On the way back from the village school with a lunch box, Li Yan happened to see her father walking towards her.

However, Li Erlang was frowning and thinking about something, and did not see his daughter waving to him.

When he came closer, Li Yan shouted.

Li Erlang suddenly realized, "Where did this go?"

"The new teacher for the village school has arrived. I just went to give him some food."

"Is everyone here? Then I'll go say hello." After saying that, he was about to go down the mountain.

Li Yan hurriedly stopped her father and said, "Dad, you should go tomorrow. We've been traveling for so many days. Let them rest well first and go tomorrow morning."

Li Erlang thought about it and agreed, so the father and daughter went home together.

During dinner, everyone was chatting happily at the table, but Li Erlang was the only one who was absent-mindedly eating his rice without even eating the vegetables.

Lin picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and gave it to him. "What are you thinking about? I won't even watch you eat the food."

Li Erlang evaded the question twice and didn't say anything more to his wife. He concentrated on eating.

Li Yan noticed that her father was absent-minded. She thought that her father did not want them to worry, so she did not ask any further questions at the dinner table.

After the meal, Li Yan brought a bowl of tea to the study. At this time, Li Erlang had been sitting in the study for a long time.

"Dad, what happened in the county government office?" Li Yan asked.

Li Erlang soothed him, "Don't worry, the county government is fine." He then picked up the teacup his daughter offered him and said in a low voice, "I heard from the Lord that the Holy Saint in the capital is ill. I'm afraid... the Lord wants us to start preparing now."

Li Yan understood that once the old emperor died, the new emperor would definitely hold an imperial examination to cultivate his own power.

The adult is reminding my father to seize the opportunity.

But Li Yan's heart couldn't help but feel nervous.

Since ancient times, there has always been a bloody storm when the court changes. Li Yan is worried about whether it will affect them at that time!

Seeing that his daughter's face was filled with fear after just a few words, Li Erlang quickly comforted her, "My Lord, you were just reminding me not to forget to read the classics and historical records. Besides, there are so many famous doctors in the Imperial Hospital. Maybe it's just a false alarm!"

Li Yan nodded and walked out of her father's study, but she knew that the news could not be groundless. It would be fine if she didn't know, but now that she knew, she couldn't just do nothing. It seemed that she had to start stockpiling food this year!

Lying on the bed, Li Yan thought of a way to deal with the situation and gradually came out of the uneasy mood she felt when she first heard the news.

The next day, Li Yan got up as usual and went to check on the peppers she had planted. After more than ten days of growth, the pepper seedlings in the seedling pots were now growing very strong.

If they continue to grow at this rate, the pepper seedlings should be ready for transplanting in a few days!

Li Yan watered the pepper seedlings as usual. At this time, Lin Qing ran over happily: "Sister, my dad is here!"

"Uncle, why are you here so early? Wait for me, take me to irrigate the water here, and then go over!"

"Don't worry, Dad heard that Master Lu has arrived and is talking to him now. You forgot that the private school is closed for the next ten days, so he has time to come over."

Li Yan suddenly realized, "Then let's not disturb them for now and let them reminisce about the past."

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"Are you used to living here?"

"Thank you for your concern, it's great here! The villagers are very enthusiastic towards me as a teacher, which makes me feel unworthy!" Lu Kang sighed.

"The villagers are all respectful. You just need to devote yourself to teaching the children knowledge, and you won't let them down!"

Lu Kang agreed very solemnly!

When Li Yan and Lin Qing arrived, the two were discussing academic issues. Lin An saw the newcomers and stood up to introduce them to Lu Kang, saying, "This one is my daughter, and the other one is my niece. She asked me to find you!"

Lu Kang greeted the two of them.

Although he had met Li Yan before, he didn't know that he was invited by her, so he was a little surprised.

Li Yan pushed her cousin in front of Lu Kang and introduced her. "My cousin is currently teaching at the village school. You two can share the progress later. I'd like to inform Master Lu first that the village school now has both a boys' and a girls' school. My cousin used to teach both classes, but now that you're here, the boys' school will be taught by you, and my cousin will continue to teach the girls' school! Do you have any opinions?"

"Miss Li, you are too polite. Since I have been hired by you, I will follow your instructions."

Li Yan nodded and said, "Then let's go. It's a good opportunity for me to introduce the current situation of our village school to the teacher!" After that, she led everyone to the village school.

Their current village school is a bit special. After all, they need to use blackboards and chalk to teach. Li Yan felt that she still had to introduce it to Lu Kang.

When Li Yan led people into the classroom, there were already children sitting in the classroom copying the new words they learned yesterday.

Now the number of characters the teacher requires them to learn every day has increased from four to eight!

Before the end of each day, I would select the words that were learned in the previous days and write them down from memory.

This means that they not only have to remember eight characters, but also cannot forget the characters they memorized before. Who knows which character the teacher will choose to memorize? So the children feel like they have a tight hoop on their heads and have to review the characters they learned before every day.

When the children saw the teacher coming, they all looked a little nervous. Lin Qing smiled and waved at the children, "What are you writing? Bring it here for the teacher to see!"

The children held their own writing boards awkwardly, walked up to the few people hesitantly, and handed the writing boards to Lin Qing embarrassedly.

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