After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 882 The Younger Sister's Dowry [3]

However, today's experience has taught them a lot, showing them what it means to be a tiger fallen into a pit...

Even if they are fierce tigers, and their literary talent is outstanding among their peers, once they go to the countryside or change fields, they become a bunch of useless people.

The fact that their field of expertise did not align with their own talents gave them much to think about.

They also decided to write several policy essays on this topic.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Jia." Zhou Rong cleverly thanked Jia Xiang, showing that he was truly working hard to win over the students.

Seeing this, the other students also thanked Jia Xiang.

Jia Xiang was flattered and quickly stood up to return the greeting: "You are too kind, fellow students. I only know how to build a simple stove and cook. I am still lacking in knowledge. Please give me your guidance."

Si Pei readily replied, "Don't worry, as long as you come to ask us for advice, we will definitely answer your questions."

Kang Rong thought to himself... "Your bad luck proves your own inadequacy. You're already inadequate, yet you still want to teach Jia Xiang? How can you possibly teach him properly?!"

"..." Kang Lang was speechless and wanted to remind this fellow clansman that next time you're internally mocking someone, you should control your facial expression.

Your facial features are practically putting on a whole show.

After everyone finished eating, Ying Zilin said, "Fellow students, get some rest early. Tomorrow morning, Master Xun will probably wake us up very early."

The students were taken aback by these words and nodded in agreement: "Brother Ying is absolutely right. Given our master's temper, he certainly won't let us have an easy time."

"Ahem," Ying Zilin coughed twice, "Fellow students, we shouldn't criticize our elders."

Kang Yong: “…”

Your worries are unnecessary.

Our grandmaster would love to sit down and criticize him with us!
To avoid being bothered by Master Xun and Master Qiong early in the morning, the students quickly finished eating, washed up, and went back to their rooms to sleep.

Tragically, they had such an exciting day that they couldn't sleep.

I finally fell asleep in the middle of the night, but was woken up by a gong before dawn.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Inside the restaurant, soldiers banged gongs and shouted, "By order of Master Xun, all students, please rise and wash. At half past dawn, be on time to depart with Master Xun; there is a new task to be done!"

A new job?!

The students jolted awake, getting up despite their heavy drowsiness, and lined up to wash themselves by the well... Because servants were not allowed to come in to serve them, and they were in a hurry, they squatted around the well to wash themselves.

Soldiers: “…”

In just one day, the young masters and noblemen had turned into rough country bumpkins.

Hey, hey, hey, don't fight over it! If someone falls into the well, we'll have to come and rescue them!

Spit the water you use to rinse your mouth into your own basin, don't spray it into the well, that water is still needed for eating, drinking and cooking!

The soldiers were speechless, but Xun and Qiong laughed heartily.

"These kids are pretty good; they can adapt to the environment quickly."

But, hehe.

Old Xun grinned mischievously.

Upon seeing this, Master Qiong took a few steps back... Master, you can punish the students, but you must not lay a hand on your disciple, me!

At 3:30 a.m., the students had all gathered in the main hall of Taifeng Restaurant.

Old Xun called out to them, "Come on, I'll take you to do some big work!"

Big job?

Many students' eyes lit up, and they were quite surprised.

"I didn't expect there to be such a big job for us in the countryside? Could it be that we're to interrogate some spies secretly held by the government and military?" "Possibly. I heard that a descendant of a spy was captured in Wansong Village, and there are even spies' tunnels underground in Wansong Village, where gold was found hidden..."

"Maybe they want us to study the things they've unearthed to see if we can decipher the Eastern Desert's conspiracy."

"..." Old Xun looked at Old Qiong, his old eyes full of reproach. Look at what you've done to the children! They're too imaginative; they could be diagnosed with hysteria if it gets any worse!

Old Qiong is completely innocent. How could I have known they were so naive, completely unable to adapt to changing circumstances? I thought they were still living in the capital's Wuyuan Garden.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"Let's set off!" Commander Zhong personally escorted them to their destination.

"Oh my, it's the scholars and officials coming out!"

"They're up so early! Where are they going?" The villagers of Taifeng Town were already out doing errands, and when they saw the students, they all came over to watch.

Zhong Baihu glared at them coldly, and the villagers shrank back, not daring to approach the students, but only following them from a distance.

The students still had a strong sense of scholarly decorum; seeing the villagers following them, each of them displayed their refined and elegant scholarly demeanor as they moved around.

However, they soon lost their elegance.

Their destination was the Qin family's medicinal herb processing workshop.

Old Xun pointed to a pile of building materials and said, "This is the medicine processing workshop, which needs to be completed before the end of autumn. Medicine is the most important strategic material during wartime, so this medicine processing workshop is a crucial weapon against the enemy... Your important task recently is to help build the medicine processing workshop and build a crucial weapon against the enemy for our Great Wei Northeast!"

Old Xun is indeed a seasoned charlatan; he's quite the braggart.

The students looked at the huge piles of bricks, stones, tiles, and wood, the vast construction site, and the newly arrived craftsmen, and were bewildered.

This?
Ying Zilin braced himself and asked Master Qiong, "Master, do you really want us to do these rough jobs?"

"What is rough work? What is fine work? These are jobs you can't do?" Old Qiong asked him in return, then sighed, "The Duke said that if you want to achieve something, you can't just read books. You have to go all over the country and do the work yourself. Otherwise, it will be difficult to go from empty talk to reality. Do you understand?"

Ying Zilin was startled, feeling as if he had been enlightened once again. He bowed and said, "This disciple understands."

Ying Zilin faced the students and repeated what Mr. Qiong had said, finally saying, "Fellow students, this task is the beginning of our journey from the abstract to the concrete. No matter how hard or tiring it is, we must do it well!"

Students: "Eliminate the superficial and embrace the substantial, undaunted by hardship and toil!"

If you didn't know better, you'd think this was some kind of religious event.

When Qin Xiaomi's family heard the news, this was the scene they saw.

Qin Xiaomi's face darkened, and she told Jiang Dalang, "Call Old Man Xun over."

"Okay, I'll go call him right now. Don't be angry, Xiao Mi." Jiang Dalang went to call Old Xun.

Old Xun immediately came running over with Old Qiong: "Young master, it's rare to see you so early today."

"If you hadn't come sooner, you might have ruined my herbal medicine shop!" Qin Xiaomi wanted to slap him. She pointed towards the students and asked, "What's going on? If you don't give me a proper explanation, nobody's going to have a good day."

If you bring this group of young masters to her herbal medicine shop, will the shop still be able to work?
If someone gets hurt or dies, who will be responsible? Her family?

"The herbal medicine shop isn't a place for them to play house!" Qin Xiaomi added angrily.

"Young master, please allow me to explain." Old Master Xun hurriedly explained the situation, the plan, and the benefits.

The Duke of Yan wanted to reform these students, so the old man brought them here to do hard work for a month or so.

The advantage is that the young masters have a lot of face, and when the Changji Pharmacy sees that so many young masters have worked in the herbal medicine shop, they will have some reservations when they want to scheme against them.

Grandpa Qin, who always defended the Duke of Yan and respected Elder Xun and Elder Qiong, advised, "Xiao Mi, your reasoning is quite sound. Why don't we agree?"

Uncle Qin... Dad, even you have your moments of weakness!
"Ha," Qin Xiaomi let out a cold laugh, startling Old Xun, who thought she was about to start a killing spree.

"You must get out of here before September; if anything happens, you and the Duke of Yan will be responsible, my family will not be responsible; don't come to my house whether there's a problem or not, we won't provide meals; don't delay the construction progress of the herbal medicine shop; pay up, one tael of gold per person, if you don't pay, get out."

Uncle Qin's eyes widened in surprise, while Old Man Xun gave him a thumbs up: "When it comes to making money, the young master is still the best."

(End of this chapter)