Chapter 274 School

Seeing that Brother Zhe couldn't recite the book, Xu Lingyi's face looked a little unhappy, but he didn't say much. He helped the lady to the east room.

Brother Zhe stood there with his head down, somewhat depressed.

Eleventh Lady half-knelt forward and asked him, "Are you a little scared?"

Brother Zhe nodded, tears welling up in his eyes: "I can recite it."

Eleventh Lady said softly, "Then let's find some time to recite it to Daddy, okay?"

Brother Zhe nodded vigorously.

Eleventh Lady held his hand and said, "Let's go eat first!"

But the brother did not move: "If it were me, I still wouldn't be able to recite it?" He was both nervous and confused.

"If we don't recite it quietly to Dad in front of so many people, will Brother Zhe forget it?" Eleventh Lady asked him in a low voice.

Brother Zhe lowered his head even lower: "Teacher asked me, I, I can't recite it either!"

Eleventh Lady was secretly shocked.

If this is the case, the situation might be bad.

But at this time, you must not hit the child.

"Then can you recite it to me?" Eleventh Lady asked him tentatively.

After thinking for a moment, Zhege reluctantly said "OK".

Eleventh Lady recalled that during the Chinese New Year, he recited "Youth Learning" in front of everyone...

"Let's go eat first." She smiled and hugged Brother Xie. "Don't think about that now. Eat well. Otherwise, your father will get angry again when he sees you picking up rice grains with chopsticks. Anyway, you can't recite the book anymore, so let's eat first!"

"Yes!" Zhe Ge responded in a low voice, and obediently let Shiyi Niang lead him to the east room.

The second lady, who was walking in front, glanced back.

Maybe it was because of Eleventh Lady's advice that Zhuge ate his meal very properly this time. His behavior showed some of the calmness of a young man from an aristocratic family. In contrast, Xu Siqi on the side was eating voraciously. The maid fed him, but he refused. When he ate himself, he dropped rice grains on the table and picked them up to stuff them into his mouth. He looked very unruly.

A trace of pity flashed across the lady's eyes.

The Fifth Lady turned her head away, as if she hadn't seen it.

Xu Lingyi hesitated to speak. On the way back, he whispered to Shiyi Niang, "I think since we've moved to Lijingxuan, I should find an excuse to stop my brother from eating at the table. Let the mothers in charge give him a lecture first."

Children also have self-esteem. Although they don't understand it yet, parents should help them maintain it.

Eleventh Lady also agreed and talked to Xu Lingyi about her brother: "...I asked him privately. He said he was a little scared, so he couldn't recite it..."

"Scared, scared!" Xu Lingyi's brows showed a bit of impatience after hearing this, "It's either fear, worry, or nervousness. How old is he this year? Can he continue like this?"

If you raise a question but cannot solve it, it is better not to raise it again.

Eleventh Lady smiled and changed the subject: "Come to think of it, March 3rd is my brother's birthday, right?"

Xu Lingyi had no idea. He said, "Oh," and said, "Then let's take this opportunity to help him." He added, "How much money do you think it will cost? I'll ask Manager Bai to call us."

Eleventh Lady thought about the attitude of the Fifth Master and the Fifth Lady today... What Xu Siqi wanted was not publicity, but forbearance.

She used the second wife's words as an excuse: "The child is still young. If you make a big fuss, it will easily reduce his fortune. I think, when the time comes, just serve him a bowl of longevity noodles!"

"You make the decision!" Xu Lingyi looked at Zhen Jie'er who was leading Xu Siqi in front of him, "Since he has followed us, we can't let him suffer."

Eleventh Lady smiled and nodded, then returned to the house and told Aunt Qin and Aunt Wen, who had come to greet her, about the move, and then asked Luyun to tell Qiao Lianfang.

Madam Wen had no objection, but Madam Qin hesitated and said, "Can I wait and see before moving?"

Eleventh Lady was puzzled.

Aunt Wen smiled and explained, "Aunt Qin has enshrined a Bodhisattva in the room."

Although Eleventh Lady doesn't believe these things, she doesn't exclude others from believing them.

"Then Madam Qin, please make a decision as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will delay the groundbreaking date."

Aunt Qin left immediately. In the middle of the night, she burned yellow paper and prayed in the yard.

Madam Wen returned to the room and worked all night long to sew trouser belts with Qiuhong, Donghong, Yuer and others.

"As long as the belt is there, the person is there. If the belt is gone, the person doesn't need to live."

"Yes!" Qiuhong and the others thought about the silver bills worth two hundred thousand taels of silver in their belts, and their hands holding the needles trembled a little.

Qiao Lianfang was a little stunned when she heard this: "The Marquis...moves to Chuilun Waterside Pavilion, and I and the two concubines move to Yixiang Courtyard?"

"Yes! Aunt Qiao." Lu Yun said with a smile, "I heard that this was the Madam's idea."

Qiao Lianfang was stunned for a while, let Xiuyuan give Luyun two pieces of silver, and then sent her out.

Lu Yun felt a chill in her heart as she watched him. She went back and told Shiyi Niang, "...it's unprecedented that you gave me money!"

"You can take it if I reward you!" Eleventh Lady said with a smile. She couldn't open her umbrella every day just because it was going to rain! She still had to live her life.

Luyun replied "yes" and made a cup of hot tea for Shiyi Niang - she and Amber were transcribing the guest list for the March 3rd party, and the guests were selected according to the old rules.

Eleventh Lady discovered that Amber's handwriting was getting better and better.

"If you practice more, you'll be able to write invitations." His tone was very relieved.

Amber smiled, but Hongxiu's words were on her mind, "Yanrong heard that Madam likes women who can read and write, so she practices calligraphy for an hour every morning. Rain or shine, frost or snow!"

She was staring at the place where Binju left!

Amber thought of Binju...

"Madam, will Sister Binju return home on the ninth day or the twelfth day?"

If you return home on the ninth day, it will be the third day of March. If you return home on the twelfth day, it will be the sixth day of March.

"I'll let her come back home after one full moon."

Amber was stunned when she heard this.

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "I didn't think of that at the time. I just thought that she lived far away, and it would take a whole day to go back and forth. Besides, at the end of March, it is the time of spring and flowers are blooming, and she can go out for an outing."

Amber laughed when she heard this: "Sister Binju is really a lucky person."

But in my heart, I was thinking, Madam is so nostalgic. Seeing her like this, I should spend more time with Zhu Xiang. There are so many smart and clever people in this mansion...

At this moment, Shiyi Niang looked at the familiar names on the big red gold paper, and her expression was a little dazed. It was the third day of the third lunar month again. She first met Xu Lingyi on the third day of the third lunar month! A lot of things happened that day. First, Shi Niang suddenly appeared, and then the incident in the courtyard happened.

March 3rd. For many people, it is just an ordinary spring outing; for many people, it is a turning point in life. Yuanniang, Qiao Lianfang, Shi Niang, Lanting, Cao'e, Lin Mingyuan...even Wenlian, familiar or unfamiliar faces flashed through her mind.

Eleventh Lady shook her head vigorously, shaking off those memories.

She rarely dwells on the past, because sadness and regret are useless, and time always drags people forward.

She asked Amber to find her some simple clothes: "Let's go see Brother Zhe tomorrow morning!"

Amber was very surprised.

The clan school of the Xu family is called Chengxunyuan, located in the north and south corners of the outer courtyard. Although it is called a clan school, in fact, only Xu Siyu and Zhege are studying there. The other eight students are all children of minor officials in the capital or descendants of nobles. Although it is not complicated, there are outsiders after all.

"I think there's something wrong with Brother Zhe..." Eleventh Lady didn't think too much about it. She pondered, "Why can't he recite the book even when the teacher asks him to recite it... He's afraid of the Marquis... Could it be that he's also afraid of that teacher?"

"Should we ask the Second Young Master?" Amber said, "The Second Young Master and the Fourth Young Master studied together, so he should know something!"

"After all, he is my husband," Eleventh Lady shook her head gently, "Even if there is something, the Second Young Master can't say it. Why make things difficult for him? Let's go and take a look quietly and then make a plan."

Amber agreed and found a plain jacket for Shiyi Niang that she wore when she was at her parents' home.

Xu Lingyi came back - he just went to the study.

Linbo and Zhaoying came with him, each holding a few paper boxes.

He instructed Linbo and Zhaoying to place the paper box on the kang in the inner room.

Eleventh Lady stepped forward, knelt down and saluted, and said with a smile, "What did you get, Lord Hou?"

Xu Lingyi called her over to have a look: "Xiaowu made it. He said it's a model of a house. It was delivered here at noon today." Then he pointed to her and said, "This is the window, this is the door, this is the main hall..." It was done so vividly that even the window lattices with ice crack patterns or plum blossom patterns were clearly visible.

"Fifth Master is so amazing!" Eleventh Lady praised sincerely.

Xu Lingyi said, "It would be great if he could spend half of his time on his work."

Eleventh Lady can understand Xu Lingkuan.

It doesn't matter whether you do it well or badly, so you might as well spend your time finding some fun in places that interest you.

Xu Lingyi also told her where to plant trees and where to plant flowers.

Eleventh Lady also became interested.

The two talked for a long time and only stopped when they heard the sound of the drum.

The next day, Eleventh Lady tied her hair into a bun and went to the outer courtyard clan school with Amber, Luyun, and the third and fourth mothers.

As they had been instructed to go quietly, the group went in from the backyard, and Eleventh Lady listened under the window frame at the back of the house.

The room was in complete silence as the teacher was explaining the principle in The University: "Everything has its root and its branches; every matter has its beginning and its end."

He had a sonorous voice, a stern tone, and was quite knowledgeable. He quoted from classics, drew analogies, and spoke eloquently, in an orderly and detailed manner. The only drawback was that his content was stiff and stereotyped, and it was not very interesting. During the lecture, he called on several students to answer questions. Some answered well, while others answered poorly. He would keep silent about the good answers, but would reprimand the bad answers on the spot, and his tone was sharp and his words were fierce.

Eleventh Lady left the clan school quietly.

After dinner, I sent Brother Xie back to his place and asked him to recite "Youxue" for himself.

He recited six chapters in one breath without even pausing.

In the evening, Eleventh Lady asked Xu Lingyi, "Didn't you say you wanted to change a teacher for Yu Ge and the others? Have you changed it?"

Xu Lingyi shook his head: "I haven't found a suitable one. Although this one's academic knowledge is average, he is upright and honest. He is not going to take the imperial examination. I'll just teach him for now!"

Since she was impressed by Mr.'s character, Shiyi Niang swallowed what she wanted to say. The next morning, she sent someone to take a letter to Luo Zhenxing, asking him to come no matter what.