Chapter 20: The Impetuous Student
Xia Yanqing looked at Mama Li calmly, waiting for her to answer.
Mama Li was sweating a little on her forehead, but she was just keeping her newlywed husband in her room, isn't it normal? In the back house with a group of wives and concubines, aren't the women all living like this and competing for favor? How did you say it from the mouth of the second grandmother, and it became so unbearable?
She looked at the four girls and found that the heads of several girls were hanging low, and they couldn't be lower.
"Second grandmother...... That's not what I said, the second master is your new husband, and he should have stayed in the new house to accompany you, which is human nature. Mama Li explained with great difficulty.
"Didn't Mama see that the second master looked down on me and didn't want to sleep together? Do you want me to kneel and beg the second master to stay and do such things with me? Mama really wants to use my face as a rag and let others throw it on the ground and trample on it? Even if I don't want to be embarrassed, I have to think about my parents and brothers, they want face! ”
"......" Facing Xia Yanqing's gradually stern tone, Mama Li was speechless, and while drenching in cold sweat, she always felt that there was something wrong with what the second grandmother said. How can you say that about normal sex/things between husband and wife?
However, she could not think of anything to refute.
Mama Li and the maid froze on the spot, Xia Yanqing was not in a hurry, until she saw that the five people were becoming more and more uneasy, she said slowly: "You guys, since my mother arranged for you to call me, you have to obey my orders." If you can't do it, you don't have to stay with me, go back to your mother's place and obey your orders. I'll find my own tooth wife and buy someone to use it. ”
The second grandmother ...... "Is this to drive them away?" Mama Li and Xinshu and the other four girls panicked and fell to their knees together. Headed by Mama Li, she kept begging and didn't even dare to say it.
Xia Yanqing waited for them to say a few words begging for mercy before waving his hand and said, "Okay, it's just to ask what you mean." If you are willing to listen to the commands, of course you will be able to use them at home. Get up. ”
Seeing a few people get up and stand up, she continued: "I will study with my husband attentively in the future, and I will never beg the second master to stay here until I get the respect of my husband." My parents, brother and sister-in-law must be worried about my situation at my in-laws' house, and you are not allowed to mention these things to your mother's family. Can you do it? ”
Mama Li looked down with a bitter face, her heart full of entanglement. Didn't the lady send her to the girl's side just to follow the girl to the king's house, if the girl was bullied by her husband's family, she could help in time, and if necessary, send the news back to her mother's house?
However, listening to their own girl and the current second grandmother, is this not allowed for them to bring letters to their parents' house? …… Isn't she ashamed of her trust in her wife?
A few girls are a little in a hurry, and the current situation of the second master of the Wang family is obviously to favor Aunt Xu and snub the second grandmother. fell into such a situation, but the second grandmother did not let her tell her wife the real situation.
In this way, the lady's advice and the second grandmother's request are too different, who should they listen to?
The second grandmother grew up in the countryside since she was a child, and she didn't have much knowledge, if she only listened to the girl's instructions, would she end up making a mess of things? Can't explain to Madame then?
Xia Yanqing looked at the hesitant expressions of these people, and was almost about to scold his mother. She's the master, and she's talking about it all at this point, and they're still hesitating shit?!
Where are these slaves? I don't even listen to the greetings!
Thanks to Wang Xi, in order to cover people's ears and eyes, he pricked his finger and dripped a few drops of blood on the white silk, hiding it from Mama Li and a few others. Otherwise, on the day she returned to the door, the fact that she and Wang Xi did not have a round house would be revealed.
"Is it hard to decide? Since you are so hesitant, you can go back tomorrow, and I will start to buy a few more people who will listen to me. Or are you happy to let me be trampled under the feet of others, and live a lifetime without a little dignity under the trampling of the second master and Xu Qinghui? Xia Yanqing said gloomily.
Mama Li raised her head, the word dignity was a little too much. But if you live a life of begging, it does seem too miserable.
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Early the next morning, Yuan personally received the female gentleman and led her to Qiuyue Garden.
This female gentleman's surname is Bai, Mr. Bai is in his thirties, tall and thin, and his appearance is ordinary but serious. It is said that it was the aunt who came out of the palace a few years ago, and relied on the recommendation of a few nurturing grandmothers who specialized in teaching court rules and etiquette to become a gentleman in the back houses of various mansions, teaching the girls' studies and using them to earn money to live.
Under Yuan's recommendation, Mr. Bai and Xia Yanqing greeted each other. After a short greeting and rest, Xia Yanqing invited Mr. Bai to a room sorted out by Qiuyue Garden and officially began to read and practice calligraphy.
Mr. Bai has taught many students in the past few years, but this is the first time to teach a woman who has already married a woman. Younger children are more receptive and relatively simple to teach.
As for the woman who has already married a woman, it is still the little lady of Xia Xia who was rumored in the capital a few days ago...... How effective the teaching is, alas, it's really hard to say.
If it weren't for the strong recommendation of a friend and the good pay, she wouldn't have been willing to take on this errand. Without it, just because this second grandmother has attracted the attention of the seven aunts and eight aunts in the capital because of the twists and turns in her life and marriage. If she tried her best, this Xia Er's grandmother would not be able to learn anything in the end, and it would be spread out, which would really damage her reputation.
Not only is Mr. Bai unsure in his heart, but Mama Li and others, as well as everyone in the Wang family, are not optimistic about the effect of Xia Yanqing's study of calligraphy and painting.
As we all know, reading is not easy, if you want to make progress, where is the easy thing?
Mrs. Liu and the Yuan family of the Wang family were even worried that because of the whimsy of the second grandmother, they tossed it several times, but in the end she still didn't know a few big characters, and the Wang family would be hotly discussed by boring people in the capital again.
On the first day of school, Mr. Bai, who was already nervous, began to regret and regret continuing this errand.
This Xia Er grandmother is not a humble master of learning at all, she is too impatient and does not know the depths. After only temporarily recognizing a few words, I couldn't wait to ask to teach the whole text of the Three Character Sutra.
Ten students with such an impetuous temperament will give up halfway.
Looking at her handwriting again, although the handwriting she draws is better than that of ordinary little girls who have just started to learn words, she is also a proper beginner, and she doesn't even hold the pen in the right posture.
However, the next day's situation surprised Mr. Bai. She was shocked to find that this second grandmother Xia Er, who was eager for quick success, insisted on recognizing the entire three-character scripture yesterday...... I didn't even say a word...... Memorized them all.
The only thing lacking is that when writing silently, there are a lot of plausible typos, and the phenomenon of missing a few strokes and a few strokes can be seen everywhere.
Even so, it shocked Mr. Bai's jaw: Could it be that the bloodline could be so magical, it could be so miraculous that this woman who had never gone to school would have such an amazing learning ability just because she had the Xia family's bloodline?
This also makes Mr. Bai extremely excited, and it is a good thing for any gentleman to be able to teach an excellent student. If the student is amazing enough, it is also an opportunity for the gentleman to make a name for himself.
Mama Li and the four maids, who were very worried, were even more pleased, it turned out that the second grandmother didn't say big things, let alone whimsical, but really had the talent to read!
Not to mention the four maids, Mama Li is used to seeing children who are studying in and out of the house, which one has such a ability to recognize all the three-character scriptures in one day?
According to this situation, it won't take long for the second grandmother to impress the Wang family and the second grandfather, and the day when the second grandfather and the second grandmother will fly together is not far away.