Time flies quickly, four years have passed in a blink of an eye, Zhu Xun's second wife Qingxuan, as Mrs. Ruyu said, within four years, she filled in two more dings for the Zhu family, both of which were sturdy and lovely, one is called Changrong, the other is called Changyuan, close Mrs. Ruyu's eldest son, and the names of the three sons are connected, which is "Changxu Rongyuan".

Now, Xing'er has grown into a lovely little girl, Changrong has also been able to run from the ground, only Changyuan is still in infancy, and he is watched by the nurse every day. And Xing'er's biological mother, Qingxuan, in addition to taking care of the children every day, teaches Xing'er to read and learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Qing Xuan originally advocated letting Xing'er learn some female red, but was stopped by his wife.

Madame said: Our daughter will be the main family of the prince and grandson nobles in the future, how can she only embroider? You must have the ability to maintain your parents' family, and you must have the talent to learn, and the matter of female celebrities will be talked about after the age of 7.

Although Qingtan and Ruyu serve a husband together, they are like sisters, and everything at home and outside the family is discussed together to overcome difficulties together, and the matter of children's education has also been agreed. Needless to say, the boys naturally want to go to the public school, and the older ones either go back to the Zhu family's old house or go back to the Guanlong school. As for Xing'er's education, Mrs. Ruyu is good at governing the family, and she teaches her the ability to govern the family, the second lady is good at writing and ink, and she teaches the ability of girls to press, and the children call Ruyu "mother" and Qingcang "mother", so that there is no distinction between each other, and there is no difference between the children in their hearts, and the children are the two of them.

Today is the day when Qingxuan teaches her daughter the art of the piano. Qing Xuanfu's "Fengyue Wushuang" piano has been with her since she was seven years old, while Xing'er caresses a small piano, which is specially customized for her, which also shows the importance of Xing'er's education.

"Xing'er, you taught you the basic fingering ten days ago, have you practiced it all?" Qing Xuan sat under a tree in the courtyard.

"Back to my mother, I have already practiced and taught my younger brother." Xing'er blinked her big eyes.

"Well, today, mother, I will teach you a short song, and teach you to use fingering and rhythm reasonably." Qing Xuan spread out the sheet music. "Among the four books and five classics that your eldest brother learned, the four books include "University", "The Mean", "Analects" and "Mencius", these books are all classics of the works of the ancient sages, all of which are advanced and rational and knowledgeable by Furen, and the Five Classics include the "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn", which includes the people of the ancient period, so that later generations can know books, understand etiquette, know fun, and pursue ......"

Xing'er's big round eyes were shining, as if he could really understand these words.

"Then why do we want to learn the piano?" Qingchan raised an eyebrow and looked at her daughter.

"The eldest brother said that the first poem of the Book of Songs, "Guan Ju", has the verse "My Fair Lady, Qin Se Friend", which means "A beautiful and virtuous woman, I want to touch Qin Se and be friends with her", Qin Se is a bridge for them to communicate and be friendly, so Xing'er wants to learn the piano and make friends with others." Xing'er carried her big brother to teach her words in a milky voice.

Qingyan laughed out loud.

"What the big brother said is also right or not, when you grow up, you will understand the meaning of this sentence. However, one thing is right, the sound of the piano is indeed a bridge of communication between people, there are ancient friendship stories of "high mountains and flowing water in the Boyazi period", there are also love stories of Zhou Gongjin Xiaoqiao in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Ji Kang's "Guangling San" Ming Zhi in the Jin Dynasty, which all shows that the sound of the piano is a way for people to express, and the sound of the piano has its own majestic mountains...... "Speaking of Qingwan caressing out the mountains," there are also gurgling streams...... "There is also the sound of flowing water" said and stroked out the sound of flowing water, "There is also the love between people, such as the sisterhood of your mother and your mother......" said and touched the sisterhood again, "And happy...... Out of sorts...... Sadness...... Wait a minute. ”

Mrs. Qingxuan conveyed the emotions of her speech to Xing'er one by one in the form of piano sounds, and Xing'er looked at her mother in surprise, one moment happy and one frowning, one moment excited, and one moment staring at her cheeks...... One by one, the difference in the sound of the piano feels amazing.

After a few short songs, Qingshan looked at Xing'er with a smile and asked her how she felt with her eyes. Xing'er was excited when she heard this, and immediately sat up straight, ready to play it herself, but who knows, as soon as she got started, it was all kinds of discordant rhythms, and it felt like a wild horse rushing into a noisy market, which was already chaotic and then even more chaotic. Xing'er pouted in frustration and looked at her mother like a pleading for help.

Qing Xuan still looked at her with a smile, beckoned to her, and motioned for her to come by her side, Xing'er sat down next to her mother, Qing Xuan gently stroked her pink cheeks, and tightened the two small bun headbands.

"When my mother taught you to read the account book, did she tell you where our family's money and food came from?" Qing asked.

"Mother said that they were all saved bit by bit, from the fields and from their father's money."

"That's right, it's all bit by bit, my mother taught you to play the piano, and you also have to learn bit by bit, no one can become a fat man in one bite, so you have to learn little by little, don't be in a hurry." Qingkan Education Road.

"I know my mother, please teach my mother Xing'er." Xing'er is a smart and sensible child, and when he said please, he also humbly bowed to Qingxuan.

Qingxuan calmed down and taught Xing'er, Xing'er also learned quickly and well, don't mention this.

At this time, Mrs. Ruyu was cooking dinner with Feng's mother in the kitchen. While she kept choosing vegetables in her hands, she kept thinking about the expenses and inputs in the next one or two years.

"Ma'am, why are you so absent-minded today?" Feng Ma saw that she was single-minded.

"Your lord has been an official in Xingxian County for more than four years, and I am thinking that I will leave in more than a year. Now there are many people in the house, and the cost is high, so it's not a problem to eat your own house like this all the time. Madame told her little plan.

"Madam, tell me about it, the old man is not talented, and he has also been with the old lady, and I still know some things at home, so I may be able to give you a trick."

Feng's mother said, poured the rice that had been washed into the pot, added water, covered the lid, and steamed the rice, Feng's mother is the old man of the Zhu family, and she was Zhu Xun's nurse when she was young, because she was young and widowed, after Zhu Xun's milk was finished, she stayed by Zhu Xun's mother's side to serve, which was equivalent to half of Zhu Xun's mother, and then Zhu Xun's mother passed away, Feng's mother has been serving Zhu Xun, even if she is a subordinate or half a master, Zhu Xun came to Xing County to be an official, and Mrs. Ruyu still relies on her a lot.

"The lord's salary is one hundred taels, sixty stones of grain, and the court of Laixing County is an additional twenty taels and twenty stones, and there are also thirty additional households of land tax, and the total amount of zero and zero is put together, and we are together in a year, with one hundred and twenty taels of silver and one hundred and ten stones of grain. We have enough food for this one hundred and ten stones. But it is not enough to always go to the yamen. ”

"Tell me more."

Mrs. was just about to open her mouth to say, a small head poked into the kitchen, it was Xing'er who got out of class and came to the kitchen to find her mother, Xing'er was born to Qingyu at any time, but she usually followed Ruyu more, first, Changxu was older, and Qingxuan also had to take care of Changrong Changyuan, so since Changyuan was born, Xing'er has slept with Ruyu.

"Mother, mother, what are you talking about, can Xing'er listen?" Xing'er asked, leaning open the door.

"Of course we Xing'er can listen, Xing'er will learn in the future." Ruyu stretched out her hand to summon her. "What did Xing'er learn today?"

"My mother taught Xing'er to play the piano, there are mountains and water, and there are joys and sorrows, Xing'er likes mountains and water, and it sounds so comfortable, it's what the big brother said about what basket and what aunt." Xing'er said, but she was amused by Ruyu and Feng's mother.

"What basket, auntie?" Feng Ma couldn't say four, six or eight sentences, but she knew that it was an idiom, but she felt that what Xing'er said was funny.

"It's what the eldest brother taught the second brother yesterday, the second brother doesn't understand, and Xing'er doesn't understand either, anyway, it means that he is happy in his heart." Xing'er said what she understood.

"Relaxed!" It was a boy's voice, crisp and loud, and the boy had gone into the kitchen.

"Hello Mother! Hello Granny Feng! Chang Xu said.

"Big brother is good." As he spoke, Xing'er stood up and folded her hands, blessing a blessing, and Chang Xu nodded at her sister.

"You little fool, you can't remember four words?"

As he spoke, Chang Xu picked her up and lifted her high, and then pressed her little brain door to the top. Xing'er giggled happily, Chang Xu also laughed, the two hugged each other, face to face, Ruyu Feng's mother was also happy when she looked at their brother and sister.

"You hurry up and put down your sister, and then drop her in a moment." Ruyu put down the dish in her hand and took Xing'er. "Go and say hello to your mother, today is the day when Xing'er learns the piano, you happen to ask your mother for two tricks, no matter how good your public school is, it is not as good as your mother's family Guan Long's family accumulated for several lifetimes, go quickly!"

Chang Xu shook his head, turned around and went to say goodbye to Qing Xuan, not to mention it.

Ruyu hugged Xing'er and continued to talk to Feng's mother about the family while choosing vegetables.

"You see, we just said that the lord's cash for a year is one hundred and twenty taels, and the grain is one hundred and ten stones, and the big and small ones in our ya, counting the lord and you, a total of eight, plus one girl from me and the second lady, the little six sons, and a thick girl, Zhang's mother who serves Xing'er for short-term work, this is a total of more than a dozen, and the lord's food is enough, but our master Qin is a close person who came over in his hometown, although the master donated thirty acres of harvest to Master Qin in his hometown, But we also have to give it in terms of face, twenty taels of silver every year are to be given, Master Liu and Master Song are considered kilometers, and they have their own share of the yamen, but every year, they also have to seal a red envelope of two or three taels, these two are in official affairs to help the master, I think the lord means, the six-year period may also be to take these two masters away, at that time, these two are the same as Master Qin, and the red envelope is also the dignity of the master. Coupled with the mother-in-law's salary for a year, the salary of short-term workers, and the Chinese New Year's Eve to make new clothes for both inside and outside, this old man's Yulu will be used up half. ”

"Mother, Xing'er don't want new clothes on Chinese New Year's Eve, save some money." Xing'er said childishly.

"It's really a sensible child, but how can Xing'er wear old clothes for the New Year?" Saying that, Ruyu also topped the small brain of Xing'er.

"The remaining half of the master's salary, there are twenty taels to save, in a few years the children will be older, Changxu is prosperous and prosperous, they all have to be matched with a scholar, we Xing'er also have to fill in a girl, the girl has to have a girl's appearance."

"Madam, you see what I said, scholar, the eldest young master has a little sixth son to follow, the old man let Zhang's mother's youngest son wait, the little sixth son is my distant relative, it was originally sent to me, to give me a pension, now, I am also our family, this pension will not need him, to that day, the lord and your character I can also trust. I don't want anything else, I just need to follow the house. Zhang's mother's youngest son has been running before and after a few trips, I look OK, smart, old elementary school things are fast, it doesn't take long to follow the master, you can make it, and Zhang's mother also privately mentioned it to us several times, when we first came to Xingxian, our eyes were black, Zhang's mother's family helped us less, although Lao Zhang was not in our yamen, but the yamen was also busy before and after, a lot of efforts. ”

Feng Ma said that the result was the dish that Ruyu had chosen in her hand, washed it, and said.

"This item can be regarded as saving one or two halves of silver in a year. Moreover, the young lady's girl, it is only right to buy one or send a family child to the grandfather's side, one is that the salary will not be kept for a long time, and the other is that our master will inevitably be dispatched as an official, these three ...... If you spend money to hire it, it will inevitably be a hook on the outside, if you are a good person, if you have an outside heart, it will be ......."

Feng's mother's words did not continue, but Ruyu already understood that it was good to follow Xing'er wholeheartedly, and when the girl was older, it was inevitable that she would be romantic. Self-destruction is her own name, and if she wears out the stars, it won't work.

"What Mother Feng said is that this item is only an expense, and I am afraid that it is more than enough to have thirty or fifty taels. In the past few years, this number has also been saved, enough. ”

Ruyu held Xing'er and swayed, and Xing'er kept staring at Feng's mother, as if Feng's mother had a treasure on her, Feng's mother didn't come to tease her, she happily went straight to Ruyu's arms.

"These two cases are considered to have eyebrows, I still have to discuss the affairs of these buddies with my master, I think most of them will go to their hometown home to learn for a few years, and then go to Guan Long's house."

Saying that, Ruyu picked up Xing'er and went back to the room, Feng's mother also started to stir-fry here, and the little girl had already reported that the master had returned to the ya.