Chapter 44 Want Ice? Beg Me
Apart from the doctor, she was the only one who knew that Cheng Shuyi was sick.
She never mentioned it to her two children.
The two children could not answer Pei Yanli's question.
My brother tilted his head, looking thoughtful.
In the end, I couldn't think of anything. "Shuyi just said that Dad is here."
My sister also shook her head, innocently covering her eyes and then opening them again, saying, "We just came here in the blink of an eye."
In the blink of an eye?
Pei Yanli tried to understand what his daughter said.
The little girl was probably too tired from riding in the carriage on the way to Beijing, and she slept all the way. When she opened her eyes, she had already arrived in Beijing.
"Play for a while longer and then go back to your room to sleep. You have to go to the academy tomorrow."
Pei Yanli patted the two children's heads and let them continue playing.
He stood under the eaves, looking towards the kitchen, clueless.
It had only been two months since Cheng Shuyi arrived in Beijing, but she had already established a foothold in Shengjing, a city where every inch of land is valuable and commerce is booming.
There are countless grains and goods in hand.
With her ability, she didn't look for him six years ago, and she has no reason to look for him now.
And judging from Cheng Shuyi's daily performance.
She said that she wanted to be his wife, but her actions did not show how much interest she had in him.
Not interested in his family background or his concubines.
Without even asking a question.
Isn't she jealous at all and doesn't want to compete for favor?
Pei Yanli was obsessed with it and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
When he delivered the engagement letter that day, Cheng Shuyi just took a look at it and put it away!
Cheng Shuyi kept convincing herself in the kitchen.
She doesn't have much time left.
It’s good that Qiqixuxu went to the palace. The two children have to slowly get used to life without her, and she also has to slowly get used to it.
It's better than the shock her sudden departure would cause to the two children.
But...
Can't bear to.
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The next day.
As usual, Cheng Shuyi had to get up before dawn on the day of replenishing supplies.
First, he went to the shop to replenish the goods and ice into the warehouse, and then he went to the butcher shop on the street to buy a pound of meat.
Cheng Shuyi has to go to the fields outside the city today and won't be back by noon.
She made lunch together.
Breakfast is boiled corn and boiled eggs, and lunch is stir-fried meat with garlic sprouts and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
She packed one portion for herself in her lunch box and left one portion for her two children and Pei Yanli.
Zhang Fu came driving a carriage.
Cheng Shuyi asked Zhang Fu to move the rice seeds she had soaked the night before to the car.
At this time, the fish-scale clouds in the sky are golden.
"Let's go, Uncle Zhang."
Cheng Shuyi got in the car and handed Zhang Fu a piece of boiled corn.
Zhang Fu took it with thanks.
The two of them slowly walked towards the outskirts of the city in the morning light.
The farmer she had found in a village near the outskirts of the city yesterday was already plowing the fields.
According to Cheng Shuyi's requirements, one of the paddy fields has been plowed, harrowed, weeded and ridged.
It is ready to be sown directly.
The rice seeds were soaked in dilute lime water, then taken out and drained overnight.
The temperature in July makes the soaked rice seeds germinate overnight.
Each seed has a pointed ivory-colored tip, and some have even grown roots.
While the weather was not too hot, Cheng Shuyi quickly found someone to help with sowing.
If it is noon and the sun makes the water in the fields hot, it will be difficult to plant.
Cheng Shuyi worked in the fields outside the city for three consecutive days.
She didn't know that the news about her had spread all over Shengjing City.
"Wealthy merchants, thousands of acres of fertile land, and a cool city, yet they are unwilling to spare a single cent to save the students of Dasheng. Literature is in danger!"
"As the ancients said: A gentleman loves money but earns it in a proper way. But now there's a woman who earns money in an unethical way and still wants to build a memorial archway for herself. How ridiculous!"
"I have a pen that can write down all the injustices in the world, leaving behind a clear spirit that fills the universe. This is the spirit of a scholar!"
Cheng Shuyi gave instructions on matters at the farm and returned to the city to take care of the new shop.
She sunbathed outside the city for three days, and as soon as she returned, she was criticized by thousands of people.
She almost laughed out of anger.
"Is this an insult to me?"
Cheng Shuyi couldn't believe his eyes.
The line 'Today there is a woman who makes money in an unscrupulous way and still wants to erect a memorial archway for her', is it meant to satirize her for donating ice to the White Horse Academy in order to erect a memorial archway for her?
This curse is really dirty.
He Guangzhi hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to tell the truth.
But Cheng Shuyi already got the answer.
It was Yingtian Academy that looked down on her first, so what right did they have to denounce her?!
Depend on!
Do you really think she is easy to bully?
Cheng Shuyi crumpled up the manifesto in his hand and threw it on the ground, then turned around and went home angrily.
Playing with public opinion, right?
Who doesn’t know that!
As soon as Cheng Shuyi returned home, he wrote several articles to respond to Qi Siyan of Yingtian Academy.
The students at Yingtian Academy all have official backgrounds, so she has to be careful.
This time, she is only targeting Qi Siyan!
soon.
Cheng Shuyi’s counterattack was overwhelming, and flyers came like snowflakes, with one in everyone’s hand!
"He dislikes the smell of copper coins, but he chooses to grind the fame donated by his ancestors in his inkstone."
"In the study, there is a sign that says, 'Indifferent to poverty and clear ambition,' and in the account book, 'Three-tenths interest' is recorded."
"He claims to be pure and untainted by dust, but his eyes are always on the rich."
"You want ice? Beg me."
As soon as Cheng Shuyi's counterattack came out, it immediately pushed both parties to the forefront.
People all over the city were talking about it and using it as a topic of conversation after dinner.
Even the palace knew about it.
Qi Siyan was so angry that he almost fainted on the spot.
Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.
Since ancient times, all things are inferior, only reading is superior.
He was a dignified teacher at Yingtian Academy, who never stopped singing and teaching, cultivating people's virtues, and had many successful students.
A life of poverty.
Yet, he was spoken of so badly by a mere merchant woman.
He can't stand this grievance!
Qi Siyan couldn't stand this grievance, and Cheng Shuyi couldn't stand it even more.
It wasn't her who started it.
Why did she go to donate ice but was scolded for no reason? Was she supposed to endure it?
She couldn't bear it anyway.
Sheng Hong and Pei Yanli also saw these leaflets.
"You, a princess who has not yet married, have such a poisonous tongue." Sheng Hong clicked his tongue and shook his head.
Pei Yanli glanced at him indifferently, "Isn't this exactly what you want?"
Yingtian Academy has existed since the founding of the country and has served six generations of emperors.
It originally existed for the purpose of cultivating talents for the imperial court.
But at some point, the nature gradually changed.
Officials and clerks collude, abuse their power for personal gain, and commit fraud!
Now, Sheng Hong can hardly control even the imperial examination, which is jointly controlled by the Ministry of Rites and Yingtian Academy.
He was angry, but he did not dare to offend these civil officials and scholars.
Their pens are more powerful than swords.
But Cheng Shuyi is not afraid.
She is not an official and is not afraid of these scholars.
The ice donation incident caused disputes, which were directed at Yingtian Academy, but it gave him an outlet for his anger.
"Hahaha...it really feels good!"
Sheng Hong was so happy that he had two extra bowls of rice tonight.
in this way.
Yingtian Academy was in chaos.
Baima Academy was also in chaos.
But it was not because of this incident, but because of a chickenpox infection!
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