Ruqing smiled, innocent, "Third sister, second sister plays really well, you listen carefully, the sound of the piano is melodious and pleasant, and you can vaguely hear a girl's affection for the person she likes--- "Ruqing can't play the piano, but at least she has studied music, and she can vaguely understand the artistic conception in the music." From the point of view of appreciation, this is not bad, although it is a little jerky and has a slight block, but a seven or eight-year-old girl can play so well, and it can be regarded as talented.

Ruzhen sneered: "Affection? The dignified boudoir woman, also learn those methods? How old is the second sister? Who do you want to play these tunes to? She had a pair of beautiful willow eyebrows, she was angry, slapped the bed angrily, gritted her teeth and said: "Aunt Cousin and Yun Gongzi are both in the house, she played it so unknowingly, is she trying to tell Aunt Yun that the daughter of our Fang family is not in a proper manner, and she can learn to play the piano at a young age to think about her lover?" ”

Ruqing's heart sank, forgetting that the ancient etiquette was very strict, and women had to follow the rules and abide by etiquette in the boudoir, if the reputation was a little defaced, this life would be over. Even if you can find your in-laws in the end, how can you look down on the real lady of the family, let alone Ruqing, who is just a concubine.

Since Ruzhen has been raised by the old lady who is the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, she has been extremely attentive to the upbringing of the boudoir women, and it has also made Ruzhen understand that a real lady wants to glorify her ancestors, not by her own ability. Instead, you can only get married, find a noble son-in-law's husband's family, and the woman can rely on her husband to protect her mother's family, which is the real glory of the ancestors. And those skills that have been acquired by business or other vain means will not be appreciated. Even if your family accepts your affection, your in-laws won't look at it. For those families, the daughter-in-law's character and family background are the most important, whether she is virtuous, whether she respects her in-laws, sympathizes with her husband, and whether she can run the family, which is the most important thing, but no one will pay too much attention to the so-called talent or other skills. Therefore, Ruzhen followed the old lady and did not learn much piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but followed the old lady to learn how to manage the house and how to deal with things and speak. It is true that he has always scoffed at the reputation of a good and talented woman.

And Ruzhen also learned the old lady's temperament, on the surface it looks easy-going, but in fact she is extremely proud in her heart, she likes to make friends with the powerful, but she is unwilling to lower her eyebrows and bend her waist.

The old lady and Ruzhen thought clearly, and the Li family also understood a little, but some people didn't understand, so at such an hour, they heard the sound of the piano that shouldn't have been.

After Ruqing figured out the reason, she asked Ruzhen in a low voice: "Big sister, what should we do in your opinion?" ”

Ruzhen happily looked at Ruqing and said, "No, let's watch a good show." ”

*

If she is really worthy of being the daughter of the boudoir taught by the old lady, she has her own set of rules and regulations for acting and speaking, and tonight, the three sisters did watch a good show.

Let's talk about the Li family first, is sitting in the main hall with the Yun family talking about family life, Li's attitude is polite with warmth, and the Yun family is enthusiastic and alienated, usually women get together, most of them are talking about gossip and anecdotes in their respective life circles, Li can't hide the words, and said a lot of gossip and interesting things about the big families in Jinan City to the Yun's bamboo tube poured beans, and the Yun family, I don't know if it's because of the identity, or because of the temperament, I don't say much, and I brought it over in a few words. Li was unhappy in his heart, but he was secretly ashamed, the so-called wall has ears, how can a serious lady be free to talk about the length of people behind her back, and she has no nonsense, if this spreads, wouldn't it ruin his reputation, on the other hand, Yun Shi, neither the length of the Taoist, nor the height of the Taoist, and the eyebrows and eyes that appeared in the harmony made Li envious and ashamed, so he changed the topic and talked about their respective children.

The topic of the Li family finally came to an idea, and the Yun family finally opened up the conversation a little and talked about his housework.

It turned out that after the Yun family married into Yongningbo's mansion, she gave birth to her eldest son Jiang Yunran, and during her pregnancy, she was afraid that her husband Yongningbo would be hooked by the girls, so she gave him her personal dowry girl like a dream to make a room.

That is like a dream, and Yongningbo is dizzy, during Yun's pregnancy until she gives birth to a child, there has never been any moths, and even the old lady wants to point out her niece to Yongningbo as a side room.

Soon after the Yun family gave birth to her eldest son, Na Rumeng also gave birth to a daughter, and the Yun family was also virtuous and generous, so she raised Rumeng as an aunt. After two years, Rumeng became pregnant again, but this time she was not as lucky as last time, and passed away after giving birth to a son. Uncle Yongning was a little sad, and at that time, the old lady was afraid that he would be sad and hurt her own body, so she pointed out to him the niece of her maternal uncle's family, Zhou, who had been raised behind her since childhood. On the grounds that the Zhou family had been raised in Shenlan since he was a child and did not understand the way of being a concubine, the Yun family called the Zhou family to him every day to set rules, so that the Zhou family would be decent tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow the Zhou family would be taught like a reason. Zhou refused to obey the discipline and had several disputes with the Yun family, and the Yun family had to invite the old lady to come forward because of his concern about Zhou's identity.

As soon as the old lady came forward, the Zhou family was really at ease, and she no longer dared to rely on her identity as a cousin girl to be angry with the Yun family.

But this Zhou family was also unlucky, and after giving birth to a daughter, he died of hemorrhage. The old lady felt sad and ashamed of her mother's family, and soon passed away.

After the death of the old lady, Uncle Yongning Jiang Zhongjin never had a concubine again, until now, in addition to the Yun family, the housewife, there is only one aunt and three rooms in the house. In addition to the eldest son Jiang Yunran, there are also one son and two daughters. The family population is simple, so I am particularly envious of the lively scene of Li's husband's family.

Li Shi heard that Yun's wrist was so powerful, he opened his mouth and stammered, and he was extremely admired, but after opening his mouth to praise Yun's, his heart was terrified: Fortunately, my family Rumei is still young, and she can't get married, otherwise my family Rumei has married Yun, and it is not a bad crime to have such a mother-in-law who seems to be gentle but is actually powerful?

The Yun family also took all the actions of the Li family when he married into the Fang Mansion in a few words, the corners of his lips hooked a shallow arc, and his tone was sincere: "I see that my sister is so decent, and my brother-in-law is elegant and gentlemanly and successful, and I expected my sister to have a good life, but I never thought that my sister was also like me, a hard-working person." As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief from his waist and tried the tears that might be in the corners of his eyes.

Li originally didn't feel how hard he was, but when Yun said this, he felt that he was really miserable, and he wanted to tell Aunt Zhang's moth, but after thinking about it, he felt that the ugliness of his family should not be publicized, and the husband he married was not as good as others, so why did he still bring his aunt to the table to talk about things, wouldn't this slap his mouth and make Yun feel that he was inferior to her?

So, Li just wiped away his tears, sighed long, and said, "Which of us as women hasn't worked hard for many years?" But my sister is indeed much better than me, and my nephew is well-behaved, and his literary talents are extraordinary, and his future achievements are limitless. My sister and mother are expensive by virtue of their sons, and the future wealth and glory are just around the corner, and maybe they can go to the next level. On the other hand, I have nothing to do under my knees, only a girl who is ignorant and worries me about everything. He let out a long sigh.

Yun's expression was full of sadness, and he said that he was also a hard-working person, although his son was thirsty for study, he couldn't find a suitable master to teach, which made her and Yongning Bo sad to death.

Li was shocked, "There are many talents in Beijing, and my brother-in-law is an uncle, can't you even invite a decent master?" ”

"There are many masters, and there are too many talented people to learn, but there are very few who have both talent and learning, and who are highly respected and virtuous. I inquired about a Jinan before, it seems that the surname is Hu, but unfortunately people have been hired with a lot of money, and your brother-in-law and I are just sighing. ”

Li Shi stayed for a moment, and asked cautiously: "What my sister is looking for, could it be the person surnamed Hu Mingjin who has been in Tianhua for 14 years?" After getting a positive answer, Li laughed in surprise and hurriedly said that Hu Jin was at his home and was teaching his buddies to read. The Yun clan was first surprised, and then said with great regret: "It's a pity, I originally wanted to hire it with a lot of money, no matter how much it costs, but now it's good, that Hu Juren is in my sister's house, how can I dig my sister's corner?" ”

The Li family was a little proud and a little ashamed, and was about to thank the Yun family for raising his noble hand and not poaching the Hu Juren, but thinking of the fact that Uncle Yongning, who had been mentioned by his master last night, was now in charge of the imperial examination, his heart was alive again, and a bold idea came out.

Li said to the Yun family, "Mr. Hu is teaching his brothers to study in Fang Mansion, and it is estimated that he will stay for two or three years, if my sister doesn't dislike it, can you let Yun Ran's nephew also stay in Fang Mansion and study with my brothers?" In this way, wouldn't my sister's wish be easily solved? It's just that he was wronged by Yunran's nephew. ”

The Yun family was waiting for Li's words, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "What did my sister say, my sister's idea is very good." It's just that it's been a long-term nuisance---"

Li waved his hand and smiled brightly, "Sister, what are you talking about, your own relatives, what are you polite?" Li felt that even if he couldn't be in-law with the Jiang family, he could become a relative, which would be of great help to his master's career and the future of his children. In this way, the prince of Yongning will respectfully call himself an aunt, this is a relative who was picked up for no reason, in the entire Jinan City, what are the prefect's wife and the senator's wife? With such a relative as Yongningbo, not to mention the future of his master and brothers, wouldn't Rumei be a little wider on the road to choosing her in-laws in the future?

Thinking of this, the Li family was even more enthusiastic, and he became more and more enthusiastic about the Yun family. The Yun clan also smiled kindly, compared with the usual reserve, it has become more and more warm at the moment, and it is more and more amiable.

Just as the two were talking speculatively, suddenly, they heard the sound of a piano, and Li's heart turned up with anger.