The next day, before dawn, a hazy black shrouded Yuezhou City, and only a white color appeared in the east. Hear a few morning bells ringing in Yuji Temple from afar, and the monks in the temple will divide their places, playing wooden fish, and report the dawn along the street. Walking all the way, knocking all the way, the officials listened to it and quickly got up to the meeting, the business people listened to it and prepared to open shops to welcome customers, and the street food shops also lit up the lights and sold breakfast.

At this time, the Tang Mansion was still immersed in silence, only the lights were lit up in the bedroom of the old lady in the backyard, I am afraid that I could hear this sound of dawn and quickly get up to do some things.

The sky was getting brighter, and I saw that in the back room of the Tang family, three maids were walking back and forth, busy with something. A dignified-looking, kind-eyed middle-aged woman walked in surrounded by several people and asked, "How is it, is everything arranged?" ”

"Mrs. Hui, everything is ready according to your instructions." An older maid said back and forth. It seems that the dignified lady in front of her is Tang Wan's mother, Mrs. Tang.

Mrs. Tang approached and took a look, "Well, okay, it's all here, the monk will report along the road, and it is estimated that it will take a while and a half to come over." ”

It turned out that yesterday, Tang Wan, the youngest daughter of the Tang family, and the son of the Lu family set a family affair, which can be regarded as a major event in the house. The old lady of the Tang family is a kind and charitable person on weekdays, and today I want to take advantage of the monks of Yuji Temple to give more food and food, so that he can read more in front of the Buddha, and bless the Tang Mansion with peace and security.

Mrs. Tang seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and asked the maid next to her, "Have you gone to see if Hui Xian is up?" If she got up, let her quickly pack up. I'm waiting for her in the side room. ”

The maid listened to the order, and walked to the room of the young lady in the backyard, and before she reached the door, she saw that the young lady had come out. This mother and daughter are really heartfelt, Tang Wan got up early today, and was thinking about coming over to ask her mother for peace. The maid saw Tang Wan, called Wanfu, passed on the old lady's words, and led Tang Wan to the side room together.

As soon as Tang Wan stepped into the door of the side room with one foot, he pretended to be disgusted and shouted, "Mother, you sent someone to look for me early in the morning, what do you do to do something tight?" ”

If it was usual, Mrs. Tang would have greeted her and asked her baby daughter how she slept last night, and so on. But today, Mrs. Tang listened to Tang Wan's words and did not respond. Tang Wan's eyes flickered, and he immediately noticed that the atmosphere was different from usual, and then looked at his mother's face, the kind eyebrows and kind eyes in the past have changed today, and he has a posture of being ready for battle.

Tang Wan had never seen such a strict mother, and he felt very strange in his heart, so he cautiously asked, "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

Mrs. Tang had been observing her, and shook her head at this time, "Hey, you, you are already a married person, how can you still act so recklessly, if you get to your husband's house, you ......" Mrs. Tang looked like she hated iron but not steel, and before she finished her sentence, she shook her head angrily.

Tang Wan listened to Mrs. Wan's words, and immediately understood that she was worrying about herself, so she was no longer as nervous as she was just now, stepped forward to hold Mrs. Tang's arm, smiled and said, "Mother, don't be angry, who are you, you are the mother who gave birth to me and raised me, and you are my closest and dearest person, and my recklessness can only be done in front of you, if I really go to my husband's house, they can't see me like this if they want to see me!" ”

Mrs. Tang glanced at her and said, "What are these words?" Who would want to see your recklessness? ”

Tang Wan hurriedly explained, "Mother, I mean, when the time comes, I will naturally restrain myself." I won't let them see it. ”

Mrs. Tang really couldn't do anything about her, so she just said, "You! These two words originally meant blame, but Mrs. Tang's tone was full of love, it seems that this little daughter's status in her heart is really unusual.

Mrs. Tang said again, "Hey, I almost forgot my business when you interrupted me like this." Hui Xian, from today onwards, we must learn needlework. "It turned out that after getting engaged yesterday, Mrs. Tang discussed with her lord that she should train her daughter well, so as not to marry someone and end up being laughed at. The first thing is to learn the work of this female worker, although the girl from a large family does not necessarily have to do everything, but after all, the female worker is the foundation of the woman, and she can not be fine, but she can't.

Mrs. Tang continued to hear, "Hui Xian, if you are a woman, you must learn from a female worker. The thickness of the ramie is different. ?......"

"Don't be in a hurry. Look at the silkworms boiling cocoons, and follow each other at dawn and night. …… Mother, all the children of this "Female Analects" remember it. How did Tang Wan know Mrs. Tang's hard conscience, and then he looked like he was reciting a book, and shook his head and said. It seems that Mrs. Tang doesn't let her read these contents a lot on weekdays.

Seeing that Tang Wan was still disrespectful, Mrs. Tang suddenly raised her voice and said, "What's the use of remembering, will you do it?" My mother has spoiled you for so many years, and everything is up to your temperament, and you are all abandoned when the girl's family should be. From today onwards, my mother will teach you well, and the first thing is to learn to be a good female worker. ”

Tang Wan really had never seen such a mother, so he was stunned and said, "Okay, mother, let's learn, don't be angry." However, mother, this kind of thing as a female worker, wouldn't it be good to hand it over to the embroidery lady of the embroidery shop? If the daughters of every family were gone, wouldn't all the embroidery shops on the street be out of business, how many people would have to starve to death? ”

Mrs. Tang said, "Okay, don't talk to me." You said that you have memorized all the "Analects of Women", so what are the last five sentences of the second article? ”

Seeing this, Tang Wan understood in his heart that today's needlework seemed to have been learned, so he hung his head and said lifelessly, "The needlework is rough and attacked." Marrying a wife is a disgrace. The clothes are torn, and the west covers the east. was pointed out and laughed at in the township. Advise the woman to listen to the words. ”

Mrs. Tang said, "The words of the ancestors are to advise you, you must not do anything to disgrace the court." Take a look at this picture of mandarin ducks. ”

Tang Wan listened to the old lady's instruction, and then received his heart and followed him to the picture of the mandarin duck. Mrs. Tang pointed to the drawings and said, "And even the mandarin pillow, Qin Se reconciled." According to common sense, when getting married, the daughter's family will embroider a mandarin duck pillow to accompany the marriage. Whether you can embroider it or not depends on yourself. ”

What girl doesn't have a spring? Hearing her mother's words, Tang Wan suddenly thought about it, thinking of the chance encounter with Lu Gongzi in Fengle Building yesterday, thinking of the wine and conversation with Lu Gongzi, and thinking of the mandarin duck pillow embroidered by herself with Lu Gongzi in the future, in short, every place in her mind at this time was occupied by this Lu Gongzi. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Tang Wan realized his gaffe and unconsciously lowered his head, afraid that his flushed face would be seen by others.

But this qiē had already entered Mrs. Tang's eyes, and she said helplessly, "You, what are you thinking about?" ”

Mrs. Tang didn't say much, and continued to teach the way of female workers on this mandarin duck diagram. Tang Wan's interest came up at this moment, took the needle, threaded it, and followed his mother to embroider it in style. After only a few stitches of embroidery, he took it to Mrs. Tang and asked, "Mother, how do you think I embroidered?" ”

Mrs. Tang said indifferently, "Whether it is good or not, I will comment on it with the new officials of the Lu family in the future." Tang Wan took back the mandarin duck pillow and embroidered it by himself.

Mrs. Tang looked at her attentive demeanor, she didn't say anything, she was actually very happy in her heart, her daughter is really talented and intelligent, she can get through it at one point, this stitch and thread has already been six or seven points decent, and she will not be humiliated in the future. Hey, don't say anything insulting, as long as you are not wronged in your husband's house in the future.