
At the New Year's Eve banquet, Wei Changying had really found two suitable playmates for Shen Shuyan. One was Shen Die'er, the granddaughter of her fourth uncle, Shen Kaoru. Wei Changying had seen her at the New Year's Eve banquet last year and had given her a bracelet. Although Shen Die'er is two years older than Shen Shujing, she is gentle and virtuous, and is said to be very filial to Shen Kaoru and Huo.
She is the eldest daughter of her parents, and has several younger brothers under her. But Shen Dieer has never been red-faced with her brothers, and has always been protective of her own brothers, extremely eldest sister style.
Wei Changying felt that this young lady was a bit similar to Shen Shujing in terms of her temperament among all the elders in the Imperial Capital, Shen Shuyan listened to Shen Shujing the most in comparison.
The other is Shen Xuan, a cousin of the late generation, named Shen Qianqian, but it happens to be the same as Shen Shuyan, after the year is counted as seven years old. This one also has a younger brother, and both are concubine brothers, but Shen Qianqian is good to both brothers. At the banquet, Wei Changying more than once saw her with a small adult like, take a handkerchief for the two younger brothers to wipe the corners of their mouths, urge them to some cold food avoidance ...... Alas, this is this clan are looking forward to, Shen Shuyan can also be with Shen Linyi so get along with the scene well!
Wei Changying wrote the little girl down right then and there!
No matter how you look at it, Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian are both well-bred in the family but not petulant and not ostentatious, beautiful appearance and elegant demeanor, absolutely in line with the requirements of the big family for the girls.
Wei Changying muttered to Shen Zangzhu in private, and Shen Zangzhu nodded frequently after observing the situation.
So, during the banquet, the two sisters-in-law seized the opportunity to hint to their elders, asking them to bring the two girls to the ancestral hall more often in the future: "We are a family, and the younger generation should be closer to each other. Yan'er is the first time she's been back to Sanzi since she was born, and everything she sees is new, but it's a pity that big sister has to take care of Xi'er, and I'm busy with trivial things, so I don't have time to accompany her all day long. Besides, children of their age prefer to play with others of their own age, and Die'er and Qianqian are both born and raised in Xiliang, so I'm sure they can introduce Yan'er to some of the local customs, and also tell this child to learn from her cousins' skillfulness."
The mothers of Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian agreed to send their daughters to accompany Shen Shuyan after the first month of the lunar calendar. The two wives were both sensible people, and knew that Wei Changying was only interested in Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian, and that they would bring their daughters, but when they came, wouldn't he have to entertain them as well? Even if she is not busy, she may not be able to afford to entertain guests every now and then. Even if she wasn't busy, she wouldn't be able to afford a visit every now and then. So when the time comes, she'll just have to send her daughter here.
Anyway, Ming Pei Hall now a few men are two young lady's elders, and only Shen Zang Feng one with his wife Wei Chang Ying will live in the backyard, Shen Zang Ji and Shen Zang Kun are in the front. Besides, the reputation of these gentlemen of this clan is good, I have not heard of any dirty things, there is nothing to worry about.
After the first month of the year, the two families sent their daughters to their homes according to their promises, and Wei Changying also recruited Shen Shuyan to receive them, and after some customary courtesies, he sent the three of them down to play together.
Wei Changying thought that with Shen Dieer and Shen Qianqian's temperament and temperament, even if Shen Shuyan was a little bit petulant, she would tolerate them. However, she still sent her daughter Feiyu to follow her, wondering how the three of them were getting along, and if the two cousins were aggrieved, she would at least be able to make things right for Shen Shuyan as her aunt.
As a result, when it was almost evening, Fei Yu first ran to report, "The three young ladies get along very harmoniously, and Miss Fourth Sun took the initiative to teach the two young ladies to write poems and embroidery, and the two young ladies rejoiced very much."
"Is that so?" Wei Chang Ying was very happy to hear this and said, "Surely this is a good method, Yan'er hasn't even mentioned doing these things in all the days she's been here."
A few moments later, Shen Shuyan accompanied her two cousins to say goodbye, and the three of them were indeed very friendly with each other. Wei Changying asked them what they had done this day, and both Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian praised Shen Shuyan, saying that Shen Shuyan was very talented, very good.
Wei Changying was in a good mood and humbled herself on behalf of her niece, then said, "If you like poetry, you can write more. If you like to write more poems, you can write more poems, but it is better to do less embroidery, for example, it is cold today, and the house is closed in all directions, and even if it is daytime, the light is not very good, so be careful and hurt your eyes."
The three agreed unanimously.
Not wanting to send Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian away, Shen Shuyan beamed and leaned on Wei Changying's knee, complaining, "Auntie, can you not ask them to come in the future?"
Wei Changying was greatly surprised and said, "What? Yan'er doesn't like them?" Feiyu said that they got along very well all day! Just now, the three of them were getting along just fine, weren't they? If she didn't like Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian, she would've gotten angry a long time ago!
I heard Shen Shuyan say, "It's not that I don't like it, it's that I don't want to see such a person nowadays."
Wei Changying thought for a moment, wondering if it was because Shen Shuyan still had a grudge against her younger brother, Shen Linyi, and heard Shen Dieer and Shen Qianqian talk about their friendship with her brother, reminding her of the past and making her heart ache?
She asked tentatively, "Why? But they upset Yan'er?"
"That cousin Qianqian is only three months older than me, so I won't say anything about her!" Shen Shuyan leaned her head towards Wei Chang Ying's arm, her little face full of depression and disdain, and said, "That Butterfly Sister is even older than the big sisters in the Imperial Capital! As a result, she hasn't even finished learning the Book of Shang! I just told them a few allusions in the Book of Shang, and both of them were confused ...... Originally, I thought I would be able to talk to them about poetry and the classics! I didn't expect to have to teach them from scratch hand in hand! I thought that the big brother is not learned, but I did not want these two cousins than the big brother is far worse! Big brother is playful and bad at school, but he's good at martial arts! I asked these two cousins if they could do martial arts, and they shook their heads in unison they're all so old, and they're still unable to do martial arts, so Auntie 3, how can you keep calling them over if they're so unmotivated?"
She was old-fashioned, "No need to slow down my schoolwork, and don't bring me down if you're not careful!"
She skimmed her small mouth, ''And teaching them is even more tiring than teaching big brother! If I hadn't been in the imperial capital, teaching my big brother to be good-tempered, I would have already kicked them out of the courtyard! It's really rotten wood that can't be carved! I've taught an article three times and I still don't understand it! A kind of complexes playing method, demonstrated two or three times and still have to ask ...... I have never seen such a stupid person!"
He also said, "Apart from consuming my time, such people are specially here to annoy me! So, Auntie 3, don't ask them to come here anymore, okay?"
After saying that, Shen Shuyan held her little head high, her big black and bright eyes looking at her aunt expectantly.
"Uh...... Wei Changying was helpless: she knew that Shen Shuyan was extremely talented, so why not just draw inferences from one case to another in literary affairs? She knows that Shen Shuyan is very gifted. Even Shen Shuming, who didn't like to study literature, and Wei Changfeng, her younger brother, who Wei Changying thought was extremely gifted and willing to work hard before she left the court, had to be inferior to Shen Shuyan when it came to talent alone!
To know that Wei Changfeng is the first grandson of the Fengzhou Wei Clan, which is known for its flourishing literary style and many talented people, was born with high hopes and careful teaching by his grandmother, Mrs. Song, and a little bit longer, was taught by his grandfather, Wei Huan, and the famous scholar, Wei Shigu, to be the future owner of the Valve and Shen Dieer and Shen Qianqian, in their respective families, may also be quite popular with their parents, but in the context of the entire Shen family is insignificant. Miss Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian may be loved by their parents in their respective families, but they are insignificant in the entire Shen family.
Not to mention that the West Liang Shen clan to martial arts family, even the clan's sons, including the valve master Shen Xuan himself, also do not to talent to see and hear. Shen Xuan in his life in addition to the banquet should write a few mediocre reward and work, never any poetry and literature out of ...... such a family style, in addition to Shen Shu Yan such a gifted master, the whole family can take the literary matters of how important it is?
Even Shen Shuming, the eldest grandson of the first son, is trying to avoid his homework, but he runs to the martial arts field all day long, happily dancing with a gun and a stick! Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian are two dainty young ladies, of course, the most important thing is to be able to do needlework, virtue, and appearance, so how can they possibly spend much time on their talents? They will be able to get the banquet reward and be able to read the account book on it!
...... In fact, Wei Chang Ying himself, who came from the Wei family, which is recognized as having a flourishing literary style, is a master who doesn't really love to read books.
Otherwise, even though she was afraid of marrying far away, she would not have thought about beating her husband into submission, instead of being like her cousin Song Zaishui, who was familiar with the Towers Strategy document and was confident that she could hold her husband firmly in her hand without moving ......
So at this moment, facing the niece's disdain, Wei Changying tangled for a long time before he said inarticulately: "Your sister Die'er and sister Qianqian, they are not entirely better than you," he said. For example, their women's red,......, God pity, if an article is a little longer, and have not read before, to tell three times, she may not be able to guarantee that they will be able to understand ah! As for the complex ...... this, fortunately Cousin Song is not in, otherwise, is not plainly give cousin her a chance to laugh to hit the itch?
Will Wei Changying admit he's stupid?
Absolutely not!
So she felt that this is all because the little niece is too smart ...... How can Shen Dieer and Shen Qianqian not be so bad as to be so stupid as to make the people angry to the point of smoke Good!
It's a pity that Wei Chang Ying had to search his soul to come up with a sentence to defend his two poor cousins ......
"Women's red isn't as good as me either!" Shen Shuyan beeping red-colored mouth, back hands, dissatisfied, "Qianqian sister embroidered her own handkerchief, really thanks to her good sense to wear on the body, she said it was a civet cat pouncing on the butterfly, I looked at half a day didn't see where there is a civet cat! It's just a mess of yellow and white stuff! Butterfly's embroidery is just passable! It has a shape, but no essence! How can it be as good as mine?"
As she spoke, she raised her own pajama to show Wei Changying, "Third Auntie, look at what I've embroidered, this is not even the best pajama I've embroidered!"
Although Wei Changying had never seen Shen Die'er and Shen Qianqian's embroidery, he unfolded the handkerchief that Shen Shuyan handed over and took a close look at it, but he couldn't help but draw a breath of cold air and sat up straight and said, "Is this really embroidered by your own hands?"
Shen Shuyan proudly said, "Then there is still a fake?"
"...... "Wei Changying looked at the bamboo on the handkerchief, the roofs of the houses were hidden, and the geese were flying in the distant sky. ......Though the embroidery was not very extensive, and the stitching was still a bit childish, there was no doubt about the essence of the meaning. Some of the childish, but the mood of the essence of God, all have! After a closer look, you may even feel that the childishness of the stitching is also a kind of wild pleasure outside the world. ......
In all honesty, not to mention when she was six or seven years old, she may not be able to embroider this kind of skillful embroidery now! And the scenery on it is not a common pattern at all, eight to nine times Shen Shuyan drew it herself! Nine was drawn by Shen Shuyan herself! Even if she copied it, because of this charm, not a skilled embroiderer can embroider it!
Wei Changying froze for a long time before she forced a smile and said, "Yan'er is really smart and intelligent, far beyond auntie's imagination!"
Shen Shuyan did not think: "I am now young, not enough energy, many needlework although I know, but not very good at it. After a few years, when I grow up, I will embroider something for auntie, and it will not be worse than the embroiderer in front of auntie!"
"That's right, you're the young lady of the Shen family, how can you let a few embroiderers compare with you? If you have this kind of heart, Auntie will feel as sweet as if she had drunk honey water." Wei Changying now deeply understood Shen Shuming's feelings with such talent, the pressure to be her peer was immense, and the pressure to be her elder was not immense!
But this strengthened Wei Changying's determination to find Shen Shuyan a playmate!
Such a gifted and ferocious little niece, if I don't find a few people to keep her company, what am I going to do in case one day she has a whim and wants to talk about poetry and ask for embroidery lessons from me, her aunt?
For the sake of his own dignity, Wei Changying finished perfunctorily with Shen Shuyan for the time being, and wiped his cold sweat and invited Huang to discuss countermeasures. ......


