Poor Family

Accompanied by Manager Shi, Shi Zhenghe took his family out of the mansion three more times, and after getting acquainted with the inner city well, he did not let Manager Shi continue to follow him.

"The restaurants in the capital are too expensive. It costs a few taels of silver to go to a restaurant for a meal. If we don't do it a few times, we will be poor."

Shi Dinghao looked at the shriveled purse with distress.

Shi Fuxin: "This is the inner city, the outer city should be cheaper."

Shi Dinghao: "Cheap is not going to go anywhere, I've decided, let's not eat out in the future." Saying that, he looked at Jin Yue'e.

"Mother, isn't the mansion going to send us a monthly bill? How much money do we have a month?"

Jin Yue'e: "Your father and I are twelve taels a month, and the four of you are two taels a month."

"Ah, it's only two taels!" Shi Dinghao felt a little too small.

Shi Fuxin was a little speechless: "Jiulang, you are drifting away. Think about our past, it would be nice to have a few dozen coins in your hand, but now you still despise two taels of silver?"

Shi Dinghao put his face on his face: "It can't be compared like this. In the past, we could save all the money where we didn't spend money, but there are too many places to spend money in the capital."

"Do you know that in the uncle's mansion, if we ask people to run errands, we still have to give them a reward. One reward is a few tens of pennies, two taels of silver. How many times do you think you can reward them?"

When it comes to money, Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e are also very worried.

When they returned to the capital, Cheng Yi was given two hundred taels by Jiang's mansion, plus what they had accumulated before, their total net worth is almost one thousand taels now.

A thousand taels of wealth, in the past, the couple definitely thought it was a huge sum of money. But after returning to the uncle's mansion, one thousand taels of silver was really not enough.

"Forget it, I don't want anyone to run errands for me anymore, I will do what I want to do myself." Shi Dinghao muttered in a low voice.

Shi Fuxin shook her head: "Instead of scribbling and frugalizing, you might as well think about how to make money."

Shi Dinghao: "How to make money? We will go to school in a few days, and there will be no chance to leave the house by then."

After asking the opinions of Shi Dingxuan and the other four, Mrs. Shi asked them to go to the school in the mansion from the first day of October.

Shi Fuxin said casually: "There are always more solutions than difficulties."

Shi Dinghao added another sentence: "But shops in the capital are very expensive. If you open a shop, you must invest a lot. Do we have any money?"

Shi Fuxin was silent, most of the money in her hands was invested in Shennongtang, unless Shennongtang started to make money and Shang Laojiu sent money to the capital, otherwise, they really couldn't afford it.

Seeing the younger son and the younger daughter worrying about money, Shi Zhenghe walked between the two of them: "Okay, you two concentrate on your studies, your father and I will make money."

Shi Fuxin and Shi Dinghao immediately raised adoring smiles: "Well, dad is the best."

Shi Zhenghe was amused.

In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of October. Early in the morning, Jingui came to wake Shi Fuxin up.

After Shi Fuxin put on her dress, she went to the dressing table and asked Jingui to comb her hair. As soon as she sat down, she heard Jingui's surprised voice.

"Girl, this servant noticed that you seem to have turned white."

Hearing this, Shi Fuxin suddenly smiled and rolled her eyes, leaned in front of the bronze mirror and looked at herself carefully: "Well, it's a little whiter." It was not in vain that she soaked in the whitening and rejuvenating medicinal bath once every three days, and then soaked for a few more times. In a few months, I think the skin will not be worse than that of the noble girls in the capital.

Jingui was slightly surprised, after all, she was not much white, so she quickly combed Shi Fuxin's hair into a bun.

After breakfast, Shi Zhenghe and Jin Yue'e took Shi Dingxuan to greet Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Shi, and then they separated.

The four of Shi Dingxuan went to the school in the mansion, Shi Zhenghe continued to go out for a stroll, and Jin Yue'e stayed in Yixiang Hall, chatting with Mrs. Shi and later Mrs. Shi.

Bofu Academy is separated for men and women, Qihuaxuan is the place where girls study, while young masters study in Jidi Hall, the two are next to each other, located in the northeast corner of the front yard.

When Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin entered Huaxuan, Shi Dingxuan still instructed: "If you see that family member, just live in peace and don't compare yourself to them."

Shi Fuyin nodded, knowing that Shi Dingxuan was worried about the younger sister, she said with a smile: "I will watch the younger sister."

Shi Fuxin was a little speechless: "What are you doing, my time is very precious, so I won't waste it on unimportant people." After finishing speaking, she went straight into Qihuaxuan.

When Shi Fuyin saw her, she talked to Shi Dingxuan and Shi Dinghao, and hurriedly followed in.

The Bofu's education of the girls is very careful. In addition to teaching reading and writing, they also teach arithmetic, female red, as well as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, incense and flower arrangement.

After entering the door, a servant girl came over to guide Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin.

"Third Miss, Sixth Miss, Mr. Qiao asked the servants to lead the two of you to class."

Qihuaxuan was in the second courtyard, and the maid directly took the two of them to the west wing of the first courtyard.

Shi Fuxin noticed the commotion coming from the east wing, and saw a few girls about her age lying on the windows looking this way, walked into the empty west wing, and couldn't help asking: "We don't talk to other people?" class together?"

The servant girl smiled and said, "Master Qiao said that the two girls have just arrived, and I still don't know the progress of the girls, and I want to test and teach them later."

Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin understood. The master is worried that they don't know anything, and they can't keep up with other people's learning.

"Okay, we know, you go down."

After the maid retreated, Jingui and Fuman put the book box in front of the only two desks in the room, and then retreated.

"Sister, do you think Master Qiao looks down on us, or is he afraid of embarrassing us?"

Shi Fuxin was silent for a moment: "I'm afraid we'll be embarrassing. The girls in the uncle's mansion have been enlightened since they were six years old, and they are very knowledgeable. You and I have only started studying not long ago, and we are still lacking in knowledge. Master does this. It's for our own good."

Shi Fuxin was noncommittal, and while laying out pens, inks, papers and inkstones, she said: "Let us come here, Master is going to teach us alone? I think it's quite good in the living room with only the two of us."

Shi Fuyin smiled: "It's very good." It can save a lot of trouble, but I don't know if it is the meaning of the master or the grandmother?

On the other side, in the East Wing, Shi Furan was sitting next to Shi Fulin, the two of them were whispering and waiting for Sister Shi Fuyin to arrive, but unexpectedly they went to the West Wing.

Shi Furan was surprised: "Aren't they going to class with us?"

Shi Fulin also looked confused: "I don't know."

Shi Furan thought for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "I know why, they must not understand anything at the border, if they go to class with us, wouldn't it slow down our progress?"

"For the sake of two people, affecting so many of us, Master wouldn't do this."

Shi Fulin agreed with her face: "It should be like this."

Shi Furan showed disappointment: "It's a pity, I still want to see what they look like."

Shi Fulin: "Just two black bumps, their skin is darker and rougher than the maids in the house."

Shi Furan's eyes widened: "Really? Isn't that particularly ugly?"

Shi Flin paused for a moment: "Ugly is not difficult to see, it's just a little dark. If you really want to know what they look like, you can definitely see them during the break after class."

Shi Furan nodded and sat back in her seat.

Soon, when it was time for class, Master Qiao went to the east wing first, checked all the girls' homework, and then started to give lectures, as if he had forgotten about Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin in the west wing.

Shifu has one class for half an hour, two classes in the morning, three classes in the afternoon, and a quarter-hour break between classes.

The first class was over soon, Master Qiao went out of the East Wing, returned to the upper room, and called the servant girl to ask, "What are Miss San and Miss Six doing when I'm in class?"

The servant girl replied: "The third girl is reading a book, and the sixth girl is practicing calligraphy."

Qiao Fuzi showed surprise: "The two of you are not angry, you didn't ask me, you didn't talk?"

The servant girl shook her head, she was also very surprised: "The two girls talked for a while when they first entered the class, and then they did their own things, and they didn't say a word in between."

Master Qiao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I can hold my breath."

As soon as the words were finished, two people came out of the west wing of the yard. The younger one was swinging his arms as if he was moving his body, while the older one was looking around the yard curiously.

The calm and composed demeanor attracted Qiao Fuzi's amazement again and again.

These two girls from the border do not show a trace of inferiority complex, on the contrary, their brows are flamboyant, which is different from other girls in the mansion, which is very eye-catching.

It's no wonder that every time the old lady mentions it, her words are full of praise.

Looking at it now, these two girls are indeed not bad.

"Sister, look at the people on the other side looking at us."

Of course, Shi Fuyin noticed that the girl in the east wing was looking at them, and she nodded generously towards the opposite side, and blessed her body, which was regarded as a salute to the girl opposite.

When Shi Fuxin saw her, she also smiled and blessed Fu's body, and even shook her face with her hand: "Hello, everyone!"

Seeing this, the girls in the East Wing were stunned, especially the girls in the clan who had never met Sister Shi Fuxin.

"Didn't they say they were vulgar?"

"I look fine."

"I look pretty good, and it's not as dark as Sister Lin and the others say."

Shi Furan was also in a daze, and she didn't see the twists and pettiness that she expected, but instead saw the two sisters who were generous and no different from them. The difference between imagination and reality was too great, which made it hard for her to accept.

It was time for the second period, and everyone returned to the classroom.

In this class, Master Qiao gave homework to the girl in the east wing, so he came to the west wing.

Seeing Master Qiao, Shi Fuyin and Shi Fuxin hurriedly stood up: "My respects, Master."

Qiao Fuzi nodded, walked to the teaching desk and sat down, then motioned for the two to sit down, and waited for the two to sit down before saying, "I didn't come to class last class, what did you do?"

Shi Fuyin got up and replied: "Go back to Master, I am studying Mencius in the Four Books."

Master Qiao raised his eyebrows: "Have you read Mencius?"

Shi Fuyin nodded: "When we were in Rongcheng, we once studied with a lady, and we happened to read Mencius."

Master Qiao nodded, and asked Shi Fuyin a few questions for the exam.

Shi Fuyin returned one by one, and brought her own opinions.

After listening to Master Qiao, he nodded from time to time: "You have read Mencius thoroughly, which is very good." He signaled Shi Fuyin to sit down, and then looked at Shi Fuxin.

Shi Fuxin got up quickly: "Master, I'm practicing calligraphy."

Master Qiao: "Bring it up and let me have a look."

Shi Fuxin put the paper full of words on the teaching desk.

Master Qiao nodded in satisfaction after reading Shi Fuxin's handwriting: "Your hairpin flower writing in small letters is quite beautiful, but there are some places that are not smooth enough."

Shi Fuxin replied with a smile: "Master, don't worry, I will continue to work hard."

Qiao Fuzi: "Your sister has read Mencius, and you, where have you read?"

Shi Fuxin: "I also read Mencius."

Master Qiao also asked Shi Fuxin a few questions, and Shi Fuxin answered them one by one.

At this moment, Qiao Fuzi became silent, and he spoke after a while: "I thought you didn't study much, so I asked you to come to the West Wing. Since you have already read Mencius, your progress is not much different from other girls. Let's go to the east wing room after class tomorrow."

Hearing this, Shi Fuxin immediately raised her hand.

Master Qiao was taken aback when he saw it, knowing that Shi Fuxin must have something to say, and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

Shi Fuxin: "Master, my sister and I don't need to go to the East Wing. We learn things very fast. We're afraid that they won't be able to keep up with our progress."

Qiao Fuzi: "." This is too confident.

When Shi Fuyin saw Master Qiao looking at her, she quickly replied: "Everything is according to Master's arrangement."

Only then did Mrs. Qiao show satisfaction: "As a girl, reading and literacy are important, but socializing with others must not be left behind. It is the most unacceptable thing to study behind closed doors."

"Let me tell you, on my side, I only teach reading and arithmetic in the morning. If you still want to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you can also come to me. I will arrange things from time to time, such as burning incense and flower arrangement."

"The class in the afternoon will be given to you by Miss Qiqiao. She mainly teaches you women's reds, such as weaving, weaving, sewing, embroidery, patchwork, appliqué embroidery, flower cutting, starch dyeing, etc. You all have to learn. Enter the hospital for the second time."

During one class, Master Qiao didn't teach Shi Fuyin and Shi Fuxin anything. He mainly chatted with them, asked them about the border customs, and also told them about the differences between the capital and the border.

After one class, both parties are quite satisfied.

Students actively ask questions, and the teacher is willing to answer questions, perfect!

After the morning class, as soon as the students left, Mrs. Qiao went to the Second Academy to have dinner with Mrs. Qiqiao.

"How about the two new girls?"

Lady Qiqiao asked with a smile.

Mrs. Qiao took a sip of tea before sighing: "It's much better than I imagined, but the very small one has great eyesight, she can pick up any conversation, and most importantly, she can lead the conversation to the next level." Go where she wants to know."

"At first, I wanted to talk to them, but in the end I found out that I also talked to them a lot."

Lady Qiqiao raised her eyebrows: "It seems that you think highly of those two sisters."

Master Qiao smiled: "You will know when you meet someone this afternoon."

Mrs. Qiqiao was a little unconvinced: "I believe they are all good girls and smart, but learning from female celebrities depends on talent."

Mr. Qiao agrees with this. Some people are good at reading, but female celebrities are in a mess.

Yixiang Hall.

Seeing that Shi Dingxuan came back from get out of class, Mrs. Shi immediately asked someone to prepare a meal, and took advantage of the gap between the meal and asked with a smile: "Are you still used to going to school?"

Shi Dingxuan and Shi Fuyin nodded: "Everything is fine."

Shi Fuxin: "My wife is very kind. She patiently answered questions we didn't understand."

Shi Dinghao: "The students are also very nice, they take special care of me."

Mrs. Shi's complexion was a little strange. The answers of Wulang and Sister Yin were still in her expectation, but the two little ones.

Qiao Fuzi is notoriously noble, because she was worried that she would treat the two granddaughters differently, she even said hello and said she was patient? Why is it so unbelievable!

And Kuro, the others take good care of him? This is even more bizarre, what she is most worried about is that other people will join forces to bully Jiulang, will they take care of him?

Mrs. Shi ate lunch full of doubts, and after Shi Zheng and his family left, she called Lai An to inquire.

Soon, Nanny An came back.

"You said sister Xin and Mrs. Qiao are talking to each other?" Mrs. Shi was surprised.

Nanny An smiled and nodded: "Yes, Mrs. Qiao said it herself, saying that Miss Six's mind is spinning very fast, and she only came back to her senses after class."

Mrs. Shi was silent: "Where is Jiulang, what's the situation with him?"

Mother An showed a look of dumbfounding: "Our ninth master, we are acquainted, and we greet each other as soon as we enter the classroom. We are so enthusiastic and call them brothers and sisters that everyone can only greet each other with a smile on their faces."

Mrs. Shi gave a 'puhhh' smile: "This Jiulang!" Then she paused, "Wulang and sister Yin are steady, sister Xin and Jiulang are clever, and these four children each have their own strengths."

After the lunch break, Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin came to Qihuaxuan again. In the afternoon, they learned from female celebrities, and they went directly to the Secondary Academy.

Miss Qiqiao didn't separate the two of them, all the girls gathered in the east wing.

"Hi everyone, I'm Shi Fuxin."

"Shi Fuyin."

"Everyone is polite!"

The two greeted everyone generously, then walked to the empty embroidery shed and sat down.

Knowing that Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin are in class today, Shi Fuzhi, who was worried about her sister having conflicts with the two of them, came here to restrain Shi Furan, her eyes flickered when she saw the two of them.

The girls were very curious about the two of them, but they didn't take the initiative to say hello. Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin didn't care. They both looked at the embroidery shed in front of them and strands of silk threads of different colors curiously.

Generous and self-possessed, this is not a wild girl from the border who can't stand on the stage, this bearing is more outstanding than many pampered and raised girls in the uncle's mansion and the clan.

When Mrs. Qiqiao came in, she saw that the students were all looking at Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin. Following the students' line of sight, she also looked at the two new girls from the uncle's residence.

The big one, with a pair of red phoenix eyes looking forward to the brilliance, has a tall and straight figure, like a chrysanthemum blooming in the wind;

Small, with a round face, round eyes, delicate and charming, like a peach blossom.

It is indeed better than expected.

Miss Qiqiao didn't talk nonsense, she directly called Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin to her, taught them the basic embroidery stitches, and then let them go down to practice by themselves.

After Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin went down, Mrs. Qiqiao began to look at other girls' embroidery and corrected their mistakes one by one.

Shi Fuxin felt that the basic stitch method was too simple, and she would get bored after embroidering for a while, so she kept looking up at Miss Qiqiao's instructions to other people.

She found that Mrs. Qiqiao especially liked a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. After thinking about it, she whispered to Shi Fu who was next door: "Fifth sister, who is that person?"

Shi Fu, who was concentrating on embroidery, didn't expect Shi Fuxin to talk to her, so she was taken aback for a moment before saying, "Shi Fuzhi."

When Shi Fuxin heard it, she knew who it was.

The eldest daughter of Li Jiazi.

Shi Fuxin asked again: "Fifth Sister, who is Shi Furan?"

Shi Fuyi glanced at her, with puzzled brows, she didn't seem to know her very well, why does this man keep asking her for questions?

"The one next to Miss Lin."

Shi Fuxin looked over, and after remembering Li Jiazi's two daughters, thanked with a smile: "Thank you Fifth Sister."

"Stop whispering!"

Lady Qiqiao glanced at Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuwei, and continued to explain the double-sided embroidery stitches to Shi Fuzhi.

Shi Fuxin really didn't want to waste time and energy practicing this simple stitch, so she released her mental strength and 'watched' Miss Qiqiao teach Shi Fuzhi double-sided embroidery, learning to embroider while 'watching'.

Miss Qiqiao only had one class with Shi Fuzhi, and only got up in the second class to look at other people's embroidery one by one.

When she walked in front of Shi Fuxin, Lady Qiqiao raised her eyelids suddenly.

On the white silk cloth, a plump, bright red pomegranate suddenly came into view, and it was embroidered on both sides.

Although the embroidery is not full enough, it is very lifelike.

"You embroidered this?" Miss Qiqiao was a little shocked.

Shi Fuxin nodded.

Lady Qiqiao asked again: "Have you learned embroidery before?"

Shi Fuxin shook her head: "It's my first time embroidering."

Mrs. Qiqiao's face darkened: "You are so young, and your vanity is so strong, you dare to lie in front of me!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Fuxin quit: "Why am I so vain? Why do you say I'm lying?"

Shi Fuyin quickly stood up: "Lady, I can testify that it is indeed the first time for my sister to embroider. Before that, we had no chance to touch this."

Mrs. Qiqiao looked at Shi Fuyin, then at Shi Fuxin, with suspicion still on her face.

Shi Fuxin's complexion was not very good: "Lady, you have to believe that there are geniuses in this world, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean there aren't any."

Embroidery pays attention to the eyes, heart, and hands, so that the embroidered things are realistic, and the attention here is on the details. Shi Fuxin, who has spiritual power, is definitely a cheater in picking out the details.

Lady Qiqiao restrained her emotions a bit, seeing that the two sisters didn't look like they were lying, she didn't question her, but she didn't say anything about what was a little too much just now, she just passed Shi Fuxin and walked towards the next person.

Shi Fuxin glanced at her, didn't say anything, just sat down by herself and continued to embroider pomegranates.

Seeing this scene, everyone looked different.

Shi Fuzhi looked at the pomegranates on Shi Fuxin's embroidery shed, and then at her own embroidery shed, her eyes were a little sad.

She still remembers that when she applied for the National Women's Prison, the handprint of the National Women's Prison told her: "Your embroidery skills are very good, but compared with those who are really talented in embroidery, you lack a bit of aura."

This can be understood as that her embroidery is the result of hard work. It is dull, lacking in aura, not realistic enough, and not enough to make people's eyes shine.

The pomegranate was obviously embroidered so rough, but it caught her attention immediately.

Is this the so-called aura?