When Wei Changying entered, the two of them naturally couldn't fight. They were lectured by Wei Changying again and angrily apologized to each other. After apologizing and listening to the lecture, Shen Shuyan had no intention of asking her aunt to criticize her new work, so she left with Bai Xuan in her hands.
Cao Yiren also looked at Wei Changying with a straight face.
Wei Changying ignored her for now and sat down to read the homework she had completed. After reading it, he called her to his side as usual, pointed out her mistakes and shortcomings one by one, and ordered her to rewrite it several times. Then he said: "That's it for today. You and Zhu Yi go down and wash your hands first, and then go to the back hall to have dinner."
Cao Yiren looked at her with wide eyes.
Wei Changying said with a smile: "What are you looking at me for?"
"Aren't you going to drive me away?" Cao Yiren seemed a little confused.
"Driving you away? Just because you had a few quarrels with Yan'er?" Wei Changying touched her little head and said with a smile, "How big of a deal is this for a little kid to quarrel? Besides, you can't She is also my adopted daughter. How can a mother drive her daughter away from home at all times? "
Cao Yiren looked at her suspiciously for a moment and then said: "I heard that you love Shen Shuyan very much. My grandfather and mother also told me to let her go after I come."
"I feel sorry for both of you." Wei Changying stood up, asked the little maid to clean up the four treasures of the study, and led her out, smiling, "Are you afraid that I will wrong you for Yan'er? No, although I don't understand that very well. My righteous mother, since she took you into my lap, I decided not to care about you. What happened just now was not a big deal. Besides, Yan'er was also at fault, so how can I blame you entirely?"
Then he seized the opportunity to teach, "This is also the rule of doing things in the family. Even if you have high seniority and high status, you can't just follow your own personality! After all, there are many people in a family and there are no rules. Isn't it necessary?" A mess?"
Cao Yiren pursed his lips, but said gloomily: "It would be better if you drove me away. Learning these things all day long makes my brain hurt!"
Wei Changying couldn't help but choked with the words of instruction he had prepared. He was stunned for a moment before forcing a smile and said: "You kid! When you return to Beijing, you will at least be a rich girl. How can you not learn some rules and etiquette? Such a situation. It’s not easy to interact with people when you go out!”
"So I don't want to go to the Imperial Capital." Cao Yiren said very depressedly, "There are only so many rules now, and I don't know how I will be controlled when I get to the Imperial Capital."
"This is all because you haven't gotten used to it yet. Once you learn all these rules and become accustomed to them, you won't feel restricted anymore." Wei Changying said with a smile, "I was just like you when I was a kid. I hate being controlled the most. The elders in my family let me go at first, but when I was about to leave the government, they started to teach me hurriedly. But you see now, I don't feel uncomfortable. ”
Cao Yiren sighed and said: "How can I compare with you? My uncle said that you are of noble birth and have the support of your mother-in-law in everything! My background cannot be compared with yours. If I don't work hard to learn something and get married later, I won't be able to compete with you." He will definitely be bullied.”
"You all know that if you don't study hard, you will be bullied, why don't you care?" Wei Changying laughed.
I was talking while walking, and now I am back in the back hall.
Guard Chief Ying took Cao Yiren to sit down and took a sip of tea. When he saw the little maid serving his son coming in, he asked, "How is Xie'er doing today?"
The little maid said respectfully: "Everything is fine, Mr. Fourth. He was full just now and is sleeping now."
"Then I'll go see him later." Wei Changying nodded and ordered someone to serve food.
Everything went as usual in the next few days. After Cao Yiren knew that Wei Changying would not drive him away easily, he seemed to be bolder, and he became more relaxed in talking and doing things. Occasionally, he would bring up important points and Chen Guang wandered around and played in Mingpeitang.
Wei Changying said that although she doesn't like to learn very much, she has a decent talent and can probably complete the assigned homework. Children are always playful, so that's fine.
Three to five days after the results were accurate, Shen Liankun went to the back hall to ask for an audience.
Guard Chief Ying invited him in, and when asked why, Shen Liankun also asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Yan'er hasn't caused any trouble in the back hall these past few days, has he?"
"Getting into trouble?" Since summer is approaching, Wei Changying has been preparing to pack the luggage for the return trip and the gifts for everyone. He has not seen his two nieces for several days. When asked, he was startled and looked at her. Down the hall.
Everyone in the hall was also surprised and looked at each other. Zhu Xian stood up and shook his head and said: "My maids have never heard that Miss Sisun did anything bad."
Wei Changying asked Shen Liankun: "Why do you ask this, sixth brother?"
"Yan'er came to see me two days ago because she wanted to learn some boxing." Shen Liankun touched the tip of his nose and said, "I just taught her a few times casually. But the next day she came over again and said that what I taught was wrong. , I wanted to learn something more powerful, so I gave her two killer moves. I didn’t expect her to find me again yesterday and asked if there were any more powerful moves... I originally thought she wanted to learn boxing out of curiosity or to strengthen her body. But it seems like he’s fighting someone, so..."
Wei Changying sighed and said, "I roughly understand what the sixth brother said. Don't worry, it's just a kid's play, it's not a big deal."
After dismissing Shen Liankun in this way, his face darkened and he called the maid, "Go and call Yan'er and Yi Ren."
After a while, the two of them were called to the hall. After the ceremony, Wei Changying did not beat around the bush and asked directly, "Yan'er, what are you doing to learn boxing from your sixth uncle frequently these days?"
When he asked this question, Wei Changying couldn't help but look at the exposed heads, faces, necks, and hands of his niece and adopted daughter, and he was relieved when no scars were found. I thought to myself: "When these two children came in before, they walked as usual. Even if they hit each other a few times during the fight, it would not be a big problem. But they are not confused yet, and they still have a sense of proportion."
Then he thought again, "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have known that they were having trouble again in private until my sixth brother came over to tell me. These two little naughty guys!"
He gave me a fierce look.
Shen Shuyan was a little embarrassed to say anything after being asked, but when her aunt glared at her, she immediately said aggrievedly: "I didn't do anything."
"You didn't do anything, you're learning boxing and you're still learning the most powerful ones?" Wei Changying snorted and pointed at Cao Yiren, "Tell me, do you know about Yan'er learning boxing?"
Cao Yiren puffed up her chest and said, "I don't know what to say to my adoptive mother!"
"Huh?" How could Wei Changying believe that? He was about to show his face when he heard Cao Yiren say, "I don't know that she went to her uncle to learn boxing in private, but I do know what she did for learning boxing. "
Wei Changying did not expect that the adopted daughter would still play tricks with words now, and frowned: "What is it for?"
"Don't say it!" Before Cao Yiren could answer, Shen Shuyan became anxious and shouted.
Cao Yiren spread his hands towards the guard chief Ying and gloated: "My foster mother saw it, but she didn't allow me to say anything."
"Aunt, please stop asking, this is all between us children!" Shen Shuyan gave her a hard look, then turned to Wei Changying and said.
How can Wei Changying be willing to obey
Immediately, he said with a stern face: "You have already asked your sixth uncle to be a foreign aid, and this is just a matter between children? Why don't you tell me the truth quickly!"
Shen Shuyan pouted and remained silent.
Cao Yiren said with a relaxed face: "If Miss Fourth Grandson doesn't tell me, I'll tell my adoptive mother. In fact, it's not a big deal. Maybe Miss Fourth Grandson has lost to me every time, and she feels dissatisfied, for fear of losing face by speaking out..."
"You're talking nonsense!" Shen Shuyan's little face immediately turned red and she said loudly, "We haven't even competed today! How did you know I would lose? I've been practicing hard these past two days!"
Wei Changying sneered and said: "Okay, how did you two promise me last time in the accounting room? But when you turned around, you actually competed several times! With the words of me, an elder, you both It fell on deaf ears, right?”
Cao Yiren immediately said: "Foster mother, you can't blame me, I want to listen to you too! But Miss Sisun insisted on dragging me to compete with her, and even found her in my yard. My grandfather and mother , Uncle, you all told me to coax Miss Si Sun, how can I not obey her?" She said this, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, obviously taking advantage of her.
In contrast, Shen Shuyan felt sad: "I... I just don't accept her saying that I am nothing without my elders!"
Wei Changying was speechless as he looked at his niece who was so competitive that she was almost foolish, and said, "So you took action?"
"...Yes." Shen Shuyan said dejectedly, knowing that she was in the wrong.
"It's really outrageous!" Wei Changying scolded with a stern face, "You two, one is my niece and the other is my adopted daughter, you are also like sisters! I don't ask you to get along with each other as affectionately as biological sisters, at least in harmony. It must be true, right? I told you this last time, and you agreed to it, so you lied to me together?"
Cao Yiren muttered: "I can't help it, Miss Sisun..."
"She came to look for you in the yard where you live, and you wouldn't tell me?!" Wei Changying scolded unceremoniously, "It's obvious that you yourself want to fight with her! You deliberately concealed it! How dare you be here? explain!"
Cao Yiren didn't dare to speak anymore...
Shen Shuyan showed a hint of gloating, but she didn't want Wei Changying to scold her again: "And you! I always thought you were a good, sensible and obedient child! I didn't expect you to do the same thing in front of me and behind your back! You don't accept what your sister Cao said, Can’t you just say it? You have to do it! Where are the rules in elementary school! You don’t look like a sister at all!”
After scolding both of them for being smart, Wei Changying asked with a stern face, "How have you been beating these past few days? Are there any injuries on your body?"
Unexpectedly, Shen Shuyan and Cao Yiren were stunned when asked this question: "You're not injured!"
"You're really not hurt?" Wei Changying's face softened a little, and he nodded, "You still have some sense of control! You know that we are all family members, so don't be harsh!"
But when she said this, Shen Shuyan looked depressed and wanted to hit the wall: "I tried hard, but I can't win no matter what!"
"What?!" Wei Changying heard this and was immediately furious. He slapped the table and shouted, "Are you going to do something harsh?!"
Seeing the awkward situation, the maid serving Shen Shuyan smiled bitterly and came out to explain - "Third Young Madam, please don't worry. Miss Sisun and Miss Cao may not have understood what you meant, so they didn't elaborate: the two ladies are not fighting. Just playing around by the pond at the back!" (To be continued)