And it is difficult for a child to survive, and the old man saw that he was pitiful, so he took him with him.

Fu Zhongyan's face was a little complicated, and he was silent for a moment before saying, "Shen Zichen is also confused. ”

It's just that Shen Zichen's family looks mediocre, but they didn't expect to be able to give birth to such a beautiful child.

Lao Guogong said: "He doesn't participate in the imperial examination, so I don't plan to send him to the academy, he has never studied, you can give him enlightenment, just give him a gift, and I will return to Xiaoyang in the spring next year, and I will take him back." ”

Fu Zhongyan probably understood what the old man meant, he couldn't take the imperial examination, if he was stupid, if he was stupid, if he studied well, he couldn't help but feel that it was too pity.

Just be polite, that's so-so.

The left and right Yan Mingqiao learned by themselves, so he enlightened Shen Yuanjing alone.

Fu Zhongyan nodded, "Ming Qiao has just been enlightened, and he just happened to learn together." ”

Fu Zhongyan likes this student, and inevitably says more good things, "Ming Qiao is self-motivated, very persevering, you have a good granddaughter, it's really enviable." ”

The old man gave him ink ingots and Chengxin paper yesterday, and also encouraged Yan Mingqiao to work hard, "I didn't care about it, it was all taught by her mother." ”

In the morning, Yan Mingqiao went to class, and there was an extra table in the room, with a pen holder on the table, two pens hanging on the pen stand, and an inkstone next to it.

The ink ingot is half on the edge of the inkstone, and there are no books on the table, while the table next to it is used by Yan Mingqiao, and there are three books on it.

In class every day, Yan Mingqiao reads books by herself, and today is no exception.

She saluted Mr. Fu, "Hello sir." ”

Fu Zhongyan said: "There is a new student today, the progress is much worse than yours, you read the book by yourself, the teacher will give him a lecture first, and then ask if you don't understand something." ”

Yan Mingqiao nodded, opened the page and quickly looked in, and occasionally encountered difficult words and sentences, so he wrote them down, and after looking at them for a while, there was a sound of footsteps at the door.

Shen Yuanjing came half an hour earlier than the class time, he saluted Mr. Fu, and paused when he saw Yan Mingqiao's movements.

Yan Mingqiao is young, she should be courteous, "Brother Yuanjing, I am the fifth girl in the family, called Mingqiao." ”

Shen Yuanjing staggered his gaze: "Sister Mingqiao." ”

There was no class yet, Yan Mingqiao glanced at Mr. Fu, and hesitated to give him the book for enlightenment now, but after Shen Yuanjing finished speaking, he sat down, put down his book bag, and took out a brand new "Three Character Classic" from it.

It's good to have books to use, Yan Mingqiao no longer worries about this matter, and reads with peace of mind.

Fu Zhongyan also began to enlighten Shen Yuanjing, the enlightenment class was very simple, open the "Three Character Classic", he read a page, and Shen Yuanjing followed a page.

It's just that people have different talents, or maybe it's because they taught Yan Mingqiao too quickly, so they inevitably feel that Shen Yuanjing is dull.

But the grandson of the deceased, Fu Zhongyan, had to be patient.

Occasionally, he will be glad that fortunately he is not a smart child like Ming Qiao, otherwise he knows that he is smart, but because of his ancestors, he cannot take the imperial examination and cannot enter the court, which is also a pity.

The lesson of more than half an hour ended quickly, and the next class was Fuqin, and Shen Yuanjing listened to it together, but it was Yan Mingqiao Fuqin, and only left a quarter of an hour to teach him the rhythm.

The same is true for afternoon classes.

Except for the ceremony, Yan Mingqiao didn't talk to this new brother, but he always felt that he saw his former self, and he was even more pitiful than his former self.

The family is gone, and they are under the fence again.

But she told herself several times in her heart not to meddle in her affairs, she could only secretly put the copies of "Three Character Classic" in Shen Yuanjing's table, and she couldn't help anything else.

Expecting her to make up lessons for Shen Yuanjing, that's not good, first, she is also a student, for fear of misleading people's children, and second, she doesn't have that kung fu.

Everyone has their own life, and in comparison, the third and fourth sisters can't learn it, in short, she won't do what her mother and grandmother didn't say.

At the end of the afternoon class, Yan Mingqiao wanted to go to Yumingxuan for dinner, but Mama Li said that the old lady asked her and her second sister to go to Shou'an Hall to eat.

Yan Mingqiao is not familiar with her grandmother, she sat next to her mother at the family banquet yesterday, to be honest, although her grandmother is not terrible, but she is in awe of this elder in her heart, it is difficult to treat her like her mother, so she first found the second sister, and the two went to Shou'an Hall together.

Yan Mingyu is the same, fortunately, the two old men have been in Xiaoyang for more than half a year, and they can fool the past with a little temperament.

When I arrived at Shou'an Hall, I was led into the house without waiting for the maid to pass on.

A screen was erected in the main hall, because the Ning family was old, so the Shou'an Hall was warmer than elsewhere.

The decoration in the room looked solemn, and Ning, who was sitting in the main seat, beckoned to the two, "Come here, roast the fire." ”

In the bitter cold of winter, the two of them walked all the way, although they were wearing thick clothes and cloaks, but the exposed ones were still freezing cold.

Ning had been away from Shengjing for half a year, and first asked Yan Mingyu how his body was, and then asked Yan Mingqiao if he was cold and tired from class.

Yan Mingqiao replied: "I'm not tired, Mr. is very interesting." ”

Ning didn't know how others were, but Yan Mingye didn't like to go to class when she was so old, she couldn't help but smile, "Homework is homework, and you have to pay attention to your body, and now on this day, go to the lake less." ”

There is a lake in the Guogong Mansion, which is not big, and it looks like two acres of land, and Yan Mingyu fell into the water there.

Yan Mingyu smiled and nodded, "Granddaughter remember, be careful in the future." ”

The grandfather and grandson talked for a while, and Ning asked the maid to go outside to take a look, "Let's see if Yuanjing is here." ”

Ning explained to his two granddaughters: "He is alone in the mansion, so it is inevitable that he will be lonely. ”

But before the maid could go out, Shen Yuanjing came in.

Yan Mingqiao suddenly thought of a person, her second sister, who had also stepped on it like this before.

Now I will see my mother and grandmother earlier, but when I see a few little girls and fathers in the house, I still step on the point.

Greetings are indispensable to meet, and after the salute, Ning asked the maid to pass the meal, and the old man went out to meet friends today, so the four of them ate together.

But there were ten dishes on the table.

Ning's is not the cook in the house, but has always followed her, and she will take care of her taste the most.

Ten dishes, which look dazzling, and a case of mutton and radish soup, the rice is rice, but the rice grains are crystal clear, and it looks oily and beautiful.

Ning said: "This is Mingyu's favorite black bean sauce phoenix claw, Ming buckwheat, your mother said that you like sweets, try this lychee meat." ”

The Ning family didn't like Yan Mingqiao much, but they were all granddaughters, and they came to eat together, so it was not good to prepare only what Yan Mingyu liked.

There are also dishes that Shen Yuanjing likes to eat on the table, but they are just trivial things that he casually ordered, but Ning Shi saw that Yan Mingqiao's eyes lit up immediately, and he probably wanted to say thank you, but it can be seen that his brothers and sisters didn't have it, so he pursed his mouth again.

It's also pleasing.

Ning nodded and said, "Eat quickly." ”

Shou'antang's rice is mixed with some glutinous rice, so it is more fragrant and sticky than ordinary white rice, the lychee meat is sweet, although the name is lychee, but it tastes meaty, but Yan Mingqiao didn't eat what kind of meat, in short, it was delicious.

Compared with the three places of the main courtyard, Yumingxuan, and Shou'antang, Yan Mingqiao's favorite is Yumingxuan's food, and of course, the food in the other two places is also very fragrant.

Ning's is older, his appetite is not as good as that of young people, and the food in Shou'antang is softer, and Ning's likes to eat with people who eat fragrantly.

And Shen Yuanjing is the kind of person who no matter what he eats, he has a look on his face, he can't say that he is young or old, but he is silent, it is estimated that he has been displaced in the past, and he has fewer words.

Yan Mingyu will be fourteen years old during the New Year, and she doesn't lose her mouth during the day, so no matter how delicious she eats, she can't eat much.

Yan Mingqiao ate fragrantly, and Ning couldn't help but eat a few more bites of food.

After eating, Ning asked the maid to bring dim sum tea again, this time only Yan Mingqiao ate it, the dim sum looked round, with a layer of sweet bean paste filling inside, and one was milky, smelling sweet and eating soft.

Yan Mingqiao ate two pieces of snacks and drank hot tea before going back.

Yan Guogong Mansion entered the inner courtyard door and walked for half an hour to the main courtyard, the rest of the courtyard was scattered, Yumingxuan was not far from the main courtyard, and the place where Shen Yuanjing lived was relatively close to Shou'an Hall.

Out of the door, the three of them separated.

Yan Mingqiao is not afraid of the cold wind, and keeps telling Yan Mingyu interesting things about the school, Yan Mingyu listens seriously, she doesn't go to school, but it's still very interesting to watch others go to school.

And Yan Mingqiao is smart, and now he has a classmate.

Yan Mingqiao: "Brother Yuanjing doesn't like to talk very much, and he learns slowly, Mr. Fu taught him, I just read on the side, and I also put the used enlightenment book in his table, and I don't know if he needs it." ”

Yan Mingyu touched Yan Mingqiao's head, "There is a saying called three hundred and sixty lines, and if you are the champion, even if you don't study, you can find a way to survive in the future." ”

Yan Mingqiao felt that what her sister said made sense, women don't take the top prize, there are many people in the world who don't study, and they all live well, she quickly put this matter behind, "Then do you want to go to the shop this time on vacation!" ”

The contents of the shop have been emptied, and the grocery store has been changed from a grocery store to a barbecue store, and although there are shopkeepers who are busy with this, they still have to put a lot of effort into decorating, choosing dishes, and finding a chef.

For this reason, the two of them each took forty taels of silver, Yan Mingyu took two hours out every day, went out to see the decoration (consumption), tasted the dishes and chose the dishes, Yan Mingqiao would help sort out the accounts at night, make the account book, and also help choose the dishes.

Her favorite thing is to choose the dishes, set a table and taste them all to see which one is delicious.

However, this shop has not made money yet, and the sisters have put in forty taels each, and it is still unknown whether they can make money in the future.

Yan Mingyu has a lot of silver, forty taels is nothing to her, but Yan Mingqiao feels that if you make money in business, you will lose money, and you can't just count on making money.

It's only been a few days, and the shop has spent more than 30 taels of silver, not counting the food tasting, because the dishes are all made by Yumingxuan's cook, and they are the silver spent by the Shen family.

However, the Shen family was partial to these two daughters, and it was not considered to be a water release.

Yan Mingqiao kept accounts very quickly, and basically didn't need abacus, which also helped a lot.

I had a two-day class, and after the afternoon class on the eighth day of junior high school, I had a holiday.

Before leaving, Yan Mingqiao saw a few books in the table bucket, which she had put in Shen Yuanjing's table bucket two days ago.

Chapter 18: Vacation

◎ Yan Mingyuguang looked at the baked cakes, besides, she has always selectively ignored places like the bookstore, following Yan Mingqiao's gaze, she didn't see anything, "Over there, what's wrong?" ”◎

Yan Mingqiao shook her head and put the book in her book bag, and the book appeared in her book bucket, which could only mean one thing, that is, Shen Yuanjing didn't want it.

Don't want it, don't want it, she cherishes these books, and she can't give them to others, but it's also because he was the one his grandmother brought back.

Yan Mingqiao packed up her things and went back with her bookbag on her back.

Because of today's holiday, Yan Mingqiao also memorized the books he had read during the two days of the holiday, plus the three books he planned to give to Shen Yuanjing, today's bookbag was especially heavy.

Wear it cross-body over your shoulders and press down on your shoulders while you are carrying the shoulder straps.

Mama Li came to pick up people, Yan Mingqiao was not used to being endorsed by others, so she didn't say anything, so she just carried it all the way back.

From the school to the main courtyard to pass through the small garden, the road of the Guogong Mansion has always been beautiful, about the sentence "winding paths lead to seclusion", and Shen Yuanjing, who had already gone back in Yan Mingqiao's heart, hid behind the stone mountain in the small garden, looking at her heavy bookbag.

Shen Yuanjing watched Yan Mingqiao and her grandmother leave, and did not step forward to help, according to the old man's thoughts, he should stay away from the people in the house, be a so-so person, and his life will be the same.

At least, that's what they see.

Here, Yan Mingqiao returned to the house to take a few breaths, drank a large cup of milk tea, and put the book back on the bookshelf after resting enough.

Mr. didn't leave homework this time, he was going to the shop tomorrow, Yan Mingqiao wanted to read more books in the evening.

After staying in the house for a while, Lin Zao, who was guarding the door, said: "Girl, someone from Shou'an Hall is here, please invite the girl to come over for dinner." ”