Chapter 18: Dinner
The school of the Great Zhou is also known as the Jingwen Hall, not like the ordinary family school, it can be said that it is a "public school" undertaken by the imperial court, the students are all selected to be proud of the nobles, and the heirs of the famous families are opened, and the examination of the school Mr. is assessed whether they are qualified to enter the hall to study, most of those who are not qualified to enter the school are still their own families who invite learned people to teach privately, and they have lost the qualification to enter the official career without entering the hall.
Those who are selected by the academy are one foot into the official career. After the completion of the study period, the lecturer of Jingwentang is also recommended by officials who are also of grade in the DPRK and the central government to enter the office directly, and this study period also varies from person to person, and there is also an example of "young crown before the crown, Biden Tianzitang" in the previous dynasty.
As for a high-ranking family like Yan Mansion, the schoolwork of their children and grandchildren is naturally heavier than that of others. And Yan Meng and his daughters in the family, the man opened the school, and then no longer studied schoolwork, but asked to teach Mama Xi to teach etiquette, after all, the knowledge of the article is just a leisure and interesting matter, and for the women of the Zhou Dynasty, they will only marry and manage family affairs in the future, and those who are used to dancing and writing are not happy with the family.
In his previous life, Yan Meng also thought so, and because he was imprisoned in the Buddhist hall for three years, he never went to women's school. However, after marrying the king of Yue, in order to keep up with the pace of the king of Yue and solve problems for the king of Yue, she studied day and night, and asked Mr. Fuzhong for advice on the places she didn't understand on weekdays, that is, the strategists around the king of Yue. Later, more and more Wang Wang reused, and even Mr. Wang Fu said that his "qualifications are not patient, and the acquired penance" can be regarded as a compliment.
"It's just that I want to have a lively meal with you, and I don't deal with the fourth sister, and there is no one to relieve my boredom when I stay in the yard on weekdays." Yan Meng had a bitter look on his face, as if he was really bored at home.
"What should I do, I thought of me because I was bored, and I have to find a few rare things for you."
"No, I want my brother to bring me a few books to read." The books in her study are for the children's enlightenment, and they are about to be rotted by her in the past few days.
Yan Chunan looked clear when he heard her words, looked at the people on both sides, leaned next to her ear and whispered, "The script is still a drama, I will buy it for you tomorrow when I leave school." ”
Yan Meng was a little speechless for a while, does she seem to be so uneducated and uneducated?" It's not a script, it's not a play... I'll make a list for you after eating in a while, so let's eat first. Yan Meng watched the maids bring the food in, thinking that Yan Chunan should also be hungry, so he didn't make any more unnecessary explanations.
Yan Chunan originally wanted to ask, but when he saw the food brought over, he also felt that he was a little hungry, so he responded to Yan Meng and stopped talking, waiting for the people to prepare the food and start eating.
"This assorted tofu is good." Yan Chunan held the chopsticks and commented on the dishes with a satisfied face.
"Knowing that my brother loves to eat, I made Song's mother deliberately afraid to run to the big kitchen." Yan Meng invited Song's mother to make Song's mother stretch her eyebrows.
"Speaking of which, Mother Song has also been here for a few days, and I haven't seen Mother Du since I came back, what is the matter with Mother Du?" Yan Chunan sandwiched another piece of fried crispy meat, and then Yan Meng's words asked casually.
Yan Meng, who was picking up the dishes, put down the dishes and chopsticks, "I don't know, Du's mother returned to her hometown a month ago, but since she received the letter half a month ago, there has been no news of Du's mother." His eyelids drooped, his voice was low, and his face was worried about Du's mother.
Seeing that Yan Meng was depressed, Yan Chunan's good-looking eyebrows were pressed together, his eyes were anxious, and he hurriedly comforted, "Don't worry, Xu is delayed on the road." But there were some doubts in my heart, and I wanted to investigate privately.
Yan Meng looked at Yan Chunan a little tentatively when he heard this, and then cautiously looked at Mother Song.
When Mother Song saw Yan Meng's expression, she thought that she missed Mother Du in the morning, and called Yan Chunan over in the afternoon, guessing a few points about Yan Meng's plan in her heart. In the end, he is young and can't hide things, so what is boring and boring to let Yan Chunan bring the book, just to let Yan Chunan investigate and investigate Du's mother's affairs, in the final analysis, in this mansion, Yan Meng only has a closer relationship with Yan Chunan. Now I'm afraid that I'm uncomfortable listening to it and I'm so careful, alas, Miss has a heart.
Thinking of this, Mother Song leaned down and said, "Girl, sweet soup is still simmering in the kitchen, and the slave maid will go over to take a look." ”
Yan Meng's eyes lit up slightly, "Okay, you go." There was a subtle eagerness in the words.
Song's mother bowed and withdrew.
Yan Chunan noticed that Yan Meng had something to say to him, seeing that Song's mother had gone out, only Tinghe was left in the house, and he didn't hide it, "But you have something to tell me?" ”
"I want my brother to check on Du's mother's affairs, Du's mother said that she came back in a month, but now more than a month has passed, and I used to receive letters from Du's mother to report safety, but I haven't even had a letter in the past half a month, and they all said that Du's mother may have been delayed on the road, if it is a big deal..."
"Okay, don't worry, I'll look for someone when I go back." Yan Chunan knows the friendship between his sister and Du's mother, he is a man who has been brought by his grandmother since he was a child, and his sister is only by Du's mother. "You don't have to worry, my brother knows friends from the government, if not, we will send the government to find it, and tell you if there is news as soon as possible." The tone was gentle and calmed Yan Meng's emotions.
"Hmm."
"Okay, okay, hurry up and eat, I'll bring you the most fashionable words when I come back tomorrow, you don't know that today's words are interesting, and there are small paintings in it, cats, dogs, small animals, and green eyes drawn, as if you want to jump out of a book."
Yan Meng couldn't help but feel a little helpless when he heard Yan Chunan mention the words, it seemed that this image couldn't be changed, so he had to respond, "Okay." "Pick up the chopsticks and pick up the rice in the bowl.
Yan Chunan put a piece of steamed lotus root in Yan Meng's bowl, "Eat this, I heard that a chef from Jiangnan came to the big kitchen, Jiangnan dim sum is exquisite and delicious, sweet and fragrant, and the sweet soup that Song's mother went to serve should be from the hand of that cook, when I went to Qingzhou to study this time..."
Yan Chunan tried his best to tell what he had seen and heard about his study tour, saying that it was not enough to use his arms to gesture with his arms, and he actually got up and gave Yan Meng a decent set of punches, Yan Meng knew that he was doing this to make himself happy, and his heart was warm, so he laughed along with his performance, and the listeners on the side also held back their stomachs.
Yan Chunan's boxing posture was a little big, and he didn't notice for a while that Mother Song led the maid to come in with the soup, and before she could retract a sweeping leg, she saw a shadow flying in.
Although Song's mother was old, she was clear-eyed, and she was afraid of hurting Yan Chunan, so she hurriedly stopped her steps and staggered to the side, and the maid was already holding a tray, and when she saw Song's mother stop, she was afraid of bumping into someone, so she didn't stop her steps for a while, and even someone flew out with the soup.
Yan Meng hurriedly instructed Tinghe to help the little girl up
"But where did you fall?" Seeing Tinghe supporting the little maid to stand still, Yan Meng asked.
"Slave... The little maid was frightened by this situation, and when she saw the broken porcelain cup on the ground, she felt that she had smashed the errand and her legs were weak, and she was trembling all over, and if she hadn't listened to the lotus, she would have knelt down again.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's all my fault, don't be afraid." The culprit Yan Chunan was over there, and when he saw that the little girl fell and was scared into this appearance, he was a little unbearable, and hurriedly comforted her.
"I... I..."The little girl couldn't help but look up at Yan Chunan, I don't know what she saw, she was stunned in place, and she forgot to tremble.
"You're frightened, blame me, blame me." Seeing this, Yan Chunan stepped forward and walked in front of the maid, "Where did you hurt?" Would you like the doctor to come and take a look at you? ”
The little maid hurriedly came back to her senses, lowered her head, and said like a mosquito, "Thank you. Fourth Young Master Xie cares, slave maid... The slave is fine. "There was an imperceptible crimson on his cheeks.
"Listen to He, you can help Yuanxing back. See if it's hurt, and if it is, go to Dr. Hou to find some ointment to wipe it on. Yan Meng saw that Yuan Xing was frightened, and it was not a way to stand here, so he ordered Tinghe to take her down.
Seeing this, Song's mother beckoned Yuan Huan to come over and clean up the mess.
Yan Chunan knew that it was his own fault, touched the back of his head a little embarrassed, sat back in his position and laughed dryly, his eyes flashed, "I'll come back tomorrow and bring you cloud cake." There is a flattering ingenuity in the words that cannot be ignored.
Cloud cake is Yan Meng's favorite snack before, Yan Chunan often brought it to her, but later Yan Chunan no one brought her cloud cake after the accident, and later King Yue knew that she loved to eat and asked the cook of Xiang Zezhai to make it for her, but I don't know if she lost that friendship or how, and then the cloud cake did not have Yan Chunan to bring her sweetness, and she stopped eating it over time.
"Okay." Yan Meng responded softly, a meal can be said to have gone through several twists and turns, and now there is no appetite left, "Brother can eat more," reached out and probed the temperature of the dinner plate, "It's still a little warm now, and it'll be cold for a while." ”
Yan Chunan no longer played with treasures, picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and ate them peacefully.
Yan Meng quietly watched Yan Chunan eat without making a sound, and when he finished eating, he instructed Mother Song to withdraw the meal, leaving the two brothers and sisters in the house.
Yan Meng got up and walked to the desk on the side, wrote down a few book titles with a pen, and handed them to Yan Chunan, "These books are fine." ”
"My sister's handwriting is really beautiful." Yan Chunan just took the paper list and blurted out words of appreciation.
Yan Meng was a little speechless, she just imitated the font that she should have at this age, at most it was decent, and she couldn't afford to say "good-looking" at all. Speaking of Fuzhong, Yan Jingyuan's words were taught by the Zhao family, one line and one trend, like a dragon, and extremely neat, not to mention the three sisters, they are also quite famous among the nobles in Beijing. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but tease, "Compared with the fourth sister, whose words are good-looking?" ”
"Of course it's my sister's handwriting." Yan Chunan's face was not red and his heart was not beating, so that Yan Meng didn't know what to say, so he had to smile on his face and make a very useful appearance.
"These books are available in my study, and I will directly ask Liuxi to send them to you in a while."