Chapter Twenty-Three: Mr. Qiao
The old lady really acted quickly, and only the day before yesterday she instructed Jiang Zhizhao to ask Jiang Yu for leave in the academy, and invited the female gentleman to her home today.
The old lady specially separated a courtyard as a study, this courtyard is in the front yard of Jiangfu, but it is more remote than the hot spring garden, and a large dense bamboo forest is planted around, so the name is Banzhuxuan.
Banzhuxuan was originally the place where the Jiang family ran a family school, but that was when it was in Changshui, since he came to Guangling, the old lady Jiang heard about the Chengnan Academy in Guangling, so he stopped his home school and let his grandchildren go there.
But the name Banzhuxuan remained, and I heard the old lady say that even the style is an imitation of the appearance of Changshui's hometown.
"You're late in enlightenment, and most of the time you follow me, so you haven't been to Banzhuxuan, I heard that several of your brothers and sisters are there, and you're still clamoring to go too······" Mrs. Jiang smiled and took Jiang Yu's hand, stopped in front of a pavilion facing the lake bridge, and said, "Okay, grandmother can only be sent here, go in quickly, don't let the female gentleman wait." ”
Jiang Yu sighed in her heart, responded obediently, and when she saw the old lady walk around the corner along the same road, she also turned around and entered the Companion Zhuxuan.
As soon as she entered, Jiang Yu was a little sluggish.
The front and back doors of the first floor of Banzhuxuan are all opened, the inside and outside are very transparent, there is not even a screen, only a marble long table, on which are placed pen and ink inkstone and rice paper and other supplies, and then, on the opposite side of this long table, a slightly higher long table is placed, and the ornaments are almost exactly the same.
Jiang Yu probed in all directions, but did not see the female gentleman for the first time.
She felt a little cold, the earth dragons in the room were almost useless, and all the heat was gone.
Seeing Jiang Yu's frowning and shrinking, Yingcui immediately walked to the side to close the wide open doors, but before she passed through the main hall, she heard a person shouting, "What are you doing with closing the window?" ”
In the obviously empty room, a voice suddenly appeared, Yingcui and Jiang Yu were startled, Jiang Yu paused for a moment, and then followed the sound - I saw a woman wearing a long hemp gray placket and an earthy yellow fox fur coat standing on the wooden stairs indoors, looking at them condescendingly, with a very unkind face.
Jiang Yu met her unceremonious gaze in the air, and for a moment, she lowered her head obediently, bowed to the woman, and explained: "Mr. Qiao, the students and maids are a little cold, thinking that these windows were forgotten to close after the people who came to clean them, but they didn't know that the person who opened the windows was you." ”
Although Jiang Yu explained the reason, this Mr. Qiao didn't listen to it at all.
She walked down the stairs in three or two steps, and then walked in front of Jiang Yu with an unhappy tone: "Master is in front, when is it your turn to make your own decisions?" The ancients still had those who stood in the snow in front of the teacher's door for several hours in order to study, but I didn't come, and my rules in this house were not used to count? ”
Okay, well, if you really listen to you in your house, it's just that this companion Zhuxuan is the Jiang family, and Jiang Yu is also one of the masters, right?
“······” Jiang Yu smiled dumbly in her heart, but her face was serious and even a little frightened: "The female gentleman misunderstood, grandmother has repeatedly warned Jiang Yu that she must learn from the female gentleman well, and she will definitely gain a lot." Students don't dare to be self-righteous. ”
Looking at the dress of this female gentleman, she can talk to her so comfortably in the smooth cold wind, it seems that the windproof effect of the fox fur on her body is excellent, and there must be a lot of restraints.
This female gentleman came from Tongzhou, and the family was originally full of pavilions and flowers, but later her father fell ill and died, and the family plummeted.
She herself came to her relatives this time, but because she still had a high reputation, she was introduced as a friend by the third lady Luo Shi and recommended her.
She deliberately opened the window today, because she wanted to give Jiang Yu a dismissal, so that people would not dare to underestimate her.
Of course, Jiang Yu would not openly oppose her, but there was really no need.
After some verbal exchanges, Mr. Qiao Nu felt that he had the upper hand, so he let Jiang Yu sit down.
She didn't let Yingcui stand beside her, saying that it would affect the teaching and disrespect her.
Jiang Yu happened to need someone to go back and get thicker blankets, so she was happy to let Yingcui leave.
Although she didn't say it, she believed that Yingcui knew what to do.
The lecture was listed by Mr. Qiao Nu herself, so the book on the first day was given to Jiang Yu, "The Legend of the Martyr".
Jiang Yu was a little curious, after all, in the past, her teacher never told her about "The Legend of the Daughters", only said that the sea of books is vast, pick up the essence and attack it, and forget the dross to cherish the time.
The first article is about the three migrations of Meng's mother, Mr. Qiao Nu is about to have some respectful people who have emulated Meng's mother, her evaluation of Meng's mother is very high, and those evaluations seem to have been thought of by her for a long time, she asked Jiang Yu to write them all down, and this part of the content will be examined in the next class.
Jiang Yu laid out the white paper, and was a little stunned when she lifted the pen and let the tip of the pen moisten the ink.
“······ Therefore the mother of the sages must also be the sages, and the sages of the mothers—why don't you remember them? Mr. Qiao Nu was talking happily, but when he saw Jiang Yu in a daze, he raised his voice and asked, faintly angry.
Jiang Yu came back to her senses, put down her pen, stood up and said respectfully: "What Mr. Lady said is very good, and the student likes it very much, but the student's words have not been taught by the teacher before, so they are very ugly, and I am afraid that Mr. Lady will not like it, so I dare not write it down." ”
Mr. Qiao Nu looked at her suspiciously for a while, and Jiang Yu tried her best to be very honest.
"So, write a few words backwards, and let me see."
Jiang Yu wanted exactly what she said, which shows that she believed it in the end.
This time, Jiang Yu put down the pen quickly, and after a while, a few words jumped on the paper, which was the sentence that Mr. Qiao Nu had commented before.
After reading the meaning of the words, Mr. Qiao Nu looked at the glyphs, and soon shook his head: "How can such a word be handled?" You-"
Before she finished speaking, she saw Yingcui go and return, carrying a food box and a red crane feather bag, standing outside the door, knocking gently.
Mr. Qiao Nu looked displeased, "It's only been less than an hour, and you want to eat snacks and play?" In my opinion, you should take your young lady with you, I am a place to study! ”
Yingcui's eyes flashed with unhappiness, but she still smiled and said: "Mr. Qiao misunderstood, the food box was sent to you by the old lady and the slave, the old lady knows that you will definitely do your best to teach Sister Yu, I am afraid that you are tired, so I specially asked the slave to ask you to rest for a while." ”
Mr. Qiao's face turned clear at this time, and he said, "It's hard for you." Thank you, old lady, for me. ”
Yingcui smiled: "It's okay, the female gentleman is tired, let's use some snacks while it's hot." ”
Mr. Qiao Nu turned around and told Jiang Yu that she could rest for a while, and went upstairs with the food box as she spoke.
Jiang Yu looked at her figure all the way to the corner of the stairs, and finally went upstairs, and couldn't even hear the footsteps, so she looked at Yingcui and laughed softly. "Yingcui, you're really back."
The young lady laughed, and the lady came downstairs to listen. The slave and maid have even moved out of the old lady, please don't blame it. Yingcui was worried while helping Jiang Yu put on the big coat, "Your hands are so cold, I'm afraid I will have a cold and fever when I go back." ”
Jiang Yu waved her hand, not caring at all, if she was really hot again, she could be quiet for a few days.
"It's out of the way, I think the female gentleman is funny, don't worry, I won't get sick so soon."
Only then did she know that the third lady might also know the truth about Jian Jian's burial, and found out that this Mr. Qiao was recommended by the third lady by chance, how can there be so many coincidences in the world.