Chapter 12: Acquaintance (1)
Jiang Wanmu was ready to turn around and leave when she heard him say that she was a nerd, she felt that such a young child, so despised herself, and her character would not be too good. But after turning around, I heard him say a long time, and I felt that the gentleman who was invited by the Jiang family sounded quite good. Jiang Wanmu didn't look back, she still walked away slowly, leaving the little child who blamed herself.
Not long after, Jiang Wanmu was in that corner, and met Jiang Wenqi squatting on the ground alone to write and draw, chattering in a small voice. Jiang Wanmu just stood quietly on the side every time, staring at him as he wrote, carefully reading those words one after another. Jiang Wenqi felt that Jiang Wanmu was coming, and felt that although this sister was a little dumbfounded, she had always looked at him quietly, and there was no other disdain in her eyes.
They met again and again in that corner, and after a long time, Jiang Wenqi saw Jiang Wanmu's expression staring at the words, but felt that she was obviously not sluggish. He pointed to the words he wrote with great interest, said them to Jiang Wanmu one by one, and then wrote them to Jiang Wanmu demonstrately. Two people, one is willing to teach, the other is willing to learn, but there is a kind of harmony that complements each other.
Slowly, Jiang Wenqi would mention something to Jiang Wanmu, and every time Jiang Wanmu listened quietly, looking at him with a calm look in his eyes like water, until he slowly calmed down the bitterness in his heart. Jiang Wenqi's life in the Jiang family was not easy, but he was better than Jiang Wanmu. In the Jiang family's generation, there is no one in a worse situation than Jiang Wanmu.
Jiang Wenqi is the eldest son of Jiang Wanmu's second uncle, his biological mother was originally a girl next to his father, and after the main mother gave birth to the eldest daughter, he was taken the initiative by his father to take him as a concubine. After she gave birth to Jiang Wenqi, she died of illness within a year due to her weak health.
Jiang Wanmu heard this complete story of the young master and the girl from the occasional conversation between Shi Niang and Mu Gen Niang. Jiang Wenqi's father, Jiang Anming, originally worked as a general official in Beijing, but two years ago he had the opportunity to be promoted abroad, and he was willing to serve in other places. He left his wife and son in Beijing. Jiang Anming's wife, when he was still in Beijing, treated Jiang Wenqi considerately. But as soon as he walked on the front foot, Jiang Wenqi and his brother-in-law, who was three months older than him, entered the clan school at the same time, and her attitude slowly changed.
Jiang Wenqi can gradually feel the difference in his grandmother, and his mother-in-law is smiling like a spring flower in front of her brother. But when facing him, he is often quite impatient. In the past, when my father was still there, that kind of happy scene of the family did not exist for a long time. It's just that Jiang Wenqi is smarter than his brother, and he can write down all the things that his husband has taught once. And his brother has to ask for advice repeatedly in order to write it down.
A small child does not understand the heart of an adult. Jiang Wenqi heard Mr. praise at the beginning, and he happily reported the good news to his mother-in-law. At this time, his mother-in-law looked at him with a smile. And his brother occasionally got the approval of his husband, and when he came back to talk to his mother-in-law, his mother-in-law was overjoyed and praised and praised. Jiang Wenqi slowly knew that he was different from his brother.
Jiang Wenqi's mother-in-law no longer wants to see him, and she can't stop him from going to ask Mrs. Jiang for peace on such a big day as the first and fifteenth days of the new year. Mrs. Jiang still attaches great importance to the male grandchildren in the family, and she will ask her husband again and again about the situation of each grandchild. However, because of Jiang Wanmu's eldest brother Jiang Wenlun, such a smart child from childhood is in front of him. The old lady only smiled faintly at her husband's praise of Jiang Wenqi.
And Jiang Wenqi's mother-in-law knew about this, and secretly annoyed that her concubine didn't know how to raise her and steal the limelight from her son. Since then, she has treated him even more coldly, but she is a person who is good at doing superficial things, and she treats Jiang Wenqi on her face, so that people can't pick out the word 'no', but in reality it is obviously different. She smiled and transferred the loyal people around her concubine, leaving some careless bridesmaids by her side.
When Jiang Wanmu first saw Jiang Wenqi, he had been in this corner many times, but the two had never collided every time. A six-year-old and a four-year-old, one dumb and the other precocious. The two gradually got into their feelings, Jiang Wenqi would talk to Jiang Wanmu about good things and bad things, and Jiang Wanmu would also explain him a sentence or two, she always said it in a straightforward and short sentence, and never made Jiang Wenqi feel wrong.
Jiang Wanmu learned about Ning Chao's writing through Jiang Wenqi, and then through her slow exploration, she gradually found something similar to the words of her previous life. Her cognition of the characters of the Ning Dynasty has progressed more and more than a thousand miles, and she is gradually not satisfied with the knowledge that can only be recognized by Jiang Wenqi. After no one noticed her leaving the mansion in Jiangfu, she became more and more bold day by day, and gradually wore men's clothes alone, went in and out of the bookstore, and went to find all kinds of books by herself.
Half a year ago, she was finally discovered by Jiang Wenqi, who followed the steward to the street and went to buy books with her brother-in-law. Jiang Wenqi never imagined that he would see Jiang Wanmu in coarse cloth clothes in the bookstore, carefully reading books. After Jiang Wanmu read the book for a while, when she turned the page and looked up, she saw Jiang Wenqi who was surprised. If you want to say who in the Jiang family is most familiar with her, it is only the little Jiang Wenqi, and other people, even if they come face to face, they may not know her.
Jiang Wanmu sighed softly in her heart, and looked at the obvious sadness in Jiang Wenqi's eyes. She still shook her head at him calmly, put down the book in her hand, and slowly walked out of the bookstore from the other side. Jiang Wenqi's brother-in-law Jiang Wenyu chose what he wanted, and looked back at Jiang Wenqi standing there in a daze, following his gaze, there was a constant flow of people outside. He walked over and frowned and tugged at him, and said, "Brother Qi, don't stay here and watch the excitement, go and choose what you want."
After going back in a while, my mother and I will go to my uncle's house to pick up my sister. Although Jiang Wenyu knows that his mother doesn't like to be close to his brother, but outside, he still looks like an older brother. Jiang Wenqi came to his senses, walked over in a hurry, ordered two boxes of inkstones to the clerk who entertained him, and offered a bunch of money.
Jiang Wenyu looked at Jiang Wenqi who came over absentmindedly, shook his head like an adult, and inadvertently looked at the inkstone in Jiang Wenqi's hand. His expression changed slightly, and he directly reached out and snatched the inkstone. He glared at Jiang Wenqi angrily, walked over directly, and said to the clerk who had blackened his face when he rushed over, "These two are the ones I want to exchange for Jinshan." ”
The clerk originally looked at Jiang Wenyu's appearance, thinking that this rich young master was going to return the goods, but now when he heard him, he wanted to replace the poor goods in his hand with a better inkstone, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he praised Jiang Wenyu with a smile and said, "Young master, you have a good eye." Although Jinshan inkstone is not as good-looking as this inkstone, and the price is still a lot of money, its quality is good and durable. It is the best choice for discerning readers. ”