Chapter 32: Rivals in Love
"It's not easy to get you out?" Yun Liu sat opposite Ning Yi, waved her hand, and asked the two girls to go down and order a pot of tea to drink, don't be an eyesore here.
As soon as summer entered this day, I felt a little bored everywhere I went, Ning Yi reached out and poured a cup of tea, "My fourth sister-in-law has just been diagnosed with a happy pulse again, and now the housekeeping at home has overwhelmed me, so naturally I can't leave." ”
Yun Liu didn't care: "Didn't the concubine come back from Jietai Temple?" Isn't it as you wish to take back the rights in this house from your fourth sister-in-law? "Even if she has only been back for half a year, she has heard about the discord between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Prince Alcohol's mansion.
Ning Yi glanced at her helplessly, that is, her identity, and dared to put the things in the back house on the table without scruples, "My mother is much happier than before when she is teasing her grandson, and now she is keen on worshipping the Buddha, and she doesn't pay much attention to these mundane affairs." And she didn't say, now the two women in the family seem to want to exercise themselves, in their opinion, marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous, those literacy, hyphenation, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are just a pastime in their spare time, married only by learning to communicate with people, understanding people's hearts and being good at power, can they be a good housewife.
Ning Yi lowered her eyes and looked at the green in the cup, and sighed in her heart, looking at their strength, she was afraid that she would follow in Mu Jin's footsteps.
"Don't just talk about me, where have you been these days? But I saw people looking for you everywhere and waiting for you in front of the hotel for a few days. ”
Yun Liu's eyes flashed, and he said stiffly: "Really? I don't know, I just got bored in the inner city and went to the outer city. By the way, some time ago, I saw a lot of homeless people in the outer city. ”
Ning Yi thought of the pair of grandchildren she had taken away on the street before, a trace of solemnity flashed in her eyes, and she asked, "What?" ”
Yun Liu breathed a sigh of relief invisibly and nodded: "It's quite a lot, although it's not overcrowded, but it's everywhere." After speaking, she saw that Ning Yi's expression seemed to be a little solemn: "What's wrong?" ”
Ning Yi took a sip of tea: "In May and June, hundreds of thousands of people were affected by the flood in Hunan, and in spring and summer, the fields happened to be planted. ”
Yun Liu also sighed: "Man-made disasters can still be avoided, but natural disasters cannot be escaped." Don't talk about this, have you gone to find Mu Jin's girl these days? ”
Ning Yi said: "No, I've been busy lately, what's wrong?" ”
Yun Liu's expression was a little strange, "I heard that she seems to be married to the Liu family." ”
"Marriage? She's only fourteen. ”
"You think her family is in too much of a hurry, don't you?"
Ning Yi told Yun Liu about her previous conversation with Mu Jin, and Yun Liu's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea!" After I came back, I persuaded the Queen Mother to raise girls' schools, although the Queen Mother issued an order, but there is no specific charter, the girls' schools around the country are still uneven after all, and they are the daughters of lower-class civilians, since you have this idea, and you can't find your favorite school, why don't we run our own girls' school? ”
"Running a girls' school?" Ning Yi looked at her with wide eyes.
"yes, Noble Girls' School, how's that?" She came back from studying in the West, influenced by foreign countries, and her thinking was also at the forefront, naturally knowing that women's studies were not just as simple as they appeared, in her heart, it was more difficult for aristocratic women to learn and accept new ideas than those ordinary women, but it was also more important, they had the ability and the environment to influence their brothers-in-law and husbands.
Although Ning Yi doesn't think that there is any difference between the education of aristocratic women and commoner women, the awakening of a country and the nation, the ruler waking up is the first step and must be the means, but making the people wake up is the inevitable and goal of success.
But she can't deny that now the establishment of women's schools is making a big noise, but among those royal families, nobles, ministers and nobles, women's studies seem to be a matter of lowering their status, they disdain to sit in the classroom like those commoner women and listen to knowledge that has no meaning in their lives, they are naturally superior, even if they don't do anything, they can live a life of stability and prosperity.
The aristocratic women's studies mentioned by Yun Liu are indeed a feasible thing, not only what Yun Liu thought, but also that in the future, when the Qing Dynasty no longer exists, when they lose their identity and status that they rely on, she hopes that they can still live well on their own, but...
How can it be so simple to run a girls' school, not to mention whether they have the qualifications and abilities, in this era, female students are bound to hire teachers, and it is better to be a female teacher, where to find a teacher?
"I'll leave this to me, and I've met a few friends abroad, maybe they'd like to."
"Girls' learning is not something that can be done in a few days, you can take your time."
Yunliu nodded, "But it's better to get some done early." ”
The two of them said a few more words, and Yun Liu couldn't sit still and hurriedly left.
Ning Yi knew that she was so anxious, she smiled helplessly and shook her head, picked up the cold tea on the table and took a sip, dissipating a trace of stuffiness, and a trace of ripples in her heart when Yun Liu made the suggestion just now.
She looked out the window, this teahouse is facing the street, people are coming and going on the street outside, the peddlers are pawns, and the sound of buying comes and goes, as the so-called: 'nine tones and eighteen tones, brown rope is flattened', and it is very lively.
Ning Yi finally got out of a lot of chores, and she didn't want to rush back home, so she walked slowly down the street from the teahouse, which was not boring.
Passing by a jade shop, I went in and walked around when I had nothing to do.
When she was choosing the jade pendant that the shopkeeper had taken out, there was a new female guest at the door, and she was still an acquaintance.
This is the third time they've seen each other.
Yuying held Liu Haoyu to be coquettish, and the two walked into the jade shop affectionately, Yuying raised her eyes and met Ning Yi's eyes, her smile stiffened, and the hand holding the person unconsciously loosened.
The scene when she saw her coming out of the pear orchard that day is still vivid.
She had seen all kinds of contemptuous and disgusting eyes since she was a child, but in Ning Yi's shallow and non-discriminatory gaze, she felt ashamed and inferior for the first time, as if she had been stripped naked in public, and all her unbearableness was exposed to the sun.
Women always don't want people to see their unbearable side, especially in front of rivals.
Jade Shadow's hands clenched under the wide sleeves, her slender fingers turned white with blood, and she could clearly feel herself trembling.
"What's wrong?" Liu Haoyu saw that she was not talking, his face turned slightly pale, and he asked distressedly, glancing at Ning Yi in the store, although she was beautiful, she was not as charming as the beauties around her, and she turned her eyes away after looking at it, and cared about Yuying.
He met Yuying at the Huayang banquet, Zhou Hehuai wanted to get in touch with the officials, and he had long been famous for this famous Yuying girl, Zhou Hehuai got the protection of his Liu family, and he also got wealth and beauty, each with his own needs and gains.