The Exiled Life of the Noble Girl

"No."

Soon he realized why. Because as

"Son, let's eat first."

hesitated for a moment before going out. Old Lady Wang had already skillfully served rice and dishes for him, keeping them warm in the pot.

He was a little worried, "Mother, has

"Ah, I check on her from time to time, and she falls asleep. I told her not to copy anymore, but she wouldn't listen. Occasionally she also takes some embroidery work. How is she not tired? When she finishes copying these books, she will probably be fine."

Old Lady Wang had already asked Mr. Jin. There would be no more copying after she finishes these books.

"Mr. Jin said that she is also afraid of the cold in winter, so it's better to let her finish copying now to avoid her feeling worse in winter."

thought about how she did spend most of the time last winter warming herself by Mr. Jin's stove. After the meal, he went and bought some charcoal and brought it back to prepare for her. Since she is so afraid of the cold, these things still need to be prepared for her.

Carrying the charcoal back,

"Besides being sleepy occasionally, do you have any other discomfort?"

She stood up and hopped around, "Look at me, I can eat and sleep well, lively as a flea."

hugged her and weighed her. Compared to last month, there seemed to be no difference. He frowned, "You didn't grow at all in a month, but you can still eat a lot."

"Really?"

She shouted to the kitchen, "Mother, don't I eat a lot?"

Old Lady Wang stuck her head out of the window, "Eat a lot? When have you ever been able to eat a lot? Tell me when you can eat half as much as me, then I'll say you can eat a lot."

Old Lady Wang took out two broken bamboo baskets from the kitchen, put the charcoal brought back by in them, and put them in the utility room for later use.

As she walked out of the utility room, she picked up the carrying basket that had used and glared at him, "My nice basket, you took it to carry coal, now it's all black and dusty, I have to wash it again."

stopped chopping firewood, "Let me wash it for you."

"I want you to wash it for me!"

Old Lady Wang humphed twice and went to wash it herself.

" mimicked Old Lady Wang's tone, "I want you to help me chop!"

This made Old Lady Wang even more angry. She looked everywhere for a stick. It had been too long since this boy was disciplined. threw down the axe and ran over to pull

pinched her little nose, "You're thinking too much. My mother has never hit me before. She just waves the stick to scare me."

He walked to the desk, raised his eyebrows and said, "Let me copy for you for a while?"

"It's fine, I'll tell Mr. Jin before I leave tomorrow. He won't say anything about you."

"Okay then."

Since he said it like this,

's copying speed was much faster than hers. Because he had copied these books so many times, he knew them backwards already. He didn't need to look at the books and could just write directly. In just one afternoon, he finished copying what she had left.

However, it was already late, so they sorted everything and took it to Mr. Jin the next morning.

went ahead and handed the things to Mr. Jin. Mr. Jin flipped through them and did not say anything, just took them. Only then did

Mr. Jin smiled immediately, "What are you afraid of?"

Mr. Jin saw through but didn't say it. He asked them to sit down and poured them tea, inquiring about 's recent situation at the academy.

Then he said, "One of your fellow students is the son of the county magistrate, right?"

"Yes, what's the matter?"

"If you are still on good terms, could you please help me ask him what the process would be if I don't want to teach here anymore? Will they recruit new people to take over from me? Or do I need to find someone to replace me myself?"

"Mr. Jin..."

Mr. Jin shook his head and stroked his beard. "It's not that I want to leave. It's just that at my age, there are more and more children at the school, and my energy is no longer enough."

"After all, I was recruited by the county government. I'm thinking of asking the county government first, and then consider other options. Even if they first recruit someone to come and share the workload with me, that would work too."

There are new children coming every year who have to start over from the beginning. There are too many classes to teach every day and the schedule can't be arranged properly either.

Maybe if he were younger, he could still push himself harder. But now he is old and should also consider retiring to rest.

Seeing the streaks of white in his hair,

agreed and went to find at the Tang family with after returning to the academy in the afternoon. was also surprised when the servant led him in.

"Brother is also here to drink with me?"

"No, I'm here to ask you a favor."

conveyed Mr. Jin's request. did not delay and immediately went to ask his father after finding out where he was.

Soon came back, followed by his father. and stood up to salute .

"Magistrate Tang."

waved for them to dispense with the proprieties. He looked them up and down carefully, and soon identified his target. "You are ?"

didn't understand why, but still bowed and saluted, "Yes."