It was after this day that Fang Zhiyi specially added cultural courses for them. To be a good monster, how could one be illiterate?
"No, my king, I can understand Chinese, but what about mathematics, English, morality, law and art?" a little demon asked.
Fang Zhiyi silently crossed out all subjects except mathematics.
But this is beyond the scope of these monsters, and they will go crazy from time to time. But A Cui is very talented. She always shows great curiosity about things she has never come into contact with.
She would even show what she had learned to other monsters in a better way than Fang Zhiyi. She used stones as beads and taught them to calculate "how many people were caught today, enough for how many monsters to eat."
Hearing the little demons' nervous expressions, the wolf demon secretly asked his king, "Isn't this like picking up a living devil?"
In fact, it’s not A Cui’s fault. In her mind since childhood, monsters are meant to eat people.
During this period, Fang Zhiyi also gave A Cui a series of ideological indoctrinations.
"Since the villagers are not nice to you and your grandmother, why do you stand up and help them?" Fang Zhiyi asked.
Ah Cui blinked her eyes and said, "I heard the great monk who came to the village before say that if you do more good deeds, your next life will be better."
Fang Zhiyi gave her a look of disdain: "Have you ever seen the afterlife? Or have you died?"
A Cui shook her head.
"Then how do you know there is an afterlife? This is just to comfort yourself!"
"But...do more good things and you will be rewarded."
Fang Zhiyi's heart ached: "How do you know that doing good things will definitely bring good rewards?"
Ah Cui still blinked: "But I met you, Ah Xiong, and other little monster friends. You are all very kind to me and my grandma."
Fang Zhiyi was suddenly blocked. Looking at the girl in front of him, he felt a sense of frustration in his heart, but he couldn't tell why.
"There's a saying that goes, 'Let go of your desire to help others and respect their fate.' Do you understand? If you interfere with their fate, then you'll have to bear the consequences."
A Cui nodded: "I understand." But that was all she understood.
Fang Zhiyi immediately realized that he had a tough battle to fight. If he wanted to change a person, he had to change her thinking and teach her knowledge. After all, knowledge could change destiny!
Xiao Hei was still lazy and didn't communicate much with Fang Zhiyi on weekdays.
A Cui gradually got used to the life here. She also liked these monsters and gave each of them a name.
Aqi, Dahuang, Dahui, Xiaobai... A Cui's vocabulary is not very large, but for the monsters who have never had names, this is enough.
She even taught them how to cultivate the land and grow crops. Fang Zhiyi was very supportive of this decision. He was fed up with eating wild fruits every day, so when they started planting, he also gave them careful guidance, but he was often questioned by his subordinates.
A year passed in the blink of an eye. A Cui had grown taller and was obviously fatter than before. She looked much more energetic, perhaps because she had stepped into the threshold of cultivating immortals.
Fang Zhiyi also began to be on guard, thinking that as long as Tang Seng and his disciples arrived, everything would be fine.
So when A Cui stood in front of him and asked to go down the mountain, Fang Zhiyi frowned: "Go down the mountain? Where are you going?" He subconsciously thought that A Cui was going back to the village.
Unexpectedly, Ah Cui smiled and said, "I want to take my grandma down the mountain and buy some things in the city for the New Year."
Fang Zhiyi was stunned. Yes, it’s the New Year.
It seems like he hasn't celebrated the New Year for a long time.
Looking at A Cui's pleading eyes, Fang Zhiyi calculated the time. Turning around, he saw the pleading eyes of his men. He smacked his lips and said, "What kind of people are you? Go away!" He specially arranged for a few quick men to escort A Cui and her grandmother.
"Isn't it too risky?" Xiao Hei suddenly asked.
Fang Zhiyi laughed: "The time has not come yet, it's okay. It's rare for a little girl to make a request, you can't just refuse unreasonably, right?" This year he watched all of A Cui's actions. This girl is indeed different. She is very energetic and kind-hearted. Even if she is wronged, she will consider other people's feelings first. Not to mention the original owner, he also likes this child a little.
"But... didn't you say that this world is dangerous?"
Fang Zhiyi bared his teeth, trying to look more aggressive: "Are you kidding me? I'm avoiding their attacks?"
He was confident in his year-long education of Ah Cui. Although Ah Cui was still kind, she was no longer weak. Fang Zhiyi was certain that, given time, Ah Cui would become a local hegemon! When that happened, he would skewer and roast all the scum in that village!
A Cui took her grandmother and several little monsters and set out on the journey down the mountain. With the help of the diligent little monsters, her grandmother had almost no effort. When they arrived outside Hongta City, several little monsters let the old lady down from the simple sedan chair. The leader, Ah Hei, took out a handful of gold, silver and jewelry and handed them to A Cui.
"Girl, take these. We don't need these things on a daily basis. Buy more of whatever you like. We'll wait for you outside the city." They knew that there were Taoists and monks in the city, and perhaps even powerful people they couldn't afford to offend, so not entering the city was the default rule.
A Cui smiled and nodded, took the bag to put all the gold and silver in, and helped her grandmother into the city.
Grandma was still nagging her to make a set of clothes for King Fang Zhiyi!
As the year draws to a close, there are many people selling things on the streets.
She was just concentrating on picking things when she heard a familiar call.
"A Cui?"
A Cui raised her head and looked around, and saw a girl dressed simply with some freckles on her face.
"Xiaohua?" A Cui hesitated.
"It's really you!" Chen Xiaohua's eyes were full of disbelief. She stared at A Cui's silk clothes, then turned to look at the pearl flowers randomly inserted in her hair, and a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes.
A Cui was also a little happy. She had said before that she wanted to go back to the village, but Fang Zhiyi always disagreed. And according to his analysis, A Cui also developed some aversion to the villagers. Now thinking about it, maybe Fang Zhiyi was right. They just wanted to die in the first place?
But looking at her childhood playmate in front of her, A Cui's smile was genuine.
"Why are you here?"
"I came to the city with my parents to buy some cloth... You are living well, look at your clothes." Xiaohua reached out and touched it, her tone a little sour.
Ah Cui quickly said: "It's okay, I made a lot of friends there."
"Friends? A Cui, you haven't forgotten that they are goblins, right?" The sourness in A Cui's tone kept coming out. She was going to be sold by her parents after the New Year, but seeing that the miserable A Cui in everyone's legend was now so glamorous, she felt a huge sense of gap.
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