Chapter 57 Born at the wrong time~
"Tell me, what's going on?" Su Jinghe was sitting on one side. In order to be fair, he even called Principal Hu Yuan over. Now he was sitting in the audience seat.
"Teacher Su, it's actually not that big of a deal..."
Su Jinghe's serious attitude made the child who came to complain to him a little at a loss, and he began to plead for Su Shi.
Su Shi looked at the child and tried to comfort him, "Don't be afraid, we'll just talk it out."
Turning to look at Hu Yuan, although he looked calm, it was clear from the fact that he didn't dare to look at Su Jinghe that he had done anything bad.
Su Jinghe realized it and sat up straight, wanting to hear what Su Shi was up to.
"Aren't we allowed to order takeout here? Some kids really crave snacks, so we... use the small kitchen in a cooking class to make some food every day. Since I know a lot of people, it's hard to share the food evenly, and I can't get everyone a portion, so..."
After Su Shi finished speaking, he lowered his head, seemingly admitting his mistake, but in fact he was just trying to gain Hu Yuan's sympathy.
Hu Yuan really felt sympathy. He looked at Su Shi, and then at the other child who was originally complaining, but now said, "It's my fault. I could have waited until next time. I shouldn't have complained on impulse."
Finally, Hu Yuan looked at Su Jinghe and said, "It's not a big deal. The child is very good at cooking. Let's just leave it at that."
"Yes, yes, let's just leave it at that."
Perhaps it was because Su Jinghe's look was too serious that scared the child so much that he thought Su Jinghe would teach Su Shi a lesson when he got home, so he came over to plead for mercy.
Su Shi still didn't say anything, which was completely inconsistent with his talkative personality. If it were any other time, he would have been talking with his tail held high.
It’s really not a big deal.
Or maybe, being able to cook is not that great after all.
And now it's especially quiet...
"What's on your menu? Tell me too. I'll try it next time. Don't worry, I'll line up."
Su Jinghe looked at the child, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Su Shi startled by the question and looked up suddenly.
The child was not very thoughtful. "There are candied haws, which are delicious. There are also candied apples, which are also delicious. Sometimes there are different kinds of candied paintings..."
The child spoke a lot in one breath. While he was still talking, Su Jinghe suddenly asked, "How much is a candied apple?"
"It's sold by the piece. Three cents a piece. It's cheap."
Most of the children who come here to study are not short of money, and when they say it is cheap, they are speaking from the heart.
"Da da da."
Before Su Jinghe turned around, he heard the sound of someone running away. Needless to say, it was Su Shi.
"You've done business in front of your classmates. This is incredible! Do our Su Xiaoshi and Su Zhe know about this?"
Su Shi ran all the way to the door before he suddenly realized a problem: he was not tall enough to reach the door latch and could not open the door!
Damn it, who closed the door?
Su Shi angrily cursed the stranger who closed the door in his heart, but he still tried to put on an innocent smile on his face.
"Actually, it's quite a hassle for me to buy the fruit and bring it here... and the sugar... isn't cheap either... I don't make much money."
"Does Su Zhe know?"
Su Jinghe asked again.
"He, he knows." Su Shi was dejected, lowering his head, not wanting to look at his hard-hearted brother. "He's the one who keeps our bills every day."
"Is there anyone else?" Su Jinghe felt that there was, and when he asked, there really was.
"And Zui Xinglai. He's in charge of arranging the list. Sometimes he brings some fresh vegetables or fruits, and candy. He also brings a lot of candy..."
The person Su Shi gave out was quite "heavyweight".
"Where's Chen Yue? Does she know about this?"
Zhao Chenyue was Princess Fukang's full name, but Zui Xinglai still kept this nickname.
"Zui Xinglai didn't let us say it, saying that Chen Yue was competing for the position of student union president, and if she knew that we were covering up for us, it might affect her." This was also frank.
"You know the impact, yet you still do it at the beginning of the school year?" Su Jinghe was speechless and didn't know what to say to them.
"She doesn't know, it won't really have an impact, right? Brother..." Su Shi began to act pitiful.
"Don't call me brother at school, call me Teacher Su." Su Jinghe frowned and didn't buy his trick.
"Principal... Chen Yue really doesn't know. We are very careful every time. We eat in the small kitchen before going out..." A pitiful look fell on Hu Yuan.
If we talk about the relationship between generations, Hu Yuan was very serious when facing her own son. However, when she saw Su Shi, who was old enough to be Su Jinghe's son, although he was only Su Jinghe's younger brother, her temper improved.
"It won't affect anything. It's already been confirmed to be Princess Fukang, and it won't be changed."
The matter was finally dropped because the victims jointly wrote a letter to the emperor.
"Nothing has been left unresolved. We have been punished and need to do charity work to offset the punishment. We need to accumulate 12 points!" Zui Xinglai looked at Sister Cao and Sister Miao who were laughing so hard that they were bent over.
"Sister, please help me..."
The two mothers ignored the miserable state of the child and even made it a laughing stock, saying that children are just creative.
Finally, Zui Xinglai finally came to Princess Fukang for help...
Princess Fukang sighed, "If you had told me at the time, this wouldn't have happened."
"Huh? But sister, you are running for the position of student union president. What if you protect us and others use it as a handle to attack you? It's not good for you to be our umbrella before you even take office." Zui Xinglai still sympathized with his sister.
Princess Fukang couldn't help but laugh, pinching her brother's chubby face. "You can apply first. Will you spend the money from the sale yourself?"
"I have to buy fruits, vegetables, seasonings, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar as well."
After becoming a householder, I realized how expensive firewood and rice are. Whenever I count them, my brows are furrowed.
"Don't you give Su Shi any salary?" Princess Fukang heard about the expenses but didn't hear about the chef's salary.
"I wanted to give it to him, but he refused. In the end, I bought him food because I knew that our small kitchen was getting more and more crowded, and if I bought less, there wouldn't be enough food."
After saying this, Zuixing seemed to feel a little oppressed. He didn't want his sister to misunderstand that he was such a bad person, so he quickly made amends, "Su Shi will eat part of it himself, so it can be considered as salary?"
After hearing this, Empress Cao and Concubine Miao stopped laughing and began to look for farms that could grow fruits and vegetables to support the children.
"Sister, you probably don't need support now. Until their punishment is offset, they are not allowed to enter the kitchen except during cooking class."
Although Zui Xinglai had already known the bad news that Princess Fukang had told him, he still felt helpless when he heard it again.
Their little snacks!
Oh, it’s really time to sleep during lunch break. He is too old to fall asleep.
The little kid, who was less than ten years old, was thinking seriously about how he was older but still young.
Fortunately, he didn't tell anyone what he was thinking, otherwise the two ladies would have laughed again.
"If you had told me earlier, we could have gone straight to charity. You could have used the money you earned to buy something for elderly people living alone every day. As for your principal... it would have all gone to charity. We could have just applied to the Ministry of Revenue for more fruit and vegetable quotas..."
Apart from not having to pay the chef's salary, it's a profit with no investment at all.
Princess Fukang's idea was very feasible. She felt that the school would approve it, and the Ministry of Revenue would not be unwilling to pay the extra money.
The people living in the school are all children of relatives of these officials!
No one can suffer, but the children must suffer.
After listening to his sister's arrangements, Zui Xinglai's eyes first lit up and he wanted to praise his sister, but then he realized that they were now in a state of punishment.
"Hey, I should have told my sister earlier... I should have told her. At worst, we can just pretend that she didn't know!"
"You can't be dishonest." Princess Fukang rubbed her brother's head. "You can do the same for this charity. Why don't you apply tomorrow? If your application is successful, you will steadily increase your charity points in the future."
"Then can we, after we no longer want these points, transfer the opportunity to get extra points to someone else?" Zui Xinglai told his sister whatever he thought of after promising to be honest.
"You have this brain, you will succeed in everything you do..." Fu Kang also admired his younger brother a little bit. His brain made money so quickly.
"But it would be best to turn this charity project into a collective charity activity of your food club. That way, everyone who joins your club will have the opportunity to earn charity points, and you won't be criticized."
"Good!" Zui Xinglai's eyes sparkled, "Sister is so smart!"
Both are very smart...
The discussion between Princess Fukang and Zui Xinglai was heard thoroughly by Song Renzong, who had originally planned to come in and enjoy some family happiness.
Of course, the main reason was that he knew that Zui Xinglai had caused trouble at school, and Song Renzong wanted to come over to comfort his beloved son and promote the relationship between father and son, but he heard all this.
Hmm... who do these brother and sister look like?
Song Renzong was really a little hesitant to take a step forward. He thought about it and realized that even he himself could not come up with a loophole in these two things so quickly, and most importantly, he could not rationalize the loophole.
He thought for a moment, looked at the sun still overhead, and remembered that Lu Yijian had not had a day off today. He was old and slept little, not even taking a nap, so he was probably handling official business. He turned around and went to find Lu Yijian.
He couldn't be the only one shocked!
"Hmm..." After listening, Lu Yijian looked at Song Renzong and said, "Your Majesty, how about you abdicate and let someone more capable take over?"
"What are you talking about? It's not time for me yet." Song Renzong glared at him. Although his eyes had no killing power, they showed his anger.
He didn't dare to use any lethal force, mainly because the documents piled in front of Lu Yijian were enough to bury him completely, and he was afraid of making people angry. Lu Yijian simply quit his job.
"Then if you still have the energy to spare, please work with me to handle these documents. The two young princes are working hard for their careers. You can't just watch me handle it alone, right?"
He was still dragged into the abyss of handling official documents by Lu Yijian.
Song Renzong even regretted showing off that he had a pair of smart children.
Such a smart kid, and he has two!
And judging by the reaction, it seems that showing off has no effect.
Well... Lu Yijian should also be a child prodigy, and his children and grandchildren are probably all smart children as well. Why not find someone who is not smart and whose children are not smart to show off to?
Song Renzong still wanted to satisfy his desire to show off.
Unlike what Song Renzong thought, Lu Yijian was actually very happy and shocked.
Children's intelligence is often reflected in their studies, and the two little princes...
Lu Yijian also read Su Jinghe's teaching content. Although it was very interesting, it was indeed superficial. It was a combination of teaching and entertainment, with more of the "entertainment" part.
Moreover, the time for class content and playing games is divided into half and half, and sometimes it is just pure playing.
Being able to raise a child like this...is his method more correct?
Should we send the other children in the family over as well… Can the older ones be sent over?
Song Renzong never expected that his action would become a recruitment advertisement for Su Jinghe.
But he finished the advertisement and it didn't have much impact.
But this incident still had an impact on Su Jinghe.
The most popular public welfare application they submitted, and the people they wanted to help were still the same poor people as Princess Fukang and others, that is, women living alone or single mothers with the burden of raising children.
"This person cannot be supported." Su Jinghe pointed at someone on the list.
"Hey? Isn't this the person Princess Fukang and His Highness Chenyue helped last time? Why don't you continue to support him? It would be more reassuring to know him." Song Shiyi had helped Princess Fukang confirm the quota before, and now he was familiar with some of the names.
Before, Su Jinghe had little time and was unable to split himself into two people, so Song Shiyi became the one who made the medicine clone and was very busy. However, in order to serve the royal family, His Majesty also said in person that Princess Fukang also had the right of inheritance. He was happy to be busy and didn't even ask Su Jinghe for help!
In fact, there was no need to ask for help, because the list was originally made by the Xuanjiansi, and after a second review by the court, it fell into the hands of Song Shiyi. He just asked him to find someone to visit first, and he himself just compared the information back and forth.
It has not yet come to the stage of confirming the places, but Su Jinghe saw the attached list at the back and took a look at it.
Look at a name and use the system to check it. When the person is found, the system will pop up a message.
"It's not unsafe, it's that the person is already dead." Su Jinghe didn't know what to say when he saw it. He felt a little regretful and a little angry.
It’s a pity that she is only 30 years old and still has a lot of prime years ahead of her. What’s infuriating is that in this world, there are so few opportunities left for women.
"Dead?!" Song Shiyi was shocked. "This, this... She was only 30 years old, as I remember. She had no illness or any disaster. This..."
Song Shiyi was a little incoherent. He thought for a moment and said, "Her Highness Chen Yue is still somewhat concerned about this person. She arranged for someone to send some furniture to this person."
"Ah... there is nothing wrong with the person, but there are not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters. A beggar knew that she lived alone, so he went in to steal things and was caught by her. During the struggle between the two, an accident happened to both of them." If Su Jinghe had not seen this news from the system, he would have thought it was a made-up story.
"She was pushed down by a beggar, hit her head, and died from excessive blood loss. The beggar fled in panic, but he didn't see the road clearly at night and fell into an abandoned well, where he also died. You go find the latter and fish out the body. Don't contaminate it."
"We need to fish it out. This beggar is... too bad! He can't pollute others." Song Shiyi was very angry, but he didn't know what to curse. He just said "too bad" and had no other words.
Well...it's not this pollution.
Su Jinghe continued to look at other names and actually crossed out one more.
"Is this one dead too?" Song Shiyi was scared when he saw him write the name this time.
"How could that be? I'm not a judge, and I don't hold a book of life and death. How can my crossing out something affect life and death?"
However, it seems that the Book of Life and Death was crossed out and there was no need to go to the underworld, but "Journey to the West" had not been released in the Song Dynasty yet, so Su Jinghe did not continue to talk about this.
"This person has a son."
"Yes, I do have a son. I think he passed the imperial examination this year, but he didn't become a Jinshi. He will take the exam again next year."
Song Shiyi still remembered it, and he described it quite clearly.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the status of Juren would be maintained for two terms. If one failed to pass the Jinshi examination in the second attempt, he would have to take the exam again as a Juren.
"Well, he's very smart. After failing the exam this time and knowing that his mother was cared for by Her Royal Highness the Princess, he started to spread the word, hoping to make some money by using his mother's special identity." Su Jinghe was speechless about this person when he said this.
"No way? The princess was afraid of this situation, so she gave condolences to many people. There are a total of 132 names on the list, and the princess has visited every one of them. His mother can't make much money with her status." Song Shiyi admired the man's flexible mind. Although he didn't use it in the right way, his flexibility was not enough. At least a smart person would do some market research.
"Yes, someone bought it, but wasn't willing to pay a lot of money. So, in a fit of rage, this person started making up rumors, saying that the princess had met him, admired him, and was interested in him."
When Su Jinghe said this, he really wanted to know what the crime of spreading rumors about the princess was.
"He's crazy, right? How old is our princess?" Song Shiyi was stunned. "I'll remember this guy. I'll catch him in the act and hand him over to the authorities. At least he'll get a beating!"
This is pure rumor.
"It's not necessary... When he spread the rumor, some people didn't believe it. Of course... the other person had actually seen our Princess Fukang, and he was also very ordinary and confident... He thought that even if Princess Fukang really had a crush on someone, it would be him, not this person. The two of them wrestled with each other, fighting until their heads were broken and bloody. Someone reported it to the police. They were beaten because of a street fight."
Su Jinghe thought about the ending of the article the system recommended to him. "Now these two people still dislike each other and beat each other up every now and then... Let's not continue to offer condolences. This house is that person's neighbor's... Hmm, how about crossing it out too?"
Although I am innocent, having such a neighbor...
Su Jinghe felt that keeping it would have a bad influence on the princess.
"Leave this to the princess to decide. Talk to Princess Fukang about this as well...talk to both of them."
In the end, Su Jinghe did not make the decision himself.
"Princess, listen to this..." The other things are fine, but these are a bit too outrageous!
Song Shiyi wanted to save the princess's ears a little bit, as she felt that listening to these stories was pure retribution.
"It's okay. Our Princess Fukang is much more resilient than you think. Although she is young now, she may not be incapable of it when she gets older..."
It may not be impossible to be comparable to Liu E, Lu Zhi, and Wu Zetian!
Su Jinghe really has confidence in Princess Fukang.
I had already heard from Su Jinghe's inner voice what this person's inclination was, and I could also guess what Su Jinghe had not finished saying.
However, after listening to Princess Fukang's own decision, Song Shiyi also felt that Princess Fukang would achieve great things in the future.
Even if the throne might be passed to Zui Xinglai in the future, Princess Fukang would definitely leave her name in history! This is what Song Shiyi thought.
After hearing this, Su Jinghe felt that it would be abnormal if the throne was passed on to someone else!
He is so resilient at such a young age. Our Fu Kang deserves the best in the world, such as a throne!
Regarding the first person who died accidentally, Princess Fukang and Su Jinghe asked about his funeral arrangements. They learned that since he had no immediate relatives, his family was not prepared to take care of him, and his body was currently hastily placed in a place prepared by the government for unclaimed bodies.
Princess Fukang decided to find someone to give her a decent funeral.
"We should be able to find it, right?" Princess Fukang looked at Su Jinghe. She trusted Su Jinghe quite a bit.
But asking Su Jinghe this question would not give him a good answer, as he himself did not know much about funeral matters in the Song Dynasty.
"Go back and discuss this with the ladies? I don't understand this either."
Su Jinghe was calm.
"Okay, then I'll ask Sister Cao. There are so many people in the Cao family, so they should be able to find a solution."
Although Concubine Miao was the biological mother of Princess Fukang and Zui Xinglai, the Miao family was not very powerful. Princess Fukang was indeed influenced by Su Jinghe and wanted to compete with him and have more connections with the Cao family.
The relationship between Concubine Miao and Empress Cao was also very good. Meng was inseparable from Jiao and Jiao was inseparable from Meng. This was also the confidence that Princess Fukang was ready to borrow the power of the Cao family.
Princess Fukang was not prepared to let off the two people who spread rumors about her.
"I will ask my father about this matter. He should have a solution. If not, I can only solve it myself." Princess Fukang actually didn't trust her father very much.
She was precocious, but the fatherly love her father showed her and Zui Xinglai was not enough for her to build more trust. She had not forgotten what happened to Li Wei, and when Zui Xinglai was sick, it was always his two sisters who took care of him, and Song Renzong rarely showed up.
Su Jinghe didn't realize that Princess Fukang was already planning to do something that "his father had no solution for", and thought that she was finally going to rely on her father, so he directly instigated her.
"How about making a law? Like if you're caught spreading rumors, you'll be detained? Hmm... would that work? Damn it, make one?"
[Alas, it's hard to do anything about rumors after they're spread, but being rumored for no reason is really uncomfortable. Once the rumor is spread, it's easy for the person refuting it to explain. Some people now think Princess Fukang is choosing a son-in-law out of concern for the widow, saying she wants to find a consort who has no support so she can manipulate him... That's ridiculous. If she really wants to manipulate him, she'd find a consort who can manipulate anything, a consort who has no support... Tsk, no one has support when it comes to the royal family! That's not right...]
The Song Dynasty's royal family really couldn't offer the princess much support. Sigh, she was born at the wrong time. If she had been born in the Qin Dynasty, things would have been much better. The Han Dynasty would have been fine, too, or the Tang Dynasty. But the Song Dynasty really wouldn't have been a good fit.
Su Jinghe was really unlucky, as what he said was heard by Song Renzong.
"I shouldn't have come to inspect. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have heard this."
Song Renzong was not angry. He joked with Han Qi who was following him, but Han Qi did not dare to respond.
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