Sheng Yuan's haircut ceremony inspired her a lot.
What impressed her most was that people should not be too arrogant.
The result of being too piao may not be to show off your success, but to have an almost octogenarian tell you with practical actions the truth that "an old man can still beat you".
On this point, her father has the most say.
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If asked about any changes after the haircut, Sheng Yuan would say that there was an increase in homework.
Of course, the homework here is not assigned by the academy teacher.
"Now that you have haircuts, you are a big girl. You need to learn more things that girls should know."
This is what her mother said the day after the haircut ceremony was completed.
Sheng Yuan snorted quietly at this.
"I didn't take the initiative to ask for haircuts!" Sheng Yuan secretly complained to her sister.
In response to this, Sheng An was speechless as usual.
After all, to a certain extent, Sister Yuan's words are irrational but somewhat reasonable.
"Is it possible that if you don't ask for haircuts, you really won't grow up?" Sheng Ran smiled and advised this younger sister to recognize the reality as soon as possible.
Sheng Yuan didn't want to but kept shaking her head: "But I am still just a child who has just turned sixteen!"
"Since you are still a child, you have to learn more!" Sheng Ran patted the lazy little girl and completed the logical closed-loop conversation.
Sheng Yuan, who was dragged back to the main courtyard by her own sister, couldn't help but raise her head and sigh: "What does the hairpin represent? The hairpin represents the elder sister's betrayal of her dear sister and united front with the adults!"
"Sheng! Yuan!"
Miss Sheng, who was still trying to make up a jingle, suddenly became excited when her mother roared her full name, and trotted over, nodding, bending, and smiling flatteringly to show her cooperation.
Being aware of current affairs is the insight of growing up!
Although she has been aware of current affairs since she was a child.
Of course, as Sheng Yuan was extremely resistant to beatings, she still dared to try to resist when she couldn't see the duster.
"I'm a big girl now. I need to learn some female celebrities in the future. It doesn't require you to be good at it, just know how to do it."
At first, Zheng was patient.
Facing the patient parents, Sheng Yuan, who was good at pinching her nose and face, bravely straightened her chest and said seriously: "We have an embroiderer in our family!"
"Then you have to learn how to comb your hair, makeup and accessories. You don't need to be good at it, just an average level."
At this time, Mrs. Zheng was reasonable.
Facing unreasonable parents, Sheng Yuan, who is good at fighting and pursuing freedom, raised her head and said loudly: "I have Xiaoyao!"
"...Then you need to learn more or less about garden layout, home decoration, and decoration placement."
At this time, Mrs. Zheng was forbearing.
Faced with forbearing parents, Miss Sheng, who is good at pushing the envelope, clasped her hands and said clearly: "You can use Nanny, use the manager, use Xiaoyao!"
"You use others for everything, but you yourself? Are you just a useless person who doesn't understand anything and is easy to fool?!"
Mrs. Zheng finally couldn't bear it anymore and roared that she wanted to beat this unscrupulous girl!
"If I say something, you say something back; if I say something once, you argue once! Could it be that you are just a piece of wood that turned into a spirit?!"
Taking the duster silently handed over by her husband, Zheng's anger reached its peak.
"How old are you, a girl, that you can't let the adults worry?!"
Sheng Yuan looked at the noisy duster and hurriedly raised his hands in surrender to avoid misunderstanding.
"If you raise a child for a hundred years, you will have ninety-nine worries! It is better to persuade people with virtue than to threaten them with force! Don't hit people if you reason with them!" Although she raised her hands, her mouth was not idle and she was busy arguing.
All in all, she has something to say!
"Say it!" Mrs. Zheng couldn't laugh or cry when she saw how cowardly and courageous she looked. If she hadn't considered that she needed the cooperation of this girl to learn something, she would have let it go to see if she could do this!
Seeing the opportunity, Sheng Yuan hurriedly came over, took the duster with tentative hands, put it aside far away, and patted her mother's shoulders diligently: "They say you love a profession, but the manpower is exhausted, so I want to take the imperial examination. Naturally, we need to go all out, so how can we be distracted by trivial matters in the boudoir, right?"
"Haha? You said go all out?!" Mrs. Zheng accepted the girl's massage calmly, half-smiling when she heard the words.
"Of course, we should go all out to combine work and rest!" Sheng Yuan classified her play as a reasonable rest after studying without blushing.
Zheng ignored her and asked her to continue.
"You said you wanted me to know how to embroider. I can mend seams with a needle and thread. Although it's not regular enough, I can do it in an emergency! Isn't that enough? As for embroidering purses, tying clothes, and making clothes, I can do better than embroidery. Mom? I am the most self-aware person, so it is better to do something within my ability.
As for combing my hair and dressing up, I am the best at studying. If I really need it, I can still dress up as a student and go out to various occasions. Why bother to learn those complicated hairstyles? Anyway, after you become an official, you won’t need them most of the time. Wouldn’t it be better to leave these to the appropriate maid?
As for garden design, home settings, decoration placement... I grew up in the Duke's Mansion and the Yongxing Marquis Mansion, so I know a lot about it. As long as you have good common sense, even if there are some differences, it is still personal aesthetics. Who can know more about it? say what? I just need to make sure I feel comfortable looking at it, and this... isn't that difficult! Why do you need me to study specially? "
Sheng Yuan looked at the large number of courses to be learned on the class list, and her eyes felt dizzy!
"You said it nicely!" Although Zheng sneered, her anger calmed down a lot.
Sheng Yuan's eyes lit up and she couldn't help but keep up her efforts: "You know me, I am not a lazy person! I am not an ignorant person either!"
"Haha." Sheng Xiangxun looked at his daughter's quibbles from the side. He always wanted to laugh but couldn't hold it back, but this time he laughed out loud.
"..." Sheng Yuan looked at her father who was watching the excitement speechlessly. Sheng Yuan recited in her mind, "A little girl should be able to bend and stretch." After reciting it several times, she continued to express herself, "You see, I like cooking, so I took the initiative to learn dim sum. Research and development, soup preparation, and dish matching.
This completely proves that I am willing to study in my spare time! However, I hope that there is a course that I want to learn, rather than something that I have to learn as a otaku girl! This is completely different! "
"I let you learn. This is for your own good, so that you can learn a lot without being overwhelmed. It's not for you to please anyone!" Mrs. Zheng understood what her little daughter meant and said to her, "You always say you want to Being an official requires a career, but is it so easy to become an official?
Let’s not talk about historical records, but only talk about the three dynasties of Yan, Chen and Chu. How many court officials and cabinet ministers have had their ups and downs. The term ups and downs in the officialdom is not a joke!
Today, you are the Minister of the Sixth Ministry. Tomorrow, you may be demoted to a foreign post. When the queen is called back to Kyoto, the eldest queen will demote you again. After a while, Xu Shien will allow you to enter the cabinet!
When you are an official, there is no need to say much, but if you are relegated to a cold place, you need to weave and sew clothes by yourself, wash and dress yourself, wash your hands and make soup, clean up the room by yourself, You need to take action to support yourself.
Let me ask you, if you are unwilling to learn these skills, what should you do then? "
(End of chapter)
