The Tao family only has this one daughter, no son, and when the government is divided in the future, he will not have the waist to ask for the family property, so he can only rely on Mrs. Qin to ask for grace. Wanxian has been close to her two sisters since she was a child, and she has nothing to talk about. Fang came out of the main room, Wanxian took Wanlan's hand, and her face was mysterious: "Sister Lan knows? ”

Wanlan looked at her eager little face, a little funny, pinched her face, and teased: "What, our virtuous girl wants to go to a girls' school?"

Wanxian is nine years old this year, and she has heard some strange news and remarks from nowhere all day long, and she looks like she speaks, and she hates that others despise her as a child, so she frowned unhappily at the moment: "Boys can go to private schools, that is stipulated by the imperial court, and now the imperial court stipulates that girls can also go to school, why can't I go? Heaven and earth are made of yin and yang, and the Qing Dynasty is made of men and women, and they should be treated equally, and even the Queen Mother supports Xingnuxue, as a child of the Queen Mother, why can't I want to study?"

"I can read it, of course I can read it," Wanlan smiled and begged for mercy: "I'm afraid that the news you heard is not accurate, and in the end it will be empty of joy." ”

"It's Brother Xie Cheng who sued me," Wanxian said: "Brother Xie Cheng said that this news came from the capital, it is absolutely true, and it can't be fake." ”

Xie Cheng is the son of Xie Funing, the chief housekeeper of Xie Mansion, the same age as Wanlan, who just entered the account room to learn to do accounts, and has a calm temperament since he was a child, and is quite loved by Xie Dao.

Wanlan said: "There is a knowledgeable teacher at home to teach you, why do you have to go to a women's school?"

Wanxian pursed her lips and said impatiently: "Why do you and your mother say this to everyone? Sister Lan has read thousands of poems and books, is she willing to be bored in this mansion and get moldy by herself? The sage also said that if you don't go out and travel, what is the use of reading ten thousand books? It's just to entertain yourself. ”

This argument Wanxian will bring out from time to time to talk about it, although Wanlan has an appetite, but Wanxian is really young, so he has never thought about it. However, yesterday Wanlan Fang tossed and turned all night because of these words, and today it sounded faintly like thunder hitting her heart, which made people feel frightened for no reason, and couldn't help but stop and look down at her: "Ah Xian is right, if you don't travel thousands of miles, you will read thousands of poems in vain." ”

Wanxian was affirmed, and she was happy again, and clapped her hands: "I know that only Sister Lan knows me best in this house, Sister Lan, I will tell you a great thing, do you know? In April, the Jinghan Railway was opened, and it only takes a few days to get from the capital to Wuhan in the future." ”

"Just a few days, is it really so fast?" Wan Lan felt novel, touched her forehead, and asked with a slight smile, "How do you know so many things, all of them are Xie Cheng told you?"

Wanxian shook her head and said seriously: "Brother Xie Cheng sometimes brings me newspapers, I have collected a lot of them, and the second brother sometimes comes to read them with me, if Sister Lan also wants to take a look, go to my room when it is too late, and I will give it to you." She said and became depressed again: "It's just that Brother Xie Cheng is busy with the affairs of the Inner Mansion and can't bring me the newspaper every day, only when he has free time will he go to the newspaper office and bring me some outdated news, it's a pity." ”

She just complained, but Wanlan groaned, this world has become too fast, the Jinghan Railway opened in April, she only learned from Wanxian in July, yesterday her uncle said that the world outside is unstable, I am afraid that it will soon change, according to the momentum of Xie Fu, I am afraid that the sky has changed for a year, and they will not receive news.

She made up her mind, and stroked Wanxian's forehead again: "Okay, since you want to read it, then I will ask someone to bring a new newspaper every day and send it to the study." ”

While speaking, they had already walked to the door of the study, and this sentence happened to be heard by Xie Daoyong, who teased her: "Such a big matter, don't you ask your father before deciding?" Beware that he blames you for breaking the rules of your ancestors. ”