Wan Ning and Yuan Ning both came together, and after asking the Tong family for peace, Wan Ning directly asked why she didn't see Duan Ning. Tong Shi smiled faintly: "I just went to the front, I'm afraid that the old lord wants to study his martial arts." Wan Ning felt very pity, but Shu Ning was still there, so she directly pulled her back to the room and whispered.

Wan Ning is a very easy person to get acquainted with, although they only met for the first time yesterday, today they have behaved like an old friend for many years. She enthusiastically introduced Shuning to the interesting places and delicious snacks and delicacies in Beijing, invited her to hang out with her, and introduced her to many "interesting" friends. Yuan Ning just sat and looked at the room, sometimes pinching the petals on the newly planted vase of flowers, looking a little bored.

After Wan Ning asked Shu Ning about her daily hobbies, she had already turned the topic to her life hobbies, and Shu Ning also listened with interest. This kind of zero-distance contact in the daily life of a young lady from a large family is not available every day, and you can ask any questions, take this opportunity to inquire first, so as not to show timidity when talking to people in the future.

Yuan Ning was bored playing with the furnishings on the bed, but she became interested in a pillow. It was made by Shuning last autumn, using soft satin as fabric, stuffed with cotton to make a cylindrical shape, just in her arms, soft and comfortable. She also embroidered ribbons on it as decoration, and it was this special embroidery that attracted the attention of the fourth lady.

Yuan Ning put the pillow in front of Shuning and asked, "Third sister, what kind of embroidery method are you?" Strange good-looking. Shuning explained to her: "This is embroidered with ribbons and ribbons, and then decorated with various colors of lace and beads, so I call it ribbon embroidery." If my sister likes it, I'll give you one, right? ”

The little girl is actually very coaxing, Yuan Ning immediately bent her eyebrows, and said: "Thank you third sister, however, I also have a school girl red, my sister taught me to do it, right?" Shuning said okay.

Wan Ning took the pillow and looked at it carefully, and said strangely, "Huh? How could the third sister embroider like this? Isn't that something in the French court? There shouldn't be any foreigners in Mukden, right? Where did the third sister learn? ”

Without waiting for Shuning to speak, Chun Xing, who was standing by the door and waiting, spoke first: "This is what our girl came up with, not from others." The girl had planned to decorate the box, but she came up with this. She experienced the process of Shuning making the ribbon embroidery, and felt that the second girl's words were a bit harsh.

Yuan Ning glanced at Wan Ning when she heard this: "Did you hear that?" The third sister came up with it herself, and the second sister shouldn't put gold on her face, is it okay that you are smart alone, and no one else will be able to make good things? ”

Wan Ning frowned: "Fourth sister, you are here again, why did I put gold on my face?" I'm just telling the truth, why are you deliberately picking on my thorns? ”

Yuan Ning raised her eyebrows and said sharply: "Last year, my cousin made a beautiful lace skirt, and you said that people are learning from foreign women, she doesn't even know what foreigners look like, where to learn?" Last month, I asked someone to make a silver anklet belt, and you said that I was from a Miao family. I know that as soon as someone makes something good, you'll say that someone else did it! You're the only one in the world who can get something new and beautiful! ”

Wan Ning's brows furrowed even tighter: "I don't know where you heard the strange words, I don't care about your children." This is the third sister's house, don't mess around anymore. ”

Yuan Ning's voice became sharper: "Why am I messing around?" You say I'm a child, how much older are you? You're not a kid yet? I just want to tell these words to the third sister, lest she be deceived by you! ”

Wan Ning glared angrily, and after a while, she sat down again, took a slow sip of tea, and said, "What's the use of you saying these things here?" Do you have the ability to tell grandma to go? It's ugly! ”

Seeing that Yuan Ning was about to pounce on her with her teeth and claws, Shu Ning, who was already stunned, hurriedly stopped her: "Stop, don't make any noise, if you make a fuss outside, it won't look good." ”

She turned her head to Wan Ning and said, "Second sister, I don't know why you sisters don't get along, but I still ask my sister to let some sisters do." Then he said to Yuan Ning: "Fourth sister, it's inappropriate for you to talk like this, don't say that the second sister is not in front of others in the future." ”

She had good intentions, thinking about suppressing this conflict first, but who would have thought that Yuanning's children's family would be very stubborn all their lives, and now even Shuning hates it. She shook off Shuning and said loudly: "I know, you all let her, what's so good about her?" I'm so angry, I'll ignore you again! "Throw off the curtain and go.

Wan Ning sneered and said, "Third sister, don't care about her, she will pick my thorn in three days, but she is jealous of grandma and spoils me." ”

Shuning sat down and said, "That being said, there is one thing I want to make clear. I received a summer dress from my sister that year, with some ribbon flower bows on it, and because I saw that it was beautiful, I came up with the idea of embroidering it with ribbons, which is not my first creation. If the French court really has this kind of embroidery, it is just a mistake. Just kidding, if the other party is suspicious, where is she going to find a foreigner who said that he once taught her ribbon embroidery?

Wan Ning was a little uncertain: "I see, I don't remember it clearly." But that's a good thing, if my sister still has a pillow like that, give me one. ”

Shuning had no choice but to respond. She's done two in total, and now her two cousins want one each, and she's gone.

Wanning sat for a long time and was a little bored, so she got up and said goodbye. When she was about to leave the room, she suddenly showed a weird smile and said to Shuning: "I often go out shopping with my friends, aren't you very interested?" When will you come with us? I can also call the fifth elder brother, the one in the palace. ”

Shuning was confused when she heard it, thinking about why she suddenly got involved with the fifth elder brother? If it is the fourth elder brother, it may be a little related, but these dragon sons and phoenix grandchildren are not good if they are involved. When she refused, she said that her mother was pregnant and that she would stay at home to take care of her. Wan Ning went out with a look of pity.

When I went out to the yard, I happened to meet Duan Ning coming back. He was covered in dust and his chin was slightly bruised. Wan Ning pounced on it and asked repeatedly, "How did it become like this?" Who bullied my brother? Who is it? Shuning also looked at him with concern.

Duan Ning smiled slightly, separated Wan Ning with his hands without a trace, and said, "Little meaning, Marfa tested my martial arts and barely passed." Is the second sister a guest? It's a pity I'm not at home. Wan Ning smiled and said, "Fourth brother, if you really think it's a pity, why don't you go out with me now?" I've made an appointment with a few friends. I'll take you to something delicious? She took Duan Ning's hand and shook it twice, sprinkling coquettishly.

Duan Ning still smiled gently: "Sounds interesting." It's a pity that our family is going to my grandfather's house to say goodbye today, and when I have free time in the future, I will ask my second sister to be my guide. ”

Wan Ning was a little surprised, in the past, when she was coquettish, whether it was a cousin or a cousin, she would be obedient and obedient, but she didn't expect to hit a wall today, but this can show that this brother is different.

She pestered Duan Ning to laugh a few words, and when she noticed that the other party had the intention of sending off guests, she accepted it when she saw it and left.

Duan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head to Shu Ning and said, "This eldest lady is not easy to deal with, but I can't offend her." Shuning smiled and handed him a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. Duan Ning took it and said, "It's not early, how is my mother's health?" If you can do it, you should go to your grandfather's house early. I'm afraid that his family will have to keep food, if he goes back in the afternoon, he stays for dinner, and his grandmother may be unhappy when he comes back late. When Shuning heard this, she felt reasonable, so she went into the house with him to discuss with her mother.

After a quarter of an hour, Tong asked someone to invite Zhang Bao back, reported to the old lady, and the family went to Tong's house in a carriage.

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More than ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, Zhang Bao went to the ministry every day to inquire about the news, because of the ban on feasting during the national funeral, he had to find some old friends to drink tea and explore the direction of the stroke. Tong went to ask his mother-in-law every day, and acted like a virtuous daughter-in-law in front of her, but he didn't suffer any cold words. Because his father had already discussed with the Tong family, he went to the Tong clan to study, so as not to stay in the mansion and do nothing, and he would follow his cousins and not learn well. He went to the house of his uncle and grandfather (note: Tong Guowei) every day to study for half a day, and after he came back, he also stayed in the room to study, sometimes went to the Kubu room to practice martial arts, sometimes went to ride a horse, and lived a very healthy life.

Shuning listened to her mother's words and decided to keep a low profile during the Earl's Palace, practicing big characters every day, and then talking to her mother to relieve her boredom, and her life was boring enough.

Wanning came a few times again, and saw that Shuning was either embroidering or practicing calligraphy every time, so she laughed and said that she was too "everyone's lady", and asked: "Aren't you boring when you live like this every day?" ”

It's boring, but Shuning can't say it clearly. In the past, when she was in Fengtian, she had a lot of things to do every day, but now she can't be in the limelight, she can't do novelties, she has no friends to socialize with, and she will be said by her mother-in-law to lose her body when she plays with Chunxing, and she has nowhere to buy new books.

Wan Ning thought about it, smiled, and said, "Why don't I find you something to do?" Shuning became vigilant, I don't know what she was looking for? Isn't it the kind of thing to hang out with buddies again? She has often lured herself out lately, and every time she mentions something from her brother, it's too strange.

Unexpectedly, Wan Ning mentioned another thing: "Why don't you go with me to take a lesson in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?" Seeing Shuning's puzzled gaze, she said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, my family invited me Xixi to teach me some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting or something, but I know a lot of it, and I am impatient to learn it, so I often skip class." Now only the fourth sister is listening. ”

I see. I didn't think that Wan Ning also knew things like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it seems that there is no vanity under the fame, in the past, I saw that this young lady always liked to play around, and I thought that her reputation as a talented woman was brought out by others.

It's just that she has a question in her heart: "It's good, it's just that you've been learning for a long time now, right?" I'm just going to learn, will I not be able to keep up? ”

Wan Ning hurriedly said: "No, no, in fact, the fourth sister only started learning this spring, she was very stupid, she only learned a little, you go now, you can definitely keep up, besides, the piano and chess painting is just that, as for the 'book', I don't think you need to learn it anymore." She glanced at a stack of notes on her desk.

Shuning smiled: "I just learned a little bit of fur, how can I not learn it?" My sister's teacher must be a well-educated person, right? I'll ask for advice. "Sounds good, let's just let her be elegant too.