Chapter 227 Good Friends
"Sister Lin, what if you graduate?" Xichun suddenly had a whimsical idea.
"At the current pace, it will be at least six years before I graduate! If my father doesn't come to Beijing in six years, I'll have to go back to Yangzhou."
Lin Daiyu also took it all in stride.
"Besides, so many things can happen in six years, it's impossible to predict. We'll see when the time comes."
Jia Baoyu stopped talking and began to enjoy tea and snacks.
He had already conveyed the old lady's thoughts to Lin Daiyu.
However, Jia Baoyu knew in his heart that Lin Daiyu would definitely not agree.
Moreover, the Lin family has been here several times, and it's clearly more comfortable and relaxing here than their own home. If it were him, he wouldn't want to go back to his own home either.
More importantly, even if Lin Daiyu lived in his own home, he would never see her.
"Sister Lin, what's the difference between the girls' academy and our school? How have you felt these past few days?" This was the question Tan Chun was most curious about.
Daiyu had only been there a few days, and she was curious about everything in the academy, finding it all very new and exciting.
Therefore, when Tan Chun asked, she immediately described her life at the academy over the past few days.
After his speech, the listeners were filled with envy.
"Sister Lin, I heard that the girls' academy is very large, with thousands of students. Is that true?" Yingchun asked.
If you asked other students, they might not know, but it's different when you ask Daiyu.
Who told her that the headmistress of the girls' academy lived in her house!
Yuan Hongqu never hid these things from Daiyu, teaching her by example and words, which Yuan Hongqu considered part of education.
“There are no more than a thousand students, but there are five or six hundred,” Daiyu said. “However, the number of people studying and working in the academy is probably over a thousand.”
“This year alone, we have more than 100 new students in the middle stage. Including the students in the introductory class and the senior stage, the nanny said that the academy currently has five or six hundred students, more than 100 teachers, and more than 200 staff members.”
The female servants who worked in the academy were all called school workers. If they had a special skill in a certain area or were much better at doing certain things than ordinary people, they would become teachers in the branch schools of the girls' academy to teach practical skills to the women.
"With so many people and so many things to do, Granny Yuan must be extremely busy every day," Tan Chun thought to herself.
“My nanny said that the academy has complete rules and regulations, clear division of responsibilities, and usually doesn’t take much work.”
"Sister Lin, are so many of you taking classes together? Wouldn't it be better if our teacher only taught a few of us at home?" Xichun asked.
"How could that be? Each of our classes only has twelve students. We usually attend classes and do assignments together. Every two days, there is a large class where all the students in the entire grade attend together. The teacher invited is the most respected teacher in the Imperial Academy. Everyone discusses problems and explores answers together. We can also ask the teacher questions. It's quite a spectacular scene."
Sanchun and the others slowly digested the information they had heard.
Daiyu drank a few sips of tea when a maid came in to say that dinner was served. She invited the others to come and eat together.
Shi Xiangyun also arrived at the Lin family's house in the afternoon, arriving one after the other with Liu Qianrou from the Liu family.
Sanchun and the others were all very curious about the legendary number one female tyrant of the capital.
I never expected that Lin Daiyu would make such a friend.
Moreover, judging from the familiarity between Liu Qianrou and Daiyu, it seems that the two of them get along very well!
Liu Qianrou is the oldest among them, but she has a childlike personality and acts entirely on a whim, without considering others.
Seeing Daiyu playing with several neatly dressed girls, she couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
"Lin Daiyu, are you going to stop playing with me and just play with them instead?"
Liu Qianrou is too straightforward and single-minded. She's also not very bright. If you can't understand her, being friends with her will not only be exhausting, but also heartbreaking.
Fortunately, Daiyu had already figured out Liu Qianrou's intentions.
She introduced them to Sanchun and the others.
“This is Sister Qianrou from the Liu family of the Duke of Liguo,” Daiyu said, adding, “She also studies at the Girls’ Academy.”
“Sister Liu, this is my cousin Yingchun, and these two are my cousins Tanchun and Xichun. This is my cousin Jia Baoyu,” Daiyu hurriedly introduced to Liu Qianrou. “This is the one who came with you…”
“We know each other!” Shi Xiangyun said quickly. “My aunt once took me to visit Sister Liu’s house. Sister Liu is an excellent whip-wielder.”
When Liu Qianrou heard Shi Xiangyun praise her, she unconsciously raised her chin, looking somewhat proud.
Daiyu chuckled, "In my opinion, the two of you are the most compatible; you should be friends."
Liu Qianrou chuckled, "Aunt Shi said she was afraid I would corrupt Miss Shi, so she wouldn't let me play with her."
"I don't know when it happened, but you put three camellias in my hair last time, and all the bees in the yard were flying around my head. My aunt almost fainted from fright... That's why I'm keeping my distance from you." Shi Xiangyun covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed.
"I've never heard of such an embarrassing thing before," Lin Daiyu laughed.
Amidst laughter and conversation, the group exchanged greetings.
Liu Qianrou looked at the three springs and said, "So they're all your relatives! Are the three of you studying at the academy too?"
The three girls were a little embarrassed. They were daughters of the Duke of Liguo and daughters of the Rongguo and Ningguo families. They were all from the same family, but they didn't go to the academy. Tanchun vaguely heard Aunt Xue say that the academy cost more than a thousand taels of silver a year, and the family didn't want to pay that amount.
“We have a school at home, and we go to school regularly, so we don’t need to go to the academy.” Xi Chun was young and spoke frankly without fear of offending anyone.
“I thought you didn’t need to go to the academy and would be carefree at home? So you still have to study at home? I never studied!” Liu Qianrou said confidently, as if not studying was something to be proud of.
“Yes, so I even taught you how to write your name.” Shi Xiangyun deliberately exposed Liu Qianrou’s shortcomings.
Liu Qianrou didn't mind at all; on the contrary, she was full of pride.
"At least I've learned it. No one can say I don't know a single character anymore. I can recognize three characters, and even those three characters are so difficult to write."
“But Miss Shi, I remember your family doesn’t have a school. Why don’t you apply to the girls’ academy? With your great abilities, you’re sure you can get in.”
Liu Qianrou felt it was a real pity that Shi Xiangyun didn't go to the academy.
"That's alright. Everyone has their own ambitions. I'd rather stay home and do needlework." Shi Xiangyun was very carefree. Although she knew that she couldn't go to the academy because she didn't have any biological parents to plan for her, she didn't care.
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