Chapter 41: The Flying Kite
After a few words to send the eldest brother away, and asked Mother Qian to make a few longevity peaches and four-color snacks at will, Gu Wan returned to the West Chamber, sat upright at the desk, polished the pen and ink, and began to copy the book.
She likes to copy the Tao Te Ching the most, not only to practice words, but also to calm her mind, this copying, is half a day, the house is lit with a lamp, the kitchen smoke curls up, Baoqin only held a box of snacks into the house, first picked up a small pair of silver scissors, cut the candle flowers for Gu Wan, and said with a smile: "Little lady, the sun is setting, look carefully." β
Baoqin saw Gu Wan's handwriting closely, and her face was full of envy: "The little lady's words are so beautiful!" β
This is not a compliment, Baoqin followed the orchid in her early years, and had contact with many famous people, although the orchid never taught her to read, but her eyesight still exists, she can see that her little lady's words are not worse than many famous people.
In fact, the hairpin Xiaokai that Gu Wan is writing now is later in the 21st century, and she has practiced for 30 years, plus the skills of her previous life, it is naturally not bad, so that others can see it, and maybe she will say that her words are self-contained, which is very meteorological.
Looking at her girl's sparkling eyes, Gu Wanwan smiled: "If Baoqin likes it, I'll teach you to read?" β
The little girl was stunned for a moment, a trace of incredulity appeared on her face, and she was full of joy, but she was still uneasy, her face was red, and she said writhingly: "The maid is so stupid, where did you learn this?" β
In her heart, reading and learning words, are all daughters show talents, in the past, she never even thought that one day she could also get close to these books full of ink fragrance, when she followed the orchid, although the orchid was very good to their sisters, but they were never allowed to touch these things, in fact, it is orchid herself, born in the rivers and lakes, has not read any books, so, every time she cleans the little lady's small study, she unconsciously relaxes, for fear of breaking the page.
Gu Wan raised her eyebrows, "Where is our Baoqin stupid, I see, you and Baosheng are much smarter than many people." As she spoke, she took a stack of snow-white rice paper, wrote two words on itβ'Baoqin', and said with a smile, "This is your name." β
In an instant, Baoqin's eyes shone brightly, looking at the paper on the table, as if she wanted to swallow it, which made Gu Wan feel good, and couldn't help but stretch out her hand and pouted the little girl's head like an adult, "In the future, you and Baosheng will come to learn words with me every day." β
"Thank you, girl."
Baoqin's face at this time can be called radiant, and looking at Gu Wan's gaze, he is more indescribably grateful than before.
Gu Wan sighed in her heart, human nature is still simple, a little little, not a kind of kindness, it can be remembered in people's hearts, in her last life, she met a lot of wicked people, but in the same way, there are many nobles, she doesn't have to be sad and troubled for those one or two villains, if she is in pain, isn't it the pain of the relatives, and the pain of the enemy.
Eyes fell on a book of Chinese words, Gu Wan thought, it is better to teach the two sisters Baosheng and Baoqin the Chinese pinyin, without any Latin alphabet, with the ancient characters of the phonetic characters to represent, when the time comes, the Chinese characters will be phonetic, they will be able to read by themselves, although she does not think that this kind of phonetic scheme can be popular, but she just taught her own girl to recognize words, to not so much exquisite, how convenient how to come.
"What benefits did Wan Niang promise to Baoqin and Baosheng, is there a big brother's share?"
Gu Wan was pondering, Gu Anran's smiling voice suddenly came from outside the window, Baoqin quickly opened the window, and saw Gu Anran standing next to the banana tree outside the window.
Gu Wan hooked the corners of her lips and said with a smile: "Big brother, hurry up and enter the house, the sun is quite big outside." β
Bao Qin opened the door for his eldest man with great discernment, took an eagle-shaped paper kite and a bookcase woven of fine rattan in his hand, and poured a cup of hot tea for him.
Gu Wan never got up, slowly sorted out the notebook in her hand, and only used the corner of her eye to glance at the paper kite made of silk cloth, "Big brother, how old are you, and you still play with these?" β
Gu Anran shook his head: "Where is mine, obviously someone sent it to my precious sister." He pursed his lips, looking a little appreciative, "Wanniang, you are still young, if you want to play with paper kites, big brother will take you there, you can't go out with other stinky boys!" β
In these years, the etiquette and religion are not strict, and it is common for girls to travel with their servants except for Lang Jun, especially for fifteen or sixteen-year-old ladies, who are often invited by admirers. The atmosphere is civilized, a pair of children are looking at each other, and it also happens from time to time to go home and let the parents go to propose, although most of them are intentional in both families, so they deliberately create opportunities for the children to get along.
Although Gu Wan is only eleven years old this year, it is far from the time to talk about marriage, but in the heart of Gu Anran, the eldest brother, he has already treated all the 'wild wolves' who may take his precious sister as imaginary enemies.
Gu Wan was stunned when she heard this, glanced at the paper kite, reached out and took the bookbox in Baoqin's hand, opened it, and entered a box of books, she picked out a book and flipped through it, and her face unconsciously brought out three different colors - this is actually Gu Yiqing's anthology, as well as the past exam questions of Lanshan Academy, the scholar's anthology, and the annotations of all gentlemen, especially Gu Yiqing......
So fast! Gu Wan really didn't expect that just one day later, the things she wanted were sent over!
In Gu Wan's heart, a little different taste suddenly emerged, it was a wonderful, numb feeling, which couldn't help but make people want to bend their lips and smile, probably any girl, knowing that there is a confidant in the distance who is willing to take your words to heart and attaches great importance to it, that feeling will be wonderful......
Gently took the paper kite from his eldest brother's hand, this paper kite is not very good, just average, but Gu Wan is still happy, that purse, he thinks he likes it.
That day, remembering that she had never done anything for that person, Gu Wan embroidered a small, delicate purse for Mu Yanzhao, which was only half the size of a palm.
With a red face, Gu Wan smiled, it was really just a whim at that time, she cut the lightest 'Xia Ying Veil', and it took three days to make that small purse, which was embroidered with a picture of a flying kite in spring. There is also a small poem - 'The kite flies and the butterfly dances happily, and the distance is free to lead the way. At such a time, the spring breeze sends you to the sky. β
The shadow yarn is mostly silver red, but the one she used is a very rare lake blue, very elegant, only bought two, spent fifteen points, exchanged for food, enough for a family to chew for half a year, but when she cut it, it was clean and neat, and she was not distressed at all.
Gu Wan admires herself, she really does what everyone does!
Gu Anran puffed out her face and looked at her sister-in-law, Gu Wan covered her lips, coughed lightly, and there was a faint smile in her eyes, "Big brother, if you don't want these things, they are mine." β
Hearing this, Gu Anran raised his eyebrows and smiled indifferently, "The eldest brother is not all Wanniang's, as long as Wanniang wants to ......" As a result, as soon as he picked up a copy of Gu Yiqing's anthology, he blinked and changed his tone, "Ahem, but Wanniang is tired of looking at this, let's read it first." With that, he picked up the bookcase and got up and left.
"Big brother go back to the study first, Wanniang, you practice calligraphy slowly, just pay attention to the candle flame, don't hurt your eyes."