The Imperial Examination Blessed Wife in the Palm

Chapter 19

Before Mrs. Li finished speaking, Aunt Li's voice came from the yard, "Wang Ma, how is the chicken soup for Xiaowei? You continue to simmer on a low fire, and then go to buy some fresh mutton and fruits and vegetables." Come on, Brother Sheng, I'll go and call him, just watch him eat, I'll take care of the dishes, don't worry about it."

Then came Wang Ma's voice, "Understood madam, I'll go right away."

Mrs. Li stopped in a hurry, and when Aunt Li entered the main room, she got up and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, go and call Brother Sheng, I will clean up the dishes. Brother Sheng, what are you going to eat when you get up? The porridge is probably cold. Warm him up and steam him an egg?"

Aunt Li directly pressed Li Shi's shoulder, let her sit back, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't worry, let's sit down and talk for a while. Brother Sheng didn't sleep well the past few nights. I coaxed her to sleep last night." Look at him, he is sleeping well, let him sleep more. Xiaowei, didn’t you ask me a series of questions just now, and now my aunt will answer you.”

"Shuxiu of your sister's school is 350 Wen per month. Although it is a bit expensive, it teaches a lot of things. You can learn to read, write, do needlework, and you can also learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. You need to pay some extra money every month. That's it, a meal is included at noon, if you..."

I wanted to say that if Lu Weiwei wanted to go, she could do it, but she realized that Lu Weiwei was a 'boy', so she couldn't go to a girls' school, but she couldn't go to a boys' school either. of.

I could only stop, and diverted: "Sister, when Brother Sheng wakes up, shall we take Xiaowei and him for a stroll in the city? It just so happens that the sun is shining today, and I also want to go buy some cotton and come back later. It’s time to make winter clothes.”

Mrs. Li was troubled by Aunt Li's words, her daughter was growing up day by day, and of course she wanted to send her to study for a few years, at least not to be blind, but...

After a while, he forced a smile and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, I'll help you make it after I buy it."

When Lu Weiwei heard that she wanted to go for a walk in the city, it was exactly in her arms.

But at the moment she is still more concerned about matters related to the women's school, because she asked Aunt Li, "Auntie, has Sister Ah Yue's school been in operation for many years? Was it the government's idea to do it in the first place? After those female students finished their studies, Can you really be like the Wu family's grandma said, be a female husband and a female champion?"

Aunt Li frowned, and said: "Your Wu family grandma was just talking about it. How can girls be the number one scholar? Even those who can be female students are very few. I heard that the women's school was Shen Mrs. Meng, Mrs. Meng, and several other dignitaries from the capital joined forces to start the establishment first in the capital, and then slowly spread to other places. Since Tianquan is the hometown of Mr. Shen and Mr. Meng, of course we have to do it even more. Do it well."

Lu Weiwei hurriedly said: "Is it the wives of the two high officials in Qingxi Town? Then they are so amazing, just as amazing as their respective husbands!"

Sure enough, good people play with good people.

"It's amazing."

Aunt Li nodded, "I heard that the female students who came out of the women's school in the early years were all capable and virtuous, and those who had sons were vying to marry them, and many of the girls from the women's school in Beijing entered the palace as female officials. Therefore, women's schools in various places are very lively. It is a pity that Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Meng went there. I heard that those who married female students gradually felt that their daughters-in-law were too capable. Gradually, I no longer want to send my daughter to school.”

Lu Weiwei sneered silently.

When women are capable and have their own thoughts and consciousness, they will no longer be submissively listened to by men, and will no longer let men do whatever they want, as men who have always been vested interests, Of course, you have to kill all changes in the cradle quickly, so as to continue to maximize your own interests.

It is really the same in ancient and modern times!

It's also because those adults and wives are gradually gone. What they have worked hard and put in has become a thing of the past. In the morning, the tea will be cold, right?

what a shame!

I heard Aunt Li say again: "I heard about girls' schools when I was a child, but unfortunately my family was poor at that time, but now the family life is getting better and better, so when your eldest brother said that he wanted to send Ah Yue there, I agreed. No Please, as long as she lives better than me in the future, I will be satisfied."

Mrs. Li also said: "When I was a child, I also heard about girls' schools. In our family, there were also sisters who went to it at that time. It was sister Zhizhi who was married to a rich family in Pingchang and became a young mistress. My sister-in-law had heard of Sasa Before my fourth uncle was alive, I heard that she met Mrs. Shen once when Mrs. Shen came back to Tianquan to visit relatives. Unfortunately, our family was poor at that time, and my mother was always in poor health. I had to take care of her at home... Now It's a good thing that Ah Yue can go now, maybe she can marry into a rich family in the future and become a young mistress!"

Aunt Li was about to say more when she heard Li Sheng's cry from upstairs: "Mother..."

He hurriedly responded: "Ah Sheng, don't cry, mother is here..." and went upstairs.

The rest of Mrs. Li heard that his nephew woke up, so he was busy packing up the dishes, and planned to go to the kitchen to cook eggs for him.

Suddenly, Lu Weiwei was in a daze. When she heard that Li Yue had gone to the girls' school, she wanted to go too. She sighed secretly, and then hurried away full of melancholy. Let Wei go back to Lujia Village, lest Xiao Wei be unhappy.

Lu Weiwei didn't want to go to a women's school. After all, if she went to a women's school, she would still have to marry. The difference was that she might be more likely to be a young mistress than a woman who had never gone to school. How could she change her fate?
She is a 'boy' now, and it is impossible to openly attend a girls' school.

So she still has to go to the men's school and study for the imperial examination, so that she can earn the same treatment and rewards as the men in the future——and when her uncle comes back in the evening, she will first talk to him about her thoughts.

After Li Sheng had finished his breakfast, Aunt Li changed his clothes again, and the two mother and son went out together, facing the warm morning sun, and entered Tianquan County all the way.

I saw that the entire county town was also built along the river, but it was bigger than Zhuxi and Qingxi together, and it was impossible to see the end at a glance. The houses on both sides were also tall and dense, and there were black awning boats passing by on the river from time to time. The style and features of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Lu Weiwei looked at it for a while, and thought that if nothing happened to her, she should be able to study and live in the county soon. Why don't she have time to trample all the streets and alleys of the county?

I didn't look any more, just walked with Li's peace of mind, teased Li Sheng who was in Aunt Li's arms from time to time, or led him for a walk, and gradually felt a little bit of peace.

(End of this chapter)