Chu Ping was also surprised that Tao Yao would talk to him about this so seriously, he thought seriously for a moment, and then said truthfully: "I don't know, I haven't thought about this question, but when it comes to virtuous women, I vaguely remember that I read a book that records what a virtuous woman is, and I thought it was true at the time." ”

Tao Yao was interested and asked, "Oh? How is it written in the book? ”

Chu Ping hesitated slightly: "I'll write it for the girl." ”

Tao Yao nodded, only to see Chu Ping beckoning to a passing maid and telling her to go to her room to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The maid responded, and Chu Ping asked Tao Yao in turn: "Then what does the girl think of the word virtuous?" ”

Tao Yao asked, but only slowly paced in front of the water in the pavilion: "I don't know, I'm the same as Childe, and I've never thought about this."

I am free and easy by nature, and I do everything spontaneously. Even if you dare to love and hate, you also advocate the Tao of nature, whatever you like, you can do it, and if you don't like it, you won't do it.

Therefore, I never thought about how to be a virtuous woman. Like what the old lady said, no one ever told me, no one taught me.

Well...... Etiquette and rules are naturally taught, and cultural talents are also taught, but what the old lady said is different from these, and no one has ever taught me those words as a serious matter.

So, I don't know, I just think it's new and interesting. ”

Chu Ping said with a smile: "I think you are also very novel and interesting." ”

Tao Yao turned to look at him and said curiously, "Me? What's new and interesting about me? ”

Chu Ping twisted his eyebrows, pondered hard, and thought hard about how to explain it clearly: "I don't know, but every time I see you, I think it's very interesting."

Maybe it's because I can always talk to you about things that I never seem to talk to.

It's like I could never imagine under what circumstances I would talk to anyone about what a virtuous woman is.

However, here and now, in this situation, the girl and I stood in this Liuyu Pavilion, but we felt that it was very natural and harmonious to talk about it. So, it's interesting. ”

Tao Yao's eyebrows rolled: "I'll take this as your praise for me." ”

"Naturally, it's a compliment." Chu Ping responded with a smile.

While the two were talking, a little maid came in and took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table.

But as soon as someone is here, Tao Yao becomes dignified and elegant again, and she doesn't say a word more.

Chu Ping waved his hand and let the maid go down, there was no need to wait here, he stepped forward to lay out the rice paper, and pressed it with the paperweight.

Tao Yao also naturally stepped forward, picked up the ink block, took two spoonfuls of water with a small spoon, held down the inkstone, and helped him grind the ink with his bare hands.

Chu Ping's heart was warm, he picked up the brush, it was full of thick ink, between the birds and the fragrance of flowers, on the pavilion of the flowing water, Chu Ping was about to put down the pen, but suddenly stopped.

Tao Yao looked up at him: "What's wrong?" ”

Chu had a wandering color on the plane: "I suddenly felt that it didn't seem appropriate for me to write it." ”

Tao Yao was puzzled: "Why is it not appropriate?" ”

Chu Ping pondered for a long time before he was embarrassed: "...... I just read it in a book, and when the girl asked this question, I wrote it down. It's not that I ask the girl to be like this, but don't be angry. ”

Tao Yao couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "How can I get angry so easily, besides, you haven't written yet, how can you conclude that I am not a virtuous woman?" ”

When Chu Ping heard this, he just smiled embarrassedly: "Since the girl said so, then I'll just write it." ”

"Just write it, and let me see it." Tao Yao responded casually.

I saw that on the best rice paper, Chu Ping's upright and mellow words had to fall one by one.

made Tao Yao more and more sure that the note pressed under the meal sent by Tianxianglou that day was from this person.

Tao Yao's heart, which had been wandering for many days, suddenly became warm, and the corners of her lips unconsciously brought a shallow smile, but she only looked at Chu Ping seriously and slowly wrote such words:

Who can find a virtuous woman? She is worth far more than pearls.

Her husband's heart trusts in her, and she has no shortage of interests;

She used her husband all her life to benefit her.

She sought out cashmere and linen, and willingly worked with her hands.

She is like a merchant ship, able to constantly bring grain from afar,

Before dawn she arose, and gave food to her household, and assigned her work to her maidservants.

She bought the land she wanted; Planting orchards with the profits of their hands.

She girded her loins with her strength, and made her arms strong.

She felt that the business was profitable and would enable her to enjoy long-term happiness.

She holds a twisting rod in her hand and a spinning wheel in her hand.

She stretched out her hands to help the needy, and reached out to help the needy.

She doesn't worry about the snow because the whole family is dressed in scarlet.

She makes embroidered blankets for herself; Her garment was of satin and purple cloth.

Her husband sat with the local elders at the gates of the city and was known to all.

She made muslin garments and sold them, and she sold her sashes to merchants.

Strength and majesty were her garments, and she smiled at the thought of what would happen in the future.

When she opened her mouth, she was wise; She has a benevolent teaching on her tongue.

She observes the housework and does not eat idle meals.

Her children rose up and called her blessed; Her husband also praised her, saying, "There are many virtuous women, but you are the only one who surpasses everything."

Looking at the words under Chu Ping's hand, the joking smile on Tao Yao's face gradually subsided.

She was so serious that she had to read the word word by word, and when Chu Ping finished writing, she couldn't help but take away the paperweight, reached out and picked up the word, walked slowly to the edge of the pool, and watched it repeatedly, only feeling incredible.

Tao Yao nodded with a smile while looking at it: "It's really good." ”

Chu Ping originally had a trace of apprehension in his heart, and when he heard Tao Yao say this, he was also a little surprised: "I didn't expect that the girl would agree with this statement." ”

Tao Yao tilted her head to look at him: "Why can't I agree with this statement?" ”

Chu Ping looked at Tao Yao carefully and said: "Although I don't know the girl very well, but looking at the girl's words and deeds, the girl understands righteousness, has a dignified demeanor, knows etiquette and reason, and respects the way of Confucius and Mencius in her words and deeds, but the girl should prefer Lao Zhuang in her heart and don't like Confucius and Mencius."

Therefore, he is free and easy, does not like to read, does not like embroidery, but likes to live at ease.

But the argument in this article is diametrically opposed to what the girl likes, and I only think that the girl will not like it. ”

Tao Yao listened to Chu Ping's talk about herself, and only felt that it was more appropriate than taking it out of her internal organs, her father followed the way of Confucius and Mencius, so she had been taught her words and deeds since she was a child. However, his father fell three times, and he was depressed all his life, and he could only have the retreat of "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely".

And Tao Yao is even more so, she is a woman, it is impossible to participate in the imperial examination, the way of Confucius and Mencius that she has learned, there is no way out for her at all, she is extremely deviant in her heart, and she doesn't like these rules and constraints, but she has been so upheld since she was a child, these rules and truths have been carved into the bones and blood, and it is difficult to pinch the world.

However, it is strange to say that Tao Yao really likes the paper text under Chu Ping's hand, and he likes it so heartily that he even feels hearty.