lively
Yu Tongan was still merciful and postponed Yu Tongxin's studies for a few days.
Maybe he didn't want his sister to associate her brother's image with pain.
Mingyu walked through the corridor holding some books. These were books that would be convenient for Yu Tongxin to study in the future. As a former historian and official, he was qualified to be a teacher for a six-year-old child who could not yet recognize all the characters.
As soon as he stepped into the corridor of the courtyard, he heard a loud slap. Several servants were watching the excitement quietly at the edge of the corridor.
Mingyu turned his head and saw a young man in gorgeous clothes standing in front of a kneeling servant with a cold expression. The servant beside him was bending over with a ferocious look on his face, pointing at the kneeling servant and insulting him.
"You blind man, why do you bump into me?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and there was another "pop" sound. The servant leaned to the side, ignoring his flushed cheeks. He supported himself on the ground with his hands, knelt up again, lowered his head and listened silently.
"Hey, how come Xiaoyu bumped into the Second Young Master?"
Mingyu turned his head and saw two maids hiding behind the corridor whispering to each other, looking at the person kneeling in the courtyard with some pity in their eyes.
"It snowed last night, and I slipped and bumped into the Second Young Master."
"It's really unlucky. It's only been a few days since the eldest son came back, and the second son is sure to have a serious attack."
While people were murmuring here, the second young master in the courtyard spoke.
"Okay, let's go."
The second young master turned around and walked away slowly, without even looking at the kneeling person. The servant who had just beaten someone glared at Xiaoyu fiercely, and followed the second young master away.
After the two men left completely, the servant named Xiaoyu staggered, supported himself on his knees, stood up from the ground tremblingly, and left the yard with stiff legs.
Seeing that the matter was over, the two maids were ready to leave. They turned around and saw Mingyu, smiled a little embarrassedly, and quickly left the scene.
Second Young Master? Who is this?
Holding the book and paper, Mingyu returned to his yard.
"Girl, why did you take so long to go to the library?"
Mu Man was the first to come forward and took the book from Ming Yu's hand.
"I encountered some problems on the road, so I stopped for a while." Mingyu smiled and reached out to warm himself on the stove.
After arriving in Huanzhou Mingyu, she had more freedom in her activities. I don’t know how Yu Tongan arranged it, but Muqian and Xueliu finally didn’t have to follow her around all the time.
"What happened that made the girl freeze outside?"
"The Second Young Master is scolding someone. It's not appropriate for me to just walk through."
"Young lady, stay away from the Second Young Master if you meet him." Xue Liu pursed her lips, apparently not liking the Second Young Master very much. "The Second Young Master can be very fierce."
"Xue Liu, don't talk about the master." Mu Mian patted Xue Liu's arm to stop her.
"How do you say that?"
Xueliu's eyes lit up, and she ignored Mumian's warning and moved closer to Mingyu.
"This is what the kitchen maid told me. The second young master is unhappy with the eldest young master being in charge of the main household. Once the eldest young master comes back, he will vent his anger on us."
Mu Mian patted Xue Liu's head and smiled at Ming Yu, "Don't listen to her nonsense. The eldest son is the legitimate son, and the second son is a concubine's son. The young master's family was designated by the old master, so it's perfectly legitimate."
Xueliu shrank her neck and muttered, "That's not so bad."
Mingyu knew that the old man was the first-class meritorious official who resigned from the court and returned to do business.
"What about Master Yu? Logically, it should be Master Yu who takes over."
Mu Man answered Ming Yu's question before Xue Liu could: "I don't know about that. It's the old man's consideration."
Xueliu pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Is there anyone else in the mansion?"
"There are two more, the eldest and second young ladies, who are not born to the same mother as the eldest son."
Then Yu Tongxin is the third young lady.
…
You still have to go to school, and the pain that is coming will come.
Yu Tongxin was wearing a pink skirt and had two small silk flowers tied on her double buns. She was sitting in front of the table, frowning and pursing her lips, looking at her lifelessly.
"It's no use looking at me. Your brother arranged it."
After saying that, Yu Tongxin lay directly on the table, the flesh on her cheeks squeezed into a ball, and she looked heartbroken.
"Okay, get up first. Let me see how many words you can say."
Before Yu Tongxin got up, Mingyu noticed someone peeking at her from the window.
Mingyu picked up the book and tapped Yu Tongxin's head gently, then walked towards the window.
As Mingyu got to the window, the person by the window left in a hurry. When Mingyu opened the window a little and looked over, he could only see a small figure's back.
Turning around, Yu Tongxin was still lying on the chair, swinging her calves back and forth, her hands clasping the edge of the table out of boredom, acting like a scoundrel.
Mingyu felt helpless. It was difficult for such a young child to be obedient.
"Then let's read the story first."
"Story?" Yu Tongxin lay on the table and refused to get up. Her hands stopped and her eyes looked at Mingyu.
"Yeah." Mingyu took out a small notebook, which contained some short stories told to her by her master.
When she was young, she was unwilling to memorize every word, so her master coaxed her to learn in this way.
Mingyu placed the book in front of Yu Tongxin. Yu Tongxin took a quick look at it and finally sat up, her interest rising.
"Come on, read it out loud. If you don't understand something, I'll tell you."
…
The next day in the study, Yu Tongxin was still frowning, but at least she was able to cooperate with Mingyu.
There was still a shadow swaying by the window, but Mingyu didn't rush over. He listened to Yu Tongan reciting the story intermittently and walked slowly around the room.
“…There’s someone lying under the tree, Xiaosong, Song?”
"mouse."
"The little squirrel is a little scared..."
Once, twice, the shadow by the window gradually stopped hiding, and the Ming fish did not retract its head when it approached.
Finally, Yu Tongan finished reading the short story.
"Okay, stop for a moment, let's copy the words you don't know."
The child by the window did not affect the teaching indoors and had no malicious intentions, so Mingyu ignored him.
"Miss."
A little girl about the same height as Yu Tongxin was standing at the door, her fingers constantly twisting together, her eyes looking at Mingyu and then quickly looking away.
"Xiao Ya!" Yu Tongxin jumped off the chair, trotted out two steps, paused, turned around and said goodbye to Mingyu before continuing to run towards Xiao Ya.
Mingyu waved goodbye and waited for both of them to leave before continuing to clean up the things on the table.
Judging from the shadow outside the window, it should be Xiaoya.
Are you waiting for Yu Tongxin to finish class?
Taking the textbooks, I returned to my yard. I didn't know where Muqian and Xueliu had gone. I found the records I had written. They were full of what I saw and heard. Rather than a record with rules and regulations, it was more like a private diary.
"Yu Tongxin learned ten characters today and practiced them for half an hour. She also ate some plum blossom pastries while mumbling, and invited me to have some too. They're sweeter than those in the capital."
Mingyu stopped writing. He had been here for a few days and had not moved around much. Apart from the fact that the winter in Huanzhou was more humid, he knew nothing else.
Mingyu decided to go out for a walk. Even though he couldn't leave the Yu family's house without Muqian and Xueliu, he could still walk around the Yu family garden.
Then Yu Tongan was seen walking quickly forward with Wu Pi and Wu Ren, without seeing Mingyu at all.
What happened?
Thinking this, he walked in the direction Yu Tongan left.
"The husband is the head of the wife. Who is in charge of this family, you or me?" A strong male voice with a bit of exasperation came, and he was arguing fiercely with someone about something.
From a distance, you can see a crowd of people gathered in the yard. When they saw Yu Tongan arrive, people around them dispersed consciously.
"Hmph, you're telling me about the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, right?" Compared to the male's impatient voice, the female voice was much calmer, but one could still hear the anger in it.
"How can you say you're following the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues when you bring back a woman from a brothel?"
"What qualifications do you have to control me? I am the master of the Yu family. Don't doubt that I will divorce you."
Mingyu's eyebrows twitched. Now he knew who they were without anyone telling him.
Madam Yu was so angry that she laughed and scolded, "It's a real talent that you can divorce!"
"You!" Master Yu swung his sleeves violently, hitting the pitiful woman beside him, but he didn't notice at all.
"I knew you, Liu Qingxiao, have always looked down on me. It's because you didn't support me that I'm being laughed at by others now!"
"Why don't you show me some of your skills so I can look up to you, are you kidding?" Liu Qingxiao sneered, "Why don't you care about my laughter? Instead, you care about others."
"Okay, okay, talk less." Yu Tongan stood beside Liu Qingxiao and patted Liu Qingxiao on the shoulder.
Liu Qingxiao snorted, but didn't say anything else for his son's sake.
"Wu Ren, send this girl back safely."
Master Yu suddenly became even more unhappy and was so angry that he almost jumped up and down.
"How dare you! You're going to go over my head and send my best friend away! You're being unfilial! How dare you disobey your father!"
Yu Tongan sighed, wondering why his father had so many close friends.
"Father, if I can't make the decision, how about asking Grandpa to make it?"
"You dare to use my father to pressure me?!"
"I just want you to help me ask Grandpa how to arrange this matter."
"you!"
In the end, you spent a lot of time but got no results.
Yu Tongan ignored him and made arrangements directly: "Wu Ren, why don't you go and send the mistress and the master back, and everyone else can go."
Yu Tongan glanced around and wanted to urge the servants to leave, but he saw Mingyu watching the show.
Although he was already accustomed to his father's incompetent appearance, the moment he looked into Mingyu's eyes, Yu Tongan felt a surge of heat from his ears to his face.
Liu Qingxiao had achieved her goal, so she naturally wouldn't make things difficult for her son for the sake of her useless husband. She left with her personal maid.
Master Yu shook off the servant who wanted to help him and turned to leave the Yu Mansion.
"Is Miss Ming still pretty?"
Mingyu, who was named, paused in his retreat, walked up to Yu Tongan, and comforted him softly.
"Every family has its own problems. I understand that."
No, she didn't understand. She was an orphan adopted by her master, and the house was very clean.
Yu Tongan also knew this, but calling someone an orphan was too rude. It was not Yu Tongan's style.
"You've been in the Yu family for a while now. Do you feel you've adapted?"
"Not bad." To be sincere, Mingyu recalled his impression of the Yu family during this period and concluded, "It's quite lively."
After saying this, Mingyu realized that something was wrong. This was a hint at the quarrel between the Master and the Lady of the Yu Family just now, so he quickly added a sentence.
"It's more lively than my house."
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