The female gentleman surnamed Wu that Feng's eldest sister-in-law, Xiao Sun, paid attention to, was originally a close friend of Xiao Sun's boudoir before he got married. If you talk about this Mr. Wu, he was also born in a farming family, and his father is a teacher in his hometown. It's just that in this life, he has no heirs except for Mr. Wu. So he pretended to raise Mr. Wu with his son, taught her to read and write, and relieved the sigh of desolation under his knees.

When Mr. Wu was sixteen or seventeen years old, he married her to his protégé. Originally, it was very proper, but three years ago, Mr. Wu's old father died of a cold in the cold winter due to old age and physical decline. Mr. Wu's husband lost the examination room again, and he was depressed at home and had a serious illness.

Mr. Wu's husband's family expelled Mr. Wu from the house on the pretext that he had no queen. Because of the Ming War, Mr. Wu's maiden family has long been unmanned, and even the dowry has not been returned. Mr. Wu was lonely and had to return home to live with his mother. Feng's eldest sister-in-law, Xiao Sun, had been close friends with Mr. Wu long before she was married, and when she learned of the news, she immediately visited her and told her in person that the Chen Mansion intended to hire a female gentleman to teach the girl to read.

Mr. Wu lost his husband in middle age, and was driven back to his parents' house by his husband's family on the pretext that he had no children, and he was ashamed and angry to death. If it weren't for the fact that there was an old mother at home who had to be taken care of, I am afraid that she would have to die and be clean. When Xiao Sun came to the door, the mother and daughter were hiding in the room and hugging their heads and crying, hearing Xiao Sun's words, Mr. Wu was quite tempted, but he was afraid that his reputation was not good, and Chen Fu was unwilling. Therefore, it is necessary for Xiao Sun to go to Chen's Mansion to find out the news, if Chen's Mansion is willing, he will send a post to invite her to come, if not, it will be as if this matter has never happened.

When the daughters of the Chen family heard this, they nodded secretly, only thinking that this Mr. Wu was quite reasonable.

Only Mrs. Chen is still a little worried, but I am afraid that Mr. Wu has been taught by his father since he was a child, although he is full of poetry and books, but his heart must be as competitive and quirky as a man, otherwise he will not be expelled from the house by his husband after his father's death and husband's death.

It's just that in front of Xiao Sun's family, Mrs. Chen is not good at revealing the worries in her heart one by one. In the middle of the groaning, there were some complaints that Xiao Sun's affairs were unreliable. Although there are not many literate female gentlemen in the world, there are no longer a few. Besides, the Chen family doesn't have to come with all four corners. But it can't be shocking and eye-catching......

Feng Shi took the words in his heart, and said carefully: "Sister-in-law is willing to take my words to heart, and I am really grateful for the news so quickly." It's just that Mr. Wu ......"

When Feng Shi said this, he peeked at the face of his eldest sister-in-law Xiao Sun, and said: "I don't hide it from you, sister-in-law, the reason why our family wants to invite a female gentleman to teach the girls in the family to read is that I want them to know a few words, and when they go out in the future, they won't even be able to read the account books." The second is also to hope that girls who study can be sensible and righteous, treat talents more and more kindly, and respect their husbands more and more. According to my opinion, this female gentleman's talent and learning do not need to be very good, but he can teach some of the "Four Books of Women", "The Analects of Women", as well as the "Collection of Virtuous Yuan" and "The Legend of the Martyr" of the previous dynasty to the children, so that the children can understand what it means to be at any time. ”

When Xiao Sun heard this, his heart sank unconsciously. The fiery thoughts were splashed with cold water. She also knew that her actions might not be appropriate, but she saw that Mr. Wu was really pitiful, and seeing that the Chen family was willing to take his daughter home and remarry, he must not be a pedantic person, and he may not dislike Mr. Wu's bad reputation. That's when I came over to talk about it. Listening to Feng's words now, he must be unwilling.

Xiao Sun was secretly annoyed and ashamed, but his face was not obvious. Still smiling, he said, "It's okay, I'm just saying it casually." Seeing such a person, it is my old acquaintance since childhood, and she is a person, I still know it. It's just that her husband's family is ungrateful, but it has affected her reputation. It's also that I didn't think about it thoughtfully, so it's good that you don't blame me. In that case, then I'll go back to her, and we'll see. ”

Feng Shi smiled when he heard this, and still said some polite words in his mouth.

However, Chen didn't care that Mr. Wu's reputation for being taken home was not good, because he said: "We know your kindness. Moreover, Mr. Wu is full of poetry and books, and he is very proficient in literature and ink, but he is better than ordinary female gentlemen who read rotten books. Besides, people like us can't invite people like us to really have characters with all four corners. I think it's good. ”

This is not wrong, the capital is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are many eunuchs and nobles, Chen Qi is a small and seven-grade official, if he is placed in a poor country, he can still be called "parents". If it's in the capital, it's nothing. Those gentlemen and grandmothers with names and surnames, even if they have the heart to teach, I am afraid that they will have to go to the big families, where are they willing to come to the humble and small families.

Therefore, when Mrs. Chen and Feng invited Mr. Girl, they were also very self-aware. It doesn't require much fame, as long as you know a little bit of literature and ink, and you have a good temperament. If you don't mention the notoriety of Mr. Wu being abandoned by her husband's family, this person is very much in line with the requirements of the Chen family, and even more prominent.

Xiao Sun's remarks, in Chen's opinion, are not very unreliable.

When Xiao Sun heard Chen's words, he hooked the corners of his mouth at Chen, and his expression was quite grateful.

Chen smiled and said to Mrs. Chen and Feng: "You know me, and I despise these false reputations the most. Besides, it is an old friend of the Feng family's sister-in-law, so she knows the roots. Such a clever person, even if he can't be hired as a female gentleman, it's good to move around a lot. I only hate that I am now at home, and I can't go out to socialize. Otherwise, I'd love to talk to this Mr. Wu. ”

If you talk about chance, Mr. Wu was divorced home after the death of his deceased husband, but Chen asked to leave home, maybe the two really have some common language.

Hearing Chen's words, Xiao Sun's originally somewhat embarrassing thoughts immediately disappeared. Looking at Chen's gaze, it also became softer and softer. In the past, I only heard my sister-in-law say how this Chen family was tricky and eccentric, and she acted willfully, but today, she doesn't blame her parents and brothers for loving her, it's really a lovely thing.

Thinking so, Xiao Sun heard Mrs. Chen smile again: "Sister Hui'er's words are the same." Well, we haven't seen it, and we don't know what's going on inside. If you listen to outsiders, it's not good. It's better to be tired of the Feng family's sister-in-law to take our ladies to visit once. Even if you can't hire Xixi, it's good that everyone has one more place to interact with each other. ”

When Xiao Sun heard this, he smiled happily.

This is where Mrs. Chen is thoughtful. Regardless of whether this Mr. Wu is good or not, it is always an old friend of the Xiao Sun family, even if he looks at the face of the Feng family, he can't refuse it immediately. Moreover, as the Chen family said, the female gentleman who really has all four corners can't take their turn to invite the Chen family, so she went to the Houmen Mansion early.

Meet and talk about it in detail, if this Mr. Wu's heart is really as Xiao Sun said, their Chen family hired this Xixi, but they took a big advantage. If you don't have a good heart, it's okay to see this once.