Shen Qi only realized how isolated she was after her stepmother forced her to do chores, because she didn't even have anyone to rely on except her father.

Her mother did not have a mother's family, because her mother was an orphan girl who had been separated from her relatives under the onslaught of bandits. Separated from her relatives, her mother was twelve years old at that time, and her grandmother happened to pick up her mother by the door, so she made her mother their Shen family's child daughter-in-law.

As for her father's side, her grandfather died early, so the Shen family left only her father as a boy.

Shen Qi also thought about resisting, but after leaving this home, how could she survive as a powerless little girl?

How ridiculous, in the face of such conditions, she had no choice but to agree.

Her stepmother quickly managed to get her into the kitchen of the county school, but there are always many differences between boys and girls, but after only two months in the kitchen, she was recognized by the kitchen lady.

After the kitchen lady knew her identity, she immediately quarreled with her stepmother, after all, an innocent girl, how could she stay in the county school, which is almost a place for men, to stay and do chores?

She had thought that her nightmare would end like this, after all, the kitchen lady had been scolding her stepmother since she found out her identity. She felt that a proud person like her stepmother would definitely not be able to stand the abuse of the kitchen lady and tear her face with the kitchen lady.

But the result is always so surprising, after her stepmother didn't know what to do, the kitchen lady stopped worrying about it, and let her continue to work in the kitchen.

In fact, the kitchen lady can be regarded as a good person. Because she knew that she was a girl, the kitchen lady usually took good care of her, and sent her some easy work to do.

Most of the scholars are reluctant to meet a lowly person like her, and in fact, there are still very few arrogant sons in the county school, so she has been a handyman in the county school kitchen for more than a year.

Shen Qi has been in the county school for so long and has seen a lot of talented people, but the one who impressed her the most was Xie Yanqing, who was admitted to the county school at the age of twelve.

One reason is that he is really too young, she has lived in a scholarly family since she was a child, and she has heard of how difficult it is to test a show. She once heard her mother say that her father was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 28 after taking the exam three times, and later took two township exams, but failed to pass, so she became a private school gentleman with peace of mind. I don't know how many old scholars with gray temples are still a child, so it's really rare to be admitted to Xiucai at such a young age.

As for the second reason, I didn't expect this Xie Xiucai to come to the kitchen to fetch hot water in person and chat with him while walking.

Because the meals in the county school are eaten in the cafeteria, some people will use wooden barrels to transport the meals to the cafeteria, so there is usually nothing to go to the kitchen except for hot water.

Her mother once told her that many scholars regarded the kitchen as a woman's territory and were completely reluctant to set foot in it. She has been in the county school for so long, and she found that this is indeed the case, except for that Xie Xiucai, there are really no other Xiucai Gong who have come to the kitchen.

That day, when she returned, she found that her room was passive again, and the relics left by her mother were finally found by her stepmother. She angrily went to confront her stepmother, but her stepmother didn't admit it when she was killed.

She was really angry, so she rushed into Wang's room to find out something, but where could her perennially malnourished body fight Wang? So in the end, she was slapped hard, and her body was also blue and purple.

She sat under the vines for an afternoon, tears streaming uncontrollably. She didn't dare to think about her future at that time, with such a stepmother, her father didn't care about her, her future ......

When she was discovered by Xie Yanqing, she was ashamed. Because she didn't want to be looked down upon by the Wang family, even though she was wronged, she stubbornly held back her tears and didn't cry, and she couldn't remember how long she hadn't cried out loud. This time she was crying, and she was actually discovered, can she not be shy?

But through this time, she once again felt Xie Yanqing's goodness. This is why Xie Xiaoxiu actually comforted her, and she didn't dislike her for sitting with her for so long.

After the relationship slowly calmed down, she stared at the immature cheeks of that Xie Xiaoxiu, and couldn't help but have an idea in her heart. She wanted a little joy in her life, she didn't want to live in the dark all the time, she wanted a place to rest her tired mind.

"Gongzi Xie, I want to be literate, can you teach me." Shen Qi finally spoke apprehensively.

Her mother had said that literate women would be more respected than ordinary women, and in her situation, her future could only rely on herself.