The Little Lucky Girl

Magistrate Tao asked, "Why do you want to go to the academy?"

"Of course I want to study. Well... the teachers in the academy are all well-versed scholars. In their classes, I can learn the words of the sages, and also understand the ways to cultivate myself, manage my family and govern the country..."

Magistrate Tao nodded repeatedly after hearing this. "You memorized it well. It's amazing that you memorized such a difficult idiom. Who taught you this? Lu Tai?"

Ming Youyou felt uneasy when being stared at. She nodded unconsciously and then blurted out their true idea of ​​going to the academy to do small business.

Magistrate Tao was surprised and said, "You really do business wherever you go."

As far as he knew, she had developed everyone in their backyard, from his wife to the maids to the cook, into customers of her facial cream. Even Mr. He's family in his hometown were not spared, and she encouraged Mr. He to send a few bottles over.

"Sir, you know we are short of money. Zheng Huan and the others can't even get enough food to eat. Please help us. At worst, I'll give you some dividends." She said with a painful look on her face.

Lord Tao was amused by her expression, "Don't worry, I don't need your few copper coins, and I can help you, but don't cause trouble, or you will be embarrassed by me."

Ming Youyou didn't expect that County Magistrate Tao would agree so readily. She was a little bit unconvinced. She hesitated and asked, "Don't you have any conditions?"

Lord Tao nodded, "Yes, it is."

She was relieved.

Then I received a full sheet of paper with conditions.

Ming Youyou looked at the densely packed words and felt like her brain was no longer working. "Sir, I haven't offended you recently, have I?"

"Why, do you think the above conditions are insufficient?" Lord Tao asked with a smile.

"No, no," she replied quickly, fearing that if she was slow she would be asked to add another piece of paper. "I thought about it and realized that it would be very troublesome to ask you to help me go to the academy. I'd better not go."

"Oh?" Lord Tao leaned back in his chair, stroked his beard and asked, "Who was it that just now said shamelessly that he wanted to learn the words of the saints and understand the way to cultivate oneself, manage the family and govern the country?"

Ming Youyou glared and said, "Don't you know what's going on?"

Master Tao stood up and patted her little head. "You have to jump into the hole you dug yourself, even if you cry. Do you understand?"

Ming Youyou went out dejectedly, first went to greet Mrs. Tao, and then went to Han Wuniang to learn painting.

Han Wuniang was busy at the moment. When she saw her come in, she just nodded without stopping the pen in her hand.

"What are you drawing?" She tiptoed over and asked in a low voice.

"My brother-in-law just sent a message to me, asking me to paint a picture of the vast grassland."

Ming Youyou looked at the painting on the table, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

Han Wuniang smiled and said, "Just tell me what you want to say. Is it because I didn't draw well?"

She scratched her head and said, "It's not that it's bad, it's just... it's just that the grassland doesn't seem to be like this."

The Fifth Lady stopped writing and sighed, "That's right. I haven't even seen the grassland, how can I paint it with such momentum? I always tell you to observe more and not to work in isolation, but today I did just that."

"But what about this painting?" She said with some worry, "My brother-in-law wants it urgently, I can only imagine it based on the description in the book, and the painting is just like this."

"What's the big deal? We can just go and take a look." Thinking of having fun, Ming Youyou's energy and spirit that had been drained by County Magistrate Tao immediately returned.

"You just arrived, so you may not know yet. If you go out from the city gate and cross a mountain, you can see the grassland."

Han Wuniang also became interested. "Is the road far? Is it easy to walk?"

"It's not far, it's not far. We can reach the foot of the mountain in half an hour from here. The mountain road is not difficult to walk on." Ming Youyou rolled his eyes, "I know the way, why don't we go now."

Then I can skip the embroidery class. Hehe.

As soon as Han Wuniang and Mrs. Tao talked about it, she agreed immediately.

God knows how much she wanted her sister to go out for a walk, but she had been rejected several times before, so she didn't dare to bring it up again.

Looking at Wu Niang, who took the initiative to go out and looked more lively than usual, Mrs. Tao seemed to understand something.

If I want her to do something in the future, it would be best if it is related to painting. This would seem to be much easier.

When Magistrate Tao knew that they were going to see the grassland, he sent Feng Da over.

Feng Da is the eldest son of Manager Feng of the Longxi Caravan.

After receiving Ming Dalang's letter, Manager Feng thought for a long time and finally decided to join Magistrate Tao.

Because there was a sentence in Ming Dalang's letter that touched him.

Compared with the other two countries, Dayu attaches the least importance to background. Businessmen like them also have the opportunity to become officials.

For example, Ming Dalang is now a clerk in the Ministry of Revenue. He is highly regarded by his superiors and was quickly promoted to a higher level.

Feng Liang himself had no extravagant hopes for officialdom, but he also hoped to secure a future for his children and grandchildren.

So he discussed with Magistrate Tao and decided to stay in the Longxi caravan to gather information. Then he called his son over to stay with Magistrate Tao.

Feng Da had been to the grassland several times. He thought for a while and said, "The mountain road is narrow. I'm afraid the carriage can only go halfway up the mountain. If the two ladies can ride horses, we can ride over the mountain, which will be faster."

Mrs. Tao and her sister also learned horse riding. They immediately became excited when they heard this. "Great! We haven't ridden horses for a long time."

Ming Youyou was dumbfounded. She, she didn't know how to ride.

So in the end, she could only watch helplessly as the group of people marched out of the door in a mighty procession, leaving her, the person who came up with the idea, behind in the county government office.

After all this trouble, she had already missed the time for her embroidery class. Ming Youyou didn't know what the punishment would be for being late, so she went to the embroidery room with some trepidation.

Aunt Luo seemed to be in a good mood today. When she saw her, she just gestured and asked her to sit down and practice, and did not pursue the matter of being late.

Ming Youyou breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she would only need to come to study during her days off and would not have to come at other times. She could not help but feel excited and decided to try and hold on for a few more days.

Aunt Luo saw her go from being uneasy to being calm and finally slowly calming down, and her hand movements becoming more and more smooth, and she couldn't help but smile.

When she was tired of embroidering and couldn't help shaking her sore neck, Aunt Luo said, "I heard that you are a native of Yuqing County?"

"Yes, I'm very familiar with this place." Ming Youyou said with a blink.

Aunt Luo smiled and said, "Then would you like to go out for a walk with me?"

Ming Youyou glanced at the hourglass. Hey, the sun rose from the west today. Aunt Luo was actually willing to finish class early.

She nodded vigorously immediately, "Okay, okay, I know where there are delicious and fun places on the street."

Aunt Luo walking on the street seemed like a different person. She found everything new. Although the expression on her face was still controlled by long-term habits, her eyes were just like Ming Youyou's, showing amazement from time to time.