The moon rose, and the fallen leaves in the yard flew on the ground with the autumn wind, so that the moon shadow who practiced calligraphy in the house felt that the house was very cool, and listened to the rustle of the leaves on the ground outside the house, and the heart of practicing calligraphy seemed to be quiet.

In the late autumn of each year, the Dingguo Mansion will hold a flower-viewing banquet, because the old lady of Dingguo loves chrysanthemums, so the chrysanthemum variety on the flower-viewing banquet is the most, and the last link of each year is as long as the girl who begins to enlighten can participate in the poetry and painting competition.

The evaluation adopts the form of blind comparison, whether you are the daughter of a product or the prince and the noble county lord, if you want to come out on top, you have to learn with real talent, because when the last few respected old ladies ruled, they don't know whose work was made by the girl, so the selection of the annual flower appreciation banquet is very important to all walks of life.

Today's queens and concubines are all the top performers in the flower viewing banquet, so the nobles in Beijing attach great importance to this.

There is no shame in losing a competition, because no one knows which one is yours, but if you win, you can gain fame and fortune; It's hard not to be tempted by such a great opportunity.

Every year, the girl who wins the first prize at the flower viewing banquet gives a chrysanthemum unique product, which means that the banquet is unique. Precious and rare is not ordinary.

The wives of various officials will also secretly look at each other, and if they fancy it, they will find someone to talk to and propose marriage in the future.

All the girls will practice poetry and painting skills at this time, and in the Lin family, only Moon Shadow is calm and obedient at this moment, and her mind is not as good as that of other girls.

The master looked at it and felt that this child was excellent, not arrogant or impatient, and did not chase fame and fortune; Therefore, the moon shadow is often clicked to answer the question several times.

But when it comes to answering questions, Moon Shadow is very troubled by this, because the answer is too good and conspicuous, but answering too little is nonsense; So every time you can only think carefully and say an answer that is decent and not wrong.

But after all, it's just a child, and this kind of decent child has already made the master like it very much, especially thinking before answering, he is recognized by the master as a child who thinks hard about problems, and the more he looks at it, the more he likes it.

In this way, Puyu must be cultivated well.

Just because Moon Shadow doesn't care about herself doesn't mean that the people around her don't care, so Grandmother and Mother are busy arranging clothes and jewelry for her.

Moondew saw her mother-in-law doing this for Moonshadow every day, and she was extremely envious in her heart, and even when Moonshadow came to embroider with Moondew, Moonshadow saw it.

But the concubine is different, the old lady of Dingguo did not invite the concubine to participate in the banquet, so she can't do anything, she can only say that she didn't mention the matter, carefully embroidered the handkerchief in her hand, and discussed the style and color of the veil with Yuelu.

After something distracted, Yuelu also felt much better, people are precious in self-respect, it is very important to see their position clearly, although Yuelu is envious, but everyone will tell themselves to obey the rules.

Besides, Moon Shadow is really serious about teaching herself what she learned in the school, and embroidering handkerchiefs with herself every day, what else can she not be satisfied with.

Seeing that the date of the flower-viewing feast is getting closer and closer, all the girls' hearts are like grass, everyone is ready to move, only Moon Shadow can do it alone, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine, you make trouble with you, I learn from mine.

In the previous life, Moon Shadow was also looking forward to the flower feast, who didn't feel pretentious when he was young, but how many catties and taels he could see?

Just enlightened children, what real talent can they learn, the sword edge is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold; It is impossible to imagine Feng Ao for nine days without going through hard work.

Although I have the accumulation of the previous life, if I participate, I will definitely be selected, but I don't want to be in such a limelight.

But in the eyes of the master, he thinks that such a child is down-to-earth and not impetuous. Originally, I was reluctant to teach the women's side, but I didn't like to follow the rules and talk about articles, and the men's side was just enlightenment, but after all, it was more important than the women's side.

I had no choice but to be arranged to teach women, and at first I just had the attitude of teaching casually, but the appearance of Moon Shadow made him change his mind.

There is such a child who learns with him, and he can be regarded as having a mantle. It's a pity that he is not a man, otherwise he would be the champion teacher in the title of the daily gold list.

In the family studies, men and women are separated, and although they are taught by the master, they are taught in different courtyards.

In the courtyard where the women of the clan are taught, because of the flower-viewing banquet to be held recently, these little girls have also reached the age where they can participate in the final election this year, and they all want to show off their talents. This is also the vanity and competitiveness that young people have, but without a solid foundation, how can they draw good pictures and make good poems?

Seeing that everyone's minds were not on learning, the master taught according to the learning speed of Moon Shadow, Rao is Moon Shadow could slow down, and he had finished learning the Three Character Sutra and the disciple rules in a week.

In the month before the moon shadow fell, I only learned the surnames of the hundred families. Seeing that Moon Shadow was so intelligent, the Master felt that this was a piece of jade that could be carved well, and he extended on many other things.

This benefited Moon Shadow a lot, in her impression that the master had not talked so much in his previous life, but so many explanations were summarized by the master's life, and they were very precious.

Moon Shadow was very teachable and wrote them down one by one with a pen. In the following period, Moon Shadow not only took the notes of the master's lecture home to Yuelu, but also stepped up her own calligraphy practice and reading.

At this time, his cousin also returned.

Yuehua has been released to Jiangnan with her father since she was a child, and this is the first time she has returned to the capital after remembering it, but after entering Beijing this time, she said that she came to study, so she stayed in the ancestral house in Beijing to live with her grandmother.

Yuehua's father did three things in the family, and he could not inherit the official title of his ancestors, so he could only rely on himself to go out to earn a future, and he had to suffer some hardships with his wife and daughter in the past few years.

When I got off the boat and landed, the sedan chair in the Lin Mansion and the slave cart pulling the luggage were already waiting here.

When I was out with my father, I often heard my father say that his home in the capital was very different from Jiangnan, although Jiangnan was poetic and picturesque, but after all, it was not as rich as the capital.

Seeing the well-trained slaves who came to pick up them standing on the dock, he felt that the inferior slaves were so educated, and the house must be even more different.

His maid Xianglan helped up the sedan chair, entered the city, and secretly looked out from the edge of the sedan curtain, the street restaurant here is not only magnificent, but also has a royal style.

The sorrow of leaving my father and mother seems to be a little less.

When she arrived at the Lin Mansion, her aunt had been waiting for a long time, and Yuehua looked at the aunt who came to pick her up, and her heart was also a little kind.

The aunt led Yuehua through the verandah, walked to the inner courtyard, and introduced the layout of the house as she went.

When she walked to the front of the old lady's room, a maid hurriedly greeted her and said, "The old lady just read it, but it happened to come." The little maid under the corridor hurriedly helped open the curtain cage and reported to the inside, "Miss Yuehua has arrived." ”

When Yuehua entered the house, she saw the old lady with white hair sitting on the Eight Immortals chair in Huanghuali. Sitting on the left side of the lower head is a girl of her own age, who should be her cousin Moon Shadow.

Seeing Yuehua looking at her daughter, the aunt began to point to Yuehua one by one, "This is your grandmother, this is your second aunt." Yuehua saw the gifts one by one, her grandmother gave Yuehua a string of fine gold silk eight treasures beaded hairpins, the second aunt gave a pair of jade bracelets, and Yueying's mother gave a pair of cloisonne red coral earrings as a meeting gift.

After meeting the elders, he introduced Moon Shadow and other concubines, Yuehua looked at Moon Shadow and only felt that she was as good-looking as a fairy, although she just pulled a bun as usual, but the mutton fat white hosta that was obliquely inserted between the buns was not ordinary. Dressed in a thin blue shirt, it looks very refreshing and cool, and there is a top-notch red coral string hanging on the placket.

The face is like a peach blossom, the eyebrows are like ink paintings, especially a pair of eyes are the most moving, and the aura is compelling.

Yuehua is also a beauty herself, but after seeing the moon shadow, she felt that there was someone outside the world, and she was very envious in her heart.

Moon Shadow saw Yuehua again in this life, and sighed in his heart, he didn't observe Yuehua well in his previous life, and he couldn't help but look at it a few more times when he saw it in this life.

Although Yuehua has been in a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River with her uncle since she was a child, she is still not richer than the capital after all.

After all, my uncle had no roots in Jiangnan, and he didn't let Yuehua be exposed to it, and when he suddenly came back and saw the gap, it was no wonder that Yuehua's character was later.

The old lady knew that she would not have to take a break in the future, not only to let Moon Shadow take Yuehua to the clan study, but also just in time for the approaching flower viewing banquet to let Moon Shadow and Yuehua go together, so she said, "Yuehua just came today, Moon Shadow doesn't have to go to school, accompany Yuehua, just tell her about it, and then go to the clan study together when the time comes." ”

Moon Shadow should come down and lead Yuehua and a group of maidens to retreat.

Carefully took Yuelu to tell Yuehua about the mansion, and told Yuehua that he was learning embroidery with Yuelu's aunt, and they could learn embroidery together in the future.

After all, you can't spend too much time on two candidates, you can only try to pull them together, which is much easier to cultivate.

After listening to the introduction for an afternoon, Yuehua was most interested in the flower viewing banquet that was about to be held. I thought that I should also prepare early, so that I could show my head at the flower viewing banquet.

The next day, Yuehua and Yueying came to study in the early clan, but because Yuehua came for the first time, although the family had already greeted the master, he still needed to arrive a little earlier to chat with the master.

The master looked absent-minded, but Yuehua, who pretended to be well-behaved, didn't like it very much, but he was only invited by the Lin family to teach, so what if he didn't like it? It's not the same to teach.

Hearing that Moon Shadow patiently explained to Yuehua one by one, and had already copied a copy of his notes to Yuehua, the master felt that Moon Shadow's conduct was good, and he didn't hide his secrets.

Yuehua was also quite surprised by the Moon Shadow, thinking of such a thoughtful Moon Shadow, although Yuehua was still a little envious and jealous, but she was also very good, after all, they were still children at this time, it was not easy to warm the heart of an adult, but it was still easy to warm the heart of a child.

Especially for Moon Shadow, she wants to train women to go to the palace for the family, so naturally the more capable she is, the better. Even if you can't marry into the court in the future, marrying into other wealthy nobles is also beneficial to the family.

Thinking of this, Moon Shadow suddenly felt frightened, because she suddenly realized that she was becoming more and more like her father; I can't help but ask myself, is all this really right?