The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 631 Mission
In mid-April, Ayu and Xiaoyao Wang officially completed the handover procedures for the academy, and Ayu now officially owned a legitimate academy. The academy, valued at 400,000, included not only the ownership and management rights of the academy itself, but also the academy's enrollment and recommendation qualifications, which are things that money can hardly buy.

In particular, the regulations regarding enrollment qualifications and recommendation qualifications in Dachang are very strict. Although some academies are built to be very large, their enrollment quotas are limited, and they are not allowed to recruit too many students.

Just like the village school in Hujia Village, the reason why it can be so large and enroll so many students, seemingly without any restrictions, is because the emperor is far away.

Secondly, it was because the magistrate of Yongding County had always stood behind them and supported them.

The power of a county magistrate is far greater than people imagine. If a county magistrate has any ulterior motives, it could have a huge negative impact. Therefore, the assessment of county magistrates has always been very strict throughout history.

Furthermore, Empress Qin and Emperor Minghua later delegated power, both openly and secretly, allowing Hujia Village to do what it wanted in peace.

In fact, Hujia Village had already come into the sights of the cabinet ministers, who wanted to see what size this small village would eventually become.

If possible, the successful example of Hujia Village should be promoted to the whole of Dachang.

That said, the academy that Ayu is in charge of now looks deserted and dilapidated. Let alone enrolling students, it would take a lot of effort just to get it back in order.

But Ayu was full of enthusiasm: "I don't know what to do next, so why don't we start managing this academy!"

The older brothers in the family all had to prepare for the upcoming exams, but of course, not all of them passed.

Of all the students in the Wang family, Wang Chuangui has achieved the highest academic degree, becoming a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examinations). He will soon be taking the Jinshi (the highest level of the imperial examinations), and barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will pass and become a Jinshi.

Wang Chuangui, who is now almost forty years old, is not considered a promising young man even if he passes the imperial examination.

Many of them were scholars who passed the imperial examinations in their twenties or thirties.

Of the other candidates who took the imperial examination, only Wang Erlang and Wang Sanlang passed, while Wang Silang and Wang Qilang did not. As for Wang Wulang and Wang Liulang, who took the preliminary examination, they were lucky and passed as well.

Wang Chuangui was still confident in taking the imperial examination, but Wang Erlang and Wang Sanlang were completely unable to, as they felt their knowledge was insufficient.

According to Grandma Wang, as long as they are willing to continue taking the exam, they should give it a try and experience what it's like to take an exam.

The children all shook their heads, indicating that they didn't need it.

Liu Shi advised from the side, "Mother, they have been studying quite hard these past few years. Why don't we let them go with Ayu to see what the academy will look like in the future? As for the exams, let them take them later."

The children all looked at Liu with gratitude.

They enjoy learning, but they don't like taking exams.

Especially knowing that he wouldn't pass the exam, yet still having to go to the examination hall to die, enduring days and nights without being able to shower and confined to a small room, the thought of such hardship made him want to make a bitter face.

Grandma Wang: "So what do you mean?"

Wang Erlang hurriedly said, "Grandma, that's what we mean too. We should take this opportunity to consolidate our knowledge and also get to know more scholars and discuss knowledge with them. If we only rely on exams to obtain official rank, and our knowledge is not solid enough, even if we obtain official rank in the future, we will not be qualified to be officials."

“I think Second Brother is right. When we went on our study tour before, we found that some local officials, although they were dedicated to serving the people, lacked the ability to handle affairs. Others just recited from the book, which hindered the development of the local area. Why don’t we take this time to learn better skills? Even if they don’t come in handy for the imperial examinations, just accumulating some experience in dealing with people would be very beneficial.” Wang Wulang also started chattering on.

As for Wang Sanlang and the others, they could only watch helplessly as their grandmother, Wang, no longer beat them as much. However, the dignified image of her in their hearts had not diminished, so they dared not act recklessly.

Only the second brother, who excelled in his studies, and the fifth brother/fifth brother, who wasn't afraid of being scolded, dared to speak like that.

Grandma Wang snorted coldly: "If you don't want to take the exam, I can't force you to. You're all grown up now, and you still ask your grandma about everything. Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you when you go out?"

Upon hearing the meaning behind Grandma Wang's words, everyone knew that she had agreed.

But Grandma Wang still asked Ayu, "Do you want these little brats to help you? If you find them an eyesore, Grandma will send them back to the village."

His tone was as gentle as ever.

The brothers: "..."

Ayu shook her head: "Brothers are great. Many hands make light work. If I can't think of something, you brothers definitely can. The academy will definitely be even better then. By the way, it's not enough for you brothers. We also need to get the sisters-in-law to think of some ideas. After all, it's for women to be hospitalized, and there are some things that women want that men can't think of."

“What you said makes sense. Why don’t we send a letter to your sister-in-law and bring her over as well?” said Old Mrs. Wang. “We received a letter from your sister-in-law earlier. She gave birth to a nephew for you at Puji Temple. Now that her confinement period is over, she can come to Wanning City to recuperate.”

Ayu didn't think too much about it and immediately clapped her hands and laughed, "Great! The busy farming season will be over after May. Let's have my brother invite my sister-in-law and nephew over so we can have some fun together."

On the contrary, Liu thought that her mother-in-law probably wanted to bring her eldest granddaughter-in-law over to "train" her, so as not to show favoritism.

Qu Shuqiu's father was a registrar, but compared to the others, he seemed to have a less prestigious status.

Why not bring her to Wanning City and teach her personally, so she can uphold her status as the eldest grandson and eldest daughter-in-law?

Once the matter was settled, the children spent every day at the academy.

Qin Huai was originally preparing for the imperial examination, but upon hearing this, he not only brought all the guards of the Chi clan, but also recruited many skilled craftsmen from Emperor Minghua and Empress Qin to help renovate the academy, which was then presented to the outside world as a construction team.

As for their wages, they all came from Emperor Minghua's private treasury.

Duke Yongguo had come to take a look out of curiosity, but Qin Huai had dragged several of his personal guards away to help move the stones. After that, Duke Yongguo never went again.

As for the carefree king, he took the initiative to find a construction team and also bought the only courtyard next to the academy. Now, the whole street is their territory, so no matter how much noise they make, it won't matter.

Wang Wulang and his group weren't just building houses; they spent every day together thinking about how to make money from money.

The older brothers had all received generous gifts from Ayu, such as courtyards and shops, and they were thinking about what to give back in return. As older brothers, they couldn't let their younger sister support them.

Besides, even if they agree, their wives won't.

The wives in the family loved Ayu even more than they did.

It's all because Ayu always gives them all sorts of jewelry and trinkets, and keeps calling them "sister-in-law, you're so beautiful." No one can resist that.

While they were all happy, someone else was frowning with worry.

"Oh my god, what should we do!" A group of people stood around the entrance of the charity hall, but no one dared to go in.

Lu Yu had finally recovered and was about to set off to be Qin Huai's page. He had just arrived at the entrance of the charity hall when he saw this commotion, so he moved over to ask.

"What's going on here?"

A bystander replied, "Young master, you don't know yet? Something terrible has happened at this charity! I heard that someone came to recruit workers and took away everyone in the charity, young and old, and later found out that they were taken to do hard labor."

Someone else chimed in: "It's one thing to be doing hard labor, but yesterday, the place where they were doing hard labor suddenly collapsed for some reason. None of the workers inside were rescued; they're still buried inside. It's truly tragic!"

Lu Yu's face paled: "Not a single one was rescued? Where are the people in charge?"

He remembered that he had a classmate who, after finishing his exams, went to work at a charity, saying he wanted to do good deeds. To this day, that classmate has not contacted him.

"The person in charge ran away long ago, the people from the charity hall also ran away, the prefect came with people early this morning, and then left in a hurry. Alas, what a tragedy!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yu turned and left.

At the same time, Ayu, who was flying onto the roof to pick up tiles, suddenly heard Tuanzi's prompt.

"Honey, there's a task for you."

Ayu didn't even look up: "If it's about earning points, could we wait a bit? I don't want to do any tasks these next couple of days."

She discovered the joy of building houses.

Especially for their own houses, the prices of various building materials have been drastically reduced.

More than 300 people are trapped. You need to lead the lamb to them and save them.

Before Tuanzi could finish speaking, Ayu's figure had already disappeared from the rooftop.

The next moment, the lamb that was grazing felt a weight on its back, and heard Ayu shout, "Little lamb, come on, let's go to the south of the city right away!"

Wang Wulang looked up and just then saw the little lamb running away like the wind.

"Where is Ayu going?"

"Fifth Brother, please tell Mother and the others that I won't be going home for dinner today."

Wang Wulang wanted to ask her what she wanted to do, but she had already disappeared in an instant.

Red Hare had already used its lightness skill to catch up, while signaling to Chi Ding and the others: "Go and report to the young master quickly!"

Is this sheep some kind of spirit? It runs so fast!

It seems he can't always be a hidden bodyguard; he needs to practice more, otherwise he won't even be able to catch a sheep.

Not long after, Qin Huai, who was reading a book in the neighboring courtyard, pushed open the door and came out.

The carefree prince followed behind, his wheelchair rolling rapidly.

"Should I send some men?" the carefree prince asked from behind.

Qin Huai's voice drifted from afar: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Then, he took a deep breath and leaped onto the roof, using the momentum to quickly leave.

We still don't know what happened to Ayu.

(End of this chapter)