Chapter 66: The Female Red Class
After lunch, the girls can rest for an hour. Xie's mansion is spacious and prepared a room for a rest for all the girls. Hu Jiao carefully selected a better room in the empty room, stuffed a piece of silver for the mother of Xie's mansion to clean the room. Hu Jiao took the mint scented slices and burned it inside and out, and then laid the brand new mattress and quilt brought from home to make it refreshing to prepare Chen Danxia for rest.
Chen Danxia took a nap just after dinner, which was not good for his health, so he took Jiang Shuiling to the garden, called walking and digesting food, which was actually to inquire about the situation.
"When did Miss Jiang come to school?" Chen Danxia began to ask about safety issues.
"Chen Jiu, don't be so arrogant. We are classmates. You call me Shui Ling, and I call you Chen Jiu. I came to school on the 18th day of the first lunar month at the beginning of this year. When I first came, I was sad by Xie Xiru. Actually, you don't have to care about her. She is just the concubine's daughter of the Xie family's family, nothing is great. Xie Xiqing is the legitimate daughter of the second wife, but her father is only a fifth-rank official. She has to rely on the eldest wife to endure Xie Xiru. Oh, by the way, do you know the fourth son of Jindu?" Jiang Shuiling didn't need Chen Danxia to ask more questions, and he could tell everything.
"I know something, what's wrong?" Chen Danxia asked.
"I'll tell you, don't tell anyone else." Jiang Shuiling leaned into her ear and whispered.
Chen Danxia said solemnly: "You said, I will never tell anyone else."
"Xie Xiru likes Orchid Prince." Jiang Shuiling curled her lips contemptuously, "She has a good attitude, but she doesn't think about her identity. Orchid Prince wants to be the marquis, so it is impossible for her to fall in love with her a concubine daughter."
Chen Danxia curled her lips and smiled. He knew from her tone that she was afraid that Xie Xiru was not the only one who liked Zhao Chengzhi, but also Jiang Shuiling.
Jiang Shuiling also told Chen Danxia some secret things and gossip about other girls, such as the sisters of the Hongliu squad competed with each other and had disagreements in their faces; for example, Dong Liluo liked Xu Lang; for example, Meng Wei and Fang Mingyan liked Xie Shuheng; for example...
After hearing this, Chen Danxia only felt that she was like spring, girl, how old you are, are you too precocious?
After walking along the path, Jiang Shuiling was speechless and still felt unsatisfied. Her wet nurse and Mrs. Lu didn't care about this. "Miss, it's time to go back to the room to have a nap."
"Chen Jiu, let's talk tomorrow." Jiang Shuiling rarely met someone who listened and did not interrupt her, and her favor for Chen Danxia doubled.
"Okay." Chen Danxia responded with a smile.
After taking a nap, the girls tidied up their makeup and walked out of the wing room. The girls only had one class in the afternoon, which was the most important female red class in the girl's family. The master who taught the girls was the embroidery girl invited by Mrs. Xie Er from the official embroidery workshop a year ago. Her surname was Qian, who was nearly 40 years old. Because she stayed up late to embroidery pieces when she was young, she was not old, but her eyes were half-dreaming and could no longer embroider detailed objects. She had to leave the official embroidery workshop. Later, she came to Xie's boudoir to learn and teach the little girls' daughter red, and earned a meager monthly salary.
Tao did not neglect, and also prepared a ceremony for Qian Xiuniang to become a disciple. Chen Danxia took a colorful satin purse from Hujiao's hand and presented it to Qian Xiuniang with both hands. "The gift is simple and not respectful, so please don't be disgusted by Master Qian."
Qian Xiuniang took the purse and subconsciously pinched it, which seemed to be a few silver croakers inside. Qian Xiuniang smiled and said, "A understanding Mrs. Chen, the gift was very popular."
The girls sat around and the maids gave them embroidery bags. Although they were all from the Qingguo class, they were three or four years apart. Xie Xiru, Meng Wei, Liu Yingchun and Chen Yinniang, four nine-year-olds, had already started to learn embroidery. Qian Xiuniang taught the four to embroider roses with flat needles; Dong Liluo and Niu Suyun learned to embroider grass and leaves on the veil; Jiang Shuiling, Fang Mingyan and 6 Yourong three were admitted to school more than a month earlier than Chen Danxia, and were still learning to sew purses. Qian Xiuniang walked to Chen Danxia, half-squatted, taught her to thread needles and thread, and took a piece of Xiang yellow cloth head, "Miss Chen Jiu, fold this piece of cloth in half, sew the two sides first, and wait for you to sew, I will teach you to close the mouth, so that you can make the simplest purses."
"Okay." Chen Danxia pinched the needle and thread with his fat hands and sewed it seriously.
Shen Shizheng, when it was time for school, the girls returned home. Chen Danxia carried his small purse and went straight to the main courtyard of the three-bedroom courtyard. When he entered the courtyard, he shouted: "Mom, mom."
"Hey, hey, Jiuer, my mother is here!" Tao heard the voice and came out of the room, "Oh, be good, don't run, be careful to fall."
Chen Danxia threw herself into Tao's arms, "Mom, I've learned to make a purse."
"Oh my goodness is so capable!" Tao entered the house with Chen Danxia in his arms, put the fat girl on the couch, bent down to help her take off her soft-soled shoes.
Chen Danxia took out the purse with a tilted stitch from her arms and gave it to her, "Mom, this purse is not well done. When I learn how to be a girl, I will make shoes and clothes for you."
"Okay, okay, it's so good." Tao smiled with relief, "Good, how did you study in the boudoir today?"
Chen Danxia didn't want Tao to worry, so he reported good news but not bad news. He only said that everything was fine in the boudoir. Speaking of the words, the maid brought sweet and moist sugar cheese, cherry and red bean cakes, and pearl jade cakes. Chen Danxia had already used snacks in the middle of the girl's red class in Xie's house. Now he was not too hungry, so he only ate the bowl of sugar cheese and cherry. His eyes were flowing. He saw a mahogany box and four scrolls on the low cabinet and asked, "Mom, what is it?"
"You girl are so embarrassed to ask." Mrs. Dou signaled to congratulate him for bringing the box and scroll over.
Chen Danxia blinked his eyes, looking puzzled.
Dow reached out and pointed her forehead, "This is the tribute beads that Lang Geer sent to you, and four paintings he drew with his own hands."
"It's been a few days. I thought he had forgotten it, but I didn't think he still remembered it." Chen Danxia smiled. There were so many Gongzhus, she was not interested in it. Instead, she was curious about the four paintings. She didn't know what Xu Lang was painting. She asked Hujiao to help spread the four paintings and spread them on the table.
The four paintings paint the scenery of spring, summer, autumn and winter respectively. Although Tao is not good at painting, he has lived for a lifetime and his appreciation ability has improved compared to his previous life. Moreover, he has seen Xu Lang's paintings before, so he can naturally see the height and lower levels. He smiled and praised: "Lang Ge'er's brushwork has increased, especially this green bamboo, which is vividly painted, and can be called a master painting!"
"Sister Hujiao put away the painting quickly, put it away quickly." Chen Danxia said hurriedly.
"You kid, why are you in a hurry to collect the painting? Would you still compete with you for painting?" Tao asked with a smile.
"It's not that I'm afraid of my mother robbing me, but that I'm afraid of my second and third brother robbing me." Chen Danxia said with a smile.
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Chapter completed!