13 The sisters of the intellectual fasting have a strife
The Yang family is a Jingxiangwang family, a family of poetry and rites, especially in the past two generations, there is a list, two second-class jinshi, even if there is no "Li Qingzhao" among the daughters of the Yang family, they must not be "illiterate" in big words. Therefore, soon after the establishment of the government, the Yang family hired a female gentleman to teach her daughter to read.
Yang's "boudoir school" is called Zhixingzhai in a small courtyard, located in the second gate of Yang's house, in front of the big garden, the daughters of the Yang family go to school here, and the brothers go to school in Mingdexuan in the outer courtyard.
As for the needlework girl, there are not a few clever embroidery girls in Yang Fuzhong, and every young lady has an outstanding needlework mother around her, teaching the young ladies hand in hand, but there is no need to find a place to open another school.
Yulan used to be her nurse Mother Qian, and she was casually found by the eldest lady and sent it to Zhuangzi, and after Mother Wang replaced Mother Qian, she took over this task. It's just that Wang's mother is lazy, and she doesn't put Yulan at ease, so where is she willing to teach her what needlework. Yulan usually follows Xiaoyue and Xiaoyu to do needlework.
When I arrived at Zhixingzhai, I pushed the door and saw that there were only four girls in the room, Yang Yufei, who was writing on the table with the maid. Seeing Yulan coming in, Yufei got up with a smile on her face and greeted: "Seventh sister is here." ”
"Fourth sister!" Yulan greeted her, asked Xiaoyue to put pen, ink, paper and inkstone for her, and pulled Yufei to greet her. "When I was sick, thanks to the fourth sister, I often visited me and talked to me, or I was suffocated to death." The fourth girl, Yufei, is still wearing the half-used lilac-colored makeup gown when she asks the eldest lady and the old lady to say goodbye, with a hanging bun on her head and a little emerald hairpin on it, the style and workmanship are ordinary, and there is no jewelry inlay. Looking at her dress, you can know her situation, and it is definitely not good.
Yufei smiled: "It's all sisters, what are you talking about." The four girls were smiling and polite when they saw everyone. She came from an average background, and she was neither a descendant nor a favor. In terms of appearance, among all the sisters, they are counted last, their reading qualifications are average, they can't write good poems or paintings, and it's a little reluctant to please the old lady and the eldest master. The mother and daughter can only rely on the eldest wife to make a living, and the eldest lady is such a mean character, and her life is really hard.
Among the daughters of the big house, the eldest sister has been married, the third sister died young, and now the fourth girl is the elder. In addition to Yulan, the fifth girl Yuxia and the eighth girl Yuxin are more difficult than the other, although she is a sister, she is squeezed everywhere, but she has become a "gas bag" that everyone can bully, but she has formed a deep "revolutionary" friendship with Yulan, who is also not treated well.
In this mansion, Yulan also cherishes this rare friendship.
As she was talking, the fifth girl Yuxia and the eighth girl Yuxin entered the door with their front feet and back feet. Both of them changed their outfits. Yuxia wore carved silk mud gold and silver ruyi moire satin clothes, and wore colorful glazed steps on her head, while Yuxin wore a floral emerald yarn dew lily skirt with ivory white ruyi hairpin on her head, with gorgeous clothes and precious jewelry, which made the two little girls as delicate and lovely as flowers.
Everyone has a love for beauty, Yulan is hot to see, she is also the daughter of the eldest man, why is this difference so big! Looking at the fourth girl Yufei again, her eyes were also full of envy, jealousy and hatred, but when she showed her eyes, she returned to her usual modest smile.
Yulan remembered the professional smile of the welcome lady.
The two little girls were arrogant, as if they didn't see Yulan and Yufei, and as soon as they entered the door, they glared at each other, from clothes to jewelry, and compared for a while. After reading the clothes and looking at the people, his eyes greeted the other party like a knife.
Two 100,000-volt ultra-high voltage currents met in the air, colliding with crackling electric sparks.
The cockfights seemed to look at each other for a long time, and no one found each other's flaws. The two men snorted and returned to their seats. One left and one right, occupying the vantage point of the first row. Seeing this scene, Yulan also smiled and sat back in his seat in the back row.
The struggle between the eldest lady and Aunt Liu is hot, and it seems that it has been extended to the next generation. She just had a lot of fun watching the play.
Yuxia spoke first, in a very loud voice, for fear that others would not hear it: "Kumquat, take out the notebook that my father wrote to me, and I will follow my father's handwriting." The word "specialized" was deliberately bitten very hard.
Kumquat immediately handed over the notebook, and Yuxia turned it vigorously and made a loud noise.
Yu Xin fiddled with the lake pen in her hand and sneered: "Isn't it just a copybook, what's the big deal." ”
Yuxia sneered: "It's nothing remarkable." The eighth sister has a lot of ability, so she also went to her father to ask for a copy, and gave a few sisters to see and understand. ”
"You ......" The eldest lord has not entered Yiningju for a long time, although the eighth girl is a concubine, but because of her willful and domineering, she is not as pleasing as the fifth girl in front of the eldest lord. The eldest master has always been strict with his children, and every time the eighth girl sees him, she doesn't have a good face, how dare she ask for any notes.
Yuxin sat back in her seat angrily, tugging at the handkerchief in her hand, wishing to break it. scolded in a low voice: "Hateful fox charmer, I know all day long that I am coquettish and foolish around my father, pretending to be cute and pitiful, just like your hateful aunt......"
Yuxia immediately retorted: "That's better than some people, rampant and domineering like a crab, how can there be a little bit of everyone's showy style!" ”
"Who do you say is tyrannical!" Yu Xin stood up with a sigh, which seemed to mean that she was about to stage a full martial arts. The girl Caifeng hurriedly grabbed her and comforted her one after another: "The girl is good, you can't make trouble here anymore, the eldest master knows the way, and he has to expose the skins of the minions!" "If something happens in the real school, Yuxin will inevitably be punished, but the bad luck is still these girls.
Yuxia sneered.
At this time, the latter student, Yuqing, the second room and nine girls, finally arrived. The ninth girl is only nine years old this year, with a round face and big eyes, and she is very cute. Wearing a green lotus-colored plum blossom pattern robe, combing a double bun, as soon as he entered the room, he smelled the smell of gunsmoke. Immediately shrunk his neck in fright.
"Fourth sister, fifth sister, seventh sister, eighth sister." After a round of salutes, he timidly sat down on Yulan's right hand. This is her usual seat.
The ninth girl is a second-room concubine, and her dress is better than that of several concubines in the big room. It's just that the mother-in-law is powerful, the sister-in-law is cold, and the ninth girl is a little lacking in confidence and timidity.
Yulan smiled at her kindly. When the little girl saw this, she immediately smiled widely.
The second girl got married, and the dowry was embroidered in the cat's yard, so naturally there was no need to come. There are four girls in the big room, plus nine girls in the second room, a total of five girls, and everyone is here now.
The little girl went into the gentleman's room to pray, and after a while, the gentleman came. This is a woman in her forties, dressed in plain clothes and without rouge. Xu is a lot of books, and he looks very personable.
"Hello Mr. Meng!" The five girls stood and saluted. The Yang family's mansion is respectful of the teacher, whether it is the fifth girl Yuxia or the eighth girl Yuxin, no one dares to be rude in front of Mr.
The serving girls around the ladies have long since retreated. This is also the rule of the Yang family, not that the house is small, but that it is a reflection of respect for teachers.
Mr. was kind and pleasant, and without saying much, he began to teach.
Yangfu "Boudoir School" attends classes for one hour every day, starting at midnight and ending at noon, and the time is very relaxed. Girls don't have to go to the Jinshi examination, and what they learn will naturally not be so difficult and obscure, and the Four Books and Five Classics don't talk much about it, but they have a lot of poetry and songs. In addition, the old lady of the Yang family, the eldest master, and the second master are all good characters, so Mr. took a lot of time to teach everyone to learn calligraphy, and the girls also put a lot of effort into it.
Yulan expressed understanding. In this era, the big family has many children, and the Yang family is also thin, but the eldest man still has five daughters and two sons. If there are more children, they will naturally not be like babies in modern society. At this time, the literati did not like calligraphy, and which did not like to chant poetry, and the girls naturally wanted to work hard in these places for the sake of inviting pets in front of their fathers.
Mr. Meng said that it is still regular script today, she demonstrated the writing of the words on the square cardboard, and then took the cardboard to explain to everyone the structure of the font shelf, and the precautions when writing.
It took less than a quarter of an hour to finish. Then let the students practice on their own, and the husband corrected them one by one.
Everyone began to write. Yuxin is young and anxious to finish writing. When he turned his head, his face immediately darkened. Although Yuxia writes slowly, the characters are all delicate and beautiful, much more beautiful than Yuxin's characters. The eight girls were so angry that they gritted their teeth.
Since half a year ago, the eldest lord praised Yuxia for her gentleness and sensitivity in front of the eldest wife, and her handwriting was particularly beautiful. But writing doesn't work overnight. Although there has been progress, it still can't compare with Yuxia.
Yuxia looked at her words, the corners of her mouth twitched, and a mocking expression appeared on her face.
Yu Xin immediately clenched her little fist, eager to tear the face in front of her immediately. Yuxin thought about it, then looked back. The Yang family's "boudoir" seating list is like this, the first row: Yuxia, Yuxin. Second row: Yufei, Yulan, Yuqing.
The barriers are clear.
As soon as Yuxin turned around, she saw the word Yulan, which was round and jade, graceful and magnificent, and more than one step better than Yuxia. Yu Xin immediately smiled: "How great I should be, not even as good as the seventh sister." ”
The sound is low, but the room is so big, who can't hear it!
Mr. Meng was standing next to Yuqing, his brows furrowed imperceptibly, and he pointed to the little girl casually. Mr. Meng has sat in many rich and noble people's homes, and it is not surprising that she has seen more violent and discordant scenes than this. Her task is only to teach these young ladies cultural knowledge, mediate the conflict between sisters, and this kind of thing is not her responsibility.
Yulan couldn't help but feel depressed, this fire finally burned to her. If it weren't for the fact that the previous master didn't know how to hide it, she wouldn't have written so beautifully today, which would have aroused the jealousy of her sisters.
Yuxia turned around, her jealous look flashed, but her mouth was unforgiving: "Bitch, it's just a girl, how good the handwriting is!" ”
All of a sudden, everyone's eyes were focused on Yulan.
A wave of anger swelled up, and Yulan really wanted to pour an inkstone ink on Yuxia's fancy face. This little girl is so young, and she speaks so harshly, it is really hateful.
She slapped the pen on the table with a snap, her face covered with frost: "Fifth sister, please be careful." After all, Aunt Qi has served her father and elders. My sister arranged her like this, where did she put her father? My sister is so disrespectful, aren't you afraid of losing the face of our Yang family? "Aunt Qi is Yulan's biological mother.
Yuxia raised her eyebrows, waiting to be said. Mr. Meng coughed at the right time. She never took any position on the young ladies' open and secret fights. If the scale is small, it should be invisible, and if the level of violence rises, stop it in time, anyway, as long as you don't fight in the school anymore, it's none of her business.
Seeing that Mr. was dissatisfied, everyone immediately restrained their arrogance, sat upright, made a serious statement, and wrote one stroke at a time.
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