When settling the child, Shen Nanxun also asked people to go to Wanshuang Garden. Brother Feng of Shen Erlang's family was also four and a half years old and had not yet started serious education. If he wanted to come, he would come with him.
After Xie Fuzi had finished packing, he formally met Lu Jiulang. Talking about his seniority in Heming Academy, Lu Jiulang also called Xie Fuzi his senior brother.
Lu Jiulang had just gotten to know Fuzi Xie, and had also looked through the large-character book that Fuzi Xie had prepared for Brother Lao, as well as the small note that Fuzi Xie had casually placed on the case. Lu Jiulang felt that Fuzi Xie had come to give some Meng Tong Enlightenment is really a bit humiliating.
Master Xie, on the other hand, smiled and looked indifferent, "I have no permanent property in my family, and I have a little bit of farmland that I gave to my two brothers. Now I have enough food and clothing under the prince's family, and I am not very dissatisfied."
"Sir, there is a gully in his chest. It's really..."
"Mr. Lang's words are wrong. Although academics and policy makers have the ambition to govern and secure the country, they are initially only for the purpose of cultivating one's moral character and understanding the principles. If one fails to cultivate one's moral character and understand the principles, I am afraid that governing the country will also be an absurdity."
Lu Jiulang is not ignorant of the current situation. There are many people who are as depressed as Master Xie, but there are not many people who are as peaceful as him.
"Thank you sir, I have learned a lesson."
While talking, Brother Feng yawned and was sent by Shaoyao.
"Please be well, Your Majesty. I will send Brother Feng here. If you need anything, please send someone to Wanshuang Garden to send a message."
Shen Nanxun had only gotten closer to his children in the past two days, let alone Brother Feng. He just pointed at the short table behind Brother Feng under the window for Brother Feng to sit on.
"Go back now. There will be servants here to serve you. You have to bring the morning meal with you. It will be brought at three quarters of the morning. If you don't bring it, I will use it with you."
Shaoyao bowed and said, "Madam said that since she has sent it, she will listen to the arrangements here, and she will not send her any food."
"Well, let's go back then."
Brother Feng had always been a little afraid of Shen Nanxun. Seeing that the most familiar Shaoyao was gone, he pursed his lips and felt aggrieved.
Brother Bao turned around and lay on Brother Feng's table, "Brother, have you just woken up? Brother Bao was also woken up from the bed by his sister. My sister said that she got up at the beginning of every day after the Chinese New Year. You are better than your sister. Bigger.”
When Brother Feng heard this, he was embarrassed to say that he hadn't slept enough, so he could only whisper: "I'm hungry."
Brother Bao nodded, "Brother Bao is also hungry. My sister said I can only use a piece of pastry. If I use too much, I will become sleepy and cannot read the words."
As he spoke, he broke off half of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake Sister Qing gave him and gave it to Brother Feng, "Brother, please cushion it first, and Brother Qing will get an extra piece tomorrow."
After the delay, it was already over. Lu Jiulang first asked the four children of the Lu family to review their books and practice calligraphy by themselves. They were already very familiar with this process.
Brother Lao who came the next day imitated his elder brothers and sisters, stumbling and reading a few sentences taught by Master Xie yesterday.
Brother Feng was completely confused. He was not even as good as Brother Ba who had gone to school for a day.
Master Xie could only bring the two children together, teach them how to hold a pen, and point the pen holder horizontally and vertically on the sand table.
The front yard finally calmed down, and the back yard became lively again.
Although the sister's baptism ceremony was rushed, it could not be perfunctory. Although the ladies of each family came after the morning meal, most of them did not stay for the evening meal.
But a mid-day snack cannot be neglected. In addition to the necessary three sides, various fruit snacks are also indispensable. You must also prepare cakes as gifts for the guests.
The Lu family came, and the skilled cooks they brought with them occupied the big kitchen early in the morning, leaving the Northern cooks in the Prince's Palace stunned.
As soon as the morning meal was finished and Lu Fenghe applied the medicine pack, the concierge came to tell him that Mrs. Liu, the eldest lady of the Liu family and the eldest lady of the Kong family had already passed the mansion and had just gone to Wanshuang Garden.
Zhao didn't realize who the lady of the Kong family was for a moment.
"The second wife's maiden sister." Lu Fenghe explained.
Madam Lu Ba, Qin Ling'er, nodded, "No wonder, go to Wanshuang Garden."
"It's appropriate to go see my sister." Mrs. Zhao didn't argue with the courtesy, she went straight to her daughter's yard.
As soon as Lu Fenghe finished applying the medicine pack, the concierge's wife came in with Madam Zhao and Mrs. Huang.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they shouted loudly, "Auntie."
Mrs. Zhao stood in the corridor and complained, "You were born by a monkey, and you make people's ears hurt with the noise."
Huang Wenshan did not turn around from the corridor, but walked directly across the courtyard, stepped up the steps and hugged Mrs. Zhao affectionately.
"Shan Niang misses my aunt so much. I got the letter yesterday and wanted to come over. Your good nephew wanted to stop me."
Mrs. Zhao looked towards the courtyard door, "Is the new brother busy?"
"No matter how busy you are, you have to come over. He heard that his fourth cousin is in the front yard and went to talk to his cousins. He will come to greet you later."
"You are really a bully, you have your say in everything."
Huang Wenshan approached Mrs. Zhao and said, "Aunt, Mother He has never talked nonsense to you."
Mrs. Zhao was puzzled, "What's wrong with Mother He? She didn't say anything."
Huang Wenshan patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay that I didn't say anything. I came to talk to her the day before yesterday, and she hugged me and cried a lot, saying she missed her mother."
When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she didn't think much other than feeling sorry for her daughter.
Qin Ling'er heard Huang Wenshan's voice and came out of Sister Zhen's room.
Qin and Lu Fenghe were close friends, and she also had a close relationship with Huang Wenshan. She also understood Huang Wenshan better than Zhao.
The Zhao family in Xiuzhou was a well-known silk merchant on the Jiangnan and Zhejiang roads. Although they were not imperial merchants, their reputation in the silk trade was far greater than that of the imperial merchants.
Huang Wenshan, the daughter of a master from Heming Academy, how could she get ahead of the legitimate son of the Zhao family if she didn't have any means and scheming.
But her scheming did not harm anyone. Although Qin Ling'er didn't like her very much, she didn't reject her either. Women are in a difficult situation and there is nothing wrong with planning for themselves.
Qin Ling'er looked at it coldly and decided to avoid Mrs. Zhao and ask it herself. It couldn't be as simple as just crying.
Qin Linger didn't speak out until the two of them said they wanted to talk in private.
"Shan Niang, I heard your voice from so far away. Fortunately, I didn't scare Sister Zhen."
Huang Wenshan turned her head and said, "Ling Niang is here too. Sister Zhen wasn't scared, right? It's your fault."
Qin Ling'er took Huang Wenshan to see Sister Zhen, "No, she is bold."
"That's fine, that's fine." He said and patted his chest.
Mrs. Zhao knew that they had known each other since their childhood, and was happy to see her daughter-in-law getting close to her niece-in-law.
"Mother He will be ready in a moment. You go and talk among yourself."
Mrs. Zhao turned around and entered the main room of the west wing. Qin Ling'er did not drag Huang Wenshan into the room, but directly pulled her under the flower wall next to the ear room.
"Ling Niang, do you have something to say?" Huang Wenshan asked.
Qin Ling'er did not greet her, "Mother He, did you cry?"
Huang Wenshan nodded, "The sudden start will make my parents feel uneasy."
Qin Ling'er glanced at Huang Wenshan, "Don't be careless, I don't know you yet, what else did He mother say?"
Huang Wenshan really felt that Lu Fenghe was also angry, so she didn't take it too seriously, but then she thought again, Lu Fenghe had never been a person who spoke angrily.
"I'm just telling you that I haven't said anything to you, sir. Think about it with me. I always feel that He Niang is talking in anger, but she is not someone who talks nonsense in anger."
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
As everyone knows, one hour is two hours.
For example, the time mentioned for children to go to school is Chen hour, which generally refers to seven to nine in the morning.
Then seven o'clock is the beginning of Chen, eight o'clock is Chen Zheng, and nine o'clock is the end of Chen.
The third quarter of Chenchu is 7:45, and the third quarter of Chenzheng is 8:45.
In ancient times, there were generally only two main meals, namely morning meal and evening meal.
It's the end of the morning meal and the beginning of the morning, around 8:30 to 9:30
Evening meal at Shenmo and Youchu, from 5:30 to 6:30
I don’t have a serious meal at noon, I mostly eat snacks
I went to bed at 9 o'clock at Haishi.
When setting, Maozheng is facing upward, which is six o'clock.