64, Talking about Women's Studies
The Yuanlong Dynasty was prosperous and the people were open. Especially in recent decades, with the frequent development of overseas trade, the status of merchants has increased year by year, and the status of women has gradually become increasingly popular. The establishment of women's schools in Kyoto is the best example.
"We are the best female students in Kyoto! They are a hundred times better than that female students!" Smile picked up a pink rose from the vase on the table and played with the petals.
Xiaoxiao leaned against the railing of the pillow and the moon platform, listening to the two of them talking while looking at the garden view.
Today's dinner, I arrived with my mother a little earlier. I wanted to go to Xiaotang Village to see my grandmother, but I was afraid that the older generation would be afraid of paying me a favor in the afternoon, so I came to the pillow platform early. However, I didn't know that the people from the fifth room came earlier.
So, the third wife and the fifth wife were talking aside, and a few girls laughed and ate from a high place to tease the koi in the water. When they were tired of laughing, they rested there to talk.
Yanran Smiling told Xiaoxiao about the fact that girls were studying, and when she talked about this classmate and that classmate, of course, most of them were arranged by others. But Xiaoxiao felt very friendly. Isn’t this true for eleven or twelve-year-old girls like this? It seems like they were back in their former student days.
"How many female schools in Kyoto are there?" Xiaoxiao asked curiously.
Yanran thought for a while: "There are probably four or five companies, but the scale is Xieying and Jinwo."
"The women are in the south of the city, and the girls are in the north of the city! The girls are more popular than the girls, and there are more students!" Smiling said.
Yanran hesitated for a moment: "However, the women's learning skirt looks better than the ones we picked, and it is magenta."
"Then what color is our picking?" Xiaoxiao has automatically classified himself as the picking person.
"It's a water blue shirt and skirt."
Xiaoxiao nodded: "Student blue, very nice, simple and comfortable."
Smiling again, "It's a pity that the horse riding outfit is sky blue and not very conspicuous. The women are fiery red and very beautiful!"
Horse riding outfit? Oh my God, there are also physical education classes?
Yanran saw Xiaoxiao's surprised expression and was a little proud: "On the ninth day of the 19th day, 19th day of the 29th day, everyone learns riding skills. Every spring and autumn, we have a polo game with the women!"
After hearing this, Xiaoxiao couldn't help but become interested in learning from girls. At first, he thought it was just a group of girls following an old man to shake his head and learn the Four Books and Five Classics.
"The third and fifth wife are in great interest. I am late." The person who spoke was Qingsi, leading a group of maids holding vases and tea cups.
"It's okay, the dinner is still early, we're just sitting around and chatting." said the fifth wife Zhen.
Qingsi smiled just right, and asked the maids to change the roses on the table and the glass bottles, put the sky-blue shrugging bottles, and put the big purple, rose red and white fresh roses; and asked the maids to put a few exquisite dishes to serve snacks and dried fruits; and then served three freshly brewed teas like Longjing, Rose Bree and Pu'er.
Qingsi poured the Pu'er into a small white porcelain tea bowl, but the soup was red and had a look of amber: "This is an old Pu'er sent by the eldest wife from Yunnan. The two wives tasted it."
At one moment, Qingsi saw two maids put the tea stove on the second floor and said angrily: "There are many people on the dinner today, and the tea carbon is here to make people feel scared. What if you accidentally burn someone, what's better?"
The two maids were hurriedly trying to take the tea-carbon tea stove downstairs. Shanniang said, "It's okay to have a small amount of tea-carbon soot. Besides, what Pu'er wants is freshly boiled water, which tastes good when it boils."
Zhen Shi first smiled and said, "The third sister-in-law is a Bodhisattva's heart! I am afraid that these girls will get hot upstairs with boiling water."
Qingsi said to the two maids: "I have cultivated my blessings today. The third wife is pitying you. Why don't you thank the third wife quickly!"
The two maids were about to kowtow, and Shan Niang waved her hands repeatedly: "Forget it."
Shan Niang thought for a while and said, "As far as I said, if there is another tea stove, it will be better if you cook Pu'er and drink it in a different way."
"Oh? Cook it and drink it?" Zhen Shiqi said.
Shan Niang smiled and said, "Mr. and I have lived in Yunnan for a while. I learned how to drink it there. It smells natural after cooking."
Qingsi had already sent her maids to get the tea stove.
Here, Xiaoxiao asked the maids to leave the replaced rose flowers: "Don't lose these flowers, you can also steam the flower dew."
Qingsi smiled and said, "The old lady always praises the fifth girl for being clever and wise, and the fruit is the same." She kept the little girl and asked her to cut some fresh flowers, and the girls wore them to play with them.
Yanran is her sister after all, and she looks more like an adult than Waner. At this time, she told the little girl: "Pour a cup of rose bud tea for my fifth sister and use that glass cup to serve!"
Xiaoxiao picked up a hazelnut kernel from the plate and ate it: "Is it the flower tea made by our house?"
"It is the materials and secret recipes given by the Rose Wen family. Their family is doing rose business and has tens of millions of rose fields in Yunnan! There are many precious varieties given by the Wen family in our rose garden!" Yanran said.
Smiling: "Wen Xizi, the girl from the Wen family, was also learned by us. She is very familiar with our sisters! We are both from the flower art club!"
Flower Art Club? Is it a club? Xiaoxiao was very excited.
Because I was young and had not entered school, I yearned for girls and listened with great interest.
Swan'er likes to look at Xiaoxiao's surprised expression the most, and he couldn't help but say proudly: "There are only Xieying and Women's Interesting Clubs in Kyoto. Students can join by themselves as they wish. Anyway, the club classes are all in the afternoon, so they will not delay their serious homework."
It seems that the serious homework is all in the morning and the afternoon is free time to move. As expected, female students do not want to learn.
Han Er enthusiastically introduced to Xiaoxiao: "The biggest clubs are the Nu Hong Club and the Poetry Club, but these two clubs are the most boring!" He said in a low voice: "My mother forced us to sign up for the Nu Hong Club, and every club class must be attended."
Xiaoxiao looked at Smiling's childish look and laughed unconsciously. When she heard her talk about the poetry club, she said, "The poetry club must be full of talented men and women!"
I felt like I was speechless as soon as I said that, where would a talented person be there for a female student?!
Yanran stared at Xiaoxiao and whispered: "How do you know that talented sister is a talented person? I heard that when the poetry club was run by Dai'e's house, she would invite the talented people in Kyoto to go!"
"Dai'e?"
"Her father is Persian and his mother is Han. They run more than a dozen taverns in Kyoto!" Yanran said, and suddenly covered her mouth gently: "She is actually a bastard."
The twins giggled.
Xiaoxiao underestimated the Yuanlong Dynasty and the open Kyoto. The female school has already set the stage for the first time, and there are even mixed-race children as classmates! The Persians are probably extremely open and allow their daughters to make friends with men. Anyway, they are all children from wealthy families, making friends with some is beneficial or harmless.
Xiaoxiao asked, "What are the most students in the female school background?"
Yanran said: "Most of them are rich daughters, and there are daughters of wealthy families who want to make money."
"All of them are merchants?"
He smiled and said, "Of course, poor people can't afford to go to school."
"I mean, there are no officials? Miss Duke and Marquis or something."
Yanran smiled and laughed: "There are all old and stubborn elders in the house, so they refuse to let their daughter show up! It's so pitiful to be born in such a family, and she lives like a sister-in-law at a young age!"
Xiaoxiao said again: "Don't they want their daughter to learn some knowledge? Talented women are also very popular in official families, right?"
Smile: "Indeed, two of the four talented women in Kyoto are official ladies, but they have never appeared before. Perhaps they are two ugly monsters! But their poems are widely circulated in the market."
Yanran seemed to sneer at the officials: "Those officials looked down on us on the surface, but in fact they were jealous and hated us. Yes, once they showed their wealth, they would be impeached, and they would not be happy to be happy! Our wealthy families have been built and saved up for generations, and they are upright! They want to set up a female school for their daughters! Don't think about it, our female school is all done by us merchants! Oh, who gave them this money! The treasury's money overflowed? If you run a female school today, tomorrow the door of the Tongzheng and Historical Department, and at the various yamen, 800 poor beggars knock on the broken bowl and crying!"
Chapter completed!