Accompanied by Manager Shi, Shi Zhenghe took his family out of the house three more times. After becoming familiar with the inner city, he did not let Manager Shi continue to follow him.
"The restaurants in the capital are too expensive. A meal in any restaurant will cost several taels of silver. If we don't do it a few times, we will be destitute."
Shi Dinghao looked at the shriveled purse with distress.
Shi Fuxin: "This is the inner city, and the outer city should be cheaper."
Shi Dinghao: "It's not cheap at all. I've decided that we won't eat out in the future." As he said that, he looked at Jin Yue'e.
"Mom, isn't the government going to give us a monthly report? How much money do we have in a month?"
Jin Yue'e: "Your father and I earn 10 taels per month, and you four earn 20 taels per month."
"Ah, only two taels!" Shi Dinghao felt a little dissatisfied.
Shi Fuxin was a little speechless: "Jiulang, you are so confused. Think about our past. It was good to have dozens of coins in our hands. Now you still dislike it for two taels of silver?"
Shi Dinghao frowned: "It can't be compared like this. In the past, we could save all our money in places where we didn't spend money, but there are too many places to spend money in the capital."
"Do you know that in the uncle's house, when we ask the servants to run errands, we still have to reward them. One reward is dozens of coins or two taels of silver. How many times do you think we can reward them?"
Speaking of silver, Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e were also worried.
When they returned to the capital, Cheng Yi was given two hundred taels of silver notes by the Jiang family. Adding to what they had accumulated before, their total net worth was now almost one thousand taels.
In the past, the couple thought that a thousand taels of silver was a huge sum of money. But after returning to the uncle's house, a thousand taels of silver was really not enough.
"Forget it, I don't want my servants to run errands for me anymore. I will do whatever I want to do myself." Shi Dinghao muttered.
Shi Fuxin shook her head: "Instead of frugally scrimping on money, you might as well think about how to make money."
Shi Dinghao: "How to make money? We will go to school in a few days, and there will be no chance to leave the house by then."
After asking the opinions of the four people from Shi Dingxuan, Mrs. Shi asked them to go to the school in the mansion starting from the first day of October.
Shi Fuxin said casually: "There are always more solutions than difficulties."
Shi Dinghao said again: "But shops in Beijing are very expensive. If you open a shop, you will have to invest a lot of money. Do we have money?"
Shi Fuxin was silent. Most of the money in her hand was invested in Shennong Hall. Unless Shennong Hall started to make money and Shang Laojiu sent money to the capital, they really wouldn't be able to come up with the capital.
Seeing his youngest son and daughter worrying about the money, Shi Zhenghe walked between them and said, "Okay, you two can concentrate on your studies. Your father and I will make money."
Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao immediately raised their adoring smiles: "Well, dad is the best."
Shi Zhenghe was amused.
In a blink of an eye, the first day of October came. Early in the morning, Jin Gui came to wake Shi Fuxin up.
Shi Fuxin put on her dress and walked to the dressing table to let Jin Gui comb her hair. As soon as she sat down, she heard Jin Gui's surprised voice.
"Girl, I noticed that you seem to have turned white."
Hearing this, Shi Fuxin immediately smiled and rolled her eyes. She leaned in front of the bronze mirror and took a closer look at herself: "Well, she is a bit whiter." It was not in vain that she soaked in the whitening and rejuvenating medicated bath once every three days and took a few more baths.
Months later, I think my skin will be no worse than that of a noble girl from the capital.
Jin Gui was slightly surprised. After all, she was not very white. She quickly combed Shi Fuxin's hair into a bun.
After breakfast, Shi Zhenghe, Jin Yue'e and Shi Dingxuan went to pay their respects to Mr. Shi and Mrs. Shi, and then went their separate ways.
Shi Dingxuan and the other two went to the Fuli School, while Shi Zhenghe continued to go out for a stroll, while Jin Yue'e stayed in Yixiangtang, chatting with Mrs. Shi and later Mrs. Shi.
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Qihuaxuan and Jidi Hall are next to each other, located in the northeast corner of the front yard.
When Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin entered Qi Huaxuan, Shi Dingxuan still told them: "If you see that family, just live in peace and don't get angry with them."
Shi Fuyin nodded, knowing that Shi Dingxuan was worried about her little sister, so she smiled and said, "I will keep an eye on my little sister."
Shi Fuxin was speechless: "What are you doing? My time is very precious, so I won't waste it on irrelevant people." After saying that, she walked straight into Qihuaxuan.
Shi Fuyin saw them, spoke to Shi Dingxuan and Shi Dinghao, and hurriedly followed them in.
The uncle's education was very careful for the girls. In addition to teaching reading and literacy, they also taught arithmetic, nvren, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, incense and flower arranging, etc.
After entering the door, a maid came over to show Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin the way.
"Miss Three, Miss Six, Mr. Qiao asked my slave to lead you two to class."
Qihuaxuan was the second entrance to the courtyard, and the maid took them directly to the west wing of the first courtyard.
Shi Fuxin noticed the movement coming from the east wing and saw several girls about her age lying on the windows. She walked towards the empty west wing and couldn't help but ask: "Aren't we going to be with others?"
Attend class?"
The maid smiled and said, "Master Qiao said that the two girls have just arrived and they don't know their progress yet. They want to take a test first."
Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin understood. Master was worried that they didn't know anything and would not be able to keep up with the progress of learning together with others.
"Okay, we understand, you can go down."
After the maid left, Jin Gui and Fuman placed the book boxes in front of the only two guest tables in the room, and then left.
"Sister, do you think Mr. Qiao looks down on us, or is he afraid of embarrassing us?"
Shi Fuxin was silent for a moment: "...are you afraid of embarrassing us? The girls in the uncle's house have been enlightened since they were six years old. I think they are all very knowledgeable. You and I just started studying not long ago, and we are still very lacking in knowledge."
, Master did this for our own good.”
Shi Fuxin was noncommittal, and while placing pens, inks, paper and inkstones, she said: "Let us come here. Master, are you going to teach us alone? There is only the living room for the two of us, so I think it's pretty good."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Shi Fuyin smiled: "It's quite good." It can save a lot of trouble, but I don't know whether it is the master's meaning or the grandmother's meaning.
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On the other side, in the east wing, Shi Furan sat next to Shi Fulin. The two of them were whispering while waiting for Sister Shi Funin to arrive, but unexpectedly they went to the west wing.
Shi Furan's face was full of surprise: "They won't go to class with us?"
Shi Fulin also looked confused: "I don't know."
Shi Furan thought for a moment and suddenly smiled: "I know why. They must not understand anything at the border. If they take classes with us, will they slow down our progress?"
"For the sake of two people, it affects so many of us, Master will not do this."
Shi Fulin showed her approval: "It should be like this."
Shi Furan looked disappointed: "What a pity. I still want to see what they look like."
Shi Fulin: "There are just two black pimples, and the skin is darker and rougher than the maid in the house."
Shi Furan's eyes widened: "Really? Doesn't that look particularly ugly?"
Shi Fulin paused for a moment: "It's not difficult to see that they are ugly, but they are a bit dark. If you really want to know what they look like, you can definitely see them during the break after class."
Shi Furan nodded and sat back in her seat.
Soon, when class time came, Mrs. Qiao first went to the east wing, checked all the girls' homework, and then began to read the books and start teaching, as if he had forgotten Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin in the west wing.
There are one half-hour class in Shifu, two classes in the morning, three classes in the afternoon, and a quarter-hour break between classes.
The first class passed quickly. Mrs. Qiao left the east wing, returned to the upper room, and called the maid to ask: "What were the third and sixth girls doing while I was in class?"
The maid replied: "The third girl is reading a book, and the sixth girl is practicing calligraphy."
Master Qiao looked surprised: "The two of them weren't angry, didn't ask me, didn't talk?"
The maid shook her head. She was also extremely surprised: "The two girls talked for a while when they first entered the class, and then they went about their own business without saying a word in between."
Master Qiao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I can keep my composure."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two people walking out of the west wing of the courtyard. The younger one was swinging his arms as if he was moving his body, while the older one was looking curiously at the courtyard.
His calm and composed demeanor attracted Master Qiao's continuous admiration.
There is no trace of inferiority or restraint in these two girls from the border. On the contrary, the wantonness between their eyebrows is even more different from other girls in the house, which is very eye-catching.
No wonder the old lady always spoke with praise when she mentioned it.
Looking at it now, these two girls are indeed pretty good.
"Sister, look at the people across from you looking at us."
Of course, Shi Fuyin noticed that the girl in the east wing was looking at them. She nodded generously towards the opposite side and blessed herself, which was regarded as a greeting to the girl opposite.
When Shi Fuxin saw it, she also smiled and blessed her body. She also stretched out her hand and shook it in front of her: "Hello everyone!"
Seeing this, the girls in the east wing were stunned, especially the girls from the clan who had never seen Sister Shi Fuxin before.
"Don't you think they are vulgar?"
"It looks fine to me."
"It looks pretty good to me. It's not as dark as Sister Lin and others said."
Shi Furan was also stunned, and she had the expected twist. Xiaojiaziqi didn't see it, but instead saw the two sisters who were generous and just like them. The difference between imagination and reality was so big that it was hard for her to accept.
It was time for the second period of class and everyone returned to the classroom.
During this class, Mrs. Qiao gave homework to the girls in the east wing and came to the west wing.
Seeing Master Qiao, Shi Fuyin and Shi Fuxin stood up quickly: "Greetings, Master Qiao."
Mrs. Qiao nodded, walked to the teaching desk and sat down, and then motioned for the two of them to sit down. After they were seated, he said, "I didn't come to the last class, what did you do?"
Shi Fuyin stood up and replied: "Back to Master, I am reviewing Mencius in the Four Books."
Master Qiao raised his eyebrows: "Have you read Mencius?"
Shi Fuyin nodded: "When we were in Rongcheng, we studied with a lady and happened to read Mencius."
Master Qiao nodded and immediately asked Shi Fuyin a few questions.
Shi Fuyin responded one by one and brought her own opinions.
After hearing this, Master Qiao nodded from time to time: "You have read Mencius very thoroughly, which is very good." He motioned Shi Fuyin to sit down, and then looked at Shi Fuxin.
Shi Fuxin stood up quickly: "Master, I am practicing calligraphy."
Master Qiao: "Bring it up and let me take a look."
Shi Fuxin put the paper full of words on the lesson plan table.
After reading what Shi Fuxin had written, Mrs. Qiao nodded with satisfaction: "Your handwriting in small regular script with hairpin flowers is quite beautiful, but some places are not smooth enough."
Shi Fuxin smiled and replied: "Don't worry, Master, I will continue to work hard."
Master Qiao: "...Your sister has read Mencius. What about you, where have you read?"
Shi Fuxin: "I also read Mencius."
Master Qiao also asked Shi Fuxin a few questions, and Shi Fuxin answered them one by one.
At this time, Master Qiao fell silent, and after a while he spoke: "I thought you didn't study much, so I asked you to come to the west wing. Since you have already read Mencius, your progress is not much different from other girls.
Then go to the east wing for class tomorrow."
Hearing this, Shi Fuxin immediately raised her hand.
When Master Qiao saw it, he was stunned for a moment. Knowing that Shi Fuxin probably had something to say, he asked, "What's the matter with you?"
Shi Fuxin: "Master, my sister and I don't need to go to the east wing. We learn things very quickly. If we go there, I'm afraid they won't be able to keep up with our progress."
Mr. Qiao: "..." This is too much confidence.
When Shi Fuyin saw Master Qiao looking at her, she quickly replied: "Everything will follow Master Qiao's arrangements."
Only then did Mr. Qiao look satisfied: "As a girl, although reading and literacy are important, you should not neglect socializing with others. Studying behind closed doors is the most undesirable."
"Let me tell you, here I only teach reading and arithmetic in the morning. If you want to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you can also come to me to burn incense and arrange flowers. I will arrange it from time to time."
"The afternoon class will be given to you by Mrs. Qiqiao. She will mainly teach you women's knitting, such as spinning, weaving, sewing, embroidery, patchwork, appliqué, cutting, starching and dyeing. You all need to learn it.
Second entry into the hospital."
During the first class, Mrs. Qiao did not teach Shi Fuyin or Shi Fuxin. She mainly chatted with them, asking them about the border issues, and also told them about the differences between the capital and the border.
After one class, both parties were quite satisfied.
The students actively asked questions and the teacher was willing to answer questions. Perfect!
After the morning class, as soon as the students left, Mr. Qiao went to the Erjin Courtyard to have dinner with Mrs. Qiqiao.
"How about the two new girls?"
Qiqiao Lady asked with a smile.
Mrs. Qiao took a sip of tea and sighed: "It's much better than expected, just... the younger one is particularly discerning, she can pick up any conversation, and most importantly,
She can also lead the conversation to what she wants to know."
"Originally I wanted to trick them, but in the end I found that I also talked to them a lot."
Mrs. Qiqiao raised her eyebrows: "It seems that you have great confidence in those two sisters."
Master Qiao smiled and said, "You will know after meeting people this afternoon."
Mrs. Qiqiao didn't believe it: "I believe they are all good girls and smart, but learning to be a female celebrity depends on your talent."
Mrs. Qiao agrees with this. Some people are good at reading, but Nuhong is a mess.
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Yixiang Hall.
When Mrs. Shi saw Shi Dingxuan coming back from get out of class, she immediately asked someone to serve food. Taking advantage of the opportunity, she asked with a smile: "Are you still used to going to school?"
Shi Dingxuan and Shi Fuyin nodded: "Everything is fine."
Shi Fuxin: "My wife is very kind. She patiently answered all the questions we didn't understand."
Shi Dinghao: "My classmates are also very nice and take special care of me."
Mrs. Shi's face looked a little strange. Wulang and Sister Yin's answers were within her expectations, but the two young...
Mrs. Qiao is famous for her aloofness. Because she was worried that she would treat her two granddaughters differently, she even said hello and said she was patient? Why is she so untrustworthy?
And Jiulang, other people take good care of him? This is even more bizarre. What she is most worried about is that the grandchildren of the other three families gang up to bully Jiulang. Will they take care of him?
Mrs. Shi had lunch full of doubts, and after Shi Zheng and his family left, she called Aunt An to inquire.
Soon, Grandma An came back.
"You said Sister Xin and Master Qiao were talking to each other?" Mrs. Shi said with surprise on her face.
Aunt An smiled and nodded: "Yes, Mr. Qiao said it himself, saying that Miss Six's mind was spinning very fast, and she only came back to her senses after class."
Mrs. Shi was silent: "Where is Jiulang? What's the situation with him?"
Aunt An showed a dumbfounded look: "Our ninth master is a familiar person. He greets everyone one by one as soon as he enters the classroom. He is so enthusiastic and calls each other brothers that everyone can only greet each other with smiles."
Mrs. Shi smiled: "This is Jiulang!" She said, paused, "Wulang and Sister Yin are steady, Sister Xin and Jiulang are clever, Zheng and these four children each have their own advantages."
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After lunch break, Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin came to Qihuaxuan again. In the afternoon, they went to the Second Admission Hospital to study Nuhong.
Qiqiao Lady did not leave the two of them alone, and all the girls gathered in the east wing.
"Hello everyone, I am Shi Fuxin."
"Shi Fuyin."
"Everyone is polite!"
The two of them greeted everyone generously and walked to the empty embroidery booth and sat down.
After learning that Shi Fuxin and Shi Funin were in class today, Shi Fuzhi, who came to restrain Shi Furan because she was worried that her sister would have a conflict with them, flashed her eyes when she saw the two of them.
The girls were very curious about the two of them, but none of them took the initiative to say hello. Shi Fuxin and Shi Funin didn't care either. They both curiously looked at the embroidery booth in front of them and the strands of silk threads of different colors.
Generous and self-possessed, this is not a wild girl from the border who has no reputation. This demeanor is even more outstanding than that of many pampered girls in the uncle's house and the clan.
When Mrs. Qiqiao came in, she saw that the students were looking at Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin. Following the students' gaze, she also looked at the two newly returned girls from the uncle's house.
The big one has a pair of red and phoenix eyes that look forward and shine, and the figure is tall and straight, like a chrysanthemum blooming in the wind;
She has a small, round face and round eyes, which are charming and naive, like bright peach blossoms.
It's indeed better than expected.
Madame Qiqiao didn't waste any time. She called Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin to her side and taught them the introductory stitches of embroidery, and then let them go down and practice on their own.
After Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin died, Mrs. Qiqiao began to look at the other girls' embroidery and corrected their mistakes one by one.
Shi Fuxin felt that the introductory stitches were too simple, and she became bored after embroidering for a while. She kept looking up at Qiqiao Lady's instructions to others.
She found that Mrs. Qiqiao particularly liked a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. After thinking about it, she whispered to Shi Fuzhen next door: "Fifth sister, who is that person?"
Shi Fuzhen, who was concentrating on embroidery, didn't expect Shi Fuxin to talk to him. He was stunned for a moment before saying: "Shi Fuzhi."
When Shi Fuxin heard this, she knew who it was.
The eldest daughter of Li Jiazi.
Shi Fuxin asked again: "Fifth sister, who is Shi Furan?"
Shi Fuzhen glanced at her with confusion on his eyebrows. She didn't seem to be familiar with her. Why did this person always ask her questions?
"The one next to Sister Lin."
Shi Fuxin looked over, took note of the two daughters of the Li family, and thanked them with a smile: "Thank you, fifth sister."
"No whispering!"
Qiqiao Lady glanced at Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuzhen, and continued to explain double-sided embroidery stitches to Shi Fuzhi.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Shi Fuxin really didn't want to waste time and energy practicing this simple acupuncture, so she released her mental power and 'watched' Lady Qiqiao teach Shi Fuzhi Shuang
Face embroidery, learn to embroider while watching.
Qiqiao Lady only spent one class with Shi Fuzhi, and she got up during the second class to look at other people's embroidery one by one.
When she walked in front of Shi Fuxin, Qiqiao Lady's eyelids suddenly twitched.
On the white silk cloth, a round, red pomegranate suddenly catches the eye, and it is embroidered on both sides.
Although the embroidery is not full enough, it is very realistic.
"Did you embroider this?" Lady Qiqiao was a little shocked.
Shi Fuxin nodded.
Qiqiao Lady: "Have you ever learned embroidery before?"
Shi Fuxin shook her head: "It's my first time to embroider."
Mrs. Qiqiao's face darkened: "How young are you, but your vanity is so strong that you dare to lie in front of me!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Fuxin quit: "Why am I so vain? Why do you call me a liar?"
Shi Funin quickly stood up: "Madam, I can testify that this is indeed the first time for my sister to embroider. We had no chance to do this before."
Lady Qiqiao looked at Shi Fuyin and then at Shi Fuxin, her face still filled with suspicion.
Shi Fuxin's face didn't look good either: "Madam, you have to believe that there are geniuses in this world. Just because you haven't seen them doesn't mean they don't exist."
Embroidery requires careful attention, careful attention and careful hands, so that the things embroidered can be lifelike. What matters here is the details. Shi Fuxin, who possesses spiritual power, is absolutely cheating in this regard.
Mrs. Qiqiao calmed down her emotions, and seeing that the two sisters didn't look like they were lying, she didn't say anything more, and just passed by while Fu Xin walked towards the next person.
Shi Fuxin glanced at her and said nothing. She sat down and continued to embroider pomegranates.
Looking at this scene, everyone had different expressions.
Shi Fuzhi looked at the pomegranates on Shi Fuxin's embroidery shed, and then at her own embroidery shed, her eyes a little sad.
She still remembers that when she applied for the National Women's Prison, the palm print of the State Women's Prison told her: 'Your embroidery skills are very good, but compared with those who are truly talented in embroidery, they lack a bit of aura.'
This can be understood to mean that her embroidery is the result of hard work and is dull, lifeless, not lifelike enough, and not eye-catching.
That pomegranate... was obviously so crudely embroidered, but it caught her eye immediately.