The primary school curriculum is generally very relaxed, especially in the afternoon, when there are usually only two classes and school ends early, which is to give the children enough time to play, and at the same time to make the school teachers much more relaxed, and have enough time to rest and prepare for schoolwork every day.

However, Li Zhi has been going out every day these days, in order to naturally complete the enrollment quota allocated by the school, in fact, not only him, but also six or seven teachers in the school are also in sympathy with him, after all, not everyone has a daughter like Principal Hu and Gu Jie, and even if they have daughters, not everyone is willing to let their daughters come to school, so every afternoon these days, there will be teachers to the people in the town to persuade them to study, and even a few days ago, when Li Zhi went to a house, he also met a teacher from the same school, At that time, the two were a little embarrassed to see each other.

Li Zhi went out of school to the street of Sugarcane Town, speaking of which Sugarcane Town is also a spontaneously formed town, when Taiwan was first developed, here was the first batch of plantations to be developed, but these plantations also need a variety of commodities and materials, and it is too far to purchase in Keelung City, so many businessmen see business opportunities, set up a market in Sugarcane Town, and slowly form a small town, except for some merchants, most of the other residents are surrounding plantation owners.

Speaking of the plantation industry in Sugarcane Town, which is the economic foundation that supports the whole town, when the plantation was first developed, the various plantation owners lived in their own plantations, usually supervising the work of slaves and overseers, but later as the plantation got on the right track, they also accumulated a considerable amount of money in their hands, and they naturally enjoyed the money. As a result, most of the plantation owners have set up houses and properties in the town, and they usually live in the town. Occasionally, I visit the plantation.

The family that Li Zhi is going to visit today is a plantation owner who lives in the town. The other party's surname is Zhou, I heard that he moved from Yangzhou, but this one is a bit special, because the male owner of this family surnamed Zhou is not at home all the year round, and he has not even seen anyone in the town, and the reason why Gu Jie put the Zhou family on the list is mainly because the Zhou family has a total of three daughters, but no son, and it is precisely because of this. Li Zhicai felt that there was great hope, after all, there was no son, and if he wanted to inherit the family business in the future, he could only give it to his daughter, but if a woman was not capable, no matter how big the family business was, she would not be able to keep it.

The sugarcane primary school was at the east end of the town, and the Zhou family lived at the west end of the town, which forced Li Zhi to walk through the entire town, but fortunately the streets of the town were not too long. There is no need to call a carriage, Li Zhi is also very leisurely while enjoying the scenery of the town while walking.

Sugarcane Town is a rectangular town and is very well planned. There are a variety of shops on both sides of the street, but the most common one is a shop that collects and makes sugar, and there are also many blacksmith shops and ready-to-wear shops. From time to time, some convoys will be seen entering the town. These convoys are usually from the plantations, and the trucks are loaded with crude cane sugar. Then find a familiar shop and sell it, although the price is lower than in big cities such as Keelung. But it saves a lot of travel costs and the trouble of transportation.

Li Zhi walked through the bustling crowd, and soon came to the west of the town, the Zhou family's house is very eye-catching, because in this residence, the Zhou family's house is the largest, and the construction is also very magnificent, there are two jade lions in front of the town, and there is a red oil wood plaque hanging on the main entrance, with two big characters of "Zhou Mansion" written on it.

Seeing that the Zhou Mansion is so magnificent, Li Zhi seems to have been poured cold water, Gu Jie gave him the information, there is no indication that this Zhou Mansion is so magnificent, generally this kind of people will definitely not be short of money, and they will invite Mr. to teach in their own house, especially for girls, it is even more inconvenient to show their heads, so it is more likely to invite Mr. to teach in the house, it seems that this time he is happy again.

However, although Li Zhi was disappointed, he did not give up easily, he still walked to the door of the mansion, and then grabbed the brass knocker on the door and knocked a few times, but soon heard footsteps inside, and then only heard a sound in the door, a thirteen or fourteen little guy opened the door, and then looked at Li Zhi with some surprise and said, "What is the matter with the son?" ”

"Little brother is polite, I, Yang Jiu, am the teacher of the primary school in the town, and I have something important to ask to see the master of the Zhou Mansion today!" Li Zhi said politely, and the smile on his face was also very kind.

However, the little guy was stunned after hearing this, looked Li Zhi up and down a few times, and then said: "It turned out to be Mr. Yang, but you want to see my master, but you knew the master before?" ”

Li Zhi was greatly embarrassed when he heard this, and it was extremely rude for him to come as a stranger, but he couldn't lie, so he still said cheekily: "This...... Yang doesn't know your master, but he does have something important to meet the master of the Zhou Mansion, and he asks the little brother to give him a word! ”

However, when the little girl heard that Li Zhi didn't know his master at all, his face immediately changed and said: "Mr. Yang, my master is not at home, and there are only female dependents in the house, so it is really inconvenient to see foreign guests, please go back!" ”

After the other party finished speaking, he didn't wait for Li Zhi to say anything, and directly closed the door with a 'bang', so that Li Zhi had a closed door. Li Zhi wanted to knock on the door again, but he put it down again when he raised his hand, and it was too difficult to convince such a big family, so it made no difference whether he saw it or not.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi sighed, turned around and went down the steps, and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a small carriage with exquisite workmanship coming in front of him. Originally, Li Zhi didn't care, but just as he staggered past the carriage, he suddenly heard a woman's voice in the carriage shouting, "Mr. Yang! ”

Li Zhi felt that this voice was very familiar, and turned his head to look at it, only to see a beautiful face poking out of the car window, which turned out to be Hu Yuyi, who had hit himself with a nosebleed at noon today.

"Hey, where is Miss Hu?" Li Zhi said with a smile, he didn't expect to be with Hu Yuyi occasionally outside the school, it seems that the two are really fateful.

At this time, Hu Yuyi had already asked the coachman to stop the car, and then got out of the carriage with the support of a local maid, walked to Li Zhi lightly and said: "I have seen Mr. Yang, I came to see my little aunt, I didn't expect to meet Mr. Yang so coincidentally, looking at Mr. Yang's appearance, didn't he come to persuade others to let women go to school?" ”

Hu Yuyi was forced to school by his father, and she also knew a lot about the school during this time, so she guessed it when she saw Li Zhi's appearance, and Li Zhi didn't think it was strange, but showed a wry smile: "Miss Hu guessed well, I did come here for this matter, but I couldn't even enter the door!" ”

After hearing this, Hu Yuyi looked at the Zhou Mansion behind him, and asked with a quiet smile, "Mr. Yang wants to go to the Zhou Mansion?" ”

"Exactly!" Li Zhi replied.

At this time, Hu Yuyi's delicate face immediately showed a strange smile and said: "Then it's no wonder that he was kicked out by the people in the house, but you just come in with me, maybe I can help you persuade you!" ”

"Miss Hu knows someone from the Zhou Mansion?" Li Zhi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and asked a little strangely. But he regretted it as soon as he said this, just now people clearly said that they came to see the little aunt, it seems that the other party's little aunt should be someone in the Zhou Mansion.

"Giggles, let's go in first!" Hu Yuyi laughed out loud, she didn't expect Mr. Yang, who looked smart, to ask such a stupid question, but then she felt a little shy, and a hint of pink appeared on her face.

Li Zhi followed this Miss Hu, who liked to blush, to the door of the Zhou Mansion again, although he knew that there was little hope, but as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would not give up. And when Miss Hu called the door open, it was the little guy who came out to open the door, but as soon as he saw Miss Hu, he immediately bowed down and said, "Hello Miss Cousin, Madame is already waiting for you in the hall." ”

Hu Yuyi nodded after hearing this, and then entered the mansion with Li Zhi, although the little guy was strange, he didn't dare to ask more. And taking advantage of the time when he walked to the hall, Li Zhi also learned some information about the Zhou Mansion from Hu Yuyi.

It turned out that the male owner of the Zhou Mansion in Sugarcane Town was indeed away from home all the year round, and Hu Yuyi's little aunt was the hostess of the Zhou family, and she was not too old, only in her thirties, and she was accompanied by three daughters, so it was naturally inconvenient to see outsiders.

"Miss Hu, with your understanding of the hostess of the Zhou Mansion, do you think I have any hope of persuading the other party to let your cousin go to school this time?" Before entering the hall, Li Zhi asked with some uneasiness.

Hu Yuyi lowered her head and thought for a while after hearing this, and then said: "My mother is also from a scholarly family, and my little aunt has been studying with my grandfather since she was a child, and she is a good family, and even my uncle listens to her, so as long as I convince my aunt, I don't have to worry about the rest, but my aunt is very assertive, I don't know what her opinion is on this matter, so I don't know if my aunt will agree." ”

As soon as Li Zhi heard that the other party was a very assertive woman, the image of his mother, Empress Changsun, immediately appeared in his mind, and as a result, his heart was even more bottomless, because with his understanding of this kind of assertive woman, as long as it was something that the other party believed, it would be difficult to change under the influence of outsiders. If the other party really doesn't want his daughter to go to school, then it's useless to say anything to himself.

Hu Yuyi saw Li Zhi's disappointed expression on his face, and immediately comforted: "But don't worry, Mr. Yang, my little aunt is still very open-minded about some things, and she usually likes to read newspapers, and even published articles in newspapers, in addition, I will help you persuade her, maybe I can really impress her!" ”

Li Zhi had to nod helplessly after hearing this, it seemed that it could only be so, but he had no hope in his heart for this trip. (To be continued......)