SFS Chapter 379 Zimo
Chapter 379 Zimo
Qin Huiyin left the tea room and asked if Li Taohua was at home. The servant said that the lady had gone out early in the morning and had not returned yet.
Li Taohua was away, so she went to look for Tang Luwu again. There was nothing to do during this period, so Tang Luwu was either tending to flowers and plants or reading and learning to read.
Tang Yichen specially hired a female teacher who, in addition to teaching Tang Luwu to read, also taught her music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and social etiquette.
As soon as she reached Jinxuan Courtyard, she heard the sound of an argument from a distance. She rushed to the scene and saw Shang Zimo chopping off the female teacher's hair with a sword. The formerly dignified female teacher had her hair loose on the spot, looking like a mad woman.
The female teacher screamed and said to Tang Luwu, "Such a bold servant, and you still indulge him? Why don't you send him away?"
Tang Luwu took the sword from Shang Zimo's hand and said to him, "Zimo, don't be rude. Put the sword down first."
Shang Zimo looked coldly at the female teacher in front of him. His eyes were fierce, like a ferocious beast, ready to pounce and bite her at any moment.
"What's going on?" Qin Huiyin walked over.
"Second Miss, I finally understand why Master Tang hired me to teach the eldest Miss etiquette. Seeing how easily she's persuaded and how she allows a servant to be rude to the Master, I know she still has a lot to learn!" the female teacher said angrily. "With such a wicked servant in your mansion, be careful he might turn against you."
"I'm asking about my sister. Master, there's no need to get so excited. I have the final say on right and wrong. Black is black, white is white. I won't wrong you."
"The teacher was teaching me, and there were some things I didn't understand, so I asked her a few questions. She said I was being extremely disrespectful and hit the palm of my hand. Zimo didn't want me to get hit, so she did that."
Tang Luwu finished speaking with red eyes.
"What did my sister ask the teacher that made him so angry that he beat up his own student?" Qin Huiyin looked at the female teacher again.
"As a teacher, my boss gave me money to teach the young lady of the mansion, so of course I must discipline her strictly. If she is wrong, I will naturally correct her."
"She taught the young lady that women are humble and should not show their faces in public. They should respect men and obey them in everything. From the day I entered the Tang family, I have never heard such talk, so naturally I do not accept her discipline. If the young lady continues to be taught this way, she might one day become a dough figurine that can be manipulated by anyone."
"Is that so?" Qin Huiyin looked at the female teacher.
The female teacher adjusted her hair and raised her head: "It should be so. You can ask around, the female students I taught all married well."
"If you weren't a little famous, my brother wouldn't have invited you in to teach my sister. It's my fault. Originally, my brother wanted me to learn from him, but I was busy and declined his kindness. If I had come to listen, I wouldn't have wasted so much of the teacher's time. Teacher, the girls of our Tang family are not delicate flowers, but the solitary pines on the cliffs. We are tough and unyielding, and we cannot bend our waists to men. I will ask the accountant to settle your wages, and you don't have to come anymore."
"I was invited by your Lord Tang. You have no right to fire me." The female teacher was not convinced.
"She really has power." Tang Yichen stood not far away. "Not only does she have power, my eldest sister Lu Wu also has power. As my younger sister said, the women of our Tang family are not delicate flowers, but solitary pines, more powerful than countless men. Chen Yu, take her to settle her wages."
The female teacher was unwilling, but it was useless to be unwilling. She couldn't just stay in the Tang family with such a thick face.
"Luwu, after so many years, do you still need others to clean up these situations for you? You are the eldest daughter of the Tang family, not a weed to be slaughtered at will." Tang Yichen frowned, his eyes full of disappointment.
"She was invited by my eldest brother. I thought he wanted me to become a lady from a noble family," Tang Luwu said aggrievedly. "Besides, she was quite normal before. She taught me music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, taught me to read and write, and taught me the etiquette and rules for different occasions. None of that was a big deal. It wasn't until today when she taught me the female precepts that we had a disagreement."
"Shang Zimo, right?" Tang Yichen looked at Shang Zimo. "It's not fun for you to stay in the backyard all day. Do you want to work with me?"
Shang Zimo said calmly, "I was saved by the eldest lady. I only want to follow her and risk my life for her."
"That's fine. But your current abilities aren't enough to protect the young lady. I'll arrange for a martial arts master, and you can learn some martial arts from him."
"Thank you, sir."
"Brother, does Sister Luwu still need a teacher to teach her?" Qin Huiyin asked.
Tang Yichen looked at Tang Luwu: "Do you think it is necessary?"
Tang Luwu said, "I think it's necessary. Although some of the teacher's remarks made me uncomfortable, she is indeed very talented, and what she taught is very practical."
"Then I'll send someone to inquire again. This time I want to find a female teacher with no mental problems." After Tang Yichen finished speaking, he turned and left.
Qin Huiyin thought about the inkstone she had bought and said to Tang Luwu, "Sister, I have something to talk to my brother about, so I'll leave first."
Tang Luwu watched Qin Huiyin walk away, then lowered her head and blew on her painful palms.
Shang Zimo handed her the ointment and said, "The teacher made you kneel before, why didn't you tell your elder brother and sister?"
"She's gone, there's no need to embarrass her anymore." Tang Luwu said, "Zimo, you'll have a better future if you follow my eldest brother. You're so smart and skilled, you can learn a lot from my eldest brother."
"Not interested." Shang Zimo took the ointment from her hand, opened it and applied it to her. "You're so stupid. If I weren't here, you wouldn't know how much you'd be bullied."
"How could that be? My family is so well off now, no one bullies me."
"The people in your family are nice, but are the people outside so nice too? This is the capital city, there are traps everywhere, don't be so naive." Shang Zimo curled his lips.
"Zi Mo, you look like my younger brother Xiao Ge'er." That poisonous mouth looks exactly like him.
Qin Huiyin gently pushed open the study door, tiptoed in, put her hands behind her back, and slowly approached Tang Yichen's position.
"What are you doing sneaking around?" Tang Yichen put down the booklet in his hand and looked at her with a smile.
"I bought something, and I don't know if you like it." Qin Huiyin took out the inkstone and placed it in front of him. "If you don't like it, you can keep it and give it to someone else."
Tang Yichen knew what was good, so of course he knew it was a good thing. Most people who read books liked it. Even if it was a worthless item on the street, let alone a good one, he would keep it well and would never give it to someone else.
"Why do you suddenly want to give your brother something?"
"Let's go today..." Qin Huiyin sat opposite him and told him about the auction today. "When I come back, I can start preparing medicine for Wan'er."