Professor Li’s Married Life Chapter 18:
Li Zhi and Li Chan got Li Chengze's promise, knowing that they could learn to read characters from Gu Qingci, they were very happy in their hearts.
Nowadays, all the chores of cooking and laundry in the East Courtyard are done by someone, and the Bai family is free, so there is no need for the two sisters to intervene.
After breakfast, Mrs. Sun went out to chat with her old sisters. Originally, Mrs. Bai was about to go out at the invitation of a landlord's wife, but seeing her mother-in-law went out first, she was not at ease if there was no master at home and only two servants were left, so she pointed out one woman and asked people to go out. Invite that Mrs. Wu to the house to talk.
The two sisters of the Li family took advantage of this gap to go to the west courtyard.
It's just that the two felt a little embarrassed. They used to bother their sister-in-law to teach, but their mother didn't even prepare a knife, paper or pen.
Li Zhi is one year older, so she brought up this topic with Bai Shi the night before, but Bai Shi reprimanded her.
Bai's eyebrows were sullen, and he scolded: "What did you say! Why did I give birth to you two stupid daughters, and I came to my mother to ask for paper and pens. When have you ever seen those things in my house?" Who is Gu? That's a young lady from the Hou family. Now your sister-in-law, your elder brother ordered her to teach you how to read, can she not prepare something for you? Wooden fish head, what rare objects in her house? No, you're just an idiot, but you're stingy enough to let me take paper and pen." He said and grabbed his ear.
Li Zhi was so scolded by Bai Shi that she couldn't lift her head, she bit her lip and dared not speak again.
In front of outsiders, Mrs. Bai is gentle, virtuous, good-natured and good-natured, but she is a bit harsh and mean when teaching her daughter behind closed doors.
When she was young, she went through a incident when she was in her natal family before she was married.
At that time, there was a family next door to the Bai family. There was an only daughter in the family, who was two or three years older than the Bai family.
The Bai family has a large population and more girls. At that time, besides Bai herself, there were her two sisters, one cousin and two cousins living together.
Daughters are not valued more than men in the first place, so their life is not very easy, don't talk about other things, just talk about food and clothing, it is common to not see meat at the Bai family's dinner table once in a few months, and the clothes are all picked up If you wear a big one, you may not be able to buy a new one all year round.
The family next door to the Bai family is completely different. There is only one daughter in that family, and the whole family has been holding her in pain since she was a child, but it is better than having several sons and grandchildren.
The girl usually has no shortage of pocket money, and she can often be seen running out to buy some hair flowers and snacks. Having been pampered and raised in this way, the temperament developed is also cute and lively.
On weekdays, the Bai family sisters are jealous of that girl in their hearts.
It's just that she never expected that that girl would marry a man with a slope.
It is said that the girl herself met someone first, and cried out to marry her.
No one of her parents can hold her back.
This incident became a joke in the neighborhood at the beginning, women in the streets and alleys would talk in private, mocking the girl for her shamelessness, and saying that she was blind, and the men coaxed her out of her mind.
Because of this, that year, Bai's mother-in-law took the three daughters into the house and told them one by one that this is the result of pampering their daughters, saying that women are shallow-skinned and shallow-hearted. Things, if you raise them loosely and indulgently like that, you have to be careless and easily lose your sense of shame, so if you want a girl to be virtuous and sensible, you have to work harder, and you will know how to restrain yourself after suffering a lot. Make no mistakes in the future.
Bai's mother is an extremely widowed person. She was widowed in middle age, and she has been taut-faced for many years. She never smiles in front of outsiders, and is very serious.
She poured those crooked words into her daughter's ears word by word, while telling them to work more and talk less, and to be docile and polite, but on the other hand, she held her only young son in the palm of her hand and took her with her wherever she went. , It's a good look, I'm afraid something will happen.
Bai Shi was raised in this way since she was a child, and she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it. She even agreed with her mother's way.
Li Zhi and Li Chan went out of the room after being taught a lesson, and when Bai Shi left and disappeared, Li Chan breathed a sigh of relief, took Li Zhi's hand, and said, "Sister, I will see these things in the future." You don’t need to talk to your mother anymore, she won’t care.”
Li Zhi hesitated at first, then nodded, and said in a low voice: "Forget it, let's... let's go over there first, I don't know if the elder brother has gone out."
Li Chan said: "There must be none, I saw Yuanbao just now."
The two of them walked towards the west courtyard while saying this.
The two sisters only went to the west courtyard to watch the excitement on the day when Gu Qingci got married and came to display the dowry.
After all, it is the courtyard where the brother and sister-in-law live, so how can they pass without incident.
The small door was closed, but after knocking, someone opened it after a while.
Seeing that it was Yuanbao, the two of them smiled.
Yuan Bao probably got Li Chengze's order and knew that the two of them would come over in the morning, so he kept paying attention.
Yuan Bao invited Ann first, and he said with a smile on his face, "The two girls are here, come in quickly, I will take you to meet the uncle and young mistress."
Li Zhi and Li Chan lowered their heads slightly, and seemed uncomfortable being saluted.
However, I was relieved to hear that my brother was at home.
Although they are not very close to Li Chengze, they are big brothers after all, and they have a blood relationship. Tong Gu Qingci was really not much worse than a stranger, he hadn't spoken to her a few times, he only knew that his sister-in-law was of noble background, her temper seemed to be not very good, even her grandmother dared to contradict her.
The two sisters sighed in their hearts, and followed Yuan Bao into the inner courtyard. When they reached the corridor, another maid, Qiu Ju, came and led them away.
Just after entering the main room, Li Zhi and Li Chan heard voices coming from inside the room.
After entering the outer room, they were led by another person, and the two of them moved slightly in their hearts. These were things they had never experienced before, giving people a sense of strict rules and duties.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through my mind, and I kept stepping. When I got to the inner room, another maid helped to open the curtain, and whispered: "Grandpa, grandma, the two girls are here."
Gu Qingci's crisp and soft voice came over, "Please come in quickly."
Li Zhi and Li Chan went in.
Looking up, inside the room, Li Chengze and Gu Qingci sat facing each other on the floor. There was a dark square low table in the middle with a chess board on it. They were playing chess.
Gu Qingci was wearing a luxurious top made of light golden apricot yellow two-color brocade fabric, lined with a pink horse-face skirt.
Her complexion is extremely fair, and this dress makes her look bright and attractive.
Because I knew someone was coming today, I naturally dressed more formally.
The hand that was holding on to the chess pieces, saw a jade white bracelet on the bright white wrist, and a pair of thin carved gold bracelets on the other hand.
The whole body looks like a nobleman.
Not to mention that this room is so bright that people can't move their eyes. It is bright and full of rare treasures.
Blankets were spread on the ground, and the two girls of the Li family hardly dared to leave.
A timid expression appeared on his face.
They have never seen such a house or been to such a place.
What's more, Gu Qingci and Li Chengze's close relationship with each other made people blush with embarrassment.
The two sisters greeted each other one after another, and called their eldest brother and sister-in-law.
As soon as Li Cheng raised his head and saw the two of them, he said, "You and I have prepared books, paper and pens, so that we can learn calligraphy from your sister-in-law in the future." The two prepared bamboo boxes were taken out and given to the two of them respectively.
It's not easy to play chess now, so Li Cheng stood up, smiled at Gu Qingci and said, "I will play with you some other day. You teach them first, and I will go there first." Lift your feet and stride away.