The inside and outside of the Ke family are full of lights, and there is an endless stream of guests who come to celebrate their birthday.

In the inner house, Shen Peiwei saw Mrs. Ke and said, "Aunt is above, niece is here."

Because the second wife, Mrs. Gan, was unwell these days, she did not come.

Saying that Shen Peiwei was about to kowtow, Mrs. Ke took her hand and said with a kind smile: "No need to be polite, sit next to me and let my aunt take a good look."

"Yes." Shen Peiwei sat down quietly with a little restraint, and the maid of the Ke family came over to serve tea, and Ru'er Mei'er stepped forward to knock on her......

Shen Peiwei said: "Mother asked my aunt to be safe, and ordered the child to say hello to my uncle."

"It's easy to talk and talk, and a family doesn't talk to two families." Madame Ke greeted her and looked at her carefully.

Seeing that my niece has grown up, she has become more and more beautiful, and her demeanor is gentle and elegant, and her speech is also decent and steady. Mrs. Ke said in her heart, no wonder my idiot swore that if I didn't marry her in this life, I would never marry again, which made people laugh and cry.

Although Mrs. Ke doesn't take her son's oath seriously, seeing is believing today, Shen Peiwei is indeed a rare beauty, and the two families are right, kissing each other, so her mind can't help but be alive again.

"Good niece, thank you mother for remembering!"

At this time, Mrs. Ke had already ignored the female dependents of other people's families, and held Shen Peiwei's hand tightly, "How is your mother's body?"

As the saying goes, seeing her aunt is like seeing her mother, Shen Peiwei couldn't help but feel sour, thinking of her father's snubbing of the two of them, instructing her younger brother to search his boudoir and many other grievances, her eyes immediately turned red, just because today is her uncle's birthday, she can't cry.

At that moment, she attached it to Mrs. Ke's ear, and said a few words about how her father doted on her concubine and her mother was angry.

After hearing this, Mrs. Ke sighed with empathy. At this time, the maid brought up the longevity noodles, comforted her niece a few words, pulled her to finish eating the noodles together, and then asked someone to send her into the inner room to wash her face and change clothes.

The county government house, study.

Before I knew it, it was close to noon, and the weather was hot and muggy, and there was hardly any wind.

Shen Kan under the eaves had no impatience, and listened attentively to Shen Zuo's explanation of the words in the four books, feeling that he had benefited a lot.

In the study, Wu Songlang read aloud for a long time, wrote a few big characters, and was sitting waiting to listen to the lecture.

Chang Luo, who had a plan, put down the teacup and asked deliberately: "Although you read a lot of books, do you rely on strong memorization, not the importance of sages." It is only by writing or eloquently speaking that a person's spirituality can be revealed, don't you say?"

"Yes." Wu Song nodded.

Chang Luo changed his words and continued: "Have you ever made a pair?"

Wu Song smiled knowingly and said, "The pair has never been right, but the poems are often done indiscriminately."

This kid is really not simple, Chang Luo smiled when he saw him, and quickly said: "Don't take pairs lightly, all poems and articles are made from pairs." Good! Since you regard this as an idleness, how about I give you one and try your talents?"

Wu Song seemed to be frightened by Mr. Xi's words, and was too frightened to speak.

Here Chang Luo picked up the pen and was about to write, and when he looked at his appearance, he smiled secretly in his heart: It seems that this kid is just like this, he is just good at remembering, and he made a false alarm!

After all, what is the great deal about an eleven-year-old child who has never been to school and has been locked up at home behind closed doors?

Chang Luo, who was so determined, chuckled: "If I am clever in the classics, I only mean that I have the intention to make it difficult for you." Well, I'll give you a good look at the 1,000-word essay. ”

It turns out that Chang Luo has always been average and is not good at writing poems and articles, but he is very good at pairs, and often wins applause with his strange pairs at banquets and other occasions.

Writing a sentence on the paper casually, Chang Luo handed it to Wu Song and said, "Take a look, is it right?"

Wu Song took it with both hands, looked down, and wrote: Hanging residual photos on the oblique hook, the sun and the moon are shining.

After looking at it for a while, Wu Song said to himself: "The oblique hook refers to the moon, and the afterglow refers to the sun, which is really a coincidence."

Chang Luo squinted at him frowning and pondering, and held him steady, so he sneered: "You are familiar with the four books and five classics, history books, etc., but have you forgotten the thousand-character text of enlightenment?"

Suddenly, Wu Song's eyes lit up, and he didn't have time to reply, so he took a pen and wrote it in one go, presented it to Mr. with both hands, and explained: "I haven't read it before, but fortunately I have made a pair, I don't know if it can be right, I ask the teacher for advice."

"By the way?" Chang Luo was taken aback, and hurriedly took it over to take a look, only to see that it was written:

Thousands of earth are connected with clouds, and the sky and earth are yellow.

Amazing! Chang Luo looked at it carefully for a long time, and found that this kid was very good at every word, and he couldn't help but secretly speak, so he had to nod and say: "It's really good, I can't help but praise it for being smart." Since you're so smart, I'll make another pair. ”

In the past through the forest, there were rows of trees on both sides.

Wu Song stared at the paper again and thought, bowing his head without saying a word. This time, Chang Luo didn't dare to ridicule him anymore, of course, he doubted in his heart whether he could still get it right, this pair's problem was not ordinary.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for Wu Song to have it.

Blowing together, up and down from the mouth.

Chang Luo was convinced, and praised sincerely: "Brother Xian is so beautiful and talented, and from now on, he will strive for perfection, and the Wu family will be immortal!"

Even the title naturally changed, Shen Kan and Shen Zhuo outside the window looked at each other and smiled at the moment, with Wu Song's intelligence, he didn't need to be reminded, he himself could see the depth of Mr., if Chang Luo was clever, he should quickly quit the museum and leave, so as not to be bored.

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Since about the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the enduring profession of Yapo was born, such as the Wang Po in "Water Margin".

In the Song Dynasty, it was recorded in the "Wu Zimu Dream Lianglu" that the officials of the mansion and the wealthy families wanted to buy pet concubines, song boys, dancing girls, cooks, needlework supplies, thick and thin maids, and also officials, private sisters-in-law, and others.

By the Ming Dynasty, Yapo had little change, and it was still divided into officially designated and private. The official Ya Po was responsible for selling the wives and daughters of criminals who had been confiscated, and the private Ya Po supported her by opening shops or selling women's goods such as rouge and gouache, and acted as intermediaries, selecting concubines and maids for large families, and buying and selling human beings.

It is precisely because Ya Po buys wives and concubines that people also regard them as matchmakers, but the real matchmaker is not the same as Ya Po.

Today, Yangzhou thin horses are famous all over the world, and the so-called "raising thin horses" has long become a lucrative investment, and there are a large number of people in various parts of the Yangtze River who specialize in this profession.

A poor girl like Sister Yun is often hungry because she can't eat, so she is so thin and weak, and the name "Thin Horse" comes from this.

Usually a virgin girl is only a dozen taels of silver, and when she is raised to the age of fifteen or sixteen, she can often earn as much as fourteen or five hundred taels. Many people see that it is profitable and compete to follow suit.

The Ya Po who took Sister Yun away had this intention, and bought it for eleven taels of silver, but in fact, she sold it directly to a large family, and she couldn't make much money at all, even if she met someone who was rich and kind-hearted, she would give you twenty or thirty taels if she was in the sky.

Of course, it is not easy to invest in a thin horse, and it requires a lot of continuous investment, such as asking for advice, living in a big house, and paying attention to luxury in daily life, in order to cultivate excellent temperament and good life quality.

To spend so much money, you must have the right person, the right age, good qualifications, and in addition, you have to see if you are healthy, otherwise you will die of illness one day.

With her many years of experience, Ya Po is very fond of Sister Yun's potential, the so-called first-class qualification girl, to teach to play the piano and play the flute, chant poetry and write, paint Go, play backgammon, wipe dominoes, all kinds of sexual skills, as well as exquisite makeup techniques and body training, to meet the seven standards of thin, small, pointed, curved, fragrant, soft, and positive.

And with Sister Yun'er's current appearance, she will probably be between first-class qualifications and second-class qualifications when she grows up.

Girls with second-class qualifications also have to know some words, can play dot songs and other housekeeping skills, but they are mainly trained to know how to keep accounts, can do arithmetic, and mainly become the role of a businessman.

As for the girls with third-class qualifications, they are generally not allowed to read and write, but only teach some skills such as female celebrity, cutting or cooking rice, making dim sum and making soup, etc., and train them to become qualified housewives of small businessmen, anyway, all this painstaking training is to find a good buyer in the future and sell it at a good price.

According to the congenital conditions of girls from poor families, thin horses are divided into three, six, nine and so on, generally the best when they are seven or eight years old, Sister Yun's age is a little older, and it is a little late to bind her feet at this time.

Sister Yun is very healthy, which makes Ya Po very satisfied, the reason why the thin horse is weak is that most of them are deliberately "starved".

For the sake of insurance, in addition to Sister Yun, there is also a delicate and weak girl named Xiang'er, in order to prevent the loss of one halfway, resulting in a loss of money.

Even in order to be more secure, Ya Po also wanted to find another beauty billet.