Yulan took a nap and got up. On the crooked couch, I took a book of Zhiwei novels and flipped through them casually, and Xiaoyu came in with a cloisonné enamel gargle.

"Did the girl sleep well?" Xiaoyu put the basin on the Ruyi small round table, helped Yulan up from the couch, and served her to clean her hands. Seeing that she only knew how to read all day long, she persuaded softly: "The girl is also thirteen years old this year. It's time to pick up the embroidery kung fu and learn it! Yulan's body inherited her mother's intelligence, and she could learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she didn't like to do needlework.

Virtue and Ronggong, female red is the basic skill of women in ancient times. I can't embroider, just like I can't read and write in modern times. If you can't write or write poetry, you can still serve your in-laws and have children, but you can't hold a needle and thread, and it's very likely that you can't even find your in-laws.

Yulan couldn't help but feel depressed in her heart. She is not a young lady who is not a good lady now, she has already changed the soul of a modern person inside, and she is told to embroider with an embroidery needle all day long...... Where can she sit still, she must not be suffocated.

Yulan said with a smile: "Little hoof, don't you learn badly, but teach the master a lesson?" ”

Xiaoyu knew that she wouldn't be really angry, and said with a smile: "The slave is not for the good of the girl. Although all big families specialize in needlework, when the girl gets married in the future, she will always make a few gadgets for her mother-in-law and a few silk clothes for her uncle......

"Wow, little hooves are getting more and more unpopular, and they dare to make fun of me!" Yulan laughed and went down to hit her. In this era, when it comes to such a sensitive topic as marriage, it doesn't mean how to be ashamed.

"The slave doesn't dare, don't dare anymore!" The two of them laughed and made a mess. Xiaoyue entered the door with a bowl of tea. Seeing such a scene, he hurriedly smiled and asked, "Girl, what are you doing here?" ”

Yulan smiled, "It's nothing. This little hoof doesn't have a door on her mouth, I'll cure her. Xiaoyue came over and sat down with her, and gave her tea.

Yulan looked whole and asked, "How is Mother Wang?" ”

Xiaoyue pouted: "Honestly, I fell asleep after eating." After eating that good thing, my spirit was so good, I felt like I had been beaten. ”

Yulan pointed to Xiaoyue and said to Xiaoyu: "This hoof has grown, and it can be seen that it has grown!" He instructed Xiaoyue to say, "Find out my embroidery bandage, and you will teach me how to make needlework." ”

Xiaoyue was taken aback: "Isn't the girl bothered to do needlework?" ”

Yulan said angrily: "You still don't let others grow a little?" Not yet! ”

Xiaoyue stuck out her tongue, went to the inner room to take embroidered bandages and embroidered threads of various colors, and the three of them sat in front of the window and embroidered lotus flowers with needles and threads. Xiaoyu's mother is the needlework in the house, and her needlework is very good, although Xiaoyu is young, she has learned seven or eight points of skill from her, and Yang Fu is a girl, which is considered top-notch. It is more than enough to teach Yulan as a layman.

After a few stitches of embroidery, a little girl shouted: "Sister Xinghuang is here." ”

Yulan hurriedly walked out of the room, lowered the rank to greet him, and said politely: "Why did Sister Xinghuang come in person?" Please come inside and have a cup of hot tea. "Xinghuang is a big girl in the old lady's room, and her status is extraordinary, even if the eldest lady and the second wife see it, they have to give some face.

"I've seen the Seven Girls." Xinghuang was meticulous in her salute and smiled politely: "I was ordered by the old lady to send the four treasures of the study room and a copy of the "Lengyan Sutra" and a "Lotus Sutra" to the seventh girl. ”

Yulan hurriedly let Xinghuang into the hall and ordered Xiaoyue to make tea. Xinghuang hurriedly said: "Seventh girl, don't be like this, I'll put down my things and leave, and I have to rush back to the old lady to wait." The tone was courteous. Although she is a celebrity around the old lady, she is self-respecting and self-loving, never proud of it, and bullies others, so she has won the favor and respect of all kinds of people in the Yang Mansion.

Yulan pulled her to sit down, "Grandmother Zhilu can't leave you for a moment, but there is always time to have a cup of tea." "The attitude is gentle, like a spring breeze, and people can't refuse.

Xinghuang thanked him, put the box on the table, and opened it for Yulan to see. I saw that it was indeed a set of four treasures and two scriptures. The pen is the lake pen, the ink is the Hui ink, the paper is the rice paper, and the inkstone is the end inkstone. The materials are exquisite, the craftsmanship is exquisite, and it is made by famous teachers at a glance.

Yulan was secretly surprised. The old lady's shot is really extraordinary, this set of four treasures of the study is worth a lot of money, I am afraid that it is not worth a hundred taels of silver.

After asking the old lady if she had a nap or anything like that, Yulan said, "What is my grandmother reading now?" ”

Xing Huang said: "Lengyan Sutra." He turned the book to a certain page in between, pointed to one of them, and said, "The Seven Maidens can start from here." The old lady was reading this yesterday. ”

Xiaoyue brought the tea, and Xinghuang hurriedly got up to thank her. After taking a sip of tea, he said: "According to the slave maid, the girl can write the font more, the old lady is getting older, her eyes are getting worse and worse, and the words on the Buddhist scriptures are too small, and she always looks very difficult." ”

"Sister Xie reminded me, and my little sister is grateful." In fact, Xinghuang doesn't say it, Yulan is also planning to do this. In her previous life, when she reported to the president, vice president, and other old men, she would always print the font on the materials in the second font. When people are older, their eyes will bloom.

Xinghuang ate a bowl of tea before leaving, and Yulan sent her all the way to the gate of the courtyard, and then turned around. Entering the house, Xiaoyue asked, "Girl, do you still do needlework?" ”

Yulan said: "What else do you do needlework." It is serious to copy the scriptures in a hurry. ”

It would be silly to give her such a good opportunity to please the big boss, and then not seize the opportunity to show herself well and strive for more impression points.

So he entered the second study, Xiaoyue laid paper and polished ink, Xiaoyu lit sandalwood, and Yulan copied it one by one.

After that, he greeted his wife every morning and evening, went to the boudoir school in the morning for an hour, and the rest of the time Yulan copied Buddhist scriptures in the study. The eldest lady was still indifferent to her. And Wang's mother got up from the couch the next day, as if she had been beaten twenty boards overnight, and her butt was all "good", still beating people and scolding dogs, and she couldn't live in peace all day long, but she was a lot more polite to Yulan, thinking that it was after Li's mother mentioned it, and she didn't dare to make a mistake. Every time she scolded Xiaoyue and Xiaoyu again, Yulan would reprimand her fiercely, which made Wang's mother a little embarrassed.

During this period, Yulan deeply felt the benefits of catching up with the big boss. Not only have the maids and women everywhere become much more respectful, but even the food in the kitchen and the lamps, candles, and coal in the warehouse are a grade better than before. For example, if you eat food, you used to take it back and it was all leftovers from others, but now you can finally eat fresh food. I went to the kitchen to get the food box, and the little girl now has no one to look at her face with a gun and a stick.

Yulan couldn't help but sigh, these subordinates have done too much to praise the high and the low.

It's all up to the old lady to lift.

But why the old lady lifted her up like this, Yulan still hasn't figured it out.

On this day, when Xiaoyu came in and replied, "Yun'er, the girl next to the third young master, is here." Yulan was very happy to hear this, "Invite people in." ”

After a while, Xiaoyu brought in a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, wearing a green armor, looking very ordinary, but she looked stable and generous. "The third young master asked me to greet the girl!" After speaking, he will kneel down and kowtow to Yulan.

Yulan shouted, "Don't be polite, Xiaoyue will help people up." "Third Young Master Brother Zong is the one who has a good relationship among all the brothers and sisters in Yulan's Yang Mansion.

Brother Zong is only three months younger than Yulan, and her adoptive mother, Aunt Song, is the personal maid of the eldest man before she gets married. The eldest lady made the decision to open Aunt Song's face and made a concubine for the eldest master. Aunt Song was also very competitive, and it didn't take long for her to give birth to Brother Zong'er.

The eldest lady originally wanted to use Aunt Song to suppress Aunt Liu, but when she saw that Aunt Song gave birth to Brother Zong, she was suspicious of her. sent her to the remote green Jingzhai to live with Yulan's biological mother, Aunt Qi. Brother Zong and Yulan Lu Jingzhai lived together for four or five years, and they were suppressed and deducted by the eldest lady together, and they both suffered a lot, during which the two aunts passed away one after another, and the two sisters and brothers depended on each other and formed a deep friendship.

Later, the eldest lady changed her attitude towards Brother Zong and took him out of Lu Jingzhai, and his life gradually got better, and then he grew older, so he moved to the outer courtyard to live. Over the years, the two have lived in the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, although it is inconvenient for each other to communicate with each other, but in the open and in the dark, Brother Zong'er has not helped Yulan.

With such a relationship, Yulan was naturally very happy when she saw Brother Zong'er's eldest girl.

I only heard Yun'er say: "The third young master heard that the girl has been copying scriptures for the old lady, forgetting to sleep and eating, and not eating well and sleeping well. He was very worried about the girl, but it was inconvenient for him to run to the backyard, so he called the slave maid to come and see the girl. The third young master asked the slave and maid to tell the girl that filial piety to the grandmother should be, but he should not neglect his body, he must do what he can, and he should not be tired and sick. ”

Yulan laughed secretly in her heart, but she let Xiaoyu spread the word, but in fact, she ate well and slept soundly. Brother Zong didn't come to see her herself, and she could understand it. Now that the eldest lady has put most of her mind on Brother Zong, if the two of them get too close, it will inevitably attract the suspicion of the eldest wife.

She felt a warmth in her heart and said, "You go back and tell the third brother that everything is fine here, so don't worry about him." The boys' test is about to start, he is well prepared, and I am happier than anything else when he wins the show. He asked again: "Is the third young master close to his health?" Did you sleep well? Is there any benefit from reading? ”

Yun'er said with a sad face: "Third Young Master, everything is fine!" I was busy taking exams recently, reading until four days a day, getting up again at five drums in the morning, and sleeping only for one or two hours a day. The slaves and maidservants advised him, but he did not listen. ”

Yulan thought secretly. Brother Zong has suffered a lot since he was a child, and he has honed his steady and old character, and he will become a great weapon in the future. But after all, he is young, and he must cross the hurdle when he is admitted to the Jinshi and take the road of official career. At this time, he will inevitably have some gains and losses. But it's always bad if the bowstring is too tight, and maybe it will affect his normal performance in the exam room.

Yulan thought about it, asked Xiaoyu to take the four treasures of the study, and wrote down eight big characters with a splash of ink: one piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts. handed it to Yun'er and said, "You take this to your third master." Let's just say that I said, sharpening knives is not wrong for woodcutters, and only when you have a good rest can you make great progress in reading. If you don't even have this idea to nourish your energy, how can you do great things in the future? ”

Yun'er took the painting and said a few more greetings, and then left Lu Jingzhai and returned to the outer courtyard through the hanging flower gate. saw Yang Chengzong first present the word Yulan. When Yang Chengzong saw it, he immediately understood.

Yun'er said Yulan's words to Yang Chengzong word for word. After listening, Yang Chengzong didn't say anything, just sent Yun'er down. That night, he only read until two o'clock and then stopped. Although he studied hard in the future, he never passed three again.

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