"Go back to sleep." Shen Fengming said.
"What about you?" Jiang Yunzhu asked.
"I'm thinking about something."
Jiang Yunzhu: ...Okay!
The next morning, Jiang Yunzhu got up with a clear mind. She felt that she might have been too anxious yesterday. Someone once offered a thousand taels of gold to ask Mr. Wu to treat a disease, but Mr. Wu didn't even look at him. What was the point of her cooking a dish
Anyway, Mr. Wu will be staying at home for a few days, so she might as well slowly let him see her sincerity.
After dinner, Jiang Yunzhu had something to say, so she called Jiang Lin and the others and said, "You all heard what I said to Mr. Gu yesterday. I think I won't bother him from today on, so that he can concentrate on preparing for the exam.
You guys should review what you learned before, and after the New Year, when we have money at home, we will send you to school."
Gu Yanzhou, a top-ranked scholar, was in the critical period of preparing for the exam, and she didn't want to delay him. She calculated that her family could earn five cents of silver a day, and there was still more than a month before the Chinese New Year, so they could earn about twenty taels of silver, which should be enough for the tuition.
Jiang Lin, Jiang Yunxue, and Jiang Wu had different reactions after hearing this. Even Chen and Jiang Cheng stopped and listened to her.
Jiang Lin looked at Jiang Yunzhu quietly, as if he had something to say.
Jiang Yunxue's face turned pale. If Gu Yanzhou came to teach them at home, she could still learn from him, but what would she do if she went to school? She had never heard of any family sending their daughters to school. She tightly grasped the corner of her clothes and felt a little blocked in her throat.
She likes reading more than Jiang Lin and Jiang Wu.
Jiang Wu blinked his dark eyes and looked at Jiang Yunzhu. Is it fun to go to school
Jiang Yunzhu noticed their reactions and asked Jiang Lin first, "What do you want to say?"
"Sister, I don't want to go to school." Jiang Lin said while looking at Jiang Yunzhu's reaction, afraid that she would be angry.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You just wanted to go to school before, but your family didn't have the money to send you there. Your sister couldn't bear to see you suffer your whole life, so she told me that she wanted to send you to school. And this is your attitude?" Chen felt angry at her for not fighting back.
She and Jiang Cheng actually hoped that there would be a scholar in the family, or a farmer, merchant or artisan. If Jiang Lin or Jiang Wu could be like Gu Yanzhou, she would wake up laughing in her dreams.
Jiang Lin stood there without saying anything.
"Why don't you want to go to school?" Jiang Yunzhu asked Jiang Lin without getting angry.
Jiang Lin looked at her awkwardly, and when he found that she looked happy, he said, "I'm already so old, I'm afraid I can't keep up if I go to school. And..." These days, he was with Gu Qifeng every day, and Gu Qifeng often complained to him.
In Gu Qifeng's eyes, Gu Yanzhou was the child from other families. He started to study at the age of four, could write poems at the age of six, could write articles at the age of nine, and passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of fifteen. However, Gu Qifeng was not even as good as him.
The worst thing is that his parents always compare him with Gu Yanzhou, asking him to learn from him, take the imperial examination and bring honor to the family.
Now Gu Qifeng is in a dilemma, he can neither go up nor go down.
Jiang Lin started to worry after listening to this. During the time he had been learning calligraphy from Gu Yanzhou, he found that he was not as good as Jiang Yunxue. If he compared himself with Gu Yanzhou... forget it, there was no comparison at all.
So he wondered, when he went to school, would he be the same as Gu Qifeng
His family spent so much money to support his studies, but he achieved nothing. How could he face Chen and Jiang Yunzhu
It would be better not to go there and just follow Jiang Yunzhu to do business, which would be good too.
Jiang Yunzhu slowly asked about his worries, but smiled, "Who said that I asked you to study just to take the imperial examination?"
When she said this, Jiang Cheng, Chen Shi, Jiang Lin and others were all stunned. If one doesn't study to take the imperial examination, then what's the point of studying
"Studying is to make you sensible." Jiang Yunzhu said, smoothing his collar. In modern times, she went to college, but ended up working in a job that had nothing to do with her college major. But can she say that going to college was useless
That experience broadened her horizons and was also the most unforgettable memory in her life. She didn't want Jiang Lin and the others to miss it.
As for money, once earned it is to be spent.
"Sister!" Jiang Lin's eyes sparkled. Did she really think so? In fact, he also wanted to go to the school to take a look.
“Yunzhu, this…” Jiang Cheng hesitated. Jiang Yunzhu said this, so Jiang Lin must be going crazy.
Jiang Yunzhu blinked. Otherwise, it was useless for her to force Jiang Lin, as he had already begun to resist studying.
"Sister, you are so nice." Jiang Lin just felt that Jiang Yunzhu was the best sister in the world. If he told this to Gu Qifeng, he would probably be envious to death.
"You still have to study hard, otherwise you will waste money and your own time and energy." Jiang Yunzhu smiled again.
"Yeah." Jiang Lin nodded vigorously.
Jiang Yunzhu looked at Jiang Yunxue again.
"Sister." Jiang Yunxue called softly, her voice a little choked.
Jiang Yunzhu looked at her and sighed. This era was too unfair to women.
"Do you like reading?" she asked Jiang Yunxue.
Jiang Yunxue didn't dare to look at her, and only replied in a whisper, "Yeah."
"Then I'll help you find out if there is a girls' school in the county," Jiang Yunzhu said. In fact, she knew that Huaying Academy in Luzhou accepted female students.
Huaying Academy was founded by the Lin family.
Speaking of the Lin family, it is truly remarkable. Their ancestors have produced three number one scholars and more than thirty Jinshi scholars, who have been praised by the emperor himself. They are also the only large family in Luzhou that can compete with the Anping Marquisate.
Huaying Academy is their family's own academy, and the female students they recruit are all daughters of their own family or relatives and friends. Jiang Yunxue... Thinking back carefully, Jiang Yunzhu seemed to have really seen people from the Lin family in her dream, but they didn't have much of a relationship. It would be difficult for Jiang Yunxue to enter Huaying Academy.
She didn't mention this matter, so as not to give Jiang Yunxue hope that would not be fulfilled.
Jiang Yunxue's attention was all on the girls' school she mentioned. "Is there really a girls' school?" she asked, as if she saw a ray of light in the dark night.
"I don't know either. I need to ask around." Jiang Yunzhu said.
Jiang Yunxue felt that it was enough, as long as there was hope.
Chen watched from the side and sighed.
Jiang Lin then felt how lucky he was to be able to go to school. Obviously, Jiang Yunxue learned much better than him.
"Sister, when I have learned it, I will come back and teach you." He said to Jiang Yunxue.
"Yeah." Jiang Yunxue tried hard to force a smile.
"If you really want to go to the girls' school, then study hard. Otherwise, if you have a chance in the future, but your knowledge is not enough, they will not accept you." Jiang Yunzhu said to Jiang Yunxue. She remembered that the requirements of Huaying Academy were quite high.
A light flashed in Jiang Yunxue's eyes, and she decided to study hard!
Seeing her like this, Jiang Lin inexplicably began to feel guilty. No, she was already learning faster than him. If she continued to work so hard, how would he teach her in the future
He seemed to have already seen the dire straits in which he would be chased by books in the future.
But he didn't back down this time. His sister was already pitiful enough. If he continued to be hypocritical, he would not be a big brother. At most, he would play less and sleep less in the future to learn those things.
Finally it was Jiang Wu's turn. Jiang Yunzhu made the final decision and sent him to school for two years before seeing how it went.
As the family was talking, someone knocked on the door. Chen went to open the door and saw a young couple. The man was neat and neat, and the woman was gentle and beautiful.
"Who are you?" She had some guesses in her mind, but she wasn't sure.
"Are you cured?" Jiang Yunzhu came out of the house and asked the man.
Xue Jing smiled and said, "Okay." As he said that, afraid that Jiang Yunzhu might not believe him, he turned around twice.
Xue Jing had a heart disease to begin with, but after seeing Jiang Yunzhu, his heart disease was gone and he recovered quickly. Now he has a rosy complexion and looks very healthy.
Jiang Yunzhu introduced the two sides, Xue Jing, the chef she hired, Ruan, his wife, and on this side were the Jiang family members.
Behind Xue Jing and Ruan Shi there was a donkey cart with a lot of things on it.
"You said you would help me rent a house." Xue Jing said embarrassedly. After discussing with Ruan, he decided to move to Changshi Village together. This would avoid separation between the couple and would also be much more convenient.
The day Jiang Yunzhu came back, she helped him rent a house and took him to see it immediately.
There was a house not far from their home. The yard was not as big as the Jiang family's, and the house only had three rooms, but it was very nice, at least much better than the house where Xue Jing and his family lived in the county town.
There are yards in front and back. Looking forward, there is a small river, and looking back, there are green mountains. Ruan immediately fell in love with this place. After living in a cramped place for a long time, coming to this open place, she instantly felt a sense of the sky being high and the clouds being light.
She let out a long breath and felt that even the air became fresher.
"When spring comes, I'll plant some fruits and vegetables in the yard, and you won't have to buy vegetables." Chen said with a smile. This was also her plan. When next spring comes, she will plant fruits and vegetables in the yard, which will save a lot of money.
What’s more, the things grown at home are fresh and tender!
"Yeah." Ruan nodded, and she also began to look forward to such days.
Everyone helped to unload the things from the donkey cart. Jiang Yunzhu told Xue Jing not to worry and to wait until the house was cleaned up before going to work.
Xue Jing agreed verbally, and soon came to Jiang's house. He wanted to see Jiang Yunzhu cooking, and Ruan was hardworking and considerate, so she let him come.
Jiang Yunzhu looked at the sky. It was still early.
"What are we having for lunch?" Old Master Wu poked his head outside the kitchen. In fact, it had only been a short time since he had breakfast, but he was already thinking about lunch.
For breakfast today, Jiang Yunzhu made chicken soup wontons and tofu buns. The wontons were delicious and the tofu buns were unique. Mr. Wu forced himself to hold back and not eat too much.
He asked Jiang Yunzhu because he also wanted to see if there would be any surprises today. After all, yesterday's "Bright Moon and Clear Spring" was really amazing.
Jiang Yunzhu didn't have dishes like "Ming Yue Qing Quan", but she had to try her best to satisfy Mr. Wu. Looking at the weather, she decided to go into the city to see if there were any fresh ingredients, and then ask about the school.
"I'll go with you." Old Master Wu said immediately. He had nothing to do.
Jiang Yunzhu had no problem with that, so after packing up, the two of them rode Jiang Cheng’s mule cart out of the house.
"Are you going to send Jiang Lin and the others to school in the county?" Jiang Cheng was surprised. He thought Jiang Yunzhu meant to send Jiang Lin and the others to school in the town. After all, it was close to home and the tuition should be cheap.
"Dad, I want to do business in the county in the future. It would be inconvenient for Jiang Lin and Jiang Wu to go to school in the county." Jiang Yunzhu had already made plans.
"The county?" Jiang Cheng was surprised again. This was the first time Jiang Yunzhu told him this idea.
"I went there when we moved to the town, but there was no good way to make a living," Jiang Yunzhu said, which was why she finally chose to sell food under the mine.
It’s different in the county. It’s bustling and prosperous, with many opportunities to make money, and if you do it well, you can earn a lot.
Jiang Cheng thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true. However, it was difficult to do business in the county, as Xue Jing and his wife knew.
"Whatever business you choose, it's better to follow me." Old Master Wu hummed. He didn't love money, otherwise, even if he didn't make a fortune, at least the money he earned would be enough for the Jiang family to spend for a lifetime.
Jiang Yunzhu smiled. Is studying medicine so easy? She should just continue cooking!
"Then where are we going first?" Jiang Cheng asked after entering the county town.
Jiang Yunzhu had already made up her mind, "Go to Wenyuan Academy." Wenyuan Academy is the best academy in the county, and Gu Yanzhou studies here.
The mule cart continued to move forward, and slowly, the number of paper and pen shops on both sides of the street increased significantly. Then, we saw a tall archway in front of us, with four large characters written in a flamboyant style on it. They were the "Wenyuan Academy".
Looking inside, there were many buildings covering a large area. At this time, the students should be studying, and there were not many people coming in and out of the academy.
"Are we going to send Jiang Lin and the others here?" Jiang Cheng looked unsure.
"What a shabby academy this is." Old Master Wu said with disgust.
Jiang Cheng looked at Mr. Wu and felt that he was very arrogant.
Jiang Yunzhu ignored the two of them, got off the car, and looked around. There was a paper and pen shop on the left, but it was not busy at this time, and the fat shopkeeper was standing at the door.
"Boss." Jiang Yunzhu went over and started chatting with him.
Seeing that she was a pretty girl who spoke nicely, the fat shopkeeper was willing to talk to her.
After a while, Jiang Yunzhu found out the situation.
Wenyuan Academy has an introductory class, not here, but in the north of the city. Every year, Wenyuan Academy selects outstanding students from the introductory class for admission.
The introductory class costs eight taels of silver per person per year, and as long as you pay the money, you can attend the class for three years. After three years, if you still cannot enter the academy, you have to leave.
Jiang Yunzhu listened and felt that Wenyuan Academy was like a process of sifting through the sand. Anyone could enter, but it was not certain who would come out. This had one advantage, which was that it could go through all the students in the county and keep the outstanding students in its own academy.
No wonder this academy is getting better and better.
She immediately decided to send Jiang Lin and Jiang Wu to this enlightenment class. As for the final result, it depends on them.
The fat shopkeeper had never heard of the girls' school.
Jiang Yunzhu was not surprised. During the seven years in her dream, she had been to many places and had only heard that Huaying Academy was recruiting female students.
After thanking the fat shopkeeper, she turned around and sat back on the mule cart.
"Actually, you can also ask Gu Yanzhou about the school matters." Jiang Cheng just thought of it.
Indeed, but Jiang Yunzhu came here for another reason. She wanted to see if the environment around Wenyuan Academy was suitable for opening a restaurant. Having tasted the sweetness of the mine, she felt that it was easier to do business in such a place with dense traffic and simple staff.
After a long walk, she had already made up her mind. But now was not the time to go home from school, so some things could not be seen.
This time is different from last time. She needs to observe it a few more times before making a decision.
After leaving the street, they went straight to the vegetable market.
The vegetable market in winter is obviously more depressed. The meat sales are still okay, with pork, mutton and so on available, but the only green vegetables available are cabbage, potatoes and radishes. Even the lotus roots and yams that were sold before are nowhere to be found.
"There's not even a fresh sea bass." When he arrived at the fish stall, Mr. Wu began to complain again.
He never stopped along the way, either complaining about something bad here or there.
Jiang Yunzhu turned her head to look at him, wondering what he wanted to say.
Old Master Wu approached Jiang Yunzhu and said, "Do you know the shad from Jiangdong? It melts in your mouth. And the sea bass from Songjiang is the freshest in the world. Not to mention the schizothorax from Erhai Lake and the mandarin fish from Lianhuan Lake... Tsk tsk, you like cooking so much, don't you want to try some?"
Jiang Yunzhu's mouth was watering as she listened to this. All the fish he described were delicious delicacies.
Seeing that she was interested, Mr. Wu continued, "This small county town is so small. Your skills are wasted. Why don't you follow me and we travel around the world..." When Mr. Wu said this, he squinted his eyes and became intoxicated.
Jiang Yunzhu took him as her master, and the two of them traveled together to see famous mountains and rivers, went to Jiangdong to steam shad, went to Mobei to drink horse milk, and went to Qiongzhou to eat crabs. Isn't that better than staying in this broken place
That's right, he still wanted Jiang Yunzhu to become his disciple and then take her away from this place to prevent her from being wronged.
It is undeniable that for a moment, Jiang Yunzhu really wanted to leave with Mr. Wu. People would get a little bored if they stayed in one environment for a long time. Moreover, she did have a lot of food she wanted to eat and cook.
But after hesitating for a moment, she shook her head and said, "Grandpa, maybe I will go if I have the chance in the future, but not now." Now, her career has just started.
"Later, why later? How many afters are there in life? Are you worried about the money issue?" Old Master Wu said, looking around. With his medical skills, he could just treat a few people and make money.
Jiang Yunzhu quickly stopped him and said, "Grandpa, I want to have a stable business, so that no matter where I am or what happens, I don't have to worry about money.
Also, I have my family. Traveling around the world is good, but it can get tiring. At that time, I know there is a place where I can go back anytime. Isn’t that great?”
Jiang Yunzhu still wanted to run the restaurant before doing anything else. Mainly, she didn't want to be forced by the old man to study medicine.
Home, Mr. Wu was silent, he also had a home, a gentle wife, and a beautiful daughter, but his daughter fell ill with a strange disease when she was ten years old, he exhausted all his efforts but still could not save her.
Later, his wife left him, and he never returned home again. He no longer had a home.
Seeing his dejected look, Jiang Yunzhu wondered if she had said something wrong, so she quickly said, "Grandpa, if you don't mind, you can stay at my house forever. If you feel bored, go out for a walk. If you want to eat the food I cook, come back."
Mr. Wu glanced at her and asked, "Don't you dislike me as an old man?"
Jiang Yunzhu smiled. She could feel that Mr. Wu was doing this for her own good. Besides, "Maybe I'll go out and play with Mr. Wu in the future!"
Only then did Mr. Wu smile and ask Jiang Yunzhu what delicious food she wanted to make for lunch.
Jiang Yunzhu caught two fat grass carps and had an idea.
After buying vegetables, they took a mule cart home.
Xiao Qisong stood on the second floor of the largest restaurant in the county, looking down with boredom. Since arriving in Wuling County, he had only been to the mine once, but then he thought it was too remote and moved to the county town.
But in his eyes, this county town was far inferior to the capital.
He couldn't help but blame his father for bringing him to this godforsaken place.
Just then, a mule cart rolled by. He glanced at it carelessly, then paused and looked at the people on the mule cart.
I only saw a rough outline of her, who seemed to be a pretty girl, but she was stopped by a passing carriage.
Xiao Qisong moved left and right, trying to avoid the carriage and look at the people on the mule cart.
At this moment, the carriage curtain was lifted, revealing a stunningly beautiful woman.
Xiao Qisong just stood there in a daze.
The horse-drawn carriage and the mule-drawn carriage staggered each other. The mule-drawn carriage turned into the street on the side, and the horse-drawn carriage also sped up.
"Hurry, hurry, that carriage." Xiao Qisong pointed at the carriage and shouted. The servants around him were used to doing this kind of thing, and they immediately went downstairs to chase the carriage.
On another street, Jiang Yunzhu frowned. She seemed to have seen the carriage somewhere before.
Unable to remember for a moment, she could only sit in the car and continue on her way.
At this time, more people came from the other end of the street, Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng. They had found Wei Kangping's body, and the case of Jiang Yunzhu could be completely closed.
But who killed Wei Kangping
Qilin Guards have collected all the cases that occurred in Wuling County in the past half month in the past two days. Now, they are going to interrogate Li Quan.
Just then, they saw Xiao Qisong walking into the restaurant over there.
"Why did he come to Wuling County?" Yang Sheng knew Xiao Qisong. He was one of the few people who escaped from the Qilin Guard's Zhenfu Division. After all, his father, the King of Huainan, was the emperor's uncle, and he had served as a loyal follower of the emperor. The emperor ordered him to be released, and the Qilin Guard had no choice.
"The King of Huainan was reluctant to let him go to the battlefield, so he could only let him come to the mine to earn military merit." Shen Fengming said as he glanced at Xiao Qisong's back.
"Humph, the King of Huainan only has this one precious treasure, so of course we have to protect him carefully." Yang Sheng said.
Neither of them paid much attention to Xiao Qisong. After all, he had only been in Wuling County for a few days.
Here, Jiang Yunzhu returned home and saw Xue Jing, but she remembered who was in the carriage. It was the beautiful woman who helped Ruan and told her not to meddle in other people's business.
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Later, someone asked Jiang Lin what the secret of success was.
Jiang Lin's face was gloomy: Maybe, there is a sister who is smarter and more hardworking than you!