7. Mr. Lian
Mr. Lian is now a female gentleman invited by the Shen Mansion, she is well-read, knowledgeable, knowledgeable, ancient and modern, and her own conduct is also very noble and dignified, that is, the grandfather and uncle of the country highly respect her, and her status in the Shen family is also very transcendent, and she is not treated as an ordinary gentleman.
And the female students of the Shen Mansion also like Mr. Lian very much, because she is a very interesting person, not the kind of bookworm who reads dead books.
When Mr. Lian arrived at the Shen Mansion two years ago, Shen He, the second girl of the Shen family, had not yet married, but was a well-known talented woman in the capital.
Even when Mr. came to the house, he naturally had to meet the second girl for a while. However, she was too lazy to fight with the second girl, and she only had one question, and she completely convinced several girls of the Shen family.
"When I was in Jindi, Mr. Lian taught me for two years." Ji Cheng said with a smile. Later, the Shen family invited famous teachers everywhere, and her father recommended Mr. Lian to Ji Lan. In fact, Ji Cheng was very reluctant to Lian Puhui, but she also knew that Mr. Lian's going to the Shen Mansion would be of great help to her in the future, so she asked her father to recommend Mr. Lian.
It happened that Mr. Lian had an old presence in the capital, so he happily went.
"It turns out that you are the former disciple of Mr. Lian." Shen Wei is looking at Ji Cheng for the first time.
Ji Cheng was a little surprised, and didn't understand what it meant to be "Mr. Lian's former disciple".
Shen Qian explained with a smile: "Mr. Lian often mentioned her former female disciple in front of us, saying that she was wise and cunning, and that she had benefited a lot from that female disciple. β
"Ugh." Ji Cheng's face turned red instantly, he really didn't expect that Mr. Lian would praise people like this.
"I didn't expect us to meet a real person one day." Shen Wei whispered in surprise.
Su Yun was also very curious when she saw that everyone was starting to discuss Mr. Lian, and she bent her eyes and smiled: "I heard you say that this Mr. Lian seems to be very powerful." β
"Uh-huh." Shen Wei nodded a few times, "It's the homework assigned by this Mr. Lian, I can't finish it, but I don't dare to say that I did my best." Shen Jing began to tell interesting stories about Mr. Lian.
Su Yun was very fascinated by what he heard and asked, "What questions did Mr. Lian take the second sister's exam at that time, so the second sister was convinced?" β
"Actually, it's not a problem." Shen Wei said: "Mr. asked: There is a car full of goods, one person pushes in front, and one person pulls in the back, asking if the truck can still move forward?" β
Su Yun really didn't expect it to be such a simple question, of course his intuition was "impossible", but since he failed Shen He, there must be a reason. Is it possible to move forward? But it's impossible. Su Yun thought to herself, could it be that Shen He also thought like herself, so he said "maybe", but in fact, the answer was just a simple "impossible"?
Shen Yun shook Su Yun and said, "Sister Yun, say it quickly." β
"I don't think it's possible." Su Yun told the truth.
Shen Cui laughed out loud, "Of course it's possible, how simple it is, isn't it possible to move forward when you go downhill?" β
Su Yun was stunned, "Yes, why didn't I think of it?" Oops, I'm stupid. β
Shen Qian said: "Sister Yun is not stupid at all, she just couldn't think of it for a while. In fact, our sisters were all there at the time, and we didn't come up with a reason. Mr. Lian said, it's not that we are stupid, it's just that we are used to reading and forget about our actual life. Later, the teachings she taught us were all useful in life. Our daughter's family doesn't take the top prize, and the perspective of understanding those books is naturally different from that of men, and Mr. Lian can be regarded as leading us a new path. β
Su Yun nodded in agreement.
"Sister Cheng, did Mr. Lian take this question to you at the beginning?" Shen Wei asked.
Ji Cheng really didn't know how to answer, this question was still from Mr. Kaolian. Mr. Lian is widowed in Jindi, he is very educated, but his temper is not small, how to be a gentleman of a businesswoman, Ji Cheng is a bet with Lian Puhui, and after taking the test against Mr. Lian, she came to the Ji family to be a gentleman.
This question is one of Ji Cheng's "exam questions" at the beginning.
Ji Cheng smiled and didn't answer, everyone thought she didn't answer, she was a little embarrassed, and she didn't ask anymore, after all, it was rude.
Shen Wei continued to argue with Su Yun, "Mr. Lian often comes up with strange questions to test us, and last time he had a chess question. β
Speaking of this, Shen Wei immediately asked the girl to bring a game of chess, Su Yun thought that she wanted to solve the game, she was used to playing Go, and she really hadn't touched it much, and said with some embarrassment: "Xiangqi, I haven't played much." β
Shen Wei waved his hand, "It's not a game of chess, you watch." β
I saw the chessboard mountain, Shen Wei put ten chess pieces into a big triangle, one at the top, four at the bottom, and two and three in the middle.
"Sister Yun, look, now please turn four of these ten chess pieces to the back, so that the chess pieces facing up, any three pieces cannot form a triangle with three equal sides, you can try it." Shen Wei said excitedly.
Shen Qian supported her forehead, this fourth sister just likes to test everyone with Mr. Lian's exam questions, and she is very happy every time she fails the test. "Sister Jing'er, this question is time-consuming, what are you doing at this time to take it out and embarrass your sister Yun? You don't look at the time, look at the time, I'm afraid that there will be guests coming later. β
Shen Jing pouted: "Oh, I'm happy for a while." And it didn't take much time, when I took it to take the second brother's exam, he only glanced at it and solved it. β
Shen Qian said: "Who are you the second brother?" β
Su Yun lost her temper, since others could do it at a glance, it didn't make sense that she would take a lot of time, so she paid attention to it, but she tried several times, but it was illegal, and Chun Cicada brought two little girls in to play, Su Yun had to give up.
Shen Wei asked Ji Cheng again, "Sister Cheng, can you untie it?" β
Ji Cheng smiled embarrassed again, in fact, this question was also taken by her to Mr. Lian, and it was just a "sideshow", but at that time she set a time for Mr. Lian, and Mr. Lian naturally lost. What Ji Cheng didn't expect was that there were still people who could solve it at a glance. When she came up with this problem, she also came up with an interesting gadget when she was bored playing bilateral chess. But she couldn't figure it out at a glance herself.
"Gee, I knew I wasn't the stupidest. When the second sister went back to her parents' house at that time, it only took less than a stick of incense to solve it, but I fiddled with it all day, and tried almost every method to solve it. Shen Wei said.
At this time, Shen Qian and Shen Cui had already stepped forward to greet the two new little girls, but Su Yun was still focused on chess.
Those two little girls are the granddaughters of the deceased Duke of Qi, one surnamed Yan and the other surnamed Jiang.
The old lady's birthday has not yet arrived, this time is mostly the protΓ©gΓ© of the Duke of Qi came to pay homage, to the day will be a big banquet for the court officials, I heard that the palace will also send someone to the old lady to celebrate her birthday, a few days after the day, the old lady will feast on the relatives of the Shen family on weekdays and the good of the family, mainly female dependents, and will also invite the dancers and singers of Changchun Garden to perform for five days in a row.
The Chime Garden is one of the four famous gardens in the capital of the Guogong Mansion.
So in the past two days, I am afraid that there are many guests in the Shen family who are coming, Ji Cheng also stepped forward to greet the two little girls, she didn't say much, but because the corners of her mouth often smiled, and she was very good at listening, most of the little girls who came to the door remembered her, not to mention that she was so beautiful.
Shen Qian looked at it from the side, nodded secretly, he really deserved to be Mr. Lian's disciple, although his background was not obvious, but he was neither humble nor arrogant everywhere, and he spoke very well, and he really underestimated this cousin first.
The girls here didn't speak for a while, and Su Yun suddenly exhaled happily, "I'll untie it." β
In fact, it is not a difficult question, the test is the time to solve the problem, and Su Yun solved it in a short time, which shows that he is a very sensitive person.
Shen Wei smiled adoringly: "Sister Yun, you are so powerful, but the kung fu of a cup of tea can be solved." Let's take a look. β
The big triangle on the chessboard, the top chess piece has been turned to the back, the middle two of the bottom four chess pieces have been turned to the back, and the middle one of the three chess pieces in the penultimate row has also been turned over, so that the other chess pieces really can't form a triangle.
Su Yun solved the question, and finally had the mood to greet Yan and Jiang, she was cheerful and lively, and it didn't take long for her to mingle with everyone.
If the girls who came today think that Ji Cheng is good, then they really like Su Yun, they come from the same family, and they are more comfortable talking.
After dinner in the evening and sending away the last group of guests, Ji Cheng only felt that the flesh on his cheeks was stiff with laughter, and then looked at Shen Qian and Shen Jing, and most of their spirit was unloaded, and it was really difficult for this lady to be beautiful, just this wave after wave of guests had to remember their names, tempers, and talk and joke with them, which was extremely difficult.
When he went back to the Iron Hat Hutong as a child, Mo said that Ji Cheng had no strength, and Shen Cui already needed to rely on the girl to stand, and he didn't care about the slightest image.
Fortunately, there was already a green curtain car waiting outside, and Ji Lan went back first when there was something in the house during dinner, and then Ji Cheng and Shen Cui took the same car.
Shen Cui leaned over and glared at Ji Cheng, "Cousin, are you stupid, Su Yun obviously looks down on you today, and he doesn't answer you, what kind of cold ass are you sticking to your hot face?" And who is who, as soon as I heard that you are my mother's maiden niece, I pouted, and you can still laugh. β
Ji Cheng turned his head to look at Shen Cui, his eyes smiling like a crescent moon, "Fifth sister, it turns out that you also care about me." β
Shen Cui was stunned in embarrassment, "Who cares about you, stupid." β
Ji Cheng smiled silently, Shen Cui sat up straight and approached Ji Cheng, "I think Su Yun is just like that, her appearance is not as neat as yours, and the Su family is no longer the Su family of the past, and those who have never seen the world rushed to slap her and hold her like a fairy." β
Ji Cheng didn't expect Shen Cui to be so disliked by everyone who loved Su Yun, and she couldn't say good things about Su Yun at this time, otherwise it would definitely cause Shen Cui's dissatisfaction, she was originally here to find an alliance, but following Shen Cui's words, Ji Cheng felt that it was inappropriate, and it was not a good thing for people who would get along with each other for a long time in the school in the future, and the relationship would be stiff.
"Sister Yun is a guest from afar, everyone naturally holds her a little, this is hospitality, it doesn't mean that she is better than you and Sister Qian and other sisters." Ji Cheng said.
Shen Cui sneered, obviously still not satisfied with Ji Cheng's statement, "Then you are also a guest from afar, why don't they treat you politely?" β
Ji Cheng smiled bitterly: "Origin is not something I can decide. β
"But who are they to look down on us?" Shen Cui was not convinced, "That's the wealth and glory earned by their fathers, and it's not that they have any ability." β
In fact, it makes sense for Shen Cui to think so, the prince will have a kind of Xiangning?
Ji Cheng was silent for a moment before he said: "Men make meritorious contributions, mostly to seal their wives and sons, which is called the predecessors planting trees and the descendants enjoying the shade, and the fathers have paid a lot of blood and sweat, for example, the grandfather of the Shen Mansion is dying on the battlefield, this is all in order to let the future generations of future generations be better than others, these riches are all exchanged for the blood of their ancestors, and they, even you, are not unqualified to be a little prouder than others." β
Shen Cui glanced at Ji Cheng in surprise, he didn't expect her to say such a thing, but Shen Cui didn't want to admit that what Ji Cheng said made some sense, so he sneered again: "So, you are a merchant girl, so you should be cheap?" β