Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 821 A World Full of Talented Students, Bitter Gourds Growing in the Home

Xia Lin's claim of having students all over the world is certainly true, isn't it?
As the creator of the Jiangnan Dao education system, he reformed the promotion mechanism and changed the pattern that it was difficult for children from poor families to succeed. Over the years, he has steadily provided the world with tens of thousands of talents, some of whom have even risen to high positions and begun to shine.

However, this same man has been tormented by his own child these past few days. He would rather lead his troops out to war right now than explain to his daughter again and again that "when borrowing in multiplication, you don't need to consider whether the number being borrowed is willing or not."

Honestly, if he is guilty, let the law punish him, let public opinion criticize him, and let the people condemn him, instead of having an eleven or twelve-year-old girl tearfully tell him every night, "Father, I really can't learn."

After these past few days of torment, Xia Lin can now fall asleep as soon as she leans back in her chair in the office.

"She was so good at medicine, how come she's completely clueless when it comes to math?"

Xia Lin paced back and forth in front of Dong Niang, saying, "I really can't take it anymore. She has a photographic memory, but she really doesn't know anything about numbers."

Dongniang could only sigh at this point: "Don't make things difficult for yourself. Every child has their own strengths. Just let her study medicine properly."

Xia Lin rubbed her temples and sighed, "To even get into medical school, you need to be in the advanced class. She's not qualified for medical school because she's in the junior class."

"I specially recruited her."

"No."

Xia Lin flatly refused: "You can recruit anyone else, but you can't recruit her."

"Why?"

“Because she is my daughter, Xia Lin’s daughter. If you recruit someone else, people will think that the child is exceptionally talented. If you specially recruit her, people will only think that Xia Daosheng is abusing his power for personal gain. I cannot have any moral failings, otherwise it will cause big trouble.”

"What should we do? You can't teach her, and she can't learn. We can't just keep going like this every day."

Xia Lin felt uneasy after hearing this, but then he suddenly sat up straight: "How about letting Immortal Sun teach her directly? With Immortal Sun's prestige, no one will say anything."

“My senior sister hasn’t taken on any students for a long time, and she’s only just starting out, so she might not be able to absorb her senior sister’s teachings.”

If it weren't for her apprentice, Dongniang wouldn't have been willing to say so much, but Xia Lin had no choice. How could he have known that his daughter was so unbalanced in her studies?

The key is that the child is just like her mother; the less she is good at something, the more she gets stuck on it and won't sleep until she figures it out.

In this respect, she even surpassed her teacher, and could even wear down the meticulous little sprout until she couldn't take it anymore and took the initiative to hand the child over to Xia Lin.

Such a big shot is now so troubled by his child's education that he wants to bang his head against the wall.

"It's hard to say, let's leave it at that." Dongniang shook her head and sighed, "I'll go talk to her."

"You should try to persuade her to stop being so stubborn. If that doesn't work, I'll have her mother donate a building to the academy so she can go straight to the advanced class."

"Isn't this cheating?"

"Anyone can donate," Xia Lin said helplessly, spreading his hands. "As long as they're willing to part with the money for this building."

After seeing Dongniang off, Xia Lin sat there scratching her head until Li Chengqian knocked on the door and came in. He didn't say anything after entering, but just knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Xia Lin.

"Uncle, I'm leaving." Li Chengqian pursed his lips and said, "My aunt sent me a decree, saying that as the heir apparent of the Shu King, I must go to Shu to succeed my father. If I don't return, Shu will fall into complete chaos." Xia Lin hummed in agreement, took out a token from the drawer, and handed it to him: "Don't forget what I told you before. You're not qualified enough, and it will be difficult for you to gain the respect of the people after you take office. So I've already paved the way for you. When you get back, find that old Taoist priest and show him the token."

"Thank you, Uncle."

"Do a good job." Xia Lin stepped forward and patted Li Chengqian on the shoulder: "I watched you grow up. When we first met, you were just a little kid, but now you're a young man who can handle things on your own. Learn from Zhuo Heng. He was about your age when he went to the Western Regions."

"We will certainly live up to everyone's expectations."

"Speak," Li Chengqian bowed to Xia Lin again, then walked out of the yamen. Xia Lin saw him off to the crossroads, watching him board the carriage for his journey. She felt a pang of reluctance, but the bird she had carefully nurtured was finally ready to soar into the sky.

His father went south, and no one knows whether he found Australia or Indonesia. In any case, he won't be seen for at least two years. Now, the land of Sichuan is going to rely on this young boy to support it.

But it doesn't matter. Chengqian is a good kid, he was born that way. In the previous version, Li Shimin raised him into a useless person, but now Xia Lin is guiding him all the way, and he will be an outstanding young man.

Looking back now, everyone else's children are outstanding, even that gorilla Tuoba Shang is now on the right track. But looking at my own child, all I can say is that I'm filled with unbearable bitterness...

Li Zhi was intelligent and excelled in his studies, but he was hopelessly infatuated with Wu Zetian's charms. Whether they had consummated their relationship is unknown, but judging from their recent displays of affection, they probably had…

A son who's in a relationship early on, plus a daughter who knows absolutely nothing about math.

Xia Lin was heartbroken. The only thing that could offer him some comfort was Zhang Jianzhi. This guy was truly a prodigy, a typical kid. A proper civil official in history, but in the recent sand table exercise at the youth military academy, he led a few young punks and utterly routed a group of generals from the Fuliang faction. He was adept at mastering the essence of deep battle tactics and night raids, and launched several brilliant counterattacks in dire situations.

People kept praising him, saying he truly lived up to his reputation as Commander Xia's disciple...

"I'm too scared to go home now."

After seeing Li Chengqian off, Xia Lin returned to the yamen and washed his face: "I suddenly realized that there wasn't a single easy person around me."

"My lord, how about I accompany you for a stroll?"

"Okay, let's go see how extravagant those nouveau riche are."

Xia Lin got up and, together with his secretary, disguised himself slightly, even sticking on a full beard and wearing a wig, so that no one could recognize him.

Once you get to the street, you'll see that Fuliang is incredibly prosperous. Its overall growth and prosperity are on full display. It's a place that embraces all cultures, and you can hear all sorts of accents here.

"It's time to standardize the language, otherwise it will be too difficult for ordinary people to communicate."

"Sir, we've been pushing for this for the past few years, but the progress has been slow. It's not too bad for the younger ones, but it's really difficult for the older ones."

"Yes, no rush, take it slow. This is a century-long plan."

As the two were chatting, they suddenly heard applause coming from a room ahead. Xia Lin turned her head and asked, "What's that for?"

"Sir, that's a new place that opened recently, called the Treasure Appraisal Hall. Those exorbitantly priced items are all sold here."

"Oh... I can have one of everything from the Daming Palace, and if the Daming Palace doesn't have it, I can have it too, right?" Xia Lin nodded: "Let's go in and take a look. I want to see what kind of faces these nouveau riche have."

(End of this chapter)