Chapter 28 Ancient Tutorial Class
"Young Madam, why are you copying these?"
"Are you blind?"
Chang Xixi checked for typos and layout errors, then drew an identical cute little man overnight and stamped it with a seal she had carved out of a radish.
Qingnan almost spit out the midnight snack he had in his mouth. The young lady is such an interesting person.
He endured another night of toil, because Chang Xixi asked him to copy a hundred more pages, saying that it was not enough. He did not dare to ask what to do, and just worked hard. It was only at the stroke of noon that he finally wrote the last word.
His physical condition couldn't withstand being a secret guard for many years, and she was tormented like this.
Chang Xixi came out of the room yawning. The first thing she did was to see how Qingnan was doing. If she thought it was good, she would turn around and go to cook.
"Remember to take an extra set of brushes, inkstones, and paper with you when you leave. I'll need them..."
"Yes, young madam." Gu Rongyu was also interested in what Chang Xixi did. She always did things that people found strange and weird.
Gu Rongyu entered the academy and said to Qingnan, "Send someone to monitor what Madam is going to do and report back promptly."
"So, what about you, young master? No one in the academy is convinced of you."
"No problem."
Qingnan watched Chang Xixi take the things to a somewhat remote teahouse, and went straight to a private room on the second floor. The waiter hurried to greet her.
"Girl, you're finally here. I thought you weren't coming."
"What is coming will eventually come. There is no reason why it shouldn't come." Chang Xixi said with a smile, whispering something to the waiter.
The waiter smiled and hurried to get the job done.
At noon, after having lunch, Chang Xixi went directly to the bookstore where he had been before. When he saw the shopkeeper, he gave him some silver and handed him the flyer he had prepared last night.
"You gave me these things! Just put them on the counter. I'll keep them for a month. Don't worry, I won't steal your business. Maybe I can even introduce some business to you."
The shopkeeper doesn’t dare to make the decision!
Chang Xixi had just left when Qingnan came to the door and asked, "Madam, what are you doing here?"
The shopkeeper took out a flyer and a penny of silver and placed them on the counter, explaining everything he had just said. Qingnan didn't understand what Chang Xixi was trying to do.
Thinking about the content that he had memorized so well, did he want to open a school?
That’s even more interesting. I’ve never seen a woman opening a school.
Qingnan returned to the school and reported this. Gu Rongyu showed an incredible expression in his eyes. This was simply impossible. A woman opening a school?
This is not a gadget!
Will anyone really go?
While Gu Rongyu was frowning, a dandy boy walked up to him, sat down, and said to him, "Everyone in the academy is saying that you're a stay-at-home mom who only cares about women. Is that really true?"
"My lady, he is just a better housekeeper and more talented than other women. I respect him very much."
The dandy boy stood up and smiled, "Listen to what he said. What respect is nothing more than being afraid of his wife. And he said it in such a flowery way! When we go home, we won't be looked up to by women."
Gu Rongyu felt that there was nothing to say to them, so he stood up and went to the pavilion with his book to sit in peace for a while.
Who knew these people would just not give in.
"Stop, stop! You ran away before I could even finish my sentence. You're such a freeloader, you have no backbone at all!"
Gu Rongyu really didn't want to argue with these people. He just felt that there was no objection. The knowledge taught by the old master was all some old and commonplace issues, and there was not much new.
How many students taught by such a teacher can pass the imperial examination?
He came here only because Chang Xixi asked him to, and he came to school reluctantly in order to play his current role well.
So he ignored her as usual and turned to leave. The dandy boy grabbed Gu Rongyu's hand. Suddenly, the dandy boy realized that he couldn't shake her...
In surprise, Gu Rongyu's pretty face twisted, "It hurts, let go!"
As he spoke, Gu Rongyu, who had been holding the fan with his other hand, grabbed the dandy boy's palm and squeezed it gently, and the man fell to the ground and convulsed.
Gu Rongyu's acting skills were on full display. "You, what's wrong with you? You were the one who wanted to bully me, so why are you lying on the ground begging for mercy?"
The scholars looked over and helped the dandy boy to stand up. There was a large red and swollen area on his palm, and his face was pale, and he kept crying out in pain.
They were confused and did not blame him. Instead, they thought he was a playboy who got into trouble outside and was beaten up, or maybe he was poisoned and the poison took effect.
Soon the playboy was sent to the clinic. Qingnan saw all this and sneaked in from the back of the clinic.
The dandy boy applied ointment and took some brain-clearing pills, and he felt much more awake. He secretly felt that he had suffered a great loss... If he told others about it, he would not believe that a sickly person could bring him down. How embarrassing!
We can't just let this go!
Qingnan bribed the doctor, walked up to the dandy boy with a mask on, and changed his tone: "If you dare to tell anyone about what happened today, I will make sure your body is completely destroyed."
“You, who are you!”
The dandy boy's face turned even paler with fright, and he looked at Qingnan with fear in his eyes, because a shiny knife was against his neck, and the cold touch made him feel the approach of death.
"It doesn't matter who it is! What matters is that you have to listen to me."
"Yes, yes, I will definitely listen to you. From now on, I will never mess with Brother Gu again. I won't mess with him anymore. If you are willing, I will protect him in the academy!"
"Okay." After doing this, Qingnan swaggered out of the backyard of the clinic, climbed over the wall and disappeared in the crowd.
The dandy young man patted his chest, thinking it was a false alarm. He thought he was going to die and had no time to think about Gu Rongyu's identity and background. He went home to recuperate for half a month before going back to school.
Since then, Gu Rongyu's ears have been quiet for these days. He has never interacted with others and has become more leisurely.
Chang Xixi had just had a few scholars come to her three or four days ago. They first asked what she was going to teach. "Arithmetic? Advanced mathematics? Aesthetic appreciation?"
"Appreciation?"
The scholar asked.
Chang Xixi took a sip of tea and said, "Look, what are you studying for now? It's to pass the imperial examination, and the purpose of passing the imperial examination is to become an official and seek a future. The main purpose is to enter the bureaucracy, right?"
"What is a bureaucratic system? I can understand bureaucracy, but it is just a clique." The scholar also answered.
"Ah... well, come and learn, and I'll teach you! Back to what I said earlier, if you want to enter the aristocratic class, to achieve a leap forward, then first you have to learn aesthetics and ways of thinking, not just learn to read without knowing how to live."
“That seems to make some sense.”
"What else can you teach? Eloquence, logic..."
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