After teaching Xiao Ping'an to read and write for a while, Tang Baozhu realized that she was not suitable to be a teacher because Xiao Ping'an was too good-looking. Then she would always act coquettishly towards her and refuse to study.

She has an exceptionally sweet tongue, and when she speaks sweet words, she can deceive people to death. In the end, there was no other way but to ask Li Jun to help teach her.

In ancient society, men generally preferred to maintain a dignified demeanor and act as strict fathers, and Li Jun was such a person.

He clearly dotes on his son the most, but he insists on acting very serious. Fortunately, Xiao Ping'an is quite swayed by his act and is very obedient when he sees him.

When Li Jun started teaching him the Three Hundred Thousand Characters, his memory was better than his father's. However, perhaps because he was too young, he was still a bit playful and couldn't sit still. So even though his memory was very good, he was unwilling to study seriously.

Finally, having no other choice, Tang Baozhu and Li Jun discussed it and decided to send him to the county town to be taught by a tutor. At least children are generally more obedient to their teachers. After all, he has such a good memory and is so smart, we can't waste his talent. We should let him make some contributions to the country.

Tang Baozhu was also worried about entrusting the task to someone else, but Li Jun couldn't leave for too long. After all, Xiaohuangshan was generating a lot of revenue every year, earning tens of thousands of taels of silver just from selling watermelons.

He couldn't bear to part with them, and he wouldn't feel at ease without his personal supervision. Although the children in the family were gradually growing up, they were still too young to shoulder heavy responsibilities.

Because the butler, Uncle Deng, was literate, the children in the family also learned to read with him. At least three hundred characters were the basic requirement, and there would be an assessment system. If they learned them, memorized them, and could write them from memory, they would be rewarded.

Sometimes they try on clothes, sometimes they try on writing implements, and sometimes they try on food, so they are still very enthusiastic about learning.

In the past two years, my family has made some money, so we bought a relatively large house in the county town. However, we still live in the countryside because selling watermelons and meat is a bit too high-profile, so we wanted to keep a low profile for a while.

Although those with ill intentions were dealt with by puppets within the family, as the number of times this happened increased, more and more people began to be targeted.

In the end, having no other choice, he could only find a wealthy merchant in the capital to partner with. He was said to have connections in the capital, apparently being the brother-in-law of some high-ranking official. Fortunately, this merchant was fairly upright in his business dealings, so there was no need to worry about causing trouble by cooperating with him.

When harvest season arrived, people would bring their carts over, which gradually reduced the amount of attention they received. However, the villagers couldn't avoid it; there was nothing they could do about it. Everyone lived in the same village, and any commotion would quickly spread throughout the entire village.

Tang Baozhu had just celebrated the New Year, and Xiao Ping'an was just over two months away from turning four, so she packed her bags and came to the county town.

Li Jun was not at ease with his wife and children, but in the end he had no choice but to come along. He couldn't bear to leave his wife and children alone in the county town, and he couldn't bear to leave his wife and sleep alone in bed at night. Just thinking about it made him feel terrible.

Since I can't live without my wife, I guess I'll just have to work harder myself, leaving early and returning late every day.

Actually, Tang Baozhu was quite lonely living in the county town. After all, her child went to study at the private school in the morning, and Li Jun went to the countryside. She didn't have much to talk about with the maids and servants.

After much thought, I decided I should have a second child, preferably a daughter, so she can stay with me forever.

Our family's financial situation has improved, our son is now in school, and we no longer have to worry about our daughter growing up and life becoming difficult.

After thinking it through, I discussed having a second child with Li Jun that very night. How could Li Jun disagree with such a good thing?

He was so excited that he dragged his wife into the room right after dinner, threw Tang Baozhu on the bed, stripped off his clothes, and pounced on her.

Tang Baozhu felt that it was good to have some excitement every now and then; it made all the difference. Seeing how actively he was exercising, she figured that good things would happen soon.

Xiao Ping'an wasn't surprised at all after his parents left. He felt that he was old enough to listen to his father and not cling to his mother. But seeing his father, who was older than him, still clinging to his mother, he felt extremely wronged and pursed his lips, trying to hold back the tears in his eyes.

Finally, he told himself that he was a big kid now and needed to be obedient and sensible, which helped him suppress the urge to cry.

Fortunately, although his parents were a bit unreliable and left him in the dining room, there were a bunch of older brothers and sisters around who could keep him company.

Before he could even cry, the older kids around him rushed over to comfort him, and he instantly forgot all about how upset he had been.

When Tang Baozhu woke up the next day, Xiao Ping'an had already been taken to school by the steward, and the whole courtyard was quiet.

They probably all knew that Tang Baozhu hadn't gotten up yet and were worried about disturbing her rest, so they all walked very quietly.

After a period of depression, Tang Baozhu finally let go of that feeling of depression after making preparations for her second child last night.

She didn't know when she got pregnant, but since both of them were in good health, she didn't plan to take any pills. She didn't want to live such a decadent life in the future.

Tang Baozhu decided to go to Sister Hong's shop to buy some fabric and embroidery thread. Even if she didn't sell them, she could keep them for herself.

She had never thought of embroidering more and storing it in her online space before, but this time she plans to embroider more and store it in her online space.

It's also because Li Jun doesn't let her take on any embroidery work now. He feels that the family's conditions are getting better and better, and there's no need for his wife to work so hard. Besides, doing embroidery work often can easily hurt her eyes, so how could he bear to do that?

But she still thought about embroidering a few stitches when she had free time, just not to sell them. She couldn't let the skill she had worked so hard to learn go to waste.

She's quite good at calligraphy. As long as she writes well, that's enough for her. She doesn't aspire to become a calligraphy master; as long as it's good enough, that's fine.

After thinking it through, she didn't want to wait a moment longer. After washing up, she quickly ate breakfast and then went to Sister Hong's place.

Over the years, I've become very good friends with Sister Hong. This time when I came to buy embroidery thread and fabric, Sister Hong even helped me come up with some ideas.

Tang Baozhu discovered that there were some really skilled embroiderers at Hongjie's place. Since she wanted to refine her embroidery skills, she begged Hongjie to give her an embroiderer to teach her the craft.

Actually, in the first small world, the embroiderers in the palace were even more skilled, but at that time she only learned one type of embroidery.