Kuai Chuan Teaches You To Be a Man

Yu Xia wrote a family letter to Yu Wenbai, which was sent by Fang Shi and brought to Linzhou by the servants of the Cao residence. Before the letter was sent out, Mrs. Fang dismissed the servants and ordered Cuigu to wait outside the door. He unfolded it and looked at it. He looked up and greeted his father. The text mentioned the experience from the government to the county, and there were three or five lines of emotion. In the words, he talked about how Kangping County and Cao Mansion were, saying that her aunt was considerate and caring for her, and her cousin was young and talented...

Fang Shi knew a few words, and she couldn't say that she had any literary talent, but this letter from home was comforting to look at.

Originally, she heard that her niece despised Yaozu, but she was hesitant. After reading this letter from home, her anger subsided a lot. She guessed that her niece was rude to Yaozu because she lost her mother when she was young, for fear of being despised because of her low attitude, and did not dare to show her true feelings. .

Mr. Fang carefully folded the letter back, resealed it, and handed it to Gu Cui to send it out. A little later, the servant of Cao's house picked up his burden and moved.

Yu Xia finished transcribing a paragraph of the scriptures, put down the pen, got up and walked a few steps. Queer brought **** made with sweet-scented osmanthus wine and told the lady to try it.

Yu Xiazhi sat at the round table, and when I sat down, I smelled the faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus. I scooped up a spoonful and sent it into my mouth. She took a few bites seriously, drank some soup, and asked Queer if she had something to say.

Queer expected that the young lady would not listen to her, so she said, "After all, I have to stay in the Cao Mansion for a while, miss, do you treat the young master Biao a little better? After the tea time, you rejected the young master Biao again. Twice, and then the Cao Mansion started to gossip, saying, saying..."

"What? Saying that I have a mother's birth and no mother's education, and I don't know how to flatter me when I come to Cao's house as a guest?"

Queer has been very impatient these few days, thinking that the young lady doesn't like Young Master Biao, even if she doesn't lose her reputation in the Cao Mansion, otherwise how will she kiss her in the future?

Seeing her eyes turning red when she said this, Yu Xia sighed and asked, "Are you wronged because of me?"

Queer wiped away her tears, shook her head and said she was not aggrieved, "I always don't understand why the young lady looks down on Young Master Biao, and if she doesn't look down on it, she doesn't look down on Young Master Biao. Okay. The young lady is so good-looking, has a good temperament, and is well-mannered. She can always talk about a good marriage, but she is afraid of bad reputation in the Cao mansion. Some people in this mansion are really ugly. In my aunt's ears, I don't know what to think if my aunt hears it."

Yu Xia handed over the handkerchief and asked her to wipe it before she said, "Aunt naturally knows, maybe she knows it before anyone else, but it doesn't matter, just wait and see, no one will talk about anything soon."

To say that no one helped Yu Xia believe those rumors, if no one instructed, even if the servant girl wants to talk about it, she should carry some people behind her back, how can it be heard by Queer? This kind of minion who falsely criticizes the reputation of the master's defeat, if he has the heart to pursue it, even if he kills him, he will take his own life.

Yu Xia expected that Cao Yaozu would not hide it for her, and Fang Shi definitely knew about the embarrassment that she had been with several times. She deliberately chose to repair the book at this time and went home. In fact, everything written on the bright side was actually for Fang Shi.

It is expected that Mrs. Fang will peek at the contents of the letter. As long as she reads it, she must think more about it. She will probably feel that her niece is embarrassed to soften up too quickly, and she deliberately poses to show her identity. In this case, no matter how big the previous anger should be dissipated, not only that, it is very likely that people's mouths will be ordered to be sealed, so that they are not allowed to talk nonsense.

Because the Fang family wanted Cao Yaozu to marry her, she wouldn't let her have a bad reputation and her daughter-in-law's reputation was bad, which was not good for her son.

When Yu Xia wrote that letter, she took all possibilities into consideration. Before she took this step, it was already three steps away, so she was not in a hurry.

Queer was dubious, but she soon found out that what the young lady said was true. Within two days, the foul language was no longer heard, and the concubine still cared about the young lady, as if nothing had happened.

Another half a month later, the person who delivered the letter to Linzhou came back to Cao Mansion, and brought a reply letter from Yu Wenbai. Yu Xia didn't put it in her sleeve and took it back to her room. She opened the letter in front of Mrs. Fang and read it silently. Just after reading it, he was about to fold the letter back when Fang Shi asked, "What did the niece write on the letter? What did my brother-in-law reply?"

Yu Xia put the carefully folded letterhead in his hand, and said, "I just report to my father to be safe. My aunt also knows that my mother left early. My father and I depend on each other. I am far away from home this time, and I am afraid that he will be worried."

Fang Shi praised: "My niece is filial."

Yu Xia smiled and turned to Cao Yaozu: "My father mentioned my cousin in the letter and asked him to work harder, saying that he will wait for the good news from him in the next year's township exam."

This sounded soothing, and Cao's eyes were all smiles. Three years, Yaozu waited for three years, waiting for the next year's township exam to show his skills and raise people in high school.

Not to mention the Linzhou prefecture, the county alone does not know how many scholars there are, but there are very few people. Mrs. Fang knew that it would be difficult to rank up, and she had high expectations for her son, thinking that her son would be a jinshi in the future, or even be ranked second in the number one spot by Yubi... Thinking about it like this, what is a jury?

Of course there will be good news next year. Her son has been studying hard for so many years, and it is time to soar into the sky.

The conversation between Fang Shi and Yu Xia was quite pleasant, because they did not use any bad tricks to give the mother and son hope. The two sides were at peace with each other until the end of October, when Linzhou sent a letter saying that two autumn rains a few days ago had caused Yu Wenbai to catch a cold, and after taking a few medicines, it was not good, and that she wanted her daughter to go back to serve.

After reading the letter, Yu Xia's eyes were red, and she and Fang Shi Daoming hurried back to the guest house, ordering Queer to put away the clothes and skirts that she brought, and leave for Linzhou early tomorrow morning.

Queer didn’t dare to ask any more questions, and immediately went to pack her bags. Yu Xia remembered that the prayer scroll she had written for Mrs. Jin had not been delivered yet, so she went to Fang’s main courtyard again, and begged her aunt to send someone to send it to Jin’s house.

It was getting dark, and Mrs. Jin was listening to her grandson complaining that after so long after her mother Fangchen passed, why did Sister Yu never come?

Old Mrs. Jin can understand better than her grandson, but there are some things that you don't need to explain. She touched the top of her grandson's head and said, "Yuanbao misses your sister Yu. Grandma invites her to play, okay?"

"Okay, good, grandma treats me so well!"

Seeing that the grandson was happy, Mrs. Jin laughed along, and the grandfather and grandson were both enjoying themselves. Suddenly, they heard the housekeeper's announcement that someone was coming from the county seat.

Without waiting for Mrs. Jin to speak, Jin Yuanbao crossed the line and asked, "But sister Yu?"

The butler shook his head.

Jin Yuanbao lost his energy. Seeing that he was pouting with an oil bottle hanging from his mouth, Mrs. Jin suddenly felt amused, ordered her grandson to stay honest, and instructed the housekeeper to invite someone in.

The one sent by the Cao family to run errands was the chief steward of the outer courtyard. He lowered his head and came in, holding a brocade box with auspicious embroidery in both hands. He came in to greet Mrs. Jin first, and then explained the purpose of his visit. It was said that the lady of your house, Fang Chen, received the old lady's reward that day, and she wanted to return the gift, so she burned incense and transcribed this scroll of blessing scriptures. It should have been delivered in person, but unfortunately, a letter from Linzhou said that my aunt was ill, and asked Miss Biao to come home to serve. Miss Biao was about to leave for the journey, remembering that the scriptures had not been delivered yet, so he made this trip.

When Mrs. Jin opened the brocade box, she smelled sandalwood. She picked up the scripture and looked at it.

This volume of prayer scriptures is not short, and it looks sincere.

The old lady Jin was still nodding at first, she heard that Yu Zixiao was ill, and Yu Xia rushed back to Linzhou. She was worried and reluctant, saying that she hadn’t seen each other since the last time. Today, I heard the news about her, and it was already a goodbye. ?

"Your wife is really, you promised to bring her to play every now and then, but she never came." Mrs. Jin's tone was not serious, but it made the steward who sent the scriptures shake a little bit. Now, he was sweating profusely, and he didn't know how to continue.

Fortunately, the old lady Jin just said that, and she didn't embarrass anyone. She closed the lid and turned to look at the big maid who was waiting on the side. Take it back to Yu Xia. He also said that the day was colder than the other day, and it was right for the daughter to rush home to show her filial piety, but she couldn't get cold on the way.

She said that the pattern was ordinary, and when she took it, it was of the highest quality. There are not many such good cloaks in the county. Cao's housekeeper tsk tsk in his heart, secretly said that Miss Biao is really lucky, she really has the eyes of old lady Jin, not just talking about it.

After all, if they hadn't really loved her, no one would be reluctant to give such a good thing.

At this time, the collapsing gold ingot also recovered. He stopped the housekeeper who was about to leave and asked him to wait a while. Then he turned to look at the personal servant and said, "Tongfu, go and eat my usual favorite food. Pretend to be playful and give it to Sister Yu."

Then he muttered again: "How far is it from Kangping to Linzhou? How boring is it to be trapped in a carriage all the way? Bring my starling here and bring it to Sister Yu to relieve her boredom!"

After listening to the old lady Jin, she was overjoyed.

"My heart and soul, in such a cold day, your myna can stand it? It's hard to train, don't waste it!"

"It's okay to pack a few kinds of snacks that you can hold. You usually eat plums, candied fruit, etc., take those."

After the old lady finished speaking, Tong Fu hurried to go. Jin Yuanbao was still questioning, and asked Yu Xia, the steward of the Cao residence, when she would come back after she returned. Are you coming this year?

How dare the steward dare to pack a ticket, he doesn't know!

Jin Yuanbao didn't get the right words when he asked, and he was very angry. When the steward of Cao's house returned with the things, he was still complaining, saying why sister Yu didn't come to play? She didn't come once and was going back.

"Thanks to me thinking about her every day, she didn't care about me."

"Excessive."

Mrs. Jin called her grandson to her and smiled, "It's not that your sister Yu doesn't want to come. She is visiting Cao's house after all, so why bother the master's house?"

"If I knew earlier, I would have someone go to Cao's house to invite her."

"If you don't have a festival, a birthday, or a relative or relative, how do you want to invite me?"

"Grandmother doesn't always send people to other homes to spread the word, saying that she hasn't seen anyone for a long time, and let her come to play."

Mrs. Jin took the opportunity to teach her grandson, saying that you don't take people seriously, just treat it as a joke, and naturally you can come right away. If you really love someone, it is absolutely impossible to be so slow, and people will feel uncomfortable.

Jin Yuanbao is only five years old, and he is the precious egg in the house. He is used to being domineering, and he only seems to understand it when he hears these words. It was the servant girl who was serving in the room, with her head lowered very low. She thought to herself that it was not to mention the young lady who came to flatter and flatter others. Even the few concubines in the house were no different from cats and dogs. I don't know where the young lady of the Cao mansion met the old lady's eye.

When Cao's housekeeper went there, he only took a brocade box, and when he came back, he brought a lot of things, but the most eye-catching one was the cloak lined with silver squirrel skin.

If Mrs. Jin hadn't named it to Yu Xia, she would definitely deduct it if she could, so that it wouldn't be annoying to look at it more than she did now, so she had to wave her hand and tell the housekeeper to send it to her niece.

Early the next morning, the carefully arranged carriage drove away from the Cao Mansion. Before leaving the city, Yu Xia lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced at it, thinking that he would not know when he would come next time.

She can't, she doesn't know the plot, and it's inconvenient to connect with Qiao Yue. Continuing to stay in Cao's house is troublesome, and after thinking about it, it is better to return to Linzhou.

That little black room was either her or Qiao Yue, and there was always someone who knew the plot. Since she doesn't have enough information, she should trust Qiao more, hand over the matter to the other party, and make sure that she doesn't go wrong and doesn't get scammed, at least at this stage.

After all, he didn't know anything, and if he had to rush to help, he might even hold him back. With that in mind, Yu Xia made some moves on the letter to his father. This "illness" was to be expected.

From Kangping to Linzhou, the carriage traveled for several days, Yu Xia was sitting on the soft cushion, leaning on the pillow, holding the silver squirrel skin cape in his arms. It's a bit cold to travel in the carriage at this time, because even if the door of the carriage is closed, the wind will still pour in to some extent. Thanks to this thick cloak, the journey is not too uncomfortable.

There were some bumps, and some boredom. I wanted to flip through the book, but I was afraid of dizziness. Most of the time, Yu Xia had to close his eyes and rest, occasionally chatting with Queer.

Que'er's face is more bitter than Yu Xia's, because she is a servant girl who sold her body to the Yu family, and the master is the backbone of the Yu family. Wind-cold is a minor illness, but it can be fatal if it is bad. The letter said that after drinking a few pairs of medicines, it will not help, which is inevitably worrying.

It wasn't until she returned to the mansion that Queer found that things were not what she thought. The master didn't seem to be in good spirits. She was wondering, and was arranged by the master to go to the stove and let her watch the hot soup.

After Queer had retreated, Yu Zixiao sighed.

Yu Xia poured hot tea for him and asked his father what he sighed.

He heard him say: "In these years, we have not been close to the Cao family, and we have done all the etiquette. We have gone to the New Year's and we have never broken up. Thinking about my father, we are in Linzhou, your aunt is in Kangping, and it is not close. It’s normal for you to have less contact, but this time she remembered that you invited you to stay there for a while, and it’s not reasonable for your father to stop her. Besides, it’s inconvenient for your father to teach you some things, if your aunt is willing, you can give some advice.

Unexpectedly, she is not only caring, but also too caring.

"That day, when I came back from my father's school, I was overjoyed to hear Kang Ping's letter, and when I saw the letter, I was surprised that it was wrong. That calligraphy is not your usual style, and my father guessed that you were telling my father not to be light and clever. I put the letter down after reading it. I read it carefully twice, but didn't see anything, thinking that I mentioned the method of hiding one's head to you before, but I couldn't find the hidden words after splitting it up. It was late at that time. , I was pacing back and forth in the room with the letter paper, and only when I walked to the candlestick did I see the doorway, and there were a few places where the letter paper was light, as if there were small holes."

Recalling that that day, in order to solve the puzzle in the letter, he really struggled, and in the end, he happened to notice the letter leaking light, so he looked at the letter again at the candlestick, and circled the word with the hole.

At that time, I was fortunate, and said that it was fortunate that it was cold today and it was getting dark early. He had already lit the lamp when he came back from the school.

Thinking about it later, this is not what my daughter expected.

The daughter specially changed the font to remind him to pay attention. Knowing that he was late from school, he liked to hold books in his hand when he was reading, and he liked to pace when he was thinking about his thoughts... Then he specially used the tip of a needle to pick out small holes in the home book.

Such a small hole is difficult to see in the daytime, and a little light can leak from the candlestick.

When he circled these words and linked them together, he told him that Cao's house had a plan. He was afraid that if he stayed too long, an accident would happen, so he asked his father to find a way to bring her back.

At that time, Yu Zixiao was both worried about her daughter and full of pride. She thought that when she wrote this letter, she really counted everything, and her talent was so quick that she was not inferior to those strange women recorded in the book.

He replied that he knew the information and asked his daughter to take care of himself and take care of himself. After waiting for a few days, he sent someone to send a letter, saying that it would not be good to drink a few medicines because of the cold, so there is no reason for Mr. Fang to detain him anyway. she.

Yu Zixiao praised Yu Xia for being smart and came up with such a way of spreading the letter, and then asked what happened to the Cao family? What is Mr. Fang planning? Yu Xia told her father what she had seen and heard after arriving in Kangping. She said it very carefully. In the end, she concluded that she had never understood why her aunt and cousin were so interested in her, but there must be demons abnormally. This is wrong. No.

There are some things that Yu Xia doesn’t know about, and it’s normal that he can’t see through it. Yu Zixiao listened to it and suddenly realized that he didn’t look very good. But I was lucky. I taught some capable students, and the students respected me. They didn't forget to give gifts every year. Your cousin mentioned it to me once, probably because he wanted to use the way of being a father to help him in the imperial examinations and even the economy later. There are some conveniences in the official career, because the father sees him as a good learner, and his temper still needs to be sharpened, so he refused, thinking that he is not giving up, so he is eyeing you."

This remark made Yu Xiamao pause, so it was.

Literati pay attention to the succession of teachers and factions, and it is indeed a lot of convenience to be able to borrow this way.

No wonder Fang Shi and Cao Yaozu have so much heart on her.

However, is it worth it?

Is it worth getting a wife for the future?

Yu Xia was thinking about it when she heard Yu Zixiao say: "Since you have returned to the mansion, you don't need to think about it any more. No matter how long the Cao family's hands are, they will not be able to reach Linzhou. It's my father who wants to ask you when you will practice that. Writing? I was surprised by the letter that day."

Yu Xia hurriedly acted like a spoiled child, saying that she wanted to surprise her father, so she practiced secretly, and asked him how?

"I think it's good, I'll write like this in the future."