After everyone greeted each other, the girls lined up to pay homage to the three gentlemen.

Including the children of the Lu family, there were a total of fifteen people who apprenticed this time, led by the children of the Lu family, five people in a row, and knelt down in three rows to give a big salute to the three female gentlemen, and presented the apprenticeship prepared by the parents for them.

Shi Xian sat in the middle, and after accepting all the gifts, he spoke on behalf of Mr., "The world is difficult, and it is not easy for many women, and you have a rich family, which is luckier than the vast majority of people in this world. Your parents and brothers can rely on you, but you can't rely on others, and you should have the ability to stand on your own in the world. Retreat, you can protect yourself, advance, you can help your parents and brothers, people live for a lifetime, there should always be some meaning, not just live. ”

This argument is novel at the moment, not to mention other ladies, even Lin Qingwan looked at Shi Xian in surprise.

Shi Xian solemnly looked at the fifteen students below, and said in a deep voice: "In this world, it is difficult to find a gentleman, and it is even more difficult to find a female gentleman, so I hope that you can be diligent and motivated after entering the school, and don't waste the hard work of me and your parents, and waste this opportunity to go to school." Lu's family study will not only teach you to read and write, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and female cooking, but also the way of life and the ability to manage. ”

Shi Xian sighed: "I'll do my best, Wang'er and others will do their best, don't follow in my footsteps." ”

The girls who don't know what to do are suspicious, and the ladies who know the inside story bow their heads and ponder, the Shi family has always been enlightened because they are historians, and they heard that Shi Xian's marriage was agreed by her, and it seems that she still chose Cui Jin herself, and the Shi family is good at seeing people, this is saying that he is not good at learning art, and he is not allowed to meet people?

After Shi Xian finished speaking, he bowed slightly to his cousin and Second Lady Lu, and the girls stepped forward in turn to worship Shi Cha.

The three of them just took a sip and put it down, and sent out the prepared four treasures of the study, and the apprenticeship was complete.

Today is just an apprenticeship, and the girls have to stay in the afternoon to exchange feelings, so the parents have to go back first.

The requirements of the Lu family school are stricter than the school of the house, and the school has an hour's rest time at noon, but the family study of the Lu family is only half an hour, counting the meal, everyone can rest for a while.

However, parents have looked at the class schedule, in addition to the morning course is heavier, in the afternoon are mainly more entertaining courses such as qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, parents also saw a course called "nature", taken from Zhuangzi's conformity to nature.

Lin Qingwan also knew that Shi Xian originally wanted to name this course "morality", and if "benevolence and righteousness" is the label of Confucianism, then "morality" is the essence of Taoist thought.

However, Shi Hui was very opposed, because although most of this course is Lao Zhuang's knowledge points, there are also stretches out, and it is inappropriate to directly define "morality".

The sisters debated for two days, and finally asked Lin Qingwan to make a judgment, Shi Xian gave in and changed the name to "Nature".

Although the name has been changed, everyone still knows that this is a course about Lao Zhuang, and the ladies have seen it and not said it, but they are very satisfied.

At this time, Confucianism did not yet occupy a hegemonic position in the field of knowledge and culture, and Taoism still occupied a very important position at the cultural level.

The ladies who can send their daughters from home to the Lu family to study are still open-minded, that is, the second lady Shang prefers Taoism.

So I didn't show any distaste for this course.

And Lin Qingwan, she said that although the education in this era is small but fine, what else can she say except admiration?

It's a pity that the cost of reading is too high, so there are very few people who read, and even fewer women.

She and Yubin are lucky, the Lin family is a scholar family, and the resistance to reading is much smaller.

Lin Qingwan patted Lin Yubin's head and whispered: "Go, get along with your classmates, if someone bullies you, don't fight with people in person, come back and tell my sister-in-law." ”

Lin Yubin blinked, suspecting that he had misheard, "Fight? Isn't it a quarrel? ”

Lin Qingwan touched her head with a smile and said, "It's a fight, just quarrel, just quarrel, but you don't want to fight with others with your small body, so as not to suffer." ”

Lin Yubin's face was black, "Sister-in-law, do you think I look like someone who can fight?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, how can you see that people can't do anything when they are annoyed?

She wasn't also recognized as a good girl when she was studying, but even she was afraid of herself when she got into a fight.

Lin Yubin stayed in class, Lin Qingwan said goodbye and left, and when she went outside, she found that the parents were almost gone, and Mrs. Shang was still standing at the door with Xiao Fang.

Lin Qingwan stepped forward with a smile, "Do you want the second wife and Mingyuan's daughter-in-law to go to my house to sit?" ”

Mrs. Shang Er smiled and excused herself, "I'll go back another day when I'm free, I still have to wait for Mingjie, that kid is really, he said that he would come out and talk to me after saying goodbye, but there is no one until now." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "It is estimated that Mr. Lu left him to speak, since Mingyuan did not come out, it means that things are going well." ”

She paused and said with a smile: "I haven't congratulated the second wife yet, Mingjie worshipped Mr. Lu as a teacher, and he will be more promising in the future." ”

Mrs. Shang Er smiled with a smile on her face, and said proudly and modestly: "As long as he is willing to study seriously, I will be very satisfied if he doesn't think about playing all day long." ”

Lin Qingwan curled the corners of her mouth, this is really the most careless lie.

She bowed slightly to Xiao Fang's and said goodbye to the two of them and left.

When the car arrived at the foot of the mountain, Lin Qingwan said, "Let's go and see the fruit trees first." ”

The coachman immediately turned his horse's head and headed towards Qingfeng Village.

Construction is underway in the orchard, and the craftsmen of the Lin Mansion have drawn drawings according to Lin Qingwan's requirements, and designed thatched huts, open pavilions, cloisters and pavilions in them, and are now hiring workers to build them.

The banks of the creek in the orchard were also cleaned up, and a lot of flowers and trees were planted, and Lin Qingwan selected three florists from the house to take care of them.

There will be no harvest of fruit trees this year and next year, so we can only find some from flowers and trees.

The overseer of the orchard flew over to ask for peace, "Grandma, the fruit trees are all alive, and the flowers and trees you let the gardeners take good care of, and a batch of flowers will be produced during the Dragon Boat Festival." ”

Lin Qingwan was surprised, "So fast? ”

The overseer smiled, "The flowers that have been moved from the house and the old house are big branches, and they will bloom after a month of care, and those who are bought from the market and transplanted by themselves are afraid that they will have to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

The overseer looked at Lin Qingwan's face and asked cautiously, "Grandma, do you want to sell this flower during the Dragon Boat Festival?" ”

"Sell," Lin Qingwan smiled, "If you can sell it, why not sell it?" ”

"Then ...... the man in charge?"

"I'll go back and discuss with Steward Zhong, and send someone over to take over in two days, and then you can go back to the house."

The overseer was overjoyed when he heard this, and he happily responded, and finally he didn't have to be exposed to the wind and sun here.

Lin Qingwan went back and looked for Zhong Da Steward, "How is Lin Shun's training?" ”

"He is a smart child, and he has been with Uncle Lao Zhong for many years, and he looks calmer than his father, and he has been more stable with me in the past few months," Steward Zhong said silently: "If my aunt and grandmother have no other arrangements, the little one wants to take him with her and be a successor in the future." ”

"This is not in a hurry, Uncle Zhong is not very old, and he can still do it for twenty or thirty years, let him exercise elsewhere first."

Steward Zhong couldn't help laughing, "My aunt and grandmother also think too highly of me, if I can do it at the age of Uncle Zhong, I will be very satisfied." Where do you want to send him? ”

"On the side of Qingfeng Village, there are not many flowers and trees that can be sold, but they also need to be managed, and someone has to take over the work in the garden."

Steward Zhong hesitated, "Is this overkill, the garden is only more than 300 acres, and the fruit trees have not grown up, so there are not many places to use him." ”

However, there are many places where Zhuangzi needs people, and talents are rare, and sending Lin Shun there is a suspicion of decentralization.

"Then leave the pond to him to take care of," Lin Qingwan said with a smile: "Don't dislike it for being small, that garden may become a big income for our Lin family in the future." ”

Steward Zhong just smiled, fruits are expensive, but no matter how expensive they are, how much money can an orchard make?

And if you have to plant too much, if you can't sell it, you will lose money, only grain and silk cloth are king, so Steward Zhong still thinks that the big Zhuangzi here is more important.

Lin Shun was transferred, and Lin Qingwan met with him first, told him all about her plans for the garden, and hoped that he could put forward better opinions in the management in the future.

Lin Shunben was still a little lost, after all, he was transferred from the side of the big steward Zhong to manage a small Zhuangzi, who knew that this Zhuangzi was so important, his eyes sparkled when he heard it, and he asked: "Grandma, what is the name of the garden in the future?" It can't just be called an orchard, right? Yiyuan has a good name, and we have to choose a louder one. ”

Lin Qingwan's first thought was the modern and catchy "XX Farmhouse", she coughed lightly, here, of course, the name can't be taken like that, she thought for a while and said: "Since the audience is a reader, then call it Wenyuan, meet friends with literature, and take flowers as the medium." ”

Lin Shun ran to polish the ink upside down, and spread out the paper in front of Lin Qingwan, "Please give me the words." ”

Lin Qingwan couldn't help but smile, picked up the pen and wrote the word "Wenyuan", she smiled and said: "Lin Shun, the matter of Wenyuan is not in a hurry, it will not be open until next spring at the earliest, you have to build it before that." Those pavilions and roads must be complete, in addition, don't forget the ponds on the Zhuangzi side, they are also in your care. ”

"Auntie, rest assured, I've been watching them dig ponds on the construction site these days, except for my father, I'm most familiar with the project here."

Lin Qingwan bowed, "When the pond is dug up, release the water to raise fish, in addition to making fertilizer, the dug sugar mud can also be piled around to make the pond foundation, you can plant fruit trees or mulberry trees on it, we have no shortage of water in the south of the Yangtze River, if you can send people to raise ducks." ”

Lin Shun was dumbfounded when he heard this, and asked blankly, "Grandma, do we still have money in our house?" ”

Lin Qingwan: "......"

Steward Lin held the money bag and didn't let go, and said resolutely: "Grandma, if you don't have any money, forget about the fish fry, this duck or something really has no money to buy, not to mention that everyone loves chicken more, who eats duck." ”

He crossed his fingers to calculate the money for Lin Qingwan, "The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, I just went out two days before the ceremony to the capital, and I have to start preparing for the festival ceremony to the clan monk's family, and those old ones in Yangzhou, I also have to go to a ceremony to contact and contact feelings." ”

Steward Lin looked at Lin Qingwan with tears in his eyes and said, "Grandma, it won't be long after the Dragon Boat Festival to be the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Lin Qingwan stubbornly said, "Doesn't our family also receive gifts?" ”

Steward Lin's tears were about to flow, "Grandma, if the master knew that the family had to sell gifts to live, how sad would he be in heaven." ”

Yes, looking at Steward Lin's tearful appearance, Lin Qingwan didn't dare to mention the money anymore, cough cough, she has spent a little too much recently, so let's take it slowly.