Volume 1, Chapter 51: Embroidered Girl
After the four of Yue Yao met the nurturing grandmother and the two gentlemen, they met the embroidery girl who taught them embroidery, and the embroidery girl's surname was Ma.
Yue Bing sneered when she heard her surname Ma: "Grandmother, is it troublesome?" How can there be such a surname. "Yueyao heard of this surname for the first time.
Yueyao looked at Mr. Ma who was wearing a dark dress, no grease powder, and no jewelry. Mr. Ma has no waves in his eyes like Mama Wang, and he seems to have read all the sails, and Yueyao has an indescribable weird feeling in her heart.
Yueyao listened to Zheng's mother's introduction, and only then did she know that Master Ma was a famous embroidery girl in Suzhou and Hangzhou. The embroidery girl overuses her eyes to a certain age, and her eyes are not very good, which is an occupational disease engaged in the work of the embroiderer. Can't do it in the embroidery village, generally famous embroidery girls are willing to go to the big family to teach the female dependents, because the big family only guides a few girls, the work is simple and easy, and the remuneration is very considerable. And the most important thing is that the requirements are not high, the girls can get their hands on the craft in the future, and they are not required to become famous teachers.
The old lady said a few words, which meant nothing more than the hope that the four of them would strictly supervise Yueying and them. Let them learn.
The four of them agreed in unison, this is their job, only by teaching a few girls well, so that the lord's family is satisfied, will not smash their reputation, and if the reputation is good, more people will invite them to the door in the future.
The old lady smiled and looked at Yue Yao and the four of them: "Start studying tomorrow, and take one more rest today." "It's hard to learn the rules from my grandmother, and it's not easy to learn calligraphy, piano, chess, poetry, and songs. Later, some got tired.
Mama Wang was invited by the old lady, and she had already said that she would be in Lianfu all day. The other three people were in a bit of a hurry when they were invited, and the previous owner hadn't resigned yet. But I agreed with the original owner that I could set aside time to teach.
According to the time period arrangement of the three people, the old lady learned the rules with her grandmother in the morning, and in the afternoon, she was divided into single and double days, and in a single day, she was divided into two periods to study with her husband; Sojiri learns embroidery with embroiderers.
The courtyard where Mama Wang lives is called Jingsi Garden. The Meditation Garden, which is also the place where they later learned the rules, is said to have been the place where the old lady lived when she was young.
Yueying has been living well with the old lady for a while, her face is getting more and more ruddy, and she smiles when she sees people. Seeing Yueyao looking at her, she couldn't help but show a kind smile.
Yue Yao responded with a smile.
Yue Bing pouted, and Yue Huan pretended to be stupid as before. But in her heart, she still hopes to get along with a few girls. Think about the fact that people in the same dormitory in the previous life can be as close as sisters, and now sisters who are related by blood should be even more close. It's just that she has just arrived, and with her aunt's warning, she still has to observe again for the sake of insurance.
The old lady saw the interaction of several people, especially when she saw the eyes of the moon ring, which made the old lady very satisfied. It seems that this fall will give Mu Ne's moon ring to the wrestling spirit, but I don't know when the second girl will change.
The old woman smiled and asked a few people to go back: "Starting tomorrow, you don't come to me early to say goodbye, studying hard is the most important thing." ”
Yuehuan went out and said, "Third sister, I heard that your Lanxi Garden is very beautiful, can I go and see it?" "Anyway, she has amnesia, and when she loses her memory, she naturally forgets a lot of things.
Yueyao's face did not move: "Lanxi Garden is not as beautiful as the second sister's yard." The layout in Lanxi Courtyard can't be compared with the second sister's. "The words were very tactful, the meaning was very simple, she didn't want to receive.
Yue Bing sneered when she heard this: "The third sister still doesn't like to play with her sisters as before. Third sister, have you finished copying your scriptures?"
Yue Yao said lightly: "No, copy it slowly." Second sister, fourth sister, I have something to do when I go back, so I'll leave first. With that, he left.
Yuehuan was keenly aware that this third sister was disgusted with Yuebing. This third sister is only alienated from herself, but she is disgusted with Yue Bing. Yuehuan wondered, even if the third sister doesn't like the second sister, she shouldn't be disgusted, right? Something happened that she didn't know.
Seeing Yuehuan's entangled face, Yue Bing said with a smile: "Fourth sister, you don't want to make friends with the third girl, right?" The third sister has a cold temperament, and she is unkind, and she drove out her nurse a few days ago. So, if you want to be good friends with your third sister, you have to think about it. "Even his own nurse was driven out, how can such a person be reliable. And the third sister is a broom star, and when she arrives at the Ma family, she makes a mess of the Ma family, because she used to think that Yueyao has a pure character, and it is all disguised. You can pay more attention in the future, and the province will not know if it was sold by this girl.
Yuehuan also heard about it, and Yuehuan also felt very strange about it. Even if she, an outsider, knows that here, the nurse is equivalent to half a mother! Thinking about Kangxi's nurse Li back then, you know a thing or two. Because Li was the nurse of Emperor Kangxi, she was later honored as Mrs. Zhengyipin; is also because she led the Cao family. The real one person attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascended to heaven.
Yuehuan fell into deep thought, why did these three girls drive the nurse away regardless of their reputation? I'm afraid there's a story here.
Yuehuan chuckled in her heart, and her eyes suddenly widened. Instead, he shook his head and said to himself, "No, no, I must have thought too much." ”
Hongmei asked in a low voice, "Girl, what does the girl think too much?" ”
Yue glanced at Hongmei, shook her head, and said, "It's nothing." "My aunt said to be careful of Hongmei and Hongyi, and I can't have a heart-to-heart relationship with them.
A thought flashed in Yuehuan's mind just now, she guessed that the third girl's style did not look like a time travel, but like a rebirth, returning from the future to the present. However, Yuehuan thought about Yueyao's performance, no matter how she looked at it, it didn't look like she was reborn. A reborn person, and a person who is not having a good time, should come back with resentment to take revenge, where can Yueyao be so quiet and peaceful.
On September days, the weather starts to get cooler. Even if there is sun, it is not too hot. But Yuehuan's forehead was still full of beads of sweat.
Yueyao didn't feel hot at this time, but asked Hua Bud to take away the green cloth umbrella in her hand, and said to Hua Bud and Qiao Lan: "From tomorrow onwards, the two of you will follow me." "The maids around me also have to be taught. Only by learning the rules well and using them handily can they not be bound by the rules when the time comes, and can they prevent others from using the rules to suppress them.
Hua Bud nodded with Qiaolan: "Don't worry, girl, we will study hard." "Learning these things, learning well, there are only benefits, no harm.
Yue Bing arrived at the main room, looked at Mo Shi who was on the board of directors and said, "Mother, that nurturing grandma has a coffin face, I am scared when I look at it." Mother, can you stop me from studying with her. "Yue Bing really doesn't want to learn from Mama Wang.
Mo's face sank: "What nonsense, this is the person your grandmother found with great effort, if you don't follow the rules of your grandmother, your mother will let your father use family law on you." "The so-called family law is not to let Yue Bing go out, and she must be confined to the house to copy Buddhist scriptures. This is quite painful for Moonice. So she couldn't look down on Yue Yao for copying scriptures at every turn.
Mo Shi looked at Yue Bing, who was leaving in a huff, shook his head and said, "This kid is spoiled by me. Fortunately, it's still too late to break the right. "With a nurturing grandmother, she is strictly supervised by the side, I believe that she will soon be able to reverse her daughter's temperament, stop acting recklessly, what is wrong when she is so old. In the future, it will be difficult to say that you are close.
Aunt Su also got the news that the old lady not only invited the nurturing grandmother, but also invited the female gentleman and the embroidery lady. Aunt Su was overjoyed when she heard this.
When Yuehuan came back, Aunt Su hurriedly asked about the details.
Aunt Su felt that Yuehuan was very interested in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs, Aunt Su's heart sank, and she said solemnly: "Girl, the female gentleman will teach you all kinds of talents with his heart when he takes the money." But if you are greedy and chew more, you can't be proficient in everything, and it takes countless energy and time to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs. Fourth girl, you not only have to learn these but also learn the female red cooking, and in the future, you will also learn to be a housekeeper, so you don't have so much time to learn everything. Four girls, you can learn things well and learn one or two subjects, which is much better than knowing everything but being half a bucket of water. Four girls, when you go out to socialize in the future, as long as you have a bright door, it is enough to get your hands on it. Aunt Su told Yuehuan that the only thing that didn't need to be particularly bothered was embroidery. Aunt Su herself is a good embroiderer, and her craftsmanship may not be worse than that of Ma Embroidery. However, she is proficient in Beijing embroidery, and Ma embroidery teaches Suzhou embroidery, and the embroidery art of the two places has its own characteristics. Aunt Su thinks that her daughter does not survive by embroidery, as long as she can get her hands on what she makes in the future, she has no problem teaching this.
Yuehuan was a little surprised when she heard this. I didn't expect Aunt Su to be such a transparent person. Unless you are a talented person who is favored by God, you can learn everything you can and be proficient in everything. Yuehuan thought for a while: "Auntie, I want to learn to paint, I like to paint." ”
When Aunt Su heard this, she immediately shook her head: "If you can't do it, you can't learn to paint." Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting can do everything except painting, but don't learn painting. "Calligraphy aside, a good hand is a must. If the daughter's writing is ugly, the old lady will not agree, even the family is a scholarly family, and the ugly words written by the daughter will be embarrassed at that time.
Yuehuan was surprised: "Why can't you learn to draw?" "She joined the comic club during college and studied comics for a few days, so she has some skills. But then I gave up because I was busy making money. But with this foundation, it is easy to learn with half the effort, but I didn't expect to be vetoed by my aunt.
Aunt Su knew that her daughter had forgotten many things, but she still told her daughter about the third girl, but she didn't expect her daughter to forget it in a blink of an eye: "You can't compare to the talent of the third girl's painting, and when you learn to paint, you will become the foil of the third girl." Fourth girl, no matter how good and good you are, no one will remember you. It's better to learn the same three girls and two girls can't, so that you can get ahead. "Aunt Su never thought that her daughter could surpass the third girl. Some people have this talent, and no matter how good others are, they can't compare.
Yuehuan shook her head: "Auntie, the third sister will be her business, and I will be my business, this is not a conflict!" ”
Aunt Su looked at Yuehuan and said, "Fourth girl, you will spend years at that time, but when the time comes, everyone will only praise the third girl, and disdain your efforts and achievements, can you still maintain such a mentality?" Even if her daughter was willing to be the foil of the third girl, she would not agree.
Yuehuan opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything.
Aunt Su reluctantly explained to Yuehuan why she didn't let her learn painting: "It's not that Aunt doesn't believe in your ability, but that the third girl has this talent and capital." Fourth girl, I told you that the third girl is free to worship famous teachers. The three girls started so high, you are far from being able to compare. Therefore, if you learn to paint, you will only become a foil for the three girls. ”
Yuehuan said reluctantly: "Auntie, the third sister is good at painting, you are afraid that I will be suppressed by her and I will not be able to get out, I can understand." But why can't I follow what my second sister learned, just because she is a concubine and I am a concubine. "Aunt Su's first half of the moon ring actually agreed in her heart. This world is like this, everyone remembers the first place, and they don't remember how the people behind them are, and even the second place will be forgotten by anyone. She is also self-aware, she has two years of painting foundation, but she does not dare to challenge the rich, famous and talented Yueyao. can't be compared with Yueyao, that is because people have this talent, but they have to pick it after Yuebing has finished choosing, it feels like she is picking up other people's leftovers, Yuehuan is not a taste in her heart.
Aunt Su smiled bitterly: "Who let you not devote yourself to the belly of your wife, but reincarnated in my belly!" Four girls, this is fate. "The second girl's life is good, but her daughter's life is not good.
Yuehuan hurriedly hugged Aunt Su's arm and said, "Auntie, it's all my fault, I shouldn't say this to make you sad." Auntie, I'm just telling you not to be sad, I know how to do it. "In this cheating society, there is no freedom at all when crossing into a concubine. I don't know who said that crossing into a concubine can also be mixed, unless the housewife is a pig, otherwise the concubine will never be able to surpass the concubine. Because as soon as there is such a sign, it must be destroyed by the concubine. She doesn't want to die yet, and she doesn't want to burden her aunt and brother, so she can only be a well-behaved and obedient concubine for the time being.
Yuehuan shifted the topic and talked about Gu's mother: "Auntie, the second sister said that the third sister drove out her nurse and thought that the third sister was a mean and unkind person. Auntie, isn't that how things are? "In Yuehuan's eyes, Aunt Su is a very smart person. And she really loves her, so she will ask Aunt Su if she has any questions.
Aunt Su's face was a little complicated, but in the end she said: "Mother Gu is a slave who betrays her master, and the third girl just sent her out of the Lian Mansion, and also gave a large sum of money, which is already benevolent and righteous." Although she let her daughter pretend to be clumsy, she didn't want her daughter to be influenced by her wife and second girl and become a stupid person without self-analysis ability.
Yuehuan was surprised: "Back to the master? "She has only been in this world for a short time, but she also knows what it means to betray the Lord, and those who betray the Lord will bear very serious consequences.
Aunt Su told Yuehuan about Gu's mother. Although Mohs was not mentioned, the moon ring suddenly understood. But after Yuehuan listened to it, he didn't implement it in his heart. How did the good third girl know that her nurse had turned her back on herself!
Yuehuan didn't dare to let herself think about it anymore, for fear that if she thought about it again, she couldn't help but rush to Lanxi Courtyard to ask Yueyao if she was reborn.
Yueying had been waiting for the old lady, but she didn't show too much joy. Just from the sound of her walking, you can hear that she is in a good mood at the moment.
The only thing that is calm is Yueyao, for Yueyao, this is just to complete what she didn't do in her previous life and make up for the shortcomings in her previous life. Others, no more.
Yue Yao returned to Lanxi Courtyard and began to teach Brother Zheng to read and write. Starting tomorrow, there won't be so much time, I have to study with my grandmother and husband during the day, and I have to teach Tingzheng at night, so I must be busy. Yueyao felt that there was not enough time, and she was even more worried that she would not be able to bear it. So, she would love to be able to get to Mr. early. Let Ting be studying with Mr.
Brother Zheng saw Yueyao's sad appearance and said, "Sister, is there something to worry about?" Seeing her sister staring at her, she couldn't help but laugh, Ting Zheng couldn't help but laugh, could it have something to do with her?
Yue Yao touched Brother Zheng'er's head: "It's okay." My sister is thinking about tomorrow! You study well. "Don't say that Brother Zheng doesn't understand that it's messy, but if you do, it's useless except to increase Brother Zheng'er's troubles.
Brother Zheng nodded obediently.
After practicing the words, Yue Yao picked up Brother Zheng'er's hand, which had many big blood blisters on it. Yue Yao was a little distressed, the blood blisters were all ground out from practicing calligraphy these days. However, it is an essential step to be successful.
Ten years of hard study is not just talking, and my father has not slackened for a moment when his qualifications were so outstanding. Brother Zheng'er's qualifications are so poor, and he can't slack off. Therefore, we must find a good gentleman for Ting Zheng, teach him carefully, and cultivate Ting Zhengcheng......
Ahem, thinking of this, Yue Yao couldn't help but sigh again. Ting Zheng has been studying for so long, and he hasn't finished learning the hundred family names. In the face of Tingzheng's qualifications, Yueyao can only sigh!
Yue Yao broke the blood blister for Brother Zheng'er, applied ointment, and coaxed Ting Zheng to sleep and went back to his room. Yue Yao sat on a stool and thought about things.
Mother Deng followed in to freshen up Yueyao, and couldn't help but say, "Don't be too tired, girl." Otherwise, send my brother to the school. "Mother Deng didn't mention ethnicity, she knows what ethnography is like. It was scrapped when I sent my brother to the clan school, but it was still successful to go to the school.
Yue Yao shook her head, the school is going, but not now. However, Yue Yao was a little strange: "Mom, why did you suddenly invite a female gentleman over?" Yueyao always felt that this matter was strange. If my grandmother had had this idea, she should have been invited a long time ago. And don't wait until now.
Mother Deng also shook her head: "Girl, I have inquired, the grandmother and the embroidery lady were invited by the old lady, and the two female gentlemen were invited by the eldest lady." Maybe the eldest man thinks that there are three girls in the family, and he needs to ask the female gentleman to teach him well, otherwise it will not look good at home when it spreads. Mother Deng directly excluded Yueyao. Yueyao can't learn from it if she doesn't get rid of filial piety now.
Yue Yao thought about Yue Bing's words, and then recalled her grandmother's complicated eyes, and pressed the strangeness in her heart. She can say that Mo is suspicious in front of Mother Deng, but she can't speak ill of her eldest uncle. These were her suspicions, and there was no substantial evidence. Because so far, the eldest uncle has not done anything wrong: "Mom, I already plan to learn calligraphy from Mr. Yun, and then learn embroidery from the embroiderer, and I won't learn anything else." ”
Mother Deng's face changed slightly. was going to speak and persuade him, but seeing Yueyao's tired expression, he swallowed back the words in his heart: "It's also done." Girl, don't tire yourself too much. ”
After Mother Deng waited for Yueyao to fall asleep, she went out to find Hua Bud and asked what happened in the upper room. Hearing that the second girl suggested that her own girl follow and learn to be in the background, the second girl was obviously ill-intentioned: "Don't look at the second girl's simple face, what can Mo's daughter be simple." You have more than one heart eye in the future. "Mother Deng is avoiding Qiaolan and saying it, no matter what, Qiaolan is rewarded by the old lady. For the elderly, the granddaughters are the same, although they don't show it on the face, they still hurt the inside. If you know that they say bad things about Yuebing, you will definitely not feel comfortable.
In the upper room, the old lady tossed and turned on the bed, and finally couldn't sleep and leaned on the head of the bed, so she asked Zheng's mother to take out a box. She looked at the last letter written by her son, especially when she saw her son praying at the end to let her take good care of Yueyao, the old lady's heart trembled.
The old lady wrote a letter to his close friends Shen Qian and Li Guoxun when she knew that her youngest son was seriously ill, but the strange thing is that she didn't write a letter to her eldest son. In other words, the younger son would rather trust outsiders than his brother. In the past, I always deliberately ignored the contradiction between the two sons, but now the facts are in front of me, which makes the old lady very heartbroken.
Mother Zheng was extremely anxious when she saw the old lady: "Old lady, the doctor said that you can't work hard and have to rest well, otherwise the old illness will recur." "Mother Zheng, this is a tactful statement, she is very special to hope that the old lady can live a long life.
The old lady shook her head and did not speak.