Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 69

Upstairs, Mrs. Hua, who was teaching female students how to play chess, winked at Hua Yi. Hua Yi nodded slightly, then left the room and went downstairs.

Seeing Mrs. Zhang supporting her belly, she stood up from behind the lady of the Ding family, looked straight at the lady of the Qu family, and asked calmly, "I don't know the lady of the Qu family, but do you know what female virtue is?"

The lady of the Qu family looked at the young lady who was still calm and composed in front of her, and said with a sneer: "You are an old lady who has never read a book, so you don't understand reason? No matter how illiterate women in the world, they must know female virtues." !" Miss Qu's family thought of the money she handed over to Gongjin Women's School, and she could no longer have a good temper towards Zhang Mu.

"Oh, how about the wife of the Qu family tell me about it, and let me and the masters in this school know what's wrong?"

There was a slight smile on Zhang Mu's face, looking very gentle and polite.

The lady of the Qu family rolled her eyes and said: "No, you must not commit any crimes, you must serve your in-laws and husband, love your sister-in-law, and you must not be disobedient!"

Seeing Zhang Mu's leisurely look, he felt that the scholar looked down on him, and said angrily: "Don't mention these things to my old lady, quickly refund the money!"

"Ms. Qu's family thinks that my school has misunderstood your daughter, so the money can be refunded!"

When the wife of the Qu family heard that the money could be refunded, her eyes lit up.The surrounding crowd also started talking.

Zhang Mu raised his head slightly, looked at the crowd watching the excitement inside and outside, and said with a smile: "However, we still have to make this truth clear!"

Glancing at the lady of the Qu family who was staring at her anxiously, she began to chant: "The humble is the first. The ancients gave birth to a daughter for three days, lying under the bed, making tiles, and fasting. Lying under the bed, Knowing its humbleness, the master's servant..."

What Zhang Mu was carrying on his back was Chapter 1 in Ban Zhao's "Girl's Commandments". Mrs. Qu was a little dazed, feeling guilty, and stretched out her hand to interrupt Mrs. Zhang, but was dragged back by a person behind her.

Mrs. Qu looked back, she had seen it before, the maid who often followed Mrs. Hua in the academy, Mrs. Qu wanted to break away, but found that the girl's hands were as strong as a man's.

Hua Yi didn't respond to Mrs. Qu's struggling hand, she still didn't pay attention to such a country woman, and she heard Zhang recite:

"Couples are second. The way of couples is to match yin and yang... If a husband is not good, he will not be able to control his wife; if a woman is not good, he will not be able to serve his husband. If a husband does not control his wife, his prestige will be ruined; if a woman does not serve her husband, Then righteousness and reason will fall to the ground.”

Huayi couldn't help but snorted slightly, she would lose her prestige if she didn't serve the man, and her righteousness was depraved.

Zhang Mu finished reciting it in one breath, and looked at Mrs. Qu: "I don't know, does Mrs. Qu's think that Cao'er is not enough to be humble and cautious, so she came to the academy to ask for justice?"

Mrs. Qu blushed slightly, and kowtowed with her neck red: "Don't pretend that I didn't understand what you said. Since ancient times, no woman has come here to serve people!"

Among the already noisy crowd, a man shouted: "As a woman, you have to obey the women's precepts and follow the women's way! These are the words of a saint!"

The people nearby all agreed, and someone scolded: "Is it possible that your family's establishment of a girls' school is corrupting customs! Which literate girl can't recite the female commandment!"

"The girls in my school don't know how to do it!" Zhang Mu replied calmly.

"If you doubt the purpose of the Gongjin Women's School, you can bring back your own girls, but I want to ask you, if the lady of Wu Shangshu's family is also such a cautious woman who is lower than a man, you will admire her. Is it for her? If women can only lower their heads and lower their hearts, and obey others, what is the purpose of sending girls to women's schools?"

Although Zhang Mu mentioned that Wu Mo'er was a little uncomfortable, but Wu Mo'er still has some reputation here, so let's borrow it for emergencies first.

Wu Ling, who had been protecting his daughter-in-law early in the morning, couldn't help but look sideways at her. It turns out that the daughter-in-law was still thinking about these things, so she lowered her head?Pitch and follow others?He doesn't want a wife like this!

Wu Ling suddenly felt the need to reach out and rub his face, as if he had been stepped on.

"Hey, you don't know, wow, the masters in this women's school are either widows or old girls. What kind of girls do you expect them to be able to teach?"

A fat woman dressed in gold and silver, like a mobile jewelry store, sneered with a loud voice.

Zhang Mu looked at her, feeling a little annoyed, and scolded: "Where are the tricky women, what happened to the widows in my school? What if they are not married? Are they digging your family's grave or digging your house?" I want you to spray dung here!"

"Yoyo, everyone, look, she is still a young lady who can read and write. This swearing is no worse than that of a country woman. Such a person can also open a women's school, bah!" The fat woman crossed her hands He bowed his waist and poohed on the ground, as if he was about to curse.

Zhang Mu took two deep breaths, she was pregnant, she couldn't be angry with these people!

"Mom, I won't read anymore, don't scold Auntie!"

Qu Cao squeezed in from the crowd, tugged at the sleeves of the Qu family's wife, and cried, her loose hair hanging down her face, and tears dripping down her tender cheeks.

When Mrs. Qu saw her daughter, she froze and scolded: "Aren't you allowed to stay at home and watch your younger brother? What are you doing here?"

Zhang Mu saw that Mrs. Qu slapped Cao'er on the back with a slap, Cao'er staggered suddenly, her little face was a little pale, Zhang Mu couldn't help but feel distressed.He took five taels of silver from her mother-in-law and handed it to Mrs. Qu, saying:
"Cao'er is still young, Mrs. Qu should teach the child to be gentle!"

Mrs. Qu grabbed a few pieces of silver from Mrs. Ding's hand, gave Zhang Mu a white look, and said, "I don't need you to worry about my daughter, she is not standing upright, and she is trying to teach others!"

Cao'er looked at Zhang Mu reluctantly, last night she knew that her mother wanted her younger brother to enter school a year earlier, so she wanted her to stop studying, and her younger brother's Shuxiu was only worth [-] yuan a month.

Seeing that her daughter was not moving, Mrs. Qu suddenly lifted Xiaocao and pulled it out. Xiaocao kept choking and crying, "Woo, Maolin, Xiangyi, I'm leaving, woo~~~~(>_ <)~~~~"

Wu Ling looked at the little girl who was happily following behind Maolin on weekdays, and felt quite uncomfortable. What's wrong with not learning women's virtues? His wife is also very good!Do we have to make the girls into logs one by one?

Hua Yi silently stretched out a leg on the threshold, Mrs. Qu was only focused on pulling her daughter, but she didn't notice that her foot was thrown out, and she was about to fall face down with an "ahhh".

Huayi grabbed the grass that was falling down, touched her face comfortingly, and went upstairs with her head held high.What a shame to see this kind of parents who use their children as punching bags!

(End of this chapter)