Chapter 263 A Strangely Familiar Scene
"Yes, I will," Jiang Nuanzhi said confidently.
Xuan Ting is the future emperor, and in the book, he at least survived to the very end. Furthermore, the current emperor is also in the Great Wilderness, and Jiang Nuanzhi has already helped him eliminate most of the toxins; clearing the remaining poison is only a matter of time. Protecting his own son shouldn't be a problem. Admittedly, the Great Wilderness is currently in chaos, but Jiang Nuanzhi doesn't believe that an emperor wouldn't have prepared a backup plan before coming here.
Andehai is a smart man, so I don't think anything unexpected will happen.
"Ping'er, come in quickly, why haven't you finished talking yet!"
As the carriage drove away, the crowd, still immersed in their emotions, heard a loud and powerful voice.
The group instinctively turned around and saw Master Jin waving to Ping'er outside the academy.
"Mother, look how beautiful that carriage is!"
Baozhu, holding Jiang Nuanzhi's hand, pointed into the courtyard with her big, dark eyes after hearing the noise.
Jiang Nuanzhi walked around the dilapidated gate and peeked inside through the gaps. She then discovered that there was a rather luxurious carriage parked inside. The bells hanging on the carriage were all gold, and the color was quite vibrant. No wonder Baozhu said that the carriage was beautiful. However, such a carriage was really out of place in the dilapidated courtyard of Panshi Academy.
"Yes, I'm here." Ping'er responded and turned to look at Jiang Nuanzhi: "Nuanzhi, I'll go back and take a look."
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded and led Xiao Er and Baozhu to the edge of Panshi Academy, peering inside through the dilapidated courtyard wall.
"One thousand taels! Look at the state of your academy! You want one thousand taels of silver from me!"
Master Jin looked at Ping'er as if he had seen a savior, and immediately pulled him in front of him: "Look, this is the most outstanding student in our academy. His articles are excellent. If you don't believe me, I'll show you his articles."
"No need. Don't try to treat me like a fool. One thousand taels is enough to buy this lousy place of yours and raise a whole bunch of pigs. I can more than double my money by the New Year! This lousy academy of yours! You want one thousand taels? I'm not studying here anymore!"
The boy who spoke appeared to be two years older than Ping'er. He was fair-skinned and chubby, dressed in a royal blue brocade robe, with a dagger inlaid with green jade at his waist. The sachet hanging from his belt was also extremely exquisite; he was clearly a wealthy young master. However, the young master seemed quite angry at the moment, and turned to leave in a huff.
He kicked the door open and saw Jiang Nuanzhi and two children peering through the door. He immediately said fiercely, "This academy is shady! Don't send them here! Anyone who goes there to study is a fool!"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
You seem to be too late; that idiot has already sent a child in.
He had no intention of arguing with him at the moment and simply nodded in agreement.
Seeing Jiang Nuanzhi nod, the young master seemed to be in a better mood. He turned around, glanced at her, and roared, "You two stupid servants, why aren't you getting the carriage out here!"
Upon hearing this, the coachman immediately drove the carriage out of the academy.
Master Jin followed closely behind and came out. When he saw Jiang Nuanzhi, he didn't forget to greet her as he passed by: "You've come. Come in and have a seat."
After saying that, he took off chasing after her.
"Young Master Wang, Young Master Wang! Don't go! We can discuss the money! One hundred taels, how about one hundred taels?"
The young master Wang in front stopped and squinted at him: "One hundred taels of silver?"
Master Jin blinked and stared at him, as if making a major decision: "Ten taels, how about ten taels of silver? As long as you leave ten taels of silver, I'll accept it!"
Young Master Wang narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, and then suddenly touched his teeth and said, "I'm just trying to get into an academy, and you're only charging me ten taels of silver? I don't even get that much for a beggar! Your lousy academy is really no good!"
Having said that, he continued walking.
Master Jin's eyes widened, he coughed lightly and continued to press, "Hey, how about five hundred taels?"
Young Master Wang ignored him and had already boarded the carriage.
As the carriage drove further and further away, Master Jin glared angrily, "Then you decide how much to pay! How much do you think is acceptable? You think a thousand taels is too much, and ten taels is too little! Hey, just name a price!"
"Anuan, Xiao Er, Baozhu, may you come in?"
At that moment, Ping'er arrived in front of Jiang Nuanzhi and invited them in.
Jiang Nuanzhi withdrew her gaze from Jin Fuzi, exchanged a glance with Ping'er, and suddenly laughed: "This scene is quite familiar."
Ping'er glanced at it and couldn't help but smile, then shook her head and sighed, "Master Jin is always like this. He's probably going to get scolded by Master today."
After saying that, he looked at Jiang Nuanzhi and said, "Nuanzhi, when did you come back? My master and I went to the woods to look for you one after the other, but we couldn't find you. We also waited at the city gate for a while, but we still didn't see you. We were just about to go back to the academy to call our fellow disciples to go out and look for you together."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "I was busy with house calls, and I didn't expect to be busy all night. I came back this morning, I'm sorry to have worried you."
As he said this, he rubbed his head.
Ping'er glanced at her younger brother and sister somewhat embarrassedly, but didn't look away. She coughed lightly and asked seriously, "Did you have a good day yesterday? Did anyone give you any trouble?"
"It went very smoothly. I made several hundred taels of silver yesterday!"
Thinking back to yesterday's house call, Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but smile. Having solid money in her pocket was a truly reassuring feeling.
So, a house in the village costs ten taels of silver, and she earned five hundred taels. Doesn't that mean she can buy fifty houses? That's considered quite wealthy, and the more she thought about it, the happier she became.
"Several hundred taels of silver? Doctor Jiang, have you considered changing Ping'er's tutor? I'm very cheap, just pay an extra hundred taels, and I will take good care of him."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Master Jin, has anyone actually fallen for your tricks?"
“Look at the state of the academy now, you should know the answer, right?” Ping’er couldn’t help but say.
"Nonsense, what nonsense are you spouting, you brat? Wasn't your third senior brother someone I recruited? His father promised him a hundred taels!"
Ping'er: "Yes, but later his father ran away. He left his third senior brother in your care."
Master Jin blinked blankly: "Well! That was a promise! I'll get this money back someday."
"You surnamed Jin, I'm going to break your legs today! I'm just going to go to the back to call for help, and you've already sent away another money god!" Just then, Dean Yue's furious voice suddenly rang out.
Master Jin: "Nonsense, that's not true. What God of Wealth? I didn't see him!"
"Hey, if you keep trying to deny it, Xiaodouzi has told me everything, and I'll beat you up!" Dean Yue said, picking up a big stick and coming over.
"You little bean, you've betrayed me again!" Master Jin muttered as he realized things were going badly, then turned and ran away.
Dean Yue chased after them for only a few steps, but when he saw Jiang Nuanzhi and the others, he turned back and asked in surprise, "Hey, Dr. Jiang, you're back?"
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and nodded: "Dean, please make yourself at home. I don't need any hospitality. I'll just go and have a look around."
Dean Yue nodded: "Okay, let's talk later." Then, he picked up the stick and chased after them again.
Jiang Nuanzhi immediately turned her gaze to the little radish head on the ground: "You're Little Bean?"
"Hmm, are you Ping'er's mother?" Little Bean was dark-skinned and thin, with exceptionally large eyes. He stared at Jiang Nuanzhi curiously for a long time.
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded: "Yes, you know me?"
Little Bean didn't reply, but ran back as fast as he could, shouting, "Hurry, hurry, come out quickly! Ping'er's mother is here!"
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at Ping'er with a puzzled expression: "What's going on?"
Why does Ping'er's mother seem to be quite famous?
(End of this chapter)
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