Chapter 413: All-Staff Test

The old marquis listened to him chattering on, his eyes fixed on him.

This made Zong Wenxiu very happy. He imitated his brother's expression of happiness and said, "Grandfather, I am also very happy that you need me so much. Can I come to feed you medicine every day in the future?"

"Okay." The old marquis replied in a hoarse voice.

Feeding the medicine became a little smoother.

Although he vomited after taking a few sips, he had no reaction the second time he took the medicine.

Zong Wenxiu took a dish of preserved fruits from the tray and said, "The medicine is too bitter. Grandpa, have some preserved fruits. Jincheng always ate preserved fruits with his medicine. He said that after eating preserved fruits, his mouth would not be bitter anymore."

"good."

The old marquis was like a child, being taken care of by Zong Wenxiu, and was forced to drink medicine and eat candied fruit. Soon, he was so tired that he fell asleep.

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief and said to him softly, "Good boy, you are back. Your grandfather is asleep, you should go and have some rest too. You must have not gotten a good night's sleep in Gongyuan for nine days."

Zong Wenxiu shook his head and replied, "Grandma, I'm not tired. Although the Gongyuan is a bit hard, I have suffered a lot since I was a child, so I still have some resilience. But I'm too dirty. I'll go back and take a shower and change clothes, and then come to accompany grandpa. Oh, by the way, can I sleep with grandpa tonight? I've never slept with him before, so I'm a little curious."

Zong Wenxiu's curiosity was not actually that strong. He was just worried about his grandfather and wanted to look after him at night, but he was afraid that his grandmother would think he was working too hard and would not agree, so he made up this excuse.

The old lady was very smart, so how could she not understand his implication? She hugged her grandson and choked up, saying, "My dear child, it was because of your grandmother that you suffered so much in the slums."

Zong Wenxiu joked, "It doesn't matter. In fact, life in the slums isn't that hard. You don't have to follow Mr. Su to dig sweet potatoes, or get up at dawn every day, or plow the land under the scorching sun."

The old lady was amused by him and whispered, "Go take a shower and change your clothes. I'll ask someone to bring in a small bed so you can sleep with grandpa tonight."

"Okay." Zong Wenxiu left with a smile.

When Zong Jincheng arrived, he found his brother just coming out of the house, and asked curiously: "Brother, are you taking a shower so quickly?"

Zong Wenxiu didn't reply, but only said: "I just gave grandfather some medicine, he has fallen asleep, come and see him when he wakes up."

Xu Wan and Zong Zhao heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this.

Zong Jincheng exclaimed, "Brother, didn't you go take a shower?"

Zong Wenxiu smiled and said, "I'm planning to go now."

The little devil immediately turned his gaze to Xu Wan and said unhappily, "Mom, you are biased. You let me take a bath and let my brother take care of grandpa."

"Ancestor, please keep your voice down..." Seeing that the kid was about to raise his voice, Xu Wan covered his mouth and dragged him to another yard to talk.

Zong Wenxiu quickly came back from his bath and said to Zong Zhao in the yard, "Uncle, go and have some rest. I'll stay here to look after Grandpa. Grandma has agreed to let me stay."

Zong Zhao asked in a hoarse voice: "What did he... tell you?"

Zong Wenxiu shook his head and said, "Grandfather is not feeling well and doesn't talk much. I am the one who is talking and he is listening. I think it is because he misses my father too much that he is willing to listen to me chattering. So I will talk to him more and keep him company."

Zong Zhao patted his head and said, "Good boy."

In fact, he was blaming himself in his heart. If he had not been in a coma for seven years, Wen Xiu and his mother would not have had to suffer in the slums for so many years.

Zong Yan asked him to take good care of them, but he did so seven years late.

Zong Wenxiu didn't know what he was thinking, so he just smiled and urged him, "Uncle, go and have a rest. You haven't slept well in the past few days. Our family still depends on you, so you must take care of yourself."

"good."

Zong Zhao did not rest immediately after returning home, but pondered for a while at the desk and then started writing.

When Xu Wanan calmed down the angry little devil, she came back and saw that Zong Zhao had fallen asleep... lying on the desk.

He is too tired.

Xu Wan didn't ask him to go to bed so as not to disturb his rest.

Once people relax, fatigue and sleepiness come over them at the same time. Xu Wan also sat down beside the small round table and fell into a deep sleep.

It was already evening when I woke up again.

Xu Wan rubbed her eyes and found herself lying on the bed. She vaguely remembered that she seemed to only plan to lie on the table for a while... It seemed that she was infected by Zong Zhao and could fall asleep even if she was touching the table.

She got up and looked towards the desk. Zong Zhao was gone and there was no one else in the room.

"Cuizhi, what time is it?" Xu Wan called.

Cuizhi pushed the door open and came in, saying, "It's already 12:00 p.m. Madam, you must be hungry. I'll go and prepare the dishes."

Xu Wan got out of bed and asked casually, "Where is the general? Has he gone to his father-in-law's courtyard?"

Cuizhi replied, "No, Master Xiu is there with us. The general has gone to the study."

"Ah? What is he doing in the study?" Xu Wan was a little confused about Zong Zhao's actions.

Cuizhi said mysteriously, "Master Cheng and his men were resting, but the general called Buyan to come over and said he would give Buyan a mission."

"You called Buyan to the study room as well?" Xu Wan was even more confused. "Are you making any new arrangements for Jincheng?"

Cuizhi shook her head and said, "I don't know either. The general hasn't come back yet. He may not have finished his mission yet. Madam, do you want to go and check on him?"

"Yes!" Xu Wan packed up quickly and rushed to the study.

Houfu key class.

It was supposed to be time for lunch, but the five personal trainers were sitting in a row. Zong Jincheng and He Zheng were also looking around curiously, not understanding why the person standing on the podium was Zong Zhao instead of Xu Wan.

But unlike Xu Wan who was easy-going and approachable, Zong Zhao looked difficult to get along with when he didn't speak, and the private teachers were so frightened that they dared not utter a word.

Zong Zhao didn't waste any time talking and said directly: "Tomorrow there will be a big test. Everyone will take part. Bu Yan will keep the test questions."

The flattered and surprised person was speechless: "!!!"

General!!!

You finally arranged a reliable job for me!!!

Not to mention that face that seldom smiled, but now it was twisted into a knot, and the whole face was filled with pride and forgetfulness.

The five private instructors all knew what was going on. This should be the teacher's assessment that Xu Wan had mentioned before. Only those who passed the test could stay. However, they did not expect the test time to be postponed for a few days, and they had to take the test together with the children. Fortunately, Zong Zhao saved their face and did not point out that this was an assessment of them.

Zong Jincheng asked excitedly, "Dad, this exam question is just a thin piece of paper. Is it just a policy essay?"

Zong Zhao replied, "I know the test questions."

The little devil instantly became more excited: "Great! Just test policy essays, which is what I am best at!"