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Chapter 273 Rumors are spreading...

When Zhou Nian returned to his small courtyard, he found that the third young master Li You was sitting at the desk waiting for him. When he saw him entering the door, he raised his head and looked over: "How? It's done?" There was a bit of urgency and concern in his voice.

Zhou Nian couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, feeling that he had wronged this friend in the past, but in fact, like Chun Ying, he cared for him sincerely, so he smiled and said, "It's done, I'll change to another place to work in the future, Dong Mansion The old lady even specially invited me to meet her."

While speaking, the person who gave the reward arrived. When the visitor saw the third young master present, he didn't dare to make a fuss. He politely put down the clothes, medicinal materials, money, etc. one by one, reported the number, praised Zhou and said a few words, and even He left quickly without asking for any reward.

Li You casually rummaged through the clothes, curled his lips: "It's okay, my second aunt has always been very considerate in handling things, and the people below dare not skimp." He paused, pretending to be casual: "You Since I went to kowtow to my uncle and grandma, did I meet 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 job, thanks to her kind words, otherwise Auntie Ling would have refused directly." Speaking of Here, he felt a little dejected: "I'm afraid she didn't know about that incident back then. I failed to save her, but she did me a big favor...I really feel sorry for her."

As soon as Li You heard his words, he felt uncomfortable: "It's been so long, why mention it?! Besides, Chunying didn't suffer much. Didn't you go to her house to report the letter? If it wasn't yours Reporting the letter, she might not know what will happen! You have already saved her, so don’t worry about anything else!” As soon as he mentioned Chunying’s beating, he thought of the one named Hu Wangshan. Ying wanted to bring the two together, but Chunying didn't know how to flatter her, and Hu Wangshan didn't know what to do, so she ignored his kindness and left everything to go abroad!Chunying still sneered at herself afterwards, and she didn't know if she was angry because of this, but shouldn't he be the one who should be angry the most? !After spending so much time, it all came to nothing, even people lost!
He complained a few words in his heart, and said in a muffled voice: "That girl Chunying, the last time I met her at her aunt's place, I knew she had become a first-class girl. The villain has achieved success, yet he dares to give me shame! I didn't expect that she treated you well, and she still remembers to say good things for you..."

Zhou Nian was startled when he heard the words, and seeing the angry expression on Li You's face, he guessed that Chunying might have annoyed him, so he advised: "She was beaten that time, and she was wronged. Go up to the village. She has been your girl since she was a child, and she has done so many things for you. After being wronged like this, she will inevitably be unhappy. Do you want to show your face? Why don't you see that you are tired of her?"

Li You knew that he was talking about Rouge, so she couldn't help but blushed, and turned her face away: "What's the same?! My girl is now submissive! But Chunying... She, she is obviously mine, but she ran to be her." My uncle's girl, I wanted to question her, but she blocked me with words! She even instigated my younger brother to teach me a lesson! How can I bear it?! I had arranged a good future for her with good intentions, but she actually said that she had already It's a kiss, so don't worry about it, listen, does she take me seriously?!"

Zhou Nian was stunned, and suddenly felt a little complicated: "Is she engaged?" After a pause, he continued: "Since you have already engaged, it is not appropriate for you to arrange future things for her. I Don't you know your temperament? You must be annoyed when you see that she refuses to follow your wishes, and you don't want to see what you say. "

Li You curled her lips: "It was her fault! She is my girl, even her parents can't override me to make decisions for her!"

Zhou Nian twitched the corners of his mouth: "She was originally your girl, but didn't she go to serve your cousin? Now she is from Dongfu... You told me before that when I go to Dongfu, People from the Liang family don't dare to be rude to me anymore, so why do you want to make decisions for her when Chunying went to the East Mansion?"

Li You stifled, and gradually became angry, with a straight face: "I have been friends with you for so many years, just because that girl said a few good things for you, and you block me like this?! No matter how great her kindness is,... "Suddenly realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly stopped talking.

Zhou Nian smiled helplessly, feeling sad in his heart, pretending not to hear: "Why are you angry about these trivial things? Chunying is now like a big girl under the hands of your old lady, and the future of your family's marriage is not up to you You are in charge, let alone your uncle's family? It was only when she was angry for a while that she became awkward. You have always been lenient to the people below, why are you just making things difficult for her? She is young and has been wronged, so she is tolerant That's it. If she is really a villain and doesn't miss old love, how can she speak good words for me?"

Li You said something wrong just now, and he was regretting it, but now hearing what he said, his resentment towards Chun Ying was eased a bit: "Since that's the case, when I see her in the future, I won't scold her anymore..." Slowing down his expression, he said to Zhou Nian: "It's good if you go to Dongfu, it's not like our house, everything is well-regulated, the population is simple, there is nothing messy. Besides, since my second aunt came up with this school His idea will naturally be done properly, and it will never be laughed at. You can teach for a few days at ease. I don’t think my father’s plan will come true, so you don’t have to worry. After a while, I think Ways to get people to spread the story of this school, and add some good words to educate the world, and there will always be some censors or academic officials who are stupid in reading and reading. When the time comes, as long as they come to investigate , I will naturally know your benefits. Once you tell ten, ten tell a hundred, when your talent is well known in the capital, our family will come forward to appeal, what else can we do? Isn't this more reliable than a Liu Xueshi too much?!"

Zhou Nian smiled faintly, just listened to it, and didn't take these words too seriously.In the past, he had hoped too much, but unfortunately every time he was only disappointed...

Soon the slave school in Dongfu will start classes.They said it was a school, but in fact they just cleaned up Zhou Nian's small yard and repaired the east wing to use it as a classroom.Simple tables and chairs were nailed up with wooden boards for students to use.In addition, at Chunying's suggestion, he made a dozen or so square shallow wooden trays out of scraps of wood, filled them with fine sand, and added branches as pens, which saved the cost of the study.The children of families living in the backstreet belonging to the two prefectures of the East and the West are free to attend classes, but they have to take care of their own board and lodging. The sons of servants in other clans' families have to pay an additional Zhou Nian.The school only has two hours of classes every day, and they learn hundreds of commonly used words, as well as simple arithmetic, as well as the etiquette of being a servant, the way of replying, simple skills, etc., are all practical courses suggested by Chunying The second wife added family rules and family rules, as well as ideological and political lessons about being loyal to the master. Of course, these lessons were taught by the veteran retired stewards of the mansion.There is no time limit for the course, as long as the students are sent on errands, they will be suspended, but the children who perform well in the school can be reused more than others.

Who wouldn't want to have a better future?Originally, this school only recruited family-born children 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 14 who were not working as errands. The servants who were 30 years old crowded the door to listen on the pretext of looking at their own or relatives' children.Zhou Nian responded with a smile, never rushing people, and was just as patient with these adult students, and did not ignore the primary school students.Learned people are always respected. As time went by, Zhou Nian was walking in the back streets, and he could hear people addressing him as "Mr. Zhou" from time to time. When the students had good wine and food at home, they would also invite He enjoys it together.While feeling emotional, his mood became calmer day by day, and he felt that such days were much more fulfilling than exhausting his energy in fighting for the court and China in the Marquis Mansion.

The Servant Academy in the East Mansion was getting more and more praise, and the Zhuo family, who was the advocate on the bright side, also gained a good reputation.Although some people in the clan speak harsh words, and the serious masters of the Yandao clan have not yet guaranteed that all of them can read the book. As a result, the servants are now taking the lead, but because the Zhuo family carefully arranged the course content, people who know the truth Didn't take this kind of words to heart.It didn't take long for good news about this school to spread outside. The second young master's friends outside once asked him if the school was built by his family.

Zhuo's got a good reputation in this matter, and he felt that his face was bright, and he valued Chunying who made suggestions even more, and often praised them in front of the second old lady.Chunying was afraid that the second old lady would become suspicious, so she hurriedly pushed all the credit to the two noble ladies, and said: "This slave girl just mentioned this idea on a whim, and how to implement it is all done by my wife." Lord, how dare the servants take credit? What's more, the servants have this idea because they are often taught by the old lady. The old lady is merciful and compassionate. The little girls in the courtyard have always loved and cared for them. Even the servants can't bear to see them. It's the old lady who taught the servants a lesson. Those little girls left their parents at a young age and came to the mansion to work as errands. They are young and ignorant. If they did something wrong, just teach them slowly. Who They all grew up from melon eggs who didn’t know anything, and gradually became old fritters, why bother with these children? The slaves always listen to the old lady’s admonitions, so they come up with such an idea, and dare not say what credit they have!”

The second old lady laughed as she listened, and glared at her: "I dare not say that I can manage people. Look at your mouth slipping like this now! Your wife may be laughing at me in your heart!" The second wife said cheerfully: "Daughter-in-law How dare you laugh at your mother? Although she is a little slick, she is telling the truth. My mother is the pillar of our family. Don't talk about the girls at the bottom, just talk about Dungeer and Yajun. If there is no mother to teach, today What can it look like?!"

The second old lady knew that they were working together to flatter her, but she was still very happy in her heart, but she couldn't help being modest: "You are a person who can teach children, so don't be too modest." Another thing came to mind: "Brother Dun is not too old. When I was young, I became a teacher again, and I went out early and late to go to class every day, so it was inevitable to make some friends. He lived with me, and it was in the inner courtyard, and his sister was there, so it was very inconvenient. He tidied up a yard and let him move in before the Dragon Boat Festival. Apart from the few people who were serving in his house, some proper people will be assigned to go there."

Mrs. Zhuo had this idea long ago, but she was only concerned about her mother-in-law's thoughts, so she didn't dare to bring it up. Now she heard the words and quickly agreed: "My daughter-in-law originally thought the same way, and she planned to bring it up when Brother Dun said about her marriage. I asked someone to tidy up the courtyard on the east side. It has a large space and enough rooms. It is close to the old lady's place, and it is very convenient to go to the study outside. Moreover, there are a few old trees in the courtyard, so it won't be too hot to live in in summer. How does the old lady feel?"

The second old lady felt quite satisfied, and Chunying listened beside her, so naturally she couldn't help but praise her a little, and then she patted the second wife's flattery, and when she heard that the fourth young master wanted to kiss her, she laughed and said: "Mr. My wife always said that the fourth young master is still a child, but I didn't expect that it was already the age to talk about kissing."

The second old lady smiled: "Isn't that right? Last night, I dreamed about his childhood. How fast the days go by..." After a pause, she turned to her daughter-in-law: "Do you have a candidate? I hear It is said that Brother You in the West Mansion is also choosing someone, right?"

The second wife hurriedly replied: "That's what my sister-in-law said. It's just that I saw that she chose dozens of families and picked left and right, so she couldn't make up her mind at all. Some of them were also favored by the daughter-in-law, but they didn't like them." It’s good to fight with his family.”

"That's all, this kind of thing is not what she thinks, people will pick and choose." The second old lady waved her hands disapprovingly, "It's just that I vaguely heard people say...that girl from the Fan family is right with Brother You Eyes?" Turning to look at Chunying again, "Didn't you say that the Fan family is planning to marry the palace?"

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

(End of this chapter)