Tong Shi hurriedly asked, "What?" Is she causing trouble again? Doesn't that mean she's getting better? ”

Duan Ning said: "Although she is now more measured in her actions and words than before, and she is also polite and thoughtful in front of elders and outsiders, I think she is reluctant to do it." There was a guest in the house, she followed her grandmother for a day, and before dinner, a few of our juniors were sent to invite uncles and aunts, and I saw her crooked on the couch in the small hall, not a look, as soon as she saw us, she immediately sat upright, and laughed that she was resting. I don't think she's used to it, it's just that it's not rude in front of others. ”

Tong sighed: "No wonder, she has been doing whatever she wants since she was a child, as long as she is not very out of place, the old lady will not discipline her." It's rare for her to know how to measure in front of people now, and we don't have to find faults. ”

Duan Ning saw that Zhang Bao was also nodding, so he said, "This is also true." It's just that sometimes she overdoes it, and it looks fake. For example, the fifth elder brother came to her, if she really didn't want to continue to make friends with people, she spoke politely and respectfully, but as a result, she had a straight face, a cold look, saluted, and left without saying a word, which made me and the third brother extremely embarrassed, fortunately, the fifth elder brother has a kind temperament, otherwise it is not uncommon to treat our family for a crime of disrespect. ”

Shuning Daqi: "Hasn't the second sister always been good friends with the fifth elder brother?" How did you suddenly become so cold? Duan Ning said: "No one can guess what she is thinking in her heart now." Marfa once reprimanded her for being rude, but instead she cried in front of her grandmother and told her that she was trying not to cause gossip, which made both elders unhappy. ”

Tong nodded: "That's true, after all, Wanning is going to be drafted next year, so she should really avoid it and socialize less with outsiders." She used to be too fun-loving. not only made friends with the children of those official families, but also showed up to help the second room do business, which is too different from the appearance of a lady. ”

Duan Ning smiled. Stopped again, and Shuning saw it. Hurriedly asked, "What is my brother laughing at?" He hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, she is still helping the second uncle and second aunt in business." ”

Tong and Shuning were both a little surprised, Zhang Bao frowned and said, "Why are your second uncle and second aunt so confused?" Didn't you say that you had found a way to make money? What are you doing with your second niece? ”

Duan Ning said: "It's true that I have found a way, but Sister Wanning is favored in front of her grandmother, and they can't do too much." But it's not the same as before. I listened to the third brother, Wanning wrote a few more books, one is to tell the story of a Han boy who grew up in Mongolia to help the emperor of the Song Dynasty guard the border passes, and the other is that the prince of Dali ran to the Central Plains and met a Fanbang hero who grew up in the Central Plains. The third brother said that the two books are very interesting.,It's just that the second uncle thinks they have the intention of advocating the use of force to violate the forbidden land.,Not to mention that it involves the Mongolian Jin Kingdom and so on.,It's very taboo.。 Originally, the second book was better.,It's a pity that it's too literary.。 Speaking in the teahouse, ordinary people can't understand it, but they can understand the local literati and inkmen. I don't like to listen to the stories of these Jianghu people fighting and killing. Therefore, the second uncle pushed it all up, and only invited a few down-and-out literati to write some market legends, good and evil causes and other scripts. On the contrary, it was very popular. ”

Zhang Bao nodded and said, "This is the right reason." I have heard people say that the books that are spoken in the cabinet are not good for edification. It's good to change it now. ”

Duan Ning continued: "The rouge shop over there of the second aunt, I heard that Sister Wan can't think of any ideas anymore, but the shopkeeper there invited an old doctor to write a prescription and make some beauty pills to sell, and the business is very good." Of course, I don't know how to make modern cosmetics when I think about it, and it's amazing that she can last so long.

Although Wanning didn't have any good ideas, she still had some status at home, and when she left Beijing, her second uncle and second aunt stopped her dividends, and now she still sends them over according to the amount of the year. Grandmother also praised the generosity of the second uncle and the second aunt, but Wanning was a little not high

Shuning lowered her head and bent the corners of her mouth: Sister Wanning, you can't come up with an idea, it's good to be able to receive dividends like before, it's better not to be too greedy.

Tong saw that her son was a little sleepy, so she let him go to sleep, but there was one thing she wanted to ask again, and she hesitated whether she should say it now.

Seeing his mother's expression, Duan Ning smiled slightly, whispered a few words in her ear, and saw that her mother's face was full of faint joy, so she said, "He's doing well, just rest assured." "Then I went to the study.

Because the whole family had just moved over, and Duan Ning came suddenly, he didn't have time to clean up his room, so Tong let him rest on the couch in the study. Early the next morning, she instructed Thursday Lin and his wife to clean up the house for him. The whole family dressed up and went to the General's Mansion to thank Lord Wudan.

The new general was a tall and burly man, with a bronze complexion, a short beard, and a kind speech, after Zhang Bao solemnly thanked him, he said: "Ling Lang is a talent, outstanding in character and learning, these days he has come all the way south with our family, and he gets along very well with my two stinky boys, but let them grow, but I want to thank the prefect." ”

Zhang Bao said that he didn't dare, and he said: "You don't have to be too humble, having such an outstanding son shows that you are well-raised." I heard that when the thieves broke into your house, Ling Yan was also very brave in order to save her father and younger brother. ”

Zhang Bao was humble again, and the general was impatient: "I'm not complimenting you, but telling the truth." I have two sons and a daughter, except for the eldest son who wants to follow me to learn practical practice, the other two children are about the same age as your children, I want them to make friends and let each other have a benefit, how about you? ”

Zhang Bao could only agree, he glanced at his son, saw that his face was a little happy, and knew that the general's young lady should not be difficult to get along with, so he also relieved his heart.

Mrs. Wu Dan died early, and now there is only one second lady here, and the court is a courtier. Tong took his daughter to the inner courtyard to meet the Mrs. Wen, and it happened that Miss General was also there. Entertainment giant Ranwen

This young lady is two years older than Shuning, only two months younger than Wanning, and her figure is as tall as her mother-in-law, and she is pretty. A pair of beautiful eyes look forward to Shenfei. She wore wide-legged trousers in a lotus-colored color, a thin robe in rose purple, and a light gauze waistcoat in aqua red. A few twisted black hairs were coiled around his head and hung down to the back of his head. Tied with two long braids wrapped in colored silk ropes, playful and solemn.

Tong's mother and daughter met each other, and then sat down to talk. Tong praised the young lady a few words, Mrs. Wen also praised Shuning a few words, and the two ladies complimented back and forth for a long time. I just started to say some short words from parents.

Shuning listened very bored, but had to pretend to be very interested, and inadvertently turned her head to look at the general's young lady, and saw that she was also bored, and just looked over, and the two smiled similarly.

The young lady got up and walked over, pulled Shuning up and said, "I heard your brother talk about you." My name is Zhenzhen, the first word is Zhenzhen, and the second word is Zhenzhen of pearls. This name is the place where my mother was born, which means that I am the real pearl of our family. What about you? “

Shuning pursed her lips and smiled: "My name is Shuning, and the first word is the lady's lady." The second word is tranquil Ning, which was given by my Amma. It means that I hope I can grow into a quiet and elegant lady. ”

Jinjin looked at Shuning for a while. He laughed and said, "You are also very interesting, I just saw you sitting in a proper manner." I thought you were a boring person. Your brother always says how good his sister is, I get annoyed when I hear it, and when I see it today, it's really good. Let's be good friends, shall we? ”

Shuning likes her straightforward personality a little, so she naturally said yes. Tong said to Wen: "Miss's temperament is really straightforward and cute, and she is a girl from a military general's family." Wen said: "Our girl is just too naughty, unlike Ling Yan, she feels elegant and well-behaved when she looks at it." ”

Zhenzhen glanced at her: "You said this about me again, what's wrong with me?" After saying that, he gave a salute and confessed his guilt, and then pulled Shuning back to his room to talk.

Zhenzhen's room is very large, and there are a lot of things in it, maybe it only arrived yesterday, and the luggage has not been packed yet. There were a few big boxes scattered on the ground, and the things in them had not yet been taken out, and several maids shuttled back and forth to carry and place things, and when they saw them, they all saluted.

Zhenzhen nodded her head in greetings, pulled Shuning to a well-packed ear room to sit down, and asked someone to watch the tea.

Shu Ning looked at this room carefully, there was not much furniture, there was an elegant atmosphere, dotted with a few delicate ornaments, on the table by the window, there were Go chessboards and chess boxes.

Zhenzhen gave people a feeling of being a little like Su Yunzhu at the beginning, but in fact, her temperament was closer to Zhou Yinlan, she was straightforward, but she was mellow and kind. The boxes I saw on the way into the ground were filled with books, some new and some old; Some have picture scrolls; Some are loaded with pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and there are also many pen holders on the desk; There was a case where two pianos were also placed. This Miss Zhenzhen is more versatile than she imagined.

The most different thing between her and Zhou Yinlan is that there is also a horse whip hanging on the wall of the room, with a red rope wrapped around it, tied with a tassel, and the handle is very smooth, which is obviously commonly used.

Zhenzhen quickly returned to the room and sat down, and said with a smile: "The room hasn't been cleaned up yet, it's a mess, please don't be surprised." I told them to make the good tea they brought from Beijing, but I, Amma, don't understand this, so it's a waste to let him drink this, so it's better for us to enjoy it. ”

A delicate maid brought the tea up, using a delicate purple sand teapot. Shuning took a sip, and sure enough, the corners of her mouth were fragrant, which made people feel refreshed, and said: "It's really good tea, this is Longjing?" Zhenzhen nodded: "This is Longjing before the rain, sent by Uncle Wei's house in Nanjing." She smiled, "You can taste it, when your brother was on the boat, he used it as a thirst-quenching coarse tea, which is really tyrannical." Shuning smiled: "He has always been bad at these, and he doesn't pay attention to these things at home." I didn't understand it, but I tasted it once last year when I was a guest at someone's house. ”

She took another sip of tea and said, "I saw that you have all the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting here, my sister is really amazing." Zhenzhen waved her hand: "Let's go, let's learn less from the style of adults outside, compliments come and go, endlessly." If you are really so polite, it will be in vain to waste a piece of my sincerity. ”

Shuning hurriedly said: "It's not a compliment, I'm really envious of my sister." I have long been interested in learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but unfortunately I only studied in Beijing for a few months when I was a child, and I only know a little fur. After coming to Guangzhou, my mother also wanted to invite a good gentleman, but she couldn't find a suitable candidate, and the slightly better ones were invited by other families, so she could only review what she had learned before, and if she knew acquaintances, she occasionally asked them for a few words. What I've done the most over the years is nothing more than cooking female celebrities and the like, which are just mundane things. ”

Zhenzhen smiled: "What about mundane things? I'm not as good as you. I'm just mediocre on needlework, and although it's delicious, I can't do it. She paused, clapped her hands, and said, "I have an idea." Those who teach me piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all enshrined at home, and there is a teacher of poetry and books, and now he is also coming, why don't you come to my house often when you have time, and accompany me to learn, I don't charge you for repair, but what you do is delicious and fun, you have to count me as a share, how about it? ”

Shuning was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Of course this is good, but will it be too disturbing?" ”

Zhenzhen shook her head: "It's nothing, I'm bored to learn alone, gentlemen teach one person is teaching, teaching two people is also teaching, I still have a companion when you come." When I turned around, I told Ama and my aunt to go, and I was ready to go. ”

Shuning was full of joy, but she was a little worried: "But I will only be a little fur, will it slow down your progress?" ”

Zhenzhen smiled: "Who are you and me?" I've only scratched the surface. The ladies in Beijing, who hasn't learned a little bit of fur? Could it be true that because she knows how to play two tunes, play a few games of chess, write a few strokes, and draw two strokes, she really becomes a talented woman? ”