When Zhou Nian returned to his small courtyard. found that the third young master Li You was sitting at the desk waiting for him, and when he saw himself entering the door, he looked up: "How is it?" Is it done? There was a bit of eagerness and concern in his voice.

Zhou Nian couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, feeling that he had wronged this friend in the past, but in fact, he was the same as Chunying, he really cared for himself, so he smiled and said: "It's done, I will change to another place on an errand in the future, and the old lady in Dongfu specially summoned me to meet." ”

As he spoke, the person who gave the reward arrived, and when the person who came saw that the third young master was present, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he politely put down the clothes, medicinal materials, silver money and other things one by one, reported the number, and held Zhou Nian a few words, and he didn't even ask for the reward, so he left quickly.

Li You casually rummaged through the clothes and pouted: "It's okay, my second aunt has always been very thoughtful, and the people below don't dare to deduct it." After a pause, he pretended to be inadvertent: "Since you went to your uncle and grandmother to kowtow." Have you seen any acquaintances? ”

Zhou Nian smiled slightly: "Is it Chunying?" I saw it and said a few words. Speaking of which, I was able to get this errand thanks to her kind words, otherwise Aunt Ling would have refused directly. Speaking of this, he was a little gloomy: "I was afraid that she didn't know about that incident at the beginning, I couldn't save her, but she did me a great favor...... I can't stand her. ”

As soon as Li You heard his words, he felt uncomfortable: "It's been so long, what are you still mentioning it for?!" What's more, Chunying didn't suffer any losses. Didn't you go to her house to report the news? If it weren't for your report, she wouldn't know what would have happened! You've already saved her, don't worry about anything else! As soon as he talked about Chunying's beating, he remembered the one named Hu Wangshan, who originally saw that he was interested in Chunying, so he kindly wanted to promote the two of them, but he didn't expect Chunying to know how to lift, and Hu Wangshan was also a person who didn't know what to do, so he ignored his kindness and left everything to go to sea! Chun Ying sneered at herself afterwards, and I don't know if she was angry because of this, but isn't he the one who should be angry the most?! After so much effort, it all fell short, and even people were lost!

After complaining a few words in his heart, he said in a sullen voice: "Chunying's girl, the last time I met my uncle and grandmother, I knew that she was a first-class girl, and I don't know if it was because of my uncle and grandmother's favor." The villain has won his will, and he dares to give me a look! I didn't expect her to treat you well, remember to say good things for you......"

Zhou Nian was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw Li You's face angry, he guessed that Chunying might have annoyed him, so he persuaded: "She was beaten that time, and she was wronged when she said it, and you didn't make any remedies afterwards, so she was sent to the village." She has been your girl since she was a child, and she has done so many things for you, and she will inevitably be unhappy after suffering such grievances. What's there to be angry about? Didn't the girl in your house say that she had been giving you a look in the past? Why don't you see that you're tired of her? ”

Li You knew that he was talking about rouge, so he couldn't help blushing and turned his face away: "How is that?!" My girl is submissive now! Ke Chunying...... She, she is obviously my person, but she ran to be my aunt's girl, I want to question her, she actually blocked me with words! I also instigated my brother to teach me a lesson! How can I bear it?! I had kindly arranged a good future for her, but she actually said that she had already made a marriage, so I didn't have to bother. Listen, did she take me seriously?! ”

Zhou Nian was stunned, and suddenly felt a little complicated: "Is she married?" After a pause, he continued: "Since you have already made a marriage, you can arrange things for her in the future...... It's not suitable. I don't know your character? You must see that she refuses to follow your wishes, and you will be annoyed, and you will not be seen in and out of your words. ”

Li You pouted: "It was originally her fault!" She is my girl, even her parents, they can't go past me to call the shots for her! ”

Zhou Nian tugged at the corners of her mouth: "She was your girl, but didn't she serve your cousin later?" Now he has become a person from Dongfu...... You also told me before that when I went to Dongfu, the people of the Liang family would not dare to be rude to me anymore, so why did Chunying go to Dongfu and you still have to make decisions for her? ”

Li You was stunned, and gradually became a little angry, with a straight face: "I have been friends with you for so many years, just because that girl said a few good words for you, and you blocked me like this?!" No matter how great her kindness is, she ......" suddenly realized that she had lost her words and was busy with her mouth.

Zhou Nian smiled helplessly, feeling sad in his heart, and only pretended not to hear it on his face: "Why are you angry about these little things?" Chunying is now like the big girl under the hands of the old lady of your family, the people of your family, the future of marriage is not up to you, let alone your uncle's family? It was only when she was angry that she made an awkward fuss. You've always been lenient to the people below, why just can't you get along with her? She is young and has been wronged, and she is tolerant of one or two. If she really is a villain. If you don't miss the old love, how can you help me say good things? ”

Li You just said the wrong thing, and he regretted it, but now that he said this, he also reduced his anger towards Chunying a little: "That is it, when I see her in the future, I will no longer scold her for being a ......" and said to Zhou Nian with a slow look: "It's okay if you go to Dongfu, it's not like our family over there, everything has rules, the population is simple, and there is nothing messy." Besides, since my second aunt has come up with the idea of this school, she will naturally do it properly, and she will never make people laugh. You can teach for a few days with peace of mind, my father's plan, I don't think it may be possible, and you don't have to worry. After a while, I want to ask someone to spread the news of this school, add some good words to educate the world, there are good things like teaching no class, there are always people who read books and read stupid imperial history or scholars will be concerned, and when the time comes, as long as they come to visit, they will naturally know your benefits. One pass ten. Ten to hundred, when your talent is known in Beijing, our family will come forward to appeal again, what else can't be done? Isn't this much more reliable than a Bachelor Liu?! ”

Zhou Nian smiled faintly, just listened to it, and didn't take these words too seriously. He had had too many hopes in the past, but every time he was disappointed......

Soon the Servant School in Dongfu was opened. said that it was a school, but in fact, it was just a small yard of Zhou Nian that was cleaned and cleaned up, and the east wing was repaired and used as a classroom. Simple tables and chairs were nailed to wooden planks for the students to use. In addition, at the suggestion of Chunying. I made a dozen square shallow wooden plates from scraps of wood, filled them with fine sand, and added branches as pens, which saved the cost of studying. The children of the families who live in the backstreets and belong to the eastern and western prefectures come to the class free of charge, but they take care of their own food and lodging, and the children of slaves in other clansmen's families have to pay Zhou Nian a separate bundle of repairs. The school only has classes for two hours a day, learning hundreds of common words, as well as simple arithmetic, as well as the etiquette of being a slave, the way of replying, simple skills, etc., are all practical courses suggested by Chunying, and the second wife has added family rules and family rules, as well as ideological and political lessons loyal to the master, of course, these courses are taught by the retired steward of the old qualification of the house. There is no time limit to the duration of the course, and as long as the student is assigned an errand, it is discontinued, but the child who performs well in the school can be used more than others.

Who wouldn't want a better future? Originally, this school only admitted children born to families over the age of four and under the age of eight, as well as boys over the age of eight and under the age of fourteen who did not work as errands, but I did not expect that a few days after the school started, there were servants in their twenties and thirties or even in their forties who came to the door under the pretext of watching the children of their own families or relatives. Zhou Nian smiled and said yes, never rushed people, and was as patient as these adult students, and did not ignore the elementary school students. Learned people are always respected, as time goes by, Zhou Nian walks in the back streets, and from time to time he can hear others call him "Mr. Zhou", and students will invite him to enjoy good wine and food at home. In addition to sighing, his mood became calmer day by day, but he felt that such a day was much more fulfilling than exhausting his energy in the Hou Mansion for the struggle between the DPRK and China.

The Servant School in Dongfu has become more and more praised, and the advocacy of Zhuo Shi has also gained a good reputation. Although some people in the clan said sour words, and the serious masters in the clan had not yet guaranteed that all of them would be able to read, as a result, the slaves were now taken precedence, but because the Zhuo clan carefully arranged the course content. Therefore, no one who knows the truth takes this kind of thing to heart. It didn't take long for good words about this school to spread outside, and the friends that the second young master made outside had asked him if this school was built by his family.

Zhuo Shi got a good reputation in this matter, and he felt that his face was bright, and he attached more importance to Chunying who made suggestions, and often praised him in front of the second old lady. Chunying was afraid that the second old lady would be suspicious, so she hurriedly pushed all these credits to the two noble ladies, and only said: "The slave and maid only said this idea on a whim, how to implement it, it is the master of the wife's work, how dare the slave and maid take credit?" What's more, the slave maid has this idea, also because she is often taught by the old lady. The old lady is merciful, the little girls in the courtyard have always been cared for, and even the slaves and maids can't help but eat when they see them, or the old lady taught the slaves and maids, those little girls are all young and left their parents at a young age, and came to the house on an errand, they are young and ignorant, what they have done wrong, and they will teach it slowly. The slave maid always listens to the old lady's admonitions, so she has such an idea, but she doesn't dare to say that she has any credit! ”

The second old lady laughed while listening, and glared at her: "I don't dare to say that I can regulate people, look at your mouth like this now!" Your wife may be laughing at me in her heart! The second wife said happily: "How dare the daughter-in-law laugh at her mother? Although her mouth is a little smoother, what she said is the truth, her mother is the pillar of our family, not to mention the girls below, just say that the two children Dun Geer and Yajun, if there is no mother to teach, what can they be like now?! ”

The second old lady knew that they were flattering themselves in partnership, but she was still very happy in her heart, but she couldn't help but be modest: "You are a person who can teach children, you don't have to be too humble." Then he remembered another thing: "Brother Dun is not young, and he has visited the teacher again, and he goes to class early and late every day, and he inevitably has to make a few friends." He lives here with me, and it is the inner courtyard, and his sister is there, so it is very inconvenient, so I simply cleaned up a yard for him in front of him, and let him move in before the Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to the few who had been waiting in his house, some more men were appointed. ”

Zhuo's had already had this intention, but he was worried about his mother-in-law's thoughts, so he didn't dare to bring it up, and at this moment he hurriedly agreed: "The daughter-in-law originally thought the same, and planned to bring it up when Brother Dun said goodbye, so he had already asked someone to clean up the courtyard in the east, where the place is big, there are enough houses, close to the old lady, and it is also very convenient to go to the outer study, and there are a few old trees in the courtyard, and it will not be too hot to live in summer." What does the old lady think? ”

The second old lady felt quite satisfied, Chunying listened to it next to her, and naturally she couldn't help but praise a few words, patted the second lady's ass a little, and because she heard her mention that the fourth young master wanted to say kiss, she smiled and said: "The old lady always says that the fourth young master is still a child, but I didn't expect it to be the age to say kiss." ”

The second old lady smiled: "Isn't it?" Last night, I dreamed about him when he was a child, and this day passed so fast......" paused, and turned to his daughter-in-law: "Do you have a candidate?" I heard that Brother Yu in Xifu is also choosing someone, right? ”

The second wife hurriedly replied: "That's what my sister-in-law said, but I see that she has chosen dozens of families, and she can't make up her mind at all." There are a few families in it that are also favored by the daughter-in-law, but it is not easy to compete with his family. ”

"That's right, this kind of thing is not what she wants, and people will pick and choose." The second old lady waved her hand disappreciatively, "It's just that I vaguely heard people say...... Did the daughter of the Fan family look at Brother You'er? He turned his head to look at Chunying again, "Didn't you say that day that the Fan family was planning to marry the palace?" ”

Chunying was stunned, when did Miss Fan have an affair with the third young master? She couldn't help but look at the second wife, Zhuo, who was also stunned for a while.