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

Shen Zheng had actually seen him a long time ago, but if he didn't speak first, she would ignore him.

After being poked, she turned around and looked at Fang Ziyan: "What?"

Fang Ziyan asked shyly, "Where is Pei Zhaoqi?"

Shen Zheng smiled. It turned out that he came to look for Pei Zhaoqi. She thought he came to ask if his family members had arrived.

"He went home early in the morning."

Fang Ziyan's eyes widened when he heard her answer, with disbelief on his face: "Didn't he say that he would live here in the future? We even agreed last night to go shopping today!"

Shen Zheng looked at him suspiciously. Could Pei Zhaoqi make an appointment with him?

Fang Ziyan was so anxious that he almost cried after seeing her eyes. He pulled Shen Zheng's sleeve and said, "I want to go find him! Take me there!"

"Don't go."

Shen Zheng brushed his hand away and continued, "You are not allowed to go out either. Wait for your family to come."

This little fat boy bullied Pei Zhaoqi yesterday, and now he wants to follow him around today. Of course she won't agree.

After hearing her words, Fang Ziyan unexpectedly stopped making a fuss. Instead, he rolled his eyes and walked towards the backyard of the county government office.

Shen Zheng knew what he was thinking at a glance and winked at Constable Xiao Yuan, asking him to keep an eye on Fang Ziyan.

This is now the county government’s fortune tree, we can’t let it run away.

Li Hongmao was not on duty today, so Shen Zheng asked him to sort out the books in the county government warehouse and take out any useful ones.

He stayed in the warehouse for more than an hour and really found a lot of good books, but no one had read them for so long that some of them became damp and moldy.

He had no choice but to take out the books one by one and spread them all out on the ground to dry in the sun.

Fang Ziyan walked aimlessly along the way, and just in time he arrived in front of the warehouse door, where he saw Li Hongmao drying books.

He walked over and took a look. He found that the words on some of the books were so unclear that he wondered why they were still hanging there to dry.

He picked up a book at random and shook it in his hands with disgust.

"This book is in such a state, why keep it?"

Li Hongmao looked at him and thought that he was really a young man who didn't know the sufferings of the world. He explained, "Each book is very precious. Some of the books here can be read after they are dried."

Fang Ziyan pointed at the book in his hand and said, "What about this one?" The words on this book were no longer legible.

Li Hongmao took the book from his hand and gently stroked the cover. He looked at the blurred words and said softly, "I remember the contents of this book. I can copy it out later."

Fang Ziyan's eyes widened: "You mean you can memorize this book?"

He was a little bit unbelieving. The book was so thick, and judging from the title, it didn't seem like a common book in their academy. How could this person remember it all?

Li Hongmao nodded, perhaps because he had a good memory.

In the past, he could not afford to buy books, so he helped others copy books. Every time he copied a book, he would remember the contents of the book firmly in his mind. Over time, all the copied books were in his mind.

"Mr. Li." At this time, Pei Zhaoqi appeared in the backyard. He automatically ignored Fang Ziyan beside Li Hongmao and only called Li Hongmao.

When Fang Ziyan saw him, he ran over and said in a accusatory tone: "Where have you been!"

Pei Zhaoqi did not answer him, but walked towards Li Hongmao. When he saw the many books on the ground, his eyes lit up: "There are so many books!"

Li Hongmao also showed a smile: "These are all good books, you can try them out, the teacher will teach you slowly in the future."

Fang Ziyan, who was standing by, saw that he was ignored by Pei Zhaoqi, so he stepped forward and squeezed in between the two of them.

"Pei Zhaoqi, we agreed to go shopping today!"

Pei Zhaoqi was a little helpless and sighed: "Can you please go aside first? I have something to ask the master."

Fang Ziyan pursed his lips and stood in the corner of the yard looking at the two of them with grievance. He wanted to see what they had that could be more important than going shopping with him!

Pei Zhaoqi saw Fang Ziyan leave honestly, so he bowed to Li Hongmao and said, "Sir, please follow me."

Seeing his appearance, Li Hongmao had some guesses in his mind, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He followed him to the pavilion in the backyard.

At this time, Pei Zhaoqi had already placed the six gifts for becoming a disciple on the table in the backyard of the pavilion: dried meat, celery, dried longan, lotus seeds, red dates, and red beans.

There was also a cup of steaming tea next to the six gifts of sacrifice.

Seeing this scene, Li Hongmao's eyes became warm. He was obviously happy just now, but when he really saw the grand ceremony his students had put up for him, he was deeply moved.

Pei Zhaoqi was a little nervous at this time. This feeling was different from when he was a disciple in the academy in the past, but he couldn't tell what was different.

His back was a little stiff, and he supported Li Hongmao with both hands, but he walked stumblingly.

Li Hongmao saw that he was really nervous, so he held his wrist with his backhand and comforted him softly: "Don't be nervous, let's go through the process."

After Li Hongmao sat down on the stool, Pei Zhaoqi took a deep breath, opened his robe and knelt down. He looked at Li Hongmao firmly and said solemnly: "I hope you will accept me as a student!"

After saying that, he leaned over and kowtowed three times to Li Hongmao. Li Hongmao quickly stood up and helped him up.

The more Li Hongmao looked at the little disciple, the happier he became. He took out a bamboo brush from his arms and handed it to him.

"I don't have anything good to give you as a gift right now. This is the brush I used when I took the provincial examination. I'll give it to you first."

He thought to himself that if he became capable in the future, he would definitely give his little disciple a gift.

Pei Zhaoqi took the brush very solemnly and put it gently in his arms. He picked up the tea on the table and handed it to Li Hongmao: "Sir, please have some tea."

Li Hongmao drank the tea in the cup. After drinking this cup of tea, they officially became master and disciple.

The two smiled at each other, and from then on, they each had an additional bond.

Fang Ziyan felt a little disappointed when he saw Pei Zhaoqi completing the ceremony of becoming a disciple. He knew that he would never see Pei Zhaoqi in the academy again.

Then he shook his head violently again. Isn't it just as good not to see him? He didn't like Pei Zhaoqi anyway, as he looked so poor!

But you still have to buy bowls and oil lamps.

He walked up to the master and disciple who were talking, and they both looked at him.

"Pei Zhaoqi, can we go shopping now?"

He looked at Pei Zhaoqi with some anticipation. In the past, he and He Liangping would go out to play with cats and dogs, and rarely went shopping by themselves.

Now thinking about going shopping with Pei Zhaoqi, I feel a kind of inexplicable joy in my heart.

But Pei Zhaoqi shook his head and refused him: "Not today, I want to dry my books with the teacher."

He just became an apprentice today. The teacher was looking for books for him in the warehouse and took the books out to dry by himself. How could he have the face to go out and play?

Fang Ziyan's face immediately fell. Pei Zhaoqi actually rejected him. He had waited for him for so long in vain!

"Liar!" He stamped his feet and ran back to the hut without looking back.