Ye Yunniang picked up a thin wooden stick and drew a horizontal line in the sand basin.
Normally, when sewing or embroidering, Ye Yunniang is steady with a fine needle, but this time, her hand trembled as she held the wooden stick.
It shakes so badly that you need to hold the stick with both hands.
Using too much force, the wooden stick plunged into the bottom of the basin.
Ye Yunniang pulled out the wooden stick and smoothed out the hole.
Write it stroke by stroke.
This is my first time writing, my hand is shaking, and the entire character "赵" can't fit in the basin.
Smooth the sandpaper and write on it a second time.
This time, it's a bit better; I wrote it out completely. However, the strokes are crooked, and the characters are somewhat distorted.
Smooth it out, a third time, a fourth time, a fifth time... over and over again until bedtime.
Ye Yunniang finally managed to write the character "Zhao" neatly.
The beginning is always the hardest; once you've written the first character, the second one, "money," isn't so difficult.
Ye Yunniang was overjoyed that she could write.
I got up half an hour early and took a wooden stick to write the characters Zhao and Qian in a sand basin.
Next, write the characters for Sun and Li once more.
With her mind completely absorbed in the words, Ye Yunniang didn't notice the passage of time. It was only when Li'er reminded her that Ye Yunniang realized the time had passed and hurriedly rushed to Fanghua Courtyard.
As Tao Hong took over, Jiang Tingjun was still asleep.
Ye Yunniang sat to the side, silently reciting the 16 characters she had learned yesterday in her mind over and over again.
Recalling the shape of the characters.
At this point, Ye Yunniang realized that she only remembered the four characters she could write. The fifth character was pronounced "Zhou," but she couldn't remember its shape.
"Nanny Ye, congratulations on registering to learn to read," Hongcai said to Ye Yunniang.
"It's all thanks to your guidance, Hongcai," Ye Yunniang said, taking out a camellia-shaped silk flower from her bosom and handing it to Hongcai. "I made it myself. I'm giving it to you to wear and play with."
Hongcai loves camellias the most and is delighted to receive the lifelike silk flowers.
"Sister Ye, you have this skill, that's wonderful."
"you,"
Light footsteps approached, and Ye Yunniang and Hongcai both fell silent.
Hongcai carefully placed the silk flower into her bosom, walked to a stool to the side, sat down, and looked at the bed.
Ye Yunniang sat on the foot pedal, looking at Jiang Tingjun.
Hongluo walked in, and Ye Yunniang and Hongcai glanced back at her before continuing to stare at the bed.
Unable to find any fault with the two, Hong Luo left unwillingly.
As the footsteps faded into the distance, Ye Yunniang and Hongcai exchanged a smile.
Jiang Tingjun woke up around 9 a.m.
Ye Yunniang dressed him, tidied him up, and fed him. Then she took him to the yard to play in the sun for a while.
In mid-April, the weather gradually gets warmer.
Around noon, Ye Yunniang carried Jiang Tingjun back into the house.
After lunch, I coaxed Jiang Tingjun to take a nap. Around 3 PM, when the sun wasn't too hot, Jiang Tingjun woke up.
Jiang Tingjun couldn't stay indoors and wanted to go to the garden.
As they reached the door, they bumped into Madam Jiang, who was returning home.
"Jun'er, this is to welcome your mother home." Madam Jiang Si reached out to hug Jiang Tingjun.
Jiang Tingjun turned his head and told Madam Jiang Si not to flatter herself. He pointed in a direction and called out, "Ah, let's go..." urging Ye Yunniang to quickly carry him to the garden.
"Come on, let's go play together." Madam Jiang accompanied her son to the garden.
In the garden, the manager is leading people to clear weeds, prune flowers, and tie colorful ribbons to the water feature.
When the steward saw Madam Jiang and her entourage, he stepped forward and bowed.
"What business is it in the manor?" Madam Jiang thought back, wondering if there was any happy occasion in the manor recently.
The manager was somewhat surprised to hear the question, but still answered respectfully.
"The manor is going to hold a first birthday banquet for the sixth young master."
The Sixth Young Master? Jiang Tingjun, her son.
Madam Jiang slapped her forehead. With all the commotion lately, she had forgotten that her son was supposed to have his first birthday celebration.
However, does a baby's first birthday celebration really need to be so grand and elaborate? Madam Jiang was quite skeptical.
After some inquiry, it was learned that it was Zhuang Meixue who made the suggestion.
The household has recently been plagued by a series of misfortunes, and they want to hold a joyous event to overshadow the previous unpleasantness.
"Second Sister-in-law, you're too kind." Madam Jiang felt guilty for her previous ulterior motives towards Zhuang Meixue and decided to treat her better from now on.
This was exactly what Zhuang Meixue wanted. She gladly accepted Madam Jiang's overtures.
The two were very close, which made Shang Bai Xiuxiu so angry that she smashed a room full of porcelain.
***
Ye Yunniang and Tao Hong, as wet nurses, were taken in for training by Aunt Jinlan. She wanted to choose the one who trained best from the two to be the wet nurse who would hold the little master on the day of the baby's first birthday celebration.
Ye Yunniang learned a lot from Aunt Jinlan after studying with her for a few days.
While learning from Aunt Jinlan, Ye Yunniang did not slack off in her literacy progress.
By the day before her first birthday celebration, she already knew 64 surnames and could write 32 of them.
She could recognize the pronunciation of the characters at a glance and also taught Li'er 32 characters.
Overjoyed at the arrival of pears, he bought a large basket of pears and asked the head chef to make pear syrup candy to send to Ye Yunniang.
After several days of training, Aunt Jinlan made her choice: Taohong would be the wet nurse for the baby's first birthday celebration.
"Thank you for your promotion, Aunt Lan." Tao Hong bowed happily, her face smug, but she glanced at Ye Yunniang out of the corner of her eye, her heart filled with disdain.
"Nanny Ye, thank you for taking care of the young master tonight." After saying this, Aunt Jinlan led Taohong back to the house and continued to explain the things to be done tomorrow.
Ye Yunniang returned to the inner room.
Seeing Hongcai's worried expression, Ye Yunniang smiled and said, "I'm fine."
"Sister Ye, if it doesn't work this time, there's always next time," Hongcai comforted Ye Yunniang.
"I'm actually scared because I'm going to meet a lot of people tomorrow. I'd rather not go; it would be a relief." Ye Yunniang genuinely didn't want to show her face in front of so many people.
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