Chapter 178 Educating He Zheng

He had been thinking about words to apologize all the way, but after meeting Xu Wan, he couldn't say a word. He was extremely scared, fearing that the opportunity he had fought so hard for would be ruined in his own hands.

However, he really just wanted to read for a while, and he didn't expect such an accident to happen.

Paying compensation to the Marquis's Mansion is a small matter; the big issue is the nature of the matter. If Xu Wan finds out that he can do anything to study, she will definitely kick him out, just like his biological father.

He knew that his father was disappointed in him.

Xu Wan frowned and pulled him up, saying, "The court doctor is here. Let him examine you first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

"Hmm..." He Zheng climbed up tremblingly.

The court doctor took him inside, undressed him and examined him, and found several minor burns on his body, but the boy didn't say a word.

While the maid was helping He Zheng put on his clothes, she exposed the wound to the court doctor for treatment and application of medicine.

After a while, the court doctor came out and reported to her, "Madam, Mr. He has three minor burns, two on his arms and one on his hand. He has been given medicine. Don't use your arms for strenuous exercise in the next few days. He will recover after a few days of rest."

Xu Wan said politely, "It's late at night. Thank you for your trouble."

"It's my honor, ma'am, you're too polite."

"Cuizhi, send the court doctor back to rest." Xu Wan said.

"yes."

After everyone in the room had left, only Xu Wan and He Zheng were left.

He Zheng was about to kneel down and beg her again when he heard Xu Wan ask, "Why are you lighting a fire in the quilt?"

He Zheng cried out: "I, I, I wanted to study, but I was afraid of waking up the teacher, so I lit a candle under the quilt..."

Xu Wan: “…”

She has actually used this method of learning before.

Because the lights in her high school dormitory went out early, she wanted to read more, but she was afraid of disturbing others, so she read under the covers with a flashlight.

But she had a flashlight.

What do you do when you light a candle under the covers?

He Zheng said fearfully, "I used my body to prop up the quilt and squatted on the bed to read. I left enough space so that the candlelight would not touch the quilt, but I was too sleepy later and took a nap... and the quilt caught fire..."

Xu Wan had already imagined the scene in her mind.

She understood him but also felt a headache. She even added, "Candles will go out in a completely sealed quilt."

He Zheng nodded and said, "At first, the candle was always extinguished. Later, I propped up the corner of the quilt to create a gap, and the candle would not go out. The gap was the side facing away from the master..."

Xu Wan really called him a good guy in her heart.

He Zheng's plan was really smooth. If he hadn't dozed off, it would have been a perfect solution.

Xu Wan now understood why he could become one of the four little playboys.

He is well-behaved for the sake of studying, but he can also do all kinds of weird things for the sake of studying, such as climbing over the wall every day and breaking his arm again and again, and giving his father a drug that makes him faint just to run away to study.

Now, I almost burned down my room because of studying.

The starting point is good, and the trick does make some sense, but the idea is wrong, the method is wrong, and the path is wrong.

If it were the little devil, he would try to persuade her with soft and hard methods, and even make plans and give advice to her and the teacher. If that didn't work, he would chat with the teacher and try to get her to learn from him. At the very least, he would use a safer method, such as catching a bag of fireflies and putting them in a small lantern without a candle.

Wen Xiu did not dare to disobey her orders, nor did he dare to think of any tricks. At most, he just closed his eyes and memorized the knowledge, not making trouble or disturbing others.

But He Zheng is similar to Zong Jincheng. He has an active mind, but he is used to fighting alone in the Shangshu Mansion. He wants to do things on his own, and then he gets into trouble everywhere without realizing it, and ends up with a bloody head.

The boy in front of her was kneeling down pitifully to admit his fault, just to prevent her from kicking him out. Do you think she felt sorry for him? Of course she did. But feeling sorry for him doesn't mean she doesn't care.

Xu Wan took a deep breath and educated the child, "During the day, Master Cheng has already told you that if you follow our learning method, you can be admitted to the children's class within five months. We taught Jincheng and Wenxiu to get in. Do you have no confidence in us or in yourself?"

He Zheng said weakly: "I just want to try harder just in case."

"Then why don't you tell the teacher clearly?" Xu Wan said, "You can tell him your thoughts clearly, maybe he will give you an extra half hour every day?"

He Zheng's eyes lit up slightly, and he said in disbelief: "Will...will it?"

Xu Wan said, "Only if you mention it, you will know whether it will happen or not. If you don't mention it, it will never happen. I understand that you dare not say too much in front of your father, but the people here are not your father, and everyone you will come into contact with in the future will have a different personality. For all the big and small things in this world, you have to fight for them first before you can be sure."

He Zheng nodded blankly and said, "Okay, Auntie, I'll listen to you. Whatever I want to do in the future, I will tell you and the Master in advance, and I will change it."

Xu Wan breathed a sigh of relief and continued to teach: "Then let me talk about the incident of you lighting candles in the quilt. Let me ask you, if you hadn't dozed off and burned the quilt, what were you going to do? Until dawn? Then wash your face and continue to study?"

He Zheng: “…”

He didn't think too much about it. He just wanted to read more. According to Xu Wan, he could do that and use all the time he could squeeze out to read.

Xu Wan told him, "Human physical strength has its limits. Once you reach the limit, you won't even have any disease to respond. And if you continue to stay awake like you are, you will definitely die within seven days."

He Zheng was so frightened that his whole body trembled.

The word death always reminded him of the day when he was almost strangled to death after his father mistakenly thought he was going to kill him.

"Auntie...Auntie...I was wrong. I was so wrong. I..." He Zheng apologized in horror, and this time he was deeply touched.

"It's not over yet, there's more." Xu Wan said.

He Zheng: “…”

Xu Wan went on to tell him, "You dozed off and fell asleep on the bed because the fire burned you. You woke up and discovered the fire because of the pain. But if the fire didn't burn you, but burned the bed first, the thick smoke would have stung you and you wouldn't even have a chance to call for help. You and Master Cheng, who was preparing for you to take the Tongke exam, would have burned to death in the sea of ​​fire."

He Zheng stepped back in horror.

He simply couldn't believe that a crooked idea that he came up with just for the sake of studying could potentially kill Master Cheng, who was devoted to him. The master was so kind to him, teaching him how to read and write, and even marking important points for him.

He Zheng regretted it beyond words.

Xu Wan looked at him seriously with a wooden face.

In fact, if the quilt caught fire, it would most likely burn He Zheng instead of making him faint. But in order to intimidate the little guy, Xu Wan tried to magnify the one in ten thousand possibility, making He Zheng afraid of the disaster.

This child is different from Jincheng Wenxiu. He is too stubborn. Stubborn people should tell him stubborn stories to let him know that his extreme behavior will lead to another more extreme result.

Let him carefully consider every action he will take in the future while facing himself.