Chapter 103 (2/2)
The girls suddenly stopped and looked up at the old lady.
Old lady Chu took Chu Zhu's words and continued to play a black face: ”Although the princess said she wanted to choose two girls from our family, it's not accurate. There are so many people in Taiyuan. If there are suitable girls in other families, the princess will certainly give us away and choose others. When the huailing princess's house holds a banquet a few days later, the princess will choose the most suitable two from many girls, so you can't be complacent and slack off. Since the county Lord is 12 years old, since Accompanying reading is to accompany the county leader to study. The age difference is too big, so the big girl and eight girls don't have to participate. ”
Chu Jinxian, the eldest girl, stood up and saluted the old lady to show her compliance. She was seventeen years old. She was still the eldest daughter of the family and had a noble status. Even if she was the right age, the old lady wouldn't let Chu Jinxian accompany others. She wasn't accompanied by a princess. How could she work for her eldest daughter? As for Chu JINZI, the eighth girl, she was only six years old. Of course, it's impossible. Therefore, the right people are concentrated in the group of 15 to 12, of which Chu Jinyao is the best.
Old lady Chu paused and said, ”I've found two mammies for you. In the future, you can't be as loose as before. You should learn the rules with mammy every day. Don't lose the face of our Changxing Marquis house. Do you understand?”
The girls all stood up, bowed their heads and said, ”I understand.”
The old lady asked the two mammies to come out and meet the girls. After a group of people saluted each other, Mammy took the girls away and taught the rules in a yard behind rongning hall.
The two sisters, one surnamed Hua and the other Deng, are very strict people. Mother Hua teaches sitting and lying rules, and mother Deng teaches calligraphy, painting, needlework and other talents. Mother Hua and the girls say: ”The girls have just heard that old lady Chu asked us to teach her rules. They all say that without rules, there is no place. The saints also say that there is no laziness of strict teachers. We are strict with the girls for your good. Please forgive me.”
”No.” Chu Jinyao said softly, mingling with her sisters.
Mother Hua was very satisfied with the obedience of the Chu girls. She reprimanded them a few more words, and then asked the girls to demonstrate an Li.
Please salute is the most basic and common etiquette in the high gate courtyard. The girls of the Chu family have been big since childhood and have long been as natural as drinking and eating. However, mother Hua is a mother released from the palace. She is very strict. She walks all the way and constantly beats the girls' waist, hands and other parts with a ruler.
”Keep your waist straight and don't lean forward.”
”Squat down a little more, steady, don't shake.”
”Hands!” mother Hua beat the back of seven girls' hands with a ruler. She hung a pair of eyes and said impolitely, ”seven girls, I have reminded you several times. Why do you always put your hands in the wrong place?”
Miss seven is the legitimate daughter of the second room. She calls Chu Jinjiao. With Yan's shrewd nature of protecting her weaknesses, she is also arrogant and lawless. Among her sisters, Chu Jinxian can drink and scold her, and the rest will not provoke the devil. Miss seven has always been competitive and wants to be the best among her sisters. Now she is beaten and scolded by mother Hua in front of everyone. Miss seven narrowly didn't stand up Answer back. She thought of being the reading companion of the royal residence in the future. Only then did she try to suppress her temper and replied angrily, ”I know.”
Mother Hua glanced at the seven girls without expression and walked away. Next to the seven girls was Chu Jinyao. When Chu Jinyao saw that mother came, she was secretly sweating. Unexpectedly, mother Hua stopped beside Chu Jinyao, looked up and down, but squeezed out some thin smile: ”the five aunts did well. Did you learn from the mother released from the palace when you were a child?”
Chu Jinyao couldn't hide his surprise. Mother Hua praised her? Chu Jinyao didn't have time to think whether mother Hua was wrong, so he hurriedly replied, ”mother raised it and didn't say it.”
The other sisters showed an unconvinced and unbelievable expression. Mother Hua raised her eyebrows and asked, ”haven't you learned from the people in the palace?”
The servant girl of old lady Chu was sent to look at several girls. Seeing this scene, she stepped forward and said, ”mammy doesn't know. Five girls were held wrong when she was a child. She has been kept outside for these years and only came back in the last two months.”
”Really?” mother Hua doubted. ”You only came back in the last two months? Then why did you do the palace ceremony?”
Is she following the etiquette of the palace? Chu Jinyao was also surprised. She practiced as much as Qin Yi instructed her. How did she know why it was Gong Li. Chu Jinyao pretended to think for a while. Finally, she frowned and shook her head: ”I don't know.”
Mother Hua couldn't think of a reason. She could only say, ”maybe you're wrong. The etiquette in the palace looks the same as that outside, but the details are much more regular than that outside. The etiquette in the world has been led by the court. The mammy who teaches rules can't come out to teach girls rules without studying the court etiquette.”