"The dim sum that the master brought me was delicious, and I didn't need to make anything else, and I couldn't eat so much by myself."

Shi Taifu many years ago a big regret, that is, there is no daughter, in the past in the Guozi prison to see Xiao Su Yao, I think she is carved jade, very likable, and the gate orphan, really preferenced.

Usually when he made a small mistake, when he saw her being punished, he would go and say hello to her husband and save her.

And then because her daughter was not around, she treated Su Miao more and more like a daughter.

Thinking of the two of them, Mrs. Shi felt a little regretful.

"Spiegel is the same age as the county lord, but now I don't know where she ran away, if she is in the house, I would like to introduce her to the county lord, or take the county lord to visit you in Yangzhou."

Shi Mingjing.

Su Yao subconsciously said: "With history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses. ”

Mrs. Shi smiled and said: "Exactly, I named her, and the meaning is from the latter sentence." Speaking of which, she's half a year older than you. ”

Su Yao had never heard Mrs. Shi talk about his daughter, and he seemed to have opened the conversation, and when he mentioned Shi Mingjing, the words were endless.

I don't know how long I chatted, but Mrs. Fu realized that she had gone off topic, pulled back from the precipice, and asked Su Yao with a smile:

"Where do you live now?"

Su Miao actually likes to listen to people's chatter, she likes this kind of atmosphere, like when she was a child, a large family gathered around to talk and laugh.

Especially when listening to the old man's chatter, it always reminds her of the warmth of her grandmother's side.

But when the master changed her head, she also replied cooperatively: "Wuzhou, I opened a academy there, and now I am the owner of the academy. ”

Shi Taifu was slightly surprised when she heard this, stroked her beard, and asked her many questions about the academy with great interest.

Su Yao patiently answered them one by one.

After hearing this, Master Taifu said thoughtfully: "Yes, yes, I just heard from the county lord that you are still preparing to set up a new academy, but now there is still a shortage of manpower?" ”

Huang Shuzhang ran twice for three days, but it was just to find someone.

Su Jiaocha didn't care about drinking it, and asked, "Is it difficult for Taifu to introduce someone to me?" ”

Shi Taifu laughed twice and said: "I have some manpower, and after I told myself to return to my hometown, I still can't be idle, and I have been teaching and educating people all my life, and I have already developed a habit. For this reason, I set up a school in my house, and from time to time I would select a few good seedlings from poor families to teach them, and some disciples who were gifted and aspired to the court would temporarily prepare for the exam in our house, but it was not a long-term solution. ”

"If you have few people, you can pick a few of them from me, and they will have a way to make a living, and slowly prepare for the exam," he stopped with his hand brushing his beard at the bottom of his beard, and sighed, "With the old man's family, he can't provide for them for a lifetime." ”

It is very difficult to send a scholar to a family without some foundation.

Su Yao opened the academy herself, so she naturally understood this truth, and in addition, she believed in the vision of the master and the master.

The disciples who can be looked down upon by him do not say how good their knowledge is, but if they want to say that they are bad, they must not be bad.

So she agreed quickly, "Then thank you Taifu." ”

When he went back, Mrs. Shi graciously retained and invited Su Yao to stay in the mansion, but Su Yao thought that a girl from Mu Ru'an lived in an inn, but she politely refused.

After making an appointment to pick someone, Su Yao returned to the inn satisfied.

Mu Ru'an is in the silk business, as well as jewelry, even if she didn't say it, Su Yao also knew that the business she came to talk about this time was not trivial.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have come with a wound.

So in the next few days, Su Yao came back from the Shitaifu Mansion, and she was not surprised that Mu Ruan was often not seen in the inn.

Fortunately, they have time at night, and they will go to the Yangzhou night market together to play and buy.

During the day, the two of them were busy with their own work, but Xiao Yingqing ran behind Mu Ruan all day long, like a loyal and conscientious guard.

Su Yao went to the master to report on time all day long.

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There is a special hall in the Shitaifu's house, called "Fuyao Hall", she didn't think about how to choose, and then she thought about how to choose, so she discussed with Shitaifu and set up a screen in the Fuyao Hall.

Hearing that she also wanted a female master, Mrs. Shi was very happy, and repaired several books in a row, inviting many people to come.

She sat in the back and watched the master and the others teach, and she looked at their speech and demeanor and then chose the right person.

After seven days in a row, Su Yao also had a rough idea of the temperament of the disciple under the master Fu Ming.

Bai Lu put away the dried paper and counted the names on it: "County Lord, you have selected twenty-seven people, and there is no shortage of manpower in the new academy now." ”

All the disciples that Master Taifu has taught over the years, and some of them have forgotten their friendships, and they all came to cheer, and Su Yao's selection can be described as dazzling.

It took two more days to find out their wishes one by one.

At the same time that the dust had settled on Su Yao's side, Mu Ruan's big business was almost discussed.

Yangzhou City is not big, but it is not small.

Half a month passed in a flash.

On the eve of the return trip, Su Yao went to the master's house again and said goodbye to him.

Mrs. Shi told her a lot, and she remembered them all.

When they came out, Mu Ruan came to pick up Su Yao, because when they came, they were in a hurry, so they took the water route, and when they went back, Mu Ruan proposed to take the land route.

"It's also a trip all the way, and there's nothing fun to have in Baba rushing back." She said.

Su Yao nodded happily.

So, their group began to rush from Yangzhou to Wuzhou slowly.

Along the way, the spring mountains are bright and the flowers are blooming, and they will rush to the inn at nightfall, and if there is no inn, they will go to spend the night.

This was a completely unfamiliar experience to Su Yao.

She saw all sorts of scenes that she had only seen in books before.

It turns out that there are really heroes in the world who carry long knives on their waists, do good deeds without leaving their names, and once fought flower thieves on a dark and windy night.

On a rainy day when the thunder roared, the peasant women who seemed to be clumsy in the daytime, who could only go down to the fields to plant rice, would put down their hoes and start a fire, stuff a sweet potato into their hands, and talk about folk legends, but they became more knowledgeable than the masters in the country's prisons.

When he was about to arrive in Wuzhou, Su Yao felt as if he had practiced in the world.

I am no longer impetuous, and I look down on many things.

But when there was only one big mountain away from Wuzhou, something went wrong on the road.

Due to the heavy rains, half of the official road connecting Wuzhou and Linzhou collapsed, and their carriage could not pass through many positions.

Xiao Yingqing came with a few guards: "The mountain road over there has also collapsed, I'm afraid I can't cross it, if I want to turn back in place, I'm afraid it will be another day's journey." ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces were a little depressed.

Su Jiao raised his hand and looked at the mountain in front of him and said, "Otherwise, the carriage will be placed here first, and we will go over this mountain first?" ”

Mu Ruan also looked over, and saw that on the mountains separated by two places, there were already several paths that had been stepped on, and people should be able to walk.

"Good idea! Walking up that hill might be faster than we were going around in a carriage. ”

Xiao Yingqing echoed: "Then let's hurry up, it will be dark later." ”

So, several people, along with the guards and maids, began to walk up the mountain.

The first two guards open the way, and the last two guards are responsible for guarding the perimeter.

Xiao Yingqing saw that Mu Ru'an was running fast, and there was a lot of mud splashed on her body, and she was really worried about the wound on her back that was torn from her shoulder to her waist, so she said that she would carry her.

Mu Ruan happened to be still in men's clothes, and he lay on his back without saying a word.

This mountain does not look high, but it does not look like this when it climbs.

At first, the mountain road was gentle, and Su Yao still kept up, but then the hill was steep, and she was a little out of breath, and when she went up a small slope, she accidentally stepped on an unstable stepping stone, fell and broke her foot.

Mu Ruan heard the voice and hurriedly jumped off Xiao Yingqing's back.

"Ah Yao, are you okay with your legs?"

The surrounding guards and Xiao Yingqing all consciously turned their backs, and then Mu Ru'an went to check on Su Yao's wounds.

Su Yao's ankles looked very swollen, and they looked like red steamed buns.

Mu Ruan frowned and said: "It's so serious, then you must not be able to walk, but we don't have a doctor yet, why don't we spend the night here first, and I will ask the guards to find a doctor from outside to bandage you, and then we will hurry?" ”

Su Yao glanced at the sky and shook his head.

"It looks like it's going to rain, we're still in the woods, and it's going to be dangerous if there is thunder for a while, so let's wait and see the doctor."

Mu Ruan was not at ease, "But how do you go like this?" ”

Su Yao comforted her that she was out of the way, and said lightly: "We are now on the top of the mountain, how can we retreat, the way down the mountain is much easier, I can bear with it." ”

She said it easily, but Mu Ruan looked at the way down the mountain and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, she said, "Xiao Yingqing, you can carry Ah Yao down." ”

Xiao Yingqing was caught off guard and was called out, and was stunned for a moment before looking at Su Yao.

Su Yao thought of all the things between him and Mu Ru'an, hesitated, and still refused, "It's good to let someone help me, I'm just looking serious, and I can walk a few steps." ”

Mu Ruan didn't believe it, Su Yao had to walk a few steps to show her, but Mu Ruan was so frightened that she hurriedly went to help her, and reluctantly compromised:

"Okay, just do as you say."

When going down the mountain, Bai Lu and another maid helped Su Yao, and Xiao Yingqing carried Mu Ru'an on his back.

There are two injuries in the team.

Su Yao was walking behind them, and suddenly saw Mu Ru'an's face as thick as the city wall turned red.

This is especially evident in the back.

She couldn't help but be surprised, and wanted to know from the bottom of her heart what Xiao Yingqing had said to her.

There was a fine and dense pain under his feet, like the numbing pain of being gnawed by ants.

The young man carried the red-faced little girl on his back and walked slowly through the mountains.

This scene made Su Yao a little stunned, and suddenly thought that Ru Anxing might also marry someone in the future.

Now the time for the two of them to depend on each other may not last long.

Su Yao gradually stopped,

Looking down from the top of the mountain, the vast world is boundless.

It's clear that I'll be home soon.