5. Chapter 5: Brush Favorability
Zhao Xiaoxiao was locked up tightly and couldn't get out within three days, taking this opportunity, the next day, Mrs. Cheng of the county, who was in "slightly better health", asked Sanya to call the second young master Zhao Gang over, planning to meet this supporting role, who accounted for 30% of the progress of the task.
Zhao Gang is only one year younger than Zhao Yicheng, and was born to a concubine of Zhao Xiancheng, this concubine is a maid who grew up with him since he was a child, familiar with the county Cheng's qiΔ, and gave birth to a son, even his wife Wang Chunhua did not dare to move casually, but her life was not good, and she died of smallpox in the second year after giving birth to her son.
There is no biological mother to take care of, and his father doesn't care about the backyard, and his mother-in-law Wang Chunhua has a biological son, so Zhao Gang's life can be imagined, so Zhao Xiaoxiao was given a chance.
But now Wang Chunhua is played by Yang Qinglan, and she has a task on her side, how can she let the plot in the novel develop smoothly?
Then she met Zhao Gang.
is different from the white and tender young master Zhao Yicheng, who obviously has the same father, but Zhao Gang and his father and brother have almost no similarities in appearance, black and thin like a bamboo pole, and there is almost no vitality on his face that a child should have, no wonder Zhao Xiancheng has seen this second son a lot of times, but he has never taken him to heart.
It was not a trivial matter in ancient times that a son was not like a father, not to mention that this was just a concubine giving birth to a son, and Zhao Xiancheng was already very conscientious if he didn't kick him out.
After entering the door, Zhao Gang bowed to "Wang Chunhua": "I've seen Madame." β
Yang Qinglan stared at the 0% progress bar above his head twice, and decided to give it a try with a similar method as yesterday.
Zhao Xiaoxiao is a traverser who can play such a big role, will a local indigenous child like Zhao Gang have a better effect?
So she made her voice a little softer than usual, but not too obvious, and asked him, "The weather has been getting cooler recently, how is living in Xiyuan?" β
didn't expect that his wife, who had never been waiting to see him, would ask about his living situation, Zhao Gang stood there stunned for two or three seconds before answering: "It's okay." β
"I remember telling them to send two new futons to your room not long ago, how are you going to use them?"
When she said this, Yang Qinglan was a little weak-hearted.
Wang Chunhua did order to send the futon, but Zhao Gang was not mentioned separately at that time, but ordered the entire Xiyuan to add two futons - there lived Zhao Xiancheng's two concubines and a few nameless houses, and Zhao Gang lived in the courtyard where the deceased biological mother originally lived, which also belonged to the category of Xiyuan.
Unlike just now, Zhao Gang replied quickly this time: "It's not too cold, now I only have an extra bed, it's very good to use, thank you, madam." β
Before the words fell, Yang Qinglan saw the progress bar above his head rub from 0% to 3%.
It seems that this child knows that sending the futon is the business of the whole Xiyuan.
Yang Qinglan was not discouraged when such a result appeared, she just wanted to see if the same method would work in Zhao Gang's place, as long as it was useful, there were still many ways for her.
"I've heard that you've been studying hard lately?"
Zhao Gang's thin body couldn't help but tremble.
He has been studying hard recently, but the books he read, except for the ones he basically read since he was a child, were all found by Zhao Xiaoxiao from the outside, otherwise with him being an unappreciated concubine, where could he find good teaching materials in Zhao Mansion? Even Mr. Teaching is a poor scholar casually referred to by Wang Chunhua, unlike Mr. Zhao Yicheng, who is a famous person personally invited to the mansion by Zhao Xiancheng.
Hearing his wife ask about this, Zhao Gang was a little timid.
He couldn't figure out the attitude of the mother-in-law in front of him about this incident, and asked if he wanted to praise him, or did he want to ridicule him for being a concubine and delusional?
So he replied, "It's just ...... Just practice more words. "There's nothing wrong with practicing calligraphy, right?
Then he heard Madame sigh.
Zhao Gang's heart tightened!
"But I've never seen you go to the study to get new paper and ink, don't you dare? If you want to read, you have to practice calligraphy, how can you do without paper and ink? It's a good thing that you want to be motivated, after all, you have to go out of the house in the future, and if you have a good life, Zhao Fu has a light on his face, and his family affairs can also be said to be good, isn't it? β
Zhao Gang raised his head slightly sluggishly and looked at "Wang Chunhua", as if he didn't believe what he heard.
Yang Qinglan didn't seem to see the child's expression, and continued to say to herself: "It's your birthday in half a month, eight years old is not young, have you ever thought about the future?" β
Zhao Gang replied dryly: "I haven't thought about it yet." β
What can he think of as a concubine? can only look forward to the stars and the moon to look forward to his adulthood and leave the Zhao Mansion, sometimes he is still very glad that he is a boy, replaced by his third sister, obviously very smart, but limited by birth, can only stay at home aggrieved until he is a teenager and then under the arrangement of his wife to marry a craftsman or businessman who has never met, give him children, this life just passed like this, I shudder when I think about it.
But looking at the current situation, it seems that Madame intends to arrange a future for herself?
It's hard to believe!
Or is it that he has been moving too much recently, so that his wife can no longer tolerate himself as a second young master, and wants to find a reason to dispose of himself?
As soon as such an idea came to his head, Zhao Gang's face turned a little pale.
Where can an eight-year-old hide something on his face? Yang Qinglan saw his thoughts at a glance, and felt sad for these children who lived in ancient times, but there was no expression on his face.
"I haven't thought about it, after all, you have to be in charge of your own house in the future, and it is inevitable to be in a hurry to do things without a charter." Yang Qinglan waved her hand at Sanya, motioning for her to take out the things she had prepared before, "These are the books that Cheng'er read and used before, and there are also his husband's annotations on them, although they are old, they can still be used." As he spoke, he motioned to Zhao Gang to take the stack of books and papers, "When all the studies are finished, I will arrange for someone to take the examination for you, if you pass, I will ask the master to arrange for you to take the exam, and it is better to take the path of the imperial examination than to grope for it yourself." β
Holding the stack of books full of ink, Zhao Gang felt that his consciousness was floating in the sky.
Did today's lady eat something bad?
Or are you dreaming, these are the scenes in the dream?
He wanted to ask why, but he didn't, for fear that if he asked, they would be gone again.
Sanya originally thought that it was not good for Mrs. to give the things used by the eldest young master to a concubine, but now that she looked at this kid with a dumb face, she couldn't even say thank you, she frowned even more, and snorted coldly: "Don't you thank Madame?!" β
Zhao Gang was startled, and knelt down with a plop of things in his arms: "Thank you, madam!" Madame's great grace! β
Yang Qinglan was startled by his kneeling, and then saw that the progress bar above his head rose from 3% to 65% in an instant.
In order to hide his unconcealed expression, Yang Qinglan picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then put it down slowly.
"It's too early to say thank you, and it's not too late to wait until you've passed the exam."
"I will work hard to not disappoint Madame!"
"If there is a shortage of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., go to the study to get it, and you can register the number, the master will not ask, but correspondingly, how many things you take will have as many achievements, otherwise there will be no next time for such an opportunity."
"Yes!"
During the conversation, the progress bar slowly climbed to 70%, and Yang Qinglan was very satisfied.
"You can go back."
With the expression of being hit by a pie falling from the sky, holding the stack of things, Zhao Gang almost floated away.
When the main owner left, Yang Qinglan asked Sanya to step back and sit there alone in a daze.
She was thinking.
The system said that the first task would not be difficult, and that the main thing was to familiarize herself with the process, but the progress was so smooth that it was beyond her expectations.
It's her third day here!
Is it easy to say that it is easier and then harder?
Wang Chunhua slapped too loudly before, and now she suddenly gave two sweet dates to great effect, and maybe the effect will not be so good when she gives two more later?
After fidgeting for a while, she decides to go to the protagonist's side to find out what is going on.
Originally, the first task was to practice my hands, and there were some things that had to be figured out.
So she didn't ask any maids to accompany her, and walked alone to the room where Cao'e lived, and looked in through the window.
Zhao Xiaoxiao was sitting at a low table and carefully copying the "Book of Words", and there was already a stack of copied paper next to her, which showed that she didn't have much rest today.
Staring at the serious little girl, Yang Qinglan recalled the original plot of the novel.
The little girl, who is only 7 years old, has already sold many recipes through the kitchen helper, and she is considered to have a small net worth; And because he helped Zhao Gang find many books that were not available in Zhao's mansion, and used various excuses to instill some views in later generations to him so that he could grow, the two brothers and sisters had a very good relationship in private.
But Zhao Xiaoxiao is a traverser, living in such a world, whether the author of "The Concubine Wants to Fight the Turnover" realizes it or not, the heroine in her pen is very lonely, from a girl in the second middle school who lacks nothing to an ancient concubine like a grass, it seems that the ability to fight in house from the perspective of God is off the charts, and if you change someone, you may go crazy directly.
If there is an elder who can help her at this time, whether this person is a villain or not before, she should gain her favor.
How pathetic......
Zhao Xiaoxiao, who was copying words in the house, suddenly felt a little chilled, so she looked up and looked around, and then saw Mrs. County Cheng standing outside the window looking at her with a look of deep thought, guilt, pity and other complicated feelings.
Looking at each other, Zhao Xiaoxiao's hand shook, and the paper that he had just written half of the paper was marked with a big "Z" and scrapped.
The voyeur was discovered by the voyeur, and he suddenly felt a little weak, but after thinking about it, he didn't need to be weak-hearted, so he immediately adjusted his facial expression to Yan SΓΉ, nodded towards the inside, and turned to leave.
As a villain, although he is about to be whitewashed, he must always ensure that his image is chic!
Yang Qinglan, who walked out of Zhao Xiaoxiao's sight, thought that he could definitely take a little golden man with the on-the-spot response just now.
And the villain who fantasized about winning the movie didn't see the progress bar above the protagonist's head behind him, silently heading towards 50%.