Chapter 41: Grandmother
As soon as it was dawn, Wu Yuan got up, and after freshening up, he used some millet porridge and went to school in the small cross courtyard, and when he arrived at the small cross courtyard, Wu Yuan was the only one in the house except for the maid who was waiting.
Wu Yuan thought that there was nothing to do so early, so he flipped through the booklet and reviewed the lesson taught by Mr. Li yesterday.
Not long after, I saw someone from the small cross-courtyard, it was Mr. Li.
Wu Yuan hurriedly got up and bowed, and said respectfully, "Mr. Li." ”
Seeing that Wu Yuan had arrived at Xiaokuan Courtyard so early, Mr. Li said with a smile, "Why did you come so early today?" What is this looking at? ”
Wu Yuan replied respectfully: "I was looking at the lecture taught by Mr. yesterday." ”
"You have grown a lot during this time, and you are almost the same as reading the account books, and it is not difficult for you to look at the account books, the most important thing is to think about it yourself." Mr. Li sat down next to the bookcase, looked at Wu Yuan with satisfaction, and said.
Wu Yuan has been in Xiaokuan for so long, and Mr. Li is still praising her for the first time.
Wu Yuan hurriedly said modestly: "It's all the good of Mr. Professor, otherwise the student wouldn't have read the account book so quickly, I still remember the first time the student picked up the account book to read, the book was densely packed with numbers, and the student was really numb." ”
When Li Qing heard this, he smiled, "It's also your own hard work." ”
Not long after, Wu Yijin also arrived at the small cross courtyard, and seeing that Li Qing and Wu Yuan had arrived, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute Li Qingfu, and Li Qing smiled and let her sit down.
At noon, Wu Yuan was about to go back to the East Courtyard for lunch, and after a short rest, Wu Yijin chased after him from behind, "Sister, you wait for me." ”
"What's wrong? Little gluttonous cat, do you still want to go to my yard to eat? I listened to your personal maid, the third aunt trained you last night! Wu Yuan said with a smile.
"Why! If you listen to their nonsense, my mother will say a few words about me, where did you discipline me! Wu Yijin hugged Wu Yuan's arm and said, "It's been a long time since you went to Sanfutang to say hello to your grandmother, and your grandmother asked you in the morning!" ”
"What did grandmother say?" Wu Yuan's face instantly turned a little pale, and he asked nervously.
Wu Yijin saw that the eldest sister suddenly became nervous, took her hand and said, "I didn't ask anything, just asked what you were busy with these days, how your homework was, why didn't you go to Sanfutang." ”
Wu Yuan was slightly relieved when she heard this, she didn't know why, since Lilac was beaten in front of her, since she was saddled with the name of the Evil Star, she was reluctant to go to Sanfutang, as soon as she got close to it, she couldn't help but think of her grandmother's sharp reproach and Lilac's screams when she was beaten.
"I've been busy learning account books from Mr. Li recently, and you also know that now the Wu family is hiding far away when they look at me, for fear of touching the mold, how dare I go to Sanfutang... Wu Yuan said softly.
When Wu Yijin heard this, she raised her head and held Wu Yuan's hand, "Eldest sister, I know you're not, my father said it, those have nothing to do with you, Zi is silent, my father asked me to accompany you more." ”
Wu Yijin wanted to continue to say something, Wu Yuan took Wu Yijin's hand, his eyes were red, "I know, I know that the third uncle told me not to think about it, but after a long time, I began to wonder if what the Taoist priest said was true... ”
"Eldest sister, don't believe the nonsense of those subordinates, those subordinates like to talk about the wind and rain." Wu Yijin said as she walked, "Why don't we go to Sanfutang now?" I just went to say hello to my grandmother, who has been talking to me about you several times. ”
Wu Yuan was silent and didn't speak, she knew that Wu Yijin was kind, but Wu Yuan really didn't know how to face her grandmother now.
Without waiting for Wu Yuan to answer, Wu Yijin had already pulled Wu Yuan in the direction of Sanfutang.
The maid at the weeping flower gate saw the two and hurriedly went to the inner room of Sanfutang to spread the word.
When Wu Yuan entered the main hall, the old lady was having dinner, and when she saw the two of them coming, she said with a smile: "Why did you two come together?" Why don't you go back to the hospital for dinner? ”
Wu Yijin approached the old lady and said affectionately: "Isn't this that you always talk about the eldest sister in front of my ears, I came with the eldest sister, but I don't know if my grandmother let us eat here!" ”
Seeing Wu Yijin's naughty appearance, the old lady smiled and told Mama Zhu to buy dishes and chopsticks, and let her add a few side dishes.
Wu Yuan saluted respectfully to the old lady, "Granddaughter greets grandmother." ”
Seeing that Wu Yuan had lost a lot of weight, the old lady felt a little unbearable, and said lightly: "Get up, I heard Mr. Li say that you have been learning to read the account books with her recently?" ”
Wu Yuan replied respectfully: "Yes, my granddaughter wants to learn to read the account books earlier, so that she can take care of the middle courtyard." ”
The old lady nodded and said, "It's time to learn these things, your daughter's family will marry out sooner or later, your mother is not here, and your second aunt is busy all day long. ”
The old lady paused, looked at Wu Yuan and said, "But compared to learning housekeepers, I think you should finish learning the female ring at your age and learn how to be a dignified and decent lady." ”
Wu Yuan hurriedly said respectfully: "What my grandmother taught is that my granddaughter followed Mr. Li to learn women's rings in the morning, embroidery in the afternoon, and then learn account books, and she didn't dare to waste it." ”
The old lady saw that Wu Yuan's attitude was respectful and his demeanor was much calmer, so she asked the two of them to sit down for dinner.
The old lady is a person who respects the rules, she doesn't say anything when she sleeps, Wu Yijin has always been lively and obedient, and it is rare to restrain her small bites and dare not speak.
After lunch, Mama Zhu sent the two to the Weeping Flower Gate, and said to Wu Yuan with a smile: "Don't look at the old lady's serious face, she is all for your good, you are here today, maybe the old lady is happy in her heart." ”
Wu Yuan said softly: "I was afraid that it was not time to disturb my grandmother's rest, but fortunately, my grandmother didn't blame." ”
After speaking, Wu Yuan and Wu Yijin saw that Mama Zhu had returned to the courtyard, so they went out of Sanfu Hall.
Since Sanfutang is a short distance from the middle courtyard and the east courtyard, the Wu Yuan sisters went directly to the wing room of the small cross courtyard to rest, the wing room was covered with a thick carpet and hung with embroidered curtains, Wu Yuan and Wu Yijin fell asleep after talking for a while, and the maid gently closed the door and retreated.
After getting out of school in the evening, after separating from Wu Yijin in the verandah, Wu Yuan returned to the middle courtyard.
As soon as I entered the middle courtyard, I saw Chun Tao greeted me with a smile, "Miss, there are a lot of things sent from Sanfutang in the afternoon, Miss, do you want to take a look?" ”
Wu Yuan was a little surprised, he had just gone to Sanfutang, and his grandmother sent something.
Wu Yuan nodded when he heard this, and came to the flower hall with Chun Tao, only to see a neat box on the pear blossom wood carving table, Wu Yuan opened it and saw that it was all used for bird's nest ejiao tonic, and there were many tonic herbs stacked next to it.
"The old lady still remembers the young lady, no, she specially asked Mama Zhu to send these." Chun Tao said with a smile.
Wu Yuan was silent and asked Chun Tao to clean up.
Yuzhu came in and said respectfully: "Miss, there is a letter received from the concierge, saying that it is for you, Miss." ”