Red makeup against the world

Chapter 12 Courses
The weather is gradually getting colder, heralding the coming of winter.

Following the burial of Mrs. Xu's family and the separation of the three households, Mrs. Xu dismissed some of the servants, leaving only the old lady, the eldest lady, and the young master in the main family.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was coming, the atmosphere in the house became more and more deserted.Mrs. Xu is old and lonely, and her sons are not around. Fortunately, Xu Wenyu is at her knees.

Since Madam Zheng arrived, Xu Wanzhen has been learning the rules wholeheartedly.

Jiangnan is rich in humanities and business, and her daughter's family can also read and write poetry, and she is not strict with etiquette.

However, Beijing's education for the daughters of the boudoir adheres to the principle that "a woman is virtuous if she is ignorant", and it is enough to know her own name academically.For example, Mrs. Xu, every move has her own dignified demeanor, she can be called a model of the daughter of the capital.

Xu Wanzhen learned embroidery since she was a child, and she is quite talented in embroidery. After she is proficient in the technique, she often has brilliant works in color matching. Even the embroiderer of Jinxiuji often sighs to herself.

But other rules and etiquette, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting need to be learned from scratch.If you want to make some small achievements in more than two months, you must pay a price, and the curriculum is extremely tight.

Every day when Limao gets up and washes up, after saying hello to Mrs. Xu, it is etiquette training.

After a short rest, Madam Zheng explained to Xu Wanzhen the relationship between the major families in the capital, the rules and taboos.Rest for an hour after lunch, and practice calligraphy and painting in Shenshi.

Painting is okay, after all, there is a basis for embroidery, and calligraphy is the most difficult part of all courses for Xu Wanzhen.

The brush is so soft that there is really nowhere to focus on it. Even though I have tried my best to control it, my arms will still tremble involuntarily, and the crooked writing is really hard to catch.Madam Zheng couldn't help sighing, no one is perfect.

Practicing guqin since You, the instruments are all interlinked, and the solid piano foundation in modern times has finally come in handy. Madam Zheng is not good at this, so she can only give a little guidance, but Xu Wanzhen's piano skills can be described as making rapid progress.

In the evening, Madam Zheng did not arrange any classes, fearing that the candlelight would hurt her eyes.

Sangzi and Ge Ma prepared the tubs, and Madam Zheng crushed herbs such as Peilan, perilla, cloves, evening scent, and roses into powder, wrapped them into medicine bags and put them in hot water, and then added a little rice wine to promote the absorption of the herbs.

Xu Wanzhen soaked in the bath for half an hour, dried her body, and then carefully applied the nourishing lotion brought from Madam Zheng's palace all over her body.Such careful maintenance makes the originally fair and delicate skin more radiant and jade-like.

This morning, Xu Wanzhen practiced etiquette hard in the courtyard of Yingyun Pavilion.

There is a flat white porcelain bowl on the head, which is half filled with clear water, the eyes are looking straight ahead, the hands are drooping and swinging naturally with the body forward, and the movement is required to be as free as a willow, without leaking a drop of water.

Madam Zheng was holding a ruler in her hand, while Sang Zi and Ge Ma watched nervously.Xu Wanzhen held her breath and walked the distance carefully without making any mistakes.

Nanny Zheng nodded slightly, "It's not bad, but the posture is too stiff. When practicing tomorrow, you should relax your body and adopt the attitude of a weak willow supporting the wind. You can rest now."

When Sangzi heard this, she hurried forward to take off the water bowl on Xu Wanzhen's head, and Ge Ma wiped the sweat off her face with a handkerchief.

Xu Wanzhen moved her stiff neck. This kind of intensive training was really too much for the daughter of the boudoir.Said: "Madam Zheng, do you know if there is any way to exercise and strengthen your physique?"

Madam Zheng was surprised, she didn't expect Xu Wan to think of this verse by herself.After careful observation in the past few days, Xu Wan is really in good health, which depends on her grandmother's careful care of her body.

But Mrs. Xu's funeral some time ago consumed too much energy, and she couldn't eat meat. A 13-year-old girl is growing up and needs more nutritional supplements.The inability to get in and out has caused Xu Wanzhen's body to be somewhat hollowed out.

This point, the third master of the Su family also saw it, and was preparing prescriptions for Xu Wanzhen.

When Mrs. Xu was pregnant with Xu Wenyu, she suffered from Yin Deficiency. After giving birth, she had been suffering from lochia. Mrs. Su personally prescribed the prescription, and has been following the prescription ever since. If it goes well, it will be fine in a year or two.

Unexpectedly, when he heard the bad news, he became anxious. The old doctor who invited him diagnosed internal deficiency and external heat, which caused cold air to enter the body, blood deficiency and metrorrhagia, and he left after only two days.The Su family was too far away in Changzhou, and when the reporter arrived, they set off immediately and only in time for her funeral.

The death of Mrs. Xu's wife was an indelible pain for the Su family. The Su family did not want this kind of pain to happen again. That's why the third master of the Su family came to Suzhou to open a medical clinic.

Mother Zheng said: "This old slave does have a set of boxing techniques that can be used to strengthen his body. He planned to teach the young lady. Later, Third Master Su sent in a message to use it in conjunction with the conditioning prescription."

Just as he was talking, a little maid came in to report: "Miss, Third Master Su has arrived."

Third Master Su's hearty laughter came, "My niece Wanzhen, my little uncle has good news for you."

Xu Wan really welcomes this little uncle who is lively and always brings happiness wherever he goes.She smirked and saluted, and asked: "Little uncle, can you go to pay your respects to grandma?" When a guest comes, one must first visit the elders, this is the rule.

Su Sanye's eyes widened when he heard the words, "Am I such a person who doesn't know etiquette? So I am such a person in Zhen'er's heart. Oh, my heart hurts so much." He held his heart in pain.

Xu Wanzhen burst out laughing out loud, even the eyes of Madam Zheng, who was always strict, were full of smiles.Sangzi and Ge Ma looked at each other and smiled, as long as the little uncle of the Su family came, the lady would be in a good mood.

There was the sound of "dump, tread, tread" footsteps outside the yard. Xu Wenyu ran in front with his short legs, and the nanny followed behind, gasping for breath.

Seeing Third Master Su, Xu Wenyu's eyes lit up, and he rushed towards him with a "hoo".Su Sanye was playing a show with his heart full of joy, and was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

"Oh, my old waist. Yu'er, you are too enthusiastic, I can't stand it." Everyone was surprised at first, and then burst into laughter recklessly.

Xu Wanzhen laughed until tears came out, Madam Zheng covered her face and smiled, Sangzi laughed so hard her whole body trembled, and Ge Ma laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back and complained of stomach pain.

The nanny was panting from running, but before she could recover, she saw this again, and fell to the ground laughing, thinking that this little uncle of the Su family is really a treasure.

Third Master Su put his arms around Xu Wenyu, didn't get up, lay on the ground and scratched the itchy flesh around his waist.Xu Wenyu giggled happily, the halazi flowed down, and the muddled third master Su was all over his face.

When the uncle and nephew were about to play around, Xu Wanzhen picked up Xu Wenyu, kissed the little cheek, and said, "Yu'er, are you hungry?"

Xu Wenyu nodded fiercely, and looked at Xu Wanzhen with bright eyes, "Sister, you are so amazing, you actually know that I am hungry." Xu Wan's heart melted upon hearing the childish words.

"Sister here has Poria cocos cake, you eat a piece to fill your stomach first, and we will have lunch together later."

The nanny came up to pick up Xu Wenyu, and followed Ge Ma to get some snacks.

(End of this chapter)