The Little Lucky Girl

The two have different styles. Han Wuniang's painting skills are delicate, while Master Yin focuses on freehand brushwork. They each have their own merits, and they can just appreciate and learn from each other. However, Master Yin insisted on finding fault with them. Ming Youyou was so angry that she secretly ran to Madam Tao to complain.

Mrs. Tao was already holding back her anger, and when she heard this, she exploded. She immediately rushed to the county magistrate's study and said, "What's wrong with that Yin guy? No one can stop him from becoming famous, but why does he always step on Wu Niang? Does he think we are women and easy to bully?"

She said angrily, "Do you, my brother-in-law, care about this? If you don't, I will go to the academy tomorrow and talk to Principal Pei about this. How can such a person be a teacher? Aren't you afraid of corrupting the students?"

County Magistrate Tao wanted to say something to get over it, but when he saw his wife was already angry, he had no choice but to say, "Actually, there is a hidden story behind this."

Mrs. Tao understood immediately and stepped forward to grab her husband's ear, "Okay, you knew it a long time ago, right? I want to hear what kind of hidden story made him dare to bully my sister like this."

Magistrate Tao cried out exaggeratedly a few times, carefully rescued his ear from the lady's hand, turned around and stepped back a foot away, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master Yin's real name is Huang, Yin is his mother's family name, and his ancestral home is also in the Qi and Lu areas."

"Then he is from the same hometown as us?" Mrs. Tao frowned. "His surname is Huang, he is in his twenties, and he is good at painting..."

Her eyes flickered, and she hesitated, "Could it be the young master of the Huang family, Huang Zhen?"

Seeing her husband nod, Madam Tao frowned, "Then how can he..., although the Huang Mansion and my family are separated by a few streets, and we don't have much contact on weekdays, we are still acquaintances. My family has not offended him, and it is even more impossible for Wu Niang."

Magistrate Tao smiled, "If I say that he came to this remote Yuqing County alone because of Lady Wu, would you believe it or not?"

Mrs. Tao was stunned for a moment, and her eyes widened in disbelief, "You mean..., he, he actually admires Wu Niang?"

"What a twist of fate," Magistrate Tao sighed. "According to Huang Zhen, he wanted to go to your house to propose marriage, but he didn't expect that when he returned from his study tour, Wu Niang had already been engaged to the Wang family, leaving him no chance to fight for it."

"He spent more than a year in a daze. Suddenly one day, he heard that Wang's eldest son had passed away, so he hurried to Taiyuan. However, as a foreigner, he had no reason to see Wu Niang, so he had to stay there and wait for an opportunity. It was not until he saw that we sent someone to pick up Wu Niang that he followed us all the way..."

Mrs. Tao's anger had completely subsided after hearing this, and she was only moved. "Then why didn't he come to the county government to find us? Why did he have to make such a scene?"

"Isn't it because Wu Niang is now discouraged about getting married? Look at the blind dates we arranged these days, which one has she gone to?" Magistrate Tao sighed, "Huang Zhen thinks that the only thing that can interest Wu Niang now is painting, so he came up with this 'playing hard to get' trick."

"He found out that Wu Niang's students were taking classes at the academy, so he went to ask old man Pei for help and sent several paintings to the academy, which gave him a chance to teach. Old man Pei also came to me privately. I saw that Huang Zhen was handsome and had similar interests to Wu Niang, so I wanted to give him a chance..."

When Magistrate Tao saw that he had successfully drawn his wife's attention to Huang Zhen and began to ask about his personal situation, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Unfortunately, his happiness did not last long. Mrs. Tao reacted, "No, since you already know the whole story, why don't you tell me? I can just find a reason to invite him to my house. Why go to all this trouble?"

"I'm just afraid that you'll react like this after you know about it," Magistrate Tao shook his head. "Fifth Lady is such a smart person. She will definitely be able to guess your intentions and be mentally prepared. Even if you have more contact with her, it will be useless and may even backfire."

Mrs. Tao's heart skipped a beat. She knew that her husband's concerns were reasonable and that she really couldn't put any more pressure on Wu Niang.

Not long ago, her mother's family sent her brother over and said that her father had selected several talented young men for her and wanted to take her back to meet them. Wu Niang reacted strongly and almost cut her hair to become a nun. They were so scared that no one dared to mention it again.

It's just that although Master Yin and Huang Zhen have attracted Wu Niang's attention, she is full of disgust towards them. She doesn't know if the two can reconcile if this continues. Madam Tao feels that she has a lot more to worry about.

Thinking that Ming Youyou was still waiting for her in the room, Mrs. Tao rubbed her temples. The child had a very bad impression of Master Yin and often said bad things about him in front of Wu Niang. She felt that she had to give the child some hints.

Ming Youyou was completely stunned after hearing this, "I didn't see that at all."

Mrs. Tao was amused and lifted her chin up with her hand. "How can a little kid like you understand adult matters?"

"No, I've heard a lot of stories about talented men and beautiful women," Ming Youyou said, expressing her experience of the world, "but none of them is like this one where the other person first hates you." And he was so successful.

Thinking of how she had been particularly active in saying bad things about Master Yin before, Ming Youyou swallowed her saliva, "Then is it too late for me to say something nice now?"

"Forget it, just don't say anything in the future. We'll wait and see what happens with Wu Niang. Just don't let her find out. But you mustn't let anything slip."

Ming Youyou immediately covered her mouth with her little hands, indicating that she would not tell anyone, not even Zheng Huan and the others.

She was afraid that she could not hold back, so she did not dare to stay any longer. She did not even eat, but filled her mouth with snacks. She received the new paintings and left immediately.

But she is a child after all, and she has no one to communicate with. It is really uncomfortable for her to keep such a big gossip to herself.

Especially when Master Yin mocked her paintings again, she did not pout and mutter as usual. Instead, she raised her head and looked him straight in the face, with the corners of her mouth raised high.

Zheng Huan and the other two couldn't help but touch her head, "You haven't been scolded stupidly, have you?"

Ming Youyou pushed their hands apart, then puffed out her chest, and forced herself to look at Master Yin, her eyes seeming to say, "Hehe, your secret is already known to me."

Master Yin was surprised and forgot what he wanted to say. He looked at her silently for a while, and finally turned around and left.

The whole class was stunned. They secretly gave her a thumbs up. Ming Youyou waved her hands proudly, then she remembered the task given by Mrs. Tao and sighed again.

Asking her to find merits in such an annoying Master Yin is even harder than taking advantage of Lord Tao.

"What are you thinking about?" Zheng Huan pushed her. "Everyone is asking you what the topic of the next competition is?"