"Wan Qing, why did you choose so many?" Hong Yun couldn't help being surprised when he saw the book in Wan Qing's hand. He asked with a surprised look on his face.
Wan Qing put the book on the table helplessly, "I didn't choose it. Mother knows it, and I don't know these words at all. However, great kindness is inevitable. Master Qiao strongly recommended it, and my daughter can't refuse..."
Looking at the pile, Wan Qing was really speechless. She really didn't know anything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She only knew some words. If she bought some biographies and novels, they might be of some use, at least she could borrow them.
Knowing more words, playing music, playing chess, calligraphy and painting... I wonder what use they are to her?
In her opinion, women in this world learn these things just to relieve their boredom because their feet are bound and their bodies are trapped in a cage. When no one is with them, they can play the piano, draw some paintings, and entertain themselves.
Le. Even if a few women get together, they can't play too intense games, so they can only play chess...
It's really the most boring and boring thing.
"Wan Qing's niece is seven years old, why hasn't she entered school yet?" After hearing Wan Qing's words, Mr. Qiao actually asked. "I remember that the girls' school started a few days ago... If Wan Qing is interested, uncle
It can help."
"Brother Qiao doesn't know. My daughter is afraid of hardship. She..." Xiao Tongwen hesitated for a moment, looked at Qiao Tianchu again, and gritted his teeth and said, "She will not go to school in the future."
The reason? No need to say more. Although Xiao Tongwen didn't say much, his eyes subconsciously glanced at Wan Qing's feet. Anyone with a little wink can see it.
However, Master Qiao didn't understand.
Everyone knows that the daughters of wealthy families usually go to a women's college, where they learn not only piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also etiquette and traditions. What's more, there is a draft in the palace every three years, and they all learn from various girls.
The hospital began to select and send their daughter to the hospital. This is what most people thought.
Maybe one day his daughter will be selected and enter the palace, and she will be the best among people. Even if she can't, women who come out of the women's concubine will always be better than others when it comes to marriage. Therefore, there are also those who are dedicated to climbing the dragon and the phoenix.
If an ordinary family has a beautiful daughter, even if they borrow money, they will send their daughter to a concubine.
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Speaking of which, although the female emperor failed to improve the status of women too much, at least the existence of this concubine made many women less discriminated against in the family.
"Brother Xiao, you have to think carefully about this matter." Mr. Qiao didn't understand. Xiao Tongwen was a businessman, so he naturally knew what was most beneficial. And his words, both inside and outside, revealed that he wanted to get married.
, but unfortunately at this time, he said that Wan Qing would not go to school and would only be a rough and martial girl. This was something that a family like his would never accept.
It turned out that Qin'er was very good, but it was not her that my son was talking about before.
Xiao Tongwen didn't want to say more, so he changed the topic in a few words. Since Wan Qing and the others were back, there were some things he couldn't say anymore. After saying a few more words, he took Qiao Tianchu with him to leave.
However, "Shibo, tomorrow, my nephew will personally deliver the things chosen by the two sisters today." After Qiao Tianchu finished speaking, he bowed and followed his father, leaving Xiao Tongwen and Hongyun looking at the things on the table.
Those books are a bit confusing.
"How many things did you choose?" Hongyun couldn't help but ask first.
Wan Qing secretly shrugged, pointed to the books on the table, and said innocently: "I told you, I didn't choose these at all, they were forced on me by Master Qiao. And the ones my sister and I chose are still in the store.
"
She just chose several beautiful colors of paper, each of which was enough for her to replace the window paper of the small building from top to bottom, inside and out. Qin'er didn't choose many, just a few books, and
There is a small box of things for Xiao Jing.
However, when added together, it is really quite a lot.
Xiao Tongwen picked up the books and looked at them one by one. The more he looked at them, the weirder the look on his face became. At the end, he sighed, put the books down, and then looked at Wan Qing, "Wan Qing, are you serious, don't you want to
...foot binding?”
Those books are all simple books for beginners of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as some piano scores, chess scores...
What does Qiao Tianchu mean? Although he didn't say it clearly, it was almost the same. He made it clear that he was interested in Wan Qing, but Wan Qing didn't study music, chess, calligraphy and painting, which made him unable to accept the gift of these basic things.
, is to remind her to start learning now...
Wan Qing shook her head firmly, "I don't want to."
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Xiao Tongwen and Hongyun had no choice but to change the topic and stop talking about it.
In Qingbo Mansion, the Qiao family is indeed very good, comparable to their Xiao family. Qiao Tianchu is also a very good character, and he is an only son. In the future, the entire Qiao family will belong to him. If they can get married, it will be the icing on the cake.
But Wanqing was unwilling, and they couldn't think of it.
If it were another daughter, maybe Xiao Tongwen would force it. Mr. Qiao at least thought of one thing right. Xiao Tongwen is a businessman, and profit comes first in most things. If Wan Qing and Qiao Tianchu can get married, both parties will benefit.
, it is also a very good home for Wanqing.
However, Wan Qing is Hong Yun's daughter, and Hong Yun is the woman he owes the most to in his life. He doesn't want to force Wan Qing, but actually he doesn't want to force Hong Yun. He doesn't want Hong Yun to be unhappy with him in the slightest. He wants these two women to be happy.
Being happy is what he cares about most now.
Anyway, he still has Qin'er. If one day he really needs a marriage or something else, Qin'er can do it.
Because of Master Qiao's delay, the originally agreed itinerary could no longer continue, and it was almost time for Xiao Jing to leave school.
"Let's go pick up brother together." Wan Qing immediately suggested that if that didn't work, they would have to go back to Xiao's Mansion. Of course she was unwilling to get out after a long time.
"That's fine." Xiao Tongwen just pondered for a moment before agreeing. A few days ago, he might not have agreed. However, Hongyun had just been humiliated and scolded by Mr. Xiao because he was not at home. Now he asked him to let their mother and daughter
When the three of them went back, he was really worried, "It's just that you can only stay in the carriage with your mother and can't come out."
"If you can't come out, you can't come out." As long as you don't go back to Xiao Mansion, anything will work.
So, the carriage slowly headed towards the school.
The school is far away from the busy street. It takes two-quarters of an hour to get there by horse-drawn carriage. It is quite far. However, along the way, there are small bridges and flowing water, and the scenery is changeable. It is not boring to walk and look at it.
When Wan Qing's carriage arrived, there were many carriages parked at the entrance of the college, lined up in a row, more than ten feet away. At the entrance of the college, many students had already walked out and found various schools.
The carriage, got in and left.
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Wan Qing glanced at the students. They were all young. There were no middle-aged people in their thirties or forties as expected, and there were no old men in their fifties or sixties. They were all thirteen or fourteen years old. The oldest one looked...
He must be in his twenties at most.
"You guys wait here, I'll go in and see the Master." As soon as the carriage stopped, Xiao Tongwen got out of the car with a bag of snacks he bought earlier. It was probably for the Master.
In this world, although the Master has no power and is even a frustrated scholar who failed the exam, no matter who he is, he is treated with great courtesy.
A manly man with such a strong self-esteem that the person who wants to kneel down includes the word "Master", which shows how respected the master's status is.
Naturally, not everyone can do this. There are many scholars in the world, but there are very few masters, and even fewer can be recognized by others and can spread their reputation.
And this academy called "Zhuangyuan Academy" is obviously one of the few among the very few.
"Mother." Wan Qing looked at the people coming and going and suddenly thought of her own problem.
"What's wrong?"
"Mom, if a woman doesn't go to school to learn... where can she learn to ride a horse and archery?" Her mother knows how to ride a horse and do archery. She also knows that her mother's family is from a well-established family. However, she
Who did mother learn all this from?
Hongyun was startled, probably because he didn't expect Wan Qing to ask this question, but after thinking for a moment, he still said: "It turns out that in my mother's time, there was a special academy to teach women to ride horses and archery, but when my mother's mother came,
At that time, the women’s martial arts academy was abandoned because there were too few people learning horseback riding and archery, and now it probably doesn’t exist anymore.”
A look of disappointment immediately appeared on Wan Qing's face. No, could she just climb a tree at home?
When Hongyun saw Wan Qing's expression, she immediately smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry Wan Qing. Although there is no dedicated martial arts academy now, my mother will find a suitable master for Wan Qing."
"Oh." Wan Qing was a little unmotivated. She wanted to leave the Xiao Mansion and go outside. If she found a master to come to the Xiao Mansion to teach... it would be completely contrary to her original intention.
Hongyun laughed, and then asked Wanqing thoughtfully, "Wanqing, you really don't want to go to a girls' school, but there are..."