"Hehe, I'm alright. My dear granddaughter, would you like to come and play?"
"No, no, no, I can't do that kind of thing!!"
Before Huang Lao could finish speaking, Zhiyin rejected him with great disdain.
After all, they know kung fu and can jump really high. How could she possibly catch their ball?
Old Huang pursed his lips and didn't extend the invitation further.
At this moment, a homing pigeon skillfully bypassed Huang Lao and Ziyou, and flew straight to its confidant.
Zhiyin calculated the time and thought it was a letter from Xing Luxi. She opened it with a smile, after all, the two had been exchanging letters by carrier pigeon during this period, and their relationship had progressed by leaps and bounds.
The moment she opened it, she was slightly disappointed to see that the writer wasn't someone she knew, but she was delighted when she read the contents of the letter!
He changed his clothes immediately and couldn't wait to run outside.
"What's wrong, Yinyin? Whose letter is this? Why are you so happy?"
Old Huang turned to Zhiyin and winked, asking with a mixture of curiosity and gossip, "Where are you going?"
Zhiyin turned her head and said with a smile, "Hehe, it's from Magistrate Jun. She said the girls' academy has been repaired."
“I’ll go to the county now to see her, talk to her, and recruit some teachers and martial arts instructors while I’m at it.”
Upon hearing that they were going to the county, Huang Lao and Ziyou were delighted. The two exchanged a glance, decisively dropped the badminton shuttlecock on their laps, and sat directly inside the carriage.
"Hehe, we want to go too! Ziyou and I haven't tried your haunted house or murder mystery games yet, so we'll just have to go!"
Zhiyin smiled but shook her head helplessly, realizing she couldn't do anything about the two of them.
She then looked at Yao Yulin, who was waving to them, and invited, "Mom, do you want to go to the county to play with Aunt Xing and Aunt Mu?"
Upon hearing this, Yao Yulin shook her head frantically, "No, no, no, I'm not going. They're definitely playing mahjong again, and I don't like playing."
"Alright!"
Zhiyin didn't press the matter further. After asking Yao Yulin what she needed to bring back from the county, she chatted with Huang Lao and Ziyou as they headed towards the county.
Now their family is actually not short of money at all, and they can easily move to the county to live, which would be more convenient.
However, Yao Yulin refused, since she had good friends and acquaintances in the village with whom she could chat.
She preferred the tranquility and peace of the village to the county.
Zhiyin thought so too, after all, Yuanyuan, Mengmeng and a host of other adorable little animals lived in the village.
The village is nestled against the mountains. If a family moves to the county, it will be difficult to play with the mountains anymore.
…
The three chatted and laughed all the way, and soon arrived in the county.
Zhiyin and Huang Lao arrived at the yamen together. They probably didn't expect them to arrive so quickly, as Jun Yexue was just hearing a case.
Seeing that she seemed ready to call off the trial and discuss it again later, Old Huang raised his hand to stop her.
Old Huang and Zhiyin sat to the side, slowly sipping their tea and watching her adjudicate cases with smiles on their faces.
Being stared at by such a powerful figure made Jun Yexue extremely flustered. She was afraid of neglecting the two of them, and also afraid of not performing well and displeasing Elder Huang, or that he would think that she was not good at solving cases. She was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat on the spot.
But she remained relatively calm and quickly regained her composure, proceeding with everything in an orderly manner.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, sir!"
After about half an hour, Jun Yexue finished hearing the case and respectfully bowed to Elder Huang, giving him an apologetic smile.
"It's alright, Xiao Jun. I told you not to be so reserved. Look at you, I'm just accompanying my dear granddaughter Yin Yin to visit the academy!"
With a bold wave of his hand, Old Huang quickly stopped Jun Yexue's actions.
Jun Yexue didn't hesitate and immediately led the three of them to the academy.
The academy wasn't very big; it was a courtyard-style building, and Zhiyin estimated that it only had about a dozen rooms.
"The desks, chairs, and benches inside, as well as the classrooms and the playground outside, were all built according to what you said, Yinyin."
"This is where the teachers work, this is their dining hall, this is..."
As the magistrate led the three men away, he gave them a detailed explanation.
The blueprints were provided by Zhiyin, and she already had a rough estimate in her mind, but when she actually saw them, she kept nodding in her heart and praising how well done they were!
This was the first time Huang Lao and Ziyou had ever seen anything like this, and they couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Yinyin, why are there badminton rackets? And ropes? And sticks?"
Zhiyin smiled gently, "There has to be a balance between work and rest. These students can play together during breaks, exercise, and also build relationships."
"As for the stick, I want to find a martial arts master to teach the children martial arts so that they can all have martial arts skills to protect themselves."
Regardless of the dynasty, women have always faced great hardship and are the most vulnerable to being bullied. She wanted to do her best to help them improve and provide them with some protection.
I don't ask them to become martial arts masters or anything like that, but I hope that when they are hurt, they have the courage and ability to fight back or protect themselves, and do their best to take control of their own destiny.
After taking a quick look around, Mr. Huang and Ziyou went to the haunted house.
Zhiyin, on the other hand, discussed with Jun Yexue how to develop relevant courses and books for the students.
Since the purpose of "The Soulmate" is not to encourage every woman to aspire to become an official, it is said that it is difficult for children from poor families to achieve success, and this is indeed true.
After all, for impoverished students, being able to eat their fill, stay warm, and survive is already a great achievement, not to mention that it takes countless amounts of money to go from a commoner to a successful candidate in the imperial examinations and even to a tribute student.
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