Shen Cui agreed on a time with the system, and an hour later, the system called her as an alarm.
Chen Cui was really sleepy, but she still forced herself to get up. After getting up, she answered the call.
Maybe the system saw that she was really sleepy, so the daily schedule was particularly simple - [The headmaster talked with a student for a quarter of an hour].
There is no need to talk about others, as they are facing each other every day, one can tell at a glance that this task is issued for Mei Ruochu.
The task deadline was still one hour, so Chen Cui was no longer in a hurry. She lay on the kang for a while until the dizziness went away before getting up to wash.
Not long after she made the noise, Zhou came over and knocked on the door gently, asking her if she was awake.
Shen Cui let her in while she was putting her hair up.
"I left two pancakes for mom from the ones I made this morning. They're warm on my stove, so they might be a little watery. Eat them first to fill your stomach."
Shen Cui only wanted to catch up on sleep in the morning. She was really hungry at this moment, so she went out to wash up. When she came back, she ate an omelet while asking Zhou, "Why didn't you go to the academy?"
Everyday Zhou would clean up quickly first, and then stay in the academy to write, draw, and do her own work. She is always quiet and her needlework will not make any noise that disturbs Mu Erpang and the others' studies.
"Well... my sewing basket has scissors and other things in it."
Having said that, Shen Cui understood without further explanation.
Isn't this the unlucky Mei Ruochu? Although we had a safe night last night, it's always worrying to have dangerous objects like scissors around him.
Zhou was very tactful and moved to another place.
"You don't have to be too cautious, but it's good that you have the heart to consider others." Shen Cui patted the back of her hand, "You can do the work at home first, and we will observe for a few more days."
It was called observation, but in fact it was also time for Shen Cui to catch up. Once she raised Mei Ruochu's luck value to near the passing line, there would be no need for Zhou to do this.
While chatting with her, Shen Cui had breakfast and went to the academy.
At this time in the academy, because the old principal had given a lot of test papers from other prefectures and counties, and Wei Xi and Wei Shu would both take the exam next year, the recent lectures were still about reviewing the test papers.
The county examination was not so bad, but the examination papers for the prefectural examination were actually a bit difficult for Mu Erpang, who had not yet finished learning the Five Classics.
Otherwise, Chen Cui felt that Lao Buyu was working too hard?
In fact, considering the number of students alone, even including Mei Ruochu, Cuiwei Academy only has four students in total.
Even the smallest elite classes nowadays have far more students than this.
But the difficulty lies in the fact that Mu Erpang and they are at different paces. Although they are said to be four people, in fact it is equivalent to Lao Buyu teaching two grades.
That morning, he first asked Wei Xi, Wei Shu and Mei Ruochu to do a test essay, and then he continued to explain "The Book of Rites" to Mu Erpang.
Because there were no more accidents of broken tables and chairs, Mei Ruochu finished the questions first in less than an hour.
Because the pens and ink were bought outside and not system products, they were smudged on the paper for some reason, making Mei Ruochu's paper look very ugly. But no matter what, he finished it!
Lao Buyu didn't know his true level yet, so he put the book down and asked him to hand in the paper.
After reading it, Lao Buyu couldn't find any point where he could show his talent - leaving aside the appearance of Mei Ruochu's paper, it was very well written, with clear and beautiful words, meaningful content and sharp ideas.
Not to mention Lao Buyu coming to mark his paper, even when he was in his prime during his youth, he couldn't have written anything this good!
No wonder the old headmaster said in his letter that there was no need to waste time and energy on him, and that even Buyu felt unqualified to teach him!
"Good answer!" Lao Buyu praised generously, "Please leave the paper with me first. When Ashu and Xiaoxi finish writing, we can discuss it together later."
After being praised, Mei Ruochu gave a slightly shy smile.
He returned to his seat and passed by Wei Shu's desk. For some reason, he tripped and bumped into the corner of the table.
Mei Ruochu groaned, holding his waist to steady himself, ignoring the pain, and hurried to see Wei Shu.
With that collision, Wei Shu's pen left a mark of ink on the paper.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!" He apologized hurriedly.
I spent a long time carefully working on a question and was almost finished, but someone else ruined it. If it happened to me, others would definitely be unhappy.
Mei Ruochu felt helpless and blamed himself.
Wei Shu quickly put down his pen, ignoring his apology, and only asked him: "Where did you hit? Does it hurt?"
"There was a loud crash, I think he was badly hurt. I'll go get some medicinal wine." Wei Xi also put down his pen and stood up, "It seems there's still some of the medicinal wine that the headmaster gave me last time."
"I have strong hands, so I will be responsible for kneading the medicinal wine for Brother Mei." Mu Erpang and Wei Shu supported Mei Ruochu from the left and right and took him to the dormitory.
After entering the dormitory, Mei Ruochu unbuckled his belt. As expected, the collision just now was very severe. His body was white and there was a large red spot on his waist.
And as Wei Shu said, he did have quite a few wounds on his body.
Wei Xi dug out some leftover medicinal wine, but it was obviously not enough to heal the several wounds on his body.
"It doesn't hurt me, it really doesn't hurt me. I'm used to it. It will just be bruised for a day or two, then it will heal on its own."
Just at this moment, Shen Cui came over and went to the main room. Seeing that the children were not there, she asked Lao Buyu and found out that it was Mei Ruochu who injured himself. The others took him to the dormitory to see his injuries.
Shen Cui suddenly remembered that she was so busy buying him some practical things to prevent any danger from happening that she forgot to buy him some special medicine to treat his injuries.
It was not convenient for her to follow into the dormitory, so she only went out once and spent 20 shopping points in the system to buy two new medicinal liquors. After bringing them over, she asked Mu Erpang to come out and get them.
It doesn't take so many people to make the medicinal wine, so Wei Shu and Wei Xi went out first, leaving Mu Erpang inside to treat his injuries.
Mei Ruochu said it didn't hurt, but in fact, who could feel comfortable with bruises all over the body? I'm just holding it in.
After rubbing two portions of medicinal wine on his body, the pain in Mei Ruochu's body dissipated, and he couldn't help but sigh in comfort. Mu Erpang broke out in a sweat and ran out to wash his hands.
Mei Ruochu was dressed neatly and came out later, her face flushed again. Of course it was because he felt embarrassed. Everyone was reading or doing homework, and everything was in an orderly manner. But because of a small accident he had, everyone was busy running around.
When he returned to the main room, he saw that everyone was already looking at his paper.
"Brother Mei, how can you write so well?" Seeing him coming out, Wei Xi pretended to be sour and said, "The paper is ruined like this, but it still can't cover up such a beautiful handwriting. You have to give me some guidance."
Wei Shu rushed to say: "No, I will take the college entrance examination next year, so shouldn't you give me the guidance first?"
Wei Xi was not willing to be outdone, "Then I will also take the county exam and the prefectural exam. If everything goes well, I will also take the college exam with you. The pressure will be no less than yours."
Mu Erpang had just come back from washing his hands. Upon hearing this, he immediately retorted, "That's not right. I only took the time to wash my hands. Why are you guys rushing to take over? I'm the slowest, you need to give me some pointers first!"
Lao Buyu grumbled in grievance: "Newcomers are better than old ones. A new classmate with profound knowledge has come. Even I am not popular anymore!"
Chen Cui was watching them "playing around" with a smile on her face. Mei Ruochu couldn't say the apologies she had in her heart, and they turned into a faint smile on her lips.
"That's it." Chen Cui made the decision, "I will now appoint Ruochu as the new teaching assistant of our academy to share the pressure of the master. When the master teaches Erpang, Ruochu will be responsible for instructing Ashu and Xiaoxi. When the master teaches Ashu and Xiaoxi, he will instruct Erpang. As for the night time, he still lives with Erpang, so that part of the time will be allocated to Erpang. Of course, he is not made of iron, you have to leave him time to read and rest, do you have any objections?"
The three teenagers were not really fighting over anything, so naturally none of them disagreed.
Mu Erpang laughed the most heartily, "How about I am my mother's biological son? I am the one who has taken the most advantage! Humph, Junior Brother, when I learn more than you, don't blame me for making fun of you as your senior brother."
Wei Xi couldn't help laughing, "Brother, why do you only compete with me? Can't you surpass my brother?"
Mu Erpang's expression changed immediately, "Of course not. Brother Wei is already a scholar, and I am still a commoner. I won't compete with him."
Wei Shu smiled and said, "Fuck you, Master Tongsheng," "You lost to me in an archery competition this morning, so you're deliberately insulting me, right?"
Everyone was laughing and joking, so Chen Cui called Mei Ruochu aside to complete the task of having a heart-to-heart talk.
"You still don't want to stay here?" Shen Cui asked him straight to the point.
Mei Ruochu immediately shook her head. "Everyone doesn't dislike me and treats me very well. I have nothing to be unwilling about. I'm just worried..."
Chen Cui waved her hand and pointed at the vertical plaque hanging at the entrance of the main hall. "This is the motto of our academy, 'Follow your heart, but don't go beyond the rules.' Everyone likes you, and you want to stay here, so just follow your heart. As for other things, there's no need to think too much about them since they haven't happened yet."
"Follow your heart's desire, but don't go beyond the rules." Mei Ruochu repeated it softly several times, then smiled and bowed, saying, "I understand. Thank you for your teachings, Master."
The conversation went very smoothly, but before the conversation lasted a quarter of an hour, Shen Cui chatted with him about some daily matters.
He certainly couldn't talk about the sad things in his early years, so Shen Cui asked him, "I'm going to write a letter to the old headmaster in reply. You should also write a reply letter and I'll have someone deliver it."
Mei Ruochu nodded, "It's been a while since I left. I think our headmaster probably knows that I was delayed on the road. I should write a letter to let him know that I'm fine."
The two chatted casually for a while, and Shen Cui let him go back when she saw that the mission time was up.
They finished writing two letters that day, and Chen Cui asked Zhou to run a trip, still using expedited delivery, and had the escort agency ship them.
In early September, Chen Cui received a letter from the old headmaster.
There were actually traces of tears on the letter. The old people knew that they welcomed Mei Ruochu's arrival very much, and Mei Ruochu also said in the letter that the people here treated him very well. Chen Cui even let her own son live with him and did not despise him at all.
He felt that words of thanks were not enough to express his feelings, but he took note of the friendship and said he would repay it when he had the chance.
Chen Cui really felt that the old headmaster's words were too serious. Putting aside his unlucky physique, his family was the one that benefited from having such an outstanding student like Mei Ruochu as their teaching assistant!
As for the letter to Mei Ruochu, Shen Cui naturally would not read it, and naturally did not know that the old headmaster had written tens of thousands of words of teaching experience, asking him to be a good assistant teacher - the old man had far-sighted thoughts. Although he did not want to admit it, he had to say that according to Mei Ruochu's past experience, he would most likely have no hope of passing the imperial examination. It was rare that Cuiwei not only took him in, but also was willing to let him be an assistant teacher. Teaching and educating people is also a proper way to display one's real talents and knowledge.
In this way, when the students of Cuiwei become successful in the future, others will know that Mei Ruochu has taught them. Even if Mei Ruochu had no official title, there would still be people willing to teach, so that he wouldn't have to go back to the countryside to farm, herd cattle, or set up a roadside stall because he couldn't make a living.
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