"What will happen to Sisi then?" Zheng Dan asked with some worry. Although Sisi was not her biological daughter, she was Sisi's nominal mother to the outside world. These days, neither of the two girls had any relevant experience, and they were busy figuring out how to take care of a child. Although it was hard work, they gradually grew to like this beautiful little girl.
"I can only ask Aunt Mu to help take care of her for now, and then find a few wet nurses. I'll come back to see her every day." Sang Qian frowned; she was just as reluctant to part with her.
Zheng Dan took her hand: "But this is too tiring for you."
You should know that every student who can enter the National Academy is a top genius from every county in the country, not to mention those who go to the back mountains for further studies.
Even for these geniuses, completing their studies at the National Academy would be quite a challenge. She also had to run around every day taking care of her child, which meant she inherently had far less time than others.
"It's alright, the hard work is worth it." A resolute look flashed in Sang Qian's eyes. She was determined to use this time to improve her cultivation.
“Wet nurse?” Zuan frowned. “How can that be? Breast milk is more nutritious and healthier, and better for the child’s health.”
He knew, of course, that in the wealthy and powerful families of this world, it was rare for mothers to personally breastfeed their children; instead, wet nurses were responsible for it.
But as a transmigrator, I know how precious a biological mother's colostrum is. It provides rich nutritional value and various antibodies, far surpassing the milk of wet nurses who have fed several children.
"Then forget it. I'll stay home and take good care of Sisi." Sang Qian's face darkened slightly. From now on, she would stay at home and peacefully be a wife and mother. In a way, this kind of life was quite leisurely...
Zheng Dan looked at her with concern, then glanced at Zu An, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating.
At this moment, Zu'an seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly made up his mind: "In this way, you take the child to the academy, and then let Aunt Mu go and take care of him as well. That way, you won't have to travel back and forth, and you can concentrate on your cultivation."
"Will this work?" Sang Qian's face immediately regained its unusual radiance.
"Of course, I am the academy's chief priest, so I have that much authority." Zuan smiled and patted her head.
Sang Qian's face flushed slightly. Just now, she felt that the sunlight outside the window seemed to have lost some of its brilliance, but now she felt that the whole world had come alive.
Zheng Dan, who was standing to the side, was genuinely happy for her, but still a little worried: "But this might expose Xiaoqian and Sisi's relationship."
“It’s alright,” Zuan said with a relaxed expression. “We’ll let them live in the back mountain of the academy. Few people go there anyway. Usually, only a few teachers come and go. They are all engrossed in their research and don’t care about anything else.”
"That's for the best." Zheng Dan breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly remembered back at Mingyue Academy, when the other party was a teacher and she was a student. She secretly went to his dormitory, originally intending to use her beauty to play with him with impure thoughts, but who knew that she would end up losing both her wife and her army.
Thinking of the past, a sweet smile appeared on her lips.
Next, I told Sang Hong about it, and he naturally gave his full support. He even specially asked Aunt Mu to bring two maids to help take care of her.
Along the way, Zu'an asked Sang Qian which teacher she planned to learn from, since he himself had a lot of things to do and didn't have much time to teach others.
Moreover, someone like him, who came to the profession later in life, might not be as good a teacher as the professional teachers in the back mountains.
Sang Qian inquired carefully about the research areas of the teachers in the back mountain, and after thinking for a while, she said, "I want to learn alchemical puppetry from Senior Shen Xuzi."
Zuan was shocked. The original plan was for her to learn from Jiang Luofu, since they were all old acquaintances, and Sang Qian, a wise woman, was also familiar with the law, so it was a good match for her. He never expected her to choose Shen Xuzi.
Seeing his puzzled expression, Sang Qian said shyly, "Actually, I've always been interested in things like mechanics and arithmetic since I was little. It's just a pity that I've always had to figure it out on my own. I've long admired Senior Shen Xuzi's name in this field. I really admire his mechanical puppetry skills and hope that one day I can control countless puppets and mechanisms like him. I just don't know if he would be willing to take me as his disciple."
She knew that no matter how much she cultivated, she probably wouldn't be able to keep up with her elder brother Zu's pace, so she might as well assist him in other areas.
Since Zheng Dan has learned rune arrays, she will learn mechanical puppetry, which happens to be something she is very interested in.
However, she looked somewhat worried as she spoke, since Shenxuzi was too famous, and over the years countless people had tried to become his disciples but had been ruthlessly rejected by him.
Zu An chuckled: "You underestimate Brother Zu too much. With my friendship with Shen Xuzi, I could take even an ordinary person under my wing, let alone someone as talented as you."
"I'm not as good as Brother Zu said." Hearing his praise, Sang Qian felt a little embarrassed, but a sweet feeling rose in her heart.
Soon the group arrived at the back of Yuquan Mountain. Zu An first found a quiet villa halfway up the mountain for Sang Qian and Zheng Dan to stay in. It wasn't that they didn't want to arrange rooms near the top of the mountain, but rather that the old chief priest's status was so extraordinary that, out of respect, no one would build a house near the top of the mountain.
After settling Sisi, Aunt Mu, and the others in, Zu'an led the two women to Shenxuzi's place.
At the main gate, mechanical puppets greeted them and led them inside. Along the way, they saw various mechanical animals and even birds flying in the sky.
Seeing all this, Sang Qian was both excited and worried. Shen Xuzi was so powerful that he must be an unparalleled genius in this field. However, everyone in the capital said that he was aloof and eccentric, and he might not accept her as a disciple. It would be bad if it put Brother Zu in a difficult position.
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