pampering wife

Chapter 7

In order to be lazy in her studies, Qingmei has thought of many ways, the one that makes her most proud is coercing Xu Huaiyuan to learn to write her handwriting.Every time He Zimo had to check his homework and the copied articles were not enough, Qing Mei would ask Xu Huaiyuan for help.

Xu Huaiyuan is also smart, after practicing a few times, he gradually learned Qingmei's characters to seven or eight percent, and now he has learned ten percent of them, even his strength is not bad.Qingmei used the article he copied to get away with it, and everything went wrong.

He Zimo flipped through it and didn't doubt him, so he started to ask other questions, such as——

How did you feel after reading this article?In your opinion, what is so good about this article?What do you think of this incident in the history books?The question is not difficult, and Qingmei has studied it carefully, so she can deal with it freely.Then they asked her about her endorsement. Qingmei stayed up midnight last night and hugged Buddha's feet again this morning, but she barely passed the test.

He Zimo was a little surprised, and took a few extra glances at her.Qingmei's face was neither red nor her ears were red, she stood calmly and composedly, and showed He Zimo the copied copybook: "Sir, do you see that my handwriting has entered the country?"

"It doesn't count if it's coming, write a separate article for me to read."

Qingmei picked up a passage from the book she had just memorized and wrote silently, while He Zimo watched quietly from the sidelines, only the sound of Yingzi's grinding and the slight sound of the brush stroke across the paper in the room, like the slight ripples of running water, like white clouds moving slowly over the blue sky.

When Qingmei wrote halfway, He Zimo said slowly: "It's a bit better than last time, but the strength is still not enough, let's practice more." But he didn't criticize Qingmei's writing as bad as before.

Huh?Qingmei quietly looked at him with some surprise.Usually He Zimo is a strict teacher. Although he behaved as usual today, he always felt a little absent-minded. What happened?Although she was puzzled, she didn't dare to ask, He Zimo started to give a new lesson, and Qingmei quickly withdrew her mind and listened carefully.

After the classwork was over, He Zimo changed the subject and asked her suddenly: "There is a man named Wei Li, who should be a regular customer in the tavern? Do you know where he came from?"

Wei Li?Qingmei was stunned for a moment, and replied truthfully: "He does come here every day for drinks, and he looks like a gentleman from a wealthy family, but he doesn't know his identity."

He Zimo responded without saying anything, just said: "I'll come back in the middle of the month." Before leaving, Mrs. Xu asked Chang Sheng to bring a few jugs of wine to the He family, and two jugs of jade liquid to He Zimo. Two jugs of pear wine were given to Mrs. He, and two jugs of jujube wine were given to He Zilian to recuperate.

Now it is the beginning of March, long past the early spring when the grass grows and the warblers fly.Qingmei had never gone out to play before because of taking care of Xu's illness, and she only did things hastily during the Huachao Festival. At this time, she had dealt with He Zimo's questioning, and she wanted to choose a time to go for an outing.

It just so happens that the day after tomorrow is the Shangsi Festival, and the academy will let the students rest for a day, so Qingmei makes an appointment with Bai Haitang, the daughter of the shopkeeper Bai of the Tonghua Inn next door, and He Zilian, and wants to go out to the western suburbs outside the city for an outing.

Xu Huaiyuan originally wanted to go out to play with his companions in the academy, and wanted to imitate those older literati and play a song with a cup of water, for a taste of elegance.Hearing that He Zilian wanted to go with Qingmei, Xu Huaiyuan readily abandoned his partner and agreed to go with Qingmei.

The literary style is flourishing in the area of ​​Wancheng, and there is also a women's academy, but it is full of leisurely and wealthy girls from wealthy families.The Shangsi Festival is a holiday in all colleges, so there are many young men and women traveling in the suburbs. Qingmei and the others walked all the way, and they were infected by the atmosphere.

Bai Haitang is 17 years old this year. He just said that he is a young man from the county magistrate's family. He is said to be honest, kind and considerate.Bai Haitang was very happy about this, even if Qingmei teased her with a few words, her shy smile was full of sweetness.

The Wuling Mountain in the suburbs is full of tourists. Although there is a mountain full of peach blossoms, it is too crowded and boring.After all, they were of limited age and did not dare to go too far, so they went around the foot of Wuling Mountain and arrived at a village called Luyegou.

The place lived up to its name, being in a valley between two winding hills, but inside it was flat and open.Dozens of houses are scattered in the valley, and there are ponds and clear streams in front of the gates. A tree beside the stream is in full bloom, like clouds and clouds.

The four of them got out of the carriage and paid the fare, then wandered through the valley.

Although He Zilian's body is frail, she was very interested in seeing the bright spring scenery and the brilliant flowers. With Xu Huaiyuan leading her, the two had a great time.Behind Qingmei and Bai Haitang chatted side by side and looked at the scenery, keeping a close distance from them.

In addition to peach blossoms, magnolia, cherry, bauhinia and other flowering trees are planted in the valley. There are also peach, plum and apricot blossoms that are fragrant and full of eyes.The hillside in the distance is also full of miscellaneous flowers, and there are many people frolicking in the pavilion halfway up the mountain.

Qingmei and Bai Haitang broke off delicate willow branches, and then picked some flowers to weave a garland to wear, and they couldn't help talking about Wei Li while chatting.

Bai Haitang exclaimed in amazement: "This Wei Li is really rich. Since the first day he came here, he has been living in the most expensive room in Tianzihao. It costs one or two or five renminbi a day, plus Danqing's living room, which is more than two liang a day. He just came here I put a 1000 tael bank note in my father's place, and I don't know how long it will be."

"1000 taels of silver bills...you can't use up this much money in a year!" Qingmei sighed after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)