The place where the class is held is in the corner of the garden, it is a pavilion surrounded by water, the environment is quiet, the cool breeze is blowing, and Shuning likes it as soon as she arrives there.

Because Shuning came back for the first time, Wanning accompanied her. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Yuan Ning sitting in front of the bookcase, she looked up and saw them, a little surprised, but she didn't forget the unpleasantness of the previous days, and turned her head after snorting. They each found a seat and sat down.

The teacher who taught them was surnamed Cai and named Zhilin. The first time I heard this name, Shuning had a little black line, was it Cai Zhilin or Bao Zhilin? I don't know if this gentleman's family runs a martial arts gym or a pharmacy?

Mr. Cai is in his fifties and sixties, and he is very good at learning and talent, and he not only teaches piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also poetry and songs. It's a pity that only the fourth girl who is not very talented usually comes to class on weekdays, and the second girl, who he has always thought is a proud disciple, rarely comes. The new three girls this time, I don't know what their qualifications are? But the thing he paid the most attention to at the moment was the arrival of Wan Ning, a genius student he hadn't seen for ten days.

After he asked Shu Ning clearly that she had only learned calligraphy, he handed her a book of stickers, asked her to take a look at it, and pointed out Yuan Ning's fingering of playing the piano, and then called Wan Ning and asked her about her recent homework progress.

Shu Ning carefully put on the stickers, and then found that Yuan Ning's attention was no longer on the piano, but secretly listening to Mr. Cai's lecture on Wan Ning. She also listened curiously and found that Wan Ning was indeed extraordinary in terms of talent.

When Wanning was three or four years old, she could already recite thousands of Tang and Song poems; When he was five or six years old, he was already able to read a tome like "Zizhi Tongjian" and write well; By the time I was seven or eight years old, I was already able to write very good poems on my own; And when she was nine years old last year, she was already able to draw good paintings that were not lost to adults, could play ancient songs for half an hour in their entirety, and composed and wrote lyrics by herself.

Shuning is a little tongue-in-cheek, although when she was five or six years old, she could also read most tomes and write good words, but that was because she was wearing it and was diligent in practicing, and Wanning, as an ancient girl, could have this level, which is really not comparable to ordinary people, not to mention, writing poems, paintings, painting and playing the piano is not something that ordinary people like herself can do, no wonder she won the name of "talented girl" at a young age.

This is the first time that Shuning has admired this second cousin.

But then Mr. Cai also mentioned Wanning's weakness: not diligent enough. Although she is very talented and can learn everything as soon as she learns, she is too impatient and fun-loving, so she can't calm down and practice hard, so although her level is much higher than that of her peers, her foundation is not solid enough. Mr. Cai had great expectations for her and persuaded her to work hard. However, according to Shuning's opinion, although Wanning responded respectfully on the surface, she was actually a little impatient.

Mr. Cai was also a little aware, he sighed, let her go to practice by herself, and then walked over to read Shuning's words.

Mr. Cai's evaluation of Shuning's calligraphy is: lack of aura and decent. Although the talent is not good, it is better to work hard, and at her age, it is also rare. He regretted that those who had talent were not diligent enough, those who were diligent enough had no talent, and there was one (four girls) who had no talent and were not diligent enough. He sighed, feeling that he had been too hard.

Shuning doesn't care about Mr.'s evaluation, her handwriting is really just decent, she doesn't want to be a calligrapher, she doesn't have high requirements for herself, just be able to get her hands on it.

This class is a piano class, so after Shuning passed the calligraphy assessment, she began to learn the piano. Mr. Chua was a good teacher, he taught Shuning the basic fingering by hand and asked her to play a short melody to practice.

An hour passed quickly. According to the rules, there is a quarter of an hour's break for every hour of class. Mr. Cai said a few words, and then went to the next room to rest.

Wan Ning was already impatient, and was about to sneak away. Shuning felt that she was a little sorry for Mr. Cai, and persuaded her to leave at least after half a day's class, Wanning was a little reluctant, and while the two were talking, Yuanning spoke.

"Second sister," she said, "there is something I want to tell you. The pillow sent by the third sister that day, I asked my brother to take it and find the Father Brown I saw last time, sister, didn't you say that he was from France? As a result, and guess what? She glanced at Wan Ning proudly: "He doesn't know that kind of embroidery at all!" It seems that the second sister also makes mistakes. ”

Wan Ning stared at her, but she didn't care: "Oh? Father Brown, who seems to have grown up in the church since he was a child, how could he have seen that kind of thing in the court, and the white priest who returned to China this spring was from a French aristocracy, and he knew this kind of embroidery. She cleaned up the things on her desk, held her head high and said, "Fourth sister has time to inquire about these things, it is better to spend more time on homework, and let Mr. praise you a few words." With that, he left.

Yuan Ning's face turned red: "You will deceive people, everyone is gone, you can say anything." What do you have to be proud of? Those who praise you are blind! Who knew that Mr. Cai happened to enter the door at this time, her red face turned white again, and she quickly lowered her head.

Mr. Cai didn't seem to hear anything, just glanced at Wan Ning's distant back, sighed, and returned to his seat to start the class again.

In the following days, Shuning came almost every day, Zhang Bao and Tong were also very approving of her learning more things, and Duan Ning exaggerated and shouted that he had to work hard, otherwise he would be compared to his sister again, which would be too faceless, causing the whole family to laugh non-stop.

Wan Ning rarely comes, and even if she does, she won't stay long. Usually she either accompanies her grandmother to talk to relieve boredom, or asks friends to go out to play, and the palace also sent someone to come once to take her into the palace to talk to the queen mother. It is rumored that she is very much the fate of the Queen Mother, and she has been in the palace many times before.

Every time Shuning goes to class, there is only one Yuan Ning as a classmate. At first, Yuanning ignored her completely, but after a long time, the child couldn't bear the boredom, so he occasionally talked to her, but his tone was still not good. Shuning couldn't cry or laugh, feeling that she hadn't offended her, but she hated her like this, it was really a disaster.

Most of the time, though, her attention is focused on her studies.

The course is very interesting, basically every two days, if one morning is to learn the piano, in the afternoon is to learn chess, and the next day is to learn calligraphy and painting. What they learn is the basics, not profound, as for composing poems and lyrics, she and Yuan Ning have not yet reached that stage.

The basic exercises are actually very dull, sometimes they just keep playing a short melody in the morning, and they will change to another one after three mornings of learning; And painting, too, sometimes for ten days in a row, they would draw chickens, and Mr. Cai would not allow them to draw other things.

But the learning is still quite effective. After more than a month, Shuning was able to play a minor tune very fluently, and drew three or four chicks in one breath without making mistakes. She felt a sense of accomplishment.

Mr. Cai praised Shuning a few times, which made Yuanning hostile to her again, but when he saw that she didn't show off in front of herself because she was praised, but just continued to practice hard, he felt very surprised, and gradually stopped being hostile to her.

One afternoon, before class, Yuan Ning took out the demonstration diagram he drew when he assigned the drawing homework the day before yesterday, and was about to finish the rest of the homework, but found that one of the pictures was missing. She was a little flustered, only this picture, she had never practiced at all, if she was punished by her husband, her mother would scold her again.

Shu Ning saw her rummaging around her things in a panic and asked her what was wrong.

Yuan Ning looked at her, a little hesitant, the other party also had the same demonstration map, but if she opened her mouth, I don't know how she would laugh at herself.

However, she still told Shuning about it, but she didn't expect Shuning to say anything, so she lent her picture to her. She hurriedly followed the drawing.

It wasn't until she finished her homework count of five sheets that she breathed a sigh of relief. When she returned the picture to Shuning, she found that the other party was also doing her drawing homework, so she asked, "Didn't the third sister do her homework either?" Shuning replied, "Yes, but there is still time for it, instead of sitting still, it is better to draw it twice." ”

Yuan Ning couldn't understand this approach at all and asked, "Why?" Can you do your homework? In other words, if she is the second sister, as long as she completes the homework assigned by her husband, her husband will praise her vigorously. What's the use of practicing so much? According to the little girl, this kind of thing is too "redundant".

Shuning said: "Diligence can make up for clumsiness, my talent is not as good as others, so I have to practice more to do better." ”

Mr. Cai came, and Yuan Ning hurriedly swallowed the question and returned to her seat.

After that, Yuan Ning always paid attention to this third cousin who didn't pay much attention to it. Whether it's in class or during breaks, Shuning can always feel her gaze and feel hairy in her heart. However, this phenomenon only lasted for a few days, and Yuan Ning returned to normal, which made Shu Ning breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that the fourth girl seems to be more diligent, and every time the homework assigned by her husband is completed, she will take the initiative to complete it, and her studies have improved. One day, Mr. Cai praised her for the first time, and the little girl's face was red and her eyes were shining, and everyone could see how happy she was in her heart.

Only the next day, she was like a frosted eggplant, listless. Shuning was secretly strange.

At the end of class, Yuan Ning stopped Shuning: "Third sister, let's go back together?" ”

This is the first time in the world!

The two sisters walked through the garden to their lodgings. Yuan Ning was silent for a while, and then said, "Third sister, I'm ...... I was very uncomfortable, no one in the family cared about me at all, they would only say that the second sister was good. Shuning stopped and looked at her in surprise.

Is this little sister talking to her?

Yuan Ning's eyes were red and she said, "Everything she does is good, and no one cares what I do." Yesterday, I finally got a compliment from my husband and went back to tell Eniang, but she ...... "She sniffed," she didn't take it seriously at all, and would only say that the second sister was much better than me. Why would she say such a thing? Obviously I'm her daughter? ”

Her tears were about to burst out: "Since I was a child, my mother will only say that Wanning is good, Wanning is smart, Wanning is likable, hum, isn't it because my grandmother spoils her?" I'm obviously working hard, why doesn't E-Niang praise me? Even if it's just a sentence. ”

Shuning felt a little pitiful for her. is also a concubine, but her status in the family is obviously worse than Wanning. She used to only think that the little girl was rude and unreasonable, and she always looked at Wanning unpleasantly, but she didn't expect her to have such suffering.

It is indeed very sad not to be recognized by relatives. For example, she was admitted to a good university in her previous life, but in the eyes of her mother, it is not as important as the child she born after her to participate in summer camp.

Shuning felt a little sympathetic, so she tried her best to comfort her, and said, "Didn't Mr. Cai praise you yesterday?" And you're working so hard now, but the second sister is just lazy, and you're much better than her in this regard. ”

When Yuan Ning heard this, her mood improved: "That's right! I'm working harder than she is now! It's just that he was a little disappointed again: "But her talent is so high, and Mr. also said that we can't compare to her." ”

Shuning smiled: "What if she's a genius?" Fang Zhongyong was also born with a strange talent, but didn't he also lose everyone later? According to my opinion, only one percent of talent, coupled with ninety percent of diligence, can make a truly learned person. She changed a quote slightly.

When Yuan Ning heard this, her eyes lit up.

She felt like she had found a way to surpass Wan Ning.