Wei Changying kept talking, but Cao Yiren still refused to change her story. She was just a foster mother and it was hard to discipline her immediately. She pondered for a moment and then said: "According to what you said, you don't want to suffer a loss. But have you thought about it? Do you think If you don’t suffer a loss, you are actually suffering a big loss.”
Cao Yiren looked at her doubtfully.
"I said, if you call your grandfather like this, if others hear it, they will definitely think you are unfilial. After all, you are the elder, and it is the right thing for a junior to give in to his elders. If you refuse to give in, then If word spreads, everyone will say something bad about you. Once your reputation is bad, you will be ostracized everywhere. How can you not suffer the consequences?" Wei Changying took a sip of tea and said slowly.
Cao Yiren felt aggrieved: "Why!"
"Just because he is your grandfather, without him there would be no mother, let alone you. You are not even willing to let him have this little verbal quarrel. How can anyone not think it's your fault?" Wei Changying touched her hand. The little head said sternly, "On the other hand, if you give in to him on this matter, others will feel aggrieved for you when they see it! By then, it may not fulfill your name."
"Why do I need others to aggrieve me?" Cao Yiren raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course I have to find my way out of my own wrongs!"
Wei Changying smiled when he heard this, and thought to himself: "This child's thoughts are similar to mine when I was a child. I practiced martial arts hard at that time, but I also thought that after leaving the cabinet, if my husband dares to wrong me, I will do it myself. , teach him a lesson! Don’t just go back to your parents’ house crying and complain!”
Thinking of her own childhood, her dislike of Cao Yiren's stubbornness faded a little. She smiled and said, "What's wrong with others apologizing for you? It saves you a lot of effort! Besides, you will definitely be able to overcome any grievances. Find your place on your own?"
Cao Yiren bit his lip and remained silent.
Wei Changying said: "You are also eight years old. Even though you started learning late, you can still understand the truth. This time I accept you as my adopted daughter. Ultimately, it is because your parents hope to use this method to give you a child." You have a good future, but they have paved the way for you, but you don't follow it well. Not only do you fail them, but you also harm yourself. I see that you are a smart kid. It's impossible that you don't understand this. Why are you so stubborn?"
After such persuasion, Cao Yiren finally agreed not to call Ji Gu that way in the future.
Wei Changying reminded her of some etiquette and rules. Seeing that it was getting late, he said, "You already knew this before you came here today, right? From now on you will live in Mingpeitang." .”
Cao Yiren nodded: "Uncle told me."
"Your maid is also with you." The maid that Wei Changying was talking about was actually the one when Ji Gu proposed to let Cao Yiren be Shen Shuyan's maid or playmate. Wei Changying was unwilling to let Cao Yiren be with Shen Shuyan. When Shen Shuyan was together, she used Cao Yiren's lack of playmates as an excuse to find a way to send Ji Gu down, and then sent a group of little maids to Ji Yuan to choose the two.
Considering that these two young maids were not very familiar with Ming Peitang, Wei Changying sent several servants to Cao Yiren to serve them.
They called everyone to Cao Yiren and asked her to recognize her. After beating her, Ying Fang, the captain of the guard, personally sent her to the prepared yard.
This courtyard is not far from the courtyard where Wei Changying lives, but it is not far from where Shen Zangzhu lives with his two nieces.
Because Wei Changying said before that he would arrange things farther away, but when he actually made arrangements, he realized that Mingpeitang was basically empty now. Since we have taken Cao Yiren to live here, but arranged it far away, it will definitely not be pleasant for Ji Qubing to know about it. What's more, it's really pitiful for an eight-year-old girl to live in an unfamiliar place and be clearly separated.
So Wei Changying thought about it and moved to a nearby yard.
This small courtyard only has two entrances, but it is enough to accommodate a few Cao Yi people. Wei Changying had people clean it up specially, and planted many flowers and plants that the little girl liked. He also set up a swing in the yard, hung a parrot on the porch, and raised colorful koi carp in a tank outside the fence.
There are also many toys such as glazed horses and nine-ring rings placed in the room.
Ji Gu, Ji Chunmian, and Ji Qubing are not good at pampering their juniors tenderly. Even if they love Cao Yiren, they are certainly not as considerate as the servants of Ming Peitang who have served people for generations. Cao Yiren showed a clear look of joy when he looked over. After Wei Changying led her into the courtyard after watching the show, and when she was about to leave after giving her instructions, she called her adoptive mother so much that she became very affectionate.
Early the next morning, Cao Yiren was called up by his maid, put on a brand-new dress and neat jewelry, and was led to the back hall to pay greetings to Wei Changying.
The greetings on this day are still to recognize people.
Although I said that I saw everything that I should see when I took in my adopted daughter yesterday, I was so talkative yesterday that it was so messy that even the children might not remember it. So that day, Wei Changying invited Shen Zangzhu and his two nieces to meet again, and also told them to live in harmony.
Cao Yiren arrived early because her maid called early and she was the only one there. Wei Changying told her a few words about the rules in the family, and then Shen Zangzhu led his two nieces in. Cao Yiren followed the instructions of the guard chief Yingcai and stood up to greet her.
Shen Zangzhu smiled and said: "Get up quickly, we are all family members, there is no need to be so polite."
After greeting Shen Zangzhu, he and Shen Shuyan greeted each other - the two girls were the same age, and Shen Shuyan was one month older than Cao Ya, so she was considered an older sister. Therefore, Cao Yiren saluted first, and Shen Shuyan returned the courtesy. Seeing the two of them saying polite words in the hall and going back to their respective places, Wei Zhangying and Shen Zangzhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and told the young Shen Shuxi: "Go and pay tribute to your sister Cao."
When he decided to adopt Cao Yiren as his adopted daughter and take her to Mingpei Hall for instruction, Wei Changying was worried that his jealous niece Shen Shuyan would not cause any trouble, so he started coaxing Shen Shuyan several days in advance. . At that time, Shen Shuyan heard that there was going to be an extra sister Cao living in Mingpeitang, and that her aunt would teach her, so she asked, "Is this sister Cao as good-looking as me?"
Shen Zangzhu and Wei Zhang Yingzi said together: "Your sister Cao is also beautiful and lovely, but her background is not as good as yours, and her temperament is definitely not as good as yours. Even in terms of appearance, there are very few beautiful girls like you. Gotta be tight.”
Shen Shuyan asked again: "Is this sister Cao as smart as me?"
This time, both the aunt and the aunt laughed out loud: "You think your qualifications are just wild vegetables. You just grab a lot of them on the roadside. We don't know how much virtue we have accumulated to have someone like you." Little prodigy, I’m afraid I’ll never meet another one in my life.”
So Shen Shuyan was satisfied: "In that case, it's okay for her to come and live at home, but don't be so old that she hangs around in front of me. I don't like such stupid and unattractive people!"
Shen Zangzhu and Wei Changying heard what she said. Although they immediately corrected her, Cao Yiren was not very stupid and was a good-looking girl. They also said that Sister Cao always called her sister when she came. How could she say that? Where is my sister? But Shen Shuyan was used to relying on her beauty and talent, and she had always been impeccable, so she still looked down on Cao Yiren very much. Wei Changying was really worried that Cao Yiren would be unable to step down as soon as she met him.
Fortunately, I don't know whether it was listening to the elders' advice that had an effect or whether Shen Shuyan looked down on Cao Yiren and couldn't be bothered to pay attention. Although two girls of the same age seemed a little cold and vaguely hostile when they met, there was no conflict. After listening to a few words of instruction from Wei Changying and Shen Zangzhu, they assigned them their homework, and then they each led them to do it.
Next, Cao Yiren went to Wei Changying every day to learn the rules and etiquette of the nobles, and also learned to read and write. However, although I am in front of Wei Changying every day, it is not always taught by Wei Changying himself.
For example, on this day, the subordinates brought the account books and reported it. They found that someone had enriched their own pockets, so Wei Changying led the He family, who was the best at this, to check the accounts. Cao Yiren was handed over to Zhu Yi and taken to a small room next to the accounting room to learn how to read.
Wei Changying and He Shi were busy for two days and handed Cao Yiren over to Zhu Yi for two days before finishing the matter. He remembered Cao Yiren and asked someone to go next door to see him.
The little maid Shiyu ran back and said cautiously: "Miss Sisun is over there, what are you teaching Miss Cao!"
"When did Yan'er come here?" Wei Zhang Ying was startled and asked, "What is she teaching Yi Ren?"
Shigure said: "My servant doesn't understand very well. It seems like he is talking about poetry."
Poetry is Shen Shuyan's specialty, but Cao Yiren has a weak foundation. He is still at the stage of recognizing words and breaking sentences, and Wei Changying has not yet taught him how to recite poems correctly. After listening to Shigure's words, Wei Changying, who knew his niece well, suddenly had a headache. Sure enough, she walked to the next door in three steps and two steps at a time, and heard Shen Shuyan yelling angrily from inside: "An allusion to the 'Red Deer Alien'" You don't know the allusion of "Ran Di Reading", you don't know the allusion of "Wearing Chickens and Dancing" - you don't even understand the meaning of "Lan Gui Qifang"! You still dare to read my poems! What did you see?"
Well, you know what happened without asking. Shen Shuyanxin must have written some masterpiece and wanted to show it to her aunt. But when she came, she heard that her aunt was busy with something, so she went next door to wait. I happened to see Cao Yiren there, and I thought I told her the purpose of my visit. When Cao Yiren heard about it, I asked to read it - it was also Cao Yiren who didn't understand the inner key, and he had to give some evaluation to this kind of new work. And Cao Yiren doesn't know a few characters now, so what can she say
Shen Shuyan was picky by nature, and even nice words could not fool her. Didn't she realize that Cao Yiren was not a judgmental person at all, and she immediately got angry
Wei Changying initially felt something was wrong when he heard Shi Yu say that Shen Shuyan was teaching Cao Yiren. His niece looked down on Cao Yiren, so how could he put down his arrogance and teach her? What's more, Shen Shuyan now has a student, Shen Shuxi.
She sighed and was about to walk in to rescue Cao Yiren. But I heard Cao Yiren speak loudly and nonchalantly, "I think your handwriting is good."
"You also know the quality of calligraphy?!" Shen Shuyan said angrily, "Is this your calligraphy on the case? You have only started to learn calligraphy at such an old age! You deserve to say my calligraphy! My fifth sister is only four years old now. , they all write better than you!”
"Hey, your fifth sister writes better than me. Do you mean that your writing is not as good as mine?" Cao Yiren was also very articulate and said immediately without giving Shen Shuyan a chance to argue. , "Otherwise, why are you comparing yourself to your fifth sister instead of yourself? I thought you didn't know any etiquette at all, and you couldn't say a polite word. It turns out that you were just praising me in a roundabout way. Thank you very much. Thank you.”
Shen Shuyan was stunned for a moment. It was obvious that this Miss Fourth Grandson had always been angry. Everyone supported her. She had never seen Cao Yiren being so sarcastic. It took him a few breaths to wake up and said angrily: " Nonsense! How can you compare to my calligraphy? You, a country girl who doesn’t even know how many characters you have, really have no shame, and you can say such shameless things!”
Cao Yiren was not annoyed and said with a smile: "I am a little girl from the countryside, you are a little girl from a famous family, and everyone is a little girl. Why are you so fierce?"
"Bah, you are the little girl!" Shen Shuyan scolded, "I am the fourth grandson of Ming Peitang, how can I be the same as you?"
"I told you not to come here earlier, but my uncle insisted on me coming!" I heard a bang inside, and I don't know if Cao Yiren threw something or kicked something, but a little maid seemed to whisper something , Cao Yiren suddenly turned his face and said with a sneer, "It's annoying to see a nine-step kid like you! I'm of no use at all. I only know how to show off my power by relying on my good reincarnation! If you leave the shelter of your family, you can't do it." What are you! Don’t think that I am afraid of you because I live here! My uncle said that I live here because of your third aunt’s favor. If you dare to bully me, you will slap your third aunt in the face! I want to go to your third aunt to argue with you. Did she take the initiative to accept me as your adopted daughter just to find someone to vent your anger on? If you are sick, please don’t blame my uncle!”
Shen Shuyan was furious: "You are a waste! I can write well, didn't I write it myself? Uncle, uncle, you will rely on your uncle, and you have the nerve to say that I rely on my family - and what else?" You kid! You don’t even know the word ‘dandy’! It’s useless for you to say that!”
Cao Yiren sneered and said: "How big is it to recognize two characters? Here comes the Di people, will they get off their horses and compete with you one by one? She is the daughter of Xiliang, so don't talk nonsense! Let's find a secluded place outside to sign! Don't If you say I bully you, I will give you a hand and still beat you to tears!"
Shen Shuyan almost jumped up and shouted: "Just go, are you afraid of me?!"
After overhearing this, Wei Changying couldn't continue anymore, so he hurriedly walked in and shouted: "What are you arguing about!" (To be continued)