The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 142 Teaching (2)
"Ancestor, look quickly. This is my big character. The master said it was named Baijia. When we learn the eighth day, we can learn the character 'Xu'."

Zhao Jing calculated that the word 'Xu' ranked 150th among the hundred surnames. According to teaching twenty characters a day, it doesn't mean that you can't learn until the eighth day.

"Come and show me..." Mrs. Xu flipped through Qi Jiahui's handwriting. It happened that Xu Si'an also came in at this time, so she smiled and handed the copybook to Xu Si'an, and said proudly: "Quick Look at your niece, it's only the first day of school, so I just write it like this, maybe I can come back with a female champion in the exam."

Xu Si'an glanced at Qi Jiahui's ghostly talisman-like characters, and then thought of the big characters written by Zhao Jing that he happened to see early in the morning, and felt a little sighed in his heart.The master's basic skills are not solid, and this apprentice can only do so.

But when Xu Si'an invited Zhao Jing over, he didn't intend to let them learn to read and write. He just wanted to find a strict gentleman for them to practice the rules of etiquette first, but Zhao Jing can still teach. One thing made Xu Si'an also look at him with admiration.In this way, this lady really didn't suffer a loss.

"Miss Hui is good, and her handwriting is very good." Xu Si'an's greatest strength is that in front of Mrs. Xu, she never feels the slightest pressure to tell a lie. Anyway, as long as the old man is happy, it will be fine.Besides, sister Hui is still young, and after a few more years of practice, maybe she will really improve a lot.

When Zhao Jing was preparing lessons in the study at night, a little maid came in outside to spread the word that Master Hou had sent someone to send some things over.Zhao Jing felt very guilty about those few big characters written badly today. In the ancient era when there were many literati and poets, if she couldn't write good handwriting, how could she dare to be someone else's lady with a shy face?
Zhao Jing was wondering, the woman outside had already walked in, put down the things in her hand, and said to Zhao Jing: "Hou Ye said that Mr. Zhao has started to teach the sisters and children their homework in the past few days. , ask the old slave to send a few more copies, and let the gentleman see if it is useful."

Zhao Jing got up and thanked her, asked the little maid to send the old woman out, turned around and flipped through a few books on the bank, her cheeks flushed a little after turning a page.

Xu Si'an gave her a set of rubbings in Yan Zhenqing's regular script.Zhao Jing blushed. She learned calligraphy from a teacher in a calligraphy class when she was in elementary school.

Think about Xu Si'an again, a calligraphy and painting he wrote casually can be framed and hung, the gap is huge.

But this Xu Si'an is really careful, and he can still think of these things... But he did it because he saw Qi Jiahui's ghostly characters?
It was still early, and Zhao Jing was not yet sleepy, so she asked the little maid to polish the ink, and practiced each word on the copybook.The scent of ink was faint, the candlelight was weak, snowflakes were falling outside, Qing Dai smiled and said to Zhao Jing: "Sir, it's snowing in spring, after this snow, spring will arrive."

Zhao Jing lived in the Hou Mansion for several days, and it was originally agreed to take a rest on the first day of every month.It was just that it happened to snow heavily on the [-]th day, and the road was difficult to walk, so Zhao Jing didn't go back. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yong came over the next day and brought her new cotton shoes made by Yuan Shi.

Zhao Jing was moved a little more in her heart, knowing that everything was fine at home, she was relieved.Zhao Erhu also has a private school now, Yuan can be busy with housework at home, and Zhao Yong is doing well in Piaoxiang Building, but Zhao Jing still wants to persuade him to come out and do it alone, so he declined saying that he has waited for the years for his master. , I came out to set up a storefront.

Fortunately, inflation in ancient times was not severe, and the market value of silver was relatively stable. Now that Zhao Erhu is in a private school again, it is good to have some silver at home.

"Brother, there is something you need to go back and discuss with your sister-in-law to see if she agrees." When Zhao Jing met Zhao Yong in the side hall of the outer courtyard, a woman came to bring tea, and Zhao Jing waited for the woman to leave. He opened his mouth and said to Zhao Yong: "The old lady in the Hou's mansion invited an embroiderer to teach the girls how to sew. The old lady also let the maids learn it. It will always be a craft in the future. I thought, if my sister-in-law agrees, I will do it." Take the big girl over, and learn from the little maids in the house, not to mention anything else, this female celebrity is good at craftsmanship, and she will be able to talk to her in-laws in the future."

Hearing this, Zhao Yong didn't want to, but he was worried that Zhao Jing would be troubled, so he didn't feel embarrassed.

"How good is this? You haven't been here for long, and you brought the big girl with you. Will someone make irresponsible remarks? This big Hou family is not like a small family like us."

Seeing that Zhao Yong was always thinking about herself, Zhao Jing sighed again: "Brother, you are being paranoid. I am here to be a female husband. What do they have to gossip about? Besides, there are many related households in this mansion. , when the time comes, I will ask the old lady personally. As long as the old lady agrees, no one else will say anything. The big girl is not young anymore. Although she can't read and write like the lady of the rich family, she still has to learn a craft of."

Brothers and sisters-in-law are good to her, so Zhao Jing naturally tries her best to think about them. Sun Xiuniang took Shu Xiu to teach the maids of the Hou Mansion, teaching one more or one less, it doesn't make much difference.But this greeting must be made in advance.

(End of this chapter)