The Little Lucky Girl

Ming Youyou's eyes lit up. When entertaining guests in the village, it is hard to say what else will be included, but chicken will definitely be a must.

Several people ran over to pay their respects and asked, "Sir, why are you here today?"

Magistrate Tao also thought about this question with some amusement, he came here in a daze.

He had a very good plan this morning, to discuss philosophy with Pei Shanzhang of Bailu Academy in the morning and to praise and criticize current affairs in the afternoon. However, the village chief of Xiaguan Village sent some candy, which immediately attracted old man Pei.

Director Pei was very interested in how the characters were embedded in the candies, so he took a plate and began to study it. Unfortunately, he didn't figure out a method and ate up the whole plate of candies.

The old man was a little full, so he pulled him to send the village chief out. Unexpectedly, as soon as they walked out of the county government gate, they found that there were forty or fifty people surrounding outside.

Magistrate Tao was instantly cheered up. Great, great, this was going to cause trouble.

He has been in Yuqing County for several months. The people here are very simple and honest. Not to mention major cases, there are almost no fights.

Occasionally there would be a small case of theft, but it would basically be resolved as soon as it was brought to the village head, and there was no need to report it to him.

Magistrate Tao, who had a case every few days in the capital, felt quite uncomfortable with it, and sometimes he even missed the feeling of being busy like a dog.

As a result, just as he was about to excitedly order the yamen runners to bring everyone to the lobby, he heard Village Chief Guo say: "Sir, these are all people from our village. They all came here with me, hehe."

Village chief Guo touched his head and smiled foolishly, with a little pride on his face.

The villagers were also very excited. The village chief was not exaggerating. He really sold the things to the county magistrate. Look how happy the county magistrate was. He even came out in person to give the things away.

Village Chief Guo explained: "The quantity of this candy is large, so I thought I would just bring everyone along to do it. I'm afraid everyone might have doubts, so I'll let them come and see for peace of mind."

County Magistrate Tao understood that it was a good thing that Village Chief Guo wanted to lead the whole village to make money, so he didn't care about the county government being used as a tiger's skin.

Pei Shanchang, who was standing by, had an occupational disease attack, "If you want to make this character candy, you should learn the characters first."

Don't come back with incomplete characters, or children who are eating candy may see them and learn the wrong characters. This will mislead students.

The villagers immediately shouted proudly: "Don't worry, sir, we can all read."

Principal Pei expressed his doubts. As someone who had been in education for most of his life, he knew best how difficult it was to learn to read.

His eyes swept across everyone's faces and fixed on an old farmer who was shouting the loudest, had patches all over his clothes, and looked older than him.

He walked up and asked, "What's your name, bro?"

The old farmer answered subconsciously: "My name is Zhao Tietou."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly stamped his feet in annoyance, his face suddenly turned red, and he continued stutteringly: "Ah no, please don't…please don't forget your surname Zhao, Zhao Chengli, from…from 'The root of etiquette is sincerity and respect.'"

After Uncle Zhao finished speaking, he let out a long sigh of relief in excitement. Oh my God, this elegant feeling felt so damn good. I've been practicing for so long and finally got to use it.

The surrounding villagers were extremely envious. It was a rare opportunity to meet such a learned person. They stared at Chief Pei with sharp eyes, wishing they could also be asked a question by him.

Principal Pei felt a little amused and started asking as well.

"Miangui's surname is Guo, Guo Siren, from..."

"My surname is Wang, Wang Shouxin, from... Wait a minute, let me think about it..."

"It's my turn, it's my turn, don't push me, please tell me your last name is Zhang, what's my name again..."

Magistrate Tao, who was watching from the side, almost laughed out loud. Old man Pei had never met a student in his life who was so enthusiastic about reciting to him.

He hurried over and pulled the old man, rescuing him from the enthusiastic villagers.

Principal Pei was very shocked. Has he not come down the mountain for too long? How come anyone can quote a line from the Analects now?

He turned to look at Magistrate Tao, who smiled and spread his hands, indicating that he should find the answer himself.

Humph, the old man flicked his sleeves and said, “Just find it yourself.”

He looked at the villagers again. It was so noisy just now that he didn't hear the names they said clearly, but he knew that they had benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.

Fortunately, he remembered the first name, Zhao Chengli, so the old man returned to Uncle Zhao and continued the original topic, "Brother, can you read?"

Uncle Zhao said cheerfully, "Learn to read, learn to read. I know a lot of words now."

The "letter" next to him exposed his true colors, "Come on, forget it, you don't know much, you only know five words besides your name."

Just completed the minimum task requirement for every ten days as set by my uncle.

Pei Shanzhang had some guesses in his mind. Could it be that the villagers in this village collectively hired a master? But judging from the clothes they were wearing, it didn't seem like they could afford such a sum of money.

He asked, "Does it cost a lot to learn to read?"

This time the villagers all laughed and said, "It's not much, not much, it didn't cost any money." It just cost a little bit of eggs.

This time, Chief Pei was completely confused, so he simply took everyone for a walk and talked, and they walked back to Xiaguan Village.

He was standing in the yard of the village chief's house at this moment, looking at the four children who were walking with County Magistrate Tao with great interest. He had listened to many of their stories along the way.

Tao County Magistrate said, "Come and greet the Master. This is Principal Pei from the White Deer Academy."

Zheng Huan and the other two had all heard of the name of this great scholar, and they immediately bowed deeply and bowed deeply.

Ming Youyou also followed suit and saluted. She stood up and looked up at Master Pei.

Pei Shanchang nodded with a smile. Seeing that the little girl was looking at him, he asked, "Why, do you know me?"

Ming Youyou shook his head. "I don't know you, but I've heard of you. You're the old man who loves to dream."

Magistrate Tao glared at her. She stuck out her tongue, shrank her neck and stood behind Lu Tai.

Pei Shanzhang looked at Lu Tai and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Are you the grandson of Minister Lu?"

Lu Tai's breathing paused, and he immediately put on a well-behaved look, his expression becoming much more honest and loyal. "To answer your question, sir, it was this kid."

"Okay, okay, I saw you when I went to the capital. You were still a little kid then. Your grandfather mentioned you in a letter a few days ago... What book are you reading recently?"

Zheng Huanfengxu wailed in his heart, the familiar scene came again.

Every time, it starts with Lu Shangshu and ends with Lu Tai, and then the two of them are also asked along the way...

Ming Youyou stood there bored for a while, then smelled the fragrance coming from the kitchen. She quietly took a step back, and when she saw no one was looking at her, she took another step back, then turned around and ran away.

Zheng Huanfengxu, who stayed where he was and waited to be tested, said:...It was nothing, but for some reason, I suddenly felt very pitiful.

Magistrate Tao was watching from the side with a smile, thinking that he would just be asked a few questions from the book? Wrong!

Young people are naive, and the real test is still ahead. He hopes they can fight for it so that he doesn't have to beg old man Pei for them.