When they came back from school in the afternoon, except for Wang Yan, a newcomer, who brought his book boy Kang Jian back to the west wing of the outer courtyard, the other three juniors all went to the inner courtyard to greet Mrs. Zou—actually, they said hello, but they didn’t know how to do it. Very strict, more like "come home from school and say hello to the elders at home".Moreover, the Qin family's courtyard is not big, especially since Huiniang lives in the inner courtyard, she will not lose sight of her cousin and aunt after school, but she doesn't seem to understand etiquette if she goes to say hello.

Without the unfamiliar people, the three cousins ​​looked at each other and smiled, seeing a trace of relief in each other's eyes.Among them, the most obvious one was Qin Jiadai, who was the youngest, and almost ran away to the inner courtyard with cheers. Qin Jiahong, who was more mature, patted his younger brother on the back at the right time, reminding him that the guests were in the west wing room and could not Show rudeness.

Before the three of them walked through the hallway, they saw Aunt Zhang, the helper, coming from the inner courtyard with a basket. Seeing them, she first smiled and rolled her eyes, "Young masters are back from school, and my wife is not at home now. Go to the village." Drop by the door."

Although the Zou family was also from a scholarly family, she also wanted to raise her own daughter to be a chaste lady, but after she got married, she thought to herself that she would marry her husband—since she was married in the village, she had to abide by the village's customs , can't be too out of place.So after I got married, I left behind the pretense of being in the boudoir. In addition to taking care of the housework, I also wore a hood and veil from time to time to visit a few relatives in the village to make friends.

Yesterday morning, her husband asked her to deliver fruits and vegetables to the home of a student in the family who was preparing for the childbirth test, so she took it to heart and took it seriously.It's just that yesterday, before I could pack up my things and go out, my husband sent someone from the academy to deliver the news, saying that a new student with a high status came to the academy, and asked her to wait at home to entertain guests.

Although she didn't guess how "noble" the student's identity was from her husband's words until the evening, but she didn't dare to be negligent when she heard it at that time, so she quickly packed up and got ready, taking care of her daughter, and went to the front yard in person The main house sits in town.This busy work lasted until today, and after sending away distinguished guests for lunch, I found time to visit relatives' houses with a basket of fruits and vegetables without bringing the maid.

People in the village are not so particular, but since Mrs. Zou is not at home, Qin Jiahong and Qin Jiadai brothers have no reason to enter the inner courtyard, so they can only go back to the East Chamber to rest, leaving Huiniang to go back alone. The inner court.Now that Huiniang is disguised as a woman and goes to school in the academy, the homework she had done when she was an honest girl has been put aside. She doesn't take the imperial examination, and the gentlemen of the academy won't give her homework. After returning to her room in the middle of the afternoon, she will Leisure is a bit boring.

She sat by the bed and embroidered a few stitches with a pair of needlework—with the accumulation of her previous life, although she is still not good at needlework, after rebirth, compared with the skills of ordinary ten-year-old girls, she is already Much stronger.Now I insist on doing a little needlework every day, just to not make the female celebrity's skills unfamiliar, and make my efforts in the past few years in vain.

It's just that such a person was sitting embroidering, and the surrounding was quiet, and he unconsciously recalled those few things that made him very puzzled.Especially - why did I have an inexplicable sense of familiarity with that little book boy?And not just once - from yesterday to today, this familiar feeling has appeared twice.

Could it be that I have seen him in my previous life?

However, what kind of servant can leave such a deep impression on me, it is clear that it has nothing to do with my mother's family or husband's family in my previous life, but I can still vaguely remember it after being reborn...

And what is the identity of his "master", and why did he come to Chongshi Academy to study?

These thoughts are mixed, and they always rush to Aniniang's mind, making her want to calm down and think about them.After thinking about these troublesome things for a while, Anise became a little bored, and simply thought about other pastimes to pass the time.

Hui Niang listened to the commotion in the courtyard, it was quiet as if Mrs. Zou hadn't come back, so she put the needle and thread aside, went out of the East Wing, and briskly went to the opposite West Wing to talk to her cousin Shanniang.

Walking to the west wing, the weather is getting hotter now, the door of the outer room of the wing room is always open during the day, only a cloth curtain is hung inside the door to block the wind and soil outside.Hui Niang opened the curtain and went in, first took a look in the direction of Shanniang's bedroom, she didn't expect that Shanniang was not sitting in the inner room embroidering, but was writing big characters under the window on the other side.Hearing the movement at the door of the outer room, she turned her head to look, put down the brush in her hand, and called Hui Niang to go over with a giggle, "Cousin, I'm in the room over here."

Only then did Hui Niang see her cousin, she walked over with a smile, and first looked at the writing on Shan Niang's desk, "What are you copying?"

"Mother asked me to copy "The Conversation of Li Weng" recently." Shan Niang said while moving a bit to the side so that Hui Niang could sit with her on the chair in front of the desk.Fortunately, the two sisters are both young and slender, so they don't feel crowded when they sit on the same chair.

Since Mrs. Zou wholeheartedly wanted to raise her daughter to be a lady, besides being a female celebrity, naturally she should not be inferior in learning.Although Shanniang never followed her brothers to receive personal teaching from her father, a literati, but Zou was also from a scholarly family, not to mention his talent, at least she can read and recite the Four Books for Women, teaching her to read and even some simple articles No problem.In fact, not to mention Shanniang, in her previous life, Huiniang was raised by her cousin and aunt until she went to Beijing at the age of 13. Like Shanniang, she started to learn to write at the age of five, and officially began to practice calligraphy after the age of seven. "Hundred Surnames", "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Classic" began to be transcribed.Shanniang is nine years old this year, and she has already written square script in one hand - although she still can't see the style, it is rare for a little girl in the village to be able to write this handwriting.

Huiniang carefully looked at the paper that Shanniang had just written, but she had already copied the "Fourteen Colds": "Sword of Extermination of the Japanese, Crown of the Wise. The painted building faces the railing. Double hanging white jade chopsticks, nine turning purple gold Dan."

Seeing that Hui Niang was reading her handwriting, Shanniang couldn't help feeling a little shy when she thought of her cousin's talent in calligraphy, "Sister, don't read my handwriting, let's talk."

"Aren't you talking now?" Hui Niang smiled and nodded Shan Niang's nose, "I see that you write well. I also wrote for a day today, and I really don't want to write anymore, otherwise the two of us One can get together to copy books."

"Originally, I planned to finish writing this piece of paper and never write any more." Shanniang looked at the sky outside, "After writing this piece of paper, today's homework is considered done. When the sky gets dark, I will It’s hard to read and write anymore.”

When it gets dark, whether you are reading, writing, or doing embroidery or needlework, it hurts your eyes.Although Qin Mengzhang's family was not short of expenses, they still provided lamp oil and candles for the men in the outer courtyard as much as possible. As for the female family members in the inner courtyard, only Mrs. Zou occasionally lit a few more candles when calculating household expenses at night.The remaining two girls, Qin Mengzhang and Zou, neither intend to cultivate two talented women who are famous all over the world, nor do they rely on the needlework of the girls to support their families, and they don't want them to work hard at night, so every time the sun goes down, After that, the two girls in the family were the most leisurely. After dinner, they chatted with the elders in the family for a while, and then got together to chat and laugh, or play games, and then they could wash up and rest.

The two sisters chatted for a while, but today Huiniang couldn't find any "interesting things" to tell Shanniang, so she went back to her room and got her needlework, and got together with Shanniang. The two faced each other and started sewing.

It wasn't until dusk that Mrs. Zou finished visiting and went home. When she returned to the inner courtyard, she saw her daughter and niece doing needlework together. Put away your needle and thread, it's not worth it if your eyes are broken."

"Yes." Hui Niang and Shan Niang hurriedly got up and agreed.

Chow smiled again with satisfaction, turned around and went back to the main house.

***

Here, Anise managed to get rid of those annoying doubts, but she didn't know that the master and servant who made her doubts were also talking about her.

Wang Yan was lying on the kang with his legs crossed, leaning on the quilt behind him, holding a copy of "The Doctrine of the Mean" in his hand, flipping through it boredly.Kang Jian was sitting on the twig under the kang, glanced at the master who was reading a book from time to time, and struggled for a while, and finally couldn't help but say, "Master, just tell me, how did you see that dignified man Is the young master a girl?"

It turned out that at noon Wang Yan only told Kang Jian that Anise was a woman, but he didn't explain in detail how he found out—or where Anise showed her flaws, and he only let Kang Jian think for himself.

But Kang Jian thought about it for nearly half a day—even observed carefully for a long time in the academy in the afternoon, except that he felt that the young master Tang was indeed very delicate, he didn't see any clue that he was a woman.Moreover, he could also see that the Tang young master was still young, only about ten years old, and there were many delicate and weak boys at this age, so he might not really be a girl.

Wang Yan glanced at Kang Jian, after all he was young, with a faint color in his brows and eyes, "Actually, I saw it yesterday..." He put the book aside, sat up straight, and counted a few fennels. Where the flaws were exposed, including yesterday afternoon when the three brothers came back from school to pay respects to Mrs. Zou, when she suddenly saw him, Hui Niang subconsciously dodged behind Qin Jiahong, but she couldn't escape his eyes.

"And." He reminded the little bookboy again, "Didn't you realize that he lives in the inner courtyard differently from Dean Qin's two biological sons?"

"Ah?" Kang Jian dumbfoundedly responded, just this reaction let Wang Yan know: This attendant who was deeply trusted by him really didn't find the suspicious things he said.

He sighed secretly in his heart: Loyalty is there, but after all, his eyesight is a bit weak.

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