When Lirou and Lizhen came back, it was already August, and the autumn tiger was terrifying, so they went to school for a few days, and the women's school let them rest for a month before coming back to study. That is, Lirou and Lizhen have been playing on Zhuangzi for almost two months, and now they haven't read for three or two days, and they are going back to rest.

Only Lizhen really felt that she was lucky, and immediately stroked her palm and smiled: "This is great, oops, my sweat is all over the place, but my mother has to ask me to come." ”

"Just endure it for a few days." Lijia laughed.

Lizhen hugged Lijia, very close, Lijia also rubbed her hair, and the two looked closer than sisters.

It happened that Mrs. Zeng had the second wife bring hot tea and snacks over, and the sisters said goodbye, and Lishu ate the refreshments, and felt that it was very exquisite, but not sweet and greasy, which was suitable for the taste of the girl's family.

Just after eating, Mrs. Zeng came over in person.

Lirou is still the same as usual, feeling that she is the closest to Mrs. Zeng's second wife, and when everyone greets, she is still the same as usual, squeezing her eyebrows and making eyes with Zeng Yingdan.

At this time, Lu Jingyi, Zhong Yunran and the girls of the Zeng family were together, and the girls of the Liu family were sitting together again, and Lishu looked at the second wife of Zeng and felt that she seemed to be a little rounder again.

On such occasions, with Lijia here, she is very good at dealing with these wives, so she is not cold. Clinker, but the second wife Zeng looked at Lishu: "I heard that Miss Liu San's handwriting is good, and she plays the piano well, my Yingdan is as old as you, not as much as you." ”

"How can the second wife say this, I envy the fourth sister of the Zeng family, there is a free and easy air in her body, Gu Pan Shengfei, such a beautiful woman, if it weren't for your family, I wouldn't be able to get acquainted! On the contrary, my grandmother and mother often said that I was insufficient, and I had to learn more from the open state of mind of the fourth sister Zeng. Lishu hurriedly humbled herself and held Zeng Yingdan again.

In any case, they studied at the Zeng family, and the female gentlemen invited by the Zeng family were very big, and she benefited a lot, which is to be thanked.

Lijia lowered her eyes, thinking funny, what a free and easy atmosphere, the scenery of the moon, that Zeng Siniang is a reckless man, short-tempered, rude, and regards money as life. It's a shame that the third sister is talking nonsense with her eyes open, which is also very understandable, you can't always say bad things about other people's daughters in front of other people's mothers.

But I always feel that the third sister is very narrow.

Sure enough, Mrs. Zeng was very happy to hear it, and pulled Lishu and said, "You kid is really good at talking, and it's strange that others say hello." ”

Lishu has never seen Mrs. Zeng so close to herself, she has never seen a few people, how can others say that she is good, so she is modest, but Zeng Yingdan and Lirou are just as puzzled, and after all the sisters of the Liu family go out, she asked about it.

"Mother, why are you so good to that today? You don't mean that she is talented, frivolous, full of poetry and books, and dust-free under her eyes, which is not the duty of a girl. Let me learn more from the eldest girl and the fourth girl of the Liu family, why is it turning again now. ”

In Zeng Yingdan's upbringing when she was a child, the girl's family could recognize the account book, and read a few books just to have some common language with her future husband. Because although her mother is the daughter of an official family, she doesn't recognize the words except for the words in the account book, so in order to make up for her regrets, she hopes that she can be knowledgeable.

But this doesn't mean that my mother likes her to be the kind of so-called talented woman who is pretentious, because my mother once said that mother-in-law doesn't like this kind of woman who is full of poetry and books, and thinks that it is too windy and snowy, and it is not the way to run a family.

Mrs. Zeng changed her way of saying it again, she said: "I used to be a little prejudiced, but these days I have observed her, I know everything I know, and I have no distractions in reading. After only a year and a half of learning, I can play a good piano, although I sometimes don't understand the words she often says, but they are all good words. Being a human being is not the solitary self-promise I have seen, but rather humble and polite. ”

Her husband was in a big business, and she often came into contact with the wives of officials, merchants, squires and other families, and she had seen countless people, and she could know what others were thinking at a glance. The big girl Lijia looked steady and elegant, taciturn, and didn't care. But the more such people, the more utilitarian they are. The second girl, Liwan, is a silent character, but she is a master of judging the situation, she clearly knows that Lijia and Lishu do not deal with each other because of their respective mothers, but they wander among them, and they can be regarded as a character.

Originally, Mrs. Zeng liked the fourth girl of the Liu family very much, Lirou, she was implicit but not revealed, light but not dazzling, dormant in forbearance, not happy with things and not sad with herself, ready to go.

So she is very happy to see her daughter and Lirou learn more together, so that her daughter doesn't act like a firecracker.

Mrs. Zeng is very complicated with Lishu, she has a cousin, who was also the daughter of the official eunuch back then, talented, proficient in piano, poetry, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, and she was an ugly duckling compared to her cousin back then.

But it is this cousin who only knows how to study, but she is not good at general affairs at all, and she doesn't know how to deal with the relationship in the huge husband's family. The noisy cousin's family doesn't recognize her, and would rather associate with herself than with her.

Therefore, Mrs. Zeng doesn't like these talented women very much, they are at most a beautiful ornament, this ornament is useless as she gets older, but she still occupies a position, whoever marries this kind of woman, who has eight lifetimes of mold.

Therefore, she admitted that she was indeed prejudiced against Lishu, a little girl, but gradually found that this was not the case, especially after they moved to the peony garden, this girl really impressed her.

Reading has always been cold and summer, very persevering, her daughter wrote like a dog crawling, and is still learning a little horizontal skimming, everyone is already writing a little book, I heard that in the second half of the year, Mr. Gong is going to teach "Poetry Compromise", "Shujing Illustrated", that is to say, to start learning the chapters of the rites and the rhetoric of daily response, and begin to learn pairs and sentences, and then poetry. 's daughter can't even memorize a treatise, and Liu Lishu can already write short articles.

That's all, she doesn't treat people as kindly as Lirou on weekdays, but she has her own laws. And when talking to people, he is very full of spirit, and he seems to be especially smart and smart. If Lirou is a pearl hidden in the coffin that needs to be excavated and discovered, then Lishu is definitely a pearl that shines everywhere.

Zeng Yingdan didn't expect her mother to suddenly be like this to Lishu, she hurriedly said: "She didn't talk about it at all, and let me be beaten by Mr. Gong, of course, I'm not as confused as Sister Lizhen, but does this mean that she is too blind?" My father and mother often taught me that the third brother in our family is not as good as the fourth brother in reading, but reading is just to make friends and make way for one more way.

"Then what do you think, she covers you, and then accommodates you in all kinds of ways, and when your husband checks it, she will be punished. In her position, would she make a small report when she was not the section leader? Mrs. Zeng asked.

Zeng Yingdan thought about it and shook her head: "When she didn't become the section leader, it wouldn't be like this, but when she became the section leader, if we look for her endorsement, and there is still homework for her, it will be like this." However, you don't know, just because of this, I heard that the Liu sisters didn't hate her. ”

Mrs. Zeng waved her hand: "After three years of being in charge, cats and dogs are suspicious, you are afraid that others will hate you, don't you can't do it, you would rather offend people, you have to do things well, and don't show favoritism, this is a good thing." Besides, you said that the sisters of the Liu family hate her, I don't see it all, you may not know, she was raised under the knees of their wife, and their old lady and Mrs. Tai are very attentive to her. ”

Zeng Yingdan said: "Mother, isn't that Lirou also raised under Mrs. Tai's knees?" ”

"There is also a difference between raising and raising, your aunt and grandmother just let her subordinates take more care of Lirou, but she attaches great importance to Lishu, I heard that Mrs. Liu is preparing to invite Yan Tianchi, the holy hand of the guqin, to teach her. It is said that it was several famous paintings that were sent before this matter was decided, and it happened that Lord Yan was in Beijing, otherwise it would be difficult to find someone. Mrs. Zeng said.

Zeng Yingdan was incredulous: "Really? That mother, this guqin saint is still an official. ”

Second Mrs. Zeng nodded: "What's more, this Lord Yan's father used to be the prime minister, and he worked with Old Lady Liu in the court." If it weren't for his face, he wouldn't have invited this person, so I said that Lishu's talent is extraordinarily outstanding, and she can be cultivated by the Liu family, which is not as simple as you see. ”

Zeng Yingdan was not convinced: "I still think Lirou is very good." ”

"She's very good, but she has to come out, unless no one else can't, she can pick up the leaks, and she can always wait for others to make mistakes, so that she can come out in front of everyone. Do you think it's possible? The girls of the Liu family, I don't see that they are all unlucky. "Mrs. Zeng also has her own insights.

In this way, Zeng Yingdan also had to be convinced.

Mrs. Zeng waited for her daughter to go out before she said to her mother beside her: "This child has a reckless temperament and a big grin, and he doesn't look like his daughter's family at all." ”

"Mrs., how old is my sister, and the most important thing now is our third son."

"Zhong Yunran is only a teenager, not very old, as long as I say not to marry, what can she do? I used to see that she was fine, but I didn't expect her to be so scheming, she really wanted to eat swan meat. "Second Mrs. Zeng was very angry.

The subordinate hurriedly said: "What you said is yes, what is her identity, and she dares to cling to our son." ”

The second wife Zeng said: "I have a plan in my heart, our family and the Liu family are old relatives, and it is normal for the two families to marry." I originally thought that the fourth girl was very good, her life was good, and she was raised by an old lady, of course, it was very good. I don't pick the right girl, as long as the girl is good, it seems that the second girl is better now. ”

The next person was surprised: "I see that second wife, don't you like that Lishu girl very much?" ”

"Well, because I like her, I can't help but be funny. She is a girl from the Liu family, she is so smart, and the family expects so much from her. The fourth brother of the third family is about the same, and this self-knowledge is still okay. Mrs. Zeng said.

However, it was said that in the middle of the half month after returning home, under the leadership of Mrs. Liu and her eldest uncle, she met Yan Tianchi, the guqin saint invited by Mrs. Liu for her, and officially apprenticed.

It's just that this Mr. Yan is an official of the imperial court, Panhuan Jingzhongzheng and other appointments, so he can't teach for a long time, and he gave her a piano score, which is said to be the Qinchuan school, the master of the qin art inherits the essence from the famous teacher, and the head of a hundred schools has created a "clear, micro, light, and far" style of qin music.

Lishu thanked him: "Thank you, sir, disciple." ”

Mr. Yan pinched his beard and smiled, seeing that the girl's eyes were clear, her hair was thick and black as lacquer, and whenever she gazed, the brilliance was shining and shining left and right. Therefore, he said: "I accepted you because I saw that you were so diligent, but at the age of seven, you can already play "Mountains and Flowing Water", you are familiar with fingering, and your mood is peaceful. ”

Lishu hurriedly said: "The disciple respectfully obeys Mr.'s orders, and he will live up to Mr. by cultivating his mind at the time." ”

Mr. Yan nodded: "Okay, so very good, there are often people who can play but don't know the meaning of the music, so, it's just a craftsman who can play the piano." ”

Lishu listened respectfully to Mr. Yan's lesson, and felt that what Mr. Yan said was very true, and those who only pay attention to skills are destined to not go far. It's like writing an article, if you can't write a bookcase, you are destined to be just a two-legged bookcase.

……

This Mr. Yan came to the door three or twice in ten years, and he himself is said to be likely to go to Shandong to be the prefect and be a parent official.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mr. Yan had already gone to work, and Lishu rested for three or two days before returning to her previous routine.

When she got up early to greet her grandmother, Mrs. Liu saw that her black hair was like silk, and immediately held her hair with her hand and said, "Good boy, what happened to your head is so good." ”

"It's just growing too fast, otherwise how can I call it three thousand troubles, I wish I had a little less, so that the combing of my hair doesn't have to be so tight that it won't fall out." Lishu also has her own troubles.

Mother Wei said angrily: "Sister is really a child's words, this hair is black and long, smooth as silk, which is what all women dream of." When you grow up, I don't know how many people will envy you. ”

Of course, Lishu knew how good her hair was, and even people in their thirties had a staggering amount of hair, but when she was exiled, it was much whiter. In her previous life, she often felt that she had this appearance, so everything else was taken away by God.

As the grandfather and grandson were saying this, Lijia and Lirou came in together, and Lishu stood up and said a few words to them. Lijia said that Liwan didn't know if she had eaten crabs last night and had diarrhea this morning.

"You children have a weak spleen and stomach, so you should eat less." Mrs. Liu said.

Lishu and the others hurriedly said yes, and Mrs. Tai said, "You are young, don't be greedy." The Zeng family sent a lot of them over, and there was always enough for you to eat. ”

Everyone didn't know how the Zeng family could send so much, and after a few months, Liu Chengxu wrote a letter to agree with Mrs. Liu's statement and marry Li Wan to Zeng Yunxi, the third son of the Zeng family.

Because of the fear that Lijia has not yet decided to marry, although the two sides have not officially released, they have also exchanged tokens, and as for the girl Zhong Yunran Zhong, no one seems to take her to heart.

Even if Mrs. Liu knows, she won't feel anything, the most important thing is that the two families are right, have the same age, and continue the alliance of marriages. In her opinion, Liwan is not outstanding among the sisters, and she is a concubine, and it is just right to marry into the second room of the Zeng family, the money in the second room is immeasurable, and there is only one son, what is not his.

And the second room of the Zeng family is also very satisfied, although the second sister of the Liu family is a concubine, she has two brothers, her father's career is just right, and she herself is also the daughter of the official family.

Both sides are satisfied, as for the men and women themselves, it is unknown.

At this time, it was already the middle of winter, and after Lishu took off her cloak, Zeng Yingxiu and Lu Jingyi stepped forward and said, "I know that you are still here today, and your second sister is estimated to be not coming." ”

Lishu smiled: "Since this is the case, I'm afraid that you will make fun." And my eldest sister is not coming over, and she is helping our wife when the family is busy during the New Year's Festival. Just a few of us have nothing to do, but we want to come to study. ”

This time, Zhong Yunran was no longer seen in the seat, no one mentioned her, as if there had never been such a person, Lishu lowered her eyes, she knew that since the Zeng family had agreed to marry the Liu family, there would be no hidden dangers.

Many things are different in this life, I didn't come to Zeng's house to study for girls in my last life, and everyone didn't have long in Beijing, so I was released with my father, and my father's career trajectory in this life is also different.

Now it is the first time that Liwan has decided on a family affair, and Lishu suddenly feels that time flies quickly, this year may be too diligent to practice the piano, and in a blink of an eye, she is also eight years old.

The snow fell, Lishu reached out to catch a snowflake, and pulled her neckline again, and the wind was very strong.

In the last class of this year, Mr. Gong praised Lishu: "Your essay is already good, and your poetry and writing are good, but when you study the Book of Songs next year, you still have to work harder." ”

Also reading, Lizhen and Lirou because of their absence from class, later became more and more like listening to the book of heaven, Lirou was a little better, try to keep up, strange to say, Lirou's poetry and calligraphy and even playing the piano are not very successful, and she has no talent at all.

When saying goodbye, Lishu endured it for a while, and still asked Lu Jingyi: "Sister Zhong, is she okay?" ”

Lu Jingyi said: "She has to be good if she is not good, what else can she do!" Her grandfather's family was always like that to her, but fortunately, the third wife was good to her, and she didn't dare to go out of line. Don't worry, according to my usual cold eyes, although the third wife is a little arrogant and snobbish, she is also a short-term person, so she may be blessed by misfortune. ”

Of course, Lishu heard the meaning of Lu Jingyi's words, what girls like them are most afraid of is that no one cares about their life's affairs, as long as someone is in charge and has a home, it is a good thing.

"Sister Lu, don't worry, I'm not worried about her, but you, I take your affairs to heart. Now I can't tell my grandmother, but my mother is very good and loves me, and I will tell her when she comes back. Lishu also wants to help Lu Jingyi, she is also a teenager, for her, she has a good home, and her heart is stable, otherwise it will not be good to stay suspended.

Lu Jingyi gratefully shook Lishu's hand: "Good sister, it's not in vain that I have a relationship with you, but you must not be forced in everything." ”

"Well, I remember Sister Lu's words." Lishu shook her hand back.

Back home, Lishu went to Fu's place to see Liwan again, Liwan saw her come in, her face flushed slightly, and Lishu said: "Second sister, don't worry, I'm not here to make fun of you." ”

"Little hoof, I don't understand what you're saying." Liwan has seen Zeng Yunxi, and she has also seen the wealth of the second room of the Zeng family, and she hates the life of Jiujiang very much. The suffocating house, so little money per month, and even now she has to follow Lijia to do needlework until the middle of the night, which is more and more boring.

Lishu said with a smile: "Second sister, I came here today when I saw that the shop of rouge gouache was actually selling rose water, so I asked someone to buy a bottle and give it to my sister." ”

There is no girl who doesn't love beauty, the rose water is very fragrant on the body, if it weren't for Lishu to go out, it would take a long time to ask someone to buy it.

Liwan took it with a smile: "It just so happened that I put her in that small glass bottle." ”

"Well, what my sister said is that it was supposed to be bottled in glass." Lishu said.

……

Coming out of Liwan, Lishu glanced at the tassel, she had grown a lot taller, and her whole person was slim and slim, and she looked better and better. Tassel also saw Lishu, and smiled, she squinted at Liwan again.

I really didn't expect that she didn't do anything to Aunt Su, and now she has added another happy event, Aunt Su's daughter married into the Zeng family. Tassel once inquired, the second room of the Zeng family is extremely rich, I heard that there are still some contacts with the sea, and the other two masters of the Zeng family have very high official positions, I didn't expect Aunt Su's faction to get better and better, and she also had to make plans early.

Lishu's birthday has passed, it is Lijia's birthday, last year the Fu family sent a generous gift, and this year it is still the same.

Lijia's face was not as happy as before, and Lishu actually didn't know why the Fu family didn't settle Fu Minglun and Lijia. Fu Minglun is Fu's nephew, he is very close to Fu on weekdays, and he is also a cousin and sister of Lijia, why don't you settle down quickly?

But these things are not something that Lishu can worry about, in the previous life, Lijia dragged on to the age of eighteen and had not yet decided on a marriage, let alone in this life?

After Lijia's birthday banquet, Lishu and Lirou went back to the house together, because the snow was too slippery, Lirou almost slipped and was pulled by Lishu, and she thanked her repeatedly.

Lishu smiled: "It's a trivial matter, why worry about it." She didn't care about this, but saw that Lirou was not giving up, so she asked, "What's wrong with you?" How absent-minded. ”

Lirou has never told others about her own affairs, she can hide things in her heart, and she is vaguely on Lijia's side, so she doesn't choose to tell Lishu.

She didn't say anything, because Lishu soon knew that it was Lizhen's big mouth who said it.

As soon as she came to her grandmother in the morning, Lizhen said: "There is a good show to watch now, the sister of the Gu family has not yet been decided, and the family that is the family of the family has heard that there is also a cousin who is a childhood sweetheart, and she came to the door in broad daylight, and it has spread all over the capital." ”

Although the third son of the Zeng family has a Zhong Yunran, everything is a storm in a teapot, the second wife Zeng and the third wife of Zeng quickly controlled the situation, and the Liu family will never even see Zhong Yunran again, the Gu family-

Lishu couldn't help but ask, "Why haven't I heard of this Gu family?" ”

Lizhen said sarcastically: "The third sister doesn't listen to things outside the window all day long, and only reads sage books. Sister Gu is the granddaughter of the former prince and the princess, and this year we accompanied our grandmother to live in Zhuangzi, and they came to us to hide in the rain, of course you haven't heard of it. ”

She was very angry when she said this, and Lishu said politely: "It's funny, I haven't been there, so what's the matter with asking." I don't know to ask, but if I knew, I wouldn't have asked. ”

Lirou was afraid that they would quarrel, so she hurriedly explained: "Third sister, this Sister Gu is the son of the Hou Cen family in Guangyang, this family affair was originally a marriage between the abdomen, and Sister Gu has been working abroad with her father, and she has just decided to marry when she comes back this time, and this incident has never occurred." ”

"Oh? Cen family. Lishu remembered that in her previous life, she asked Dali Siqing to investigate the case, and that Dali Siqing was the Cen family, I don't know if it was a family. But she remembered that when she returned to Qi in her previous life, she saw Lirou at the banquet, as if she was Mrs. Guangyang Hou.

At this time, Lizhen was no longer angry, and immediately talked about gossip: "This Cen Shifang is really a bastard." ”

"Yes, I have a very good relationship with Sister Gu, so I have to persuade her to be relieved." Lirou was worried.

Lishu was shocked, in her previous life, the Marquis of Guangyang was called Cen Shifang, so ......

How did Lirou marry Cen Shifang, the husband of a close friend in the boudoir, and the cousin of her childhood sweetheart, how could she marry this kind of person. ：，，