Chapter 64
Since Meng Zhaojun met Tang Shunyan that day, he seemed to have become interested in this boy who was still sucking milk, and gave him goat milk.
Tang Shunyan also asked people to make goat milk into cakes and sent them to Meng Zhaojun's house.
During this back and forth, the children of the two families moved closer together, and the wives of the two families also had this intention and supported the two families moving closer.
Tang Shunyan read the Four Books and Five Classics in the morning as usual. He was a little younger. The master was still teaching him the Thousand-Character Classic and the Three-Character Classic. In addition to reading, he also needed to write and understand the meaning of the text.
The little man is ignorant, he just listens to whatever the master teaches him, and he has no independent thoughts yet.
Meng Zhaojun acted coquettishly to his mother that day and wanted to come to the Tang Mansion to play again.
The mother asked the female teacher to teach her female virtues, female beauty, as well as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was a little bored while studying. She wanted to come to the Tang Mansion to see what Tang Shunyan was learning.
Mother Meng was helpless because of her daughter's coquettishness. Mrs. Tang invited them many times and took this opportunity to gather at their house.
The two families didn't say much, they all had the idea in their hearts that the two children should have more contact, so that when they grow up, their childhood sweethearts can get married.
Meng Zhaojun got her mother's consent, asked for leave from her husband, returned to the yard, and asked the maid to dress her up exquisitely. She put on her most beautiful and favorite clothes, put her favorite pattern on her head, and looked at her lovely face in the mirror.
What a beautiful doll, I feel very satisfied.
Meng Zhaojun has always been very confident about her appearance. The last time she attended the banquet, Zhao Minjun and she looked different, and she was more confident. She was close to the water platform and could often see Tang Shunyan.
My mother said that at the age of seven, men and women will be on guard, and they still have two or three years to have more contact with each other.
After meeting Tang Shunyan at the banquet last time, she unknowingly thought about this boy in her free time or while studying. What was he doing at the moment?
Meng Zhaojun is innocent and lively, but she seems to be more mature than girls of the same age. Some of her thoughts cannot be imagined by girls of the same age.
Mrs. Meng sometimes feels that her daughter is innocent and lively, and has the temperament of a poet and calligrapher. She is cultivating her daughter to become a talented woman and become the most talented woman in the county. She also has more thoughts that one day they can return to the capital with their husband.
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The daughter she has trained will definitely be the most talented girl in the capital, and she will be the target of every young master's fight. Her daughter is the pride of their family.
The son will also inherit his husband's scholarly abilities. He is already proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics at a young age, and has decided to take the exam to become a child student next spring.
She was betrothed to a husband by her family because she thought he was talented, good-looking, had no background, and was dependent on their family.
The husband, who was a Jinshi, married her under the arrangement of his family and entered the officialdom. After she gave birth to a son and a daughter, he arranged for her to be gilded. Maybe they would go back sooner or later.
Maybe she will stay here forever. While raising her son and daughter, Mrs. Meng is also considering her future options, except for her family in the capital.
The Tang family is the most powerful businessman in the county. In the eyes of her husband, she may not be as good as a scholar, but Mrs. Meng does not think so. Sometimes when her husband wants to do big things, he needs the support of these rich men.
Building bridges, digging tunnels, and water conservancy projects do not require money. If taxes are collected from cities to increase income, it will add a lot of burden to some farmers.
Farmers who can only make money by going to the city have to collect taxes when they go there. It is not easy to sell something. If a family only eats food, life will become more difficult.
In order for Mrs. Meng to support her husband's work, she must make good friends with government officials and businessmen, so that these rich men can donate more money instead of making it easier for ordinary people to contribute money.
Mrs. Meng and her daughter rode in a luxurious carriage together and entered the gate of the Tang family.
The Tang family had already received the invitation, and Mrs. Meng and her daughter, led by the guards, first went to see the Madam, the head wife of the Tang family.
The lady sitting at the head of the table stood up to greet the guests politely and asked them to sit next to her.
"I've met Mrs. Tang."
"Mrs. Meng, please sit down."
"Hello, Mrs. Tang."
"Well, Miss Meng, please take a seat too."
After the maid served tea and took a sip of tea with the guest, she said:
"Mrs. Meng, the begonia flowers in our yard are in bloom, and the roses are in bloom. I was thinking of inviting Madam to come and enjoy the flowers."
Mrs. Tang said this just as an excuse to invite people to visit. Her real intention was for them to get together more often until Mrs. Meng, a woman from a scholarly family, came from the capital.
Of course, I have seen more beautiful flowers. The crabapples and roses planted in their yard are expensive, but there are some more precious flowers that are not often seen, and that is the peony.
Not everyone can grow peonies, and those who wear peony-embroidered skirts are even more elegant and luxurious, and are not clothes that ordinary people can wear.
It is an honor represented by high-ranking officials. Once the eldest lady, the wife of an imperial businessman, received a reward and gave her gorgeous cloth and beautiful clothes, including a peony embroidered skirt. I usually see these official wives or wealthy businessmen at home.
Madam, I can't bear to wear it.
"Oh, then let's go and enjoy the flowers together!" Mrs. Meng understood and nodded gracefully. Her dress was simple and elegant but not ordinary, but her simple dress gave the impression of an official wife.
Mrs. Tang is not one of those vulgar people who wears gold and silver. The jewelry and accessories on her head are noble but not vulgar, showing the style of a lady from a noble family.
"Mom, can I go see Tang Shunyan first, and then I and Tang Shunyan will meet you in the garden later?"
Meng Zhaojun sat aside, smiling silently while his mother was talking to the eldest lady, acting very well-behaved.
Her heart had already flown to Tang Shunyan's yard. If it weren't for her mature performance, she might have been unable to sit still and went to Tang Shunyan's yard first.
"Well, Miss Meng wants to see Xiao Shunyan, so please let me show you the way. She and my grandson will come over to play in the garden later."
While Mrs. Tang was speaking, she asked the maid beside her to lead Meng Zhaojun the way.
"Okay..." Meng Zhaojun wanted to jump up happily, but held back his movements.
The maid next to Mrs. Meng followed the young lady, led by the maid of the Tang Mansion, to a courtyard in the outer courtyard.
This is a place where men live, but it is because Tang Shunyan is still young, there are many maids and women around him, the boys are relatively young, and there are no book boys yet.
Meng Zhaojun, led by the maid, came to the place where Tang Shunyan studied. This was a study in his yard. His father specially invited a gentleman for him. There were only him and him in the room.
Meng Zhaojun saw the maid standing at the door, as well as the nanny next to Tang Shunyan whom he had met last time. Looking in from the door, the study room had seats for the gentleman, students and tables.
There is also a place for teachers to drink tea and a place for students to drink tea.
There is a window in the room, and there are some bookshelves around the room. This is a study room with bookshelves on the wall.
Chapter completed!