When Shen Xiu heard the commotion and came out, she saw Liu Hao kneeling upright in front of Wei Yan.
"Liu Hao, what are you doing?" Shen Xiu temporarily forgot his shyness and wanted to pull Liu Hao up.
Unexpectedly, Shen Xiu could only look at Wei Yan after keeping the baby but not getting up, "What's going on?"
Wei Yan said helplessly: "He wants to go to Wenhua Academy to study, and he also said that as long as I don't agree to help him, he will keep kneeling here."
Shen Xiu looked at Liu Hao and said, "It's a good thing that you want to study at Wenhua Academy. But you are too young, and the academy will not want you."
Wei Yan said the same thing just now, but Liu Hao didn't believe it, thinking that he was perfunctory. Now that Shen Xiu also said the same, Liu Hao began to believe it.
"But I'm not young anymore. I'm already nine years old."
Shen Xiudao: "Do you know the academy my husband went to? He was recommended to the academy after he and I got married. And the academy is not that easy to get into. You have to have attended a private school for several years and have a certain amount of knowledge.
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Liu Hao gave up after hearing this, and was pulled to his feet by Shen Xiu.
Probably because his hope was shattered, he was a little listless and walked out without even saying hello.
But as soon as he took a few steps, Wei Yan suddenly stopped him.
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Liu Hao turned around and heard Wei Yan ask: "Why do you want to study in the academy? Is it because you can't live well or do you really like studying?"
"My mother said that all people are inferior but those who study well." Liuhai turned around and said word by word, "I don't want to be looked down upon by others in the future."
It turns out that this is the case. Wei Yan didn't speak for a while, and when he spoke again, he made up his mind, "From now on, you can come here to see me every afternoon on the 15th day of the lunar month, and I will spend an hour teaching you how to read."
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"Really?" Liuhai's eyes lit up.
Wei Yan nodded solemnly: "I do what I say. As long as you are willing to learn wholeheartedly, I will continue to teach you."
After Liu Hao left, Wei Yan looked at his back in confusion for a while, until Shen Xiu pulled his sleeve.
"Ms. sir, what are you thinking about?"
Wei Yan said lightly: "It's nothing, I just saw this child and remembered myself."
Shen Xiu knew that before he entered the academy, he had to endure a lot of hardships in order to continue studying, so he couldn't help comforting him and said: "Fortunately, that is a thing of the past. My husband will definitely be named on the gold medal list in the future."
With the incident of keeping a child behind, Shen Xiu was finally not so embarrassed when she faced Wei Yan again.
When Daya woke up from her nap, Shen Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.
Wei Yan only stayed in the house for more than an hour. It was only half a year before the county examination. Master Li had been paying close attention to his homework recently. If he returned to the academy earlier, he would be able to read a few more pages of homework.
Since Wei Yan came over from time to time, Shen Xiu no longer felt reluctant to see him off again.
Especially this time, after she thought of a solution, she couldn't wait to go back to the embroidery shop to discuss it with shopkeeper Liu, so she didn't give up at all.
On the contrary, Wei Yan glanced at her several times, but did not see nostalgia in her eyes. He couldn't help but flick her forehead and wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
Shen Xiu didn't care to think about what his action meant. After seeing him off, he went to Xiuzhuang without stopping.
Shopkeeper Liu was working hard to entertain the guests. As soon as the guests left, Shen Xiu said: "Shopkeeper, I have thought of a way."
"In just a few days, I really can't embroider an embroidered screen. But if there is a embroidered screen, then I will be sure."
Shopkeeper Liu didn't understand what she meant for a moment, "What does Mrs. Shen mean by this? What does it mean that you can be sure of having an embroidered screen?"
Shen Xiu said directly: "Whether there is an embroidery screen that has been embroidered in the embroidery shop, it doesn't matter whether the embroidery skills are good or bad, as long as there is one."
Since the embroidery shop is in the embroidery business, it naturally has a lot of inventory.
Shopkeeper Liu took her to a room on the second floor. The room was filled with embroidery items embroidered by embroiderers, all of which were in stock over the years.
"Ms. Shen, what do you think of this?" Shopkeeper Liu pointed at an embroidered screen decorated with Zhixian Gongshou.
This embroidered screen is embroidered with Ganoderma lucidum, narcissus, stones, and bamboo. The embroidery work is good, but it has a sense of craftsmanship.
Shen Xiu glanced at it. The most important thing for birthday celebrations was to have a good meaning. This embroidered screen of Zhixian Gongshou just met this requirement.
"The shopkeeper, that's it." Shen Xiudao, "You help me arrange a quiet room, and I will definitely give you a new embroidered screen in three days."
Shopkeeper Liu didn't understand what Shen Xiu wanted to do for a moment, so he asked, "Should I tell my boss about this?"
Shen Xiudao: "I'd better go and tell my boss in person!"
I don’t know what Shen Xiu said to Hui Niang, but Hui Niang turned around and asked shopkeeper Liu to find a quiet room for Shen Xiu. No one should disturb Shen Xiu these days.
From that day on, apart from going back to the house to eat and sleep, Shen Xiu spent the rest of her time hiding in the quiet room embroidering the screen.
The three embroiderers also heard about this matter, but unfortunately Shen Xiu always closed the door tightly and locked the room before leaving, so that the three embroiderers had no chance to even inquire.
Three days passed by in a flash. Shen Xiu finished embroidering the last stitch in the afternoon, stretched out tiredly, and finally completed the embroidered screen before the birthday of the county magistrate's wife.
The day after tomorrow is the county magistrate’s wife’s birthday.
There was something wrong with a birthday gift originally prepared by the Lu family for the county magistrate's wife.
Mr. Lu looked at the broken white jade Guanyin on the ground and said with a livid face: "Go and call the third young master."
He found this white jade Guanyin with great difficulty and spent a total of eight hundred taels of silver in order to present it to the county magistrate's wife.
Little did he know that his birthday was coming soon, but the white jade Guanyin was broken into pieces. How could Mr. Lu not be angry?
It's not that Mr. Lu cares about the eight hundred taels of silver, but that the white jade Guanyin has been broken, and it will be difficult to find another meaningful object like the white jade Guanyin.
So when the third young master who broke the White Jade Guanyin was brought to him, Mr. Lu gave his son a slap in the face, and then asked his entourage to get a whip. He wanted to punish this evil boy.
The third young master was only ten years old, and he was always spoiled to the point of being lawless. He started to cry after receiving that slap.
Before Mr. Lu ordered someone to gag him, Mrs. Lu heard the noise and came over.
Mrs. Lu felt sorry for her grandson. When she saw her grandson being beaten, she grabbed the third young master and said, "I want to see the white jade Guanyin. I asked him to take it. If you want to beat him, just beat me."
Mr. Lu said helplessly: "I'm really angry. Who made him break this white jade Guanyin? What should I give to the county magistrate's wife the day after tomorrow?"
"Isn't there also a peony embroidered screen?" Old Mrs. Lu said, "With that embroidered screen, you can just find a decent gift from home and send it over."
Mr. Lu said: "If I could really find a decent gift, I wouldn't spend eight hundred taels of silver to buy a white jade Guanyin. You are not unaware of the temper of the county magistrate's wife, and she has always had a very high standard.
"Having said this, I couldn't help but glared at the third young master, "Come here!"
Old Mrs. Lu hugged her grandson and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, grandma is here!" After saying that, she glared at her son bitterly, "If you can, hit me first."
The mother and son were in a stalemate, and the housekeeper ran in quickly, "Sir, the embroidery village sent something over. They said they knew that the day after tomorrow would be the birthday of the county magistrate's wife, so they specially sent an embroidered screen to express their feelings.
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Old Mrs. Lu was trying to excuse her grandson. Now when she heard something was delivered from Xiuzhuang, she immediately said, "Hurry up and ask the people below to bring the thing in."