Chapter 29: Closing Camp and Opening Classes

The farce ended. Su Shengsheng was a little upset and returned to the room with Qingning and Ningyu.

Ning Yu took out the ointment, gently wrung out the wet handkerchief to clean Su Shengsheng's wound, and then gently applied the ointment.

"Madam Fourth was too harsh. What if it leaves scars? Young Miss shouldn't have let them off so easily today."

Qing Ning twisted her handkerchief aside, tears streaming down her face. "My lady, it's all Qing Ning's fault. I won't dare to do that again."

After Ning Yu finished, Su Shengsheng solemnly handed the shop deeds and house deeds to the two of them, and reminded them, "Be sure to keep them safe and don't let those people take them away."

She held their hands tightly and said, "You have already escaped slavery. From now on, you no longer need to call yourselves slaves in this house, lest you be looked down upon."

Qing Ning's tears stopped for a moment, but then flowed even more. "The young lady treats us so well."

Su Shengsheng glanced at Brother Heng, who was sleeping restlessly on the bed, and lowered her voice, "Our world is not here. We don't need to take those insignificant people to heart."

Qing Ning nodded, seeming to understand, "I will listen to you, young lady."

Ning Yu was thoughtful. "Miss, we don't want a shop. No matter what decision you make, we are willing to follow you."

"I know." Su Shengsheng stroked their cheeks and smiled gently, "I will earn back what I lost."

Qing Ning nodded vigorously.

Throughout her life, she didn't even believe in her father, but she had complete faith in the young lady.

At this time, Ning Yu noticed that Li walked into the room, and she quickly wiped away her tears and stepped aside.

Li originally wanted to pursue Ji Yanli, hoping that he would marry Su Shengsheng as soon as possible.

However, as she followed him, she remained hesitant.

Ji Yanli is still preparing for the imperial examination. If he were to travel so far to prepare for the wedding, it might cause dissatisfaction among her in-laws.

But what happened today made her worry that the Ji family would look down on her daughter and even break off the engagement.

She walked all the way, feeling uneasy, and she still couldn't make a decision until her son sent Ji Yanli out.

She wiped her tears and returned to the house. When she saw the bloodstains on Su Shengsheng's little face, she was overwhelmed with sadness again.

"It's all mother's fault. I shouldn't have let you come with me."

Su Shengsheng was completely powerless to resist her mother's tears. "It's ok, Mom. Everything will be fine."

Li held Su Shengsheng in her arms, thinking over and over again, and still felt that this was not a solution.

"Why don't you go back to Liuzhou with Brother Ji? I'll write to you... Aunt Wei, asking you to get married in Liuzhou?"

The corners of Su Shengsheng's lips froze. She was about to find an excuse to refuse, but she saw her mother shaking her head.

"No, no, your Aunt Wei's family is in business, and officials and businessmen can't marry."

Although the Nanling laws did not explicitly stipulate this, the classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans were strictly separated, and officials were not allowed to engage in business, including their wives.

This has become a solidified standard for marriage, and officials and businessmen rarely marry each other.

Su Shengsheng sighed helplessly, knowing that this was definitely not the time to mention not getting married.

Fortunately, her sister-in-law came in with a few bowls of vegetarian noodles and relieved her from her mother's tears.

"I saw that everyone didn't eat well, so I made a few bowls of vegetarian noodles."

Seeing that she was unable to move, Ning Yu hurried forward to take it.

Su Shengsheng didn't think much of it at first, but when she smelled the aroma of noodles, she actually felt a little hungry.

"Seventh sister, come and eat with us." Su Nianwei happened to come in, so Su Shengsheng invited her to come and eat with them.

Cen was a person who never talked about other people's affairs behind others' backs. Looking at the eye-catching red mark on Su Shengsheng's rosy face, she just shook her head and sighed.

She envied Su Shengsheng's strong character. Even after so many things happened, she could still comfort others as if nothing had happened.

She has always been submissive, and even if there is something she doesn't like to do, she can't save face to refute it.

But there was nothing she could do now. Thinking that Su Shengsheng would go to the bookstore to give a lecture tomorrow, she embroidered a piece of gauze overnight.

…

next day

Su Shengsheng arrived at the bookstore early and saw Ji Yanli waiting outside the door with Yanshu.

Ji Yanli withdrew his gaze from her veil and handed her a box of ointment: "Miss Su, this ointment was recommended by the doctor. It is said to be very effective. If used for three days, the disease will be as good as new."

Su Shengsheng didn't take the ointment and declined, "Thank you, Master Ji, but I already have some ointment, and it would be a waste if I used more."

Seeing her increasingly distant attitude, Ji Yanli was worried that she was unhappy because of what happened yesterday, so he hurriedly explained: "Yesterday's incident happened suddenly, Yanli..."

Those eyes, as bright as the dark moon, looked at him quietly, making Ji Yanli suddenly speechless.

Su Shengsheng wondered why he suddenly fell silent and called out softly, "Master Ji?"

Ji Yanli suddenly came back to his senses and calmed himself down, "Although yesterday's incident happened suddenly, everything Yanli said came from the heart."

On the long street, a beautiful lady in a lilac-colored long skirt swayed in the wind, while a talented man in a sky-blue long gown stood opposite her.

The breeze blows past my ears, stirring my heart, but silently responding to this feeling.

…

Qing Ning, who followed Su Shengsheng into the house, looked puzzled. "Miss, you haven't even finished talking to Master Ji yet, why are you just leaving him there?"

She looked back at Ji Yanli, who was standing there in a daze, and her heart was full of sympathy.

"Once he sees the real me, he won't think so." Su Shengsheng's answer was simple and straightforward.

Qing Ning was still full of doubts: "A real lady?"

However, she quickly fell silent and looked at Ji Yanli who walked in in surprise.

Su Shengsheng frowned slightly, and Ji Yanli bowed: "Miss Su, can Yanli take the class here?"

Su Shengsheng was about to refuse, but saw several unfamiliar scholars coming outside the door, so she had to give up for the time being.

It has to be said that after a round of egg offensive and the publicity of the lucky draw, the bookstore has become famous in the town.

Of course, the credit for attracting so many scholars is also due to the contributions of the successful candidates who attended the lectures here.

As people who had experienced it firsthand, they knew very well that this was all thanks to Su Shengsheng's super memory.

Therefore, with their assistance, a group of local scholars were quickly attracted here.

Seeing that more and more students were coming in, Su Shengsheng had no time to care about Ji Yanli anymore, so she asked Zai Qing to arrange seats for everyone.

Because the tailor shop next door needed major construction, she temporarily taught in the bookstore.

Fortunately, several bookshelves were moved yesterday, so there is enough space.

"We will close the classes and start the camp today." Su Shengsheng didn't want the students to be of varying levels and difficult to manage, so seeing that there were enough people to fill a classroom, she simply stopped recruiting students.

After all, there is no convenient network here, so she can only gain a firm foothold first and then expand gradually.

"Today we'll talk about partitioned storage, using the Dao of Heaven and Earth, and the Five Elements model for management. Tomorrow we'll talk about digital coding."

After she finished speaking, she was not in a hurry to answer the questions. "For the sake of class order, let's leave the questions for later and listen to the class first."

Faced with these new concepts, both new students and students who have attended a few classes felt a little confused.

However, the following courses made them experience what it means to be brain-burning.

After only half a class, the chaotic book titles in their minds were clearly separated.

Ji Yanli came here sincerely to attend the class. He was shocked by Su Shengsheng's powerful memory that day, and he was shocked again today.