The Eighteenth Century of Xuyang in the Red Chamber

Since half of the students who took the Chunwei Women's School Entrance Examination were eleven or twelve girls, it was obvious that Lin Daiyu was a little too young, only nine years old after her age.It took six or seven years for most of the eleven or twelve girls to be admitted to Chunwei Girls' School, but obviously no one in the Lin family was worried about whether she would be admitted, just kidding!A Jinshi is a teacher, Tanhua's father is now a daily tutor, and Sister Lin's IQ is so high, she will not pass the exam?Ghosts believe it!

Of course, there is another reason for being so anxious to go to school. Lin Ruhai sadly received a letter from the emperor a few years ago. The general meaning was: I know that Aiqing is not in good health, but it is too early to talk about retirement, but your health is really good. You can’t be tired for too long. The problem is that I’ve been in trouble recently. I really can’t pick someone who is suitable to succeed you. Well, your term will be up early next year. I’ll order you to serve another term first, but I will choose someone as soon as possible. To succeed you... Your second term will be up to one year, and I will send someone to take over your work, and then you will recuperate well in Yangzhou, fully recuperate, and come to Beijing to serve by my side...

Although Lin Ruhai didn't return to Beijing in the next year as he wished, he got a reassurance that the emperor agreed to his return to Beijing, but he didn't find a suitable candidate for a while, and there is a high probability that he doesn't have to hold on this time. It's been three years... Maybe he's not the kind of eternal emperor who has accomplished great things, but he is indeed a conscientious emperor, and he has a good reputation. He never promises easily. At most, he will be able to resign by the end of the year!

Originally, this was really a good idea, but Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief and became more energetic.Unexpectedly, as soon as he relaxed, he suddenly thought of his daughter's study problem, and suddenly became Spartan!There are no women's schools in Jingcheng, what will my Yu'er do if I really go back!

This is what Jia Min felt most internally when he arrived in Yangzhou. The first time Jia Min came to Yangzhou that day, he accompanied Lin Ruhai to send his mother's coffin back to Suzhou, and then came to Yangzhou to study. Because of Lin Ruhai's father's death, he was no longer a Hou family. Lin Ruhai himself was just a juren at that time, but he couldn't stand Lin Ruhai's teacher Niu!So the only ones I associate with are the wives and young ladies of the scholarly family.Although Jia Min is very talented, who is a married woman who has nothing to show off her poetic talent?Show off your handwriting again?There is no chance at all!When I first came to Yangzhou, when I talked with them, the most powerful people in this group were naturally Chunwei Girls' School, and the next best were from "Derong School" and "Zhonghui Girls' School". study!Although Jia Min learned a lot at home that day, just like us in the 21st century, you got full marks in the self-examinations and learned the master's course by yourself, and you didn't go directly to Tsinghua University to listen to the prestige...Jia Min's name There is a word "Min", why can't I see that the ladies here in the relationship are all self-proclaimed as talented women from the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a bit of subtext like "the women from Beijing are all uneducated housewives"... It took Jia Min a lot of work to wash away the stamp of "rich girl in the capital" that people stamped on her.When she came to Yangzhou again, she was already the order of the third rank. Of course, no one dared to look down on her, but she was still worried about the fact that the wives in Jiangnan secretly looked at her differently because she didn't go to girls' school.I have no children for many years, and I gave birth to a daughter with great difficulty. After just one full moon, Lin Ruhai talked to Lin Ruhai: "Hmph, when I don't know, they don't say anything, and I always feel that I don't go to a girls' school like them. What's the big deal?" Yes! When my daughter grows up, I will let her take Chunwei's No.1 exam every time, and see who dares to say what is going on in Beijing..." Lin Ruhai laughed at her at the time: "Yu'er It's my daughter, she's a girl from Jiangnan, just like them, you're wasting your efforts..." Then Jia Min beat her up...

It's no wonder that Jia Min is so worried about not going to school, nothing else: she always thinks highly of herself, but because she didn't go to girls' school, she is obviously very talented, yet she is still looked down upon in terms of talent!Although we gradually got to know her in the relationship and everyone knew that she was talented, but such a pimple was here, Jia Min was extremely concerned about her daughter's going to a women's school.And Lin Ruhai himself is from Jiangnan, so how can girls not go to school?It's just that in the past, when Daiyu was young, before it was time to worry about this, Lin Ruhai ignored it.

The past was vivid in his memory, and as soon as the matter of returning to Beijing was in sight, Lin Ruhai suddenly remembered his wife's wish.God, I didn't send my daughter to a girls' school! !When I return to Beijing, I will have no chance. The girls in the capital are all taught at home by themselves... God, this is shooting myself in the foot!A serious girl from Jiangnan, who stayed in Yangzhou for so long and didn't go to girls' school?This is not a shame!Right now Lin Ruhai completely forgot about her daughter's filial piety...

Xu Yang inquired about the situation of the school where Lin's younger sister was studying, and he gasped in shock. Damn, this thing is even more perverted than Chongya Academy!He asked Mrs. Xu with trembling lips: "Mom, you mean my sister has to learn so many things, it's not much easier than taking the first prize!"

Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "That's not true! The female students who graduated from Chunwei, the ones who graduated with the highest grades in the end, are the ones who are directly called the No. A girl like this won't show her timidity even in front of the empress!"

"Oh, so powerful? Is there still an etiquette class where you practice standing with a bowl in your hands?" Xu Yang's bad humor flared up.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Xu was very surprised: "How could it be? How can Chunwei's teacher teach you how to stand, sit, walk, and walk? There is an etiquette class there, but the teacher only talks about the big rules, which is what you say in the Six Arts." "Five Rituals", aren't you learning these days? It's "auspicious", "bad", "jun", "bin" and "jia" (Note 1). Of course, girls are no better than you, so you don't need to learn "jun" etiquette. Generally Even the "Bin" etiquette is not needed in the family, but Chunwei Women's School has produced a lot of wives in recent years, so the "Bin" etiquette is also taught very carefully. In fact, these things only go to Chunwei Wei's girls know a little bit about it, but Chunwei will teach it more carefully. After all, not all wives are obliged, and they know all the etiquette." After finishing speaking, he laughed: "If the girl of eleven or twelve wants someone else How can you go to Chunwei to teach Yang'er what you said? It's just the little girl at home, she can't even serve her master in front of her!"

Xu Yang fell silent immediately, because he was really misled by those etiquette schools in later generations.A girl in his class just signed up for the etiquette class. It is said that it is like training a model, and she has to do all the movements to look good... Sigh, those basic classes are just for girls who don't even have the basic quality of etiquette. ah!

China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times. In this country where etiquette is still the most important, how can a girl from a top family teach her how to walk and eat to look better?Just kidding!

Ask sister Lin, does she need to learn how to smile the most gentle in front of the mirror?unnecessary!Because her mother, grandmother, aunt, aunt, and all the female relatives around her are gentle and gentle.Then ask Sister Bao how she can walk in such a long skirt without her feet leaking out or tripping over?Of course she will, because she has been walking like this since she was a child!

A real lady from a famous family can be painted with a smile and a frown, these were never taught by the etiquette teacher overtime!This is their upbringing.In these people's families, even if they are little maids, unless someone told them to behave in the first place, it is impossible for someone to stare at them all day long and want to walk like this and talk like this!Their environment will re-educate them. If they do the right thing, no one will reward them. This is the minimum requirement.If you make a mistake, you will naturally be punished.For the simple things like eating and drinking water for the famous ladies, would it take them a few hours to learn?Even in some families, there are mothers who teach etiquette, and they have been subtle about etiquette since childhood, correcting them at any time, explaining etiquette knowledge that can be used everywhere, how can it be okay to spend hours standing and sitting practicing posture!Unless you have Qing Yunzhi, you have to enter the palace.

When Xu Yang thought that in two or three months, he would actually go to listen to an old number one scholar to listen to him explain the Four Books and Five Classics to the people, his head was buzzing, God, the earth, a Tanhua who is not too old It scared him crazy, and now he has to learn from Tanhua's teacher, God, this world is too scary.But when she heard about the situation that sister Lin was about to face, she immediately regained her mental balance.

Xu Yang came to visit her with great sympathy for Sister Lin and shared joys and sorrows, but saw that this little loli was practicing calligraphy seriously, but what she wrote was Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine", a magnificent poem, which was captured by her. It was neatly written in the small letters of the hairpin flower, which made Xu Yang's hands itch when he saw it, it's so out of tune!But you really can't force it, such a young girl lacks wrist strength, you let her write boldly and boldly, "Water from the Yellow River comes from the sky..." This is too embarrassing!

After watching for a while, Xu Yang still couldn't help threatening little Lolita. "Aren't you going to memorize the books? Even though it's a scripture post, you still have to test more than a dozen books! Be careful not to pass the test!"

How could Sister Lin be intimidated by him, she raised her head and sneered, "You think I am you? I had almost memorized the Four Books before I entered Beijing that day. Although no one has taught them these two years, these sage books have never left me." Just now, my aunt gave me a rough introduction to the Fourth Nvshu. Although I don’t know all of these books now, it’s not difficult to memorize them. The exam is not difficult, and I don’t need to write something by myself. , just pasting the scriptures (that is, pasting a few words from the original text for the test to fill in, which is the current fill-in-the-blank question, which is often used in some links of the imperial examination). One point is decent."

Back-down-come-no-what-what-for-difficulty-! ! !

This sentence made Xu Yang dizzy, God, sister Lin, how old are you!The Four Books and Five Classics plus the Four Books for Women, have you memorized them all?Is this still human?Finding balance with her is simply looking for abuse!Xu Yang, who was hit by the wall and wanted to hit the wall, obediently picked up "University" and sat on the side and started to memorize... Now he can only ask for more understanding, first memorize it, and then talk, after memorizing it, ask Sister Lin carefully about the source of those allusions that I don't know!Nima, I'm almost finished college, and I'm sure I'll be recommended for postgraduate studies. Back here, I'm not as educated as an 8,9 or [-]-year-old girl. It's too shocking! (Dear, you really chose the wrong control group)

So in the remaining days before the year, the siblings were busy studying, and preparing for the exam leisurely. Lin Ruhai stepped up time to deal with official duties, and other people in the house were frantically preparing for the New Year. Before they knew it, it was New Year's Eve.

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Note 1: Five rituals: "auspicious" ceremony, used for sacrifices; "bad" ceremony, used for funerals; "military" ceremony, used for field hunting and military affairs; "bin" ceremony, used for court meetings or exchanges between princes; "Jia" ceremony is used for banquets and celebrations.Each of these five etiquettes has a complicated system.