Chapter 98: Shuqing's Visit (Late Second Shift)
What resentments and contradictions did Zhen Dafu's family have after returning to the Daimyo Mansion City Shu Yao didn't know how to go, she was very busy, and now she has one more task, teaching Xiutao "Thousand Character Text" and "Hundred Family Names".
Xiu Tao is almost seven years old this year, although her body deed has not been solved, and she has always called Shujie and the three of them young masters and girls, but no one in the summer house treats her as a maid, and people also call her Xiu Tao girl.
Shujie and Shu Yao originally wanted Xiu Tao to follow Luo Niangzi and Zheng Niangzi to learn qin, chess, calligraphy and painting with Shu Yao, but Aunt Mei refused, saying that Shu Yao's level was already very high, and if Xiu Tao was brought with him, Mr. would have to be distracted to teach Xiu Tao the basic things, which would inevitably delay Shu Yao. Both gentlemen are famous Mr. Gao Shuxiu, and Aunt Mei thinks that it is enough for Xiutao to be literate and able to read, write and calculate, just like before, it is enough to talk to Shu Yao and Shuwen.
Xiutao herself doesn't like to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she can't sit still, and she doesn't have the patience. Maybe it's because she often receives customers with Aunt Mei since she was a child, and she wants to count money, Xiao Xiutao likes arithmetic as much as Shuwen, and she can remember the numbers and addition and subtraction methods taught by Shuwen, and she is memorizing the newly learned ninety-nine multiplication song tricks recently. Of course, she has been explained by her mother every day that those Arabic numerals are special things that Mrs. taught the young master and girl, and they can only be used in private, and cannot be displayed outside. Xiaoxiu Tao looked at the sky and pouted: "My mother is too wordy!" Those playful numbers help her calculate mentally faster, and she doesn't like to write, let alone write those Arabic numerals in front of outsiders.
Shu Yao especially likes to read, embroider, and practice calligraphy in the three-story pavilion in the garden...... Even if it's just a matter of playing and resting.
Since learning "Feiyan Stepping Lotus", Shu Yao has not climbed the stairs when she goes up and down the pavilion, and she has always flown up and down. For example, at this time, she went to the pavilion with Xiutao to study, and by the time Xiutao walked to the third floor, she had already drunk half a cup of goat's milk.
What's funny is that at this time, the fire that has always been sticky to Shu Yao hides without a trace, for fear of being caught by Shu Yao on the third floor. I can't speak human words. Otherwise, Huohuo really wants to shout: "I have a fear of heights!" Fear of heights! Especially when he was held in Shu Yao's arms and flew up and down, the wind was whistling by, and the cat was about to roll his eyes and faint when he didn't dare to move in Shu Yao's arms.
No, Huohuo, who was originally enjoying the flowers in the garden, saw Shu Yao and Xiu Tao walking towards the pavilion with a basket of pen and ink and a basket of snacks, and ran away without a shadow after a swish, making Shu Yao laugh, Xiu Tao and Lan Jin shed tears of sympathy for Huohuo, who let it stand on such an "unscrupulous" and "bad taste" little master?
The fire escaped and ascended to heaven, and when he reached the gate of the garden, he slowed down his paw step, and walked the most swaggering fox step. I saw the little maid Green Brocade leading Shuqing and Adai over to the master and servant.
Shuqing greeted warmly: "Huohuo, I brought you delicious snacks." ”
Huohuo's chin was raised, and he continued to walk with a proud fox. Hum. I am a fox with integrity, and I don't accept any sugar-coated cannonballs, not to mention, no matter how delicious it is, how good it is?
Adele was angry and funny: "Girl." Look at this fire, hey, it's dragged on. ”
Shuqing sighed, how could the spirit beast that symbolized good fortune be able to please Lu easily? But she really didn't understand, what was there to do with Shu Yao and the others. Can you keep Xiao Liang and Huohuo with you? After returning from the Murong Mansion in the capital, she has often come to the summer mansion in the past two years, but the two spirit beasts still ignore her. Could it be that she is really not blessed?
Alas, perhaps, otherwise how could the fiancé's family have undergone a huge change?
Two years ago, Shuqing's fiancé Guo Jinnan's father was killed, and the family property was seized by his uncle. Orphans and widows defected to the Xia family and came to Yulin Town. Xia Linyu and Zhou scolded Guo Jinnan's uncles who "had their conscience eaten by dogs" with indignation, and then they didn't say anything.
Guo Jinnan's mother and son are also strong people. Originally, I didn't plan to stay in the Xia Mansion, but I just felt that after all, it was the family of my children, and I could take care of it when I came to Yulin. Guo's mother took the dowry out and bought a small yard on the edge of Yulin Town, and bought 30 acres of land in the suburbs to collect rent, plus Guo's mother did needlework, although she was not rich, she could also ensure food and clothing, and Guo Jinnan could continue to study.
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Shuqing will be thirteen years old in two months, and Guo's mother has repeatedly proposed to marry her and Guo Jinnan when Shuqing and Lu are married, and then Guo Jinnan will concentrate on preparing for the exam and striving for the title of the gold list.
Shuqing could see that her parents and aunt Xia Ruoxue didn't want her to marry Guo Jinnan, but they didn't want to have a reputation for treachery.
When the Guo family's mother and son first came to Yulin, Shuqing saw Guo Jinnan once, when he was only fourteen years old, but he could already see that he was elegant and elegant, and he looked upright and clear, and he heard that he was also a good writer. If it weren't for his father's accident, this would be a good choice for a husband. But now...... Shuqing was very entangled.
If Guo Jinnan is not a great filial piety, it is good to say that he can participate in the scientific examination in the spring of the new year, as long as he can be named on the gold list, his aunt and uncle's Anguo Mansion will help to carry it again, and he will marry him in two years.
However, in the spring of the new year, Guo Jinnan was still in the middle of filial piety, and he was bound to miss the scientific examination, and he had to wait for another three years, and at that time he had already been married and suffered for more than a year (the Guo family now has no other servants and maids except for Guo's mother's mother), and he is not sure if he can reverse it. In case Guo Jinnan can't pass the exam, then she will have to guard the thirty acres of land for the rest of her life and be a little woman in the market. Is the writing good? The atmosphere of reading and scientific examinations in the big week is good, and there are more people with good literary talents.
Gambling, Shuqing is like facing a gambling game, and she doesn't know how to bet. But she knew that Xia Linyu and the Zhou family had been planning to let the Guo family's mother and son open their mouths to withdraw from their marriage. Zhou has been talking about it recently, and in the current situation, if Guo Jinnan can't go to high school, he is not as good as the son of a wealthy businessman, and he has nothing to lose.
Shuqing was upset by Zhou's nagging in the mansion, so she ran to the summer house to find Shu Yaotao, and Shuqing also liked the summer house garden and the three-story pavilion.
On the third floor of the pavilion, Shu Qing saw that Shu Yao was teaching Xiu Tao to read and write, and couldn't help but sigh that Shu Yao's three brothers and sisters were much better to Xiu Tao than her own cousin. After her own efforts in the past two years, Shu Yao and the three of them have been the best in the entire Xia Mansion to her, but they have always maintained a faint alienation. Especially Shu Yao, there is always a kind of vigilance that seems to be deep in her bones.
"Sister Yao'er, Master Jingxuan of Famen Temple in the capital came to Yuquan Temple to preach, and three days later, the altar was openly opened to preach. Sister Yao'er, the opportunity is rare, I'm going to listen to it, do you want to go too? ”
Master Jingxuan is a royal respected monk, if he can be seen as a "destined person", it is to mention two sentences, it will also benefit a lot, this "benefit" not only refers to the guidance of Buddhism, but also includes a lot.
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