Zeng Yingxiu's energy is very strong, but after exhaustion, she is often extremely tired, and she falls asleep before the corner on the stage comes on stage. Lishu had no choice but to say to the grandmothers who came with the Zeng family: "Send her to my room to sleep." ”

The grandmother who came with the Zeng family was very grateful, so she had to carry Zeng Yingxiu to the west room of Xishun Hall, they came into the door, the door was hung with gold silk rattan red lacquered bamboo curtain, and the main hall was placed with a nanmu inlaid luodian cloud leg thin tooth table, and the cloisonne three-legged elephant trunk incense burner was placed on the table, and the remaining smoke was curling, and the fragrance was pleasant.

Bypassing the main hall, it turned out to be a compartment with a carved wooden board of Wanfu Wanshou, with a desk inside, a flower basket with copper enamel inlaid with green jade in the upper left corner as decoration, and the four treasures of the study room in the middle and right, and a pile of paper on it, next to which there were two brushes that had bald hair.

Continuing north, the curtain has already been tied, and this is the inner room.

The mothers-in-law of the Zeng family have seen the rich and noble, but they didn't expect it to be cleaned up so well, and it took a lot of ingenuity, the magnolia parrot and gold vertical screen blocked the embroidery bed, and there was a round table in front of the vertical screen, and there were four green luan peony group carved red sandalwood embroidery next to the round table. Although this inner room is not big, the small dresser beauty couch is everything, and there are two little girls who serve here and immediately serve tea and water, in an orderly manner.

After Lishu saw that they put Zeng Yingxiu on her bed, she couldn't help but lead them out first: "I asked Sister Shuizhi to bring hot water to wipe your girl's sweat, so that she can squint here for a while, and your mothers can easily come out, go to visit our garden, and tell your wife, let her just rest assured." ”

Several mothers really felt that she was considerate, and they were very grateful, and they crept out.

Lishu came to the outside room, and heard that Xue and Siyu were her confidants, and when they saw that there was no one around, only Yingxiu who was asleep in the room, wanted to talk about today's events, but Lishu stretched out her hand to stop them.

"Let's talk about this matter at night, you don't mention it for the time being, since we have already told our grandmother, we will hand it over to our grandmother whether we dispose of it or not." Lishu didn't have any clue that this guqin was cut, but she was afraid of startling the snake, so it was better to pretend not to know, and maybe she could catch the murderer.

After all, her mother is not by her side now, and her grandmother is not facing her, if she really opens and closes, she doesn't know what people and dogs are going to do under the wall in a hurry.

What she was thinking about now was something else, as far as she guessed that Lijia was likely to want to marry Fu Minglun, it was obvious that Lijia had been by the Fu family's side today, completely ignoring the Zeng family, and in terms of her often thoughtful personality, it might have been intentional.

And Mrs. Liu pulled her and talked a lot to Mrs. Zeng, and Mrs. Zeng looked at her with a kind of scrutiny.

Lishu doesn't want to marry the Zeng family, although she is not afraid of anyone, but she has always been extremely self-respecting. That Zeng San Lady was a snob at first glance, and this mountain pointed to that mountain high. She has seen a lot of such people in her previous life, and this is not wrong, but such people can't be friends, they are only willing to put the icing on the cake, but whose life in the world is flat.

The third lady of Zeng was so strict with the fourth son of Zeng on weekdays, and even did not hesitate to move her niece away, all because she expected too much from her son.

But how to dispel it?

This is difficult, adults discuss the marriage of their children, and most children do not know about it at all.

Just like in the previous life, whether it was with Zheng Hao or with Yu Maozhong's marriage, it was all finalized by his father, and he only knew about it after he made it.

It would be nice if her mother was there, after all, her mother would listen to her, but grandmother didn't care if she lived or died, she had to think of a way.

I happened to go out of the room and saw my aunt, although this aunt was close to her mother's family, she couldn't go back to her mother's house because of a lot of things in her family. If it weren't for Mrs. Liu's birthday, she wouldn't have been able to come.

"Auntie, why are you here, didn't you go to the play?" Lishu stepped forward with a smile to greet her.

Mrs. Gu was also surprised when she saw Lishu: "I just saw Lijia and the girls of the Fu family go to the garden together, why didn't you go?" ”

"Oh, yes. The three girls of the Zeng family are playing with me, aren't you tired of playing? She fell asleep, so I asked her to come to me. Lishu explained.

In the end, Mrs. Gu is still closer to the Fu family, especially the Fu family's father and brother, and those who know the inside story know that the little Fu family only has a surname of "Fu", and the rest has nothing to do with the Fu family. This person is not worth entrusting, Lishu only explained.

It's just that she wants to make sure that the matter between her and the Zeng family has been decided, and she can undoubtedly observe her.

Yes, let's make sure of that.

"It turns out that you have such a good relationship with Zeng Sanniang." Mrs. Gu smiled.

Lishu bowed: "It's okay, aunt, you didn't come last time, the Zeng family didn't know where to go and invited so many cooks from Suzhou to come over and make dozens of dishes." I also brought it back to my grandmother to taste, and my grandmother said that our family originally had a cook in Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is it true? ”

Mrs. Liu nodded proudly: "That's natural, you are still young, and there were more people in our family who came to deliver door bags every day than there are now people who come to celebrate your birthday." Who is not respectful to your grandfather and our Liu family. ”

"Are you as respectful as you are to my grandmother now?" Lishu was curious.

The corners of Mrs. Liu's mouth fell: "In the past, the Fu family was not as good as ours. ”

"What about the Zeng family? Auntie, have you ever been to Zeng's house? I heard Yingxiu say that the stones of their family are specially transported from Taihu Lake, and they also built a small bridge at home, and the stone fence is tied with crystal wind lanterns, and it is also decorated with bells, and the wind blows up, like a snow wave and a silver dragon, it is really envious, if our family is also tied to those. Lishu was envious.

Mrs. Liu poked her forehead: "It's so tight, what's there to envy." The eldest man of the Zeng family is more than ten years older than your father, and when your father is ten years later, maybe it will be better. ”

"Hehe, aunt, where can I compare to my uncle. Yutang Jinmen, as a close minister of the Son of Heaven in the future, will definitely enter the cabinet as the first assistant. "Lishu flattered.

Of course, Mrs. Gu likes to listen to this, you must know that there are many people who have studied history and cultivation in the Hanlin Academy for a lifetime, and those who can enter and exit are all dragons and phoenixes among people. It's just that many people can't stand the poverty of the Hanlin Academy, but just like a dragon diving underwater, if the wind and clouds meet, there will be a surge.

But she was still a little reserved: "I didn't expect you to know a lot about this little girl." Seeing Lishu stop, she said again: "Why, don't you go to the play with me?" ”

"I'm not going. In the morning, my grandmother and Mrs. Zeng praised me, and I was embarrassed to praise me. There is also Mrs. Zeng, who always didn't smile before, and smiled at me in the morning, I was still a little flattered, and I was most afraid that those adults would put their arms around me, so I left first. Lishu looked insensitive with respect.

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she leaned back and smiled back: "You stupid girl, you are still afraid of her, but I don't know what ...... in the future."

Lishu smirked on the surface, but her heart was cold.

Night falls

Mrs. Liu asked her to bring a few bowls of decanting soup to the old lady, and after a while, Mother Wei came back and was replying: "Aunt Hua took the decanting soup and is taking care of it there." ”

"Well, she's a careful person." Mrs. Liu hated concubines when she was young, but now she is old, but she also feels that concubines are also pitied, Aunt Hua is eighteen years old, and she was sold five or six times before she arrived at Liu's house, and she served Mrs. Liu an old man in the year of Hua Xin. Because she was finally not transferred out by the Liu family, she was still grateful to Dade.

Mother Wei smiled: "Yes, go back to the slave maid, Aunt Hua is very grateful to the old lady." ”

"Thank you, since she entered the door of my house, she is a member of our family. The old lady is only fifty years away, if she can give birth to a son and a half daughter, I will let their mother and son go out in the future, and she will have something to rely on. ”

Mother Wei said, Old lady, you are compassionate.

Seeing that Mother Wei wanted to speak and stopped, Mrs. Liu said, "Have you gone to the eldest lady to ask?" Find out no. She is a lady in charge, and she is also a thunderbolt on weekdays, so she can't find out this little thing. ”

Mother Wei said: "The eldest lady said that there are too many people walking there today, and some are still guests, so it's hard to ask." Perhaps, which ignorant naughty. ”

"Naughty? I think it's her daughter who is the naughtiest. Mrs. Liu didn't have a good breath.

Mother Wei's neck shrunk, not knowing what to say.

Mrs. Liu said: "I know what the eldest daughter-in-law thinks, her own daughter is not angry, she always uses Lishu as an analogy, or she knows about me and the Zeng family, she loses her temper, and Lizhen makes it bad." But is it because I don't choose her daughter? I want her to be able to go to a high platform. ”

This is obviously very angry, Mother Wei thinks it is not, the fifth girl is still young, and the sisters on the head are really good, everything is better than her, how can it not make people feel very stressed.

In terms of conditions, the fifth girl is the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter, her father is also a soothing envoy, and even has a bright future, her mother is from the house of Zaifu, the dowry is thick, and she is still an only daughter, which is really stronger than the fourth girl.

Unless the family background is very different, then personal conditions are also very important, the third girl Lishu, as her name suggests, looks beautiful, I am afraid that she will be a first-class beauty when she grows up. And in addition to her excellent appearance, she is really unpicky in both her studies and her work, and even she is very favored, both her mother and brother.

But these words are not something that Wei's mother can judge.

Therefore, she only asked how to deal with it: "Then this matter ......"

"There is no need to mention this matter, if you go to Lin Ji's family, just say that let her man find someone to make up Lishu's guqin as soon as possible, speaking of which, this guqin is really valuable." Mrs. Liu can only do this.

Mother Wei said in her heart, if it weren't for the sake of the eldest stepchild, how could she tolerate it now.

After Mrs. Liu's birthday, the female school also let them rest for a few more days, just when Lishu could say goodbye, she slept upside down, but one day, the guqin was delivered.

When Mother Hu saw Lishu stroking the qin, she couldn't help but say, "Can't you really find out who is coming?" ”

Lishu shook her head: "Since the old lady and the eldest lady can't find out, where can I go to find out?" Do I have manpower? Will people listen to me? If my mother is here, she is fine in charge of the house, but if I ask too many questions as a little girl, what will my aunt and old lady think of me. ”

"That's what my sister said, but who do you think it is?" Hu's mother asked.

Lishu really didn't know, she guessed that it was from the family, but she wasn't sure who it was.

But she knows very well when to defend and when to attack, so Li Shu said: "As the saying goes, this person picks off my strings, he must not want me to be in the limelight, as long as I am in the limelight in the future, see who dislikes it the most, isn't that just a dagger?" ”

Mother Hu praised: "My sister really understands things. ”

Lishu got out of bed with her sleeping shoes: "I've slept for a day, I have to get up to practice calligraphy, Mr. Qiu said whether you are lazy or not, it's all on this word." ”

"You're really diligent."

"Our girls just don't like to show off, which day is not the third watch, the lights are five watches."

"Do you still know that the lights are on the third watch and the chicken is on the fifth watch?"

"I listened to the girl."

……

After Lishu finished writing, she read the homework assigned by her husband again, and stretched her waist, she felt that she was really not that kind of talented, she could only be regarded as a little talent, and she belonged to Wild Fox Zen.

How do other people who really remember and are really proficient in learning do it, it's really admirable!

After Mengxue's "Three", "Hundred" and "Thousand", Mr. Gong began to teach four books, namely "University", "The Mean", "Analects", "Mencius", "Confucius's Family Language", and "The Book of Filial Piety".

These are still very acceptable to older children like Lijia and Zhong Yunran, but for the younger Lirou Lizhen, they feel a bit obedient.

Lishu liked Mr. Gong's knowledge very much, she listened very carefully, after listening, the students would run to the verandah outside the school to eat tea and chat, at this time everyone can rarely take a break.

Compared to Lishu, she has to work hard, Lijia is much better, she has already read "University" when she was in Jiujiang, she might as well spend more effort on the needlework girl red, after all, she has to go to her grandfather's house in two days, she plans to send some needlework to the eldest cousin-in-law, the eldest cousin-in-law has just given birth to a child, should embroider something auspicious, but it is a little complicated.

Liwan also wanted to go to the Fu family, which was also her grandfather's house, and there were not many daughters in the Fu family, every time they went, they were entertained by several aunts and uncles, but it was very lively.

Therefore, Lishu found more and more that the people around her either did not come in the morning or in the afternoon, and often asked for leave. Of course, Fu Shi also kindly asked her to go to Fu's house, and Lishu naturally shirked it.

She was never absent, she was never late, and she was always very positive, even if she was the only one in the church.

Zeng Yingdan was quietly saying to Lirou: "Your third sister is also working too hard, and she doesn't have to take the top prize?" I've never heard of a woman taking the top prize. ”

Lirou agrees: "Now my grandmother has let her have a carriage by herself, and my grandmother also thinks she is too hard. Our girl's family is still as the big sister said, and she does more needlework and female red. ”

"That is, in the embroidery workshop under my mother's name, a high-quality embroidery is worth dozens of taels of silver." Zeng Yingdan has a headache when she looks at the books, she can still read as much as possible when she teaches Mengxue in the past, but now she can't read the four books that are a little more difficult, and she can't read all the words.

She was naturally interested in making money, she was very proficient in business, and she was really chewing wax.

Lirou smiled, "That's right." You also have your strengths, you see that your abacus is very good, you will look at the account book at such a young age, who is better than you. ”

The two were talking, but when they saw the maid next to Mrs. Zeng San, they wanted to invite them to go and have some snacks together, Lirou quickly got up and prepared to go over.

Today, Lijia and Liwan both went to the Fu family, and the rest of the people were ready to go, so Lishu said: "I won't go, I don't know me very well here, you can compensate the third lady Zeng for me." ”

Lu Jingyi persuaded: "It's better to go, right?" ”

"I really don't go, it's nothing less than me."

Everyone saw that she was so resolute, and knew that she looked gentle and had a very kind face, but no one could change her will when she had made up her mind.

Everyone went out one after another, and Lizhen looked at the tassel who was following Lirou, and the tassel smiled without saying a word.

When they came back, it was about half an hour later, Zeng Yingxiu had never had a scheming, so she sat down and said to Lishu: "The third aunt still asked why you didn't come?" I said you're working hard. ”

"What kind of work, I'm just too lazy to move, and I will definitely make amends to your third aunt in the future." Lishu yawned, looking tired.

Zeng Yingxiu waved her hand: "My third aunt doesn't let us go much on weekdays, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future." ”

Lishu nodded, even if she wants her father and mother to be the master, she only needs her mother to be the master. She doesn't like that third lady Zeng, and for people she doesn't like, no matter how high her background and status are, she doesn't like it.

Judging from Zhong Yunran's matter, Confucianism has talked about relatives and relatives since ancient times, Zhong Yunran only dared to ask them, and did not dare to ask the third lady Zeng at all, it was her own aunt, which was enough to see the personality of this third lady Zeng.

Fortunately, on this mother's birthday, Jingli sent a New Year's gift to the past, and Lishu begged Mrs. Tai, and also wrote a letter to send it, and also sent some clothes and padded jackets that she asked Hu's mother to make for her younger brother Shurui to send over to express her heart.

She wrote about what she encountered and guesses on the letter, Xiao Fu was very powerful, and Mrs. Tai also wrote a letter to Liu Chengxu about Lishu's family affairs, Liu Chengxu discussed it with Xiao Fu, and decided not to use it.

Of course, Liu Chengxu's answer was very subtle, he said that he understood Mrs. Tai's desire to make friends with her mother's family, and he was also very close to the three cousins of the Zeng family, and also hoped to marry Qin and Jin and talk about the relationship between the two families. But Lishu has been fond of poetry and books since she was a child, and her personality is unruly, and the Zeng family is virtuous and gentle to the woman's ancestors, and I am afraid that it is not very compatible. Otherwise, getting married is a feud.

Mrs. Liu thought it was a good family business, but she was a little surprised when she saw what her son said. But Silai is not unreasonable, Lishu is raised in front of her, she knows very well that this woman is more assiduous than Shujing and Shuyi, who are going to take scientific examinations, and she is very able to endure hardships, not an ordinary person.

And she has no shortcomings at all, not only is she good at reading, but she is also a good girl, and she is familiar with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although she often said that she couldn't do arithmetic, she couldn't compare to the four girls of the Zeng family, but really this girl was really good. But at the same time, it was difficult for her to compromise, and when she heard that the third lady called her over, she didn't go if she didn't want to.

Such a person's morale is very high, and the third lady Zeng is actually arrogant, and her eyes are born on the top of her head, so her son does not agree, and Mrs. Liu also feels ashamed of her old sister-in-law.

Fortunately, at the end of this year, Liu Chengzong, who had just served as a pacification envoy for a year, was promoted to the rank of commander again.

This matter became completely for the sake of her mother's family in Mrs. Liu's mouth, and she said to Mrs. Zeng: "Originally, I thought that Lishu was also very suitable, but you want Lizhen's father to be promoted to command, how could I only care about myself and ignore my mother's family, if my eldest son was not involved by his father back then, how favored by the above, even now, the emperor has summoned him several times." What do you think of Lizhen? ”

Mrs. Zeng waved her hand and said, "I won't tell you, this time our family went to Tzu Chi Temple, and the abbot there told the fortune of my fourth brother, saying that he had to be older to settle his family's affairs." As you know, my third daughter-in-law also had a child before, and she believed this. I think if the children have fate, they will be determined in the future, what do you think, sister? ”

Mrs. Liu was already weak and had changed her family several times, but now that she heard Mrs. Zeng like this, she had no choice but to agree. But Mrs. Zeng didn't say anything, after all, if Liu Chengxu returned to Beijing to give the official, when the official became bigger, it would not be impossible to marry again.

Although Lizhen's affair with the Zeng family did not work out, Lizhen was a little frustrated, but she asked Tassel incomprehensibly: "How do you know that the matter between the third sister and the Zeng family is not successful?" ”

Since the last time she was born from the guts, cut Lishu's strings, and was seen by the tassel, the tassel not only promised her to keep it a secret, but even asked her to guard against arrogance and rashness, saying that Lishu would definitely not succeed with the Zeng family, she also pressed it down, and finally listened to her mother and father yesterday, and she heard everything when she pretended to be asleep.

Tassel heart, isn't it simple? She served beside the four girls, and she probably understood the true situation of the second room, and the two ladies in the second room looked like a family, which was actually equivalent to a sworn rivalry.

Because the tassel wanted to find out about the second room, he used the identity of the maid next to the old lady to make friends everywhere, especially with the hibiscus peony next to the eldest girl, these two people have a lively temperament, and they are not as Taoist as the eldest girl.

Tassel is especially good friends with Furong, and even helped Furong's mother show her face at the old lady, only to find out that the eldest girl was preparing to marry the genius of the Fu family, so, with her understanding of the third girl, although this girl is young, she is very angry.

If the big girl doesn't want it, she can't want it. There is also a big girl looking for such a young man, maybe she also wants a stronger husband, how can she look at the fourth son of the Zeng family.

I don't know how the third girl made the old lady change her mind, but Tassel felt that she had guessed correctly, and because of this, she was very trusted by Lizhen.

She can carry out the next action, "Fifth girl, yes, you know what? I heard a message about you that you were about to have a brother. ”

Lizhen frowned: "Who?" ”

"Oh, it's the son of Aunt Su who you saw fighting with the little girls that time, oops, it's good now, if Young Master Shujing succeeds. In the future, the girl will have an extra brother, and I think Aunt Su's life will definitely be much better. The tassel bit the word vindictive, indicating that Aunt Su was not in shape.

Because she knew that this Lizhen girl was really very face-loving, last time she specially picked a little girl to steal Aunt Su's snacks, and Aunt Su was angry.

Although Tassel didn't learn any art of war, she knew that Aunt Su had relied on her sons to get to this position, and if her sons didn't succeed, she wouldn't have anything to rely on. She had nothing to rely on, so she couldn't protect her brother.

Lizhen stomped her feet: "This killer, I don't want her to be my brother." ”

"There's a way for the slave here." Tassel curled her lips. ：，，