Shuning agrees with this sentence very much, she wants to learn these things mostly to cultivate her sentiments, so don't think about it. But in this way, it reminded her of Wanning, isn't that a "talented girl"?

After saying this, Zhenzhen on the other side looked a little strange, and smiled embarrassedly and said: "I don't mean anything else, I know your cousin, she is a real talented woman, and the poems she writes are even praised by people who ask about college." ”

It seems that Jinjin and her want to go together. She naturally didn't think about it, whether Wanning was a "talented girl" or not, she knew very well in her heart, so she said: "You also recognize my second sister?" Why didn't I hear her talk about it when I was in the capital? "With Zhenzhen's family background, if Wanning made friends with her, she should mention it.

Zhenzhen shook her head: "Although I grew up in Beijing, I lived with my grandmother in another place a few years ago, and I was not in Beijing, so the friends I made were naturally estranged. I've known Wan Ning for a few years, and we've played with her, but later, I don't think she likes to play with us girls, so I rarely look for her. She paused and said with a smile: "It's really strange to say, in our group of girls, she seems to only be good with Yumin, and she doesn't pay much attention to others." ”

Shu Ning smiled and said, "Maybe it's a mismatch, right?" The second sister has a strong temperament, and I have also seen Sister Yumin, a very kind person. Zhenzhen tilted her head and thought about it, and said, "Let's put it bluntly, in fact, I think your second sister is really a little strange." She has been lively and generous since she was a child, and she has many new ideas and knows many strange things, and we actually like to play with her. But after knowing each other for a long time, I think she is too scheming, look at the people she has befriended? Those with slightly worse family backgrounds are difficult to get into her eyes. But she is obviously a big character, she loves to play and make trouble, and she is subordinate to the servants. He has always been kind. It's unbelievable to say that she has such a scheming of herself. I was with a few girls who rarely played with her. I guessed in private, could it be that your family wanted her to know those people? ”

This young lady has a keen mind, Wan Ning's character should not be so scheming, and most of the people who know the prince and the prince are just following the law of Qing Wear Women, and now they are not so enthusiastic.

Shuning said: "What do the elders in the family think. How will I know as a junior? However, there are many people who usually come and go in the family, and there are many people whose family backgrounds are not obvious, and it is just a coincidence that they did not deliberately ask the second sister to make friends with high-ranking families, right? Zhenzhen smiled nonchalantly: "Is there any, what's the matter?" It is also common for the elders of the family to restrain their children from making friends abroad. Let's not talk about these twists and turns in the capital, can you tell me about what is fun and delicious in Guangzhou? I'm going to be here for three years, but I'm going to have a good time. ”

Hey? Is she going to stay for three years? It's not that she's thirteen years old, so she should be the same as Wan Ning in next year's draft, right?

It may be that he saw Shuning's puzzled gaze. Zhenzhen said clearly: "You want to ask about the draft, right?" In fact, as many people know, I, Amma, have accompanied the holy car since I was a child, and the emperor has already made a decree. I'm exempt from the election. She lifted her chin and pretended to be very proud. My Amma and my brothers spoil me the most. So, who am I going to marry? It's all up to me. Those gentlemen who can't write or do anything, and even I can't compare, don't think about toads and want to eat swan meat! ”

Shuning couldn't help but laugh, this new friend was really funny. Zhenzhen lowered her head a little embarrassed and said, "You won't laugh at my thick skin, will you?" Shuning shook her head: "How come?" This is how it should be, say it generously, what's the matter? ”

Zhenzhen said happily when she heard this: "I know that you are different from others, and when I say these things in front of them, they make fun of me." She stood up and shouted out of the room, "Liangzhu, bring me my favorite pastries." Then he turned around and said to Shuning: "You can also taste my family's dim sum, this is the craftsmanship passed down by the royal dim sum master in the palace." ”

You have to try it. Shuning looked at the four pastries sent by Liangzhu, and felt that they were all very delicate and delicious, and she ate them with relish. While the two were eating and talking, there was a sudden neighing of horses in the distance.

"This is the voice of Xue Skull!" Zhenzhen immediately jumped up and shouted, "Jiu'er, Jiu'er, go and ask what's going on!" A little girl ran out quickly, and came back after a while to report: "Girl, it was the second master and the young master Duanning who rode to the horse farm." ”

Zhenzhen stomped her feet: "This second brother is too much!" Why don't you call me if you want to go horseback riding? When he looked back at Shuning, he blushed: "I'm really sorry, I forgot that I still have guests." ”

Shu Ning saw that she still had a little crumb on the corner of her mouth but looked unconscious, and burst out laughing, really annoyed: "Alas, why are you laughing at me?" I didn't mean to! Are you still laughing? Still laughing? "Speaking of the back, it's almost pounced. Shuning sat on the stool, covering her stomach, pointing to the corners of her mouth, Zhenzhen found that she had a little dandruff on the side of her mouth, and she was busy wiping it with a handkerchief, before she sat down with a blushing face, looking at the corners of her mouth still slightly upturned Shuning, she puffed out her cheeks angrily, looked at it for a while, and then couldn't help but smile herself.

After laughing for a while, Zhenzhen said sarcastically: "Actually, I am in a hurry, my two brothers have never liked to take me to play." I wanted to ride a horse, and they said that I was afraid of falling, and I wanted to learn swordsmanship, and they were afraid that I would be injured by a weapon. Actually, how can I be so stupid? She raised her eyes to look at Shuning, "I heard your brother say that he often takes you out to play?" Your brother is so nice, unlike my two brothers......"

"What's wrong with the two of us?" A tall man walked in. When Shuning saw it, she felt that he looked very similar to the general, but she was much younger, and guessed that this was the general's eldest son, so she stood up and saluted.

"Big brother." Zhenzhen stood up and blessed, "I'm also telling the truth, why don't you want to take me to play." ”

Sure enough, it was the general's eldest son. He nodded to Shuning: "This is the daughter of the prefect Zhang Bao, right?" I'm Zhenzhen's eldest brother Chongsi, my sister is spoiled at home Yongsheng 4 Ranwen, if there is any rudeness, please don't be surprised. ”

Shuning replied gently: "Brother Chongsi is polite, Sister Zhenzhen has a straightforward temperament, and the younger sister likes to get along with her very much. Chongsi looked at his sister and glanced at him proudly, then touched her head and said, "You guys are compatible." The best thing is that she is new to this place, and she is not familiar with the place. A person is strange and lonely. I want to learn from Amma, and my second brother Chongli also has homework. It's rare to accompany her, so please come more often. ”

Seeing that Shuning responded, he turned his head to Zhenzhen and said, "Little one has no conscience, my second brother and I are afraid that you will bump into each other, but you always complain." It's a waste of our kindness. He nodded his sister's forehead before taking his leave.

Jinjin grimaced at her brother's back, turned back to her new friend and said, "Don't listen to him, how can I be so squeamish?" It's clear that they underestimate me. ”

Shuning smiled and nodded, thinking to herself: Zhenzhen's two elder brothers are actually sisters. I haven't been out of the field dividing line for a long time

Shuning and Zhenzhen became close friends with handkerchiefs, and often came to the door as a guest, learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs with her, and sometimes making some snacks as souvenirs.

Interaction with Jinjin. It reminds Shuning of the good times she spent with Zhou Yinlan. It's a pity that she and Zhou Yinlan are separated from each other and haven't seen each other for more than three years. Zhang Bao occasionally contacted Zhou Wenshan, giving the two girls a chance to communicate. But over the course of a year, it's only two or three times at most. Therefore, Shuning cherishes the friendship with her new friends.

Duanning and Chongsi Chongli are also very compatible. Especially with Chongli. Chongli was more bookish than his brother. He often worked with Duan Ning to review his schoolwork and practice martial arts, mounted archery. He excelled in the art of war and horsemanship. But the Four Books and Five Classics and archery are Duanning's advantage, and the two are not convinced by each other, and they have to compete at both ends in three days.

The Tong family is happy to see the interaction between them, they are all children with good conduct, and they will not do anything dangerous, not to mention, she herself is very compatible with Mrs. Wen, and she also threaded the needle and introduced several other official ladies to her, and Mrs. Wen quickly gained a firm foothold in the social network of the official wife in the city, and she was very grateful to the Tong family in private. In addition to learning poetry and calligraphy together, Shuning occasionally goes out with Zhenzhen, and even takes the two brothers to a farther place. They have been to Yuexiu Mountain to see Zhenhai Tower, entered the South Park to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the garden, admired the masterpieces of poets, also went to Zengcheng to taste lychee fruits, and went to the tea houses and alleys to eat Lingnan food.

Ah Song, who was familiar with the city of Guangzhou, was pulled by Huzi to be a guide, and the general's office sent two guards who had lived in the local area for a long time to follow them, and brought a number of servants, both to lead the way, and to arrange a place for food and rest, and the four and a half children were having a great time.

Soon, Shuning proposed to the others to go to the Thirteen Lines Pier. Duan Ning already knew what the sea was like on the way to Guangzhou, but he still felt very new to the big ships in the West, so he was the first to agree. Chongli Zhenzhen and the others had long heard that the Thirteen Elements were rich, so they also planned to open their eyes. The four of them found a good weather and took a carriage to Baietan. On the way, Shuning made a request and went to a small English church, where there was a British missionary she knew, who had delivered a message a few months earlier that he had obtained the book she wanted.

The English missionary's name was White. Butcher, about thirty years old, was well-mannered, tall, thin, and unhealthily white. He knew some medical skills, and occasionally helped the people in the neighborhood to see some minor diseases, so he had a good reputation in this area.

He received the visiting Shuning and her party with appropriate hospitality, handed her the book she wanted, and happily accepted a pot of tea as a reward.

White has lived in Guangzhou for two years and has learned a lot of Cantonese, but only in simple sentences. Shu Ning spoke to him in staccato and stammering English, only to have Duan Ning, Chongli, and Zhenzhen all look at her in surprise. Zhenzhen also said: "Sister Shu, I didn't expect you to be so capable, and you even learned the words of foreigners." ”

Shuning whispered: "It's going to be very simple, and if you listen to it a lot, you will naturally do it." In fact, she was very ashamed in her heart, after ten years, she had almost forgotten English, only remembered the most basic sentence patterns and the most commonly used words, if she wore it back now, she would not have the face to say that she had learned this.

White only talked to them for a while, and then he had to leave, and some believers came to him. Zhenzhen looked at this somewhat shabby small church, and wondered: "I have also seen foreigners' churches in Beijing, which are much better than here, and there are many believers, why do few people seem to come here?" ”

"White is British, and their state religion is a little different from that of other Western countries, and they don't respect the Catholic Church. I heard that a few years ago, a king in their country was overthrown by the people because he wanted to re-honor Catholicism, and another king was found. There are not many British people in Guangzhou, and most foreigners from other countries respect the Holy See, so it is naturally not as lively as other churches. ”

Chongli frowned and said, "How dare these foreigners be so lawless, even the king dares to overthrow them?" It's better not to come to this kind of place in the future. ”

Zhenzhen raised her eyebrows: "I want to be with Sister Shuning, I will go wherever she goes, I don't need you to care." ”

Chongli knew that his tone was wrong, but he provoked his own sister-in-law, so he had to confess to her in a low voice. Shuning said with a smile: "I came here just to know the customs of some Western countries and open my eyes, and I don't want to believe in foreign religions, if I want to believe, it is better to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva with my mother." Brother Chongli don't have to worry, I won't take Sister Zhenzhen to do something stupid. ”

Chongli glanced at himself when he saw his sister-in-law, and hurriedly said to Shuning: "It was my mistake, Sister Shu is the most secure person, how can she make a mistake?" Please spare me, two sisters. "Let's talk about it again and again.

The two girls laughed, and Duan Ning said, "Okay, okay, we still have to go to the dock, and if we continue to grind, the sun will go down." ”