Chapter 54: A scumbag, a despicable villain

Xu Zhichun looked at him, suppressing the anger in his heart. "Tell the truth to my sister-in-law. Mingxuan, you can choose not to speak, but don't lie to my sister-in-law. Whether you have your own reasons, you have no choice, or it's for my sister-in-law's own good, my sister-in-law will not accept any of them. Deception is deception. What my sister-in-law can't stand the most is being deceived."

"If you lie to your sister-in-law, she will be very sad and disappointed."

Liang Mingxuan pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and after a while, he said softly: "It's Master."

Xu Zhichun didn't quite hear clearly, or perhaps didn't react immediately. "What?"

Liang Mingxuan took a deep breath, and said to her slowly with a bit of embarrassment and sadness: "Sister-in-law, I don't know what I did wrong."

Xu Zhichun's expression gradually changed and became extremely ugly!

Her child had suffered such a great injustice!

What a rubbish master, you are unworthy of being a teacher!

A scum of the world, a despicable villain.

Only then did Xu Zhichun realize that since the Chinese New Year this year, Master Liu had always said that Liang Mingxuan was smart and learned quickly, and that there was no need to waste so much time, so he asked him to help with housework.

He was also a bit shameless and didn't dare to let Liang Mingxuan go out to work, but gradually, Liang Mingxuan took on almost all the housework at home.

Chopping wood, washing clothes, cleaning the yard, cooking pig food, feeding chickens, cleaning the pigsty and chicken coop. There was a vegetable garden behind their house, and Liang Mingxuan often had to dig the ground and plant vegetables for them.

The vegetable garden was surrounded by a fence with bamboo branches more than one meter tall, and you couldn't see inside from the outside. Besides, Master Liu's house was at one end of the village, which was quite remote. Everyone knew that he ran a school and was teaching six children, so they didn't dare to disturb him easily.

So Liang Mingxuan did so much work all day long and no one noticed.

As for the children in the school, no matter whether they were threatened, bribed or coaxed, they must have received instructions from Master Liu and did not say a word to anyone.

Of the six children attending the school, two are from Quanshan Village, and the other four live far away, so they have to bring their own lunch every day, which is either black-faced steamed buns, or white rice or brown rice balls with vegetables and grains.

During lunch, Master Liu's wife would boil a pot of hot water, and everyone would have half a bowl of hot water to eat with dry food.

Xu Zhichun felt sorry for his child, so he prepared big, soft steamed white flour buns or flower rolls, and two boiled eggs for him.

I was afraid that he wouldn't have enough to eat, and I also thought that the other children were classmates, and it would be good to get closer to them, so I specially brought him two extra snacks every day and let his classmates share a few bites.

Unexpectedly, the white flour bun never entered Liang Mingxuan's mouth. It was all snatched away by Master Liu's son, nine-year-old Liu Fenghua.

Mr. and Mrs. Liu pretended not to know and snatched away the white flour buns. They didn't even give him a black flour bun or a wild vegetable and brown rice dumpling. Liang Mingxuan had to go hungry at noon every day.

Xu Zhichun was furious and heartbroken. She loved the child so much that she ended up hurting him. It was worse than when she wasn't around. Even though the child didn't eat well, he could still eat a bite.

No wonder he refused to bring eggs after two days, saying he wanted to eat them at home. It would be bad if he was the only one with eggs in school and no one else had them. She thought it made sense, so she stopped him from bringing eggs.

Otherwise, it would naturally never reach his mouth.

"You silly child, why didn't you tell your sister-in-law?"

Xu Zhichun was really distressed, angry and furious.

Liang Mingxuan whispered, "Sister-in-law, he is my teacher."

Xu Zhichun was stunned and speechless for a moment.

My heart is filled with only resentment.

Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers. Heaven, Earth and Emperor are needless to say. Parents are related by blood and are natural blood relatives. Teachers follow closely behind, which shows how important they are.

In this era, "Once a teacher, always a father" is not just a catchphrase to express humility and respect, but a lifelong principle that every scholar must practice.

Anyone who disrespects the teacher is betraying his teacher and ancestors, and his road to the imperial examination will be over.

They will also be despised by the whole society.

In other words, it was impossible for Liang Mingxuan to openly accuse Master Liu of wrongdoing.

Not to mention that he had no evidence at all. Even if he had a little evidence, Master Liu could just claim ignorance: he taught students every day, oblivious to what was happening outside. How could he know? It was all his wife and son's fault.

His wife is a woman who doesn't know much, and his son is still young and doesn't know much either. Who can be so petty with a woman and a child who know nothing?

Taking a step back, as a disciple, Liang Mingxuan worked hard for his master and did some chores. What was wrong with that? Isn't that just natural?

Xu Zhichun: "Then you should also tell your sister-in-law. Let's work together to find a solution. If this continues for a long time, what will happen?"

Liang Mingxuan hurriedly explained, "No, I, I have plans. Isn't the Tongsheng exam next month? I want to sign up for the exam, and I will definitely pass. Once I become a Tongsheng, I won't go to that school anymore, and naturally he won't be able to do anything."

Xu Zhichun laughed out loud, poking his brother-in-law's forehead lightly with his index finger. "You little fool, wouldn't that be a bargain for him? Wouldn't everyone praise his ability? Wouldn't everyone think that he taught you well and that's why you're where you are today? Wouldn't he be extremely proud? You have to respect him for the rest of your life, right?"

Liang Mingxuan stopped talking.

He was unwilling to accept this, but Master Liu was his master. He'd been taught by him since he was a child. He'd studied there for so long, and things had always been fine. The master had always praised him for his intelligence and often taught him many things individually. He could sense that the master had always been genuinely kind to him and truly attentive to his teachings. But this year, for some reason, things had suddenly changed.

Even Liang Mingxuan couldn't figure out what was going on. Why had the good teacher changed?

"This person has terrible character. Mingxuan, if you want to go further in the future, it's best not to have anything to do with him. This matter must be resolved."

"Whatever I ask you now, tell me the truth."

"Um."

Xu Zhichun was also shocked when he learned that Master Liu had been very kind to him in the past.

So what exactly happened?

Xu Zhichun quickly ruled out the possibility that the first and second wives were involved.

Mingxuan was only a little boy. Although everyone praised him as a child prodigy, who knew how difficult it was to succeed in school? It was impossible for the first and second wives to assume that Mingxuan would definitely succeed in the future and thus preemptively cut off his future.

Of course, if they could get involved for free, they would be happy to do so.

However, if they were asked to bribe Master Liu to do this, they would definitely not be willing to do so.

The reason is probably due to Master Liu or even the Liu family.

When Xu Zhichun learned that Master Liu's son Liu Fenghua had been studying with him since last year but was doing terribly and hadn't memorized the entire Three Character Classic in a year, while Liang Mingxuan could recite it fluently in less than a month, Xu Zhichun felt he had guessed something.

When she learned that Madam Liu was not very nice to Liang Mingxuan, especially recently, she felt that his eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose, but Madam Liu was particularly doting on her only precious son, Xu Zhichun felt that she had grasped half of the truth.

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