a big loss in the future. ”

The maid on the side said knowingly: "I think it's the third lady who has just arrived, and the eldest lady is a little recognizable, so that's why it's like this." ”

The third aunt pondered for a while before saying, "Otherwise, let's forget it today, and separate their classes in the future." Seeing that they are learning this, let the three girls learn something else. After a long time, I will slowly try to let them go to class together. ”

"Fourth sister," the third aunt turned her head to look at her, "I'm afraid I'll have to bother you to make a trip." I just arrived, and now I'm in a dispute with Jianwan. You're the closest person to her in this house, so let's go and have a look. ”

Mei Shan got up and said, "My sister has said so, I'll just take a trip." ”

When the third aunt and Mei Shan arrived, they found that the situation in the study was very different from what they imagined.

Wen Jianwan, who was causing trouble, was bowing his head and practicing big characters, but his left hand was always behind his back, and there seemed to be tears on his face. The other two little girls were also quietly lying on the table and practicing calligraphy, not daring to look up even when they came in.

There was a small table at the window seat, where Ming Kan was sitting awkwardly scratching with a brush, and behind her stood a woman in an old bamboo and blue cloth blouse, occasionally correcting her posture in holding the pen.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the other party looked up and happened to see Mei Shan and the others who had both entered the door.

The third aunt and grandmother said politely: "Mr. Qi is here." ”

Mr. Qi bowed slightly and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've been delayed on the road for some time today." ”

Her face is white, and her facial features are still beautiful. It's just that there is no grease powder on her face, and standing next to the bright and moving Mei Shan, she looks more and more pale like the white-washed blue bamboo cloth smock on her body.

There is a reason why the third aunt and grandmother are polite to Mr. Qi.

Mr. Qi turned out to be the daughter of a large local family in Huaicheng, but not long after he got married, the family gradually fell into decline. The person she married punched and kicked her all day long, she couldn't bear it, and finally divorced the man resolutely.

Although there is a lot of talk about the freedom of marriage and the equality of men and women, in the conservative local atmosphere, it is still a shame for women to divorce. Mr. Qi's brother and sister-in-law felt shameless and refused to accept her, so she simply became a female gentleman and made a living by teaching girls from large families to read and learn words.

At first, the errand did not go well, and everyone was afraid to invite her to the house, and they instigated the girls in the family to learn from the evil spirits. But she still managed to find her first errand, and after a while, there was nothing wrong with the family, and she taught it well, and over time other people slowly forgot about it.

There are even some enlightened families, I heard that Mr. Qi knows a lot, and they also invited her to come to the house to tell the girls about the outside world.

The maid on the side stepped forward and whispered to the third aunt and grandmother about what had happened.

After Wen Jianwan threw Chun Tao with tea, a group of maids reacted and stepped forward to stop Wen Jianwan.

But Wen Jianwan has always had a big temper, although she is small, even the maids are afraid of her. It's okay if they don't stop it, but when they stop it, they arouse her anger again, and they can't help but smash the inkstone and paperweight.

Seeing that the study was about to be in a mess, Mr. Qi happened to arrive, first asked what happened, and then took out the ring ruler and knocked Wen Jianwan's palm more than a dozen times, until she was so painful that she couldn't help admitting her mistake, so she asked people to clean up the study and let the four little ones practice calligraphy well, which was the scene where the third aunt and grandmother entered the door just now.