Even if Qiao Da is the son-in-law of the third room, in the eyes of Mrs. Qiao, he is also the eldest grandson, and he can't be compared with his grandson.

Could this be the reason why the old witch doesn't like the long house?

If the child in Gu Jingshu's belly is still there, it is the eldest grandson of the Qiao family, and the old witch should have a lot of face, right?

Retracting her scattered thoughts, Qiao Yixi returned to the East Courtyard.

Astragalus had already packed up the things that Ming'er was going to bring, and after seeing Qiao Yixi, she glanced at Forsythia.

After Forsythia settled Qiao Yixi, when he arrived at the second room, after checking them one by one, he nodded to Astragalus, "The things are right, Ming'er remember to bring them all." ”

Angelica stood beside Qiao Yixi woodenly.

She has been following Qiao Lixi for more than half a month, and she is a person who doesn't like to talk very much.

It is said that what kind of master has what kind of minion, outsiders know at a glance that this is definitely a master and servant, and both of them are facial paralysis.

But Qiao Yixi knew that Angelica was just afraid of saying too many mistakes.

"Angelica, how long have you been studying martial arts?" Qiao Lixi asked casually.

"Miss Hui, the slave maid learned martial arts at the age of three, and it has been twelve years."

"What about the rest of the game?" Qiao Lixi knows the origin of Uncle Quan's family, and she doesn't expect to find out anything, not to mention that there is no available person around her, but there is, according to the degree of care in the black suit, the background of Uncle Quan's family must be done seamlessly, even if you can't find anything.

Angelica's expression darkened, "The slave doesn't know, there was an accident in the dart game at the beginning, and he lost a lot of money, but the other party relied on his friendship with the government and insisted on asking us about our crimes, although it will not be exiled, but it will not escape the life of a traitor." ”

"What kind of hatred, can't you go to jail? Do you have to go from being a good citizen to a slave? Qiao Lixi's idea is very simple, the dart bureau is equivalent to a modern express delivery, but the things escorted can be from the goods to the living person, if the dart bureau makes the customer lose money, it is a big deal to make up for it, no matter how angry it is, at most it is to go to jail and let the customer get angry, which is necessary to make people ruined, not to mention, but also become a slave.

Angelica said with an indignant face: "Miss doesn't know that the slave maid's family was framed. In the name of returning to their ancestral home to save relatives, the family asked us to escort them, and the journey was half a month, which was not very far, and most of them were on the boat. The slave's father and five other uncles and uncles were dart together, but they didn't expect an accident on the boat, and they were attacked by water thieves in the middle of the night, and most of the people on the passenger ship were killed and injured, and the family was among them. Originally, the slave's father and mother wanted to see if they could be compensated with silver, and we were also helpless when we encountered this kind of accident, besides, this incident alarmed the government, and it would always be found out, but I didn't want to, the employer's family sued the slave's family to the government, and the county order was also a greedy for money. ”

Angelica said very vaguely, seemingly explained in detail, and pondered carefully, but did not reveal any useful information, but on the surface, it answered Qiao Lixi's question.

If Qiao Yixi was really a ten-year-old child, he would have been fooled.

Qiao Yixi smiled slightly and changed the subject, "I heard that practicing martial arts can strengthen the body?" ”

"It has a certain effect, the effect varies from person to person, does the young lady want to follow the slave to practice martial arts?" Angelica asked naïvely.

Qiao Yixi said even more innocently: "Practicing martial arts or something, I don't have extravagant hopes, I haven't been in good health since I was a child, I don't know if practicing martial arts can improve my physique?" At least, I don't have to drink pills every day anymore. ”

Angelica comforted: "If the young lady is willing, the slave can teach you some of the most basic, health maintenance." ”

Qiao Yixi's eyes lit up.

Following Angelica to practice martial arts, in addition to the curiosity of ancient martial arts, the more important purpose is to get close to Angelica.

The next day, Qiao Lixi had just gotten up, and the little maid outside came to say that Qiao Jinwen and Qiao Ningdai were here.

Before Qiao Lixi could speak, the two of them entered the house on their own.

"I mean, Jojo must still be in bed." Standing on the side of the bed, Qiao Ningdai said teasingly.

Qiao Jinwen glanced at her, and said in a protective voice: "Qiao Qiao is not used to it, you think they are all like you, and you don't want to go to the school!" ”

Qiao Ningdai glared unconvinced, and when she looked at Qiao Yixi, she changed her expression to a smile, "Qiao Qiao, the third sister and I are waiting for you outside, you hurry up." ”

Qiao Yixi nodded in confusion, obviously not figuring out the situation.

It was already a quarter of an hour before the two of them appeared again, and the three sisters arrived at the old lady's courtyard.

Today is her first day to go to the clan school, and according to the custom, the old lady has to give a few words.

The children of the Qiao family, regardless of men and women, are all enlightened at the age of six, but the things they learn are different, Qiao Lixi's health is not good, Xue Tao is in line with the principle of pampering her, and she doesn't want her to suffer, after consulting Gu Jingshu's opinion, Qiao Lixi has never been to the school.

Qiao Lixi expressed deep doubts about this.

To put it nicely, it's worried about her body.

To put it mildly, who knows if she is afraid that she will learn more things and know more, and the people in those rooms will not be able to handle it?

You must know that the population of Changfang is very simple, one Qiao Xingbang who is away all the year round, one Gu Jingshu who is bedridden all the year round, and one Qiao Yixi who is withdrawn, is too easy to bully.

Chirping crookedly in her heart, Qiao Lixi stood meekly in front of Old Madam Qiao.

Old Madam Qiao looked at Qiao Yixi with an unkind expression, after all, she wanted to save face, and said routinely: "Qiao Qiao, you are not young, because of your body before, I never let you go to the school, today is your first day to the school, if there is anything you don't understand, ask your third sister and fifth sister more, and tell them before you do anything." Although the school is our own, we still have to have rules, and we can't act arbitrarily. The people in the school are all members of the Qiao family, and my grandmother doesn't want to make any noise about family disharmony. ”

"Yes, grandmother."

Although Old Man Qiao is not the patriarch, he has more than 100 members of the Qiao family, and Old Mrs. Qiao's shelf is very sufficient. Although she is a woman in the back house, she can also understand the twists and turns here, the Qiao family is the most prominent among the clansmen, and there is the name of the Qiao family on the family tree, if the people of the Qiao family take on the role of "patriarch" again, the clansmen are worried that they will cross the river and tear down the bridge, although it will not be separated from the genealogy, but the benefits to the clansmen will be reduced. is pressed by the so-called elders, in case the Qiao family privately promises benefits to the elders, it is these clansmen who suffer.

Therefore, the position of "patriarch" will not be the turn of the Qiao family in any case, but this does not affect Mrs. Qiao from calling herself the "patriarch", she really wants to hold it, even the patriarch has to give her three points of face.

Therefore, when instructing Qiao Yixi, Old Madam Qiao was arrogant.

can't stop Qiao Yixi from going to the clan study, so she can only tell her to make less trouble.

The school of clan studies is not far from Qiao's house, and it takes only a quarter of an hour to ride in a carriage.

On the first day of arriving at the school, Qiao Yixi was still a little excited, and waved her hand at Gu Jingshu who was worried at the gate, Qiao Yixi kicked her little short legs and got into the carriage heroically.

Qiao Jinwen and Qiao Ningdai told Qiao Lixi in detail about the situation of the school, and their explanations were very pertinent, only talking about the distribution of the school, what homework to learn, and the master's preferences. As for the classmates, the two didn't say much, meaning to let Qiao Yixi contact herself and develop her own circle.

I have to say that these two sisters are very thoughtful.

The corners of Qiao Yixi's eyes curved.

If she is lucky and makes friends with available people, then she will make a lot of money, if she is not careful, she makes pig teammates, I believe that for a long time, her life in the academy will not be easy.

Qiao Lixi also got into the carriage, and after listening to Qiao Jinwen and Qiao Ningdai, she realized that the Qiao family's ethnography was not only the clansmen of the Qiao family, but also the children of other merchants in the Jincheng Chamber of Commerce.

It's not hard to see why.

Just like the sons of the family and the princes and nobles, each class has its own circle, and if there is a circle, it is necessary to socialize, so that these children can cultivate "deep friendship" from an early age, which will also be beneficial to them in the future.

The imperial dynasty did not restrict merchants from scientific research, so whether these children were engaged in business or politics in the future, "friends" were an indispensable force.

Merchants also have their own little abacus, just enlightenment, and don't need a good academy, although they can make friends with nobles with more status, but in the eyes of those nobles, "merchants" are equivalent to pariahs, and they are not cheap enough to the point where they need to stick to others' cold butts.

If the child is talented, wait until he is admitted to the child to make other plans.

I thought a lot along the way, and it wasn't until Qiao Lixi stood in front of the school that she retracted the nonsense in her little head.

The school is smaller than she imagined, without the wealth of a businessman, and more refined and elegant.

"Qiaoqiao, I'll take you to the dean."

The dean of the clan is a member of the Qiao family, and he has no fame on him, and he sits in the family because this person's temperament is the best among the Qiao family, gentle to people, and the most patient.

After all, when dealing with children, patience is a must.

Qiao Yixi stood meekly in front of Qiao Zhengzhe, with no expression on her dull little face.

Knowing Qiao Yixi's temperament, Qiao Zhengzhe didn't make too many difficulties, just asked a few words in a businesslike manner, and then explained.

"Qiaoqiao, my third sister and I are in Courtyard A, if you have anything to do, just let someone come over and deliver a message." Qiao Ningdai admonished uneasily.

Seeing that Qiao Yixi nodded heartlessly, she shook her head with a wry smile, "Your third sister and I are still afraid that you will not be adaptable, you are good, I wish we had left early." Okay, we won't delay you anymore, hurry up, let's go in. ”

Sending Qiao Lixi to the gate of Ding Courtyard, seeing that she entered the door with the maid, Qiao Jinwen and Qiao Ningdai walked in the direction of Jia Courtyard.

The male students are in the East Courtyard and the female students are in the West Courtyard, and they are divided into four courtyards, A, B, C and D, according to the age of the students and the difficulty of the courses they learn.

Qiao Lixi is a newcomer and belongs to the entry-level level, so she is in Ding Yuan.

I had been mentally prepared for a long time, but standing at the door of the classroom and seeing a room of six or seven-year-old Xiao Douding, Qiao Lixi still couldn't cry or laugh.