Huaijin Fairy Journey

Chapter 3 Gifts
After the steward resigned, Madam Yan looked at the eldest daughter-in-law and said, "Huiyun, Hongxuan should have told you that your grandfather will be back soon."

"Mother, Hongxuan told me about this. I heard from the supervisor that my grandfather has already arrived in Anyang, Guizhou. Counting the time of stay, he will arrive home in a dozen days or a month or two. The last time I It was eight years ago when I saw my grandfather, and the children of Huaiyuan's generation have never met their great-grandfather, so this time they will meet." Zhou Huiyun happily replied.

"That's right, it's been eight years. How time flies. In a blink of an eye, Huaiyuan is eight years old. He was just born when his great-grandfather set out to travel!" Madam Tai looked at Xue Huaiyuan's three brothers and sisters with emotion.

When Xue Huaiyuan heard his grandmother and mother mention his great-grandfather, he subconsciously sat upright, wanting to hear more about his great-grandfather.

Xue Huaijin was in her mother's arms, and before she could open her mouth, she heard the third brother ask her own feelings.

"Grandma, is my great-grandfather the great-grandfather who gave me the model building boat and mechanism dog during the Chinese New Year?" Xue Huaijun who was sitting next to the eldest brother ran to Mrs. Tai and asked.

Mrs. Tai put her arms around Xue Huaijun and said, "Yes, the great-grandfather who gave you many toys every year is coming back."

Mrs. Tai hugged the three brothers and sisters Xue Huaiyuan one by one, and after asking them about their recent study and living conditions, another steward came to look for them. It was because the old man came home recently to resettle the tribe.

Mrs. Tai listened to the steward's report and said to Zhou Huiyun: "You are responsible for this matter. It is estimated that many clansmen will come later. You can arrange and entertain them."

"Leave it to me, mother, just don't worry. Then I will take the children back first. Some people from the clan have already arrived. Although the management is arranged according to the old rules, I will go and see what else needs to be added and replaced." Zhou Huiyun will come over now. Just looking for work.

As the eldest daughter-in-law, Zhou Huiyun will be the next wife of the patriarch and head of the family if nothing else happens, so on weekdays, the sisters-in-law only need to go to Mrs. Tai to pay her respects on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, and she often comes here.

It is said that who doesn't want to be in charge of the family, women are not like men who can go to court to earn fame and fame, but can only toss at home.

Her luck is good, her husband's family is a famous family, the family has been officials for generations, the family style is upright, there are basically no concubines and concubines, but it is also boring.

It just so happens that she is the eldest daughter-in-law, the wife of the next patriarch and the wife of the next head of the house, and she often comes to help her mother-in-law.

And the mother-in-law also intends to train herself.

Zhou Huiyun sent the three Xue Huaijin brothers and sisters back to Qingzhuyuan and went to work.

The three brothers and sisters discussed it and decided to go to the study to read.

There is a study room in the Green Bamboo Courtyard that is specially used by the three brothers and sisters. The desks and stools are all customized according to their heights.

At the beginning, the three of them sat in their seats and read books, and after a while they became two older brothers teaching Xue Huaijin how to read.

Xue Huaijin helplessly looked at the third brother who was getting more and more interested. Although he memorized these simple words in school, for the sake of their fun, he could only accompany them.

At the beginning, I had a playful mentality, but finally I started to get serious unconsciously, and I really learned a lot of words. It wasn't until my mother came and asked the three of them to have dinner that the three of them ended the teaching with more than enough meaning.

When they took a walk after dinner to digest food, the three brothers and sisters stopped playing and pestered their father to ask about their great-grandfather.

Third brother: "Father, how old is great-grandfather this year?"

Father: "Your great-grandfather is 68 years old this year."

Third brother: "Wow! Much, much older than us!"

Xue Huaijin: "Father, why hasn't great-grandfather come home?"

Father: "The places your great-grandfather was going to were all too far away, so it was inconvenient to go home. Now that you are done with your work, you will go home."

Third brother: "Grandmother said that my great-grandfather gave me the model building boat and mechanism dog, so this time when great-grandfather comes home, is there any gift for me?"

Father: "I don't know if your great-grandfather prepared gifts for you, but you receive gifts from your great-grandfather every year. What about the gifts you gave to your great-grandfather?"

The three brothers and sisters were stunned...

On the second day of Mengxue, Xue Huaijin just went out in the morning, and saw the third brother punching at the gate of her courtyard, and understood that he was waiting for her to go to Mengxue together.

Xue Huaijun saw Xue Huaijin, and immediately ran over: "Sister, have you thought about a gift for great-grandfather?"

"Not yet, what about you?" Xue Huaijin asked curiously.

"I looked through all my things last night, nothing works, nothing satisfies me!" Xue Huaijun spread his hands helplessly.

Regarding this, Xue Huaijin said that she can't do anything, and she is also worried. All her things are given by her family. The most interesting and favorite things are all given by her great-grandfather. She can't send them back again, and she also needs help!

By the way, there is also the eldest brother. Let's see if we can meet the eldest brother today. We will discuss it when the time comes.

When they arrived at Mengxue, their attendants could not enter. Xue Huaijin and Xue Huaijun followed the attendants in Mengxue to Dingshe. Although she and her elder brother and third brother were both in Mengxue, Mengxue was also differentiated according to age and level of education.

The family school of the Xue family in Yanjing is divided into Xue's Mongolian School and Xue's Clan School.

Xue's Enrollment school starts from three years old to ten years old, and learns a little bit of everything, mainly laying the foundation and cultivating temperament and habits.

Xue clan studies need to pass the exam to enter, and you can choose to study in depth. From the age of nine to 11 years old, you can apply for a total of three exams, and children who have not passed the exam at the age of 11 quit the clan study.

As for what to do after dropping out of school, it depends on the arrangements of each family.

Xue's Mengxue is divided into the main family's Mengxue and the separate family's Mengxue.

There is only one elementary school in the family, and in the ancestral house, only the heirs are accepted.

There are several branch schools, each of which is opened individually or in combination according to the size and region of the tribe, and only the branch is accepted.

There is only one Xue clan school. In the ancestral home of the family, both the direct branch and the side branch are accepted, and one can enter only by passing the exam.

In the Xue Clan School, men and women are treated the same in the same room, and in the Xue Clan School, men and women are treated the same in different rooms.

Xue Huaijin didn't know the specifics of Xue Clan Studies, but only knew that the entrance examination for Xue Clan Studies was extremely difficult and the pass rate was very low.

The Xue Clan School is divided into two dormitories, A and B. The 11-13-year-old is in the B-studio, and the 14-16-year-old is in the A-studio.

Unlike the Xue Clan, where you learn a little bit of everything, the Xue Clan Study is a selective and in-depth study. It only takes six years, and after six years, the family arranges to enter major academies or the Imperial College for further study.

Others are not clear.

Although both the Meng School of our family and the Xue Clan School are located in the outer courtyard of the Xue Mansion, one is in the west and the other is in the east, so they are far apart.

She and her two elder brothers were both educated in the same family, so they know the education in the same family quite well.

The original school is located in the east of the Xue Mansion, in the outer courtyard of the Xue Mansion. All the children of the Xue family's direct branch in Yanjing who are three to ten years old must go to the home school.

There are two school dormitories in our family, Bing and Ding. Three to five years old live in Ding She, and six to ten years old live in Bing She.Dingshe is the easiest to study, he goes to school late and leaves early every day, and Bingshe goes to school early and leaves school late every day.

At present, three-year-old Xue Huaijin and five-year-old third brother are both in Dingshe, and the eldest brother is eight-year-old in Bingshe.

(End of this chapter)