Chapter 132: Fame
The next day, Hang Qi received the silk quilt sent by Lin Xi.
If it was as the article said, soft as snow, white as frost, and so smooth to the touch, he had never seen it before.
But when he thought about the fact that this quilt actually cost him five hundred taels of silver, he felt it was not worth it.
After all, it's just a quilt.
Due to lack of experience, some of the silk produced by Lin Xi's batch of silkworms was lost. As for the silkworm pupae peeled from the cocoons, Lin Xi fried them and sold them.
Originally it was just a small item that I sold casually, but I didn’t expect the market response to be unexpectedly good. It was cheap and tasted good, and for a while it was in short supply.
Because of this, Lin Xi earned more than one hundred taels of silver.
Just when a new batch of silkworms were growing vigorously, something happened to the Zhao family.
Before this, Goudan had placed silkworms in various places in his house, and the whole house was full of silk cocoons.
Li Qionghua was scolded by Old Lady Zhao and collected most of the cocoons, but there were still a small number that were not collected.
Li Qionghua had no idea how Lin Xi dealt with her silk cocoons. She simply piled all of them in the silkworm room, thinking that they might be useful one day.
There were many things to do at home, so Li Qionghua forgot about the matter after she put the cocoons away and completely forgot about the cocoons in the backyard.
The temperature has risen in the past few days, which is just the right time for moths to break out of their cocoons.
Many moths flew out from countless corners of the Zhao family's house, and the silkworm house was the most concentrated place.
When a large number of moths fly out, they naturally look for a place to lay eggs.
For a time, the Zhao family was in chaos, and they lived in fear of being dominated by moths every day.
Old Mrs. Zhao was so angry that she called Li Qionghua over and started to scold her, "You wasting money, you had to follow others to learn how to raise silkworms. Now you can't even live in this house anymore."
"What a sin! What a sin! Why did my Zhao family find a daughter-in-law like you!"
Lin Xi herself felt very wronged, she did not expect things to turn out like this.
The Zhao family was annoyed, but the other people in the village were enjoying watching the fun.
Cui Hongyue described the Zhao family to Lin Xi vividly, "You don't know what the Zhao family has become. There are moths everywhere. Old Mrs. Zhao was so angry that she almost drove Li Qionghua back to her parents' home."
Lin Xi thought, "The eggs laid by the moths will hatch into little silkworms, and it will be even more lively then."
Cui Hongyue heard this and said, "Then I have to take a closer look. I don't know how angry Mrs. Zhao will be."
Other people in the village were even more straightforward. They dared to make fun of Li Qionghua in front of her. But this matter was caused by Li Qionghua alone, so she could not blame others at all.
Just as a new batch of silkworms were growing vigorously, the results of the college examination came out.
There were a total of twelve students from Shuer Academy who took the entrance examination, and ten of them passed the examination and became scholars, which was much better than the results from Songtao Academy.
When the people in the town saw the result, their jaws dropped.
The students all know how powerful Mr. Shuer is, but for ordinary people, there is only one Songtao Academy that they are familiar with. As for Mr. Shuer, who is he?
When Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan went to the county town again, they suddenly found that the entrance of Songtao Academy had been surrounded by people.
Lin Xi felt strange, "What's going on? Songtao Academy did very well in the exam this time, didn't they?"
She heard that Songtao Academy's results this time were the best in history, so why did these people look a little unhappy?
When Tang Xuyang heard Lin Xi say this, he said, "You don't know this. Shuer Academy took the top spot in this exam, and everyone is curious about who this Mr. Shuer is. I heard that Gu Songtao knows Mr. Shuer, so everyone is here to block him."
After Tang Xuyang's explanation, Lin Xi understood instantly. Who doesn't want their children to have good grades? Hearing that Mr. Shuer is very good, she naturally wants to become his disciple.
They couldn't find Mr. Shuer, so they could only choose to look for Gu Songtao who knew Mr. Shuer.
Now that’s great, Dean Gu is completely afraid to go out.
"Let's go to the back door." Lin Xi said.
Not long after, there was a knock on the back door of Songtao Academy. When he opened the door and saw the person coming, he quickly pulled him in.
"Master Gu, you have a lot of disciples. I see half of the street is filled with your people." Xiao Yongyan joked.
Gu Songtao shook his head. "Master, please stop joking with me. My head is about to explode from all these people's noise these days."
When everyone saw Gu Songtao, they had only one question: could they meet Mr. Shuer?
"I'm really sorry. I'll send you some bacon in a few days." Lin Xi said.
Gu Songtao waved his hands, "I don't mean to complain, I just want some peace and quiet."
"I know," Lin Xi said with a smile, "I don't have any other intentions, I just want to take care of my old customers."
"Master, something bad has happened outside the door!"
A servant ran in from outside with a panicked look.
"What's going on? Why are you so flustered?" Gu Songtao scolded him unhappily.
"Master, there is a woman at the door who threatened to bang her head against the wall if she doesn't see Master Shuer!"
When Gu Songtao heard this, his face changed drastically, "What happened? Did they really crash?"
"Fortunately, there was no collision. Someone stopped us." said the servant.
"Take me to see it quickly." Gu Songtao was very nervous. Although there were people blocking the door every day in the past few days, he had never encountered anyone who wanted to bang his head against the wall.
If someone really gets killed, he will no longer be able to run this academy.
Xiao Yongyan looked nervous, "Let's go and take a look."
At the entrance of Songtao Academy.
A group of people surrounded a middle-aged woman in plain clothes, constantly comforting her. When they saw Gu Songtao coming out, they hurried over and said, "Look, the teacher has come out."
When the woman saw Gu Songtao, she ignored the people around her and knelt on the ground, "Master, I beg you to let me meet Mr. Shuer. My son is very smart and will definitely be a good student."
Gu Songtao also had a headache, so he said in a gentle way, "Mr. Shuer and I are just acquaintances, but I can't interfere with his decision to recruit students."
"Yes, I know everything you said. I just want to see him once." said the woman.
Not far away, Xiao Yongyan was standing under the eaves.
Lin Xi poked his arm deliberately, "Being too famous isn't a good thing."
"Madam, you are so insistent on meeting Mr. Shuer. Have you ever thought that he may not be willing to accept your son?" Xiao Yongyan said.
The woman saw Xiao Yongyan's unfamiliar face and turned to ask Gu Songtao, "Master Gu, who is this?"
Gu Songtao hesitated for a while, "An old acquaintance of mine."
When the woman heard this, she thought Xiao Yongyan was just a friend and didn't care.
"My son is the reincarnation of Wenquxing. Mr. Shuer will definitely like him very much when he sees him. How could he not accept him?" said the woman.
Gu Songtao shook his head after hearing this, "Madam, Mr. Shuer's standards for accepting disciples are very strict. You have to pass the test before you can enter the school."
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