The Eighteenth Century of Xuyang in the Red Chamber

Xu Yang didn't dare to look up again until he reached the gate of the Lin Mansion, only to feel that his face was a little hot.It's not that he has never seen a beautiful woman, what kind of star will there be in the future?But that's different.Hulala, such a group of girls who seemed to have stepped down from the pictures of ancient ladies suddenly appeared in front of him, the impact was not ordinary!This is not a little girl in Lin's mansion, but a top girl in Yangzhou.The beauty and temperament are all first-class girls, a group!Although it was just a hasty glance, it still stunned the innocent young classmate Xu Yang.

Walking to the mansion in a daze, someone took the horse away for him, he was still in a daze, but he heard Lin Daiyu snorted: "Why, brother wants to find me a sister-in-law?" Xu Yang almost choked, looked up Seeing that little Lolita was looking at him fiercely, she hurriedly shouted: "How could that be! I'm only ten-fifteen! You can't fall in love early at this age!"

"Puppy love?" Lin Daiyu repeated these two words in doubt, Xu Yang hurriedly interrupted: "Is it fun in school? You are younger than them, maybe you can play with everyone?"

"Going to school is not for fun!" Lin Daiyu hadn't turned her mind from Xu Yang's strange words, so she rebuked him first, but then she couldn't help laughing again: "But it's really fun. The gentlemen teach very well, and the classmates are also very interesting. I am alone at home, and although I have a few sisters at my grandmother’s place, I don’t see them every day. Although the classmates here have only been together for a day, they are not tempered. Having said that, although it’s only been a day, I can see that most of them are easy to get along with, and their talents and learning have opened my eyes.” Just as she was speaking, a woman brought a soft sedan chair over, and Lin Daiyu waved her hand to let them carry the sedan chair away : "There are only a few steps in total, I can just walk over by myself."

After dismissing the mother-in-law, Lin Daiyu saw that Xu Yang was still looking at her eagerly, so she continued: "At that time in Beijing, the second sister played very well at chess, but during the lunch break, she played chess with the Chen family sister. After a game, I think she is better at playing chess than the second sister! Calligraphy class in the afternoon, Miss Zheng Jiasan's handwriting is really good, although it is not as good as your brother, but there is no trace of boudoir style in writing! Shan Zhang Mrs. Jiang said that she was admitted to the exam last year, and a small part of her characters are not as good as hers! Oh, this is not what our mountain chief himself meant, it was the mountain chief's brother, Mr. Wan, who told her, Wan Your Excellency is the house official of the township examination last year (Note 1). We finished the exam a while ago, the examiners have read all the papers, and the results have also come out. It happened that Master Wan came back from the holiday to visit relatives, and the head of the mountain gave a few papers that she thought were good. Show it to Master Wan, Master Wan said so."

Xu Yang held back his laughter and said, "It seems that Mrs. Jiang must have shown your exam papers to Lord Wan! How did she praise you?"

Lin Daiyu was already proud and arrogant, if she hadn't been praised, she would definitely not be in such a good mood.Xu Yang guessed right, and sure enough, she smiled and said, "I didn't praise my handwriting, but I mainly praised my solid knowledge. I didn't make a mistake in posting the scriptures in our first exam. I got everything right last time." The girl was still three years ago, but she was three years older than me at that time! Master Wan said that if I were a boy, why would I worry about being named on the gold list, what a pity!"

Xu Yang couldn't help smiling, Lin Daiyu said that Mrs. Jiang didn't praise her handwriting very much, she must have praised her handwriting, but she was young after all, no matter how smart and hard-working, but she had only practiced handwriting for a few years?It is really understandable that she is not as good as that Miss Zheng San.On the contrary, it is really not easy to be solid in knowledge, Master Wan's praise is simply the highest praise for a girl's knowledge!

Although Jiangnan pays more attention to the education of girls, they are girls after all, so the Four Books for Girls is nothing more than a book. Girls from a scholarly family must read them, but who can make girls put so much effort into the Four Books and Five Classics?It was for Chunwei's exam, and after all, it was just for such an exam. It's not a matter of whether you can pass the exam or not. Naturally, you should put the female four books and etiquette, talent, needlework, etc. that girls need to learn first. You will definitely not be like Lin Daiyu Generally, she has worked hard on this for three or four years. The Jinshi teacher enlightened Tanhua's father to be a full-time teacher, coupled with an absolutely genius IQ, who can compare with her in this respect!

Lin Daiyu had a very pleasant day indeed.

What do you say that everyone is a lady who does not go out of the door, and who is born to like to stay at home?

Lin Daiyu's mother was not in good health as long as she could remember, and she seldom took her out to play. When she was young, Jia Min took her to visit other people's homes, but she can't remember clearly; In Jia's mansion, she was still in her filial piety, and she hadn't even left the house for more than a year.Let alone her, even the three of them, Yingchun Tanchun and Xichun, no one took them out to meet guests.I didn't think so at the time, but now I think about it and I can't help but sigh: who cares about a child without a mother?Yingchun and Tanchun are all from concubines, so how can my mother get on the stage, let alone Yingchun's mother is long gone.Although Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang are mothers in name, they are not biological after all. How could she take them to another house as guests in leisure?Not to mention Xichun, no matter how she was born in the first place, her mother is gone long ago, so she just needs to be taken care of by the servant girl, who would even think about whether she should go out to relax.

Lin Daiyu hadn't been really happy in the two years since Jia Min's death, but suddenly her father took her back to her side, loving her three points more than before, and she had an aunt at home who specially raised her.Although they were brought up by relatives, but this is in my own home, how can it be compared with my grandmother's home?Not to mention Mrs. Lin's eyes and hearts are all about her, and she is really wholehearted to her, even her own son has to be left behind—how did Lin Daiyu know that Xu Yang is not Mrs. Xu's biological son, of course, Mrs. Xu treats Xu Yang no differently from her own son, But after all, boys are no more than girls who should always be around. Xu Yang's education is largely left to Lin Ruhai, while Lin Daiyu's education is in charge of Mrs. Xu, so in comparison, Mrs. Xu seems to be more attentive to Lin Daiyu.

In the capital, Baoyu was so kind to her that day, why didn't he go to play with Sister Bao from time to time?But now at home, although there are few people, they all put her first.What's more, Baoyu grew up spoiled and pampered, and she couldn't control her temper. The two of them were stumbling and getting angry.But my cousin Xu Yang here is completely different, because he is much older than her, so he treats her like a little sister, pampers her in everything, and tries his best to make her happy, but he is already almost a little sister. My lord, act prudently, and won't be like Baoyu in the wind and rain... So comparing the two, Jia Baoyu's kindness to her and Xu Yang's wholehearted devotion to her are not at the same level at all.Counting all aspects, Lin Daiyu feels that the present life is really happy.

The only shortcoming is that there are few close friends in the boudoir. After all, it is difficult to go out because of filial piety. She is the only girl in the house. It is true that she can't find a partner even for a whisper.Now that she is out of filial piety and admitted to a women's school, Lin Daiyu is really happy to go to school. There is no talented woman who goes to school in Chunweili!It really fit Lin Daiyu's liking.

There are not many students in Chunwei Women's School. They take the advanced route, three grades and three classes, with a total of more than 40 students.Lin Daiyu's freshman grade has the most students, and there are only sixteen girls. Each of them brings a maid to wait on him, and there are only 32 girls in the spacious classroom.Because Lin Daiyu's family was close, Xu Yang was very excited.It was early, and no one in the class had arrived yet.I saw the names of the students posted on each table, and with a glance, I saw that my seat was in the first row on the south side. Behind each table was a chair and a stool. Obviously, the chairs were for the lady and the stools were for the lady. Girl's.The table is a bit old, but the style is good. It is not expensive wood, but it is also very good camphor wood, and the workmanship is also meticulous. It is obvious that it has been used by students for many years, and the tabletop is polished and shiny.

Because it was still early spring, the four corners of the room had smoked cages, but it was not cold.Lin Daiyu's position is particularly good, the morning sun is shining on her body through the bright tiles, it is warm, and the lighting is the best position in the room.Xueyan wiped the table and chairs clean—in fact, they were not dirty at all—and then asked Lin Daiyu to sit down.

In fact, no matter where she could sit, Lin Daiyu just sat down and other female students came in one after another, so they were busy greeting each other and introducing themselves to each other.Xu Yang was worried that Lin Daiyu would be wronged, so before going out he told her not to bear being bullied.

Speaking of it, the literati look down on each other, that is, there are too many scholars in Chongya Academy who can't deal with each other!What's even more damning is that the ancient literati listed "tongue" as one of the major sins of women, but in fact, these male literati are the most fucking ungrateful!Speaking of scolding people, eight generations of ancestors would pull out and flog corpses. Before Xu Yang entered Chongya, Lin Ruhai told him many times to refrain from haste and be patient, and not to offend people with quick tongue... The implication is that these literati talk the most. broken!You didn't go through serious channels, you still keep your tail between your legs.Otherwise, there are some people who have a bad mouth, and when you speak, a big hat can't overwhelm you. Your mouth is nothing compared to someone who is a professional scolder from a professional background!

So Xu Yang judges others by himself, thinking that Lin Daiyu is so talented and young, as the saying goes, not being envied by others is a mediocrity!What's more, although girls are cute, many of them are narrow-minded. Maybe someone is jealous of Lin Daiyu and sees her bullying her a little?

It's a pity that he obviously doesn't know the way of women's school. Lin Daiyu is like a fish in water in women's school, so he is just worrying about it.In fact, the jealousy he imagined is really there, um, it’s not right, I haven’t met him before, saying that the jealousy is too much, anyway, it’s the feeling that girls are not convinced, but in fact there are still some.However, this kind of emotion that was not strong in the first place was eliminated before reaching Lin Daiyu.

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Note 1: Housing officials: the same examiners of the rural examination, under the chief examiner, help mark the papers, generally ranging from 8 to 18 people.