Xu Zekun lowered his eyes to look at her serious expression and nodded involuntarily.
Yao Susu pulled him to the Arhat bed beside the bed, asked Xu Zekun to sit down, and then took off the silver bracelet on her wrist and put it aside.
Seeing Xu Zekun watching her movements, Yao Susu pursed her lips and smiled, a little shyly: "The bracelet that Master gave me is very beautiful, I like it very much."
Xu Zekun then understood that it was him who gave it to him.
He touched his nose and said lightly: "As long as you like it."
In fact, although he asked someone to send a reward, the specific content of it was arranged by others.
He looked at her a few more times just now, simply because Yao's movements were very graceful, and the bracelet looked very good on her snow-white wrist.
Seeing that Yao Susu really liked the silver bracelet, Xu Zekun suddenly felt a little uncomfortable and said, "If you have any jewelry you want, send a message to Lianxin and ask her to go to the private vault to get it."
Yao Susu was startled. Although she felt that what Xu Zekun said was a bit unrealistic, as she was just a concubine, how could she ask him for anything? But she still thanked him softly.
The fingers on his forehead were slender and delicate, and the strength of the movements was unexpectedly just right. Xu Zekun felt very comfortable, but his mind was in a mess.
He didn't expect that Yao would be happy about an ordinary silver bracelet.
She had seen women's coffins before. For example, the county princess had two large boxes of head ornaments alone, not to mention bracelets and rings. Most of them were pearls, gems, and some agate and jade.
He also bought a few pieces of jewelry for the county lady, but he never saw her wear them, and later he stopped buying them.
Now that Yao was so happy about a silver bracelet he had given her, he felt bad. Thinking about it, Yao was indeed simple. When he saw her a few days ago, she only had a braid on her head, without even a pearl flower.
He sighed in his heart. Yao was just the daughter of a small farmer and didn't have much family background. Perhaps he should treat her better. After all, she was his woman.
Yao Susu inadvertently played a pitiful role, and Xu Zekun's attitude softened a lot. He let her press for a while, then stopped and asked casually, "What did you do today?"
"I am writing today."
"Oh?" Xu Zekun became interested. Yes, she had said last time that she knew a few words, but he didn't expect that Yao Susu could actually write.
Nowadays, there are not many requirements for women. For Yao Susu, just being able to read and write is already very rare.
Xu Zekun became interested, but Yao Susu regretted telling the truth because her handwriting was so ugly.
Now that Xu Zekun said he wanted to see it, Yao Susu had no choice but to take out what she had written all afternoon.
Sure enough, Xu Zekun's expression became much stiffer. How should I put it? The strokes were straight and even, better than that of a three-year-old child, but not much better.
Yao Susu's slender white fingers gathered the handkerchief and she quietly defended herself: "I just learned..."
Her skin was originally fair, and even the slightest blush was very noticeable, not to mention that it was now as red as shrimp.
Xu Zekun felt pity for Yao Susu and began to teach her: "Writing is not just about writing the strokes, it also needs structure. For example, the word "见" you wrote..." As he spoke, Xu Zekun began to write and demonstrated.
His handwriting is elegant and beautiful, with a unique style: "It can't be long on top and short on the bottom...but it must be..."
Yao Susu read very seriously. She learned calligraphy in order to enrich her knowledge. Although she did not need to take the imperial examination, she knew that there was no harm in learning more. Besides, the knowledge was hers and no one could take it away from her.
The second reason was to win Xu Zekun's favor. She knew that although she had outstanding looks, she would never be able to truly enter Xu Zekun's heart if she was empty-minded.
Seeing Yao Susu's serious expression and her eyes full of desire for knowledge, Xu Zekun nodded inwardly, handed her the pen, and said, "Try to write it again."
Yao Susu took a deep breath, as if the teacher was right beside her, and she picked up the pen and wrote tremblingly. Although the structure was a little better than before, it was still terrible compared to Xu Zekun's handwriting next to it.
"Your writing is so good, my writing is really disgusting." Yao Susu said it very naturally, without any flattery.
But Xu Zekun couldn't help but listen and said, "Everything needs practice. Just learn more and practice more."
Next, Xu Zekun explained the words Yao Susu had written before one by one.
What Yao Susu wrote were the simplest ones in the Thousand Character Classic. These were also books she had read before, and she still remembered some of them in her mind. Otherwise, she would not have known where to start.
After Xu Zekun demonstrated each character, he asked Yao Susu to write one as well.
Before I knew it, a piece of paper was full.
When writing just now, Xu Zekun also discovered that Yao Susu was using raw rice paper. This kind of paper is more suitable for painting because it has strong ink-absorbing properties, but it is really not suitable for writing.
"Change to a piece of rice paper. This paper is not suitable for practicing calligraphy." After Xu Zekun said this, he faced the ignorant eyes of his concubine.
Cooked rice paper?
"Master, I only have three pieces of paper like this here."
Xu Zekun choked. How come Yao's family has nothing?
But these big eyes blinking all the time make it hard to get angry.
Xu Zekun once again realized the poverty of Yao Susu's place and called out, "Lianxin."
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