In order to be realistic, Yan Shiqing painted her own face to look waxy and yellow, and also painted it on Xiang Tao and Jiang Suzhen at the same time.
Naturally, the makeup on Jiang Suzhen's face was put on by her nanny Song.
On the bright side, there is a group of four women driving two carriages, plus two coachmen, while the others are hidden in the dark.
These two carriages were quite large. They looked shabby on the outside, as if they were about to fall apart, but there was something special about them inside.
Even if the carriage is shaking, there is no feeling of any bumps when sitting inside.
Xiangtao was making autumn clothes for Xiao Nian'an in her hands. She raised a corner of the carriage curtain to look out and couldn't help but said: "Sister Shi Qing, our carriage is going so slowly. It will take two months to wait until Yangjiacun."
Right? I’m afraid I’ll have to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival on the road!”
"It depends on the situation. Nian'an is still young and he can't bear the rush."
As Yan Shiqing spoke, she glanced at Xiao Nian'an, who was walking around holding on to the frame of the carriage, with a smile in her eyes.
It's good to take care of the kids by myself. Although I'm a little tired, I feel at ease.
Fortunately, the little guy is also well-behaved and doesn't cry much. As long as he talks to him when he is tired from playing, tell him stories, and then teach him to read, everything will be done.
Xiang Tao recalled how she followed her wife and brought Nian An to the capital, and then turned back and whispered to Yan Shiqing: "That's right, Mr. An is the main priority in everything."
Now that she was out of town, even though she knew there was no one around, Xiang Tao didn't dare to call the little emperor grandson directly, for fear of being overheard and causing unnecessary trouble later.
When Xiao Nian'an heard her mother calling her name, she turned around, smiled and cried out in a sweet voice: "Mom!"
Seeing this, Xiangtao put away the things in her hands, clapped her hands and said, "Master An, come to Auntie's place. Can Auntie play a guessing game with you?"
But Xiao Nian'an shook her little head and rushed towards Yan Shiqing.
After he threw himself into his mother's arms and hugged her, he turned to look at Xiang Tao and said, "Mother, I want it, mother!"
Yan Shiqing couldn't help but lower her head and kiss him: "Okay, Nian'an wants mother, and mother wants Nian'an."
Xiangtao pretended to be sad and said in a gloomy tone: "Master An doesn't want my aunt anymore. I'm so sad. Uuuuuu..."
Xiao Nian'an had already found a seat in Yan Shi's mood and sat down. Hearing Xiang Tao's voice, he raised his head and looked at her seriously.
After a while, he tugged on Yan Shiqing's clothes and said, "Mom, cry, cry, aunt, cry!"
After saying this, he simply crawled to Xiang Tao, knelt down and stared at her for a while, then when he was not paying attention to Xiang Tao, he stretched out his little hand and pulled off her sleeve.
When I saw that there were no tears in Xiang Tao's exposed eyes, I couldn't help laughing.
Seeing this, Xiang Tao quickly covered her eyes. He pulled it off again and couldn't help but laugh happily.
Yan Shiqing smiled and shook her head when she saw this, and said, "He thinks he is playing hide and seek."
Xiangtao heard this and saw that he was so happy that she even meowed every time he pulled it off.yyls
Now Nian An smiled even more happily.
His laughter spread to the carriage next door, which made Jiang Suzhen, who had been sitting there, couldn't help but roll her eyes and look out from time to time.
When Ms. Song was drowsy, she caught sight of her young lady's expression from the corner of her eye, and immediately she was roused to regain her energy.
"Miss, do you want to play with the little grandson?"
She said this in a very low voice, fearing to scare Jiang Suzhen.
Jiang Suzhen's eyes were a little eager to try, but she pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.
Ms. Song did not force her. She always remembered Yan Shiqing telling her that her young lady's illness needed to be taken step by step, little by little, and there was no need to rush.
At the moment, the young lady seems to be very interested in what is going on over there. If she doesn't express her position now, she will be unable to bear it in a day or two or for a little longer.
The laughter there continued for a while. When it calmed down, Jiang Suzhen's expression became wilted and she leaned back to the carriage again.
That night, after Jiang Suzhen fell asleep, Mrs. Song came over to talk to Yan Shiqing about her situation.
Yan Shiqing was not sleeping yet. After hearing this, she glanced at Xiang Tao and said, "Tomorrow you will be playing this game with Nian An, but it will only take a quarter of an hour. In the afternoon, try to let Nian An
An goes to Sister Suzhen's carriage, and when the time comes, nurse, you can learn from me, and you can play with Nian An. After a while, when Nian An and Sister Suzhen are completely familiar with each other, let them get on my carriage."
When Mrs. Song heard this, she rolled her eyes and understood what she meant. She nodded cautiously: "Okay!"
After she said this, she asked for instructions on how Xiang Tao played with Nian An during the day. After she found out, she returned to the room with satisfaction.
After Xiangtao and others left, she couldn't help but sigh: "She is also very pitiful. She obviously came from a good family, but now she has become like this. To be honest, she is not as comfortable as me."
Yan Shiqing smiled and said nothing.
Xiangtao said again: "Sister Shiqing, it took a long time on the carriage. I was wondering if you could teach me something else. It turned out that my wife taught me how to read, play chess and so on. But I only had limited time to learn.
Later, when I was in Duke Ning's mansion, I learned some rules from others, but other things..."
Yan Shiqing thought about it for a while and said, "What do you want to learn? How about I teach you calculations?"
Xiangtao once helped her manage the vermicelli workshop and the like. She was not very literate before, let alone keeping accounts. It would be difficult to do the accounting.
Most of the ancient people used calculations to calculate things, which was a bit laborious. It would be better to teach her Arabic numerals, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, etc. After being used flexibly, it would be much more convenient than other methods.
"Sister Shiqing, do you want to teach me the abacus?"
When Xiangtao heard about calculations, her first reaction was to use an abacus. Madam didn't know much about these things and had never taught her, so she calculated things according to her own rules.
She has seen Sister Shiqing settle accounts. Sometimes she uses an abacus and sometimes she doesn't. The speed is very fast.
She didn't even know if Sister Shiqing was showing off when she used the abacus to do calculations. It was obvious that she didn't use it most of the time.
When I was thinking about the abacus, I just fiddled with it casually.
If you can learn this skill, I'm afraid it will be great in the future.
Apart from anything else, just relying on this skill alone will definitely make you very popular in Jifeng Jingping.
"It's not an abacus, but the records are simple and the calculations are faster than an abacus. Do you want to learn?"
Xiangtao's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I think about it, I really want to!"
"As long as you want to learn, starting tomorrow, when Nian'an is asleep, I will take the time to teach you for a while, and then you can think about it by yourself. After a while, I will give you a test. Of course, if you are interested in something else,
I can also teach you. For example, simple medical skills are also available."
When Xiangtao heard about the medical skills, she subconsciously shook her head.