After Yu was released from the Sima family's ancestral hall, since her illness had recovered, she had to start fulfilling her duties as a daughter-in-law. "Sleeping with the master" was not allowed for the time being, as it was too cruel for an underage girl. But getting up early every day to pay respects to the wife and the old lady was a must.
It was just daybreak when Mingyu could hear the rustling sounds of Matron Zou and Lixiang getting up one after another. Lixiang got herself ready and came over to call Mingyu softly to get up. She first wiped her face with a warm towel and applied a thin layer of facial cream on it. The spring in the northwest is dry and if you don't apply facial cream before going out your face will crack.
Then Lixiang helped Mingyu sit up. Nanny Zou brought a bowl of tea for Mingyu to rinse her mouth and changed it to a cup of warm water for Mingyu to drink. Mingyu was still not used to the climate in the northwest. Her throat was dry when she woke up in the morning. She held the teacup and gulped down most of it, then handed it to Nanny Zou.
After drinking tea, Lixiang dressed Mingyu, and Madam Zou assisted her by squatting on the floor to help Mingyu put on her socks and shoes. When Mingyu was dressed, Lixiang pulled her down from the bed, took her hand and walked to the dressing table to comb her hair. She first used a comb to comb Mingyu's waist-length hair, massaged her scalp for a while, and then started to comb her hair into a bun.
Mingyu was very resistant to this kind of exploitative class life at first. She didn't have to lift a finger in the whole process. However, now... she has accepted this lifestyle. There is a saying that goes, life is like that. Since you can't resist, you can only enjoy it.
Of course, Mingyu is a kind and good child. As a glorious and noble people's teacher, Mingyu will occasionally repent a little for her own depravity.
After finishing her makeup, Madam Zou tied a sky-blue satin purse on Mingyu's belt and said, "It's too plain. Put on a purse." She saw that the mistresses and wives in the mansion usually dressed up exquisitely, and she couldn't let them always look down on their own young lady.
When everything was ready, the sky was just getting light and the sun was peeking out over the horizon. Lixiang took Mingyu's hand and walked towards Miao's yard. When they passed the yard of Sima Qing's concubine Wen, they heard a melodious and pleasant sound of a piano. They guessed that it was played by Sima Qing's concubine Sima Lian.
Mingyu had only seen Sima Lian in the bridal chamber on her wedding day. The girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and as her name suggested, she had a pitiful aura all over her body.
Li Xiang sighed, "After all, this is a marquisate, even concubines' daughters are carefully educated."
It's no wonder that Lixiang would sigh. She has been with Mingyu since she could remember. Mother Xu is the daughter of a small merchant. It is unlikely that she would know any elegant things like music, chess, calligraphy and painting from her personal education. Naturally, she would not have the idea of hiring a master to teach her daughter these things. Besides, Father Xu is an upright person and he probably doesn't have much gray income. It's not easy to support the family and there is no extra money to enroll the children in various interest tutoring classes.
However, Mingyu rolled her eyes quietly. As a married woman now, what would be the point of learning the piano? Would she play "High Mountains and Flowing Water" for Ba Tianbao
I guess people like to listen to stories like the young widow visiting a grave...
When Mingyu came over, Miao had already washed up and was sitting there looking through the family tree that Mingyu had copied. Looking at Mingyu's small stature and tender face, she couldn't help but be slightly surprised. This girl's handwriting was quite good. It was not easy for someone so young to write so well. But Miao just wanted to find fault. She was so angry when she thought about it. What was wrong with Bao Ge'er? The old lady had to send in an ignorant girl to annoy her!
"My original intention was to let you take this opportunity to copy the family tree, firstly to get familiar with our Sima family, and secondly to temper your temper. Being someone's daughter-in-law is different from being a girl at home. You are young and the marriage comes in a hurry. I guess your mother-in-law has no chance to teach you the principles of being a daughter-in-law. As a mother-in-law, I have to play the role of a bad guy and say a few more words to you and give you some advice. This is also for your own good." Miao said with a pretentious attitude.
Mingyu lowered her head obediently and respectfully, saying sincerely, "Madam, I'll remember what you said." As she lowered her head, the corners of her mouth curled up imperceptibly.
After hitting her with a stick, she gave her a date, which was still tasteless. Ah, bah, do you think your surname is Miao and you are the female hero Miao Cuihua? You have to see if your son Ba Tianbao has the qualifications to be Fang Shiyu. However, Mingyu also gave her mother-in-law a nickname, Cuihua. Of course, she only dared to say this nickname in her heart.
Miao racked her brains to find some words to teach Mingyu a lesson, but no matter what she said, Mingyu was obedient and Miao could not find any fault with her.
After a few words, Miao felt that it was meaningless, so she waved her hand and said, "It's getting late. Come with me to pay your respects to the old lady."
The two men, along with their maids and old women, walked out of the yard one after the other. After walking a few steps, Miao noticed a figure flashing behind the branches of flowers on the side of the road. "Brother Bao! What are you doing?" Miao stepped forward and asked.
Being caught by his own mother, Master Bao walked out from behind the flower branch with an embarrassed smile, "I want to talk to Mingyu."
Miao immediately became alert, "What did you say?"
Master Bao felt embarrassed. If he continued, he would have to tell his own mother about the little girl copying books for him to get by. How shameful it would be! Master Bao made up his mind and said, "I'll talk to her alone later."
The expression on Miao's face was immediately very interesting. That expression was just like Mingyu's homeroom teacher in high school, who spent the whole day trying hard to warn students not to fall in love prematurely, but in the end, tragically discovered that the one who was in a premature love relationship was her own son!
Then, Miao turned around and stared at Mingyu with an ambiguous look in her eyes. Mingyu immediately lowered her head and cried out in her heart, "Batianbao, you idiot! Don't you think your mother is not "good" enough to me?"
"Let's go." Miao ordered, "Since you are here, come with me to pay your respects to the old lady."
At the gate of the old lady's yard, she ran into big-brother Luo Lingxiu. She was surprised to see Sima Hong there too. She glanced at Mingyu, who was following her aunt with her head down, and smiled at Sima Hong in a friendly and graceful manner, "My cousin is here too?"
Sima Hong said with a smile: "Since my sister-in-law is here, how can I not come? I am here to see my sister-in-law."
Miao smiled and twisted his ear, scolding: "Lingxiu is your sister-in-law now, don't be so dishonest like when you were little!"
Luo Lingxiu took Miao's arm and said with a smile, "I am also his cousin, we are all family, aunt, please stop scolding your cousin."
The three of them walked towards the old lady's yard, chatting and laughing. Mingyu followed slowly behind them, facing the rising sun. Mingyu could almost match the lyrics. What a lucky three treasures!
While Luo Lingxiu and Miao were talking, Master Bao quietly stepped back a few steps and said to Mingyu, "Hey, thank you for copying the book."
Mingyu lowered her head and said nothing. She rolled her eyes where Master Bao couldn't see her. Then she ran to Miao and told him a bunch of nonsense. But it turned out that Ba Tianbao would also thank people? Subconsciously, Mingyu looked up at the sky, wondering, could it be that the sun rose from the west today
The old lady seemed to be in a good mood today. She wore a dark red embroidered jacket and a silver hairpin with three plain flowers engraved on it on her hair, which was mixed with silver threads.
Mingyu had only seen the old lady twice, and she was always dressed very simply. Compared with Miao and Luo's attire, her plainness did not look like that of a noble old lady in a marquis's mansion at all.
Seeing Bao Ge'er coming, the old lady was very happy. No matter how useless Bao Ge'er was in her eyes, he was still her precious grandson. She quickly asked Bao Ge'er and Ming Yu to sit on her left and right. She took Bao Ge'er and Ming Yu's hands and put them on her legs affectionately, saying with a smile: "You two young couples must work together to live a good life!"
Mingyu realized that her fingers had touched Master Bao's hand. She felt as if her scalp was about to explode and went numb. Fortunately, the old lady let go of the two people's hands.
Master Bao hugged the old lady's arm and said with a smile: "Old lady, we will live a good life with you!"
Tsk, this Master Bao is really sweet-talker and he coaxes one after another.
The old lady was so happy that she laughed out loud and said to Mingyu, "It's spring now and it's getting warmer. The grass in the horse farm has grown. Let Bao go to our horse farm to ride a horse tomorrow. It's fun. You haven't ridden a horse before, right?"
Mingyu instinctively wanted to shake her head, but when she thought about how the real Mingyu would ever have the chance to ride a horse, she nodded and said obediently, "No, I can only envy others when I see them riding horses."
Miao's eyes were sore from watching this. The old woman was not so kind to Lingxiu back then. She quickly winked at Lingxiu, who was left aside by the old lady.
Lingxiu understood and said with a coquettish smile: "Grandma, I don't agree. Seeing the treatment my sister-in-law has given me, I am jealous. Grandma, you can't ignore your granddaughter-in-law just because you have Mingyu!"
He then noticed Luo Lingxiu and asked with great interest, "You can ride a horse, too?"
When Miao heard something was wrong, she was about to change the subject, but she was a step too late.
Luo Lingxiu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "No, there is no girl riding a horse in the capital..."
He smiled, but the smile on her face faded a lot, and she said meaningfully: "Well, you come from a wealthy family in Beijing, so naturally what we know is different from what we know."
Luo Lingxiu's attempt to please others failed, as her face turned red and white due to He's ridicule. She sat there biting her lip, feeling full of resentment.
The old lady smiled and spoke to Minglan again with a kind and loving attitude, which made Luo Lingxiu grit her teeth and feel suffocated again.
"When your grandfather followed Taizu to fight for the country, I took a group of young girls and wives to carry food and clothes to the front line. If we encountered robbers who wanted to steal the food, we had to fight with real swords and guns." He recalled her youth and said slowly.
Mingyu was surprised and asked, "Are there any more robbers?"
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