Exquisite ingenuity

Chapter 1 Spring Day
When Mei Ran walked through the hanging flower door with a small red lacquer plate, she saw her master Zhao Jinyi sitting among the crowd, smiling sweetly.

To be honest, my master's appearance is not the most outstanding among the girls of the Zhao family, but Zhao Jinyi has always been good at matching and dressing up, and can make limited things interesting.

The girl's innate talent is like a fish in water in today's state of Lu, which advocates elegance.

No, the girls in the circle are all wearing spring shirts of the same style. The spring shirts are all sewn from the same shop, and the girls are roughly the same age and figure, but her master has a little more thought.

I have to say that although the bamboo hairpin carved in the shape of green bamboo is not expensive, it is refreshing and refreshing, in line with today's theme - Youchun Garden.

I heard that Ning Yong, the Erlang of the Ning family, likes green bamboos that are full of vitality in spring.

Mei Ran thought of Ning's Erlang, and couldn't help smiling for her master.

It is most normal for a married girl to have a husband she likes in her heart.

Thinking so, she entered Zhao's garden.

The Zhao family's garden is actually not big, but it is more than enough than the top. In this capital where every inch of gold and land is so precious, it can be regarded as a well-known garden in their circle.

Because although Zhao's garden is not too big, it is more interesting.

And this interesting garden was created by Zhao Jinyi, the third daughter of the Zhao family.

This Zhao Jinyi, although her father's reputation is not obvious, and her ancestral family is only a small official from the sixth rank. Although her appearance is not outstanding among the seven girls of the Zhao family, she is better than the Kyoto Confucian Zeng Ping appreciated it.

A daughter of a small official family, at the age of ten, was appreciated by the great Confucianists in Kyoto. In Kyoto, where literati are admired, she has given herself a lot of face.Even Zhao Jinyi's grandfather, Zhao Qing, would be constantly mentioned about his clever second-bedroom granddaughter when he went out.Those people boasted and even offered to pay Zhao Qing for the drink.

Zhao Qing, who has gained face outside and gained benefits, naturally attaches great importance to Zhao Jinyi when he returns home.This usual reward is much more than other granddaughters.

Zhao Jinyi, who was valued by his grandfather, lived a prosperous life in Zhao's family with a total of three houses and full of children and grandchildren. Compared with others, his life was much smoother.

But Zhao Jinyi has long sleeves and is good at dancing. Although she is favored, she is not arrogant. Instead, she often pleads for things in front of her grandfather for her brothers and sisters.

It's weird to say that Zhao Jinyi has always been ingenious and not stupid, but her brothers and sisters seem a little stupid.

Although the appearance of the Zhao family is good, maybe God felt that he gave them a good appearance, so he only gave some of their wisdom stingily.Therefore, the Zhao family has been passed down for three generations, and the officials are getting smaller and smaller.In Zhao Jinyi's generation, except for Zhao Jinyi's praise from great scholars, the grandchildren of the Zhao family have not yet been able to obtain fame.It's fine if you don't pass the test, and the teacher in the private school frowned and criticized the writing for ugly writing, and the writing was even worse for writing.

Alas, it seems that the Zhao family is just like this!
That's what Zhao's family is called, Zhao Jinyi refuses to accept it.

Although she is a woman, she really wants to revitalize the Zhao family.

Therefore, she is very busy on weekdays, busy tutoring the brothers in their studies, and also busy choosing a husband-in-law for the sisters... Uh, the selection of a husband-in-law is naturally done by their juniors secretly, otherwise she would help the sisters. Looking at her husband and son-in-law, Zhao Jinyi's reputation will be ruined.For a girl who is about to be married to look at a man shamelessly, it is simply an impediment to public morals, even if she takes it to soak in a pig cage, it is not an exaggeration.

But Zhao Jinyi is smart.It's not good to see clearly, but it's not good to come secretly?

Therefore, today the spring breeze is warm and the sun is shining brightly. It is Zhao Jinyi's idea to hold a spring activity in Zhao's house - Spring Garden Tour.

Although the Zhao family's garden is not big, it can still accommodate [-] to [-] handsome men and women, divided into two, and playing in the garden carefully designed by Zhao Jinyi.Both parties could hear the indistinct voices, but were blocked by strange stones and beautiful trees, so they couldn't see each other clearly.

But that is someone else's garden.

Through Zhao Jinyi's design, the girls of the Zhao family can see the men over there, and see their appearance and behavior clearly.

Zhao Jinyi seemed to be leaning weakly on the rose chair, holding the handkerchief he sewed with one hand and gently resting it on his chin, while the other hand slightly crossed his lower abdomen and put it on his thigh.Then Wei Wei looked sideways at the crowd.

She saves her talent, but she also saves her flaws in appearance.Sitting sideways like this is the best way to show your best side to everyone.

Because we gathered in the garden today, not only my sisters, but also the handkerchiefs of the sisters.The circle of their children of small officials is also very large.

Well, not every handkerchief handed over by the sisters is considered good by Zhao Jinyi.

For example, Zheng Sanniang, a girl from the Zheng family who was sitting next to the eldest sister, was at odds with Zhao Jinyi.It is clear that the Zheng family, like the Zhao family, came from petty officials, but Zheng Sanniang always wanted to mention her eldest sister who married a general to fill the house.

well!Although the general is good, he is still a warrior after all.Not to mention, the general was far away in the northwest, and after Miss Zheng married him, she also went to the northwest.This country of Lu has always valued literature over martial arts, and the general is not confused at the age, and his hair is gray, where can he be promoted?Not to mention that the general's deceased wife gave birth to six sons in one breath, and the youngest one was older than Miss Zheng.Even if another son pops out of Miss Zheng's belly, he won't be able to surpass the brothers in front.

But the brother-in-law of the general who can't stand Zheng Sanniang is a third-rank official.Although the rank of the military officer is not as important as that of the civil servants, and the salary is not as high as that of the civil servants of the same rank, but they are really the third grade!
Alas, there is a deep gap between the officials of the third rank and those officials of the sixth rank who are everywhere.

As far as this capital is concerned, although it is said that it is at the foot of the emperor, and officials can be seen everywhere, the circle is clearly divided.

For example, the daughters of third-rank official families have never been given handkerchiefs with their small official families.At most, at a banquet, it is already a great gift to smile politely at you.

Everyone in the capital can avoid this deep gap, and work hard to squeeze into a higher-level circle.

But the high-level circle is not so crowded.The whole family may have died for several generations, but they still worked hard among low-level officials, and were even abandoned.

Alas, it's no wonder that Zheng Sanniang kept talking about this matter all day long.

There was a gentle smile on Zhao Jinyi's face, but he said in his heart: Heck, someday my brother from the Zhao family will get a good name in the exam, work hard all the way, and when he reaches the age of forty, he will definitely be a third-rank official!

Although she was so unhappy in her heart, she couldn't help but secretly sighed in her heart when she thought of the horrible homework of her brothers.

I'm afraid that by the day she gets married, none of the brothers will be able to support her.

Zhao Jinyi was very sad.

Her eyes fluttered, but she saw her favorite person, Ning Yong, the second son of the Ning family, at a glance.

(End of this chapter)