Song Pan'er thought carefully and realized that Fourth Young Miss was indeed useless, but also pitiful. Which new daughter-in-law would dare to argue with her husband and father-in-law?
She smiled and said, "What's the point of saying those idle words?"
And then, as expected, he didn't utter a word in front of the second lady.
The second lady came to drink the full moon wine. Since it was a family dinner, there were only a few people in the house. Her complexion still didn't look good, and the necklace she gave was also light in weight.
Song Pan'er endured again and again, looking at the face of the madam, only then did she not lose her temper.
Apart from the matter of the second house, everything else is satisfactory.
Three days of feasting passed and life at home returned to normal.
Zhu Zhongjun is always at the Gu's house every day.
Gu Yanzheng finally found a teacher for Huan Ge and Xiu Ge.
Mr. You was originally a teacher at the mansion of the wealthy Cheng family in Shandong Province. Later, as the young masters of the Cheng family grew up and lost interest in studying, they went to Jiangnan to look for a martial arts school to learn martial arts.
Mr. You's home was near a village outside Beijing, so he returned to Beijing.
Because of his early studies and friendship with Hu Zeyu, when he heard that Hu Zeyu was reassigned to Beijing, he went into the city to pay a visit.
Later, I heard that the Gu family is looking for Mr. The students are two young masters, one is ten years old and the other is eight years old, both of whom are elegant.
Mr. You agreed and met with Gu Yanwen.
Gu Yunzhen was also a bookworm and naturally hit it off with Mr. You, so they settled on the spot.
“……He was a jinshi, I heard that he was among the top ten in his year, Hu Ze's testimony is true. I also asked him a few questions, his learning is not inferior to mine.” Gu Yanwen told Song Taner about Mr. You, “Later, within three years, he lost both his father and wife, and his eldest son died, which was a great blow, and he couldn't read books anymore. Now he has an eight-year-old daughter who lives with her grandmother.”
Song Pan'er nodded and let Gu Yanjin come in, asking him a few questions from behind the curtain.
They were quite satisfied with each other.
It was October 1st, and Mr. You formally began his tenure as a tutor.
Every year, 30 taels of silver for the Mid-Autumn Festival, four sets of clothes for each season, and additional gifts during festivals; living in the outer courtyard of the Gu's house, having three meals a day, with six dishes per meal, two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, and two soups.
Such a good marriage in Beijing is considered above average, would Mr. You be unwilling?
On his first day in office, Song Pan'er had two sets of clothes sent over.
All of them were high-quality silk fabrics brought from Jiangnan.
Mr. You became even more grateful and diligent.
Weng and Xiu also played for half a year. At first, it was hard to calm down, the two brothers went to school on the first day, and came back with their heads hung low. Mr. You scolded them both.
Song Pan'er didn't mind either, and laughed: "A strict teacher produces excellent students, scolding well!"
Then, at dinner that evening, two more dishes were ordered for Mr. You.
Mr. You knew this family was reasonable and fair. He also called on the children to be even more strict and diligent.
Before long, it's October again.
The weather turned cold day by day.
Song Paner had just given birth and was still weak, so she lay down on the warm kang in the main room.
Gu Jinzhi gets up early every day, first goes to her mother's place for a meal, and after eating returns to her own courtyard. Then she follows Cheng Shifu and Zhu Mama to do needlework.
Now she doesn't have to study with her grandfather or teach her younger brother, Song Pan'er reminds her to learn embroidery well.
Never mind about the future, will the young master's clothes also be handed over to the needlework department?
Gu Jin was originally in Yanling Mansion at that time, and did not know her own future fate, nor did she know what kind of man she would marry.
She has no talent for needlework and just wants to get by.
Now she is engaged to Zhu Zhongjun. Knowing that he is picky, she will be scolded by him if she doesn't learn anything. So Gu Jinzi gritted her teeth and started learning, treating it as a skill to master.
Zhu Zhongjun stuck with her every day.
Dong Ci'an also sat on the kang, while Gu Jinzhi and Zhu Ma Ma, Cheng Shifu were doing needlework. Zhu Zhongjun lay on the kang reading a book, quiet and speechless.
The servants in the house, including Zhu Ma and Cheng Shifu, had also gotten used to him and were no longer anxious, letting him do as he pleased.
He looked at Gu Jin's hand being pierced by needles with thousands of holes, wanting to ask something several times, but ultimately endured it.
For five or six days in a row, Gu Jin didn't make any progress at all.
Coach scolded Tie for not becoming steel: "Miss, be more careful!"
I'd like to beat her with a ruler.
Zhu Zhongjun felt very uncomfortable after hearing this, and immediately snatched the needle and thread from Gu Jin's hand, throwing it to the ground. He pointed at Master Cheng and others, saying: "If the young lady is going to do these things, what are you all here for?"
The voice is a bit harsh.
The coach was startled by him and knelt down with a thud.
Gu Jingzhi gently grasped his hand and comforted him like a fool, smiling: "It's okay, it's okay, my hand doesn't hurt."
Then let the little maids support up Master Cheng, "Master, get up quickly."
Then let Niang pick up the needle and thread on the ground.
She herself pulled Zhu Zhongjun into the inner room.
"What's wrong?" she asked, "Is anything amiss?"
She thought Zhu Zhongjun had some profound insights.
It's been a long time since I've acted like a fool and gotten angry. Come on, let me perform for you. Do you still think Master Cheng has a problem?
Zhu Zhongjun sat on the kang, propping his cheek with his hand and gazing at Gu Jinzhi with bright, shining eyes: "You're quite bold! A mere embroiderer dares to order you around."
Gu Jin was taken aback for a moment.
She looked at Zhu Zhongjun for a long time and indeed wasn't joking.
After a moment, she shook her head and said, "You're addicted to pretending to be stupid, huh?"
Zhu Zhongjun is indeed a bit addicted.
"Ah!" He nodded heavily, "It's great to be a fool, doing whatever you want. Even if you're a bit naughty or overbearing, others can understand. I've never lived life on my own terms since I was old enough to remember..."
Gu's words left Jian at a loss for what to say next.
This statement also has some truth to it.
When Zhu Zhongjun was in junior high school, he was precocious and more sensible than ordinary children.
"...I also want to do as I please." Gu Jin said, "But Coach Cheng didn't do anything wrong, you just scared him. He was just doing his duty as a coach."
In short, Gu Jin himself was too clumsy at needlework.
"What did you come to learn?" Zhu Zhongjun finally asked the doubt in his heart, "I see that you are clumsy and don't have a talent for it. Haven't you heard that 1% of innate talent is more important than 99% of hard work? You won't be short of needlework in the future..."
"However," said Gu Jin, "in the future, you should let your personal maid or seamstress handle your clothes. Otherwise, people will gossip about you. It's just the custom here, when in Rome, do as the Romans do."
Zhu Zhongjun was shocked into silence.
His mischievous eyes could no longer hold on.
The whole person fell silent, his face a bit stern, like his previous life's appearance.
Gu Jinzi hated seeing his past life's appearance.
She smiled and said: "Since you don't care about it, I won't learn it either."
Zhu Zhongjun didn't say anything.
Gu Jinzhi saw him like this and turned around to leave, going out to comfort Master Cheng for a few words.
Master Cheng was frightened by Zhu Zhongjian.
Zhu Zhongjun suddenly stood up and tightly wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
Then, Gu Jin heard him say with a smile in his voice: "Learning for me? Learn well. I won't disturb you from now on."
Then he kissed her lightly on the back of her neck.
Gu Jinzhi felt very strange.
She pushed Zhu Zhongjun away.
Zhu Zhongjun is that silly smiling fool again.
However, from that day on, Gu Jinzhi never learned needlework again.
As Zhu Zhongjun said. She doesn't even have one percent of talent, and ninety-nine percent of hard work is also in vain.
So, most of the time left, she basically spent practicing calligraphy and writing books.
Zhu Zhongjun asked her to show him what she had written before.
Gu Jinzhi also handed it over to him.
She wrote medical books herself, without any profound theories, but rather records of the patients she had seen in her past life. From the causes of illness to medication and follow-up visits, she clearly recorded everything.
Many cases have not been reported yet.
Zhu Zhongjun watched with great relish.
"He even said: 'You teach me medicine, anyway I have nothing to do...'"
"Ah, young man. Your physique is excellent, your appearance is dignified, you are born to be a great doctor. I have a family medical book here. For just ten taels of gold, I'll give it to you. You will surely make a name for yourself in the medical world and become a legendary figure..."
Zhu Zhongjun shut his mouth and never mentioned studying medicine again.
It was October 8th. A big snowfall, like cotton wool, fell down.
Zhu Zhongjun had entered the inner courtyard early on and first arrived at Gu Jinzhi's residence.
He said to Gu Jin: "After eating breakfast, let's go build a snowman."
"What's fun for us two?" Gu Jinzhi said, "Huan and the others still have to study. If you're really too idle, help the maids sweep the snow."
Zhu Zhongjun glared at her.
Gu Jin couldn't help but smile.
While eating breakfast, it was still snowing outside, a vast expanse of white.
Song Pan'er also discussed how to reward Xue Ya.
If we were still in Yangling Prefecture, going to the Song family's place, Old Lady Song had everything prepared, and everyone just needed to have fun. There were many children, all around the same age...
Everyone was talking when Si Lian rushed in, covered in snow.
He didn't even have time to wipe the snow off his feet before entering the western wing, where he knelt down and reported: "Milady, a group of people has arrived at the gate. The Ning family's young master is leading them, accompanied by their madam, miss, and young master, with all the servants from the Man household following behind, saying they've come to thank Seventh Miss."
Song Pan'er was taken aback for a moment, then continued laughing: "Can he get up?"
After taking Fangzi for a month, he was naturally able to get out of bed. However, his body was still stiff and although he could hold chopsticks, he couldn't carry heavy loads; his legs were even more unable to walk on the road.
"Yes." The little servant hastily replied, "The two men from their household are supporting the Marquis Ning. Madam, do you want to invite them in? It's heavily snowing outside."
Song Pan'er is strict and these young men don't dare let people in casually.
"Come in quickly." Song Pan'er said with a smile, "If you freeze to death, Ning Houye will scold us again for being country folk who don't know etiquette."
The officer hurriedly ran off to invite him.
"Shall we go and pick him up?"
Ning E was of noble birth, while Gu Yanzhong was a commoner.
Song Pan'er smiled and said, "You go if you want to, I don't dare to. Otherwise, Ning Houye will say that we are running faster than dogs and licking our faces to fawn on him!"
That's true.
In a moment, footsteps rustled, and a group of people came to Song Duaner's main courtyard.
Song Pan'er thought for a moment and finally went to the gate of the courtyard to welcome him.
The whole Ning family is here.
Although Duke Ning cannot walk by himself, with two guards supporting him, he can still move around.
The face has already been corrected.
"Miss Gu." He spoke up, although his stutter was not very clear, he could speak.
Then the guards helped Ning Xue kneel down together.
Madam Ning, the young lady, the young master and several maidservants who followed them all knelt down in the snow, thanking Miss Gu for saving their lives, and they all kowtowed.
Song Pan'er was speechless for a moment.
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