Holding three or four exquisitely crafted purses, Zhao Yuanyi quickly ran home.

"Scared the hell out of me! It's scary! ”

Entering the hall, Zhao Yuanyi's heart was still pounding.

"What? The neighbor to the west is not easy to talk to? ”

Or even a messy bad guy?

Gu Tingcheng saw that his cheap niece's face was not quite right, so he asked.

However, she denied her guess in her heart - she didn't hear any noise, and the next door should be fine.

And her eyes fell on the purses that Zhao Yuanyi was holding.

Although the material is the most ordinary fine linen, the embroidery thread is not very fine, and the embroidery pattern is also simple.

However, Gu Tingcheng is a person who has seen good things, and she can see at a glance that the person who makes this purse should be very good at embroidery.

Even ordinary fabrics and household things can't help but show their exquisite skills.

The neighbor to the west is an embroiderer?

Or is there an ancestral skill in the family?

Gu Qingcheng secretly thought to himself.

However, regardless of whether they are embroiderers or not, being able to "return the gift" also shows that he is a person who understands etiquette.

Since he understands etiquette, why is Zhao Yuanyi afraid of being like this?

"Auntie, you don't know, that old lady is not bad at talking, but, but cold all over!"

"When I saw her, I couldn't help but restrain my hands and feet, and I didn't even dare to breathe."

"Auntie, what the hell is the old lady next door doing, why does she look more imposing than the old lady next to Mrs. Cui?"

Zhao Yuanyi didn't have much knowledge, if she hadn't been by Gu Tingcheng's side, she wouldn't even be able to contact a noble person like Mrs. Cui.

And the most noble and imposing person she could think of was Mrs. Cui.

Oh, and the old lady of the Cui family.

It is said that Mrs. Cui was invited from the capital, a female official who retired from the palace.

The old lady looked kind, but she was very particular about her gestures.

When Zhao Yuanyi saw her, she couldn't help but feel inferior, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.

And the old lady next door was actually more formal and cold than the old lady of the Cui family, and Zhao Yuanyi was directly shocked by the momentum of others.

"More imposing than Mama Chen?"

Gu Qingcheng raised his eyebrows.

Mama Chen of the Cui family is a female official released from the palace.

However, it is not the person who can be used by the queen, the concubine and others, just an ordinary female official of the Shangshi Bureau.

When he reached the age of age, he was released from the palace.

She didn't want to get married, and she didn't want to be sucked by the best relatives, so she wanted to go to a rich family to be a nurturing grandmother.

Mrs. Cui has no daughters of her own, but she has several concubines.

Mrs. Cui is a typical wealthy housewife, she will not be jealous, and she will not tolerate a concubine.

On the contrary, Mrs. Cui feels that whether it is a concubine or a concubine, as long as she is well raised, she will be the help of her children and grandchildren.

However, let her raise it herself, and she didn't bother to do it.

She wrote to her relatives in the capital to help her find a nurturing grandmother.

You don't have to deliberately find the best, just get by with the rules and etiquette.

So, there was Mama Chen.

Gu Tingcheng became friends with Mrs. Cui, and he also had contact with Mama Chen.

Every time he went to the county office, Gu Tingcheng would bring a "maid" with him, and Zhao Yuanyi followed him a few times.

Mrs. Cui is okay, honor is honorable, but she will not deliberately pay attention to any rules.

As for Mama Chen, she just came out of the palace, and she paid great attention to her words and deeds.

I came to the county magistrate's house to raise girls.

She pays special attention to the rules.

Every time Zhao Yuanyi saw Mama Chen, she was instinctively afraid, but she wanted to get closer.

She's just not knowledgeable, but she's not stupid.

The ladies of the county magistrate family have to learn from Mama Chen, if she can get a little guidance, it will only be good for her!

"Yes! She didn't deliberately pretend, but she looked respectable and terrifying! ”

Zhao Yuanyi said seriously.

Oh?

So imposing?

Gu Qingcheng secretly guessed that this one on the west side of Mo Fei was also a palace maid from the palace.

Or is it the kind of real female official with status and rank who has served nobles?

Exquisite embroidery + imposing?

Gu Qingcheng couldn't help but be a little curious.

She became interested in her neighbor to the west, who was also discussing her.

"It's a etiquette person, I heard that the master mother is still a festival woman!"

The grandmother who scared Zhao Yuanyi enough to choke said to a seven or eight-year-old girl in a warm voice.

However, when the word "festival woman" was mentioned, she did not respect it as much as Wan's.

Young people are worthy of admiration, but they should not be encouraged.

When a man dies, his wife can remarry, and he doesn't even have to wait for three years, why should a woman be widowed for a lifetime?

Her young lady just passed away, and her uncle was-

Thinking of this, a touch of coldness flashed in Mama's eyes.

is such a merciless man, he really failed Miss's sincerity.

The most hateful thing is that this person doesn't even care about his own flesh and blood.

Poor little lady, what a noble person, but she has been raised to be inferior and cowardly.

Timid, shrunken, a small family, where is the brightness of his own young lady?

“……”

The little girl bowed her head, her face was emaciated, and her expression was shrunk.

She nervously twisted the streamers on her dress, didn't speak, and didn't dare to look up.

When Mama saw it, she was annoyed again.

She was not angry with the little lady, but scolded the negative man and the bastard father again and again in her heart.

"Little Miss, try this steamed cake, although it is a little rougher, it is better than clean!"

Mama suppressed her anger and said softly to the little girl.

She was thinking in her heart, listening to the little girl named Yuanyi say that the Gu family next door was sick and weak.

It's soft.,It should be easy to touch.。

If you can, you can let your little lady get in touch with Gu.

This kid is too cowardly, but fortunately he is young and can still break it.

However, Mama felt sorry for her, and she didn't want to go to the rules directly, so she wanted to take her time.

Next door, maybe it's an opportunity.

……

After visiting the neighbors, and roughly determining that the neighbors were not competitive and scathing, Gu Qingcheng was relieved.

After Zhao Qingyun settled at home, he went to the academy to report.

The cousin Goudaner followed Zhao Qingyun as a scholar, helping with errands, carrying schoolbags and other trivial chores.

Zhao Qingsong set up a small school field at home, tied up horses, drove wooden stakes, and practiced seriously every day.

As for Gu Tingcheng, he occasionally visits Mrs. Cui, and spends the rest of his time at home recuperating.

After Zhao Yuanyi was busy, he would also go out of the house and interact with the neighbors on the east and west sides.

Slowly, Gu Tingcheng got to know his neighbors better-

On the east side of Mr. Zheng's house, Mr. Zheng is sick and weak, and he can't work too hard, and the virtuous and capable Wan is cooking at home and abroad.

Wan's eldest son is thirteen years old this year, has passed the college examination, and is the youngest little talent in the county.

The second son and second daughter are dragon and phoenix fetuses, both of whom are seven years old this year.

The second son studied at the academy, and the daughter studied with her mother and rarely went out on weekdays.

However, across a wall, Gu Tingcheng could always hear the girl's laughter and endorsement, and knew that the little girl next door was a lively and smart child.

The neighbors on the west side are "grandparents".

Grandmother Liang, who was an embroiderer when she was young.

When his daughter-in-law died, he took his only little granddaughter to Beijing to join his relatives.

It's just that when passing by the county seat, the little granddaughter was sick, and the situation was not very good.

The Liang family had to rent a house and stay in the county seat to recuperate for their granddaughter.

Without entanglement, Liang had to return to his old business and make money by embroidery.

Gu Tingcheng looked at Zhao Yuanyi's appearance of fear and admiration when he mentioned the Liang family, and his heart moved: "Yuanyi, do you want to learn embroidery?" ”

Ahem, she didn't want to raise a cheap niece.

It's really that she doesn't want to buy ready-to-wear anymore, and Zhao Yuanyi's needlework is just ordinary.

Gu Qingcheng is used to paying attention to it, and he wants to create conditions if he doesn't have conditions.

Cultivate Zhao Yuanyi, and he will be able to wear delicate and desirable clothes reasonably.

"Yes!"

Zhao Yuanyi knows very well the saying "craftsmen who starve and don't die in disaster years", there was no chance in the past, but now the opportunity is delivered to her hand, how can she refuse.

Without Zhao Qingyun's knowledge, his own mother had already had a deeper contact with the neighbors on the west side.

And he, with his super talent, won the favor of Mr. Zheng.

"Oh? You also live in the back street of the college? We're still neighbors. ”

Mr. Zheng was a little surprised, and after school, he took the initiative to invite Zhao Qingyun to his house as a guest.

Zheng Wanjun, who was sitting under the porch, holding his little face with both hands, thinking about how to use what he had learned to open up a source of wealth for his family, raised his eyes and saw a fair-skinned and delicate little beautiful boy!

(End of chapter)