Chapter 10 Learning

Mr. Mo taught in "Thousand Character Text": women are chaste, and men are good. If you know it, you must change it, and you must not forget it. Ignore the shortcomings of the other and rely on their own strengths. The messenger can be covered, but the desire is immeasurable.

Teach the girls to read first, and then explain the meaning of these words: "Women should admire those chaste women who are strict and pure, and men should imitate those who are talented......"

In addition to explaining the meaning, Mr. Mo also told the story of two chaste martyrs.

One is "Chen Jienu, an Anlu person." The surname is suitable for Li, and he is widowed early. Alone. When he was dying, his maid said: 'When I die, be careful not to use a man to slap me!' .......”

One is: "Kang Lie is the daughter of a merchant, and she is married to Zhang Jing, the son of a poor family. But before he could pass the door, Zhang Jing fell ill and died. Kang Lienu regarded herself as Zhang's daughter-in-law and resolutely hanged her husband. ”

Zhao Wangshu was terrified to hear these two stories, and he felt extremely funny.

In this era, it is not wrong to guard against men and women, but Chen Jienu is obviously sick.

As for Kang Lienu, she died for a man who could be regarded as a stranger, and her parents who worked hard to raise her suffered greatly.

This is a great act of rebellion, and it is not worth advocating at all.

The most important thing is that the mansion's intention to gather them is to flatter people with women, which is contrary to chaste martyrs.

I followed Mr. Mo to read "A Thousand Character Text" for half an hour, and wrote in red for half an hour, and the class was finished.

Next, the girls have to learn how to throw pots.

This is a game that nobles love to play, and girls have to do what they like in order to seduce people.

The Zhao family invited the female gentleman who taught the girls to throw pots was surnamed Guo, and she was mainly responsible for teaching the girls the six arts.

Although pitching is not as good as real archery, pitching is also a test of wrist strength, eyesight, and body coordination.

The Zhao family is not a martial arts heirloom, and it is not appropriate to let the delicate girl go to the martial arts field to shoot arrows, and the shooting in the six arts is replaced by throwing pots.

Leaning forward slightly. Mr. Guo explained the action of throwing the pot, "holding the top of the arrow and raising it to the ear......"

It didn't take long to learn to throw pots, only two quarters of an hour.

Then Mr. Guo taught them the musical instruments, "The piano and the zither are called 'double uniques', the sound of the piano is ethereal and melodious, clear and tactful, and it is the king of a hundred music; The sound of the zither is clear and beautiful, melodious and pleasant, and it also has the reputation of the king of music. ”

"The lute is a plucked instrument, the big strings are noisy like a torrential rain, and the small strings are cut like whispers. Noisy and miscellaneous, big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate......"

"The flute is generally a bamboo flute, but there are also jade flutes and bone flutes......

"Xiao, also known as the hole flute......."

Mr. Guo introduced various musical instruments and showed that she is best at the piano and pipa.

The piano is something that all girls must learn, and you can choose one or two other instruments.

Zhao Wangshu was choosing a musical instrument, and a few words suddenly popped up in his mind: one year of piano and three years of flute, a two-hula to break the waist, a thousand-year-old pipa and a thousand-year-old zheng, and a suona to blow for a lifetime.

If she chooses suona, I don't know if Mr. Guo will kick her out on the spot.

You can think about it, but you can't do it, after all, in Daliang, suona has a saying that blows life and blows death.

And everyone's ladies puff out their cheeks and blow suona, in the eyes of those elegant gentlemen, it is indecent and something that cannot be done.

"Sir, I'll pick the flute." Zhao Wangshu remembers a woman dressed in white, playing the cui flute, which is very beautiful and fairy, which she likes.

Mr. Guo first taught everyone the fingering of the piano, "Raise your fingers with your right hand and see clearly, this is the spring warbler out of the valley." ”

The Zhao family is still quite willing to invest, and they have a piano for each of the girls, which is not a famous piano, but an ordinary banana leaf style lyre.

Mr. Guo taught seven fingering techniques and began to instruct them one by one.

Seeing that Zhao Wangshu had practiced for a while, he looked like him, so he asked, "Have you studied before?" ”

"My mother taught me." Zhao Wangshu replied.

Mr. Guo nodded slightly, didn't ask more, walked to the other girl's piano case, and watched her stroke the piano.

The afternoon study never started from time to time, and Mr. Mo first taught them to read "The Biography of Female Filial Piety" for half an hour

Then the third Mr. Liunu taught everyone that women are popular, women can't take the imperial examination, and what they learn is different from what men learn.

Mr. Liu teaches Nuhong, unlike other gentlemen, she does not teach the line, but paint.

Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, girls have to learn, and painting patterns should be learned to paint, killing two birds with one stone.

When Zhao Wangshu was seven years old, Zhao Cuishi had already taught her calligraphy and painting, and it was difficult for her to outline lines.

In addition to her, Zhao Jiahua, Zhao Shuqing and Zhao Shuangzhi also learned to paint at home, and with them, Zhao Wangshu's skillful sketching of lines did not attract Mr. Liu's attention.

"Rub the pattern onto the cloth." Mr. Liu said after seeing everyone's drawings.

After the girls had printed the patterns on the cloth, Mr. Liu taught them how to take the needle.

It takes a certain amount of time for a clump of grass to be embroidered, and even if the girls have a little foundation, they can't embroider it right away.

"Tomorrow when class is in class, I will hand in the embroidery work." Mr. Liu put down this sentence and left.

It's time for the girls to learn the rules of etiquette next, and it is Mama Wei who is serving by the side of Queen Duankang who teaches them.

The person who brought Mama Wei over was Mrs. Zhao, which shows that the Zhao family attaches great importance to this Mama Wei, "These girls, there is Mama Lao." ”

Mama Wei is over forty years old, thin, slender eyes, wearing a silver-gray plain jacket, a simple bun on her head, a long face, and the corners of her lips are tightly pursed.

She swept over the girls with a scrutinizing gaze, "The daughter's family has the most important moral character, followed by good manners, and the girls are all smart people, and they don't think they will make those stupid mistakes." ”

There was a knocking in the words, the girls were obedient and did not make a sound, and Mrs. Zhao saw that Mama Wei's face was gloomy, and she coughed lightly.

Zhao Shuangzhi preemptively said: "We will listen to Mama's teaching." ”

Zhao Yuzhen, who wanted to speak, frowned, there was dissatisfaction in her eyes, she was the oldest, and she replied by default.

The girls have a full schedule of study time every day, and they have to learn from Chenshi to the beginning of the unitary time, and they have to be a female celebrity at night.

The body is good, but the sick and weak Zhao Shuqing fainted when practicing walking posture one day.

"Ahh The girls screamed, Zhao Wangshu walked over to see what her situation was, but was stopped by Mama Wei, "You continue to practice." ”

Mama Wei asked her subordinates to carry Zhao Shuqing back to the room, and asked her to report to Mrs. Zhao.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao was reading a letter from her cousin.

Three years ago, her uncle died of illness, and her cousin's family returned to their ancestral hometown to keep filial piety.

Since a year ago, her mother's brother was released, and she was worried about the lack of contact with her parents' relatives, and it was great that her cousin returned to Beijing.

"Big lady, the slave has something to report." Outside, the voice of a handmaid was heard.

"Come in." Mrs. Zhao stuffed the letter back into the envelope.

"Big lady, Miss Qing just fainted, Mama Wei asked the slave maid to report to the big lady, please ask the big lady to find a doctor to show Miss Qing quickly."

"Passed out?" Mrs. Zhao sighed, "Oh, her body is really bad." ”

Mrs. Zhao deeply doubted that such a Zhao Shuqing had been cultivated, even if she could marry into a high school, would she be able to contribute to the Zhao family?