Min Yueqing clearly heard Pei Ji's question, but she just smiled and remained silent, looking very mysterious.
Surprisingly, as soon as Min Yueqing finished whispering, Xiao Wei obediently retreated to Min Yueqing's side, and the group was finally able to continue walking forward.
Now, not only Pei Ji was even more curious, but Pei Han and Shi Tou were also surprised and impressed. All three of them looked intently at Min Yueqing, hoping that she could answer their questions.
Min Yueqing pretended not to notice anything, leisurely walking and looking at the scenery, but secretly laughing to herself.
In reality, Serena Williams couldn't really understand what she was saying; she just needed Serena to put on an act of caring and taking it seriously.
This is similar to families with several children; it's inevitable that parents sometimes can't treat them all equally. In such cases, simply scolding them can backfire, making the other children think you're biased.
So even though Xiao Wei doesn't understand what Min Yueqing is saying, it can still see that Min Yueqing stops for it and patiently communicates with it, gently stroking its body.
These behaviors all prove that Min Yueqing cares about it very much, so it stopped being stubborn.
Just as Pei Ji and the others were racking their brains, the school arrived.
Above the main gate hung a plaque that read "Sanping Academy". Upon seeing these four characters, Pei Ji turned to Pei Han and asked, "Father, did you write this?"
Pei Han nodded with a smile.
Pei Ji immediately said, "Mother, Father's handwriting is so beautiful, isn't it?"
Min Yueqing gave Pei Han a teasing look and agreed, "That's right!"
Shi Tou stood beside him, nodding vigorously. He felt very proud that his teacher's handwriting was so beautiful.
Despite receiving praise, Pei Han felt a little embarrassed by Min Yueqing's gaze. Helpless against his wife, he could only step forward and knock on the door.
Pei Han arranged for soldiers to take turns on duty at the academy, and they were responsible for protecting the academy's safety.
At that moment, a soldier from the patrol office opened the door. As soon as he saw Pei Han, he stood up straight and greeted him respectfully.
Pei Han nodded to him and led Min Yueqing and the others inside.
Once Pei Han left, the soldier secretly breathed a sigh of relief and finally had the energy to look at the others.
This sight was disastrous. He was startled by the approaching tiger cub and pinched his thigh hard to keep from screaming.
Although the soldier had heard that Lord Pei kept a tiger cub, he had never seen it in person. He just let the news go in one ear and out the other. Who would have thought that he would suddenly see the tiger cub in person?
Thanks to the little tiger, the guard at the gate was terrified. He stared blankly into the void, desperately trying to convince himself that he hadn't seen anything. He didn't even have time to take a closer look at the rarely seen family members of Lord Pei.
Min Yueqing noticed the soldier's reaction and silently decided to keep Xiao Wei in a corner where he wouldn't be easily seen, so as not to frighten the children in the school.
Min Yueqing got used to Xiao Wei's company, and the people around her gradually became accustomed to Xiao Wei's presence, which directly led her to forget the fear that ordinary people have of tigers.
Once inside the courtyard, Min Yueqing led Xiao Wei to a relatively secluded corner and made a "sit" gesture. Xiao Wei immediately sat down obediently.
Min Yueqing patted Xiao Wei on the back of the head and solemnly instructed, "Stay here for a while, don't run around, understand?"
Xiao Wei rubbed its head against Min Yueqing's palm and obediently sat still in its original spot.
Only then did Min Yueqing feel relieved and walk towards the main house with Pei Han.
Shi Tou followed behind the two, looking at Min Yueqing with great awe. He admired his master to the point of prostration, thinking: As expected of my master, even tigers have to obey her.
At this time, the students are in class, and the sounds of Wu Wen leading the reading and the students repeating after him can be heard from the main room.
This was the first day of formal instruction, so Wu Wen was teaching the most basic introductory text. Shi Tou was very familiar with it because it was the first book Pei Ji had taught him in the capital.
Min Yueqing and Pei Han did not want to disrupt the students' normal classes, so they just stood outside the door and took a quick look, without intending to go in.
The children in this group were of varying ages, ranging from nine to fifteen. It was clear that all of them had a very positive attitude towards learning. Each of them was looking at the book in their hands attentively and reading aloud as Wu Wen taught them sentence by sentence.
Shi Tou was deeply moved to see so many people sitting together, engrossed in their reading.
He subconsciously began to reflect on himself, wondering if he had cherished this hard-won learning opportunity and if he had been as serious as the people in front of him.
Pei Ji, on the other hand, found it more novel, because he had never studied with so many people before.
Pei Ji whispered to Min Yueqing, "Mother, there are so many of them!"
Min Yueqing explained softly, "Yes, this is the first private school in Sanping County. They all come from various villages in Sanping County."
"Is their home far from here?"
Pei Han replied, "Some are farther away, some are closer, but it's not convenient for them to go home, so they basically lived here when they were studying."
Pei Ji was somewhat surprised. "Don't they go home tonight?"
Pei Han patiently replied, "Yes, I don't usually go home. I can go home and rest for two days after studying for five days."
Pei Ji still found it unbelievable. He turned back and hugged Min Yueqing's neck even tighter.
Pei Ji thought to himself: Thank goodness Father didn't send me here to study. Five days here and I wouldn't be able to go home, see Father, Mother, or Xiao Wei—that would be terrifying. Even though Shi Tou would definitely be with me, it would still be horrifying.
Pei Han looked around and was fairly satisfied with the situation. Both the hygiene and the condition of Wu Wen and the students seemed quite good.
The school didn't have anyone specifically assigned to be responsible for cleaning, so the fact that it's so clean must mean that the students cleaned it themselves.
The layout of the school was quite simple. After they had looked around for a while, Min Yueqing said to Pei Han, "Jinzhi, let's go out. The children might be frightened if they accidentally see Xiaowei when they come out."
Pei Han had visited the school many times before, when it was still under construction. This time, he was just accompanying his wife and children. Seeing that they wanted to go out, Pei Han had no objection.
"Xiao Wei, come here." Min Yueqing walked to the door and called out to the corner of the wall first.
Although Xiao Wei was lying in the corner, its eyes kept following Min Yueqing. As soon as it saw Min Yueqing's gesture, it immediately ran happily to Min Yueqing's side.
As the group left, the guard at the gate was finally mentally prepared. This time, he wisely raised his gaze, trying not to look at Xiao Wei, but instead secretly glancing at Min Yueqing.
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