Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

At noon, a carriage departed from the government office and headed towards the prefectural school.

Inside the carriage, Cui Jinyin sat upright, nervously swallowing hard.

Having lived for more than a decade, she had never attended school and had no idea how to get along with the students.

She had always known that her personality wasn't very likable, and she couldn't help but back down: "Teacher... how about we go again tomorrow?"

Shen Zheng pretended not to see her anxiety and asked with feigned incomprehension, "Why do you want to go tomorrow?"

Cui Jinyin scratched her cheeks repeatedly, but couldn't come up with a clear explanation.

Seeing this, Shen Zheng stopped teasing her and asked softly, "Are you nervous?"

Cui Jinyin stiffened her neck: "How, how could that be! It's just reading a book. I've been well-versed in literature since I was a child. How could I possibly be nervous!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Nanshu silently raised her hand and pressed down on her trembling thigh: "Can it stop for a while? It's making me dizzy."

Cui Jinyin was about to cry.

Yu Nanshu truly lived up to her reputation as the lifelong rival she had chosen long ago.

Going to the prefectural school with Yu Nanshu today is an inevitable tribulation in her life! The kind that's written in the Book of Fate!

Thinking about it, her legs trembled even more violently.

Shen Zheng couldn't help but laugh, so she used a retreat-to-advance strategy: "Since you're so scared, let's not go today. We'll go when you're no longer scared."

Yu Nanshu immediately understood and nodded in agreement: "That's fine too, since Cui Jinyin is such a coward."

Cui Jinyin's legs immediately stopped shaking.

Compared to the dislike from the students of the prefectural school whom she had never met, she didn't want to be looked down upon by her teacher and Yu Nanshu!

"Go!" she exclaimed, as if she had suddenly become a different person. "I have to go now! Today! I'm going to make new friends at the academy!"

Touching the bulging money bag in her arms, she felt a little more confident and silently recited to herself, "Money is everything."

Shen Zheng didn't expose her little scheme, and turned to ask Xu Yunyan, "Xiao Xu, your teacher, and your junior sisters and brothers, won't make things difficult for them, will they?"

Cui Jinyin pretended not to care, but in reality, she had already been secretly listening.

Xu Yunyan replied, "Don't worry, sir. The teacher is kind and never makes things difficult for the students."

Shen Zheng nodded, and Cui Jinyin couldn't help but ask, "Then, what about those students? Won't they... isolate others?"

She is actually very afraid of being disliked and isolated.

When she went to the capital, in order not to be disliked by others, she would often take the initiative to dislike others first.

That way, she didn't feel so embarrassed when she received disgusted looks from others.

However, this approach did not work in Liuyang Prefecture.

She couldn't hate the teacher's followers, nor could she accept being hated or isolated by them.

Seeing the undisguised unease in Cui Jinyin's eyes, Shen Zheng suppressed her smile and reached out to rub her head.

“No one will, and no one will dare to, isolate you.” Shen Zheng placed her hands on her shoulders, her expression serious: “You are not only my student, but also the sincere and kind Cui Jinyin. After you come to the academy, just be yourself.”

Cui Jinyin was stunned.

Kind......

sincere......

Can these two words really be used to describe her?

Yu Nanshu patted her thigh: "Actually, most of the time, you're not that annoying. Besides, you still have me, right? If you get bullied, I'll be the first..."

Cui Jinyin looked up, her eyes filled with emotion.

“I’ll be the first to run,” Yu Nanshu said. “One of us has to stay home and report back, right? Otherwise, we’ll all be wiped out.”

"..."

Cui Jinyin gritted her teeth.

Yu Nanshu, my lifelong enemy!

"Uu——"

The carriage slowly came to a stop.

Hua Duo's voice came through: "My lord, I have learned about the academy."

Xu Yunyan got off the car first, followed closely by Shen Zheng and Yu Nanshu. After giving herself a few pep talks, Cui Jinyin also lifted her skirt and crawled out of the car.

Beside the prefectural school, the Tong'an Bookstore was bustling with people.

Hua Duo overheard this and said, "Sir, they say the printing house delivered a new book today."

Shen Zheng looked up and saw several students squeezing out from the crowd.

"Luckily we came to queue up without even having eaten, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get into the first batch!"

"The shopkeeper said that before we arrived, several dozen of these books had already been loaned out! They were all borrowed by people from outside!"

"There are more and more literate people in our household. In the future, it will probably be a matter of fighting for books!"

"No way! Didn't the shopkeeper just say that we shouldn't worry, the printing shop will print more depending on the situation? Even if you don't trust the shopkeeper, you have to trust Lord Shen!"

"That's true..."

The student had barely finished speaking when he looked up and saw several figures outside the academy gate.

After a moment of stunned silence, he raised his voice and shouted, "Lord Shen has arrived at the academy!"

Half an hour after he finished speaking, dozens of figures poured out of the bookstore.

Looking at these students dressed in blue robes, Cui Jinyin subconsciously straightened her neck.

Don't be afraid!

Don't show your weakness!

She was the teacher's only student!

Showing weakness in public is embarrassing for the teacher!

"Lord Shen!" The students rushed over, chattering all at once: "Are you here to see the headmaster?"

"Lord Shen, how have you been lately?"

"Lord Shen, have you come here today because Headmaster Hou of Luming Academy is going to give a lecture?"

"Lord Shen..."

Shen Zheng gestured for the students to fall silent.

She smiled and said, "I have come here today on private matters."

The students were taken aback, then nodded to indicate that they understood and did not ask any further questions.

Shen Zheng looked at Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin: "You brought your sister and your only student here to study. If Master Zhou agrees, they will be your classmates from now on."

The students were startled and all looked at Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin.

If they remembered correctly, the "younger sister" to Lord Shen's left was the granddaughter of the Earl of Yongning.

As for the "only student" on the right... she seems to have quite a background as well—rumor has it that her uncle is a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Personnel, though they don't yet know exactly how high.

But in any case, being able to be classmates with these two girls was something they never dared to dream of before.

"Greetings everyone, my name is Yu Nanshu." Yu Nanshu took the initiative to greet the students, and also mentioned Cui Jinyin: "Her name is Cui Jinyin. I hope you will all guide me in the future."

The students were surprised by Yu Nanshu's approachable manner and quickly said, "Miss Yu, you flatter us! If you encounter any inconvenience after enrolling, please feel free to let us know!"

Yu Nanshu smiled and nodded: "Then we'll go in first."

Cui Jinyin nodded blankly, "If you need money anywhere, just come to me..."

The students: "?"

Shen Zheng sighed and quickly led the two towards the main room of the academy. Along the way, passing students greeted her and then looked at Cui Jinyin and Yu Nanshu with curiosity.

Cui Jinyin gradually became unresponsive and moved her hands and feet in unison.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

Xu Yunyan knocked on the door of the school's main wife.

"Who?" Zhou Hanjiang asked.

“I am a student,” Xu Yunyan replied.

Although Zhou Hanjiang had taught many students, he immediately recognized Xu Yunyan's voice.

"You brat!" A series of hurried footsteps sounded inside the room. Before the door even opened, Zhou Hanjiang's voice rang out again: "You still know to come and see..."