Li Cheng had packed up his luggage the night before, and got up at Mao the next day.
Gu Qingci slept late last night, and she didn't wake up now, but when Li Chengze got up, she moved, opened her eyes in a daze, and called out in a daze, "Msanggong..."
Li Cheng patted her on the back lightly, patted her back twice, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, just sleep a little longer."
Gu Qingci's eyelids closed again.
Li Cheng put on his clothes and went out of the room. Yuan Bao had already got up and waited outside to fetch water for him to wash.
He seldom used Gu Qingci's servant girls.
The other one was Feng Rusi, who never slept in since Li's house, probably because he knew that Li Chengze went to school today, and he got up half an hour earlier than usual.
When Li Chengze arrived in the study, he was already obediently practicing calligraphy.
Because he could only go home once every half a month, Li Cheng assigned him homework, and said softly that Feng himself had to check when he came back.
Feng Rusi nodded in agreement, with a serious expression.
After all, he was a child, since Li Chengze brought him back, he must have the closest trust in Li Chengze in his heart, so Li Chengze did not ignore him just because he was a child.
You can't take a child with you to the academy, even if it's a book boy, it's too young, so you can only stay at home.
After explaining everything he needed to say, Li Chengze got into the carriage, seeing that it was not very early. The carriage swung its whip and the wheels creaked, and went straight to Fengtai Academy.
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Gu Qingci woke up at Chen's hour, the sky was bright, and there was no one beside her pillow.
"Why didn't you call me?" Gu Qingci frowned and muttered to himself.
Yuzhu was tying a belt for Gu Qingci when she heard the words: "Grandma is joking again, when will the uncle let us call you, saying that we don't want to disturb your good sleep, and yesterday the uncle said earlier, If I leave early and don’t let grandma Tete get up to see her off, the old lady over there can’t help it, so I can only follow the uncle.”
Gu Qingci blinked and snorted softly, "You've said so many words after I said one, and you've become more eloquent."
"Grandma, don't make jokes. If outsiders hear it, they will think that the servant is crazy and unruly." Yuzhu said with a smile, not afraid.
Gu Qingci raised her chin and said: "Anyway, you are all talking for him now, and this is my dowry maid, so you are all talking to others."
This made everyone in the room laugh.
Gu Qingci went to the east courtyard for lunch at noon, and took Feng Rusi with her. Feng Rusi was handsome and cute, with a serious face. Mrs. Sun was getting old, and it was the time when she wanted to hug her great-grandson, but now the great-grandson I can't hold it, so looking at the good-looking child, I put some affection on him.
The old lady sat on the kang with Feng Rusi in her arms, and asked him carefully, but after sleeping well and eating well, she felt even worse after knowing that he could read. She narrowed her eyes and said, "In the future, I will definitely be a Promising boy, I remember that it was the same when Ze’er was so old, Mr. Xueguan assigned homework, and he would write it for me first when he came back.” When Li Chengze was mentioned, the smile on the old lady’s face was astonishing. Can't stop.
When eating, I let Feng Rusi sit next to me, seeing that he is thin and thin, I always ask people to eat more.
Gu Qingci dipped his chopsticks occasionally, not being rude or showing his thoughts.
It's not as good as eating in my own room, but I have been taught so many times by Li Chengze, and I will always sit down and save face. It's no longer the same as having a grudge against someone, just sneering at everything you see.
At the same time, he was distracted thinking that it would be good to bring Feng Ruxizhen, he is obedient and well-behaved, and he can also distract the old lady's attention, so that she doesn't have to find words to coax others by herself.
In contrast, Bai's heart is not happy at all.
At first, she thought that bringing a boy back would be raised by the current person at most, but after these days, she gradually realized that this is not raising a slave, it is clearly raising him like a young master.
In Bai's eyes, eight years old is not too young. She can't do any chores, and it's not a precious life. Both parents died. Maybe it's a fate that restrains both parents.
Looking at the clothes Feng Ruxiang is wearing now, the shoes under his feet are all good things made of brand new fabrics.
Bai felt that it was dazzling, and she was not afraid of losing her life.
However, he didn't dare to show anything on his face, let alone say anything.
Firstly, Feng Ru seemed to be raised in the yard over there, and he didn't spend a penny on himself; secondly, he was brought from Hekou Village, and Li Cheng had already made a promise that if people were treated harshly now, it would spread like What it looks like; you must know that Sun's relationship with the clan over there is the most important thing, and it is very forbidden to cause conflicts and alienation; three Feng Ru seems to like Sun's very much.
The more Bai thought about it, the more unhappy she felt. Now that the life of the Li family has improved, and her son is getting better, but her words are not as effective as before.
She understood that this was because a high-ranking daughter-in-law was married into the family. The so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers is exactly the situation. A woman with two heads in the family will make troubles, so the old lady has to suppress herself, fearing that she will give Gu Qingci Small shoes to wear.
Bai sneered wildly in her heart, because she thought that now the opportunity has come, her son will only come back after half a month after going out, the old lady may not really like that girl, she will always find an opportunity!
Bai's heart was full of vicious thoughts, but Gu Qingci didn't know anything about it, and after eating, she brought Feng Rusi back to the west courtyard.
When Li Chengze was at home, Li Chengze was the child who learned to read every day, so since Gu Qingci was fine, he led him to read and write together.
First ask him where he learned it, then open the book, teach him to read it once, and then teach him to draw new characters after reading.
Afterwards, Feng Rusi practiced on paper over and over again, which was a habit that he developed in the past two days.
Before Li Chengze arranged the characters for him to write, but soon Li Cheng found that Feng Ru seemed unwilling to use paper, and even secretly asked Yuan Bao if he could prepare some sand for him.
Originally, I planned to do it silently, but later I realized that it is no different from the fields in the countryside, and there is no sand at all.
Li Cheng still couldn't understand, this kid was clearly reluctant to use paper, he looked at the paper and pen as if he was looking at an extremely precious thing.
Li Cheng told him to just use it, and there is no shortage of this paper at home. Feng Rusi slowly agreed after talking several times, but he was very serious every time he wrote, and never wrote a word wrong.
Seeing that the child was serious, Gu Qingci didn't care anymore, leaned on the kang and read the weekly newspaper with relish.
It took most of the day to stay in the room, and Yuzhu came in at night to light the oil lamp, watched the clepsydra to see the time, and then asked the cook to pass the meal up.
Now Gu Qingci was a little different, she was staring out of the window in a daze.
Li Chengze always eats the usual dinner with her. At the moment, there was no one on the opposite side, she was sitting alone, and there was only a pair of bowls and chopsticks on the table.
Gu Qingci lowered her eyebrows for a long time, not in a good mood.
After Mammy Zhang came over, she comforted her for a long time, and then quoted other words to say that she was finally willing to eat.
While eating, he said: "In a few days, I plan to ask Shuyue to go out to play. I don't know if there is any space at the racetrack in the suburbs of Beijing. You can ask someone to ask tomorrow. If it is vacant, you can reserve it. That's right. , Xianggong said that he found a Cuju master, but did he say when he will arrive?"
Nanny Zhang replied: "I can't pinpoint it very clearly. The person was invited from outside the customs. If there is no accident on the way, it will take about three or four days to arrive by carriage. If you ride a horse, it will take two days at most. "
Since you want to play cuju, you must find a master who can do it. However, cuju has not been popular in the capital for a few years, so it is difficult to find a good master.
So Li Cheng went to Qian Jiu to inquire, don't underestimate those fast-moving businessmen, because they have traveled to many places and know a lot.
Sure enough, when Li Chengze asked, Qian Jiu laughed, and said loudly: "I know this, people in Beijing don't play cuju very much, but in places outside the customs, not to mention men are keen on all kinds of sports, even women Cuju is also very fierce, and it is not an exaggeration to say that a woman does not let a man down. In addition to cuju and horse racing and hunting, most of the people in the prison are good hands." Qian Jiu has been a footman for so many years, so he naturally treats these people Know everything.
Li Chengze's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Can you tell me in detail, I won't be afraid of Brother Qian's jokes, but my wife has recently fallen in love with Cuju, and I have no time to teach her, so I want to find a Mumu master to teach my wife. two… "
After hearing this, Qian Jiuhui said: "What's the difficulty? I know a few Cuju masters well over there. If you trust me, young master, I can write a letter right now and invite someone to come here for you."
The master Qian Jiu mentioned is a professional who specializes in teaching Cuju to make a living.
They don't pay attention to other things, as long as they can afford it, they will teach you seriously.
In this way, Li Cheng directly bowed to thank the other party, entrusting the matter to Qian Jiu, and asked him to invite him over.
Turn around and communicate with Gu Qingci again, let him arrange to live in the south room when the time comes, and the master will teach him how to play in the future.
Gu Qingci still had this kind of experience once, and this kind of thing is not a serious matter to others, but Li Cheng would not object to her at all, and arranged everything for her properly, even a professional master. Here comes.
It can be said that he spoils his wife completely, and there are few such sons and daughters in Beijing.
But because of this, Gu Qingci's interest was all raised.
Two days later, a woman wearing neat Hufu style clothes, wheat-colored skin, and a dull appearance appeared at the door of Li's house on a tall horse.
She handed over a hand letter, and after the maid sent it to Gu Qingci, Gu Qingci invited him in.
This woman was thin and her hair was tied into a high ponytail. When Gu Qingci recruited someone to come over, she realized that she was extremely tall, about half her head taller than herself.
The other party introduced herself as Wu Yao, and asked Gu Qingci to start talking when she thought about it, and she could start teaching at any time.
Gu Qingci spoke a few words with the other party, and was quite satisfied with this Wu Yao.
It was the first time she knew that there was a female master who taught Cuju, and she couldn't wait to see Wu Yao's kung fu.
Wu Yao stayed at Li's house. In the next few days, Wu Yao first told Gu Qingci what cuju is, how many people will be in a cuju match, how to allocate personnel, how to kick, how to defend, how to attack and how to defend.
After the lecture, he began to take Gu Qingci to familiarize himself with the feeling of feet in the yard.
Five or six days later, Gu Qingci's self-confidence began to swell, and she really wanted to compete with others in the arena.
It was spring, and the racecourse in the outskirts of Beijing was bustling. Next to the racecourse was a cuju field, but no one had played cuju for many years.
After waiting for a few days and finally renting a seat, Gu Qingci invited Liu Shuyue, and Liu Shuyue invited two other people to the venue in the suburbs of Beijing.
When people came, Gu Qingci took a look, only to find that it was Miss He and Miss Cen.
It was that time when I was admiring the flowers in the Liu Mansion, I accidentally overheard two of them in a conversation story.