Chapter 24 Different Reactions

The news that Sheng Hong is going to give lessons to the Rulans has different reactions from all parties.

Rulan is very reluctant. She feels that her father doesn't like her. Every time he sees her, he always tells her to learn how to be well-behaved and sensible like Molan, and not to be willful. Rulan doesn't like her father always comparing her with Molan, because she always loses. As a result, she doesn't like hanging around her father, but her father wants to give them lessons. She has to get up early every morning to be taught by her father. Rulan feels that life is meaningless when she thinks about it.

She acted coquettishly with the eldest lady, "Mother, I don't want to go to Daddy's class. Daddy always likes to scold me. The class has to start at 1:00 a.m. every day, and I can't get up. Mother, please talk to Daddy and ask him not to let me go to class~"

Before the eldest lady said anything, Hualan, who was sitting next to the eldest lady and looking at the account book, was laughed at by the lovely Rulan. She said, "I'm afraid my sister doesn't know that our father was born in the second place and is a gentleman with a strong character. Talk, talk elegantly, outsiders say that our father is a humble gentleman, you should be happy to receive his teachings, why are you still unwilling."

Rulan thought, father also loves big sister very much, and always lets big sister choose first when there is something at home, but big sister is humble and never takes away the love of younger siblings, which makes big sister seem to be behind, but Rulan knows that father always secretly gives big sister some. Big sister naturally likes father, if big sister is not about to get married, and wants to learn more about housekeeping and accounting with mother, she will definitely be happy to listen to father's class.

Rulan pouted, still unwilling in her heart, holding big sister's arm and not letting go. The eldest lady also knew that Rulan was not so liked by the master. Rulan was straightforward and had a bad mouth, so what she said was not so pleasing. Rulan was a little afraid that the master and the eldest lady would know. But the master suddenly said today that he wanted to teach a few girls, and there must be a reason. Moreover, as Hualan said, the master was a civil servant in the two examinations and had been an official for many years. He could teach the girls to read and there would be many benefits.

Thinking of this, the eldest lady knocked on Ruolan's head and said, "Don't even think about being lazy. Your father wants to teach you, Molan and Minglan to read, but you refuse to go. Your father will come to your house to take you to class. It's cold in winter, I will go back and bring you hot water and soup early, and I will make sure you get up in high spirits early in the morning. Are you going to admit defeat and lose to Molan before the class even starts?"

The eldest lady knew how to control Ruolan. Because Ruolan was always compared with Molan, she secretly competed with Molan. She hated it most when people said she couldn't compare with Molan. After being provoked by the eldest lady, she no longer objected to going to class, but continued to ask the eldest lady to prepare some delicious food for her in the morning.

Mingxi was even more surprised when she received the news. The drama doesn't tell much about Minglan's childhood, but there should be no mention of Sheng Hong teaching her in person. This is probably a chain reaction caused by her successful childbirth and Lin Qinshuang being punished.

In any case, she would not object. In modern times, studies have shown that fathers teaching their children is more effective in children's language development, psychological changes, character formation, and cognitive development. In ancient times, it would be more helpful for the growth of girls if their fathers taught their daughters in person. She also hopes that Minglan can have more contact with Sheng Hong. She can feel that Minglan is very eager for fatherly love and hopes to get her father's recognition.

Mingxi also hopes that under Sheng Hong's personal teaching, the girls' outlook on life, values ​​and future mate selection will be different, so that they can have better results in the future. Mingxi looked at Minglan who was walking around excitedly, and her smile deepened.

"Mother, I'm going to find the wolf-hair brush that my grandmother just gave me the day before yesterday and take it with me. My grandmother also said that I should practice my handwriting well, and she also gave me a wolf-hair brush. I'm going to use it to take notes when my father gives us a lecture tomorrow. By the way, mother, I'm also going to carry the schoolbag that you asked Sister Parrot to make for me. This schoolbag is very special. Mother, you should also make one for Zhenzhen when he goes to school. Oh, yes, mother, I'm also going to prepare some rice paper that you asked Sister Xiaodie to bring from the bookstore a few days ago..."

Minglan packed her things as she muttered. Mingxi looked at Minglan filling her small schoolbag and couldn't help but think of a sentence - poor students have a lot of stationery! She has also been troubled by Minglan's handwriting for a long time. She bought her good pens and good paper, but she was afraid that it would be useless if she didn't have the right tools! She built a new desk in the room for her, facing the window, but she was afraid that it would be useless if the equipment was not good enough! Mingxi would watch her practice calligraphy every day, until her hands were numb, but it was useless! Mingxi gave up. No one is perfect. She couldn't expect Minglan to be good at everything. God couldn't give Minglan a panoramic view!

Molan came back from Sheng Hong with her head full of chaotic thoughts. She subconsciously wanted to find Lin Qinshuang to solve her doubts, but when she arrived in front of Lin Qinshuang's room, she still saw those maids and old women. Molan had no choice but to return empty-handed and walked away helplessly. The maid sent by the mistress saw Molan arrive at the door and walk away disappointedly, and she knew that she didn't get a good deal from her master. The maid pouted and straightened her back.

Molan returned to her room with a heavy heart and saw Zhou Xuenniang waiting for her, "Miss?"

Zhou Xuenniang knew that Molan had gone to ask the master for help, so she had been waiting here. When she saw Molan coming back, she hurried forward, but when she got closer and saw that Molan was listless, she stopped asking. With her head full of thoughts, Molan wanted to find someone to talk to. Seeing the anxious and worried Mother Zhou, she wanted to talk to her and ask for her opinion, but she felt that she could not get the answer she wanted, so she just said to Zhou Xuenniang weakly: "Mother Zhou, Daddy said that Mother did something wrong and must be punished, and he does not agree to let Mother out. Mother Zhou, I want to stay for a while, you go back first!"

After Molan finished speaking, she sat down at her desk without looking at Zhou Xuenniang's reaction. She opened the "Thousand Character Classic" and found "Women admire chastity, men emulate talent and goodness", and then read "Messenger can be overturned, and desires are hard to measure", and finally her finger stopped at "If you know your mistakes, you must correct them, and if you gain skills, you must not forget them". Molan read these sentences over and over again.

Zhou Xuenniang, who was standing in front of the door, was a little worried about Molan, so she stared at Molan's every move. Seeing that the girl seemed to be reading quietly, she felt relieved and went back with a heavy heart for Lin Qinshuang.

Molan wrote down the sentences in "Thousand Characters" by heart, and it seemed that she knew a clue in her mind and sorted out some ideas. She began to accept her father's punishment on her mother.

Molan continued to open "Biographies of Women", which was a book given to her by her father. Her mother preferred poetry and songs, so she also liked to read poetry before. Her mother said that poetry and songs can cultivate the temperament of a talented woman. She flipped through the "Biographies of Women" given by her father and threw it there. Today she just happened to read it quietly.

Molan read "Mother Fu advised Zhuang Jiang to cultivate her character", saying that Mother Fu was the mother of the daughter of the king of Qi. She was responsible for teaching and assisting Zhuang Jiang (the wife of Duke Zhuang of Wei). When Zhuang Jiang first arrived in Wei, she did not pay attention to her conduct and dressed seductively. Mother Fu saw this and wrote a poem to admonish Zhuang Jiang, reminding her that as the daughter of the king and the wife of the monarch, she should cultivate her character and pay attention to virtue. Zhuang Jiang was touched by this and from then on cultivated her character and became a role model.

Molan remembered that her mother told her that women should pay attention to their appearance and that men valued women's beautiful faces the most. She also taught her how to please her father and that her father's favor was the foundation for her to gain a foothold in the Sheng Mansion. But her mother never told her that women, no matter what position they were in, should focus on self-improvement and moral cultivation, and she never told her that when faced with temptation, she should stick to her own moral bottom line.

Molan was shocked and couldn't help but reflect on what she had seen her mother do and what she had done in the past.

On this day, Molan sat at the desk for a long time and read until very late. It seemed that a new door had opened in her world. The world inside the door was even more vast, and it was very different from what she had seen before.