Chapter 22: Teaching Younger Brothers

  Old Lady Jiang said, "He is the one who comes to our mansion to teach the children their lessons, and he only stays for half an hour each day. There are many maids in the school, and the young ladies are still very young, so there's no need to avoid suspicion like this. Let him come over."

  Madam Qu smiled and said, "Yes, I heard from Third Brother that this Mr. Tan is a man of great character, but because he and Third Brother are close friends, he agreed to come and teach us, although he doesn't live in the mansion. He comes every day to teach for half an hour, what does Old Madam think?"

  Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "This is just right, it's more economical this way. These things like playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting are all secondary, half a day is enough." Since the plan had already been decided, Madame Yuan hadn't spoken up until now, so she smiled and said, "Since that's the case, the 22nd of next month is a good day for everything to be settled. The clan school has also been prepared long ago, why don't we let the girls go to the clan school together on that day? What does Old Madam think?"

  Old Lady Jiang would not have opposed such a thing, only letting Madam Yuan personally take charge of the arrangements. After speaking for a while longer, she ordered everyone to disperse.

  Here, Ning Xianbi came to the apricot forest garden, she missed Ning De Rong, and also thought of today's trip was supposed to be with San Ye Ye "learn" simmering medicinal soup and making medicinal pills, but now all became a bubble. Thinking of this, her heart itched, and secretly thought that she might as well make the two kinds of medicinal pills that San Ye Ye said herself, and wait for him to come back, let him have a big surprise.

  But after some thought, I finally gave up. Although in this life, I have decided to open the Golden Finger, but I still need to be careful, otherwise, this Golden Finger is too against the sky, it's not suitable.

  While thinking to herself, suddenly Lao Lao called out: "Ancestor", Ning Fengyi was surprised in her heart, turned her head to look back, and saw that Xuan Ge'er was quietly following behind them with his short legs. When he heard Lao Lao's voice, the little guy quickly put his finger to his lips, and it hadn't come down yet. Seeing his sister looking over, he dejectedly hung his head and called out softly: "Sister."

  "Xuan Ge, how did you end up following me? And why is there no one else around?"

  Ning Fengbi was extremely surprised, but saw Xuan Ge'er lift his head, open his mouth to reveal a row of white teeth, and chuckled: "Sister comes to Xinglin Garden every day, there must be something fun, brother is bored at home, also wants to come and play with sister."

  Ning Fibiao smiled and said, "It's okay to follow me to play, but what about your aunt? How did she let you come by yourself? You didn't make a sound, it's clear that you sneaked out, if Aunt finds out that you're gone, who knows how anxious she'll be? Xuan Ge'er, aren't you afraid of being beaten by Aunt when you go back?"

  Ning Che's little head was held high, and he chuckled: "Auntie won't hit me, Mother won't hit me, and Father definitely won't hit me." He seemed very pleased with himself.

  Ning Feng's heart moved slightly as she thought of her younger brother in his past life, who was also kind-hearted but due to being spoiled by their parents and lack of discipline, ended up achieving nothing despite being extremely intelligent.

  Now that Father is said to be working hard in the study, and Mother has also had some changes in her fate, doesn't this mean that everyone's destiny has changed somewhat? If so, can't my younger brother also follow me to study well, so as not to waste his good material?

  She thought to herself and then said to the little maid Yuer who was following her, "You go back and tell your aunt that Xuan'ge doesn't know how he snuck out and followed me. Now I'm taking him to play in the Apricot Forest Garden."

  Yu'er responded with a sound, turned around and left. Here, Lao Tai Tai wanted to hold Xuan Ge Er and Ning Feng Bi together to walk, but Xuan Ge Er refused, only holding his sister's hand. When they entered the Apricot Forest Garden, he looked at the medicinal materials drying in the courtyard, smelling the fragrance of medicine filling the room, his eyes widened in surprise.

  Ning Rong was not there, so Ning Qing also had nothing to do. She took down the "Three Character Classic" and read it with her younger brother. Xuan Ge'er was already four years old and although he usually followed Yu Shi and Lan Niang, in his spare time, he had learned a few words. Coincidentally, this "Three Character Classic" was taught to him by Ning Shi Bo, so he deliberately showed off, writing dozens of simple characters that he knew how to write. Seeing his sister, he hummed and smiled, then quickly stood up and recited half of the "Three Character Classic". He didn't stop until he got a few words of praise.

  Ning De Rong didn't return until the afternoon, and when he saw Ning Qian Bi waiting here, the old man smiled awkwardly: "The illness of the Eldest Princess this time is not very serious. After all, the seasonal node has arrived, her illness will be a critical period from autumn to next spring. When the weather gradually warms up, there won't be any major problems. I've prescribed medicine and used acupuncture, these are easy tasks, but instructing those two female doctors to perform massage and acupressure is quite laborious. The strength of the manipulation needs to be grasped well, it's not familiar now, but will be better when they get used to it. Hehe, they're still not as good as Yu Rong."

  "Third Master, don't say so much, you've kept me waiting here for a whole morning. Is it that the Rui Wang Fu has invited us to dinner and you're leaving me here just to eat some delicacies?"

  Ning De Rong's tricks were seen through by Ning Xian Bi, and his old face couldn't help but turn red. He snorted and said: "What's the use of being so clever? I even praised you a couple of times. Did I want to come back early? What can be done? Prince Wang and Minister Shen repeatedly invited me to stay for dinner, and I really had no choice. Shouldn't I give face to Prince Wang?"

  The king is Shen Qianshan's uncle, who inherited his father's royal title. As for Minister Shen, he is naturally Shen Qianshan's father. Although he does not have a royal position, as the leader of the cabinet, his status and power far surpass those of his older brother. Therefore, within the Rui Wang Fu, it is unknown how the brothers get along, but the two sisters-in-law are secretly vying with each other in delight.

  "Third Master, in two days I'll be studying with my sisters and won't have much time to come here. But I'll work harder, if I don't take over Third Master's responsibilities, I'm not called Pinyin."

  Ning De Rong heard that Ning Qian Bi was going to study and couldn't help but pause, feeling a few more parts of loss in his heart.

  However, he also knew that it was useless for the girl to learn these things herself, and that learning needlework and embroidery would be a more proper path, which could lead her to marry into a good family in the future.

  Besides, it's not like we won't see each other again, so let's just put that feeling of loss aside. Let's be happy instead! "This is great, after all, these are the proper things for a young lady to learn. If Chrysanthemum likes learning them, she can learn; if she doesn't like it, there's nothing wrong with that either." Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Come and see Grandpa San making medicine. It's done now, and after airing it out overnight, we can make the pills tomorrow.

  Thinking that from now on she would have to deal with those sisters, Ning Feng cherished this moment of freedom even more, until the sun set in the west, and only then reluctantly returned.

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