There is Room For the Poor Daughter - Chapter 31

[Chapter 31, Boudoir School]

Early in the morning, after having breakfast in the yard of Mrs. Yan, Dao Hua, led by Ping Tong, walked towards the Academy of Virtuous Arts where the girls usually attend classes.

Because Wang Man’er had just bought it back, she knew many rules and etiquettes, so during this period of time, Mrs. Li asked Pingtong to follow Dao Hua and take Wang Man’er with her.

The Academy of Virtuous Art, said to be a courtyard, actually only has a few rooms, the main room is used as the living room for the girls to attend classes, and the wing room is the residence of Master Qin.

When Daohua arrived, Yan Yihuan, Yan Yishuang, and Yan Yile had already arrived.

Besides them, there were three other little girls in the living room.

The three little girls were all about eight or nine years old, one was Xu Ke, the daughter of Xian Cheng, the other was Zhu Xiuyun, the daughter of Jiao Yu, and the other was Fan Siran, the daughter of Xian Wei.

The three families didn’t know whether it was to make friends with the county magistrate Yan or to study, but they all sent their daughters here anyway.

As soon as Daohua entered the room, the few people who were chattering immediately shut up, glanced at her in unison, and then ignored her as if they had discussed it.

In response, Daohua didn’t even move her eyes. She glanced at the living room and saw a guest table that was obviously far behind in the last corner. She walked over and sat down without saying anything, and took the book from Pingtong’s hand. He said, “Go and do your work!”

Ping Tong worriedly glanced at Daohua with the same expression, and then at the other people who were obviously isolating Daohua, frowned, and quickly exited the living room.   As soon as he came out, Ping Tong grabbed Wang

Man’er who was waiting outside the house and told him: “Look at the girl, the girl comes to class on the first day, if there is any discomfort, report to the madam in the main courtyard immediately.”

, but nodded solemnly.

In the house, Yan Yihuan looked at Yan Yishuang and the others who were silent and ignored Daohua, and felt that it was a bit bad to do so. She turned her head to look at Daohua who was putting textbooks and pens and ink, thought for a while and said: ” Big sister, your light is not good, come and sit with me!”

Daohua raised her head and glanced at Yan Yihuan who was about to get up, and said with a smile, “No need, I’ll be fine sitting here.”

Yan Yile immediately answered, “That’s right, the second sister, the eldest sister is the oldest, and she looks taller than me. We are both tall, and it is just right for her to sit in the last row.”

Hearing this, several other people lowered their heads and smiled.

At this time, a woman who looked about 30 years old and looked a little stern came in.

As soon as she came in, Yan Yihuan and the others immediately became more disciplined, and stood up to salute: “Meet Master.”

After Daohua saw it, she followed suit.

Master Qin glanced at Yan Yihuan and the others, his gaze stayed on Dao Hua for a moment: “Sit down.” As soon as   Dao

Hua sat down, Master Qin called out: “Yan Yiyi.”

Only then did he realize that he was calling her, Yan Yiyi was her real name.

“Student has seen Master!”

Dao Hua calmly stood up and bowed to Master Qin.

Master Qin didn’t ask Dao Hua to get up immediately, but looked at her calmly for a while.

This young lady from the Yan family is really good-looking, and the people here, even her favorite Yan Yishuang, can’t match her. If she hadn’t known her details early on, she would have thought she was the daughter of some noble family. .

No wonder Yan Yishuang was always restless during this time, worried that her position with Mr. Yan would not be guaranteed.

With such an outstanding sister-in-law in front of her, the pressure can’t even be imagined.

“Get up!”

Dao Hua stood up, looking at Master Qin calmly.

Seeing that she didn’t sit down, Master Qin nodded in satisfaction, although he grew up in the countryside, he still knew some etiquette: “You just came here, and as a teacher I don’t know what you have learned, just tell me.

Daohua thought for a while and said: “Return to Master, the students have learned the Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, and Thousand Character Classic, and now they are reading the Four Books. ”

Master Qin glanced at Daohua in surprise, apparently he did not expect that she had read so many books.

Children aged 8 and 9 are the most playful, and few can sit still, let alone read.

During this period of time, because she has been living in the backyard of the county government, she has also heard a lot of news about the eldest daughter of the Yan family, saying that she is a noisy and a little eccentric girl.

With such a temperament, can you calm down and read?

Especially the boring and obscure Four Books.

Master Qin was skeptical, and felt that the eldest daughter of the Yan family was exaggerating. She probably only read four books, and then said that she had read it, which was not honest enough.

Yan Yihuan and the others also looked surprised, especially Yan Yishuang.

Aunt Lin told her that in the countryside, not to mention women, even men have almost no access to books. Let her rest assured that as long as the older sister is in class, she will be compared to her.

But looking at it now, she almost reads more books than her.

Master Qin: “The Four Books are books that men can read. Don’t read them again in the future, so as not to change your temperament. From today on, I will teach you “Women’s Precepts”, “Women’s Training”, “Nv Analects”, “Nv Fanjielu” as a teacher.”

Daohua frowned: “Master, why can’t women read the four books?” Seeing Daohua’s

retort, Master Qin’s face was a little ugly, but thinking of her identity, he patiently explained: “Women should mainly focus on women’s red needlework. Learning is also learning the three obediences and four virtues, and reading those books is just a waste of time.”

After speaking, he waved his hand and signaled Daohua to sit down, obviously not wanting to talk to her.

Daohua didn’t agree with Master Qin’s point of view at all, but she didn’t continue to entangle. She knew that in ancient times, the status of a teacher who preached and taught was very high, and she was a teacher for a day and a father for life.

Although they were only studying with Master Qin and didn’t have a teacher, they couldn’t argue with the teacher at will. If it spreads the reputation of disrespecting the teacher, don’t worry about the reason, she must be the one who suffers in the end.

As for what she said about not being allowed to read the Four Books, let her just ignore it.

“Okay, let’s start the class.”

(End of this chapter)