Zhu Bamei said with a smile: "Don't worry too much, my mother just dotes on me too much. When I was a child, I would exaggerate. My brothers had to queue behind me. In the past, our family's conditions were not good, and we didn't have enough food and clothing, so

I pick all the food at home first, and the rest belongs to my brothers."

"Really? You...you are actually more favored than your brothers?!" Miss Rei Er was a little surprised.

Although she is one of the few girls in the capital who is favored by her parents, Miss Li Er swears that no matter how favored she is, she will never be more favored than her elder brother Li.

Which family is not dominated by legitimate sons?

It is no joke that mother is more valuable than son.

Zhu Bamei nodded: "It's true! Just look at my seventh brother's ranking. You can see that there are several brothers before me. If there are too many brothers, they are worthless. I am the only girl of this generation in our family and my mother's heart treasure.

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Naturally, Zhu Bamei would not mention that the reason her mother was good to her was because she was waiting for her to be supported by her aunt.

As a result, after the Zhu family became prosperous, her mother realized that she no longer needed Zhu Bamei as her aunt, so she changed her education policy to make Zhu Bamei "self-reliant" and control the economy without relying on men.

If other people heard this, they would definitely think that her mother was selfish and actually taught the girl like that, but only Zhu Bamei, who had personal experience, knew that no matter how her mother "taught", it was all for her own good in the end.

The reason why her mother taught her like that at first was because her mother's previous experience was like this - if you want to be popular and drink spicy food, you have to be an aunt and hug the man's lap.

Later, her mother had other experiences and found that it was better to rely on Old Man Zhu for most of her life than to do it on her own. After tasting the benefits, she immediately adjusted her education policy and taught Zhu Bamei to learn together.

Not only Zhu Bamei learned it, but several sisters-in-law also had to learn it together.

Therefore, Zhu Bamei and her sisters-in-law are what they are today, and the Zhu family is what they are today.

Zhu Bamei smiled. She really didn't think there was anything wrong with her mother. In her eyes, her mother was perfect.

Her mother crossed the river by feeling the stones and taught her all the survival skills. She can only be grateful.

"Even now, my sisters-in-law all know that compared to my brothers, I am the treasure in my mother's heart. Therefore, if any of my sisters-in-law gives birth to a girl, not only will they not be worried or disappointed, but they will be happy." Zhu Bamei

He smiled and said, "Because they know that my mother likes girls and they are going to have a daughter. My mother will only be happy and will never be unhappy."

Speaking later, it was said that her sisters-in-law were all looking forward to having a girl in order to win her mother's favor.

But it's a pity that this girl is not easy to give birth to. Among her sisters-in-law, the fourth and fifth sisters-in-law have girls in their family.

"The most indispensable thing in our family is boys. Every room has them, but when it comes to girls, not every room has them."

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Miss Fang and Miss Li Er were so surprised that they could not imagine what it would be like for a family to be so "valuing girls over boys".

But do you want to say that it is not good for the Zhu family to favor girls over boys?

Not entirely.

The son they raised is also very good, okay?

Just look at the Third Master Zhu and the Seventh Master Zhu and you will know that it is quite good to have two outstanding scholars in one generation.

Still coming from a poor family, one can only imagine how much they have put in to achieve what they have achieved today.

After a while, the three of them arrived at Zhu Bamei's study.

When Miss Li Er heard the word "study" before, she just thought it was a bookshelf, and then there were tables, chairs, various girl's home furnishings, etc., forming a medium-sized space.

But obviously, Zhu Bamei's study is different.

Upon entering, her study room is divided into two parts: left and right.

In the corridor on the left facing the outside, there is a window that opens very low, with a low sag at the bottom.

There are small tables, cushions and other items placed on the low platform.

Against the wall on one side is a shelf that stands high above the ground, with a closed and locked door on it. There are only a few ornaments placed as far as you can reach while standing.

Further down, there is a very easy-to-access cubicle, which contains various books.

"This is what I saw recently. I specially asked the maid to put it here for easier access."

When Zhu Bamei saw their eyes falling on this area, she introduced it very generously.

Below the cubicle where books are placed is a slightly protruding low cabinet. There is a label on the cabinet door, and the label states what is placed inside.

There is pen and ink, a piece of paper, etc.

On the other side of the squat are tables and chairs. The chairs are designed to be slightly larger and have soft cushions. They can obviously be used for sitting or leaning.

As for the flowers and potted plants, they are all left sparsely.

This is the resting place on the left.

The right side is even more different. It is simply a "bookstore".

There are rows of bookcases standing vertically from the ceiling, each bookcase is filled with books, and each bookshelf is labeled and classified into categories.

This is the method, some called Miss Fang, Miss Li Er was surprised.

"You actually have a bookshelf here?!"

The two of them stared wide-eyed and couldn't believe it.

Even if you talk about poetry and travel notes, why are there stories in the story?!

A travelogue is already outrageous enough, right?

You even have a storybook. Are the elders in your family not afraid that you will change your temper after reading too much of your storybook?!

Zhu Bamei laughed again: "What's so scary about this? The less it is, the more curious it will be. Only when it is placed openly and openly, and the more you see it, will you get used to it and won't go the wrong way."

She walked over, knelt down, and let them look at the bottom row.

The bottom row is reading notes, which contain what I thought while reading the storybook.

The storybook is only so wide. Sometimes I want to write something, but there is not enough space to write it, so I write it on a separate piece of paper.

If you have more paper, you can make it into a booklet, which is convenient to place, collect, and easy to flip through.

"These are the reading notes I take from reading my storybook on weekdays, and also include some of my thoughts. I use blue ink, and my mother uses red ink..."

Zhu Bamei took out a book and showed it to them.

"Look at this book. This book was written earlier. It should have been a few years ago when I just learned to read and write, and my handwriting was not very good..."

"I also liked reading at that time, but "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" were too profound for me to understand. So my mother made some story books for me to read slowly."

Zhu Bamei opened this reading notebook and found that the content inside was actually a picture, with only a few simple lines.

Accompanied by a few lines, it is a simple sentence or two.

It's such a simple approach, but it tells a novel story.

Zhu Bamei said that she didn't know many Chinese characters at that time, so she relied on this simple script to learn more of my Chinese characters. She became literate and had the ambition to read more books.

The blue note was left by Zhu Bamei. At that time, her ideas were very immature and she asked all kinds of strange and incomprehensible questions.

But no matter what questions she asked, Ye Yuran answered them seriously and recorded them in the book.

Obviously, Ye Yuran's question was a "guide" that led Zhu Bamei from the wrong direction to the right direction.
Chapter completed!