Ordinary clear day

Chapter 47 Yuan Ning
The class place is in a corner of the garden. It is a pavilion surrounded by water. The environment is quiet and breezy. Shuning fell in love with it as soon as she arrived.

Because Shuning was coming back for the first time, Wanning accompanied her.As soon as she entered the door, she saw Yuanning sitting in front of the desk. She raised her head and saw them. She was a little surprised, but she still hadn't forgotten the unhappiness of the previous days, so she turned her head after snorting.They also found a seat and sat down.

The teacher who taught them was named Cai, and his name was Zhilin.When Shuning heard this name for the first time, she was a little confused. Is it Caizhilin or Baozhilin?I don't know if this gentleman's family runs a martial arts gym or a pharmacy?

Mr. Cai is 60 or [-] years old. He is very knowledgeable and talented. He not only teaches piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also poetry and poetry.It's a pity that only the fourth girl, who is not very talented, usually comes to class on weekdays, while the second girl, who he has always considered to be his favorite student, rarely comes.This time, the new three girls, what qualifications do they have?But what he pays most attention to right now is the arrival of the gifted student Wanning whom he hasn't seen for ten days.

After he asked Shuning that she had only learned calligraphy before, he gave her a copybook, asked her to read it again, and pointed out Yuanning's fingering for playing the piano. Then he called Wanning and asked her about her recent past homework process.

Shuning carefully prepared the handwriting, and then realized that Yuanning's attention was no longer on the piano, but was secretly listening to Mr. Cai's instruction to Wanning.She also listened curiously, and found that Wanning was indeed extraordinary in terms of talent.

When Wanning was three or four years old, she could already recite thousands of Tang poems and Song Ci; At that time, she was already able to make very good poems by herself; and when she was nine years old last year, she was already able to draw good pictures that were not lost to adults, she could play ancient music for half an hour, and compose music by herself Fill in the lyrics.

Shu Ning was a bit tongue-tied, although she could understand large tomes and write good characters when she was five or six years old, but that was because she wore clothes and practiced diligently, while Wanning, as an ancient girl, Being able to achieve this level is really beyond the reach of ordinary people. What's more, writing poems, painting, painting and playing the piano are not something ordinary people like me who have traveled through time can do. No wonder she was named a "talented girl" at a young age.

This was the first time that Shuning felt admiration for this second cousin.

But then Mr. Cai also mentioned Wanning's weakness: not being diligent enough.Although she is very talented and can learn everything at once, she is too impatient and loves to play, so she can't calm down and practice hard, so although her level is much higher than her peers, her foundation is not solid enough.Mr. Cai has great expectations for her, and earnestly persuades her to work hard.However, according to Shuning, although Wanning responded respectfully on the surface, she was actually a little impatient.

Mr. Cai was also aware of it. He sighed and let her go to practice the piano by herself, and then walked over to read Shuning's handwriting.

Mr. Cai's evaluation of Shuning's calligraphy is: it lacks aura and is quite satisfactory.Although the talent is not very good, but the victory lies in hard work, which is rare at her age.He felt a little regretful, those who were talented were not diligent enough, those who were diligent enough were not talented, and there was one (fourth girl) who was neither talented nor diligent enough.He sighed, feeling that he was really miserable.

Shu Ning doesn't care about her husband's evaluation, her calligraphy is indeed just in the norm, she doesn't want to be a calligrapher, she doesn't have high demands on herself, as long as she can handle it well.

This class is a piano class, so after Shu Ning passed the calligraphy test, she started to learn the piano.Mr. Cai is a good teacher. He taught Shuning basic fingering step by step, and asked her to play a short melody for practice.

An hour passed quickly.According to the rules, there is a quarter-hour break for every one-hour class.After confessing a few words, Mr. Cai went to the small room next door to rest.

Wanning has long been impatient, ready to sneak away.Shuning felt that she was a little sorry for Mr. Cai, and advised her to finish at least half a day of class before leaving. Wanning was a little reluctant, and while the two were talking, Yuanning spoke.

"Second sister," she said, "I have something I want to tell you. I asked my brother to take the pillow that the third sister brought to me the other day. I asked my brother to take it to the Father Brown whom I met last time. Didn't you say that he is the French national?" Did you come here? As a result, guess what?" She glanced at Wanning triumphantly: "He doesn't know that kind of embroidery at all! It seems that the second sister also makes mistakes sometimes."

Wanning stared at her, but she didn't care: "Oh? That Father Brown, he seems to have grown up in the church, how could he have seen that kind of thing in the court, the white man who just returned to China this spring The priest is from a noble family in France, so he already knows this kind of embroidery." She tidied up the things on her desk, held her head up and said, "Fourth younger sister has time to inquire about these things, why don't you spend more time on your homework , Let Mister praise you too." After speaking, he left.

Yuan Ning blushed: "You can lie to people, people leave, you can say whatever you want. What are you proud of? People who praise you are blind!" When she came in, her red face turned pale again, and she quickly lowered her head.

Mr. Cai didn't seem to hear anything, just glanced at Wanning's back, sighed, and returned to his seat to resume class.

In the following days, Shu Ning came almost every day, Zhang Bao and Tong Shi also agreed with her to learn more things, Duan Ning exaggeratedly shouted that he had to work hard, otherwise he would be compared by his sister again, it would be too embarrassing It made the whole family laugh.

Wanning seldom comes, and even if she does, she doesn't stay long.Normally, she would chat with her grandmother to relieve boredom, or invite friends out to play. The palace even sent someone to take her into the palace to talk with the queen mother.There are rumors that she is very close to the Empress Dowager, and she has been in the palace many times to accompany her.

Every time Shuning goes to class, there is only one Yuanning as a classmate.At the beginning, Yuanning ignored her completely, but after a long time, the child couldn't bear the boredom, so he talked to her occasionally, but the tone was still not kind.Shu Ning couldn't laugh or cry, she felt that she didn't offend her, but she hated her so much, it was a disaster for no reason.

Most of the time, though, her focus is on her studies.

The courses are very interesting. Basically, they change every two days. If you learn piano in the morning, chess in the afternoon, and calligraphy and painting in the next day.What she studied was basic knowledge, not advanced. As for writing poems and lyrics, neither she nor Yuanning had reached that stage yet.

Basic practice is actually very boring. Sometimes I just play a short piece of melody non-stop in the morning, and I will change to another piece after three mornings of learning; the same is true for painting. Sometimes I have to paint chickens for ten days. They draw other things.

But learning is still very effective.After more than a month, Shuning has been able to play a ditty fluently, and draw three or four chickens in one go without making mistakes.She is very accomplished.

Mr. Cai praised Shuning several times, which made Yuanning hostile to her again, but seeing that she did not show off in front of him because of the praise, but just continued to practice hard, he felt very surprised, and gradually no longer hostile to her.

One afternoon, before class, Yuanning took out the demonstration pictures he had drawn when he assigned the picture homework the day before yesterday, and was about to finish the rest of the homework, but found that one of the pictures was missing.She is a little flustered, only this picture, she has not practiced at all, if she is punished by her husband, her mother will scold her again.

Shuning saw her frantically looking through her things, so she asked her what was wrong.

Yuanning looked at her, a little hesitant, the other party also had the same demonstration picture, but if she spoke, she would laugh at herself.

But she still told Shuning about the matter, unexpectedly, Shuning lent her her picture without saying anything.She hastened to copy and draw.

She was relieved when she finished drawing five homework numbers.When she returned the picture to Shuning, she found that the other party was also doing her homework, so she asked, "Did the third sister not do her homework?" It’s better to draw it twice.”

Yuanning couldn't understand this approach at all, and asked: "Why? Just finish the homework? If it were the second sister, as long as the homework assigned by the husband was completed, the husband would praise her vigorously. What's the use of practicing so much? According to the little girl, this kind of thing is too "superfluous".

But Shu Ning said: "Diligence can make up for weakness, I am not as talented as others, so I have to practice more to do better."

When Mr. Cai came, Yuanning quickly swallowed the question and returned to her seat.

After that, Yuanning kept paying attention to this third cousin who was not very concerned at first.Be it in class or during breaks, Shu Ning can always feel her gaze, and her heart is fuzzy.However, this phenomenon only lasted for a few days, and Yuanning returned to normal, which made Shuning breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that the fourth girl seems to be more diligent. Every time the teacher assigns homework, she will take the initiative to complete it, and her studies have also improved.One day, Mr. Cai praised her for the first time. The little girl's face turned red and her eyes sparkled. Everyone could see how happy she was.

But the next day, she was listless like a frost-beaten eggplant.Shuning was secretly surprised.

When class was over, Yuanning stopped Shuning: "Third sister, let's go back together?"

This is the first time ever!

The two sisters walked across the garden to the house.Yuan Ning was silent for a while, then said: "Third Sister, I...I feel very sad, no one in the family cares about me, they only say good things about Second Sister." Shu Ning stopped and looked at her in surprise.

Is the little sister talking to her?

Yuanning's eyes turned red, and she said: "Whatever she does is good, but no one cares about what I do. Yesterday I finally got my husband's praise, so I went back and told my mother, but she..." She sniffed, " She doesn't take it seriously at all, and only says that the second sister is much better than me. Why would she say such a thing? Obviously I am her daughter?"

Her tears were about to burst into tears: "Since I was a child, my mother-in-law can only say that Wanning is good, Wanning is smart, and Wanning is cute. Huh, isn't it because grandma dotes on her? I am obviously very hardworking." Why doesn't Er Niang praise me? Even if it's just a sentence."

Shuning felt that she was a little pitiful.She is also a prostitute, but her status in the family is obviously lower than that of Wanning.She used to think that the little girl was unreasonable and unreasonable, and always found Wanning distasteful, but she didn't expect her to suffer like this.

It is indeed very sad to not get the approval of relatives.For example, if she was admitted to a good university in her previous life, in the eyes of her mother, it is not as important as her later child going to a summer camp.

Shu Ning felt a little sympathetic, so she tried her best to comfort her, and said: "Didn't Mr. Cai just praise you yesterday? And you work so hard now, but the second sister is just lazy. You are much better than her in this regard."

After hearing this, Yuanning's mood improved: "That's right! I'm working harder than her now!" But then she felt a little disappointed: "But her talent is so high, and her husband also said that we can't compare to her. "

Shu Ning smiled: "So what if she is a genius? Fang Zhongyong is also a natural talent, but didn't he disappear from the crowd later? According to my thinking, only [-]% of talent and [-]% of hard work can be talented. Make a truly learned person." She slightly changed a famous saying.

After hearing this, Yuanning's eyes lit up.

She felt that she had found a way to surpass Wanning.

(End of this chapter)