The place where the three girls in Rongguo's mansion studied was in the two houses that were cleaned up in the back garden, and the one who taught them was an old man with a white head and a shaky head.

After Daiyu came, she joined in. After only going a few times, she regretted it, not only because this ancient Confucian knowledge could not be compared with Jia Yucun, but because Sanchun had learned too shallowly, and he was still in the enlightenment stage.

Although Yingchun is a sister, the progress is the same as that of Tanchun. They have all finished learning thousand, three, and hundred, and are listening to the teacher explain the two books "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" and "Thousand Family Poems"; And Xichun has just finished learning "Thousand Character Text", and is reciting the "Three Character Classic" in the "Three Character Classic" according to the teacher's requirements. But to put it simply, you can know the original. These few words.

When Daiyu entered the house, Jia's mother once asked her what books she read, and she replied, "I just read the "Four Books", in fact, she is modest, you know, she can help Lin Jin write eight strands, so the four books and five classics are all understood.

Originally, she asked Jia's mother and sisters what books they read, and Jia's mother said, "What kind of book are you reading, but you recognize two words, not a blind person with your eyes open." made her think that Jia's mother admired the set of "a woman's lack of talent is virtue", so when she met Baoyu later, when Baoyu asked her what she was reading, she was busy changing her words to "just know a few words" according to her guessed mother's mind.

But after she went to school with Sanchun, she felt that she might have guessed the wrong grandmother's mind that day, and these cousins of her grandmother's family were studying, but they were afraid that they could only recognize two words as their grandmother said. After all, my grandmother has cultivated a poetic and bookish character like my mother, so how can she not pay attention to reading?

Therefore, at Daiyu's level, taking classes with Sanchun is like a college student going to elementary school, very boring, but not going to school, her peers in the house, Sanchun and Baoyu have gone to school, she has no companion, and there is nothing else to do in the house, so she can't help but be a little boring, so after thinking about it, she took the arithmetic book that Lin Jin gave her to the class and learned.

It's not that she doesn't want to take books like the Four Books and the Five Classics, it's that she's worried that after she gets it to class, after being seen by Sanchun, she thinks that she reads more books than them, showing off, and even oppressing them; As for the number counting book, there is no concern about this, because Daiyu's mathematics is in the initial stage of enlightenment, and it is only at the level of the second or third grade of primary school.

Daiyu brought the counting book to the school, which can be said to be crooked, because if she came to the school with the Four Books and Five Classics, and met the old Confucian who did not understand and invited the Jia family to teach Sanchun, she would not be able to force the old Confucian to quit the museum.

Because don't look at this gentleman being crowned with the title of "Old Confucian", in fact, he is not even a showman, just an old boy who has tried and failed, but because he was the same year as Jia Dairu in the family studies, he has a good relationship, because of this connection, he was recommended by Jia Dairu to enter the house to teach Sanchun to read.

Because of the big problem between men and women, in the case of not finding a suitable female gentleman, if it is a man who teaches Sanchun to read and write, it must be an elderly man. Mrs. Wang, who is in charge of the house, didn't care about Sanchun's study at all, and seeing that this old Confucian was of the right age, she didn't say anything about asking people to inquire about his learning, so she very simply agreed to let him enter the mansion to build a museum.

However, it is understandable to think about it, the tutor of the Wang family does not teach girls to read and write at all, and none of Sanchun is Mrs. Wang's blood and blood, where does Mrs. Wang care if the husband who teaches them is profound? In fact, if Mrs. Wang is in charge, she will not spend money to invite her husband to come back to teach Sanchun. If you have that money, it is better to send it to Yuan Chun in the palace and let her use it to make some money, so that she can come out quickly.

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After leaving school, Daiyu did not have anyone to serve, so she personally packed up her study utensils and put them in her book bag. Xue Yan stepped forward to carry it, Xichun saw that she was leaving, threw her own piece of girl into the painting, hurriedly ran to her, and asked with a smile: "Sister Lin, will you go back to the room in a while?" ”

Daiyu let out an "um".

Xichun cheered, stepped forward to hold her arm, and said with a smile: "Great." I haven't finished the book I read with you the day before yesterday, so I want to finish it. But yesterday I went to look for you, but you weren't there, and the girl in your room didn't dare to call the shots, so I had to wait another day. You don't know, this day, because of the book I didn't finish, my heart scratched and scratched, I didn't eat raw, and I didn't sleep well. ”

Hearing this, Tanchun interjected and asked, "What good book makes you so fascinated?" ”

Xichun was afraid that Tanchun would find out, so he robbed her, made a grimace at her, and said, "I won't tell you." ”

Daiyu glanced at Yingchun who was slowing down on the side, and greeted: "Second sister, third sister, I received some things from home yesterday, and there are some relatively novel foods in them, you can go over and try them." ”

Sitting in Daiyu's room, Yuou placed a dish containing four kinds of dried fruits from abroad, charcoal-roasted cashew nuts, salt-baked almonds, plain pistachios, and creamy small walnuts.

Zijuan followed behind, holding a ruffled tray surnamed her, and placed the lychee water in a porcelain bowl after the rain in front of the girls.

Smelling the sweet fragrance and seeing a few snow-white and round fruits in the small bowl, Xichun exclaimed: "It's actually a lychee?" Is there a lychee at this time? No, the lychee is not ripe at this time, is it last year's lychee?

But this is impossible, as we all know, lychees are the most difficult to preserve. I heard that after picking it, the color changes in one day, and the taste changes in three days. If it was last year, how could it be saved until now? ”

Daiyu smiled: "This is canned lychee." When the lychee is ripe, it is picked and preserved in some way. It seems to be a method researched by the salt merchants in Yangzhou. Last year, a salt merchant sent a few jars to our family, and the family thought of me and sent them to Beijing. ”

Tanchun picked up the spoon, scooped one into his mouth, and only felt that the sweetness was overflowing. Without waiting for her to open her mouth to praise, Xichun, who also ate one over there, nodded again and again and praised: "It's delicious, it's delicious." ”

"It's a really crazy idea." Tanchun said with a smile: "In the previous dynasty, when Jingzhong wanted to eat lychees, Lingnan officials dug up the unripe lychee trees, transplanted them into pots, and then transported them to Beijing by sea by fast boat. When I got to Beijing, the lychees were almost ripe and I was just ready to pick them.

Although this method is time-saving and labor-saving compared to the method of Tang Minghuang using a post station to send lychees on a fast horse and a pearl basket to send lychees, and it will not cost the people and money, it is far worse than this lychee water. It's amazing that you can eat it at any time regardless of the season. ”

Yingchun retorted lightly: "I estimate that even if this kind of seasonal fruit is canned, it will cost a lot of money, otherwise, I'm afraid that the capital will not have seen it until now." ”

Xichun echoed: "What the second sister said is reasonable, our family got fresh lychees last year. Just a few small baskets, divided into the house, and distributed to everyone's head, there are only a few. No matter how much you like it, you can only taste it, and if you want to enjoy it, it's impossible.

The old lady and wife in the house, especially the second sister-in-law of Lian, all like to eat lychees, if this canned food is easy to get, how can we not see it in the house? ”

The rain gull who was waiting on the side heard this, and couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, he really let the uncle say it right, up and down the house, whether it is the master or the woman in the back house, they are all arrogant, and the current Rongguo Mansion is the Guogong Mansion of the year!

This can, when the rain gull was serving by Lin Jin's side, I heard him mention it, if you want to say that it is rare, it is not rare, but the yield is not high, so only the first-class people can get it. But Rongguo Mansion is no longer in the first class, if it weren't for the fact that he is in-law with the Lin family, and Daiyu is in the mansion again, I'm afraid they want to see the canned food and wait for someone to send it, I'm afraid they will have to wait for a few years.

Daiyu sighed: "In my opinion, the status of lychee has been pushed too high.

Because of Du Mu's sentence 'A ride on the red dust concubine smiles, no one knows that it is lychee" and people know that its transportation is not easy, and because it is associated with Yang Guifei of the four beauties, and the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, so, even if lychee is not the most precious of all fruits, but in the eyes of the world, it is still placed in the most precious position. ”

Tanchun reached out and took a small walnut in his hand, looked at it, and said, "What is this thing, it looks very similar to the fragrant nut?" ”

"Third girl, this is not a fragrant tree, it's just similar in appearance." After introducing the names of the four dried fruits, Yuou added: "These dried fruits are not from our country, but from overseas.

Cashew nuts and pistachios have a unique taste, and the almonds and this small walnut are named because the taste is similar to that of peaches and walnuts in our country. But the kernel of the almond is larger and thicker, and this small walnut has a thinner skin than the walnut in our country, and it can be pinched open with a light pinch. ”