Because they didn't know much about Zou Yiang's preferences, the two of them discussed it for a long time and could only come to a conclusion of taking it step by step.
At noon that day, I heard that Zou Yiang was playing with Zou Qiongruo and others in the garden, and they left together.
The Zou family has lived in Jining for generations. This house has been lived in for several generations. It has been expanded many times and covers an extremely large area. The pool inside has twists and turns and continuous rockeries. Although the trees are bleak in this season, when you walk in, you can see gold leaves everywhere, the autumn water is clear, and there is a lot to see.
It's just that neither Xi Fuwei nor Fu Chuoxian had any intention of admiring it at the moment. They just walked by while looking for it.
After a long while, after turning around a rockery, I heard the sound of play coming from the woods not far ahead. The girls' silvery laughter was mixed with bursts of screams and cooing.
Xi Fuwei and Fu Chuoxian stopped when they heard the sound, looked at each other, took a deep breath at the same time, and then continued to move forward.
When they entered the forest, they saw the ladies who had behaved well and dignifiedly in front of Mrs. Shang before. All of them had disheveled hair and unkempt faces. There was a lot of mud and dust on their skirts. Even the youngest Zou Danruo was naked. One foot, white and tender feet stepped on the ground full of fallen leaves, and there were several gray and black marks on her face... Although she looked embarrassed, the little girl had a bright smile on her face, and she was pulling Zou Yiang and whining about something.
Zou Yiang squatted on the ground, turned his head with a smile, and was about to answer when he saw the figures of two female gentlemen and hurriedly stood up to greet them.
"Mr. Zou, can you please take a moment to speak?" Upon seeing this, the ladies of the Zou family also noticed Xi Fuwei and Fu Chuoxian. They suddenly showed fear and subconsciously hid behind Zou Yiang.
Zou Yiang quickly blocked the sisters calmly.
This situation is as if Xi Fuwei and Fu Chuoxian are bad guys who want to bully other innocent brothers and sisters.
The two of them laughed a little in anger, looked at each other and walked over. They said to Zou Qiongruo calmly: "You go back to the school first and review the techniques that Mr. Fu taught you before."
Hearing this, Zou Qiongruo looked at Zou Yiang subconsciously.
Fu Chuoxian's face suddenly became serious. Zou Yiang's expression remained unchanged, he raised his hand and touched his sister's head, and said with a smile: "Both gentlemen have come together to find her. You can go over now."
Zou Qiongruo then took the lead in blessing Xi Fuwei and Fu Chuoxian, and led his sisters to leave in a hurry.
After watching them leave the forest, the smiles on the faces of the three remaining people suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Fu Chuoxian considered that Zou Yiang was the only son of the Zou family and his status was unshakable. He took a deep breath, finally slowed down his tone, and said angrily: "Mr. Zou, Mrs. Shang has hired us to come to your mansion to provide services to all the ladies." The purpose of the lecture is for you ladies to become ladies with both talent and beauty, do you think this is the truth?"
Seeing Zou Yiang nodding with a smile, Fu Chuoxian showed a hint of joy and hit the track while it was hot, "In this case, even if Mr. Zou loves the sisters, shouldn't he take a few ladies out to play at times like this in the future? After all, the ladies are still young. , I have lost my mind right now, how can I still calm down and study in class? In this way, we are considered to be a minor offender, and have delayed the studies of several ladies, what should we do?"
She thought that this was the point of the conversation. Seeing that Zou Yiang didn't seem to have any intention of breaking up, she should have agreed to it, or even vowed to it.
Although I don’t believe that this person changed his mind after he said it and really won’t do it again, it is still good to calm down for a few days.
Who knew that Zou Yiang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but asked: "Two gentlemen, I wonder if you have brothers?"
Fu Chuoxian didn't know why, so he glanced at Xi Fuwei, who was shaking his head silently, and then said: "There are two elder brothers in the family, and they are both married... I wonder what Mr. Zou is asking about this?"
"Since Mr. Fu also has an older brother, it's okay for Mr. Shen to come here. Why does Mr. Fu come to join in the fun and take the lead?" Zou Yiang smiled and said, "Although this world is not good for girls. The requirement of the family is to be virtuous and virtuous! But people are all selfish. Although I hope that my future wife will be gentle, decent, and considerate, I also hope that my sisters will meet their husbands in the future and live in peace and joy for the rest of their lives!"
"But things are unpredictable!"
"As the saying goes, you know people but don't know their hearts. Who knows if my sisters will encounter beasts in disguise in the future?"
"Young Master Zou's deep brotherhood is admirable!" Fu Chuoxian was confused and said, "But with all due respect: the reason why Madam hired Sister Shen and I to come to your mansion to teach all the ladies, isn't this the purpose? Thinking about the future of all the ladies?! Now that the young master is full of love and care for all the ladies... why do he still want to prevent the ladies from entering school?"
"Mr. Fu keeps saying that he is always doing good for my sisters, so tell me... is it true that if you become a beautiful lady with both talents and beauty in this world, you will be able to live a lifetime of carefree love and harmony with your husband?" A sneer appeared on the corner of Zou Yiang's mouth and he asked quietly.
Fu Chuoxian was choked and said: "Every important matter of marriage has its own destiny. Especially for noble people like you ladies, how can I, a teacher, be able to comment on it for the rest of my life? Not to mention that the lintel of the Zou Mansion is here. If you ladies are illiterate in arts and sciences and don’t have any skills to control the scene, and when you grow up in the future and need to go out, you have nothing to prove yourself; let’s say that although not every lady with both talent and beauty in this world can be cherished by her husband, However, people with talent and good looks are more likely to be valued than people with no talent but no good looks, or those with good looks but no talent, or those with talent but no good looks, right?"
"Mr. Fu teaches piano skills after all, but these words are a bit taken for granted!" Zou Yiang shook his head and said unceremoniously, "Sir, you can ask Mr. Shen for advice when you have time. Looking at the history books of the past and present, what is recorded How many women, how many have gained the attention of their husbands through their talents, and how many of them can play the harp and the harp harmoniously?"
"In my opinion, the matter of marriage is nothing more than a sentence: a good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others!"
"Even if you are born into a noble family, because of the teachings you received since childhood, you must abide by the harsh boudoir discipline. For fear of doing anything wrong and bringing bad comments to your parents' family and yourself, you would rather endure it... Such a woman will naturally Isn’t it too late?”
He sneered and said, "It's okay for other girls from wealthy families to live like this! My sisters have all left the government, and I can't interfere with anything now... But my sisters, I don't want them to Follow in the footsteps of those so-called virtuous women!”
"We, the Zou family, don't care about a little bit of fame!!!"
"But it is necessary for the sisters to live a good life!"
"Your Zou family doesn't need reputation? If your Zou family doesn't value reputation, how could it be possible that Yanzhou has been standing for so many years without falling?!" Fu Chuoxian cursed in his heart, "These words are simply an advantage and you are extremely obedient!"
After all, the current status and power of the Zou family are enough to turn right and wrong in Yanzhou.
Zou Yiang, the future heir of the Zou family, said that he did not care about fame. Not only Fu Chuoxian was slandering, but Xi Fuwei was also secretly vomiting blood: "What do you mean, Sister Fu is just a teacher of piano skills, and you want to ask me for more advice? This is not a blatant provocation. Is there a relationship between me and Sister Fu!?"
She endured it for a moment before speaking out: "Let me guess what Mr. Zou is thinking: Mr. Zou thinks that the ladies are too docile and considerate, and is worried that after they leave the cabinet, they will be restrained by their husbands' families and suffer injustice. I endured, hid, and suppressed, but my life was not smooth enough; so I deliberately led a few ladies to skip classes and played selflessly in the woods. This was not to make things difficult for Sister Fu and me, but I wanted the ladies to be more lively, and even Are you being a bit more arrogant so as not to suffer losses in the future?"
Hearing this, Zou Yiang glanced at her and said approvingly: "On the day you came to apply for the job, I told you that you were cunning and even your mother was so happy. You must be smart! You really know a lot better than Mr. Fu!" "
Xi Fuwei said expressionlessly: "Young Master is ridiculous! Who in Yanzhou doesn't know how powerful Mrs. Shang, the head of the Zou family, is. How can I be able to play tricks on my mind in front of Mrs.? It's just that Mrs. Shang is kind and gives me a sip." It’s just food! The young master doesn’t like it, to put it bluntly, why bother sowing the relationship between me and Sister Fu again and again?”
She clearly pointed out Zou Yiang's intentions, and told Fu Chuoxian tactfully that Zou Yiang had said something to sow discord in front of Mrs. Shang before. Although Fu Chuoxian didn't reveal anything, he was somewhat stiff. His expression finally softened.
"It's not that I don't like you." Zou Yiang was a little surprised that she was so honest. After being slightly startled, he smiled and said, "On the contrary, I hope that my sisters will be as good at talking as Mr. Shen in the future. It’s about adapting to circumstances!”
Xi Fuweiquan pretended not to hear this and said calmly: "Master Zou's care for all the ladies is really touching! But as the ancients said, parents who love their children have far-reaching plans! What do you think, Master Zou?"
Zou Yiang rolled his eyes, guessed what she was going to say, and then said: "Mr. Shen, what do you mean...?"
"As Sister Fu said, with a family like the Zou family here, no one would be surprised if the young ladies in the house are talented, beautiful, knowledgeable, and sensible. After all, the ladies of the Zou family should have such standards!" Xi Fu Wei said, "If the young lady in Guo's house neglects her homework because she is being taken around by Mr. Zou, so that she shows her timidity in front of others in the future, may I ask Mr. Zou, what will others think?"
Without waiting for Zou Yiang to answer, she had already answered by herself, "Others will wonder whether you ladies are not valued in Zou Mansion and are not loved and cultivated by the elders, including the young master? Otherwise, how can you not be able to show off to Zou Mansion? The identity of Zhangzhu?”
Noticing that Zou Yiang's face was not very good-looking, she was not afraid. She raised her eyebrows and looked over with a hint of provocation, "Mr. Zou, may I ask, am I wrong?"
"..." Zou Yiang's expression changed for a while, he chuckled and said, "Is this why Mr. Shen thinks that I should let my sisters return to school and listen to the teachings of you two wholeheartedly?"
"Isn't it?" Xi Fuwei looked at him without giving an inch.
The two people's eyes met, and there seemed to be a sharp edge. After a moment, Zou Yiang's face darkened and he said: "Not enough! I said, I don't care about reputation! I just want my sisters to live well! What do others think, and what do I want to do? Do you care? If all of my sisters can take control of their husbands and their families in the future, even if they are called shrews, do you think I care?"
"..." Xi Fuwei was stunned for a moment because she thought of her brother Xi Fucui. Although Xi Fucui did not say such frank and unscrupulous words, he was willing to lift his sister's suspicions without evidence. The engagement with the Wen family shows his love for his sister.
If this brother is still here...
She quietly bit the tip of her tongue, forced herself to calm down, and said, "That was the first reason just now!"
"Now I'll give you a second reason!"
"That's for Madam!"
"Don't forget, it is the matron's duty to discipline the girls at this time!"
"You ladies will not be able to get a good reputation in the future. Others will not say that you, Mr. Zou, dote on the girls and think about them! They will only suspect that the madam is unworthy and even deliberately raises the ladies to waste!"
"My wife is the young master's biological mother. Is the young master willing to put his wife in such a doubtful and criticized situation for some of his immature and unfeasible ideas?!"
Seeing Zou Yiang frowning and saying something else, she raised her voice slightly, "I have a third reason!"
"And the last reason!"
"If Mr. Zou still feels that it is not good for the ladies to go to school in an obedient and peaceful manner after listening to Mr. Zou... Then how about I let Mr. Zou do what he wants?!"