Hu's Opinion

[rix_scaedu]

This follows on from Meanwhile, Back in Jingshi and, like that piece, occurs concurrently with In Which That Paid For, Is Received.

“Well,” asked Ruh, showing her brother the picture in the sporting pages of the afternoon newspaper, “could that be Nai?”

“With only one third of her face showing like that?” Hu gave his younger sister a wry look. “

Comments

[aldersprig]

*bounce bounce*
I like the description of beauty standards changing! I like the description of Nai in relation to her siblings. And I'm really happy Hu is looking into things.

[rix_scaedu]

Thank you!

[kelkyag]

Squeeee! Many thank yous!

Hu, dear, you're showing your (reincarnated) age. Ruh *probably* won't catch you at it ...

[rix_scaedu]

Yes, he is, isn't he and she probably won't - she'd believe him if he said he'd paid attention to stuff other than dates in history class.

I do wonder if he collected those postcards back then, and if he had one of Great-Grandmother Gao. :)

[kelkyag]

Nai and Hu and Ruh and sibs are great-great-grandchildren of a Reincarnated Scholar, not great-grandchildren, so great-grandmother Gao was presumably not the Reincarnated Scholar's wife, though she might have been his daughter or daughter-in-law, if that's the right branch of the family? Perhaps the matchmaker showed him that postcard and he showed it to one of his sons ...

[rix_scaedu]

Just double checked the family tree (yes, I have one for this lot) and Great-Grandmother Gao's daughter married a son of the Reincarnated Scholar. Doesn't mean the Reincarnated Scholar didn't own a copy of the postcard...

[lilfluff]

Ooh, I like! *blinks and checks prior part* Huh, and somehow I missed a part. Liked that too.

[rix_scaedu]

Thank you.