On this day, the small Zhang family was in chaos because of the arrival of Zhu Ying, the daughter of a wealthy family.
Old Liu and Ah Liu went to the village cooper and hurriedly bought new wooden basins, wooden barrels and other utensils for the young lady to use as a makeshift.
Mrs. Wu and Aunt Liu were busy tidying up the main room where Zhang Shou had originally lived alone. After all, there were always some differences when a man lived in the room and a woman lived in the room.
As for Zhang Shou… Zhu Ying found that he had disappeared in a blink of an eye. Although she was a little annoyed, she could only persuade herself secretly that there was still a long time to come. Since she had already stayed, why would she be afraid that she would not have the opportunity to get a good look at Zhang Shou from a close distance
However, to Miss Zhu, everything in the Zhang family was shabby but fresh. It was not like she had never lived outside before, but that was a separate courtyard of the family, with countless servants following behind to fawn on her, and everything from utensils to food was carefully selected, and the so-called wild fun was just a pile of money just to make her smile. It was nothing like now, where everything had to be purchased and packed up urgently
Seeing that everyone else was busy, thinking that Zhang Shou seemed to think that she could not do anything without a maid, she suddenly left the familiar environment of Zhaoguogong Mansion, and wanted to get familiar with the new environment, so she rolled up her sleeves and went to the main room to volunteer to help. However, when she accidentally overturned the wooden basin and almost splashed water all over herself, Wu couldn't bear it anymore.
She took the gorgeous young lady directly to the study separated from the main landlord's east room.
Then a cup of hot tea was served, and the young lady was asked to "have a good rest".
Zhu Ying was very thankful that Zhang Shou was not there at the moment, otherwise if he saw her clumsiness, she would not know where to put her face after just saying such a big thing!
At this moment, she took a sip of the bland tea, and her eyes suddenly fell on the bookcases that stood on the wall. Her eyes lit up for a moment. But she took out a few books and flipped through them, only to find that they were just the Four Books and the Five Classics. There was not even a single novel or story that was often circulated among the ladies in the boudoir. She felt it was boring again.
But at this moment, she casually pulled out another book and opened it, only to find that it was a calligraphy book. Seeing that the handwriting was barely correct, but weak and powerless, not to mention the style, she couldn't help but frowned.
Even if she didn't practice calligraphy diligently since childhood, her writing is better than this!
"Growing up in such a peasant family, how could that person not be mediocre?"
The words that Zhu Gongquan had said before, pointing at the back of Zhang Shou's head, seemed to suddenly ring in her ears again. She felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on her excitement, and suddenly realized that Zhang Shou grew up in the countryside after all, and it was impossible for him to come into contact with a famous teacher.
Feeling upset, she dropped the calligraphy paper, put it back to its place as if covering it up, and picked up another one.
But when she opened it, she saw the same rigid handwriting as a child's calligraphy. She glanced at the bookshelf and found that there were more than a dozen copybooks with similar bindings. She felt even more complicated.
Several generations of emperors were fond of calligraphy. Even her father, a military general, had a good and vigorous handwriting. She was forced by her grandmother to practice her handwriting to a decent standard. If Zhang Shou couldn't even write well, how could she become an official in the future
Such a handsome and refined young man, who is beyond the reach of many noble sons in the capital, should have won the top three honors in the imperial examinations, ridden in a parade through the streets, become a general or a prime minister... In short, he should stand at the highest position in the court and make those vulgar pigs feel ashamed!