"But, in a few months, Fu'er will be three years old?" Xie Xue asked worriedly. Only then did Kong Luhua remember that Ruan Yuan and Ruan Fu were born in very different months. Ruan Yuan was born at the beginning of the year, and every time he grows older,

It means that a roughly complete year has passed. But Ruan Phuc was born at the end of the twelfth lunar month, and his first year lasted only a few days. Therefore, Ruan Phuc was born less than a year ago, but he is almost three years old. Maybe it is also true.

For this reason, Xie Xue had long been worried about entering school.

"This...Sister Yuezhuang, I don't think it will be difficult for Fu'er to go to school in the future? We have a great talent like Master in our family who is studying and serving as an official. Are you still afraid that Fu'er will not be able to become a talent in the future? Master is such a good person, and he will teach you in the future.

Fu'er will definitely spare no effort in studying." Kong Luhua said.

"But Madam, Master is so busy on weekdays. Apart from eating, he can't exchange a few words with me and Shuzhi. From now on, Fu'er will study. Not to mention that Master won't have time to take care of him. Even if I see that Master is busy with official duties,...

Sorry to bother you, Master? Thinking about it this way, Fu'er will probably have no choice but to ask your husband to start a private school. Moreover, Fu'er has suffered since he was a child. How can I... how can I trust him?" These words came out.

, Kong Luhua also felt a little uncomfortable. Before Ruan Fu was born, she took Xie Xue on a trip to Wushan. Unfortunately, she was assassinated by Hou Qitian's men. Although Xie Xue was not harmed by the pirates, she was also frightened. Ruan Fu was almost even born.

She didn't even get the chance. Thinking about it this way, Xie Xue paid more attention to Ruan Fu's future and was always worried about his shortcomings. It was also because of maternal love, but she was the person who felt most sorry for Xie Xue during the process of giving birth to Ruan Fu.

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Lian'er looked at Xie Xue with a gloomy expression, and almost shed tears when she looked at Ruan Fu. She couldn't bear it in her heart, so she whispered to Kong Luhua: "Madam, how about we help the Yuezhuang girl."

"Okay, sister Yuezhuang, don't worry anymore." Kong Luhua was not a narrow-minded person. Now that she thought about the reason, she felt relieved and said softly to Xie Xue: "My farmland in Qufu has been harvested every year.

There is a subsidy of 10 taels of silver, which happened to be 10 taels yesterday. Otherwise, I will give this part of the money to Fuer. From next year, Fuer can get 10 taels of silver for tuition every year. What do you think? This money is good for me.

It's not too important for me, but if Fu'er can become a talented person in the future because of this allowance, I'll be very happy."

"If this is possible, thank you so much, madam." Xie Xue was immediately happy when she heard that Kong Luhua was willing to help Ruan Fu study and study.

"Okay, sister Yuezhuang, let's take Fu'er back first. As for having a private school at home in the future, you don't have to worry. In any case, you don't have to pay. You must agree with the master if you want to invite a husband.

Just don't worry." Kong Luhua continued to encourage Xie Xue. After hearing about Ruan Fu's study, Xie Xue thanked Kong Luhua again and took Ruan Fu back to her room. In the afternoon, Ruan Yuan also returned home, and the family

People were having a banquet again, and Kong Luhua saw that the family in front of her was so harmonious, so she no longer paid attention to Xie Xue.

But Ruan Yuan had just returned home for one day, and got up early the next day to prepare to go out to handle official duties.

"Master, what is going on? You just came back from Haiyan and you have to do it today? Think about it for yourself, how many days have you not been with me?" Since Ruan Yuan got up early, Kong Luhua had to get up and dress up too.

After dressing up, looking in the glass mirror, the beauty is still the same, but no one is by her side, and Kong Luhua feels a little reluctant to leave her.

"Madam, coming back to this matter, it has something to do with you." Ruan Yuan had finished dressing and came back to look at his wife and said with a smile: "A few days ago, students from the Sutra Execution Temple told me that the Confucius Temple in Hangzhou also

It had not been repaired for some time, and most of the ritual vessels and musical instruments were decayed and could not be reused. So I also agreed to them to renovate the Hangzhou Confucius Temple. The ritual vessels and musical instruments were also detailed in ancient books, and they must be in line with the ancient styles of the sages.

That's right. Today I have to go and see how they are doing in cultivation. Madam, don't you think it is right for me, as the son-in-law of the Kong family, to do my part for my ancestors?"

"Master, isn't it enough for you to send a servant over to watch this kind of thing? As for the ritual instruments and instruments, I don't need you to repair and cast them yourself. If there is nothing over there, how about you come back as soon as possible?" Kong Luhua

Still reluctant to let go of Ruan Yuan.

"Yes, if my second uncle is in good health, I can let him do this for me. But my uncle's injury has been difficult to heal, and I'm afraid he will have to travel shoulder to shoulder for the rest of his life. Thinking about it this way, it's better to let him do this for me.

The second uncle returned to Yangzhou to die." Ruan Yuan couldn't help but feel a little lonely when he thought about Ruan Hong's injury, but when it came to Ruan Hong, Ruan Yuan also remembered something and said to Kong Luhua: "But Madam, you can rest assured, over there in Yangzhou, the second uncle

A nephew from the same family, named Ruan Heng, heard that I was sending my second uncle back to Yangzhou, and he took the initiative to ask me if he could work in my office. Ruan Heng also has a good reputation, and can handle all kinds of things such as documents, rituals and music. I guess he can do it.

In three to five days, he will be able to arrive in Hangzhou. If he comes, let him go to the Confucius Temple. Madam, if you bear with me for a few more days, I will be free."

But when talking about Ruan Hong, Kong Luhua also thought of Xie Xue, and asked Ruan Yuan: "Master, when I was chatting with sister Yuezhuang the day before yesterday, I heard her talking about the people in her family. It sounded like the people in Yuezhuang's family seemed

She seems a little...somewhat mean to her, what's going on?"

"That's right." Ruan Yuan thought for a while and said: "The situation at Yuezhuang's home is indeed not optimistic. Madam, do you still remember brother Xie Jiang when we went to Jiashan? His health has been deteriorating in the past two years, and his family affairs have also been deteriorating.

I couldn’t take more care of him. So the nephews and nephews of the Xie family started fighting for the family’s house and property last year. This quarrel has been going on for a year and it’s not over yet. Brother Xie Jiang also sent me a letter, saying that after all, I was the closest among my mentor’s students.

She is also the most generous. I hope I can preside over the separation of the Xie family. It seems that Yuezhuang should also know it. She was originally just the granddaughter adopted by her mentor. How can she still have a share in the division of the Xie family? So.

Recently, Yuezhuang has been a little worried about the Xie family, right, madam?"

"Hmm... almost." Kong Luhua thought that in fact, what Xie Xue wanted was mainly for Ruan Fu to enroll in school. But if the Xie family had not declined in such a decline, how could Xie Xue worry about this in advance? She no longer suspected anything else.

"In this case, if there is any inconvenience in Yuezhuang's life, Madam, please take care of her more. I have a lot of housework on weekdays. Thinking about it like this, I really feel sorry for her." Ruan Yuan knew that Kong Luhua and Xie Xue had a close relationship.

Kong Luhua would not refuse to agree to her request. So after telling her, seeing that it was already getting late, she left home and went to the Confucius Temple to supervise the construction.

"Master is really busy." Kong Luhua couldn't help but feel helpless when she thought about Ruan Yuan not being able to interfere with family affairs for a long time.

What Kong Luhua didn't expect was that this time it was Xie Xue who took the initiative to make a request to her.

Seeing that it was almost October in Hangzhou, everyone in the Ruan family gradually remembered that in the spring of the next year, Ruan Chengxin would be seventy years old. From then on, the daughters of the Ruan family often gathered together to discuss what kind of gifts they should prepare for Ruan Chengxin.

, it was just right. After thinking for a long time, they decided that except for Tang Qingyun who had just entered the Ruan family and would not participate for the time being, Kong Luhua, Liu Wenru and Xie Xue would paint a painting together and present it to Ruan Chengxin as a birthday gift. The content of the painting was also decided.

The peonies were planted. The three women had finished their plan, and soon prepared the painting tools, paper and pens, and began to paint.

"Sister Shu, look at your painting of petals. If the lines are as stiff as yours, how can there still be the rich and elegant look of peonies? When painting these petals, don't loosen your wrists and don't tighten your fingers. You

If you still can't draw well, prepare a painting by yourself, don't destroy the drawing paper here!" After painting peonies for half a day, Kong Luhua and Liu Wenru had a disagreement. Liu Wenru tried to draw the shape of peony petals with charcoal, but couldn't

Kong Luhua looked at it, but it didn't look like a petal in any way, so the two started to quarrel.

"Madam, all you taught me was line drawing. These petals cannot be drawn with lines. I..." Liu Wenru seemed to want to argue.

"You still talk too much! You still dare to talk too much!" Kong Luhua said angrily to her: "If you can't draw these petals well with lines, you can click on them! When Sister Yuezhuang came to our house, she taught us Yun Taishi the Boneless Technique.

You first check the position of the dots, and then apply them little by little, won't you be able to draw them? You won't study hard at first glance. Sister Yuezhuang taught you one day, but you will forget the next day! Look, I will give you some dots.

One." After saying that, Kong Luhua also took out her drawing board, flicked her wrist, and clicked out a petal.

"But madam, you are so generous..."

"Shu Zhi, what do you want to say? Don't leave today! When I figure out this painting, I will teach you a lot!" Kong Luhua felt a little depressed when she heard that Liu Wenru dared to laugh at herself, but if she looked closely,

I clicked on the few petals I clicked, but my skills were really not enough to complete a whole peony painting, so I had to surrender to reality and sighed.

"Sister Yuezhuang, otherwise, you can teach us the art of petals. If in the coming year, we are still as good at painting, dad's peony painting will no longer be visible... Yuezhuang, what are you doing?

Is that so?" Kong Luhua thought that teasing between wives and concubines was inevitable, but the problem still had to be solved, so she took the initiative to ask Xie Xue for help, but seeing Xie Xue today, she still frowned, looking worried.

"Madam, I...I'm fine." When Xie Xue heard Kong Luhua calling her, she forced a smile and responded. But just after she said this, she lowered her head again and sighed softly: "

It's just... another letter came from Jiashan, I... I looked over there..."

Xie Xue's voice became softer and softer, and even Liu Wenru on the side didn't hear what she said in the end. After all, Kong Luhua had heard about Xie Xue's family affairs at Ruan Yuan's place, so she took the initiative to comfort her: "Sister Yuezhuang, this Jiashan girl
Chapter completed!