Several children were a little ready to move, but unfortunately it was already late, and the prefect's wife and Sun Shangying could not stay longer, so they could only leave with regrets on their faces.
The Yao family knew how to be good people, so they packed up the pigeon chess without saying a word and gave it to Sun Shangying as an apology, asking her to take it back to play.
Sun Shangying, who was still disappointed before, suddenly became happy: "Thank you, Mrs. Yao Er"
"You're welcome. If I hadn't dragged your mother to play chess and got addicted, I wouldn't have played so late. It's too late today, so I won't leave you two. I'll see you off."
Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao were pregnant, so they were led by Mrs. Yao and met Yao Anxin and Yao Anling. On behalf of the Yao family, they sent the prefect's wife, mother and daughter out of the house.
When the carriage disappeared, Yao Anling turned around and anxiously took Mrs. Yao's hand: "Mom, let's go back and play pigeon chess quickly. I just figured out how to play, and I haven't had enough fun yet."
"What fun? That chess piece was given to me by someone from the old lady. It's just the same set. If you give it to someone else, I don't have it anymore."
"Ah?! Then...I still want to do it."
"There's nothing you can do about it. Otherwise, you can ask the old lady for a pair tomorrow, or you can wait for your mother to go get one for you."
Yao Anling lamented in pain: "How could this be?"
Yao Anxin, who was following behind, suddenly knew.
Although she also wanted to laugh, seeing Yao Anling screaming so "miserably", she felt that she was not so miserable.
…
In the carriage, Sun Shangying chatted with the prefect's wife about what he had learned at Yao's School.
The things taught in Yao's book school were completely different from what she had learned from her nuns and female teachers before.
The upbringing mother taught her the rules, and the female teacher taught her the "Girls' Precepts", but never told her the stages that cabbage seeds go through before they grow up and enter people's dinner plates; a frog is made from a small child.
A tadpole becomes a caterpillar. Before it becomes a butterfly, it has been working hard for a long, long time...
"Mom, it's really interesting. I especially like the course called 'Nature'. It teaches a lot of different things every time."
"It turns out that 'spring plowing and autumn harvest' are due to the laws of plant growth. Only by mastering this can the common people in the world cultivate good land and we can have so much food to eat."
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. What it actually means is the people's basic necessities, food, clothing, housing, and transportation. If everything is good, the world will be at peace."
"Food is the first priority for the people, and it is both a small matter and a big matter. It can be as small as three meals a day for the common people, or as big as the peace of the country and the people..."
…
Sun Shangying's little mouth didn't stop talking, and she talked endlessly along the way.
The prefect's wife listened nearby and was amazed.
In the past, her daughter only knew about rouge and gouache, and how could she consider such important matters as "the peace of the country and the people".
Unexpectedly, when Yao's Shu School talked about the growth laws of plants, it would extend to the common people's "spring plowing and autumn harvest", and thus talk about the importance of "food is the first thing for the people".
What seems to be a very grand truth is actually hidden in these small details.
The prefect's wife sighed, no wonder when she saw the wealthy ladies of the Yao family before, she always felt that they had something to talk about and were not like ordinary boudoir girls.
The Yao family is not raising a rich daughter. They are raising their daughter as a son.
But think about it, if it weren't for this, people wouldn't have set up a special Yao's book school to raise the girls and brothers in the family together.
There are separate seats for men and women at the age of seven.
The Yao family has two brothers who are over ten years old. At first, the prefect's wife was really uneasy, fearing that it would damage her reputation if the news spread. But after hearing this, Mrs. Yao said directly: "My brothers and sisters, can
They don't spend much time together, just the few years before the girl gets married. If they do nothing more than eat, drink and sleep, then it will be even less. If they don't take advantage of this time to put them together to cultivate their brother-sister relationship, they will grow up later.
How many more can there be?”
"I know what you are worried about. The reason why I arranged it that way before is because the book school is full of members of the Yao family, and the book school has just been opened, and most of the courses are at similar progress, so I put them together."
"But it's different now. Brother Hong is already a child, and Brother Yi also has to study with Brother Hong to prepare for the end of next year. Many courses are no longer taken together."
"And usually during class, there are always people following you around. If you are really worried, then just separate. My brother is in the same classroom and my sister is in the same classroom. Is that okay?"
…
The prefect's wife was a little embarrassed. She went to attend class, but she went to the trouble of being assigned to a different class. As compensation, the prefect's wife picked up a heavy gift from the library and gave it to her without saying a word.
The prefect's wife was distracted, and was called back by Sun Shangying: "Mom, we're here, get out of the car quickly."
"Why did you come back at this time? I sent someone to see you on the road." Magistrate Sun was waiting outside the carriage. When he saw the mother and daughter coming down, he scolded them.
Even if you usually go to Yao's house, why are you coming back so late today?
I'm not worried that if I say anything, he won't see anyone when he comes back, I'm just worried.
"Dad, it's not my fault, but it's my mother's fault. I left school early and was reading in the library. But my mother was so happy playing chess with others that she forgot all about the time. Fortunately, I suddenly realized something was wrong.
, run to find someone, otherwise you may not be able to come back now."
Magistrate Sun stepped forward to help the magistrate's wife, a little speechless: "It's just a game of chess, what about that? I usually play chess without you at home?"
The prefect looked helpless: "Isn't that careless? I didn't do it on purpose."
Magistrate Sun did not pursue the matter further, but just reminded his wife not to be too late next time. No matter how easy it is to play the chess game, you can play it at home instead of staying at the Yao family.
"That's different. What the Yao family plays is not Go or chess. It's a pigeon chess game that you have never played before."
"Pigeon chess? What is it? Why haven't I heard of it?"
Sun Shangying looked proud and asked her father to look at the thing in her hand: "Hey, you haven't heard of it, right? It's the one I have here. Mom was fascinated by this thing today...Dad, you can finish it later."
I'll play with you for dinner, and I won't let my mother play. She almost forgot to ask me to go home because she wanted to play chess today, so we'll punish her to watch us play today."
The prefect's wife disdainfully said, "I've been under the rain for most of the day today, and I'm already tired. I don't want to do it."
Of course, this is just a nice thing to say.
After the family had finished dinner, and Sun Zhifu and Sun Shangying had set up the chessboard and were about to start playing, the Zhifu's wife came over very consciously.
"Mom, didn't you just say you couldn't do it?"
"That's what your mother said just now. What you're thinking about now is your current mother."
Sun Shangying was speechless: "Mom, you are cheating!"
The prefect’s wife ignored him and picked out a color she liked and put it away: “Are you going to put it down? It’s about to start, I’ll go first… Oh, I’m so lucky, it’s five as soon as it comes, I can let a pigeon out…
…Okay, who’s next?”
"I, I, I..." Sun Shangying quickly grabbed the dice and shook it, "Six six six... ah, no, it's actually one. Dad, it's your turn."
The prefect's wife: "It's so pitiful. One is smaller than five. Your pigeons can't come out. You'd better wait for the next round."
Magistrate Sun seemed to have bad luck, too, as he shook a "three".
The prefect's wife suddenly became proud: "Hahahaha... Neither of you, father and son, can do it. You are both younger than five. The pigeons can't get out. It's my turn. Give me the dice quickly. Good luck and good luck this time."
