Chapter II: Endorsements
"The heart is still the first face, and it is even decorated. Once the surface is not decorated, it will be dirty; Once the heart does not think of good, then evil enters it. Yuan Niang read a sentence
"The heart is still the first face, and it is even decorated. Once the surface is not decorated, it will be dirty; Once the heart does not think of good, then evil enters it. Zhang Wenyi followed along.
Now Zhang Wenyi is not worried that she will reveal her stuffing when she speaks, because for some reason, she opened her mouth to speak in their dialect. It's just that this dialect is mixed with Zhang Wenyi's Mandarin accent and looks a little weird. It's just that the language is still used to by the other party.
After breakfast, a group of sisters hugged Zhang Wenyi and came to the back garden. Yuan Niang taught Zhang Wenyi to endorse, and the other girls sat quietly doing embroidery.
It's been the tenth time, but Zhang Wenyi, who is used to modern Chinese, still hasn't memorized the first sentence of "Women's Training". Although Yuan Niang was still patiently teaching, Zhang Wenyi herself became anxious first.
"Big sister, am I really stupid?" Zhang Wenyi herself also felt a little incredible, it stands to reason that her memory should be very good, and she used to be able to tell the whole book three times before. How did you go back to ancient times, how did this memory decline so much!
"No, sister, I have memorized it twenty times, and it seems that I am a year older than you." Yuan Niang said seriously.
Zhang Wenyi said suspiciously: "Yes." If I can't recite it ten more times, does it mean that I am stupid? ”
Yuan Niang pulled Zhang Wenyi, who looked serious, nodded her nose and said, "That doesn't mean that you are stupid, because you are still young." ”
"Yes, yes, I also memorized it more than 20 times before I memorized it." Someone chimed in.
"That's why you're stupid, you see your needlework is wrong again, here you should get the needle, here you should get the needle. No wonder you embroider awkwardly. A girl interjected.
"What, where is the cross needle embroidered like yours, Mama Zhou is going to talk about you again."
"Mama Zhou, I'm not afraid, at most two sentences. Mama Li is the most terrifying, and she won't stop nagging. ”
"No, the one who can nag the most is Mother Xing next to the eldest lady."
"If you want me to say that although Mother Xing nags, her Baiyan pot is the best."
…….
I can't help but say that crooked buildings are women's nature, and a group of little girls who were still quietly doing embroidery work just now opened the conversation box in an instant, and the moment they chattered, they crooked the good endorsement to other places, completely ignoring the black line on the face of Yuan Niang who was listening to it on the side.
"I heard that Tianxianglou's jade spring paste is the most ......" A little girl was talking with her eyebrows fluttering, and suddenly found that the sisters were speechless one by one. Only then did she receive, and then she saw Yuan Niang's battle face that was as black as the bottom of the pot.
"Enough is enough!" I have to say that the gorgeous and innocent Yuan Niang is still very majestic once her face is blackened, and the sisters all bow their heads and dare not reply.
Looking at the sisters of Chunlan and Qiuju, Zhang Wenyi couldn't help but sigh in her heart: A beautiful family, why is she not!
"Are you here to endorse the ninth sister, or are you here to talk nonsense? You guys, it's serious to do the work in hand first! Yuan Niang reprimanded her sisters mercilessly, and several sisters didn't dare to reply with their eyes rolling.
Zhang Wenyi raised her head and looked at Yuan Niang with a look of adoration, such an eldest sister is so stylish!
"Come, Ninth Sister, let's continue to endorse." Yuan Niang said with a serious face.
I don't know if it was the result of Yuan Niang's encouragement or if it should have been like this, I continued to read it three or four times, and Zhang Wenyi finally memorized it stumblingly. Zhang Wenyi was overjoyed, and her confidence also increased greatly. After reciting it three or four times, I was able to memorize it smoothly.
Seeing that she finally memorized the first sentence with difficulty, the girls couldn't help cheering in unison, and Yuan Niang secretly breathed a sigh of relief: This little sister is still saved.
Yuan Niang saw that Zhang Wenyi had a look of fatigue on her face, so she called her sisters to talk and let her rest by the way.
After a while, seeing that she was refreshed, she asked, "Does the ninth sister know the meaning of these two sentences?" ”
Zhang Wenyi shook her head, saying that she was a science student, and classical Chinese texts were her weakness. When I was in high school, I can still remember some of it, and I have returned it to the Chinese teacher for so many years since I was admitted to university.
Seeing that she shook her head, Yuan Niang did not look bored, but explained patiently: "The heart needs to be groomed just like our head." If the face is not retouched, it will be dirty, and if the heart is not retouched, it will be evil. ”
Zhang Wenyi silently memorized the original text, although this time it was a little sluggish, but because he knew what it meant, he could remember the original sentence. She suddenly understood why she seemed to be stupid, but it was actually a problem of study habits.
After figuring out the reason, Zhang Wenyi was also very happy, she couldn't help but let go, and said, "What the eldest sister said here is not all right. ”
Yuan Niang was stunned when she heard this, and asked, "How can you see it?" ”
Zhang Wenyi said with a smile: "We can't scribble and smear our dress, otherwise the effect may not be good after dressing up for a long time." ”
Her words made all the girls stunned, I have to say that every girl has the experience of secretly drawing eyebrows, and before she learned it, she naturally became uglier and uglier.
Yuan Niang was a little shocked when she heard this, she found that her sister was not stupid at all, and this discovery made her very happy. But this joy was soon washed away by the words of the other sisters.
A girl jumped up and shouted: "No wonder I have a lot less rouge, did you use it secretly from the ninth sister?" ”
Another said of her: "You're not the same, you stole someone else's pen, and your eyebrows weren't drawn well, so you look like an old birthday star." ”
So the girls chattered into the mode of exposing each other's shortcomings.
Looking at the noisy sisters, Yuan Niang stretched out her finger and gently poked the forehead of the culprit, and chuckled: "Don't learn well!" ”
Zhang Wenyi threw herself into Yuan Niang's arms, twisted her body, and said coquettishly with a smile: "I didn't." ”
hugged Zhang Wenyi and gently patted her back, and said dotingly: "Okay, okay, you didn't." ”
Yuan Niang's embrace is very warm, and there is a faint fragrance. Zhang Wenyi arched in her arms, found a comfortable position and fell asleep instantly.
Yuan Niang found that Zhang Wenyi's body had become soft, and looked down to see that she was sleeping soundly, so she "hummed" at the other sisters who were making noise, and when she saw everyone turn their heads, she pointed to Zhang Wenyi, who was asleep, and made a silent gesture. Everyone smiled and stopped making a sound, and lowered their heads to do their own embroidery.
Yuan Niang pulled Zhang Wenyi up and put it on her lap, a girl saw this, stood up and took a cloak and gently covered Zhang Wenyi's body, Yuan Niang nodded to signal that she had done a good job.
This quiet and peace was finally broken by the boys who got out of class. Looking at the wild fruits picked by the brothers, the girls cheered in unison, and inevitably rushed forward to pick their favorite fresh berries.
Zhang Wenyi's sweet dream was woken up, and she twisted her fleshy little body in Yuan Niang's arms unwillingly, and said to her embarrassedly with a red face: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have slept." ”
Yuan Niang smiled and said, "It's okay, let's eat the fruit." ”
The group of boys and girls entered the quarrel mode after meeting for a while, and the eldest brother saw that Zhang Wenyi was asleep, and was about to stop it, but saw Yuan Niang leading the sleepy-eyed ninth sister over.
So he changed his words and reprimanded several of the most ferocious younger brothers: "What is the quarrel, you are all men, don't you know how to let your sisters!" It's not a shame to quarrel with the girl's house. ”
Several younger brothers stuck out their tongues and hurriedly flashed to the side, grinning, as if this was not the first time they had been trained.
Brother Lian came over and took Zhang Wenyi from Yuan Niang's hand and asked, "Where did Jiu'er carry it?" Can you recite it to the second brother? ”
Zhang Wenyi happily memorized the two sentences he could memorize. Brother Lian saw that the ninth sister looked at her with sparkling eyes and looked like she was begging for praise and praise, and said with a happy smile: "Jiu'er has the best back." ”
Receiving praise from Brother Lian, who cares about the most, Zhang Wenyi smiled with satisfaction, it feels so good to be a sister, especially a sister who has an older brother who is willing to spoil herself.
"Do you want the second brother to teach me to memorize two sentences?" Brother Lian asked cautiously, he was afraid that his sister would be annoyed and didn't want to endorse.
Zhang Wenyi nodded with a smile without hesitation and said, "Okay!" ”
Brother Lian happily took the "Women's Training" from Yuan Niang's hand and read it accordingly: "Xianzhi decorates his face, does not cultivate his heart, and is confused." ”
Zhang Wenyi followed along: "Xianzhi decorates his face, does not cultivate his heart, and is confused." ”
"Do you know what this sentence is about?" Brother Lian asked.
Zhang Wenyi shook her head, with such a good brother here, she didn't have to use her brain to think about what Lao Shizi meant, her brother had to explain to her after all.
Sure enough, Brother Lian said: "This is to say that the girl's family knows how to be beautiful, but she doesn't correct her heart, which is wrong." ”
"Oh." Zhang Wenyi responded obediently.
"So Jiu'er still remembers the previous sentence?" Brother Lian asked.
Zhang Wenyi nodded and opened her mouth with a smile. Uh, it's stuck. I don't know why when I saw my second brother, Zhang Wenyi automatically entered a state of dementia. I was quite familiar with it just now, and I can't remember it at all.
Seeing his sister's flushed face, Brother Lian said seductively: "Then do you remember what it means?" ”
Zhang Wenyi finally remembered, and she happily memorized the first two sentences and the sentence just now. After reciting it, he glanced at Brother Lian'er, and thought: I can't see that I can teach people.
Yuan Niang walked over in surprise and said; "Second brother, what method did you use to teach so fast."
Brother Lian said with a smile: "Explain its meaning first, and then read its text, it will be half the effort." Yes, Mr. said it. ”
Yuan Niang nodded and said, "So that's the case." ”
Handing Zhang Wenyi a fruit, Yuan Niang fell into deep thought.
"What are you thinking?" Brother Lian saw that Yuan Niang was silent, so he couldn't help but ask.
Yuan Niang tilted her head and glanced at him, and said, "I'm thinking: Xianzhi decorates his face, doesn't cultivate his heart, and is confused." It is not right to not cultivate the mind inside, but it is even more wrong to cultivate the wrong mind. ”
Brother Lian opened his mouth and said after a while: "Big sister, you are so amazing!" You can think of this, I think you can go and be a master. ”
Yuan Niang laughed out loud, pointed at Zhang Wenyi and said, "It's the ninth sister who is amazing, I said it along her train of thought." ”
Brother Lian looked at Zhang Wenyi in disbelief. Zhang Wenyi hugged her shyly and said, "No, no." ”
As he was talking, the mother-in-law and maids brought snacks.
The ancients usually ate only two meals, one in the morning and one in the evening. Wealthy families like them can eat some snacks at noon to satisfy their hunger. It is the time for children to grow their bodies, especially boys, who rush to see snacks. Not to be outdone, the girls gathered around and grabbed food directly from the hands of their brothers and sisters.
From time to time, my brother and sister came over and stuffed the dim sum into Zhang Wenyi's hand, saying almost the same sentence: "Eat quickly, my brother (sister) will go and get it for you." ”
Holding a full pair of snacks, I finally understand why this little body is so fat.