The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 138 Making things difficult (2)
Seeing Xu Si'an's expression of surprise, Zhao Jing smiled and said, "Master Hou misunderstood, I just think that although this "Guan Ju" is a masterpiece in the Book of Songs, it is very important for the two young masters to take the imperial examination in the future and enter the official career. It doesn't seem to be of any great benefit, the ancients said to teach students according to their aptitude, but I think it is necessary to know how to "select teaching and use aptitude"."

After Zhao Jing finished speaking, she regretted a bit, the gentleman hired by the Hou Mansion, not to mention the teacher from a famous family, must not be an ordinary talent, she is a bit unruly in the class here.

Seeing Xu Si'an's serious expression, Zhao Jing felt more and more uneasy, so she said, "Don't take it to heart, Lord Hou, I'm just making up nonsense, but it's just a moment of emotion."

Xu Si'an nodded, his eyebrows twitched a little, in fact, he also felt that learning this song "Guanju" was not beneficial to the imperial examination, but when he was in school, his husband taught him the same way, imperial examination articles, stereotyped art, ever-changing It seems that as long as you master the Four Books and Five Classics, you can get a title on the gold list, but in fact, after studying hard for more than ten years, which literati can't recite the Four Books and Five Classics backwards, but in the end they can win the gold medal. But also very few.

When Zhao Jing went to pay her respects to the old lady in the afternoon, she heard the housekeeper from the outer courtyard come in and reply, saying that Lord Hou had resigned the teachers of the two young masters.

When Mrs. Xu heard that she had resigned, she frowned and asked, "Well, why did you resign your husband? Now that it's the New Year's Eve, where can I find him? Besides, this gentleman is Mrs. Sun. It was the husband-in-law of a distant cousin of hers who was invited here, and if we want to quit him, we must discuss it with Mama Sun first."

Zhao Jing originally thought that the teacher was of a certain standard, but she really misunderstood this point.Lord Hou has been fighting abroad all year round, so he has no time to take care of family affairs at all. The teacher he specially hired before was really good, but later he resigned for some unknown reason.The gentleman who is now teaching the two young masters of the Hou Mansion was hired by Mama Sun when she was still in charge of the Hou Mansion, and after all, she has stayed in the Hou Mansion for two years.

According to the normal teaching speed, he would have already started to study "Four Books" at this time, but he was still "Guan Guan Jujiu" over there.Xu Si'an had only returned to the Marquis Mansion not long ago, and he only took their homework exams twice, but he couldn't see anything ugly. If it wasn't for what Zhao Jing said today, maybe this gentleman could stay longer.

After hearing this, the steward outside replied, "This servant doesn't know either. Lord Hou paid him a year's worth of Shuxiu in advance and asked the servant to send him away. Lord Hou said that he will hire someone else. It won't delay the homework of the two young masters."

Mrs. Xu saw that the matter was done, and she had nothing to say, so she said casually: "If you resign, then let's resign. I will ask Mama Han to send a letter to Mama Sun to talk about it, otherwise it would be like Our Hou Mansion didn't give her face and made it difficult for her to be a human being."

Zhao Jing laughed when she heard this, the old lady is really a caring person, even thought of this, I am afraid that Mama Sun hired such a person to teach, but she didn't have such a good intention.The two brothers outside, to put it nicely, are the young masters of the Hou Mansion, but to put it badly, which one is the serious master?Mama Sun already had the intention of harboring evil intentions, how could she invite Mr. Hao to teach such a "master"?

"Don't blame yourself, old lady. Master Hou naturally has his reasons. Maybe Master Hou met some good gentleman and wanted to invite him into the residence, so he resigned first. I heard that Some famous gentlemen are temperamental, I heard that you have a husband in your family, and you will never come back, Lord Hou probably did this for this reason."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu suddenly realized, she nodded vigorously and said: "So there is such a saying, so it's probably true, but I misunderstood him."

Zhao Jing held a cup of tea and drank tea calmly, watching the sky gradually darken, the old lady asked the maids to set up a meal, Xu Si'an went out in the afternoon, and he would definitely not come back for the evening, the old lady must be I want to keep Zhao Jing down for dinner.

The dishes in the side hall were all served, Xu Xian and the twins also came over, Zhao Jing helped the old lady Xu get up and went to the dining table, only to see a curtain flashing outside, a little maid came in from the door, muttering: : "Go back to the old lady, the eldest girl said that she is in a bad mood today and doesn't want to come over for dinner."

Zhao Jing wondered, which day will Sun Yu'e be in a good mood since she came here?It's just that she said openly that she was in a bad mood, so what was wrong with her?
Sun Yu'e usually talked and laughed in front of Mrs. Xu, which made Mrs. Xu so happy. Occasionally, she would lose her temper just as a coquettish act, and the old lady would not take it seriously. Seeing that The little maid asked with a smile, "What's the matter with the eldest girl? It's okay if she's in a bad mood, but she can't stop eating. She's growing up, and can she still make trouble like a child?"

Hearing this, the little girl's cheeks flushed a little, and she glanced at Zhao Jing tremblingly, with a bit of fear and cowardice, bit her lips, and said with a look of death: "The eldest girl said, Mr. Zhao probably named the servant girl that the old lady gave her as Lan Yu, just... just to make her look bad on purpose!"

(End of this chapter)