Mrs. Meng's words were very tactful, but they conveyed a meaning that could not be rejected.
Shen Xiu thought about it and felt that it was not impossible to agree to this matter. She could come to Meng's house a few more times, which would also be very beneficial to her plan.
So she smiled lightly and said: "I don't dare to dislike Miss Jiu, as long as she doesn't think I'm too harsh."
Mrs. Meng's eyes flashed and she couldn't help but stare at Shen Xiu.
Shen Xiu met Old Mrs. Meng's gaze and smiled lightly, neither humble nor overbearing.
Her words had the same effect as Mrs. Meng's original words.
Old Mrs. Meng wanted her to accept Miss Jiu as her apprentice, so she dug a hole for herself. As long as she refused, it would be because she disliked Miss Jiu for being stupid.
Shen Xiu agreed to this matter out of various considerations, but she said it first. You asked me to accept this apprentice. I will be strict with her in the future, and you are not allowed to interfere.
Miss Ninth didn't understand their hint, so she tugged on her grandmother's sleeve when she saw that Mrs. Meng didn't speak.
Old Mrs. Meng came back to her senses, suddenly smiled and said: "As the saying goes, a strict teacher will produce a good disciple, so it is a good thing to be stricter. But Jiu Ya is very lazy, so you should be more patient."
This was Mrs. Meng expressing her attitude, hoping that Shen Xiu would be strict when teaching Ninth Girl in the future, but sometimes she could be more relaxed.
Now that Mrs. Meng has made her attitude clear, Shen Xiu no longer takes it seriously.
"There's no need to talk about being disrespectful. Miss Ninth is a few years younger than me, so I consider her my sister in my heart."
After hearing this, Mrs. Meng nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, then I will leave Jiu Yatou to you. You have to train her well for me."
This was considered as the formal agreement for Shen Xiu to be the embroidery master of Miss Jiu.
After coming out of Yishouyuan, Shen Xiu let out a sigh of relief.
Old Mrs. Meng is much smarter than she thought. When she was dealing with the other party just now, Shen Xiu was always on guard, fearing that she would not realize what the other party meant and say the wrong thing.
As expected, dealing with the women of these wealthy families is the most tiring.
As soon as Shen Xiu left Yishouyuan, Miss Ninth ran over and said, "Ms. Shen, I'm here to see you off."
"Didn't the old lady ask you to take medicinal food just now? Why did you come out?" Shen Xiu said happily. After all, Miss Jiu, this apprentice, is quite naive, and he doesn't need to spend too much time with her.
Miss Jiu frowned and said, "I'm not sick, so why should I take those medicines?"
Shen Xiudao: "Don't be unaware of the blessings in the midst of blessings. It is for conditioning your body. When you get married in the future, you will know the benefits of that medicinal diet."
Shen Xiu heard Old Mrs. Meng mention it just now, and then she realized that Miss Ninth had been taking medicated meals since the year before last, just to help her take care of her body.
When Shen Xiu said this, she looked envious. The Meng family was a century-old family, and the things they used to replenish the body of the ninth girl must be good.
Miss Jiu stuck out her tongue and said: "I don't want to get married, I want to stay with Old Mrs. Meng all my life."
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "You are really childish, go back quickly!"
But in order to escape the medicinal diet, Miss Ninth would not go back even if she died, so she sent Shen Xiu to the second door and asked her when she would come back.
Shen Xiudao: "I'll go back and prepare, and I'll teach you embroidery tomorrow."
Miss Jiu said happily: "Then you must come tomorrow! I will always be waiting for you. You don't know that the person who taught me embroidery was a Suzhou native, or my grandmother specially invited me from Jiangnan. It's just that the embroidery
The master's character is not very good, he always wants to get more benefits from me."
"If I always honor her, she will say good things about me in front of my grandmother. But if I get impatient with her, she will complain to my grandmother. So I got so annoyed with her that I no longer wanted to learn embroidery from her."
After Miss Ninth finished complaining about her former embroidery master, she took Shen Xiu's arm and said, "Hello, Mrs. Shen. When I first saw you, I thought you were very decent."
Shen Xiu smiled and said, "How did you tell?"
Miss Jiu said: "Don't disbelieve me, my intuition is very accurate, especially when it comes to judging people."
Of course Shen Xiu didn't believe that Miss Ninth was so naive and was raised in a deep house. How could she know how to read people?
Seeing that she didn't believe her, Miss Ninth didn't explain much. She just said: "Anyway, we will have many opportunities to get along in the future. You will know later."
"Then I'll wait and see." Shen Xiu said with a smile: "Just send me here, otherwise the medicinal food will be really cold."
Although I didn't make much progress when I came to Meng's house this time, I finally found out Mrs. Meng's temper and had another reason to enter and exit Meng's house.
Shen Xiu felt that today's harvest was still great.
After Miss Ninth returned to Yishouyuan from outside, she was looking for some excuse to throw away the unpleasant medicinal food when she saw Old Mrs. Meng holding a booklet and reading it.
"Grandma, what are you looking at?" Miss Ninth asked as she approached.
Mrs. Meng looked at the booklet and said: "This is a gift from Mrs. Shen. It is an embroidered orchid booklet. Look at the embroidery work, it is really exquisite. And the orchid, she embroidered it so lifelike, it's almost It’s like seeing it with your own eyes.”
Miss Ninth also took a look, and then sighed: "I don't know when and how long I will be able to do such embroidery work."
Old Mrs. Meng raised her head and said: "Grandma doesn't have high requirements for you, as long as you can make a decent female celebrity. Otherwise, when you come to Beijing next year, you won't be able to do anything, and you are waiting to lose the election. ?"
As the legitimate daughter of the Meng family, Miss Ninth will go to Beijing for the talent show in the future.
In fact, not only she, but the two sisters in front of Miss Ninth also went to Beijing to participate in the talent show.
Now one is the emperor's concubine, and the other is the idle prince's concubine.
Originally, all the hopes of the Meng family were on Meng Jieyu, but who knew that Meng Jieyu had not given birth to a boy or a girl for several years after entering the palace.
As a result, the Meng family wanted to send the youngest girl Ninth to Beijing to participate in the draft.
Therefore, Miss Ninth has been taught since she was a child that she will enter the palace as a concubine in the future and serve as the honorary ancestor of the Meng family.
Probably because she knew what her future destiny would be since she was a child, Miss Ninth did not resist this matter, but nodded: "My granddaughter knows, and she will definitely learn embroidery from Mrs. Shen in the future."
"What do you think of Mrs. Shen's personality?" Old Mrs. Meng asked, "Grandma knows that you are the best at recognizing people. Please tell me."
Miss Jiu said: "Ms. Shen is very good. At least I feel very comfortable when I stay with her."
Miss Ninth knows how to recognize people because she has an unusual ability to judge a person's character by intuition.
Being able to make her say "comfortable" means that there is nothing wrong with this person's character.
Old Mrs. Meng said: "That's good. Then you can learn embroidery from her in the future!"