Chapter 116: You Have to Make a Plan
Tang Shuyi really wanted to show up as soon as possible, and the outstanding male protagonist in the book would solve the problem as soon as possible, so that she wouldn't have to keep it in her heart. But, at the moment, the male protagonist still doesn't know where he is working hard.
In this case, they can live their lives however they want.
After the first snowfall in winter, the weather was getting colder and colder. Tang Shuyi didn’t want to go out less and less, and his daily walks in the garden were cancelled. However, their second son was very hard-working and would go out every day.
Every day, I get up at midnight to practice martial arts as before, and my body is getting stronger and stronger visible to the naked eye, just like a little calf.
Tang Shuyi was pleased and a little proud that the dandy in her family was slowly getting better.
However, Xiao Yuming insisted on practicing martial arts every day, and also insisted on going out to play every day. Tang Shuyi didn't ask much about what he was doing specifically. As a boy, he was already fourteen, so he didn't need to worry about everything, as long as he didn't do anything inappropriate.
Although Xiao Yuming didn't like studying and went out all day to have fun, he didn't do anything to bully men and women or harm the people. He didn't gamble or go whoring, but he was more playful. Tang Shuyi was still at ease with him.
Anyway, his future is basically planned. He will practice martial arts well, and when he is ready, he will be sent to General Xiang. If others don't like him, he will be sent to the Imperial Guard or the camp on the outskirts of Beijing. After two years of training, he will be sent to the Northwest Army.
There are the old marquis and Xiao Huai's old subordinates there. After he passes there, if he can fight hard, he can save some military supplies and come back. Maybe they will have a great general by then.
If you don't make a name for yourself there, it's like going to gold-plating. If you stay in the Northwest Army for a few years, come back and recommend to the court, join the Ministry of War or other departments, your whole life will not be considered inactive.
"Madam, the Duke's Mansion sent some flowers, saying they were just taken out of the greenhouse."
Cuiyun's words interrupted Tang Shuyi's thoughts. When she turned around, she saw several little maids holding a pot of brightly blooming flowers in their hands. She couldn't help but laugh, and said to Cuiyun Cuizhu: "A few days ago,
The elder sister-in-law also told me that she would leave the greenhouse to be taken care of by the second sister-in-law this year. Who would have thought that she would plant all the flowers? This winter, the vegetables in the Duke’s Mansion will have to rely on our greenhouse.”
The green bamboos and green clouds also laughed.
"Let people see how the vegetables in the greenhouse are doing," Tang Shuyi ordered again: "When you go back to deliver vegetables to the kitchen, send a copy to the Duke's Mansion."
After thinking about it, she added: "I will also send a copy to Fang Daru's house, just to thank Fang Daru for teaching our eldest son."
In fact, she wanted to send some to the General's Mansion, but they had no contact with the General's Mansion now, so it was a bit too deliberate to suddenly deliver food to people. After thinking about it, she might as well forget it. But she still had to find it.
I had the opportunity to contact General Xiang's Mansion. I've gotten to know him more frequently and it's easier to do things.
A few days later, when Fang Daru's wife received several baskets of fresh and green vegetables from Yongninghou's Mansion, she was a little confused. Their family had no contact with Yongninghou's Mansion, and she didn't even know Madam Yongninghou.
"People from the Yongning Marquis Mansion said that these are thanks to our old man for teaching their eldest son." said the nun beside Mrs. Fang.
Mrs. Fang was stunned after hearing this, and then smiled, "This Mrs. Yongninghou is a wonderful person."
Even though the old man in her family has taught the Yongning Hou Crown Prince, people usually send thank-you gifts during festivals, birthdays, or family happy events. Everyone knows in their hearts that thick gifts are given.
What's the meaning.
Like Mrs. Yongning Hou, she gives gifts year after year, and they are such homely but expensive things. This kind of behavior will inevitably be a bit flattering, but it is not annoying at all.
She thought for a while, and then asked the grandmother beside her: "Do you still have the horseshoe cake I made?"
"Yes, Mr. Ninth likes to eat the horseshoe cake you made by yourself. I'm keeping it for him," said the nanny.
Mrs. Fang waved her hand and said, "Send it to Mrs. Yongninghou and tell them I made it myself so they can have a try."
As parents and grandparents, everyone is planning for their children. Mrs. Yongninghou’s act of sending food is nothing more than to bring the two families closer and let her old man teach the Yongninghou Crown Prince more. She also wants to be close to the Yongninghou Mansion.
If you make friends with a few powerful people, maybe their children will be able to use it in the future.
After Fang Daru came back from the academy, Mrs. Fang told him about this matter. After hearing this, the expression on Fang Daru's face was indescribable. He couldn't figure out what to do with the palm bead of Tang Guogong and the head lady of Yongning Houfu.
The matter is so straightforward and explicit? Such a bold gift to his house.
Thinking about what happened last time, he could only sigh again: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise!"
Mrs. Fang snorted heavily, "I think Mrs. Yongninghou is a wonderful person, frank and straightforward. If you don't like the things she gave you, just don't eat them for dinner."
Fang Daru: "..."
Ordinary wealthy people can't afford to build things like greenhouses, but he has always advocated frugality, and he will not let his family build something that costs money. So he almost never eats vegetables in winter. Now think about that
Green and shiny things make people salivate.
Seeing that he had nothing to say, Mrs. Fang smiled and said: "So Mrs. Yongninghou is a wonderful person. It is difficult for you to refuse the things she gives. Okay, just eat other people's things and teach their children well later."
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Fang Daru suddenly laughed too, feeling that in comparison, he was indeed a little too pedantic. He said: "I think the Yongning Prince has learned a lot from his mother, and the articles he writes are much more clear and open."
Tang Shuyi here was also very happy to receive the horseshoe cake sent by Mrs. Fang. After this visit, the relationship was established. After the New Year's filial piety, she would find an opportunity to visit Mrs. Fang below, and the relationship would become closer.
Already.
She didn't think it was anything, and she was indeed trying to curry favor with the Fang family. But what's wrong with currying favor with someone in order to find a famous teacher for their children? In modern times, parents are almost curled up for their children's education. Only then did she
Where are you?
She calculated that Xiao Yuchen and Fang Daru alone were not enough, so she had to find another teacher who combined practice and theory. This person must be Qi Liangsheng.
Qi Liangsheng was once the number one scholar in the scientific examination, a perfect academic master and a top student in the examination, and he had been immersed in the officialdom for so many years. He must be knowledgeable about court politics. With his guidance, whether it was the scientific examination of the eldest son of their family,
Whether you enter officialdom in the future or not, you will definitely benefit a lot.
But how did Qi Liangsheng agree to teach Xiao Yuchen? Although he had a good relationship with the Duke of Tang, he was not good enough to help the Duke of Tang teach his grandson.
Chapter completed!