In the spring of March, in the courtyard of Liuya Academy, several peach trees were already full of flowers. The spring rain last night even knocked some to the ground. There were petals embedded in the mud. People looked at them and felt indescribable sadness.
The melancholy. Three or two spring swallows landed on the peach tree, shouting happily, and sometimes took off to fly to the nest under the eaves. Although it was a small force, it might cause the peach branches to tremble slightly and the petals to float down a few more times.
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The sound of reading in class was sonorous and powerful. The master was walking back and forth with a ruler behind his back and shaking his hands. However, when he saw that the student was not doing his homework, the ruler fell down on his palm, which was very painful.
After finishing reading the book once, the Master said loudly: "Let's do it again. Remember, read carefully and start."
"In the beginning, human beings are inherently good by nature. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far apart. If you don't teach, your nature will change. The way to teach is to be specialized. In the past, Meng's mother chose a neighbor. If a son does not learn, he will lose his opportunity. Dou Yanshan has a righteous way.
If you teach five sons, they will all be famous. If you fail to teach them, it is the fault of the father. If the teaching is not strict, it is the teacher's laziness. If the son does not learn, it is not suitable..."
In a small courtyard next to the academy, a woman was lying on a rocking chair in the courtyard, basking in the warm sun with her eyes closed. A quiet and elegant woman sat quietly next to her, her face was like an orchid.
Yun, the eyes are like clear water, the eyebrows are slightly frowned like distant mountains, and the hair is like in a painting
Black Waterfall. She was doing needlework in her hands. She was embroidering a piece of silk called Flower Blossoms, which Mrs. Liu Yuanwai had prepared for her birthday. She was seen flying needles on the embroidery frame, splitting the threads up and down, and peonies under the needles.
She soon vomited, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and a look of satisfaction appeared on her face.
"The children are still studying? Is it time to go home for lunch after school?" The woman suddenly spoke, and the people next to her immediately turned to look at her.
"Mom, I thought you were asleep?" the woman said softly.
"Well, when we get old, we sleep all day long, cough, cough, cough." The woman said and started coughing.
The woman quickly put down her needlework, stood up, went into the room and brought out a glass of water, handed it to her mouth and said, "Mom, come and have a drink of water."
The woman opened her eyes, touched the cup in front of her and drank the water. The woman placed the cup on the ground and gently stroked the woman's chest.
"Mom, you are not feeling well, would you like to go inside and lie down for a while?"
"No, I want to bask in the sun." The woman gasped.
"Then let me take out the quilt and cover you with it."
"Okay." The woman got up and went back to the house, took out a quilt, and gently covered the woman's body. After covering it, she rubbed her hands and returned to the embroidery frame to continue embroidering.
"Qi Zi, do you have classes in the afternoon?" the woman asked again.
The woman called Qi Zi smiled and said: "Master said there is no need to go in the afternoon."
"Oh." The woman sighed softly and said, "Master Liu is such a good man. If he hadn't asked you to teach piano at the academy, our life would have been even more difficult."
"Mom, I will deliver the embroidery to Yuan Liu's house in the afternoon. I should be able to earn five taels of silver this time, so you don't have to worry about your life in the next half of the month." Qi Zi said with a smile, giving the woman less money.
It put a lot of psychological burden on me.
"I'm sorry for you. If you hadn't made embroidery to support the family these years, my mother and I would have starved to death a long time ago. Mother, am I sorry for you? Otherwise..." the woman suddenly changed her voice and said.
Qi Zi stopped her sewing and interrupted her angrily: "Mom, please stop talking about this. I will not go back. If he really cared about us and my mother, he would have come to pick you up long ago.
When I go back, I won’t let you live in this small courtyard without even caring about your life or death.”
The woman stopped talking and just shed tears silently. Qi Zi walked to her and squatted down in front of her. He held her hand and said softly: "Mom, let's not mention this matter in the future, okay? I will do it for the rest of my life."
I just want to be with my mother, as long as she is by my side." Tears fell from her eyes and soaked the quilt.
The woman raised her hand to touch her hair, and gently held her in her arms, tears also falling down her face.
After lunch, the woman took a nap in the house. She carefully wrapped the embroidery in a cloth, held it in her arms and walked out of the courtyard towards the Yongxiang street member's house.
Walking through the bustling market and walking through the quiet alleys, she kept her head down as she walked. About half an hour later, she arrived in front of the Yuanwai Mansion. Two servants were standing guard at the door. She raised her head and faced
One of them said: "Brother, please inform me that my wife's embroidery has been delivered."
The servant was stunned for a moment when he saw her, and then said: "Okay, wait a moment, I will go and send a message."
She nodded slightly, and when the servant walked in, the door was opened and closed again. She looked at the door of the mansion. Although it was not the first time she came back, she just saw that the door had a new color. It should be for the wife's birthday.
It must have been freshly painted. After a while, the door was opened again, and the person came back and said, "Are you Miss Qi Zi?"
Qi Zi nodded and said, "Yes."
"Madam, please come with me." He opened the door and let Qi Zi walk in.
Qi Zi followed him and said, "Thank you."
After walking into the mansion and passing through several corridors, I saw Mrs. Yuanwai in a corner of the garden, concentrating on pruning a bonsai. When she heard the sound of footsteps, she turned slightly sideways, showing off her wealth.
"Madam, you are polite." Qi Zi said, leaning forward.
"You're welcome, Miss Qi Zi." Mrs. Yuanwai handed the scissors to the waiting maid next to her, then took the towel from the maid's hand and wiped her hands.
"Thank you, Madam."
Mrs. Yuanwai smiled and said: "The embroidery is done, let me see it quickly."
"Yes." Qi Zi responded, opening the square cloth and handing over the embroidery.
Mrs. Yuanwai held it in her hand and looked at it, with a surprised expression on her face and praised: "It's so lifelike, Miss Qizi, you are so ingenious. I'm afraid even the embroidery masters in the palace can't do it. This is really top-notch."
Top quality."
"Madam, you are giving me too much of a reward, and Qi Zi is ashamed to deserve it." When someone praised her, she blushed slightly and lowered her head and said.
Mrs. Yuanwai took the embroidery and couldn't put it down because she liked it. She said to a maid next to her: "Yu Yan, go to the accounting room and get ten taels of silver."
"Yes, madam." Yu Yan left, and she said to Qi Zi again: "Miss Qi Zi, after my birthday is over, I would like to ask you to embroider another painting of Three Friends of Suihan. I wonder if you are free?"
"I'm free, of course I'm free. I'd also like to thank you, madam, for helping me." Qi Zi said with a smile.
"That's good. Then I'll trouble you, girl."
"No trouble, no trouble."
While they were chatting happily, Yu Yan brought the silver over. When she saw her approaching, Mrs. Yuanwai said, "Give the silver to Miss Qi Zi."
"Yes, madam." Yu Yan handed over ten taels of silver. Qi Zi looked at the wife of the official with some confusion and said, "Madam, it's not ten taels, it's fifty taels."
"Hey, I like your embroidery, so I'll reward you with those five taels." Mrs. Yuanwai said with a smile.
"this……."
Seeing Qi Zi's hesitation, she added, "Well, how about I ask you to help pay the deposit for the three friends of Sui Han?"
"So, Qi Zi accepted it. Thank you, Madam." Qi Zi took the ten taels of silver, carefully put it into his arms and said, "Madam, if you still have something to do, I won't bother you."
"Okay, Yuyan, send Miss Qizi out."
"Yes, madam." Yu Yan raised her hand and said, "Miss Qi Zi, please come this way."