Painting Tang Jiao

Chapter 24 Teaching
Mama Xia walked into the house slowly.

The girls all straightened up, not daring to show any mistakes and let Xia's mother choose them.

Xia's mother glanced at it lightly, and then said: "There is a book on each table, now you open it, and write silently for an hour."

Qing Huan looked and found that it was a copy of "The Analects of Women".

"This man has four books, and we women also have four books for women. The Four Books for Women are divided into "Nvjie", "Internal Training", "Nv Analects" and "Nv Fanjielu". These four books were written by ancestors, including Women's self-cultivation, behavior and speech and other aspects."

All five girls flipped through their books.

Xia's mother didn't speak when she saw it, and said again: "Today, what I asked you to write is a total of twelve chapters in "The Analects of Women", including chapters on standing up, chapters on learning, chapters on learning etiquette, chapters on getting up early, chapters on parents, and chapters on uncles." Aunt chapter, a husband chapter, a man and woman chapter, a housekeeper chapter, a hospitality chapter, a gentle chapter, and a discipline chapter.”

"Next, let's copy it carefully in this hour. When the hour is up, I will come back and check."

As if she really didn't care if the girls were serious or not, she just asked them to copy, and Mother Xia turned and left after she finished speaking.

The room was quiet for a while, after a cup of tea.

The third girl looked outside with her head poking around.

"It's really gone."

The third girl stood up, stretched herself, and turned around to see that the other sisters didn't pay attention to her, and even the second sister was sitting at the table studying ink.

"It's not stipulated that we must finish copying everything. Why are you pretending to be serious?" The third girl shook her head in disdain, then sat back in her seat, opened "The Analects of Women" and began to read.

The second girl glanced at it out of the corner of her eye, the corners of her mouth raised in disdain, she lowered her head and moved her hands again.

This is the first time the second girl has done this kind of thing, and she had to do it herself before.There are many maids and women around, and if one is not careful, the ink will be spilled.

The second girl was annoyed for a while, and then heard the chuckle next to her, her face was slightly sullen, she knew it must be the third sister without thinking about it.

"Girl, let me come." Dong Lian trotted in, first wiped off the splashed ink with a handkerchief, and then looked at the second girl's clothes to see if it was stained.Only then did I concentrate on ink ink.

"Didn't you say you have to do it yourself? Donglian, is this a foul?" the third girl shouted.

Dong Lian's hands trembled, but luckily she didn't miss.

"Third Miss, I'll grind it for you later. How can I let Third Miss do these things, it's originally the job of a maid."

The third girl looked at the inkstone in hand and nodded.

It seems that she agreed with Dong Lian's words.

"She is the servant girl next to the eldest lady." Miss Si turned around secretly and said in a low voice.If Qing Huan hadn't been paying attention to her surroundings, she might not be able to hear clearly.

Not to mention the two people in front who were concentrating on the books.

Qing Huan turned her head and saw Miss Wu's eyes, she pursed her lips and smiled.

The fifth girl was taken aback for a moment, but soon smiled back.

Dong Lian helped the second girl and the third girl to study ink successively, and when she was about to help the other girls, she realized that they had already started copying.

Dong Lian breathed a sigh of relief, not because she didn't want to.

It's just that I've been out for a long time, and I'm afraid that Xia's mother will be suspicious.

Dong Lian thought for a while and said, "Mother Xia still wants me to take care of her, so I'll leave first."

I only heard the third girl's low hum.

Dong Lian quickly left the room.

An hour later, Qing Huan put down the pen in her hand, and lightly moved her wrist, which was a little stiff and sore due to a long-term posture.

Xia's mother came in according to the time, neither early nor late.

As soon as he came in, he put away the copybooks all the way, and put them on the side table without looking at them, that is, the one behind Fifth Miss.

Mama Xia walked back to the front.

"This Chapter 1 is about standing. It can be seen that although we are women, this standing is the most important thing."

"The only way to establish yourself is to be pure and chaste. If you are pure, you will be clean, and if you are chaste, you will be honorable. Don't turn your head when you walk, and don't lift your lips when you speak. Don't move your knees when you sit, and don't shake your skirt when you are standing. Don't laugh when you are happy, and don't raise your voice when you are angry. There are different groups of men and women. Don't peek into the outer wall, don't go out of the outer court. Men are not relatives, don't use the same name. Women are not good, don't go on a blind date. Stand upright, you can be a human being."

Xia's mother suddenly said: "After an hour of copying, I don't know if the girls have any thoughts."

Several people looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them spoke.

Xia's mother said: "If a stupid person does not have any feelings after studying for an hour, it is understandable. I just don't know..." Xia's mother paused: "Second girl is an older sister, so come first."

The second girl said: "In the past, although under the guidance of the old lady and mother, I knew that a lady should sit and stand dignifiedly, but I didn't know the saying of Li Mo shaking the skirt. I want to ask Mother Xia to teach me whether it is true that this skirt can't swing."

Puchi, the third girl covered her mouth and sat upright, avoiding the second girl's glaring eyes.

Xia's mother glanced at the third girl indifferently, and then said to the second girl: "Sit still, don't move your knees, be dignified and beautiful. But it doesn't mean to let the girls stiffen their necks, this appearance is a bit worse."

The second girl felt a warm hand hiding behind her neck.

"Relax, hold your chest up, and raise your head." Mother Xia pressed the second girl's neck while correcting her posture.

The second girl was still a little stiff at the beginning, but slowly, even Qing Huan, who was sitting in the back, could see the huge changes in her body.

He was still sitting there, but he really had a dignified temperament, even though it was only the back.

Qing Huan couldn't see the second girl from the front, but from the back, she couldn't help but respect Mama Xia.

Everyone imitated the second girl and sat on the chairs.

Qing Huan flipped through the blank calligraphy book and wrote in a hurry.

Xia's mother turned over the second girl, took steps, but went straight to the fourth girl.

The third girl's face changed slightly, but she quickly calmed down again.

The fourth girl was talking about the question of never turning back.

"Mother Xia, does this mean that when walking, you can't turn around and talk?"

In fact, this is also Qing Huan's question, after all, this matter has been done a lot.

"The girl is wrong."

Xia's mother said: "It's not that you are not allowed to talk back, but you have to pay attention to it on different occasions. After all, no one can avoid turning back, but it is not wrong to teach. If Mo Ruo looks back, it mainly refers to those who go out At that time, ladies and nobles should face forward instead of swaying from side to side and looking around. Of course, if you talk to the front and back tables in class, it is naturally okay to look back."

Mama Xia said the last sentence casually.

But it surprised everyone in the room.

Qing Huan and the others are better.

The second girl and the third girl blushed at the same time.

After hearing Mother Xia's footsteps, the two tried their best to calm down the fluctuations on their faces.

Qing Huan sat up straight, thinking that she was waiting for Mama Xia to ask her a question.

Unexpectedly, Xia's mother turned around and walked to the fifth girl.

Qing Huan was startled, and smiled when she saw Miss Wu looking over.

Miss Wu didn't pull the corners of her clothes when she was nervous or make small movements as before.

It's just that the sound is as small as ever.

Mother Xia frowned and leaned slightly.

"Fifth girl, don't laugh out loud when you are happy, and don't raise your voice when you are angry. This statement is not false. It's just that there is another one that is not in this female Analects. But I want to teach you. Junqin, elder, sir, in front of you, speak When you are young, your voice should not be so low that others will accommodate you. Maybe Miss Wu has such a personality, but being shy is not always an excuse for you. Also, the girls in the mansion are your sisters, so they naturally know your personality. Maybe the sisters have deep affection and don't mind that I didn't hear your question just now. But what if the girl goes out to socialize in the future and meets a lady from another mansion, what should I do? If these things can be changed, let's change them in the mansion first. What did you ask just now, please tell the girl again."

The fifth girl blushed, holding her face and said loudly: "Mother Xia, don't laugh loudly when you are happy, and don't raise your voice when you are angry. Do you mean we should speak softly?"

Xia's mother showed a smile and said: "Speaking softly, being kind to people, and being gentle in the world are the true meanings I want to express."

Fifth girl clenched her fist and nodded.

Qing Huan looked at Mama Xia who was walking towards her, with a slightly distressed expression on her face.

All the suitable questions in this badge have been asked, so what to ask now.

You can't ask about the fact that men and women are different groups, and men are not relatives.

Qing Huan believed that if she asked this question, before she walked out of Biluoxuan, someone might come to the old lady's place.

Mother Xia stood quietly in front of Qing Huan.

"Mother Xia, the so-called uprightness is the only way to be a human being. What Qing Huan doesn't understand is why there are very few people in this world who can behave uprightly."

For Qing Huan's intrusive question, Mother Xia laughed for the second time.

"Sit down."

After Xia's mother finished speaking, she turned around and walked back to the front, but she didn't want to answer Qing Huan's question at all.

Qing Huan was puzzled, but she also sat back in her seat with a sense of luck.

Xia's mother said: "The questions the girls asked just now are all good. It seems that the girls were serious during the hour I left. The next ten days will still be the same. Every morning before the hour, you will Come here to copy "The Analects of Women."

"Then now, let's start the real teaching."

As soon as these words came out, the third girl's face was very ugly.

Several girls asked, but they just ignored her.

It can be seen that Xia's mother is a little dissatisfied with her.

The third girl is a little flustered now, not because she is afraid of the eldest lady and the old lady scolding her.Instead, he was afraid that the matter would be known by the elder.From the earlier disputes, Zuo was nothing more than a matter with the second girl.

The Eldest Master favored the Third Miss, but the Eldest Wife had nothing to do.

But today, all the girls were here, so I was ignored by Xia's mother.

His complexion changed rapidly, red and white alternately.

Mother Xia acted like she didn't see it.

Seriously began to talk about the learning rituals in the Analects of Confucius.

Xia's mother first demonstrated how to walk.

It has to be said that the benefits of this table arrangement are reflected here.

The aisle in the middle is very spacious.

Mama Xia's movements can be seen clearly no matter where she is.

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