In the two days since that day, Ding Sanniang has never come to her yard. However, the house was a lot more lively, saying that it was preparing for the young master's marriage, and the girl's mother-in-law was busy in and out, so noisy.

Fang Yanqing stepped into his mother's yard, his mother's yard was larger than his own, next to his yard, his own was a single yard, just one room, in addition to three rooms in his mother's yard, there was also a small kitchen, if you were hungry, you could cook something by yourself.

"Mother. Fang Yanqing shouted as he looked at his emaciated mother.

The other party was wearing a gray shawl and Western glasses in front of his eyes, which his father had brought from the coast after his mother's eyesight was getting weaker. Sitting next to her was her little sister, with two braids and a needle in her hand, following her mother's example.

"Well, how about it these days, I heard from someone that your aunt has found you a place..."

Mother stopped talking when she said it, probably because she didn't know how to call Ding Sanniang. Fang Yanqing followed his mother's words and said, "My aunt called her Ding Sanniang, and my aunt came to teach me the rules. ”

"Oh, it was Ding Sanniang," the mother threaded the thread into the needle, "Your aunt is dedicated to you, you have to think of your aunt's goodness, this Ding Sanniang is also a well-known aunt in Rongcheng, long-sleeved and good at dancing, and has a very good relationship with many people, you must be respected, don't add trouble to your aunt's family." ”

Listening to her mother's words, Fang Yan wanted to speak again and again, and wanted to open her mouth to speak several times, "Mother, I know, it's just, it's just that my daughter still doesn't want to marry in her heart... I still want to ......"

The basket on the table was heavily placed on the table, and even the tea cup on the table shook and made a slight noise, "You shouldn't think, I know that you were a person with ideas when you were young, in the past, your father was here, and he could support you in everything, but now that he is deceased, our family depends on your uncle's protection, you shouldn't have these thoughts." ”

Although the mother's voice was not loud, the words hit Fang Yanqing's heart, and the frightened Fang Yanqing hurriedly lowered his head and said, "It's the daughter who is wrong, and the mother is angry." ”

"Your aunt is now bent on thinking about you, and she is planning to find a good family for you, all for you. Mother picked up the needle and thread again and began to sew, and the sewing in her hand should be the little sister's clothes, "Ding Sanniang is also a powerful character, she has been with the palace lady back then, and she is also a role in calling for wind and rain, you follow her and learn some rules, which is good for you in the future." ”

"In the palace?" Fang Yanqing repeated his mother's words, looking at Ding Sanniang, who was not very old, she was so powerful, but why did she stay in such a small place as Rongcheng.

"Most of the people in the palace are of age, so they will naturally be released, and the reasons for this are not clear, you don't have to care, just respect. The mother said casually, and the little sister next to her took an embroidered flower and stretched out her hand to show her mother.

Fang Yanqing looked at the little sister's movements, a soft smile appeared on her face, and she said, "The little sister is seven years old this year, it should be the age to go to school, is it going to the Zhengde Academy of the Wei family?" The mother patted the little sister on the head, took it as a compliment, pointed to the small table next to her, and asked her to take the needle and thread to the side to repair the purse, "Don't go to the academy, learn the female red flower arrangement and other rules from the female red aunt in the city." ”

"No...... Don't learn to read?" Fang Yanqing never thought that his mother would do this.

"The rules are good, and it is useless for women to be literate. The mother stopped what she was doing and sighed slightly, "Women, since ancient times, only marriage has been the right way. ”

Fang Yanqing lowered his head and did not say a word.

"This house has been very lively lately. Mother spoke, beckoning, letting Fang Yanqing sit next to her, "It is said that your aunt has talked about the marriage of your cousin, and the days are very tight, just at the beginning of next month." ”

"I heard that it's Liu Yunfang of the Liu family. ”

"Oh, it's her. The mother heard the name and said, "I have seen that girl, and she is upright." But according to your aunt's temper, I don't like her family's livelihood. ”

Liu Yunfang's father sells baked cakes, although it is also a legitimate job, but it doesn't sound good.

"My cousin is about to participate in the imperial examination, so I looked for the eight characters of my birthday, saying that it was to bring some good luck or something. ”

"I am a poor man," the mother hammered her shoulder, and asked Xiang Fang Yanqing, "if you have anything to do, you can eat here and then go back." ”

Since coming to my uncle's house, the relationship between myself and my mother has gradually faded, and even speaking is separated by a layer of human touch, Fang Yanqing pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, "I came to see my mother, and I was relieved to see that everything was fine here. ”

Fang Mu heard Fang Yanqing's head and nodded, "It's good to have this heart, but you also need to pay more attention to your body, and you can't leave three meals a day behind." ”

"It's nature. ”

"Okay, people have seen it, you can go back to your own yard. Mother waved her hand and said to the girl who was squatting on the small stool next to her to embroider gadgets, "Yuqing, go and send your sister." ”

When the little girl heard her mother's command, she stood up, rubbed her hand on her clothes, walked to Fang Yanqing in small steps, and called out loudly, "Sister." ”

Walking next to the little sister, Fang Yanqing looked at her hair, and gently closed and released her hand on her head, "Yuqing, do you have anything you like?"

The little girl shook her head, "I don't know, embroidery, tea, flower arrangement, and making pastries every day." Sister, what do you like? ”

"Like," Fang Yanqing opened his mouth, "Like is that you do this, your heart is happy, and when you think about it, your heart is happy." ”

"That's what I like," the little girl said as she jumped on the ground, "then I like to play, and every time my mother doesn't let me do things, I rejoice, and I am happy at the thought of playing." ”

When Fang Yanqing heard the little sister's words, he couldn't help but laugh, stood on the threshold, looked at the room where his mother was in the distance, and whispered, "What gadgets does the little sister want, my sister will secretly bring it to you next time." ”

When his father died, the little sister was only five years old, and she had no memory of her father's love, Fang Yanqing looked at her youngest little sister who followed her mother to do those needlework at a young age, and there was always an unspeakable discomfort in her heart, and she felt that she owed her little sister a lot, and her little brother was a boy, and he must have gone to study in the school, so that only the little sister in the family was illiterate.

Xiaomei poked her chin with her fingers, raised her head slightly and thought, "I want clay sculptures, I saw an old man pushing a cart to sell at the small gate that day, and Sun Wukong was made on it." ”

"Little sister likes Monkey King?"

"Hmm!" the little sister nodded heavily, "I passed by the private school last time to bring lotus seeds to my mother, and I heard them say that Sun Wukong is very powerful, and he can also make trouble in the Heavenly Palace!"

Fang Yanqing laughed and gently touched the little sister's hair with her hand, "Okay, sister will bring you Sun Wukong next time." ”

Leaving his mother's yard, Fang Yanqing slowly walked towards his yard, stopped at the place where he was about to turn the corridor, and turned to look at the door of his mother's yard. He turned back and walked back into his yard.

As soon as I returned to my yard, I saw a person sitting in the yard, and a small wooden box was placed in front of him, which contained some melon seeds, and the shell was spit on the table next to the wooden box.

"I didn't know you were coming, I was sluggish. Fang Yan said lightly, pushed the door of the house open, and said to the man, "Come in and drink some tea, today's tea is new, and my aunt only sent someone to deliver it yesterday." ”

Ding Sanniang held the wooden box in one hand and picked up the fan next to him with the other, "It's that I didn't say hello, so why don't you talk about slacking." ”

Fang Yanqing washed the cup with old tea, shook a small spoonful of green leaf tea in the teacup, put it in the teapot, and poured fresh hot water.

"You don't even have a girl in this house, it's really clean. Ding Sanniang sat on the stool, propped her head, and said.

"If you are at ease, why bother others. ”

"Well, yes. ”

Fang Yanqing gently touched the teapot with the back of his hand, feeling that the time should be almost up, he picked up the teapot and added it to the teacup.

"Yo, it's the new Biluochun. Ding Sanniang looked at the teacup and sniffed it.

Fang Yanqing added the tea, sat down and asked, "What did Sanniang teach me when she was free today?"

Ding Sanniang heard Fang Yanqing's question, the corners of her mouth turned up, and she turned her sideburns with her fingers, "Miss Fang, this is complaining that I hung you two days ago." ”

"Don't dare, Sanniang was found by my aunt to teach me the rules, she is my husband, how can any student complain about Mr. ”

"I've been busy with your cousin's marriage for the past few days, and I finally set the date and chose the auspicious day of the third day of the next month. Ding Sanniang picked up the teacup and blew the hot air wafting upward, "After the day is set, there will be nothing for me." ”

"On the third day of the first month of next month, it's so urgent. "In less than 20 days, a wedding banquet was prepared temporarily, no wonder the family has been very busy these days. Looking at Ding Sanniang, who was concentrating on blowing tea leaves, Fang Yanqing stretched out his fingers and rubbed his forehead gently

"The girl has a headache?" Ding Sanniang asked when she saw Fang Yanqing's movements.

"Why do I have a headache?" Fang Yanqing asked rhetorically.

Ding Sanniang smiled and put down the teacup, "Then Liu Yunfang Ming'er will move to the room next to you, and then send it directly to your cousin's house on the day of the big day." I thought you had a headache for this. ”

"Next to my yard, I haven't entered yet, so I'll go to my husband's house, I'm afraid it will be unruly. ”

"The rules are set by people after all. Ding Sanniang's dyed nails tapped lightly on the table twice, "Putting it in your own house is always better than marrying it in a baked cake shop." ”。

Fang Yanqing lowered his eyes, it turned out that his aunt and uncle talked to him more before and talked to his sister-in-law to relieve his heart, which is what he meant.

Ding Sanniang bent the corners of her eyes, propped her chin and looked at the birds in the yard, this sparrow loves to walk in the courtyard of Fang Yanqing, and Fang Yanqing does not chase it, watching it turn around the yard with its little thin legs.

"Tomorrow, I will teach the girl to arrange flowers, it just so happens that you have prepared a lot of flowers in the house for your cousin's marriage, so much, it doesn't hurt to bring a little, and the saved silver has the right to be your own private money." ”

"You don't look like a gentleman who teaches me rules, but like an aunt who cares about my life. ”

Ding Sanniang laughed, "Everyone calls me a well-known aunt in Rongcheng, isn't this my aunt." ”

"I respect you. ”

Ding Sanniang nodded in a trance, "It should be respectful to me," After speaking, her eyes looked at Fang Yanqing, and she reached out and stroked Fang Yanqing's head lovingly, "Girl, you have to be kind to yourself in life, don't live a bad life, don't want it." ”

Fang Yanqing looked at Ding Sanniang's eyes, his heart trembled inexplicably, and he was about to open his mouth to call Ding Sanniang, but the man withdrew his hand, laughed softly, lowered his head and turned the teacup in front of him, and then drank it all.

After drinking, he looked at the empty teacup in his hand before he said aloud, "It's my cow who drank it, but it's a pity that this tea is gone." ”

Fang Yanqing looked at Ding Sanniang's movements, although she didn't know what it was, she could inexplicably feel the discomfort in her heart, "Tea is just a pastime, when you have a heart, when you have a heart, when you have no heart, when you quench your thirst, the left and right are all effects, there is no pity, no pity." ”

Ding Sanniang listened to Fang Yanqing's words, tilted her head slightly, and laughed softly, "Well, that's what the girl said." Have you read the book my wife sent?"

"A cursory read-through. ”

Ding Sanniang nodded, "That's good, when Mrs. asks in the future, you count the days, and it's probably three pages a day to talk to her." ”

When Fang Yanqing heard Ding Sanniang's words, he narrowed his eyes, "Which girls before you also taught them like this?"

Ding Sanniang shook her head, her index finger to her lips, "It's only you." ”