Chapter 153 Baochai is ashamed and Qingwen kneels down as punishment
A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, three quarters of an hour, half an hour.
Xue Baochai looked at it and watched "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" for half an hour.
After reading the first volume, she picked up the second volume and started reading...
During the process, Aunt Xue came to ask again. Xue Baochai still said that she didn't see the trick and needed to continue reading.
As he watched it, Xue Baochai felt like he had gone back to his teenage years and secretly read books.
Although she is now a beautiful, elegant, dignified, graceful, reserved and steady lady.
She was also a bit naughty when she was a girl. Her family was also a scholar. Her grandfather loved to collect books. Her sisters and brothers were afraid of reading serious books. Some loved poetry, some loved lyrics, and some loved "The West Chamber" and "The Western Chamber".
"Pipa", "Yuan Ren Bai Zhong", etc.
She also secretly read these improper books. Later, when the adults found out, they punished her and burned the books she kept privately, so she stopped reading serious books. Later, she stopped reading.
Literacy is a serious matter, and spinning, needlework, and blacksmithing are the foundations of body and mind.
And now Xue Baochai feels like she has returned to her teenage years and secretly read books.
In her opinion, "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" is more unorthodox than the unorthodox books she once read.
However, she also felt that "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" was the most interesting book she had ever read. Those books such as "The West Chamber", "Pipa", and "One Hundred Species of Yuan Ren" were even more interesting than this book.
Much worse.
How could there be such an interesting book in this world?
The more Xue Baochai read, the more she felt that this kind of book was not something she could read. But the more she read, the more she liked it, and she couldn't help but become fascinated...
She also felt more and more guilty of being a thief, so much so that even Ying'er was sent away by her, and she "hid" alone in Xue Pan's bedroom to watch.
At this time, Aunt Xue walked in. Xue Baochai was startled because of her guilty conscience, but then she pretended to be calm: "Mom."
Aunt Xue said: "It's time to have dinner."
Xue Baochai said "Oh" and reluctantly put down the book in his hand.
Aunt Xue asked: "You have been reading for half an hour, do you see the trick? Are these books bad? Will they teach your brother a bad lesson?"
Xue Baochai paused and said, "Mom, although these are not serious books, they should not teach my brother bad things."
Aunt Xue was curious: "What are these writings about?"
Immediately, Xue Baochai told Aunt Xue roughly the plot of the story she had watched. When telling Aunt Xue, Xue Baochai deliberately omitted some things that Aunt Xue would find taboo, such as the love between a man and a woman, and focused on the heroism, which is fine.
Chivalrous and righteous...
Even so, Aunt Xue still said after hearing this: "These books are really not serious. You can't let your brother continue to listen to them. They should be thrown away."
Xue Baochai was anxious and said quickly: "Mom, my brother said he likes these books. If you throw them all away without telling him, he will make trouble with you again when he comes back. Besides, with my brother's temper, even if you throw them away,
My brother will also buy a new set of these books so that he can avoid listening to them."
"I think my brother's listening to these books is just like us listening to plays on weekdays, just for fun. Moreover, if I keep these books at home, my brother will stay at home more in order to listen to these books in the future. It's better than him spending all day long.
The family is having a lot of mischief and mischief outside."
Aunt Xue nodded after hearing this: "That's all, let's keep it."
Xue Baochai felt happy, but also felt ashamed.
This time she said these words mainly so that she could peek at these books in the future!
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The next day, September 27th.
Today is an odd-numbered day, and it is the day when the old boy gives lessons to the maids in Jia Yun's house.
Lao Tongsheng has been working as a teacher at Jia Yun's house for three months. During these three months, every odd-numbered day, he will come to Jia Yun's house early in the morning to teach Xiren, Zijuan, Qingwen and Xiangling.
, Liu Wuer's five maids took a half-day class to teach these five maids how to read and write.
Today is no exception.
Early in the morning, Lao Tongsheng came to Jia Yun's mansion and found his grandson Tong Dunxing outside the west corner gate. Seeing Tong Dunxing's majestic appearance wearing armor and holding a sword in his hand, Tong Dunxing felt proud.
In the past, his grandson gave him a lot of headaches and he couldn't study well. He spent most of his time either at home or playing outside. But now it's better. This grandson has become Jia Yun's personal soldier and has become a strong and strong soldier.
Officers and soldiers received salaries from the imperial court, and Jia Yun also received many daily rewards.
Now, seeing the old Tongsheng coming, Tong Dunxing smiled and said hello: "Grandpa is here!"
Tong Dunxing pretended to be serious and said "Hmm", and then warned him in an pretended serious manner: "Be on duty well, but don't slack off your duties as a soldier, and don't live up to Master Jia's kindness to you. If one day you
You were kicked back by Mr. Jia, let’s see if I don’t break your legs!”
Tong Dunxing smiled naively and said: "Grandpa, you have said this many times, don't worry, I will definitely be a good personal soldier of Mr. Jia, and I will not embarrass you or bring you glory."
Lao Tongsheng nodded, immediately walked into the mansion, and went directly to a conservatory next to the hall on the middle road. This conservatory was the school room arranged by Jia Yun, also known as the "classroom".
At this time, the four pretty maids Xiren, Zijuan, Xiangling, and Liu Wuer were already sitting in the Nuan Pavilion. When they saw Lao Tongsheng walking in, the four of them stood up and said hello: "Sir!"
The old Tong Sheng, who had pretended to be serious in front of Tong Dunxing before, quickly showed a smile and responded enthusiastically to the four maids.
Old Tongsheng already knows that Xiren and Zijuan are already nominally members of Jia Yun's house. Although Xiangling and Liu Wu'er are not, they are all maids loved by the wife of the house, and in Lao Tongsheng's opinion, by virtue of their
With their beauty and character, these two maids would most likely be Jia Yun's roommates in the future. He would not dare to neglect these maids.
He was satisfied with the attitudes of the four maids in studying. Among them, Xiang Ling was the best at studying. Although Xi Ren, Zicjuan and Liu Wuer were not good at studying, at least their attitudes were correct.
Qingwen gave the old boy a headache. Not only did she not do well in studies, she also had a bad attitude. Originally, Qingwen could still come to class on time, but in the past few days, Qingwen has been late once and skipped school once...
No, Qingwen is not here now, and I don’t know if she is going to be late or skipping school...
Old Tongsheng sighed in his heart: Oh, it's better not to worry about this kind of thing. Qingwen, this maid, will probably be a member of Mr. Jia's house in the future. Besides, her study and literacy are not for the imperial examination, but also for her daughter's family. Studying and literacy is a matter of her daughter's family.
, the requirements don’t have to be strict.
Thinking of this, Lao Tongsheng said: "Let's start class."
Zijuan was unconvinced: "Sir, Qingwen is not here again, and I don't know if she will be late again or skip school again, so why don't you just leave her alone?"
Originally, Zijuan was very excited about Jia Yun's arrangements for her to study and become literate.
In her opinion, this was Jia Yun's special favor to her. She also felt that what Jia Yun said at that time was reasonable. Reading and literacy was a good thing. Moreover, she read some books and became literate. After Jia Yun got married, she
You can have more things to talk with your married wife.
However, after three months of classes, Zijuan felt that reading and literacy was hard work, and she also felt that she did not have much talent in this area, but she decided to persevere.
However, when she saw that Qingwen had been late recently and even skipped school once, and did not come on time again today, even though her relationship with Qingwen had improved, she was still unhappy about it.
It's not that I'm jealous, it's just that I'm simply unhappy. Why do I insist on coming to class on time every day, but Qingwen has such an attitude and is not disciplined by the old boy?
She originally wanted to tell Jia Yun, but was stopped by the attacker. The reason was that Jia Yun now had a heavy workload and had many things to worry about. She should not upset Jia Yun with such small matters at home.
But now she really couldn't bear it anymore.
After Zijuan finished speaking, Xiren hurriedly glared at Zijuan.
Old Tongsheng said awkwardly: "Well, which one of you is going to call Miss Qingwen?"
The attacker hurriedly said: "Sir, I'll call him."
She was afraid that Zijuan was going to call. Once Zijuan started to call, Zijuan and Qingwen might have conflicts, or even quarrel like before...
The old boy nodded.
Immediately, the attacker stood up and walked outside the Nuan Pavilion. He stopped as soon as he reached the door and saw Jia Yun approaching.
Xiren greeted him respectfully: "Second Master."
Jia Yun smiled and nodded, walked to the door, and found Lao Tongsheng, Zicuckoo, Xiangling, and Liu Wuer sitting in the Nuan Pavilion.
"Master Jia!" Old Tongsheng stood up quickly and greeted Jia Yun respectfully.
Zijuan, Xiangling, and Liu Wuer also stood up and greeted Jia Yun respectfully.
"Sir, please take a seat." Jia Yun responded with a smile and looked at the attacker next to her: "Where are you going during class time?"
Xiren became embarrassed and didn't know how to respond for a while. Zijuan couldn't help but said: "The teacher asked her to ask Qingwen to come to class! In the past few days, Qingwen was late once and skipped school once. Today she didn't arrive on time again.
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Jia Yun frowned when she heard this. When Xiren saw this, she quickly squeezed out a smile and said, "Second Master, it's just a small matter. I was thinking that Qingwen must have been delayed by something, or my wife sent her and she didn't do anything.
You know, I went to call her and she came."
Jia Yun said: "You don't need to go, I'll call you."
Xiren said: "Second Master, it's better for me to go."
Jia Yun said: "You go in and have class, I'll go."
Xiren: "..."
Immediately, Jia Yun turned around and walked towards Bu Wuniang's courtyard on the west road.
Arriving at Bu Wuniang's courtyard, Jia Yun first walked into the five upper rooms and found that Bu Wuniang had just gotten up and was washing herself under the service of the rough maid. Jia Yun first said hello, and then asked: "Where is Qingwen?"
Bu Wuniang smiled and said, "You didn't come to my place. You probably went to school in the school room on the middle road."
Jia Yun was funny: "She didn't go. In the past few days, she was already late once and skipped school once. She didn't arrive on time today either."
Bu Wuniang smiled and said, "Then she should still be staying in her wing. She probably overslept."
Jia Yun nodded, turned and walked away.
Bu Wuniang shouted: "Wait a minute."
Jia Yun turned around.
Bu Wuniang said: "This girl is very diligent in learning acupuncture and working hard in serving me. Please don't treat her harshly."
Jia Yun responded with a smile: "Even so, she still needs to be disciplined. It is a rare opportunity to give her a chance to read and write. She doesn't take it seriously, but she has let down my good intentions. Besides, if I don't discipline her this time, other girls will also have to do it in the future."
I will follow her example and stop caring about reading and literacy."
Bu Wuniang nodded. When she saw that Jia Yun was still smiling at this time, she knew that Jia Yun was sensible.
Jia Yun walked out of the fifth upper room, walked to the door of the east wing of the courtyard, pushed the door, but it was closed. Jia Yun walked to the window and knocked on the window. After knocking several times, there was a sign inside.
Only then came Qingwen's lazy voice: "Who is it?"
Jia Yun said in a deep voice: "It's me!"
Qingwen was still lying on the bed. When she heard the sound, she was so frightened that she sat up. Then she got up hurriedly and walked to the window and asked: "Second... what do you want from me?"
Jia Yun asked in a deep voice: "What are you doing?"
Qingwen said truthfully: "I...I overslept."
Jia Yun said: "Open the door."
Qingwen said: "Second Master, I haven't washed myself yet. I look very sloppy."
Jia Yun said: "I'll give you a quarter of an hour. Go and kneel at the door of the school room on the middle road. If I don't see you there after a quarter of an hour, go and kneel outside the door of the house!"
After saying that, Jia Yun turned and walked away.
Qingwen: "..."
Qingwen felt that Jia Yun was angry, and she was frightened when she thought of Jia Yun's intention to kick her out. She immediately didn't care about washing up, put on her coat in a hurry, tidied her hair briefly, and ran to the door of the school room.
At this time, Lao Tongsheng was giving lessons to Xiren, Zijuan, Xiangling, and Liu Wuer. Jia Yun was also sitting in the room listening. Seeing Qingwen coming to the door, Jia Yun deliberately said with a straight face: "Kneel down!"
Qingwen's eyes became moist and she didn't dare to disobey, so she turned around and knelt down at the door.
Xiren quietly glared at Zicuckoo sitting next to him.
Zijuan lowered her head in shame. Just now she just felt unhappy. Now seeing Jia Yun angry and Qingwen crying and being punished to kneel down, she felt ashamed and felt that she had gone too far.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The old Tongsheng persuaded: "Master Jia, I think let's forget about this matter. In fact, Qingwen, this girl, has always come to school on time before, but it only happened in the past few days.
About being late or skipping school, just say a few words to her and ask her to change it, that's it."
Jia Yun said: "Sir, I told you when I invited you here. Although I only asked you to teach a few girls to read and write, you also need to be strict with them. I hope that they can all read more.
Those who know a little bit about calligraphy, don’t fail to learn the skills by then, which will waste both the teacher’s time and theirs.”
The old boy laughed and said, "I'm thinking, they are all girls in your house. Your Majesty specially arranged for them to study and read. I love them all. If I am strict with them, it will be disrespectful to you."
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Jia Yun said: "Don't be like this in the future. Be stricter if necessary. Whoever is late from now on will be punished by kneeling at the door for half an hour. If they play truant, they will not only be punished by kneeling for half an hour, but also be hit on the palms of their hands with a ruler."
If you are late or skip school too many times, you will be handed over to me and I will punish you severely."
Xiren, Zijuan, and Liu Wuer were all frightened: "..."
Jia Yun said this while standing at the door, deliberately speaking loudly. Qingwen, who was kneeling at the door, heard this and was frightened: "..."
Xiangling was the only one who was not frightened. She really liked reading and literacy. For her, half-day classes on odd days were too little. Unless there were special circumstances, she would not be late or skip school.
Jia Yun turned around and walked out of the room, standing in front of Qingwen. Looking at Qingwen whose face was already stained with tears, Jia Yun deliberately asked in a deep voice: "Did you hear what I just said?"
Qingwen choked and said, "I heard it."
Jia Yun asked again in a deep voice: "Then will you be late or skip school again in the future?"
Qingwen paused and said, "I'll try my best not to."
Jia Yun said: "Try your best?"
Qingwen raised her head and looked at Jia Yun: "Second Master, this matter is uncertain. Maybe something will delay me in the future. I will be late or unable to come to school?"
Jia Yun said in a deep voice: "Unless there is a valid reason, if you are late, you will be punished by kneeling. If you skip school, you will not only be punished by kneeling, but also be slapped on the palm with a ruler. Do you understand?"
Qingwen said "Oh" and then asked worriedly: "Then am I going to be slapped in the palm today?"
Jia Yun said: "It's only today that I issued this rule. I won't slap your palms today."
Qingwen's eyes lit up: "Then can I not have to kneel for half an hour today?"
Jia Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but still deliberately said in a deep voice: "Don't push yourself too far, I'll kneel for half an hour today!"
Qingwen lowered her head in depression.
Immediately, Jia Yun turned around and walked away with a proud smile on her face...
He knows that it is difficult to change Qingwen's personality, and he actually likes Qingwen's personality, so he has no intention of changing Qingwen's personality, but this does not mean that he will not discipline Qingwen.
Today he was taking the opportunity to discipline Qingwen.
His purpose was to make Qingwen stand in awe of him, to respect and admire him, but also to be a little afraid of him.
He was planning to let Qingwen be his roommate in the future. If Qingwen was not allowed to be in awe of him, when Qingwen became his roommate or even concubine in the future, he didn't know what trouble would happen in the inner house.
Disciplining Qingwen and making the girl behave in front of him also gave Jia Yun a sense of accomplishment.
After Jia Yun left, Qingwen knelt at the door of the school room for half an hour. Although Xi Ren, Xiang Ling, Liu Wu'er and even Zicuckoo wanted her to get up early, all four of them felt that Jia Yun was here today.
When he was really angry, he didn't dare to disobey Jia Yun's order.
During this half hour, Qingwen's knees suffered. Kneeling for half an hour was not an easy task. After kneeling, Qingwen's knees were red and swollen, and she felt even more humiliated.
She felt that she could be regarded as a decent maid now, but today she was punished by Jia Yun to kneel down for half an hour. This was not only witnessed by Lao Tongsheng, Xi Ren and others, but also by the rough maid in the house. This incident
It will definitely spread throughout the whole mansion, and may even reach Rongguo Mansion...
Under the humiliation, although Qingwen felt resentful towards Jia Yun, she was even more ashamed.
After this time, except for legitimate reasons, Qingwen was never late again, let alone skipped school.
And that morning, Lin Zhixiao's family came to Jia Yun's house. Well, Jia's mother asked Jia Yun to see her again.
Jia Yun asked: "Why did the old lady call me this time?"
Lin Zhixiao's family said calmly: "The old lady heard that the second master borrowed ten thousand taels of silver from my concubine yesterday, so I asked the second master to ask about it."