The old lady said to Ruqing again: "Your second sister is reluctant to come to me because she is reluctant to give up her own mother, so you are willing?" ”

Ruqing flashed her innocent eyes, "My mother is in good health, she never gets sick, and she doesn't need me to take special care of her." Also, my grandmother's Songhe Temple and Furong Temple are only a few steps away, and my granddaughter can go back at any time. ”

The old lady smiled, nodded slightly, patted her tender cheek gently, and said, "What a sweet and good boy." ”

Ruqing pretended to bow her head shyly, and said in her heart: "I am a concubine, if I have no talent, no status, no skills, I can only be a caring child to please adults, otherwise, what else can I do?" First, there is no such as a beautiful and proud life experience, and second, there is no good skills, and this can only be the case. ”

*

Back in Li's house, Li was in a good mood because he had a way to cure Zhang's pretending to be sick, and he didn't put on his mother's pretense anymore, so he let Ruqing and Rumei go down to practice calligraphy together.

Rumei didn't want to practice anymore after practicing for a while, but when she saw Ruqing holding a brush and writing carefully stroke by stroke, it was a pity that the words she wrote were so ugly that she couldn't help laughing at her. Ruqing looked serious, "Practice makes perfect." She looked at Rumei's proud face and said, "Third sister, my father once said that words are equivalent to a person's appearance, and the good, bad, beautiful and ugly words can indirectly determine a person's character." A good handwriting can move people's hearts more than saying a mouth full of good words. Therefore, no matter how much knowledge we girls learn, practicing writing is the most important. ”

Rumei pursed her lips and wanted to make fun of her again, but when she saw Ruqing sitting upright, her little face was serious and serious, and she was seriously writing stroke by stroke, and she was infected by her serious attitude, but it was not easy to play anymore, so she wrote two articles patiently.

When Li came in after finishing the official lock, he saw that the two children were writing seriously, and he couldn't help but feel relieved, and quietly went out again.

That night, Fang Jinglan came to Li's room and checked the homework of the two girls as usual, although Ruqing's writing was not standardized, it was written in five major chapters, and she couldn't help touching her head with appreciation, and said warmly: "Qing'er is really well-behaved." ”

Ruqing whispered: "That's because my mother taught well, and the eldest sister and third sister supervised well." One sentence brought Li and Ruzhen Rumei in, Li listened to it and was very useful, Rumei snorted softly with her nose to the sky after hearing it, and said in her heart: This girl is still acquainted. Forget it, don't meet her in the future. I have to be like a sister.

Fang Jinglan glanced at Li, there was a faint appreciation in his eyes, Li was even more comfortable, seeing Ruqing's eyes and love, the other party Jinglan said: "Qing girl is really sensible, not only can she write obediently at a young age, but also respect her elders, and now an old lady praises Qing girl for being a sensible child." Fang Jinglan was a little surprised, the old lady was the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, and she married Fang's father, who was only a six-grade acquaintance, although at that time, Lord Shangshu had already been a scholar and had passed away for many years, but the identity was there, and she always married the Fang family with this noble identity, the old lady didn't talk much at ordinary times, but her vision was extremely high, and she also had a unique vision, and she never easily evaluated a person, and she could evaluate Ruqing like this at this time, which was enough to prove that Ruqing was indeed a well-behaved child. Fang Jinglan has always respected this stepmother, and he will naturally look at the children that the old lady likes, so he will be more kind to Ruqing, "Can you have fun waiting for your grandmothers?" ”

Ruqing opened her innocent eyes and said with a flutter: "The girls are good to their daughters, but their ears are not good, every time I call them, I have to call them several times." The grandmothers are also very good to me, but they are old and slow, and it takes a long time for them to procrastinate in doing something. ”

Fang Jinglan sat up straight, looking at the Li family, the Li family was greatly embarrassed, and scolded in his heart, wait a minute, she must clean up this group of hooves that have her face.

*

After Fang Jinglan picked up the beautiful homework, he was about to go to Yiqing Xuan, but Li stopped him, and Li said lightly: "I heard that Aunt Zhang is sick again, and she can't even get out of bed." I've called a doctor to come and take a look. The old lady also spoke, saying that Aunt Zhang was unwell, and she could recuperate with peace of mind, and she would not be able to stay at home every day. Seeing Fang Jinglan's complicated face, she sneered in her heart, and said: "The old lady pities Aunt Zhang with her sick body and has to wait for the master, and she has to take care of two children, it is extremely difficult, I wanted to call the children to her to raise her, but the girl is a filial piety, crying and kneeling and begging the old lady, saying that she is reluctant to give up her mother." The old lady relented again, and praised her. ”

Fang Jinglan was very pleased, "A good girl is filial piety." ”

Li's face was slightly disdainful, and said: "The old lady told me today, the girls are all older, it's time to ask the embroidery girl to teach the female red, I have been asking people to look around these days, I heard that there is a weaver surnamed Su in the west of the Liu family, I heard that the embroidery skills are excellent, the ancestor used to be the queen weaver girl in the palace, and the reputation is also good, the concubine wants to hire to teach the girls to be red, what does the lord think?" ”

Fang Jinglan said: "Madame is in charge." But, don't invite the children to the West Seat? ”

The corners of Li's lips twitched, "It's good for the concubine to look at the master who knows etiquette and etiquette, why do you need to invite another?" ”

"Ma'am, this is not appropriate. Mr. Hu is only eight years old, he is rich in learning, and the professor's students are all children of officials, and he never accepts female students. ”

Li snorted slightly: "Isn't it just a talent who has fallen behind, what are you arrogant?" Isn't his reputation as high as the sky also praised by those officials? What's more, the lord's current official position has given him generous treatment, and it shouldn't be difficult for the lord to mention it to him. Seeing that Fang Jinglan was still hesitating, she said again: "Master, it's not that the concubine is stingy, the concubine is also for the sake of the master." The old man has three brothers and four sisters, and in the future, the children will start a family, and the dowry of the girls will be a lot of money. The concubine thinks that with the fatherly heart of the master, she can't be wronged by a few children. But the old man doesn't want to think about it, to support such a large family, he only can't go in and out every month, just relying on those ancestral properties and the old lady's dowry, how much can he be worth? That's why the concubine thought that if she could save a point, it would be a point. There's no reason to spend money for all that false name. ”

Fang Jinglan thought so, and looked up to the Li family a little more, feeling that the Li family was indeed thinking about himself and the Fang Mansion, and couldn't help but soften his eyes, "Madame said very much. I was ashamed of my husband, but I only knew that I was poor and majestic in the house, but I didn't sympathize with Mrs. 's good intentions. So saying, he bowed down.

Seeing Fang Jinglan treating himself like this, Li Shi felt that it was sweeter than eating honey, so he hurriedly helped him up, and said angrily: "What is this doing, master, how can there be so many rules between husband and wife." These are all things that a concubine should do. ”

Fang Jinglan spoke for a while, which made the Li family more docile, with a bright face, blurred eyes, and extremely charming.

So, under the guidance of Li's good intentions, Fang Jinglan really went to find Mr. Xi Xihu, who knew etiquette and etiquette, but threw his thoughts of visiting Aunt Zhang out of the clouds.