Lin Zhi smiled awkwardly: "Of course not."
Chi Xuanye collected the hidden weapon in the blink of an eye. He said, "It seems that Yaya is still unsure of me. I can only change your mind in the academy."
"Academy?" He had to go to the academy no matter what.
Chi Xuanye said: "Master Yuan invited my grandfather to give a lecture at the academy a few days ago. Now that my grandfather has passed away, I naturally have to come on his behalf."
Lin Zhiya was somewhat resistant, but still followed Chi Xuanye out of the path, and the two headed for the academy.
After a long while, a puzzle popped up in her mind: "Why did you say that the young general wasn't here to wait for me?"
Chi Xuanye lied with his eyes open, "Not really. I just happened to run into her so I asked someone to bring Yaya over to talk to her."
Lin Zhiya was half-believing and half-doubting, but not long after, the two of them stepped into the academy. The academy is now on the right track and full of vitality.
"Literature value +20."
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Someone was growing vegetables on the land near the dormitory. There was a small fence around it. Lin Zhiya accidentally stepped on it and pushed a small plant that had just sprouted back into the soil.
Chi Xuanye quickly helped her up and Lin Zhiya stood firm.
The students who were growing vegetables valued these vegetables as if they were their own flesh and blood, but when they saw that it was Lin Zhiya, their expressions changed instantly: "Madam Lin, you must come and see these vegetables when they are grown."
Lin Zhiya asked angrily, "Can it be grown in this season?"
The student patted his chest and said, "I don't grow the usual side dish. This is called Jueqing. It can grow even in cold weather, but it doesn't taste as good as other dishes."
Chi Xuanye suddenly bent down and blew into Lin Zhiya's ear: "Those are wild vegetables. In the past, when there was a shortage of food and grass at the border, the soldiers also dug them up and ate them."
Lin Zhiya blushed and pushed Chi Xuanye away. This man really had no sense of propriety.
But she was puzzled. “If it’s wild vegetables, why do we have to go through the trouble of growing them? Why don’t we just go dig them up in the mountains?”
The student looked at Chi Xuanye twice but didn't recognize who he was. However, he seemed to be walking with Empress Lin and seemed quite close to her... He should be Empress Lin's younger brother, right?
The students said: "We can dig them, but we are here to study. It is not appropriate to dig wild vegetables every day. Besides, there are wild animals in the mountains. It is more convenient to plant them right in front of us."
Lin Zhiya: "Are you planting this because you are short of vegetables?"
In order to build the academy, Lin Zhiya supplied Lord Yuan with a steady supply of silver, so it was impossible that he didn't even have food to eat. Today, to her surprise, she saw that the students were even growing wild vegetables.
The students shook their heads repeatedly, fearing that Lin Zhiya had misunderstood. "Food and lodging are free in the academy. Only textbooks require a small amount of money. Nine copper coins are still affordable for everyone."
The student suddenly hesitated: "It's just that the harvest was bad, and the villagers down the mountain were hungry. The dean often helped the villagers. These wild vegetables were also planted for the villagers down the mountain. There are also a few vegetable plots in the back."
Chi Xuanye suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the two dusty little girls. The two girls were about thirteen or fourteen years old, holding hands.
Because they had never seen a noble person like Chi Xuanye, they all stood there in a daze.
As soon as Lin Zhiya saw their attire, she knew they were peasant girls from the mountain. The two of them came out of the kitchen, their bodies still covered with soot.
The student called the two little girls over and said, "Li Daya, Li Sanya, come here quickly."
Soon, Li Daya and Li Sanya timidly came in front of Lin Zhiya. Chi Xuanye obviously didn't do anything, but the two peasant girls didn't dare to stand in front of him.
Lin Zhiya felt pity: "I didn't expect that there are still people who don't have enough food near the capital. Do you have any food at home?"
Li Daya was very scared, but she still told the truth: "There is still food at home, although it is not enough, so my parents asked us to come here to eat so that my brothers and sisters at home can have enough to eat."
The student added: "The dean asked them to help in the kitchen. After Cook Ding left, it has been the ladies in the village who cook for us."
Lin Zhiya touched Li Sanya's dry and yellow hair, and seeing her thin appearance, she thought of Zhao Xiaoxiong.
At this time, Li Sanya mustered up her courage and asked Chi Xuanye, "Are you a god from heaven?"
Everyone was stunned. Chi Xuanye was amused and asked Lin Zhiya: "Yaya, am I a god from heaven?"
Lin Zhiya thought he was really shameless, so she pretended not to hear it. But she was also wondering, could it be that when she stood next to Chi Xuanye, she was outshined by him?
Chi Xuanye is a god, definitely because he is wearing all white.
Li Sanya's next words comforted Lin Zhiya. Li Sanya sniffed, "My father said that the Bodhisattva in the temple is white, so the gods are also white."
Li Sanya grabbed the corner of Chi Xuanye's clothes and looked up: "God, can you make crops grow on our land?"
The little girl said, "If there is no improvement by winter, my father will sell Erya to buy food for the winter."
The ones who came were Daya and Sanya. Erya, who was almost fourteen years old, was waiting to get married at home. Because she was pretty, she was favored by a rich widower.
As long as the second girl was married to the family, the widower would give the Li family a hundred coins and half a bag of millet.
Li Daya covered her sister's mouth and said, "Don't talk nonsense. The gods are very busy and have no time to take care of us."
Li Sanya looked at the indifferent Chi Xuanye and couldn't break free from her sister's control, so she burst into tears.
Everyone present was touched by the two sisters. Lin Zhiya frowned. She really wanted to help the villagers at the foot of the mountain, but Chi Xuanye was not a god, and they were not sure they could grow crops in the fields.
Lin Zhiya touched Chi Xuanye's waist, hinting him not to let the little girl down.
Chi Xuanye understood, took off the ring and placed it in Li Sanya's palm. The contrast between his beautiful hand and Li Sanya's dirty hands was very scary.
He leaned forward slightly, pointed at Lin Zhiya with a smile and said, "I am not a deity, this beautiful sister is the deity. The ring was given to me by the beautiful sister. Let your father take it and sell it."
Lin Zhiya was stunned for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said to him, "Don't talk to me so frivolously anymore."
Chi Xuanye seemed not to take it seriously. He gave her a doting smile and then turned to the two dumbfounded little girls.
Li Daya and Li San had never seen such precious things. They only knew that it was jade. Jade was very expensive, so expensive that the aunt next door spent two months' food money for her whole family to buy a bracelet.
That was two years ago. Li Daya heard from her parents that her aunt had sold her bracelet in exchange for two bags of grain and medicine in order to pay for her youngest son's medical treatment.
The two held the ring carefully, fearing that it would be broken if they were not careful.
At this time, Chi Xuanye said to them: "Sell the ring and escape the famine. If you are lucky, your whole family can survive. If you stay, you will be treated like two-legged sheep during the famine."
Li Daya shuddered, "What is a two-legged sheep?"
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