After the New Year, Li Mai stayed in the capital for another month before leaving with Zhou Quan and their families at the end of the first month of the lunar calendar, returning to Qingshi Town to take care of their business.
This time when he came back, Yu Bao was arranged to go to school to start his early education. Li Mai said that he would only have three years to study with the other children.
Three years later, he and Yanbao will travel around with their parents to see a bigger world. The next time he goes to school will be after he turns ten, when he will go directly to the academy.
Li Mai also hired a female tutor to teach Yan Bao to read, write, and practice calligraphy, while Zhou Tao personally taught Yan Bao, Ying Bao, Zhu Zhu, Nan Nan, and several other girls to play the piano.
Yanbao's personality is somewhat fiery, reflecting her spiritual energy type. Limai was worried that she would grow up to be impetuous, so she made her practice the zither for an hour and read for two hours every day to cultivate her character and develop a calmer temperament.
Li Mai also did his best to teach Zhou Quan how to do business, and he was the one who went out to inspect the shops.
Her main duties included overseeing the business, receiving business partners who came to discuss deals with her, and taking care of her children.
Every year after the Mid-Autumn Festival, she would go to Beijing and stay for more than three months before returning at the end of the year to spend the Spring Festival with her family.
Having received a salary from the imperial court, she couldn't refuse to serve the court. Fortunately, the current emperor was a benevolent and righteous one, and the crown prince was also a good one. During the two months that Li Mai spent in the capital, she did her best to treat those who came to her for personal treatment and those whom the emperor had arranged for her to help treat.
This cycle repeated itself for several years, and in the blink of an eye, five years had passed.
Twins (10 years old)
At this time, Zhuzhu was fourteen years old, and the twins were already ten.
Zhuzhu (14 years old)
Thirty-year-old Li Mai possessed the temperament and charm of a noblewoman, but she did not choose to live that kind of comfortable life. Instead, she accompanied Zhou Quan and the children on their travels, developing their own business while showing the children the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers.
Li Mai (30 years old)
Thirty-two-year-old Zhou Quan has the air of a middle-aged man, and he's grown a small mustache, which makes Li Mai laugh every time she sees him touching his mustache.
Zhou Quan (32 years old)
Yanbao and Yubao, the two kids, also love to touch their dad's beard.
Yanbao's biggest wish was to successfully ambush her father and burn his beard with her Xuanling Fire. Unfortunately, her father was too powerful, and she couldn't even touch his beard.
Four years ago, Zhuzhu was sent by Zhou Quan to the Luo family's headquarters in the 21st century to learn metal-based superpowers.
To Li Mai and Zhou Quan's surprise, when Zhu Zhu returned two years ago, she was accompanied by two maids and two guards. According to the person who brought them back, the couple learned that Zhu Zhu had been recognized by her maternal grandparents in the Luo clan.
Thirty years ago, the Luo family lost a one-year-old girl. They originally thought the child had been eaten by wolves because she was born without spiritual roots. However, they never expected that she would end up in the world where Zhou Quan lived and even have a daughter.
After confirming through blood DNA testing that Zhuzhu was their granddaughter, the family was overjoyed. Knowing that Zhuzhu was now their ancestor's goddaughter made them even happier, and the whole family worked together to teach Zhuzhu her metal-based superpowers.
When Zhuzhu was to return two years later, they arranged for four people to follow her for life, to serve her, and to protect her.
Zhuzhu accepted her maternal grandparents' kindness and would go back to visit them during festivals and holidays every year.
Zhu Zhu's current supernatural abilities are quite powerful. In the 21st century, she also entered the local Chinese medicine hospital as an intern to practice her abilities and also studied some Western medicine.
After returning, Li Mai taught her spiritual healing techniques, but because her element was not water, her spiritual healing skills were somewhat weaker, and she couldn't cure some illnesses.
It can be said that her medical skills are now no worse than Li Mai's, only lacking the spiritual healing technique.
On the way to the palace this year, Li Mai also discussed with Zhu Zhu, asking her if she would like to enter the Imperial Hospital. If she was willing, Li Mai would give her five years to grow in the Imperial Hospital, and after five years, she would hand over the management of the female physicians of the Imperial Hospital to her.
Zhuzhu said she was willing, and she planned to stay in Beijing for a long time.
Upon hearing her decision, she asked Zhou Quan for his opinion. Zhou Quan said that the child should do whatever she likes. Anyway, starting this year, our Li's Trading Company will officially enter the capital. In the future, our daughter will be protected by us. How could she be bullied by anyone?
Hearing that her parents agreed, Zhuzhu smiled and said that she would definitely study hard with her senior brother in the Imperial Hospital to learn how to be a qualified imperial physician.
Half a month later, the family arrived in the capital. Li Mai took Zhu Zhu to work at the Imperial Hospital, while Zhou Quan began to lead people to establish branches of the Li Family Business, and at the same time began to tidy up the shops, open shops of the Li Family Business, and recruit embroiderers.
He's the busiest person in the whole family.
Yun Chang arranged for Yu Bao to go to the Royal Academy with Fu Bao to study with the young princes, while Yan Bao was assigned by Li Mai to learn chess, calligraphy and painting at the mansion.
Of course, the children's cultivation journey was not neglected either. Every night, the whole family would gather in Li Mai's space to cultivate together.
No matter how their identities change, their strength must remain.
One day, after finishing his training, Zhou Quan was overjoyed; all his strength had returned.
One day, he disappeared for four hours under the pretext of going out to do some work. When he returned, he was happy, but there was a hint of fatigue on his face. He had finally gotten rid of that worry.
Now, Zhuzhu has her own storage space, which isn't very large, cultivated by her maternal grandfather. He said that as she gets older and stronger, her storage space will also grow larger.
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