I am the stepmother of my son, and the little villain has changed into a little cotton-padded jacket

After the ceremony, Zhao Sixian personally helped Xiao Ze up.

"Good boy."

Xiao Ze stood up. The wound on his leg had not healed yet and it felt a little painful for a moment. His face turned pale but he didn't say anything.

Zhao Sixian didn't notice that he was not right. Instead, he turned to look at Wen Shutang and said, "Where does Madam live? If it's too far, we can let him live in the academy directly. He can rest every five days and take two days off."

"I live in Da'an Village, not far from the town. Every time I come here, I have to take a ox cart." Wen Shutang pursed his lips and glanced at Xiao Ze.

"The weather is getting colder and colder. It will probably snow in two days, making it hard to travel on the road. I thought I'd let Aze stay in the academy during the winter and go home to rest in the summer."

She looked up at Xiao Ze, her eyes full of inquiry. This was just her idea, and whether it would work or not depended on whether Xiao Ze was willing.

Xiao Ze nodded immediately after hearing her suggestion: "I can do it. I can concentrate more if I stay in the academy."

After hearing this, Wen Shutang turned his head to look at Xiao Yizhuo, and seeing that he had no intention of objecting, he nodded to Zhao Sixian.

"Then live in the academy."

Zhao Sixian also agreed: "Okay, let's settle it like this."

"Master, what about this Shuxiu?" Xiao Ze asked somewhat embarrassedly.

Zhao Sixian was stunned for a moment, then smiled heartily.

"I like you very much, so you don't need to pay me any tuition. As long as you succeed in your studies in the future, that will be the greatest reward for me."

When he said this, everyone present was stunned.

Wen Shutang blinked his eyes. This old teacher was really casual. He just refused to pay the student's tuition. However, he did have a good eye for talent. After all, Xiao Ze was going to be the prime minister in the future.

When Xiao Ze heard this, he was deeply moved and bowed to his mentor again.

"Thank you, Master. I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

Zhao Sixian stroked his beard with a smile: "Okay, let's go back and pack up today, and you can officially enter the academy tomorrow."

Xiao Ze nodded, and the few of them said goodbye to Zhao Sixian and left Mingde Academy.

Wen Shutang patted Xiao Ze's shoulder with satisfaction, still feeling very proud.

"That's right. I said Aze would be fine. Master Zhao likes you so much, you must study hard."

Xiao Ze had a smile on his handsome face and nodded vigorously: "Well, I will definitely live up to the Master's expectations."

"Okay." Wen Shutang looked him up and down, then touched his chin and said.

"We are going to the academy tomorrow, so we should buy some new clothes. Let's go to the clothing store now."

Originally, he should go to the cloth shop to carefully select some fabric for him, but Wen Shutang was afraid that he would not have enough time to make clothes, so he just went directly to the ready-made clothing store, which should have a lot of good fabrics.

Xiao Ze was startled, looked down at his simple coarse cloth clothes and said hesitantly: "No need."

"It's for use. Changing into nice clothes is also a way of showing respect to Master Zhao."

Wen Shutang did not give Xiao Ze a chance to refuse and pulled him directly to the largest clothing store on the street, with the others following behind them.

Before Wen Shutang reached the clothing shop, he was stopped by someone. Wen Shutang remembered him. The person was Feng Shu, the head manager of Zhaixing Tower.

Feng Shu was followed by two servants. He stopped in front of Wen Shutang and said, "Madam Wen."

"Shopkeeper Feng, what a coincidence."

"No, no, I came to see you. The young master asked me to give you some silver." Feng Shu took out two bulging cloth bags from his sleeves and handed them to Wen Shutang.

"This is the 30% profit from selling tofu, a total of 347 taels of silver. I originally wanted to go to the village to look for you, but I saw the ox cart you often ride on at the edge of the town. I asked and found out that your family had come to the town. I thought there were not many good academies in the town, so I guessed that you came to Mingde Academy. I was just planning to go there and ran into you."

Wen Shutang took the heavy cloth bag. The more than three hundred taels of silver did feel heavy in his hand.

"Please trouble Manager Feng to come all the way here and give my blessing to the young master."

Feng Shu responded without staying for long. As the store was busy, he still took time out to look for Wen Shutang.

Wen Shutang looked at Feng Shu's back as he left, and put all the silver into his arms. It was great that someone would deliver the money to him just when he needed it.

She turned her head happily, only to find that the three children were all staring at her with their eyes wide open.

Xiao Ye swallowed and said, "So much silver."

Wen Shutang patted his little head and said, "I've already said that our family is now wealthy. Come on, I'll buy each of you a new set of clothes today."

Not only Xiao Ze was wearing coarse cloth clothes, the other two little kids were also wearing tattered clothes. The clothes worn by the youngest, Xiao Wan, were a little too small, and part of her arms were exposed.

Wen Shutang had noticed several times that she was rubbing her arms due to the cold. Today he happened to have some money, so he decided to buy some winter clothes for the three little ones.

When they entered the clothing shop, the waiter came up to them immediately. He did not show displeasure when he saw that Wen Shutang and the others were not well dressed. Instead, he asked them enthusiastically.

"What would you like to buy, gentlemen? For the children or for your wives to choose for themselves?"

"I want to buy winter clothes for the children. What good materials do you have in your store?"

The waiter laughed as soon as he heard it, and led Wen Shutang to a shelf and pointed at a piece of clothing hanging on it.

"Madam, please take a look at this. This is the best material in our store. It is Yunjin, which is the warmest material to wear in winter. It is even warmer than Kapok clothes, and it is also easy to wash."

Wen Shutang touched the corner of the clothes and found that the material was smooth and felt really good.

"See if there's anything my three kids can wear."

The waiter took a look at the three children's stature, then turned around and went to the back room to get three sets of brocade clothes.

Xiao Ze pulled Wen Shutang and frowned, whispering, "Mom, there's no need to buy such expensive clothes. How can you work wearing such nice clothes?"

"What kind of work do you want to do? Why are you so stupid? You have money in your hands, so you can just hire someone else to do those jobs later. Okay, just be obedient and go and try." Wen Shutang pushed his shoulder.

The waiter handed Xiao Ze a moon-white cloud brocade gown and said, "Young Master, you are a little older, you should be old enough to dance with spoons, this moon-white gown is most suitable for you."

Wen Shutang looked at the light blue dress on Xiao Er's body and nodded with satisfaction. Although it was called Yuebai, it had a light blue feel. This dress suited Xiao Ze very well.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Wen Shutang, he could only take the clothes and go into the inner room to change.

The waiter found a piece of brocade dress in the colors of sky blue and lotus pink for Xiao Ye and Xiao Wan respectively.

Wen Shutang also urged them to go in and try on clothes. She turned her head, looked at Xiao Yizhuo and touched her chin.

What color suits this person? She always looks calm, so she thinks she is suitable for solid-colored clothes, either black or white.

Just as she was thinking about what color to buy for Xiao Yizhuo, Xiao Ze, who had changed his clothes first, walked out from the inner room.

The light blue robe made his already handsome face look even more gentle, giving him a sense of being a gentleman.