Seeing that Qiao Yuyan didn't answer, Wen Tingyuan frowned slightly, "Could it be that you are interested in the Song family?"
"Uncle Wen, what are you talking about!" Qiao Yuyan's face turned red when she heard this, and she quickly denied it. Then she realized that her reaction was too big, and explained, "Marriage matters are considered by the elders. I can talk about it in private.
?”
Wen Tingyuan didn't say anything after hearing this, but looked at her intently for a while, then smiled faintly, "I didn't know you were so disciplined."
Recalling her various words and deeds in front of him since she was a child, Qiao Yuyan was a little embarrassed herself, and quickly changed the subject, "I brought you some books."
As he spoke, he handed him the bookcase prepared for Chinese Valentine's Day, which contained several books of different sizes.
"What kind of book is this?" Wen Tingyuan looked a little suspicious, and he reached out and flipped through it, but his expression didn't change.
Qiao Yuyan felt guilty inexplicably, "I went to a popular book shop next to Nanshan Academy yesterday to grab it. Don't look down on the things here. This is not easy to grab. It is said that it was a title written by a great scholar at that time and was secretly stolen.
I know, it was published and sold privately. I've heard about it a long time ago. I went there yesterday and spent a lot of money to grab it. Although it was said to be a last-minute thing, maybe it will be used? You...don't laugh.
"
As he spoke, his voice weakened, and looking at the hand covering his lips, which was clearly hiding his smile, Qiao Yuyan immediately became angry, stamped her feet, and her tone became a little arrogant.
"You have been living in the south, and you have never said that you want to study and get an official position. I don't know what's going on with the college examination ahead of you, but it is the autumn examination now, so be careful and pass it!"
Seeing that he was laughing even harder because of her words, Qiao Yuyan became angry and pushed the book box in front of him, stood up and left, "You can read it if you like, if you don't like it, just throw it away, it's up to you.
"
After saying that, he angrily went out, but heard a rare laughter coming from the room behind him.
The annoyance in my heart suddenly dissipated, and the corners of my mouth curled up unconsciously.
Cheng Feng entered the room after Qiao Yuyan left. Seeing the smile on Wen Tingyuan's face, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Only Miss Qiao could make her master smile like this.
He quietly stepped forward, put away all the utensils on the table, and then discovered the book in the book box. He glanced at his master, picked up a book, and flipped through two pages, with a look of disgust on his face.
Come.
"Who made this policy? It makes no sense."
Wen Tingyuan smiled again when he heard this, then pointed at the book box and said, "Put it away properly."
"Master, you want this..."
Before he finished speaking, he realized that it was sent by the girl from the Qiao family.
I immediately remembered that the girl from the Qiao family has always disliked studying. In the past, in the Xu family, the government hired a teacher, that is, she, who would find excuses to sneak out every now and then, and she never had a good class at all.
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Now that I know that my master is going to end, it seems reasonable to rush to buy these "secrets" that are like waste paper.
As the autumn examination approaches, there are many businesses selling various imperial examination secrets under various names. It’s really dumbfounding that this girl from the Qiao family would fall into such a trap.
Looking at Wen Tingyuan's look, Qiao Yuyan had actually guessed that the materials she bought were parallel imports. She felt angry and annoyed, but she couldn't save her face, so she simply avoided it.
But after hearing Wen Tingyuan's laughter, the discomfort disappeared again.
Ever since she was a child, Uncle Wen still didn't know what kind of person she was?
She didn't like reading in the first place, but being able to recognize all the Chinese characters and appreciate a few popular poems was the result of her many years of hard work.
For her, these serious scientific examinations are much more difficult than making a living in the ledger business.
Sitting on the carriage, Qiao Yuyan sighed quietly in her heart. Now it seems that she should change her temperament of not liking reading?
If something like this happens a few more times, won't it make you look particularly uneducated?
After much thought, Qiao Yuyan decided to ask Qixi to find some serious books to read.
She was racking her brains on how to improve her knowledge in this carriage. In the teahouse outside the carriage, Mrs. Yao finally met the person she was waiting for.
"Ning Yatou is here?" She pressed the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, and then looked her up and down, with a distressed tone in her voice, "Why do you look so thin recently?"
Qiao Yuning smiled lightly, leaned on the other person's hand, and sat down opposite her. The expression on her face was a little light, "The eldest lady is a frequent visitor to the house, and she is the second aunt's natal sister-in-law. What matters in my house are yours?"
Is there anything you don’t know?”
"That's why you are filial to Ning'er," Mrs. Yao's eyes flashed slightly, "but you are too sincere. When the eldest daughter of your family said that your wife's baby was said to be blessed every day, you immediately took it seriously.
If they all go, then how come her biological daughter doesn’t see any movement?”
When she said this, the same hatred and resentment on her face could not be too obvious, and there was nothing unusual in her words and expressions.
Qiao Yuning was relieved. Although the Yao family had always looked down upon her, this time it seemed that she did not dare to tell the Yao family about what happened at the Daxiangguo Temple and later at the Qiao family.
I'm afraid that I really thought that I was going out every day for Yao's pregnancy, so I sat up straight and said in a calm tone: "Sister is in charge of the affairs of the house, how can you have such skill? Mother, to me
Words are more important than anything else. As my daughter, Cheng Huan has been my daughter for so many years, and I can be considered a mercy from God if I can fulfill my filial piety."
These words were false and false, and she clearly didn't take herself seriously. Mrs. Yao felt a little annoyed in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. She could only think about new words anxiously.
So as to bring things to the point.
Qiao Yuning was too lazy to talk in circles and asked directly, "Since I came out to pray, I have to be sincere. But my aunt has always treated Ning'er well, so I rushed over as soon as I got the letter today. If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly,
Is there anything else you shouldn’t say in front of Ning’er?”
Never expecting her to be so direct, Mrs. Yao was a little dazed for a moment, her speech was no longer as smart as before, and she secretly hated Qiao Yuning's pretentiousness in front of her, "Actually...it's not anything urgent, it's just Sister Ning."
You know. Ever since something happened to my sister Yi, things have happened one after another in my family, and now...it looks like it's completely ruined now."
When she said this, she really couldn't help it and burst into tears, "Sister Ning, you have been walking around with us since you were a child. Now that you see the Yao family like this, aren't you willing to reach out and help us?"