Chapter 129 Sister-in-law also wants to read and write
As a seasoned courtier, he considered the matter carefully but didn't offer any specific comment. Instead, he spoke in a gentle and kind voice, "I've created a calligraphy book for Yan Ting. From now on, you should set aside half an hour every day to practice with her."
The Tu Su family has never had a descendant with such poor handwriting that is difficult to show to others.
The granddaughter-in-law is naturally no exception.
The old grandfather looked at Gu Yuexuan's stunned expression, and his smile became more and more kind and tolerant.
"You already have many daily chores to attend to. Bo'er's childhood standards are too demanding for you. From now on, follow Yan Ting, Min Yang, and the others and copy three large calligraphy pieces daily. Once completed, submit them to me in the evening."
"First, practice with Yan Ting's copybook for a few days. I'll have Bo'er make a separate copybook for you when he's free. Practice calligraphy for ten days and rest for one day. If you're not good enough, you need to practice more, increasing the number of pieces from three to six."
"Very good, it's happily decided."
The old grandfather nodded with satisfaction and left. Gu Yuexuan sat on her small stool with a confused and strange expression on her face.
Tu Su Minyang and Tu Su Minxu, troubled by the large characters, leaned against each other, their eyes filled with sympathy for Gu Yuexuan. "Sister-in-law, how did you also gain Grandfather's 'favor'?"
Tu Su Yanting sighed like a little adult: "Look, sister-in-law, I told you long ago that if you are caught by grandfather, you will inevitably be punished."
She had reminded Gu Yuexuan at the beginning!
Gu Yuexuan shook her head helplessly, tears glistening in her eyes: "I really didn't expect it to be like this..."
Who would have thought that even though the grandfather was extremely busy, he could still find the energy to pay attention to her handwriting?
Tu Su Yanting suppressed her laughter and opened her arms to hug her: "It's okay, you are just practicing calligraphy, which is much easier than memorizing books or following big brother to practice martial arts."
"Come to think of it, your academic burden is much lighter than ours!"
Tu Suminyang nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Yes, memorizing is much more tiring than copying large characters. Grandfather really cares about you very much!"
Three-year-old Tu Su Minxu also felt troubled by copying calligraphy.
He rested his little head on Gu Yuexuan's knees, his chubby face full of sorrow: "Sister-in-law, our fate is really the same tragic."
In this village, other children are having fun, but they have to endure this hardship!
Gu Yuexuan was stunned for a moment, the corner of her mouth twitching slightly, and she said awkwardly: "Hearing you say that, it seems that I'm treated quite well."
At least, her grandfather did not force her to recite those headache-inducing scriptures, nor did he instill those suffocating women's virtues into her.
If that were the case, she would probably get even more crazy.
"Bo's daughter-in-law."
This call made Gu Yuexuan shudder like a cobra spitting out its tongue. She stood up hurriedly, forced a smile and asked, "Grandfather, what instructions do you have?"
The grandfather who had returned stood with his hands behind his back and said expressionlessly, "Come with me."
Gu Yuexuan was feeling uneasy and followed her grandfather with light steps.
Grandfather casually asked a few questions. Gu Yuexuan pondered for a long time, her lips trembling for a long time, and in the end she could only barely recite the first six sentences of "Mencius".
This time, it was Grandfather who fell silent.
Gu Yuexuan met her grandfather's complicated and incomprehensible gaze, and a wave of sadness surged in her heart, like a river flowing backwards.
She sighed in her heart, who could understand?
A female doctor suddenly became illiterate!
Under Gu Yuexuan's nervous gaze, Grandfather slowly exhaled, rubbed his forehead, and asked, "You are only seventeen years old this year. Have you never studied while at home?"
Gu Yuexuan unhesitatingly put the blame on her unscrupulous father. "When I was at home, my father and stepmother always said that girls didn't need to be talented or learned. They believed that girls only needed to follow the virtues of women. So the characters I knew and the books I read were all found by my aunt. I never really went to school."
Grandfather was slightly taken aback, then blurted out: "That's ridiculous."
"In life, people should study to gain knowledge, cultivate talent and virtue, pursue truth, and debate right and wrong. How can gender be used to differentiate between us?"
Gu Yuexuan humbly accepted the instruction, lowering her head in deep thought. Then she heard her grandfather say, "Your aunt has raised you well, but it's just that jade cannot be made into anything without polish. You might be able to handle it at home, but I'm afraid you won't be able to perform on a bigger stage."
"From today on, in addition to writing three large-character essays every day, come to me after dinner and I will personally teach you how to read."
Grandfather's proposal seemed sudden, but in fact it was extremely firm and could not be refused.
Gu Yuexuan never thought that she could experience the joy of studying hard again. It was as if her soul was floating above her head and her body was swaying on the ground as she slowly walked out of the main room.
She spent the whole day in a daze, like a walking corpse.
When Tu Subo returned home at dusk, he was slightly stunned to hear that Gu Yuexuan was studying with her grandfather.
"really?"
Tu Suminyang was like a chick pecking at rice: "That's right, that's right, Grandfather said that my sister-in-law should be like us, reading and writing every day. What's more, what my sister-in-law is learning is much more difficult than ours!"
Tu Subo smiled slightly and walked towards the main house.
In the quiet house, the old grandfather finished his teaching task for the day.
He was very pleased with Gu Yuexuan's extraordinary talent for comprehension. Seeing Tu Subo about to step over the threshold, he said gently: "Today's teaching ends here. You can go back."
Gu Yuexuan lowered her head respectfully and agreed softly. When she passed by Tu Subo, her eyes still showed obvious nervousness and confusion.
Tu Subo thought for a moment, turned around and quietly closed the door. Then he turned around and said to his grandfather with a deep gaze, "Grandfather, why do you want to..."
"You ask me why I teach her?"
The old grandfather interrupted him, his tone carrying an elusive depth: "If you are willing to live out your life in peace in this remote mountain village, then the knowledge she possesses is naturally sufficient. But if you have higher ambitions in your heart, as your wife, as the eldest grandson's wife of the Tu Su family, she cannot stop here."
"Bo'er, I thought your father's teachings had taught you that you needed a partner who could weather the storms with you and was your equal, not a greenhouse flower carefully nurtured in a gilded cage."
"She's very smart and a kind-hearted child. But you have to understand that what she has achieved now is far from enough."
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“Indeed, there has been significant progress.”
A few days later, the grandfather held the neatly written copybook in his hands and commented with satisfaction: "This handwriting is just like Bo'er's. Is it the calligraphy he carefully copied for you?"
My grandfather himself is also a master of calligraphy.
However, the calligraphy copybook he prepared for Tu Su Yanting was deliberately simplified, which was very different from the style of the homework submitted by Gu Yuexuan.
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