"She taught you only three years?" Second master Gu frowned at this.
"Why she taught you only three years? Shouldn't you taught be longer than that? After all knowledge has no end and learning more is always beneficial for one." Second master Gu was dissatisfied with how Gu Yanyan left her school just after three years of learning.
"Because Miss Ye said my lessons are completed. As women have a lot of restrictions in learning books, and they can't learn many books, I had to learn only a little by miss Ye." Gu Yanyan didn't cared about his dissatisfaction and replied calmly.
"But-" Second master Gu still wanted to say more when Madam Yun pulled his sleeves and Interrupted him with her sweet as honey voice.
"Oh! What lessons miss Ye taught you? Come tell mother in detail about the books Miss Ye taught our Yanyan." Madam Yun said with a lovely smile and kind expression on her face like a loving and caring mother asking her daughter about her studies.
With the way she always manage things, both second master Gu and old Madam Gu appreciated her methods.
Yes, that's how a mother should interact with her children.
"As Mother knows there are only a few books for a young lady in an aristocratic family to learn so Miss ye only taught me about ' Lessons for Women', 'Women's Analects', 'Domestic Lessons' and 'Sketch of a Model for Women'. Other than that, 'Courtesy' and 'Mannerism' from book of rites, 'Li family's Women' and a few fore topics, intended for a young lady to read and learn." Gu Yanyan also didn't shy away from Madam Yun's kind gesture and politely counted all the books she had learnt from her Miss Ye.
"You said you learnt all these books in just three years?" After hearing the name of books counted by Gu Yanyan, Gu Yanwen couldn't help but sneer loudly.
But... once again was destined to be ignored by Gu Yanyan.
Instead of answering Gu Yanwen's sarcastic question, Gu Yanyan turned to Old Madam Gu and said, "Grandmother, what Yanyan had said is true. Miss Ye said, although my mother was a general's daughter, my talent in literature comes from my father and Gu family's three hundredyears of scholarly history. I'm fortunate to have my father's blood in my veins and his scholarly genes in my flesh which made it easier for me to learn and master things which I've read or seen just two or three times." With a smile from ear tk ear on her face and sparkle in her eyes, Gu Yanyan told old Madam Gu about her extra ordinary talent in learning things, along the way even praising Gu Tianhao and Gu family's scholarly genes.
After being praised to the sky, who was in the mood to care about the doubt Gu Yanwen had raised previously.
"Good. Good child. You've really learnt it well." Old Madam Gu was also smiling brightly hearing, Gu Yanyan's praise for her father's talent and Gu clan's three hundred years of prestige.
She turned to Gu Tianhao and nodded at him.
"You... really birthed a good granddaughter for me. Just look at her how sweet her mouth is. From the moment she came, she only made me happier." Old Madam Gu said to Gu Tianhao.
Gu Tianhao was also visibly pleased at being praised by his daughter and her Teacher for being a talented person.
Even though he had heard many people praising him for being a talented and intelligent official in court, it never hurt one to be praised more.
"Yes mother." Gu Tianhao also agreed with his mother.
Even he didn't liked Gu Yanyan for practicing a bold scipt like Wang Xizhi's, other than that her every action was more acceptable than he had thought before.
Be it her elegant and graceful appearance as a true noble lady or the her way of speech and manner, her accepting Madam Yun as her mother without holding any grudge or resentment in her heart, not being angry at her younger siblings for not respecting her and even caring about them as their elder sister, thinking about making her grandmother happy by coping scriptures fir her the first time she came to meet her grandmother after nearly a decade or finding calligraphy of master Guan Lei for himself, her father, Gu Yanyan's every action and behavior was thoughtful and considerate.
After getting praised by her grandmother and her father, Gu Yanyan seemed to look even more happy and smiled brightly.
She took another wooden box from her maid and went to Madam Yun and give it to her.
Madam Yun was also delighted at getting a gift from Gu Yanyan.
Even though mother Liu had told her about the 'garbage' Gu Yanyan had brought with her but seeing Old Madam Gu and Gu Tianhao's gift, she thought, her gift also wouldn't be that bad, right?
And she had expected, just as she opened the box, her eyes were wide opened and the smile on lips got wider.
"Mother it's a high grade yellow jade. It was given to me by second grand aunt when I turned eight. Since I was still young at that time, second grand aunt said it was only eight for me to have a high grade jade by my side.
When Mother Zhang and Mother Liu told me that I've gotten permission to come back, I didn't dare to delay it and immediately asked mother Zhang and Mother Liu to bring me back." Hearing what Gu Yanyan said both mother Zhang and Mother Liu's eyes become big and mouth opened wide.
What nonsense this young girl is spouting?
When she was eager to come back?
How could she lie with such a sincere and innocent look?
This little girl really knows how to play big.
We have to stay as far away from her as possible.
Gu Yanyan didn't cared about housekeepers' thinking and continued, "But in haste I couldn't prepare anything good for mother. Mother please don't despise Yanyan for not being able to give you something good and valuable." Gu Yanyan said with a look of reproach om her face.