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"Actually, to be honest, this is exactly the same mindset I had when I followed the general to fight the barbarians."

Seeing that her words had attracted everyone's attention, Li Shiyue didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "It's not enough for the eldest son to kill the second son!"

Why isn't that enough?

It's like fighting barbarians; you kill one generation, and another always comes.

What can we do then?

Of course, we must nip it in the bud!

After killing the second son, he also had to take the first wife and her family into his own hands. If they refused, he would kill them all!

In this way, the eldest son's lineage can survive properly, right?

Li Shiyue's words shocked not only Liu Shu, but even Liu Tan.

Although Li Shiyue did not say it explicitly, she mentioned "following the general to fight the barbarians," which was probably referring to Liu Tan's extermination of Agulang's tribe.

That time, apart from the Han woman and the mixed-race children, there wasn't a single person left alive in the barbarian tribe.

This is truly killing to the death!

Liu Tan never expected that Li Shiyue, this little girl, was truly ruthless. He had thought that her ability to utter "patricide and fratricide" was already shocking enough.

Who would have thought that Li Shiyue actually intended to kill even the maternal uncles and other relatives of the second son!

Liu Shu stared at Li Shiyue, genuinely terrified this time, even more so than when he had heard Li Shiyue mention poisoning and arson earlier.

Li Shiyue looked back with a smile on her lips. How could she not be happy?

My brain's systems are buzzing with notifications!

Two hundred points earned!

She was, of course, very happy!

In the end, Liu Tan stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "It's just a fight between brothers; there's no need to involve other people. That's really a bit..."

Liu Tan paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and then continued, "Something is not good."

Alright, on this festive day, let's not talk about these fighting and killing things.

Come, it's fate that we've gathered here tonight, let's have a drink together.

Li Shiyue put down his teacup and heard Liu Shu get up to say goodbye. Before leaving, Liu Shu mentioned that the Prince of Zhenbei would be returning from his border patrol and hoped that Liu Tan could come home and have a meal together.

Moreover, as she turned to Li Shiyue, Liu Shu said, "Madam Li, if you are going to stay in the city for a few more days, please let me do my best to be your host so that I can thank you for saving me and Shouge'er last time."

Li Shiyue bowed and returned the greeting, saying, "I'm glad Your Highness doesn't blame me for overstepping your bounds. We won't stay in the city any longer. If we have the chance to come again in the future, we will definitely visit Your Highness at the Prince's residence!"

Only after Ma San personally went out to see Liu Shu off did a genuine smile appear on Li Shiyue's face.

However, she still stood and bowed to Liu Tan, saying, "General, have I offended the Crown Prince?"

Liu Tan shook his head when he saw that Li Shiyue was not afraid at all. He told her to sit down quickly and then told Li Wangming, who was standing with Li Shiyue, to sit down as well. Then he turned to Jiang Huijun and said in a complaining but happy tone, "Look at you, you only followed me to fight the barbarians once, and you keep saying this in front of outsiders."

I tried to recruit her into my service time and time again, but she always used family matters as an excuse to refuse.

This time, the diagrams for the seed drill and the curved plow were also provided by her. This little girl of hers doesn't hold anything back from me at all.

Jiang Huijun and Liu Tan were childhood sweethearts and have been married for many years with a harmonious relationship. When she heard Liu Tan's seemingly complaining words, which were actually a way of treating Li Shiyue as one of his own, she couldn't help but be surprised.

Over the years, Jiang Huijun had only ever heard Liu Tan complain about Yan Jiuniang, her half-sister, in private. This was the first time she had ever heard Liu Tan speak so intimately with an outsider in front of everyone, apart from Yan Jiuniang.

Just as Jiang Huijun was thinking of Yan Jiuniang, she heard Liu Tan say, "Her temper is similar to Jiuniang's. They both have the nature of taking revenge on the spot, and they can't stand the slightest grievance."

Since Liu Tan brought up Yan Jiuniang, Li Shiyue continued, saying that she had come to the prefectural city not only to celebrate the festival with her second uncle, but also to deliver paper made by her family to Yan Jiuniang and him.

"...It was made at home. I sent a box to the garrison earlier, but since Deputy General Ma wasn't there, I left the box of paper at the door."

I delivered the paper for Jiu Niang directly to Xing Sheng Lou.

Hehe, General, Madam, please don't mind. We've just started making paper. The best quality paper hasn't been made yet; we've only gotten some medium quality paper for now.

"When I can build something even better in the future, I'll send it to the General and his wife!"

Liu Tan was surprised again; he hadn't expected that Li Shiyue's family knew how to make paper.

Jiang Huijun could tell what Liu Tan was thinking just by looking at him, so she took the opportunity to pour Li Shiyue another cup of tea.

Li Shiyue naturally wouldn't let Jiang Huijun pour her another cup of tea. Instead, she "snatched" the teapot, poured a cup for Jiang Huijun, and then poured herself a cup.

Of the table full of people, only she and Jiang Huijun were drinking tea, so they ignored Liu Tan and Li Wangming.

"Miss October is truly intelligent and kind-hearted; she even knows how to make paper."

"Haha, Madam, it's all by chance that I was able to have a skill to make a living."

I was thinking that if I could open a shop in the prefectural city, the business would be much better.

Understanding the unspoken meaning, Jiang Huijun, an intelligent woman, immediately replied to Li Shiyue's words, "Isn't that simple?"

My family has a shop on Shuyuan Street. If you really want to open a shop, I can get them to give you a low price, and you can rent it.

If it's not done well, we can just return it. It's our own shop, it's no big deal.

Li Shiyue was naturally grateful, but quickly added, "This is my first time doing business, so I dare not go big. I need to gain some experience before I can open a large shop."

"If Madam could help us find a small shop so we can practice our skills, we would be very grateful!"

Now that things had come to this point, Li Shiyue naturally told everyone about his plan to build a school in Liujiatun.

"...My family is well-off because my mother, although her handwriting is not very good, can still read and write.

But not everyone in the village has seen the world.

Once they've settled down, they all want to make their lives better.

If you want to live a good life, how can you do it if you can't read?

In the past, my second uncle could help teach them at home;

But my second uncle came to the prefectural city to study, so I thought it would be better to ask a scholar who no longer wanted to take the imperial examinations to come to our house.

I don't expect them to be able to take the college entrance exams. As long as they can teach the children to read and understand principles, and are willing to teach a few words to their uncles and aunts when they have time, so that they can understand documents and not be cheated when they do business in the future, that would be great.

Such scholars are rare, not only in Qingsong Town, but even in Sanshan County.

"We've encountered this situation today, and if Madam could help find a suitable tutor, I would be extremely grateful!"