Yulan got up from her nap, leaned on the couch, picked up a novel about monsters and flipped through it casually, when Xiaoyu came in holding a cloisonné enamel washbasin.

"How did you sleep, girl?" Xiaoyu put the basin on the Ruyi small round table, helped Yulan up from the couch, and helped her wash her hands. Seeing that she only did reading all day long, she persuaded softly:

"Girl is almost thirteen this year. It's time to pick up the embroidery skills and learn them!" Yulan's body inherited her mother's intelligence. She can learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she doesn't like to do needlework.

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De Yan, Rong Gong, and Nühong are the most basic skills for women in ancient times. Not being able to embroider is like not being able to read in modern times. If you can't write or compose poetry, you can still serve your parents-in-law and have children, but you can't pick up needlework.

, it is very possible that even the husband’s family cannot be found.

Yulan couldn't help but feel depressed. She was no longer a wealthy young lady with no doorstep. She had already changed into a modern soul inside. She was asked to hold an embroidery needle and embroider all day long... How could she sit still?

You don't have to suffocate her to death.

Yulan smiled and said: "Little Hoof, you don't learn from the good ones but the bad ones, but you teach your master a lesson?"

Xiaoyu knew that she would not be really angry, so she smiled and said: "This slave is not for the girl's benefit. Although wealthy families have servants who specialize in needlework, when the girl gets married in the future, she will always make some gadgets for her mother-in-law.

Let’s make some silk clothes for my uncle..."

"Okay, little hoof is getting worse and worse, how dare you make fun of me!" Yulan laughed and went to the ground to hit her. In this era, when it comes to sensitive topics like marriage, how can we not show shyness?

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"My slave, I don't dare, I don't dare anymore!" The two people laughed and made a fuss. Xiaoyue walked in with a bowl of tea. Seeing such a scene, she smiled and asked: "Girl, what are you doing?

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Yulan smiled and said, "It's nothing. This little hoof has no control over her mouth. I'll treat her." Xiaoyue came over and helped her sit down, and gave her some tea.

Yu Lan asked with a straight look on her face: "How is Mother Wang?"

Xiaoyue curled her lips: "Honestly, I went to bed after eating. After eating all those things, I feel in such good spirits that I don't look like I've been beaten."

Yulan pointed at Xiaoyue and said to Xiaoyu: "The hoof has grown in, you can see it!" He told Xiaoyue: "Find my embroidery cloth, and you can teach me how to make needlework."

Xiaoyue was surprised: "Isn't it the girl who hates sewing the most?"

Yulan said angrily: "Why don't you let others make some progress? Hurry up and go!"

Xiaoyue stuck out her tongue and went inside to get an embroidery bag and various embroidery threads. The three masters and servants sat in front of the window, threading needles and threads to embroider lotus flowers. Xiaoyu's mother was a needleworker in the house, and she was very skilled in needlework.

Outstanding, even though Xiaoyu is young, she has learned 70% of her skills from her. Among the girls in the Yang family, she is considered to be the best. She is more than enough to teach a layman like Yulan.

After only a few stitches, a little girl shouted outside: "Sister Xinghuang is here."

Yulan hurriedly walked out of the room, stepped down to greet her, and said politely: "Why are sisters Xinghuang here in person? Please come in and have a cup of hot tea." Xinghuang is the most useful girl in the old lady's room, and her status is

It's unusual, even the eldest wife and the second wife have to show some respect when they see her.

"I have met the Seventh Girl." Xinghuang bowed meticulously and smiled politely: "I have been ordered by the old lady to give the Seventh Girl the Four Treasures of the Study, a copy of the Shurangama Sutra and a copy of the Lotus Sutra.

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Yulan hurriedly let Xinghuang into the main room and ordered Xiaoyue to make tea. Xinghuang said hurriedly: "Miss Qi, please don't do this. I will put down my things and leave. I have to rush back to the old lady to wait on her." Her tone was courteous.

Although she is a popular person around the old lady, she respects and loves herself and never uses her power to bully others. Therefore, she has won the favor and respect of all people in the Yang family.

Yulan forced her to sit down, "I know you can't be away from grandma for a moment, but there is always time to have a cup of tea." His gentle attitude was like a spring breeze, making it impossible to refuse.

Xinghuang thanked her, put the box she was holding on the table, and opened it for Yu Lan to see. Inside she saw that it was indeed a set of four treasures of the study and two scriptures. The pen was Hu pen, the ink was Hui ink, the paper was rice paper, and the inkstone was Duan inkstone.

The materials are exquisite and the craftsmanship is exquisite. You can tell that it is made by a famous master.

Yulan looked at it and was secretly surprised. The old lady's move was really extraordinary. This set of four treasures of the study was worth a lot of money. I'm afraid it wasn't worth a hundred taels of silver.

After asking the old lady about her diet and daily life, whether she took naps or anything like that, Yu Lan asked, "What scripture is grandma reading now?"

Xinghuang said: "Surangama Sutra." He turned to a certain page in the sutra, pointed to one of the pages and said, "Miss Qi, you can copy it from here. The old lady was reading here yesterday."

Xiaoyue brought tea, and Xinghuang stood up and thanked her. After taking a sip of tea, he said: "I am a humble servant, please make the font size as large as possible. The old lady is getting older, her eyesight is getting worse, and the words in the Buddhist scriptures are too big."

It’s small, and it always looks like it’s very difficult.”

"Thank you, sister, for reminding me. I'm very grateful." In fact, Xinghuang didn't say anything, Yulan was also planning to do the same. In her previous life, when she reported work to the old guys like the president and vice president, she would always use the fonts on the materials.

Print in size 2. As people get older, their eyesight will blur.

Xinghuang finally had a bowl of tea before leaving. Yulan took her to the entrance of the courtyard and then turned around. After entering the house, Xiaoyue asked: "Girl, do you still do needlework?"

Yu Lan said: "What else are you doing with needlework? Hurry up and copy the scriptures. That's the right thing to do."

Giving her such a good opportunity to please the big boss, it would be foolish not to seize the opportunity to express herself well and try to gain more impression points.

So he entered the next study room, Xiaoyue laid out paper and polished ink, Xiaoyu lit the sandalwood, and Yulan cheered up and started copying stroke by stroke.

From then on, he greeted the eldest lady every morning and evening, went to the boudoir school for an hour in the morning, and spent the rest of the time in the study copying Buddhist scriptures. The eldest lady was still indifferent to her. But Mrs. Wang left the bed the next day.

I got up, as if I had been "recovered" after being spanked twenty times overnight. I still beat people and scolded dogs, and I couldn't live in peace all day long. I was just a lot more polite to Yu Lan. I think it was because of some advice from Mother Li.

, she didn’t dare to make a mistake. Every time she scolded Xiaoyue and Xiaoyu again, Yulan would scold her severely, which made Mrs. Wang a little embarrassed.

During this period, Yulan deeply felt the benefits of being with the big boss. Not only did the maids and women everywhere became much more respectful, but even the food in the kitchen and the lights, candles and coal sent from the warehouse were much better than before.

Wait. Let’s take food for example. In the past, all the things I brought back were leftovers from other people’s meals, but now I finally have fresh food. The little girl who went to the kitchen to get the food box no longer has anyone to show her face with a gun or a stick.

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Yulan couldn't help but sigh, it was too obvious that these servants were flattering others and suppressing others.

This all depends on the old lady's support.

But Yulan still hasn't figured out why the old lady promoted her like this.

That day when I was copying scriptures, Xiaoyu came in and said, "The girl Yun'er next to the third young master is here." Yulan was very happy to hear this, "Invite them in quickly."

After a while, Xiaoyu brought in a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a bright green armor. She looked very ordinary, but she looked steady and generous. "The third young master asked me to come and say hello to the girl!" After saying that, he knelt down.

Kowtow to Yulan.

Yulan shouted: "No need to be polite, Xiaoyue help the person up quickly." The third young master, Zong Geer, is the one with whom Yulan has the best relationship among all the brothers and sisters in the Yang family.

Brother Zong was only three months younger than Yulan, and his adoptive mother, Aunt Song, was the eldest master's personal maid before he got married. Not long after Aunt Liu gave birth to Brother Ye, it was the right time for her to be favored. The eldest wife took the initiative to treat Aunt Song.

, became the concubine of the great master. Aunt Song was also very successful, and soon gave birth to Brother Zong.

The eldest wife originally wanted to use Aunt Song to suppress Aunt Liu, but when she saw Aunt Song gave birth to Zong Geer, she became suspicious of her. So she sent her to the remote Lvjingzhai to live with Yulan's biological mother, Aunt Qi. Zong Geer

He and Yulan lived together in Lvjingzhai for four or five years. They were suppressed and exploited by the eldest wife, and both of them suffered a lot. During this period, two aunts passed away one after another, and the two siblings depended on each other for life, forming a deep friendship.

Later, the eldest wife changed her attitude towards Zong Geer and took him out of Lujingzhai, and his life gradually became easier. Later, as he got older, he moved to the outer courtyard. Over the years, the two of them

One lived in the inner courtyard and the other lived in the outer courtyard. Although it was inconvenient for them to communicate with each other, Zong Geer did a lot of helping Yu Lan overtly and secretly.

With such a relationship, Yu Lan was naturally very happy to meet Zong Geer's eldest maid Yun'er.

Just listen to Yun'er say: "The third young master heard that the girl has been copying scriptures for the old lady, forgetting to eat and sleep, and can't eat or sleep well. He missed the girl very much, but it was inconvenient to run to the backyard all the time, so he asked the slave to come and see the girl

.The third young master asked his slave to tell the girl that being filial to your grandmother is your duty, but you must also take care of your body. You must do what you can and don't get sick from fatigue."

Yu Lan secretly laughed in her heart. She asked Xiaoyu to spread this rhetoric. In fact, she ate well and slept soundly. She could understand that Brother Zong didn't come to see her himself. Now the eldest wife has devoted most of her thoughts to

Putting it on Brother Zong, if the two of them get too close, the eldest wife will inevitably be jealous.

There was a warmth in her heart, and she said: "Go back and tell the third brother that everything is fine here, and ask him not to worry. The boy's examination is about to begin. He is well prepared. I am more happy than anything else to win the scholar." She asked again: "

How is the third young master's health recently? How well do you sleep? Have you made any progress in studying?"

Yun'er said with a sad face: "Everything is fine with the third young master! Even though he has been busy taking exams recently, he studies until the fourth watch every day, gets up again at five o'clock in the morning, and only sleeps for one or two hours every day. He doesn't listen to the advice of his servants.

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Yu Lan secretly thought to himself. Zong Geer has suffered a lot since he was a child and has tempered his stable and mature temperament. He will definitely become a great person in the future. But after all, he is still young. It is necessary for him to take the Jinshi exam and pursue an official career.

The hurdles he has passed are as the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. If a scholar fails to pass the exam, then there is nothing to worry about. At this time, he will inevitably worry about gains and losses. But it is always not good to tighten the bow string too tight. Maybe it will affect him in the exam room.

of normal performance.

Yulan thought for a while, then asked Xiaoyu to take the four treasures from the study, and wrote eight big characters with a splash of ink: one piece and one piece, the way of civility and martial arts. He handed it to Yun'er and said: "Give this to your third master. Just say what I said.

, Sharpening a knife does not waste time chopping firewood. Only when you have a good rest can you make greater progress in studying. If you don't even have the time to nourish your energy, how can you do great things in the future."

Yun'er took the calligraphy and said a few more greetings before leaving Lvjingzhai and going out of the Chuihua Gate back to the outer courtyard. When she saw Yang Chengzong, she first presented Yu Lan's calligraphy to him. Yang Chengzong understood it immediately after seeing it.

Yun'er told Yang Chengzong what Yulan said word for word. After listening, Yang Chengzong said nothing and just sent Yun'er down. That night, he only read until the second watch and then stopped. He will study later.
Chapter completed!