Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 53

The life in the Duke's Mansion can be regarded as settled down. On the third day, the seat was arranged in the school. Xie Xinrou came to Ting Yuxuan early in the morning. Today is Yan Zhaohua's first day in school. Xie Xinrou came to take her .

Yan Zhaohua was wearing a newly made pipa-breasted top, elegant embroidered dress, and a simple ponytail. He looked very energetic. Xie Xinrou's dress was not complicated. The two smiled at each other's taste. Then they went hand in hand to the school located in the southwest.

Although the school says girls are accepted, they are separated from boys. The coeducational school is located next door. The boys study the Analects of Confucius, the Middle School, etc., and the girls study the female precepts, and the female rules, female virtues, arithmetic, and so on. I also learn bookkeeping, and at other times, I also learn some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, cooking tea and other skills to enrich myself and enhance my connotation.

The women's school has a nice name, Yingyue Zhai. The reason why it is called Zhai is because the female teacher who teaches them is a talented Taoist nun. She once gave lectures to the princesses in the Royal Inner Court. Restricted by the court, he came out of the palace and entered the school of the Duke's mansion.

There were about twenty girls in the girls' school, except for Xie Xinrou, Xie Xinyuan, and the little one I met last time, Xie Xinyue, Yan Zhaohua didn't know any of the other girls.Xie Xinrou introduced her one by one, most of them were a few young ladies from concubines, and the ladies from the second room and the third room in the mansion. Everyone was curious about who came here at first, and they learned that it was the cousin of Xie's family, from Changning Hou Mansion. After the eldest daughter, she was also polite to Yan Zhaohua.

Yan Zhaohua sat on the third futon in the row next to the corridor, and there was a low mahogany table with rolled legs in front of him. There were textbooks and the Four Treasures of the Study on the table. Hua smiled, Yan Zhaohua returned, looked around, but did not see Yan Zhaoning coming.

A middle-aged Taoist nun in Zhanqing Taoist robe came in with a dogma in one hand and a book in the other. The girls all stood up and said hello to her. The husband waved everyone to sit down and looked up at the newcomer Yan Zhaohua. Seeing her firm eyes and generous expression, she nodded with satisfaction, sat down and started the obscure teaching.

Yan Zhaoning came over halfway through the class. He was wearing a bright red gilt skirt with a hundred butterfly patterns on his body. Some rouge was slightly smeared on his face, and his bun was also meticulous, like a proud golden thread. Like a sparrow, she walked into the study room with her head held high, and she didn't feel strange. She had been in and out of the Duke's mansion since she was a child, so she knew most of the girls in the mansion. Surrounded by amazing eyes, she was so young. The little girl was proud of herself, and it was worthwhile for her to get up early, even if she was going to be late, she insisted on asking the servant girl to make the peony bun on her head beautiful.

She was assigned a seat behind Xie Xinrou, and she knelt down dignifiedly. Xie Xinyuan waved her hand in a friendly way, but Yan Zhaoning just glanced at her and twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, as a greeting.

One morning, my husband was talking about women's three obediences and four virtues, which sounded boring. After finally surviving a class, I could go to the garden to see the flowers, plants, ponds and fish.

Xie Xinrou grabbed a handful of fish food and handed it to Yan Zhaohua, and then the two of them went to the pavilion over there to feed the fish with the girls. The pond was full of fat and strong koi. The food was sprinkled, and all the strips came to eat, no matter how many times the scene of competing for food could make the girls laugh.

Suddenly a sharp voice came out: "Oh, my skirt!"

Yan Zhaohua felt that the voice was familiar, and when he looked back from the pavilion, he saw Yan Zhaoning was wiping something on his skirt with his head down, and beside him was Xie Xinyue who had fallen to the ground.

Yan Zhaohua and Xie Xinrou went over to ask what happened, Xie Xinyuan said, "Yue'er spilled tea on Ning'er's skirt, Ning'er's skirt is new."

Xie Xinyue has a small temper but not a small temper, she said: "Isn't it just a skirt, I'll pay her back later, do you need to push me down? Could it be that in your eyes, I am not as valuable as a skirt?"

Although what she said was a little harsh, it is undeniable that there is some truth to it. Yan Zhaoning has felt uncomfortable recently. He originally wanted to make a stunning appearance on the first day and let everyone know that she is still the gorgeous third lady of Changning Houfu , this dress was custom-made by her at the Fragrant Clothing Shop in the city, and it cost a lot of money. She didn't expect to be splashed with yellow tea stains on the first day of wearing it. How can she not be angry?Not to mention, the person who poured her tea spoke so arrogantly, which made Yan Zhaoning angry, waiting for Xie Xinyue to say:
"Do you know how much this dress is? You are a slave, can you afford it?"

Xie Xinyue is the child born to Xie Yuan's liaison maid. This is something that everyone in the house knows, but no one speaks out like Yan Zhaoning. Xie Xinyue has never seen such a savage sister, her eyes are red, But he gritted his teeth and refused to cry.

Xie Xinrou glanced at Yan Zhaohua, who had a gloomy face, and Yan Zhaohua stepped forward and said to Yan Zhaoning:

"I don't know how much this dress is, but do you know the weight of your words? Think about it, is this dress really more important than the harmony between sisters?"

Yan Zhaohua's words made Yan Zhaoning speechless, and seemed to realize that she had said something wrong, but so many people were watching, since she was hard, there was no reason for her to be soft, Xie Xinyuan stepped forward to smooth things over road:

"Okay, okay, let's take a step back. Cousin, you can't completely blame Sister Ning for this matter. It was Yue'er who accidentally walked and spilled tea on Sister Ning's skirt. Anyone else would have done it. I’m in a hurry. Forget it. Yue’er, you should be more sensible, the first cousin and the third cousin are both guests, so you should give way.”

Xie Xinyue glanced at Xie Xinrou, curled her lips, then turned away and said nothing, Yan Zhaoning also stepped off the stage, she was going back to change clothes, when she passed by Yan Zhaohua, she gave her a cold look and said:

"Miss is very powerful, but she only plays tricks on me."

Xie Xinrou wanted to interrupt, but was stopped by Yan Zhaohua. Seeing that Yan Zhaoning hadn't provoked Yan Zhaohua's anger, he gritted his teeth, buried his head and walked out.

After a farce ended, Xie Xinrou shook her head and said, "People really have to go through things to understand their character. I didn't realize that she has such a temper before."

As soon as Yan Zhaohua finished speaking, Xie Xinyue ran out after Yan Zhaohua. Xie Xinrou hurriedly asked Xie Xinyuan to stop her, but the child was small and ran very fast. Xie Xinyuan chased her to the door without chasing her After returning, Xie Xinrou sighed and said:
"Oh, something is going to happen again."

Before Yan Zhaohua could ask why, the husband came back, and Yan Zhaohua didn't listen to what the husband said next, thinking about what Xie Xinrou meant when something happened again.

Sure enough, when class was over in the afternoon, Xie Xinyue turned back, followed by a young woman, not very well dressed, but plump, with a special charm, different from those delicate women, that woman yelled as soon as she came in :
"Who says my young lady was born by a servant, stand up and show me, let me see what kind of thing you were born."

The master in the school had already left, and the woman seemed to come here on purpose at this time, Xie Xinyue glanced at the crowd, pointed out Yan Zhaoning who had changed clothes and said:

"That's her, she said."

Yan Zhaoning was tidying up the table, but suddenly it was dark in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw Xie Xinyue's short, fat fingers pointing at Yan Zhaoning, and said, "Auntie, that's her!"

It was only then that Yan Zhaoning knew that it was Xie Xinyue's rescuer who had come back and called her Auntie. Yan Zhaoning couldn't help but sneered, and before he could stand up, he was pushed by the woman and continued to sit down, and then saw the woman Only then did he put his foot on the low table in front of Yan Zhaoning, and said:
"Who am I to say my lady? It turned out to be you. You said my lady was born by a slave, but so what? The slave is also a lady. Just like you, she has two eyes and one nose. What, no? Can the servant give birth to an extra eye?"

Xie Xinrou stepped forward to stop her: "Aunt Geng, this is the third miss of the Yan family, please don't be rude, if you have anything to say, go back and talk about it."

The young woman Xie Xinrou called Aunt Geng did not contradict Xie Xinrou, but put her feet down, looked down at Yan Zhaoning who was frightened by him, squatted down suddenly, faced Yan Zhaoning, and said :

"Miss, you can see clearly, my lady was born by my servant, and her birth was given by my mother, not for you to spoil."

How could Yan Zhaoning dare to talk back in front of such a vicious woman, her shoulders stiffened, and she couldn't help shaking. Seeing her like this, Aunt Geng stood up, took Xie Xinyue's hand, and saluted Xie Xinrou, just like when she came, Leaving the school in a hurry, the girls onlookers seemed a little accustomed to it.

Xie Xinrou took advantage of Xie Xinyuan's comfort to Yan Zhaoning, and explained to Yan Zhaohua:
"This is Aunt Geng, my father's housemate. She is a straightforward person, and I don't see anyone bullying Sister Yue. It must be that Sister Yue was wronged here before, and she went back to complain to Aunt Geng. Aunt Geng came here. .”

Xie Xinyuan helped Yan Zhaoning stand up, Yan Zhaoning only felt that his calves were still shaking, and his voice was not very loud, so he said harshly:

"Sister, the aunt in your house is so rampant, doesn't your aunt and grandmother care? She almost hit me just now, I, I..."

Yan Zhaoning said 'I'm scared to death' but he still didn't have the nerve to say it. He felt that all around her were pointing eyes, his cheeks were flushed, and he bit his lip and said, "What happened today is a great shame to me. Sister, are you bullying me? My father and mother are not around, and it is unlucky to find this kind of country woman to come to me, this matter must not be let go like this, I will tell my grandmother and aunt, and they must give me an explanation."

After saying this, Yan Zhaoning covered his face, broke free from Xie Xinyuan's support, and ran outside crying, everyone in the school looked at each other, Xie Xinrou sighed helplessly, and muttered in a low voice:
"If it would be useful to file a complaint, Aunt Geng would have dealt with it [-] times. Still waiting for you to file a complaint?"

(End of this chapter)