After the Lantern Festival, the sisters of the Liu family were all rounded, and then they were going to study with the Zeng family's girls, and before everyone had enough greetings, Mr. Gong began to talk about "Mencius": "Confucianism started with Confucius, and Mencius flowed its source. Zhu Zi's "Mencius" and "Analects" were established after the establishment of the scholar's great roots, which stimulated his high ambition. The study of Mencius is mainly to learn the spirit of perseverance. ”

Lishu retracted her mind and began to listen to Mr. Gong talk about "Mencius", but Lizhen seemed to listen to the book of heaven, not interested at all.

After finishing the lecture easily, Mr. left first, and Lishu closed the book and chatted with Zeng Yingxiu and Lu Jingyi, they hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they all had a lot to say.

"Yes, why didn't you come to my house for the Chinese New Year this year?" Lishu held Zeng Yingxiu's hand and said.

Zeng Yingxiu said: "I followed our wife back to my parents' house, and I didn't go to your house." Yes, I didn't go, but I heard that you are a master pitcher. ”

"It's just a small test, these are nothing." Lishu didn't care too much, looked around again, and when she saw Zhong Yunran again, she looked in poor spirits.

"Sister Zhong, what's wrong?" Lishu thought that it was just that her father's identity was gone, but it didn't come to this point, but she still had her father alive, and Mrs. Zeng didn't treat her harshly in her life, which was much better than the big house for Lu Jingyi.

Zeng Yingxiu was angry, but she didn't say anything after all, and Lishu suppressed her curiosity, but she didn't expect this secret to be known by her family soon.

After eating at noon, the sisters of the Liu family went to ask Mrs. Zeng and her husband to go again, naturally they don't need to use it on weekdays, but now that the New Year has just ended, they still have to have this etiquette.

After saying goodbye, she said that this time the piano lesson was chosen in the small garden of the second room of the Zeng family, and Lishu and the others had to transfer from the school to the second room.

"Sister Lu, why are we going to go to the second room to study, wasn't it nice to be in that quiet place in the south before?" Lishu was puzzled.

Lu Jingyi whispered: "This gentleman was invited by the second room, I heard that the second master Zeng was very dissatisfied with Yingdan's homework, saying that she didn't know anything, and had a good New Year, and their family had a quarrel." These three gentlemen were all invited by the second room, so they will all learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting here in the future. ”

Lishu spread her hands: "I don't care, anyway, I can learn from a few gentlemen." If I can't learn, when my mother comes back, I'll ask her to bring me one back. ”

This year, his father's term of office has expired, and he wishes that his grandmother would be a few more years of imperial history, and a year of imperial history is very beautiful.

The patrol of the imperial history is very beautiful!

The two laughed a few words, and then went to the small garden of the second room of the Zeng family, this garden in the garden is even more exquisite, and the name is the peony garden, which is said to be the most complete variety of peonies in Beijing.

When Mr. Shen saw that they also sent baked rice cakes brought from home, they were hot, and after eating, Lishu began to play the piano with Mr. Everyone was relaxed.

"It's a little harder for us to learn the repertoire this time."

This time is different from last year, last year was a day to learn the piano, so that one day to learn calligraphy, calligraphy and painting, one day to learn all kinds of chess, this time in the second half of the day to learn three things together. Guqin for an hour, calligraphy and painting for an hour, and chess for an hour.

Lishu didn't care, she could go back later anyway, they were young now, and there was nothing more to do.

Generally, Mr. Shen will teach them a section first, and then let them play by themselves, if they don't play well, Mr. Shen will correct their body shape and fingering. The garden is very beautiful, the sound of the piano is very melodious, Zhong Yunran pulled Lu Jingyi to wander outside, but he could only be forced to go.

"Miss Lu, you see, I didn't think it was bad like this before, but now I think we are really pathetic and pitiful. The same girls who studied for women, just because they were the daughters of official families, they were separated by generations, and they could still learn everything, but we had to go back to the room and do the unfinished needlework. The more Zhong Yunran understood, the more unwilling she became, but she didn't know that she shouldn't be unwilling.

Lu Jingyi sneered: "Sister Zhong, hasn't it always been like this?" ”

Zhong Yunran sneered: "Is it right to be like this all along?" Yes, I'm just a cousin who lives in the increasing number of cousins, and my father was framed and lost his official position, and since then he has become a commoner. A guqin is ten times, we are increasing the monthly silver only two times a month, and we have to be consistent, not to mention the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and their own balm are already difficult to support. Besides, it is the guqin of the previous generation, I heard the eldest girl of the Liu family say that the guqin of her third sister is worth 1,000 taels, and it is the guqin of the previous dynasty, how can we compare. ”

"But even if I could afford it, I wouldn't have come." What do you want to say about Lu Jingyi, she is not a genuine lady of the Zeng family, she can follow the study, and it is already good to have a famous teacher to teach.

She lives in other people's homes, honors needlework everywhere, and she often has to make some female celebrities for her cousin, her own little clothes, and she can't finish the work, and she doesn't have the time to do it. Besides, even with this condition, she is not a serious lady, and she doesn't need to take advantage of others.

The girls of the Liu family can buy it, firstly, because Mrs. Liu is the old aunt and wife of the Zeng family, and secondly, because the Liu family and the Zeng family have a mutually supportive relationship, what can they give to the Zeng family.

Therefore, Lu Jingyi said, "Sister Zhong, I'll go first." ”

Zhong Yunran waited for her to go away before saying, "Cowardly as a mouse." ”

The little maid who followed her had followed her since she was a child, and when Yun Ran's mother was still there, the family life was not bad, and she was also carefree.

Now......

"Miss, let's go to the pavilion over there and rest for a while." The maid also understands that it is not a question of whether she can afford the piano at all, but the three female gentlemen invited by the second room, Miss Zhong is the cousin of the third room, and the eldest girl is the maiden niece of the late eldest lady, so she should be interesting.

Zhong Yunran was a little discouraged and a little unwilling.

At this time, Lishu's song was finished, probably after eating rice cakes and drinking cold water, she suddenly had a stomachache, so she had to go to Gong first. She was afraid that someone would cut the strings again this time, after all, last time Lizhen was jealous and actually cut off her former guqin. During the Chinese New Year, she threw a pot to win, and she was afraid that she would be hot-headed and do something wrong.

"Listen to the snow, you stay here for me to guard, and Siyu will accompany me over." Lishu said.

Listening to Xue, she was also afraid that Lizhen would ruin the piano, so she promised repeatedly: "Girl, don't worry." ”

The first time I came to this peony garden, the master and servant had to look for a while, and when they just approached the rockery, they heard a man and a woman talking. Lishu was shocked, it was Zhong Yunran's voice again, did she still like to talk here in the rockery?

"I'm just a poor girl now, how can I be worthy of you, you better go find a real official daughter. The Liu family and your family have decided to marry in your generation, and I will ......"

"No, it has nothing to do with me, we are not the only one in our Zeng family."

Lishu heard Zhong Yunran say, "But my status is low, how can I be worthy of you." She immediately pulled Siyu away, and she didn't want to listen to the rest anymore.

This kind of identity gap was told to her by everyone after she was robbed of her husband. They said, "How can you fight with the emperor's daughter?" Your father is just a three-class politician, and he is an emperor's daughter.

At that time, Lishu didn't agree with it in her heart, and she couldn't help it, it wasn't her who had the final say.

But Zhong Yunran was still too young at this time, and she didn't know that the more she met the son of the Zeng family in private like this, the more useless she might be. Of course, I'm afraid that this matter is fundamentally useless, because Second Mrs. Zeng is definitely not a character to mess with.

"Girl, did you say that one was Miss Zhong?" Siyu asked.

Lishu nodded: "It's her, but let's just pretend we haven't heard of it." ”

Siyu said: "Actually, I don't think Miss Zhong is worthy of that young master Zeng, she is very beautiful, her speech is sudden, and she is no worse than the eldest girl." ”

"You're right, I think she's also a superlative character, their family is a two-room businessman, if they find such a proper person, it would be a blessing."

It's just that Lishu also knows that the second room of the Zeng family is trapped in the identity of a businessman, and the second master heard that although he donated an identity, he can't compare with his brother after all.

Their family must marry the daughter of the official family, and the combination of officials and businessmen has been common since ancient times.

But if Zhong Yunran and Zeng Sangongzi can finally become a family, it is also possible, but it is inappropriate for them to have such a private meeting, Lishu thinks that Zhong Yunran is a person who worries about it on weekdays, how can she not know the harm, probably because she is worried about her future, so it will be like this.

"Let's go."

……

In the blink of an eye, the ice and snow melted, spring returned to the earth, and everything recovered. Everyone also changed into spring shirts, and Lishu found that she had grown a little taller, so she gestured to herself in the mirror.

Because she was busy with her studies, especially the homework assigned by Mr. Gong, she had to think about it behind closed doors every day when she came back, and unconsciously, when she saw the tassel again, she felt that the tassel had grown a little longer than before, and her relationship with Fu looked much better than with Lirou.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, the family received a letter from Liu Chengxu, and his appointment had been changed from the inspector to the imperial history of Shandong Province, this time for three years.

Lishu knows that her father is a capable minister, and he is not afraid of power, although there are occasional clinging behaviors, but it is still very good in terms of right and wrong.

Later, when I heard that my father left Henan, the people of Henan were very supportive, and the local people covered the road to keep him, and sacrificed his statue in the county school.

Grandfather and grandmother had light on their faces, and grandmother also specially said: "Your father has reprimanded the arrogant, punished the corrupt officials, and broken the ringing horse in office, which is really a remarkable political achievement." ”

Everyone was very happy to hear this, and my grandfather also said: "Your father is now transferred to Beizhili School and supervised Shuntianfu." Don't worry, in another two or three years, maybe I'll be back. ”

Lishu was also very happy, because she had received a letter from her mother, which said that her brother was already very good at talking, and she was very good at raising her, and she followed her father to Shandong, to learn Shandong's cooking cakes, and come back to make them for her to eat, so that she could rest assured.

It can be seen that Xiao Fu is actually very happy outside, how can it be bad. No one outside knows about her and Fu's situation, she can be the master of the house, and she is in love with Liu Chengxu, and she still has the means to control Aunt Ding.

Aunt Ding has always been good at watching the fire from the other side and provoking disputes, but she doesn't dare to really take the lead, and she is not even very favored, which is her shortcoming.

Speaking of her father's backyard daughters, Lishu looked at Fu, but Fu's eyes couldn't hide the disappointment. She knows very well why Fu is like this, she is no longer in her prime, she has been going to the temple very diligently recently, adding incense and fire money is even more important, and she often drinks medicine to condition her body, probably just to have another child.

But now Liu Chengxu still has to serve abroad for more than two years, from patrolling the imperial history to supervising the imperial history, and she still has to keep the empty house alone in the past two years, which is equivalent to announcing that everything is in vain.

She also thought that if only a man married one woman, there would be no need for a woman to compete for a man.

Lishu misses her mother and brother very much, but she knows that her mother is doing well outside, and as for herself, she also has her own things to do.

Parting is for a better reunion, and she always believes in this sentence.

Today, the old lady and the old lady had dinner together, the two young masters Shujing and Shuyi also came over, and Lishu was at the same table with the sisters, and everyone was very happy for their father.

"Daddy's official reputation is so good, if you want to come and go to Shandong, I don't know how many people I have to help." Lishu always felt that being an official had to be responsible, otherwise, it was better not to be an official, so as not to be unworthy of virtue and the people would suffer.

Liwan echoed: "That's true, didn't Dad help many people in Jiujiang last time?" ”

Of course, there is darkness in officialdom, and even when you are in it, sometimes you can't help yourself, but there are always people who have ideals. Just like in her previous life, she couldn't marry Zheng Hao, and she was a little depressed and said to Liu Chengxu that she wanted to be a female crown, but she was quiet.

Dad said that he would definitely find a reliable man for him, and persuaded her that even if she really didn't get married, she would enter the palace as a female official, and it would not be bad to be a female official. That was the most time my father talked to her, and later, there was no later.

After Xi Bi, everyone dispersed, and Fu Shi seemed a little worried. Of course, Lijia understood why, and she comforted: "Mother, my daughter sees that your face is much ruddy, don't worry." ”

"Mother is not worried." Fu Shi said.

But she was still stunned when she returned to the room, and the tassel brought a bowl of rock sugar pears: "Mrs., the slave saw that you had a dry throat and cough, so she specially stewed rock sugar pears in the kitchen, while they were still warm, you can drink them first." ”

Fu Shi smiled: "Put it there, I drank a lot of sweet soup at the banquet today, and my throat is still blocked, and I can't drink it anymore." ”

Of course the tassel knows why? It must be because the second master didn't come back, and the second wife is sad. In fact, she served by the side of the second wife, and she really had never found such a kind and benevolent person.

Among the people she has served on weekdays, Mrs. Tai is very majestic, and her subordinates only dare to make fun, but they don't dare to really make trouble. But Mrs. Tai is really a slave to a slave.

The fourth girl is a pig who eats a tiger, and she looks kind, but in fact, she has a strong control over slaves and maids, and what she needs is completely undouble-minded.

However, the three girls have clear rewards and punishments, although she did not serve, but she has dealt with them. But this kind of master is not easy to mess with at a young age, don't look at her as if she is loose and doesn't care much about her weekdays, but everything is in her own head.

Only Fu is the only one who is really benevolent, she will teach herself to read and write, and she is very generous. I lied to her instead, which is too undeserved.

But she also knew that only by following the Fu family could she take revenge, because she was already here with the Fu family and would soon be able to become a big girl.

The twilight shrouded the earth, the morning light was faint, Lishu and the others went to Zeng's house to study in the bright light, and Lizhen and Lirou wanted to accompany the old lady to live in Zhuangzi for a while. Originally, Lishu was going to go, but she still wanted to focus on reading, so she declined, but she was also a little embarrassed, no matter what, filial piety to the old man is the first, and she was a little selfish after all.

Mrs. Xu was explaining to Lizhen: "You want to listen to the old lady, be obedient, and don't bully Lirou, do you know?" ”

"I know." Lizhen is happy, she doesn't know if it's fun to go to Zhuangzi, but she finally doesn't have to study. In particular, listening to Mr. Gong's lectures is like a book from heaven, and her homework is written every day until late at night, from one to four o'clock and eight sections, others still have needlework for the elders, and she has to find someone to borrow it.

Like Lirou who has a good relationship, needless to say, she will give her a few, and Lishu, who has a bad relationship, is not easy to talk to, she doesn't borrow anything, she still finds her eldest sister to get a few to make up for it.

Being able to get out is like a caged bird and a fish in the water, and it is finally unrestrained.

She changed her dress, felt that the whole person was happy, and couldn't help but say: "Mother, are you stupid to say that the third girl is stupid, why did she break the book, she actually refused to accompany her grandmother, and her grandmother must not like her." ”

Mrs. Xu didn't think so: "Your grandmother, no, it should be said that everyone in the world is strong." But strange to say, people sympathize with the weak and envy the strong, and when the two conflict, they will listen to the strong. ”

Lizhen couldn't understand this sentence, she only felt that it was better for her grandmother to like her, and it was best for her grandmother to dislike Lishu.

And grandmother is very generous, Lishu and Lirou have a lot of things by her side, of course she Lizhen doesn't lack anything, but it would be better if grandmother could give it to her.

Soon after Lishu's carriage left, the old lady rode in front, and the old lady took her two little granddaughters to Zhuangzi in the carriage together.

Mrs. Liu doesn't think about her granddaughters on weekdays, but now that they go out together, she feels that the gap between people and people is still very big.

Especially after walking out of Beijing, she asked Wei's mother: "Where is this?" ”

"It's almost time to Fangshan, you can rest assured."

"Our Zhuangzi is not big, but there is a hot spring, and when the time comes, you two sisters should take a good bath, which is good for your body."

Lirou said obediently: "Yes." ”

Lizhen was a little afraid of Mrs. Liu on weekdays, so she didn't say anything, but Mrs. Liu had the heart to chat with them: "It just so happens that the hot spring hasn't been named yet?" What do you think of the name of that hot spring courtyard? ”

Lirou knew that Lizhen had always been in the limelight, so she didn't make a big noise, and Lizhen said it casually first.

"What's the point here, five girls? You say that bathing is too straightforward. Mrs. Liu was not satisfied, and looked at Lirou again.

Lirou was a little better, and she smiled: "My granddaughter heard that there is a Huaqing Pond in Chang'an, so let's call it Qingjing Spring." ”

Mrs. Liu frowned: "It's not good, Lishu and I had a name yesterday, what a water and clouds, I think this is very good." ”

Lizhen was still unconvinced: "It's obviously a hot spring courtyard, how atmospheric, what is it called a room?" ”

On weekdays, Mrs. Liu didn't know about their sisters' reading, probably because she knew that Lishu was a little smarter, but she didn't expect Lizhen to be so unbearable. Lirou also supported her forehead when she heard it, she could say that Mr. Gong spoke too fast, they were not like those gentlemen who learned the piano and stopped to teach, he would assign homework once he spoke, not to mention Lizhen, even she was a little unable to keep up.

Old lady Liu, who was riding a horse outside, couldn't help but interject: "You girl, this water and clouds are from Zhu Dunru's "Partridge Sky". Bamboo powder blows fragrant apricot dan. Try a new gauze hat garment width. The days are long, the piano and books are quiet, and the gulls and herons in the remote ponds are idle. Looking for sweat, listening to the murmuring. Indifferently sent water and clouds. No one drinks pine yellow wine together, and sometimes there are flying immortals secretly returning. Between the water and clouds, there are ethereal, delicate and elegant places that transcend the world. ”

You must know that Mrs. Liu is also a martial artist, he is also a son of a famous minister, a very famous collector, and his literary literacy is very high.

Seeing her grandfather say this, Lizhen obediently shut up, obviously not convinced, and while Mrs. Liu was not paying attention, she also bit her ears with Lirou.

"Lishu's dancing and writing are inky, and the name she gave is very sour."

Lirou has never participated in their struggle, and at the same time, she is also avoiding the disaster that is about to happen to the Zeng family. She and Ying Dan have always had a good relationship, and she knew that the third son in the second room of the Zeng family and Zhong Yunran seemed to have an affair, which even caused a quarrel between the second and third Mrs. Zeng. And the worst thing is that the next generation of the Zeng family and the Liu family is definitely going to get married, the second wife Zeng likes her very much, and she is not very interested in Lishu Liwan, and the eldest sister does not dare to climb high, so she quickly escaped, so as not to catch fire.

Of course, I also heard that the eldest sister and the second sister are also going to the Fu family, if they are really ready to go to the Fu family, then the third sister will be in the Zeng family alone, Lirou thinks that no matter what, the second lady Zeng doesn't look down on the third sister who likes to dance and ink, so it's good.

She didn't expect Lishu to want to achieve the blessing of her fame, because she left Lirou and Lizhen, Lijia went to her grandfather's house to cool off, and Liwan also followed Lijia all day long, and Lishu came alone all day long, and Mr. almost taught her and Zeng Yingxiu, which was a rapid improvement compared to before.

"Mr. Shen, I heard that a good piano sound can attract hundreds of birds to circle, just like Yu Boya's "High Mountains and Flowing Water" and Jin Jikang's "Guangling San".

Mr. Shen nodded: "That's true, ghost girl, you want to learn "Mountains and Flowing Water", if you want to learn, I will teach it, but you go back to practice every day for half an hour from now on." ”

Lishu said happily: "The disciple obeys. ”

If she can attract a hundred birds to circle, even if she is no longer in Zeng's house in the future, she can naturally ask her family to invite a guqin saint for her, so it will be very good.

Of course, even if she is not attracted by her voice, she must also be attracted by her voice.

Now she has to be familiar with playing "Mountains and Flowing Water", and as for the bullshit of the Zeng family, she doesn't care.

Therefore, Lishu practiced hard for several days, and finally planned to try the knife in Zeng's house first, the peony garden of the Zeng family drove the birds out because she was afraid of the birds pecking peanuts, so she had to be in the Huxin Pavilion, while writing poems with Zeng Yingxiu, and began to give Siyu a look.

Siyu will scatter a lot of bird food around, at least two birds can be brought over, Lishu asked Zeng Yingxiu in advance, knowing that there are green trees here, so there are a lot of birds.

The most important thing about this guqin is the mental technique, when Lishu is immersed in it, she no longer thinks about it but the unity of the human piano, and the "Book of Music" has the sum of heaven and earth of the cloud musician.

Lishu's original intention was to attract ten birds, and she didn't have much hope, but she didn't expect that when she played the first paragraph, only one bird was curiously jumping around on the top of the pavilion, and Siyu was in a hurry.

But I didn't expect that at this time, all kinds of larks and small birds circled and danced with her rhythm.

happened to be seen by the second and third Mrs. Zeng, only to see Lishu sitting in the pavilion, burning incense and playing the piano, the sound of birdsong seemed to accompany her, she was wearing a long embroidered dress, the green skirt dragged the ground, elegant and refined, the little girl actually had a sense of sacredness.

The second wife of Zeng suddenly felt that she felt the beauty of the sound of the piano, and it was so wonderful that everyone in Zeng's house couldn't help but say: "The third girl of the Liu family is a fairy god." ”

"Yes, if it weren't for the fairy daughter, how could she attract a hundred birds to sing in unison, it's really like listening to fairy music."

Don't say that it is the second wife of Zeng, even the third wife of Zeng also thinks that this scene is like an ink landscape painting.

Where does Lishu care about this, her father and mother are not around now, she asks Xiao Fu to help her again, it may be more than half a year since she has been coming and going, since this is the case, it is better to find a way by herself.

Therefore, she didn't find anyone praising her at all, because she cheated today, bird food is not counted, mainly in the place where birds are infested, but is there such a place in her own house? She'll have to go back and see it today.

Everyone saw that she was so otherworldly, when she walked down the pavilion, her clothes fluttered, her figure was graceful, and she looked back and smiled to let Siyu see if there was any evidence left by the bird food, but they were stunned.

So on the day Mrs. Liu returned home, she didn't prepare bird food this time, but just found a place with a little more birds and birds, and practiced the "Mountains and Flowing Water" and "Flowing Springs on the Stone" that she learned day and night.

"Girl, yesterday Yu Bo chased birds, you said that birds are the aura of all things, let him not rush, he didn't move."

"Well, if it weren't for the great location here, there would be more birds in that quiet place in our garden."

Last time, the Zeng family saw it, but this time when Lishu's fingers danced, suddenly a magical scene appeared, birds and birds circled, it was a spectacle.

Lishu looked at the maids around her with satisfaction, all of them were mainly Wei Jin wide-sleeved long skirts, which looked fluttering.

This scene was not seen by my grandfather and grandmother first, but was seen by Fu Minglun, who sent Fu and Lijia back, he was a reckless character, and couldn't help but admire: "Auntie, I heard that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the pianist drumming and piano can attract a hundred birds to compete and a hundred beasts to congratulate. I didn't expect such a spectacle to come from the hands of the third cousin, it's really ...... It's like a fairyland. ”

Fu Shi is okay, she only knows that the third girl has indeed practiced the piano every day recently, but she didn't expect this child to reach this level. And Lijia next to her suddenly darkened her face, and pinched the handkerchief tightly, and Liwan also smiled when she saw this.

Of course, this scene was also seen by Mrs. Liu, and Lishu quickly stopped the guqin and stepped forward to bow to Yingying: "Grandfather, grandmother, and granddaughter specially played a song "Mountains and Flowing Water" for the two of you, and it is recorded in "On Balance": 'The sky will rain, and the strings will be slow. 'It's great that my strings are slow and my grandparents are coming home. ”

Mrs. Liu smiled: "What are you doing with this little family?" ”

"It's not that I couldn't accompany my grandparents, but my granddaughter feels very guilty." Lishu said.

Old lady Liu was silent, but he was born as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and when he looked around, he didn't find bird food, it seemed that he was really capable, and nodded secretly.

These compliments are just that, Lirou never thought that the second Mrs. Zeng, who had always hated those talented women the most, would be so kind to Lishu, which really subverted her opinion.

Lirou looked at Lishu, what was she going to do? ：，，