Su Qing looked Yun Shengsheng up and down, and seeing her holding the book steadily in her hands, sitting quietly on the steps, she nodded slightly.

"He is indeed a good child. It is not easy to have such composure at such a young age."

In fact, Su Qing and Old Li had been there for quite a while.

I was just standing at the corner of the alley across the street, watching the child turn the pages of the book from afar.

Several children were chasing and playing around nearby, making so much noise they almost lifted the roof off, but this child didn't even lift his head and just flipped through most of the book.

Yun Shengsheng stood up, clutching the book, bowed, and called out in a childish voice, "Master!"

Old Li smiled and pointed to the person beside him: "This is Mr. Su Qing, Mr. Su Changru. He will be teaching you to write and read from now on."

Yun Shengsheng was stunned for a moment, then her pupils suddenly dilated.

[Heavens above!! This is Su Qing, Su Changru! The undisputed greatest Confucian scholar of the Great Xuan Kingdom!]

[He's also Fifth Brother Yun Ziyan's future teacher.]

[Wait a minute, in the original story, Fifth Brother was supposed to meet Su Qing a year later, so why is she here now?!]

Yun Shengsheng's heart was in turmoil. Without saying a word, she stepped forward, grabbed the hem of Su Qing's robe, and dragged her into the shop with all her might.

"Sir...sir...let's go, let's go!"

Old Li laughed heartily, patting Su Qing on the shoulder: "Look at my little disciple, how eager she is to learn! As soon as you arrived, she grabbed you, afraid you'd run away!" He added with a hint of bitterness, as the little girl hadn't been this kind to him...

Su Qing also found the little girl interesting, and followed her lead into the shop.

Yun Huaikang and the others had already overheard Yun Shengsheng's inner thoughts inside.

Startled, they hurriedly came out to greet them.

Upon seeing the two people at the door, they dared not even breathe loudly, and respectfully welcomed them in, some serving tea and others pouring water, busy as bees.

Gan Yuwan also intentionally or unintentionally pushed Yun Ziyan forward a little, fearing that he would ruin her future.

Su Qing sat down and asked Yun Shengsheng, "How old are you? Have you ever been to school?"

Yun Shengsheng: "Three years old... no... reading books."

Su Qing nodded. It's normal for a three-year-old not to have any early education. That's why Old Li kept pestering him last night and all the way until today. Finally, he got annoyed and reluctantly agreed.

He also needed Mr. Li's help with something, so it was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

He chatted with the little baby for a few more minutes and became increasingly satisfied.

Although the child is small and cannot speak fluently, he is very clever.

Su Qing had been testing Yun Shengsheng and hadn't noticed Yun Ziyan at first.

He noticed by chance that the young man was pouring tea for him in a very proper and respectful manner, his movements neither hurried nor slow, neither humble nor arrogant, which made him take a second look.

The boy had delicate features and well-mannered manners; he seemed like a good kid.

He casually asked, "How old are you? Have you ever been to school?"

Yun Ziyan studies with his brother-in-law every day. He is diligent and has already learned some of the etiquette of a scholar.

He composed himself, performed a proper student's salute, and replied, "I just turned ten years old this year and have just begun my studies."

Starting education at ten years old is a bit late.

"Oh? What did you learn? Tell me about it."

Yun Ziyan intended to answer by reciting the poems and essays he had recently memorized, but as the words were about to come out, his eyes darted around, and he suddenly remembered the things his brother-in-law had discussed with him. So he briefly organized his thoughts and gave a concise answer.

It concerns issues such as recent river management and resettlement of displaced people in the south.

Su Qing raised an eyebrow after hearing this.

"Did you come up with this yourself, or did you hear it from someone else?"

Yun Ziyan honestly replied, "My brother-in-law is a scholar. What I just said was something I discussed with him."

Su Qing nodded, and when she looked at Yun Ziyan again, there was more satisfaction in her eyes.

He behaves with propriety, is neither arrogant nor servile, speaks with reason and evidence, and is neither proud nor impatient. He is indeed a good child.

Moreover, what he just said is all closely related to people's livelihood; it's not empty talk or theoretical speculation.

He quickly calculated in his mind:

Since we're already here, and there's no going back anytime soon, teaching one person is the same as teaching two or three.

"Would you like to learn to write and read with me, along with your sister?"

Yun Ziyan's eyes lit up, and Qing bowed respectfully: "Thank you for your teachings, sir."

After setting the start of teaching in three days, Su Qing and Teacher Li left first.

Yun Huaikang was more excited than Yun Shengsheng and Yun Ziyan. Yun Shengsheng stroked her chin, thinking.

Do I need to pay tuition?

Yun Huaikang slapped his forehead, "When the eldest son, Yun Zide, was in school, he was responsible for paying tuition to the teacher!"

Gan Yuwan also realized this and quickly pushed the cart outside, saying, "Go and find out what we need to prepare, so we don't embarrass ourselves!"

Yun Huaikang nodded, his mouth stretching from ear to ear.

Three days later, Su Qing arrived on time. Yun Huaikang's family greeted him respectfully and presented him with the prepared tuition fee.

It contained dried meat, celery, lotus seeds, red dates, red beans, longan, and fifty taels of silver wrapped in red cloth.

Su Qing smiled and had the page take the book, then began to teach Yun Shengsheng and Yun Ziyan.

He would come at dawn and leave at dusk, and even after he left, he would leave homework for the two of them to do.

Old Li also comes around the same time, sometimes he leaves early, sometimes he leaves late, it's unpredictable, but he likes to have a drink with Yun Huaikang, and he also likes to eat the braised pork intestines and pig's trotters made by Gan Yuwan.

These past few days have also been incredibly busy for Yun Huaikang's family.

Everything was ready, the oven was set up and dried, and all the ingredients were delivered through Xue Liang's connections.

After discussing it, the couple decided to open a pastry shop first.

Grandma Li has also come over these past few days and carefully taught them how to use the oven.

On the eighth day after taking over the shop, it officially opened for business.

On the opening day, Zhen Linqing delivered several strings of firecrackers, which went off and popped all over half the street. The noise was so loud that people from several neighboring alleys peeked out to watch the spectacle.

Gan Yuwan set up a long table at the entrance, filled with small plates of tasting food, so that passersby could have a free bite.

Once you try it, you can't stop.

"Hey, this is good!"

"Sweet but not cloying, give me two pounds!"

"Wrap this up, this one, and this one too!"

More and more people gathered, and the entrance was blocked like a bustling market.

The pastries that had been prepared were all snapped up before lunchtime, so Gan Yuwan quickly made another batch, but it still wasn't enough.

Yun Huaikang made a quick decision and brought his eldest daughter's family and Song Xiaolin's family to the scene for emergency response.

Yun Huaikang also sent a private message, hoping that his eldest son-in-law could take this opportunity to meet Su Daru, who might be of great use in the officialdom in the future.

Fan Sibo never dreamed that Su Changru, whom all the students in the county longed to meet, would become the teacher of his wife's younger brother and sister-in-law, and would travel a long way to his father-in-law's small shop every day to teach.

He excitedly followed his father-in-law, leading his mother, wife, and children, and the whole family headed to the county.

Upon entering the pastry shop, he indeed saw Su Qing in person and was so excited that he almost tripped: "Student Fan Sibo greets teacher."

Su Qing glanced at him.

He had often heard Yun Ziyan mention Fan Sibo, saying how intelligent and pragmatic this brother-in-law was.

He also said that he often went to the fields to check on the growth of the crops and squatted by the irrigation ditch to think about irrigation. He was a scholar who was willing to get his hands dirty.

Now that she had met him in person, Su Qing felt a sense of goodwill towards him.

Su Qing asked him to sit down and casually started chatting about some important current events.

Fan Sibo calmed himself down and answered each question logically and clearly. Some of his insights were things that Su Qing herself hadn't even considered. Su Qing's liking for him grew even stronger...

Su Qing glanced at the commotion in the pastry shop and frowned...

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