Chapter 43: Teaching
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Hongxuan also said beside her: "My cousin is very good at talking, coaxing the old lady around." ā
"But no, mother, you don't know, when I passed today, the dishes on the table, I don't know how good it is......"
The third lady nodded her forehead angrily, "Don't be so petty, as if you think you haven't seen good things." ā
"Mother, I just don't like her, I used to have a second sister at my grandmother's place to be unhappy, and now there is a foreign surname, and I have no place to stand now."
Hu Wanzhu has an elder brother above and a younger brother below, so the third wife only has a daughter like her, and she usually spoils her.
spoiled her very innocently, she is already a nine-year-old girl, and the girls from other big families already have a handicraft at this age, whether it is needlework or cooking, or piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but Hu Wanzhu will only be coquettish and jealous with her brothers and sisters.
Although the third wife is just the daughter of a small grain merchant, she also has some wisdom, otherwise she would not marry into a rich family like the Hu family, she knows that her mother's family has not helped her much, and she knows that she has to rely on herself for everything in this mansion.
Although she gave birth to two sons, Master Hu San not only gave birth to her two sons, but also the other two born in the room, and when it comes to those two, I don't know if there is some feng shui problem in their third room? It stands to reason that she is not such a stupid person, but the two sons she gave birth to are not as smart as the two sons born by the concubine, whether it is reading or doing business, others can remember things that can be remembered once or twice by others, her son has to remember five or six times before he can barely remember, last year her eldest son, was also fooled by others, and took out a few precious calligraphy and paintings that were collected in the family, and took them out to paint those defective jewelry, so that she was blamed by the family and made a joke, which really her off.
When the color is not there, she can only rely on her children to tie her husband, the third wife understands this truth, so after seeing no hope in her son, she set her sights on her daughter, she is still very pleased with this daughter, although she is not as smart as others, but she looks good, coupled with her innocent temperament, she can be very liked.
Don't say it's yourself, it's just that the third master and the old lady look at Hu Wanzhu differently, and they prefer a few points, many times the third master comes back outside, and the first thing he asks about is this daughter, and what good things are there are also the first to think of her, even if he treats his son, he is not so attentive, under this, the third wife feels that the third master has a little more good face for herself now.
After the third wife tasted this sweetness, she let her daughter's temperament grow in this direction, so that Hu Wanzhu was still with this temperament when she was nine years old.
"Your cousin, she won't stay long, after all, she is not surnamed Hu, she will go back in a few days, what do you have to worry about?" The third wife teased her daughter.
"Who knows how long she stays, if she has been living here, there is good food and shelter here, and she can eat the sea bass and the fine blood swallow brought from the south, and my grandmother eats one of them every day, and she also has a share, if she tastes the sweetness and refuses to leave...... I know that their He family is not as rich as our family, and I heard from my aunt that their family always reaches out to us to ask for money...... Won't I be going to her all the time? I'm not convinced! Hu Wanzhu was full of unhappiness when she thought about this.
"Ouch, my good girl!" The third lady couldn't help but smile when she looked at her little appearance, and pinched her cheek, "She wants to go back after all, how can she live in our house, she is a young lady of the official family after all, and she is different from us." ā
"Where is it different, is there an official in her family, but there is no one in our family? Uncle is an official! ā
"The officials in our family are different from the officials in their family, your uncle's is just a donation, only such a name, and has no real power, Sister Ling'er's family is different, her uncle is a fourth-grade Beijing official, and her father is also a fifth-grade official, she is a real official miss!" The third wife explained to her daughter in detail.
Hu Wanling's eyes widened, and she looked a little unacceptable, but thinking about it, it seemed to be the same thing, but she understood it, but she was still unconvinced, because this was her home, why was she He Yunling an outsider more favored than herself? This doesn't make sense!
"Sister Zhu, you heard my mother say, let's not compare her with each other, we have to befriend her."
"Why do you want to be good to her, I don't want it!"
"Sister Zhu'er, when is my mother not for your good? Think about it, who are the girls we are playing with here, in this Jiangzhou Mansion? ā
Hu Wanzhu looked at the third wife inexplicably, but still wrenched her hands and counted, "The girl of the Qiao family in the east of the city, the girl Wei of the big grain and oil family, the Huang girl of the Yuyan family, and the ...... of the Zhou million family We had a good time, we were all about the same, and we were comfortable talking......"
"Look at the girls who play with you in your circle, are they all merchants? Did you invite you girls to go to the Blossom Club? ā
Hu Wanzhu shook her head, remembering something on her face, and was a little unconvinced, "Not only did they not invite us to go, but they also robbed us of our place, it turned out that it was Sister Zhou's birthday, and we set the Zhu family's garden to play, but I didn't expect it, but later it was said that it was intercepted by Miss Chen halfway, so we couldn't go, so it was obviously a good thing...... They robbed us of our place, and they invited us out like flies, and we heard them laughing when we left, which was really disgusting! ā
Speaking of the back, Hu Wanzhu realized a little later, what did her mother mean when she told herself, she couldn't help pinching her face, and said with a stalk on her neck: "Even if she is Miss Guan, she can't be unreasonable like this......"
"Then it's right that she's Miss Guan, she's right, even if you're not convinced, you have to be convinced, isn't it?" The third lady looked at her daughter's face and sighed leisurely.
"These official ladies will definitely marry into the right official eunuchs in the future, and they will be official wives, and they will speak sonorously and powerfully......
"I know...... But, but even if that's the case, then I don't need to talk to He Yunling! "Just think about this possibility, Hu Wanzhu wants to jump, she doesn't want it!
"Mother didn't let you slap him, she just wanted you to get along with her, I see that Sister Ling is not a difficult person to get along with, unlike other officials and ladies who look down on people with a shelf, any of you sisters can say two words to her...... In the future, with her, then you can walk into Miss Chen's circle, you know? ā