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

Yu Jiusi walked in from outside the flower hall, pretended to sit next to Yu Nanshu casually, and openly "eavesdropped" on their conversation.

Shen Zheng didn't think about avoiding anyone, and said bluntly: "Sister wants to invite you to be a teacher in the Shen Mansion."

"Teacher?" Yu Nanshu understood immediately, "Are you going to teach the ones around you? Great! I'm willing to go, can I go today? No, no, today is too rushed, I have to prepare the lesson plan, how about tomorrow?"

She agreed without hesitation and even considered the lesson plan.

Shen Zheng was slightly stunned, and Zhuang Quan on the opposite side was also confused when he heard this.

Zhuang Quan also pondered for a long time before reacting, "Those people around him? The maids around him? You are the daughter of the Yongning Earl's Mansion, and you are working as a maid...ah - brother, why are you stepping on me!"

Tears glistened in the corners of his eyes, and he jumped up and turned around on the spot, covering his feet. It was obvious that Yu Jiusi had kicked him hard.

Shen Zheng glanced at Zhuang Quanye.

Living in that era, his thoughts were perfectly normal.

A maid of ordinary origin is not even worthy of carrying shoes for the eldest daughter of the Yongning Earl's Mansion, let alone the eldest daughter lowering her status to become a teacher to the maid. It is simply a fantasy.

But the Yu Nanshu in Shen Zheng's heart is somewhat "deviant".

She would draw beautiful ready-made clothes for the people.

He would also patiently teach the little girls in the county how to read and draw.

Even after she arrived in Tongan County, she sent her maid away to dress and wash herself every day and take good care of herself.

"I don't regard them as maids." Although Shen Zheng understood Yu Nanshu, she also wanted to make her thoughts clear, "Nanshu, there are too few people around me who can be used, so I want them to be my right-hand men. Reading and literacy, enlightenment is very important. Now Peiyu and the others are a blank sheet of paper. What they can learn in the future depends on how you, the little teacher, draw on the blank sheet of paper."

Before Yu Nanshu could even feel secretly happy, she heard her say, "I did think about hiring a teacher outside to teach them, but the teachers outside don't know pinyin or numbers, so they will inevitably take a detour when learning. So I want to ask you, are you willing to be their enlightenment teacher together with Zhao Qi? Two taels of silver per month, food and accommodation included."

"And Zhao Qi is with you?"

Yu Nanshu looked like she had made a profit.

I can go to the Shen Mansion every day to play with Qianzhi and Ziyan, and discuss teaching plans with Zhaoqi.

This is such a great thing, why bother talking about money!

"Sister Shen, I don't want Yue..." Before she finished speaking, she changed her mind and said, "No, you should send it to me."

Shen Zheng smiled and nodded.

Pei Zhaoqi is a thoughtful person. If Yu Nanshu doesn't want the monthly salary, he will definitely not accept it either.

"It's settled then!" Yu Nanshu couldn't wait to go back to the yard to organize the lesson plans.

She counted on her fingers and said, "If they want to recognize words, the first thing they should learn is definitely pinyin. After they learn pinyin, Zhao Qi and I will annotate the primer so that they can read it by themselves... By the way, Sister Shen, when will our printing house publish the primer?"

Shen Zheng pondered for a moment. "Before we left the county, I discussed this with Li Shanzhang. When we return, we should be able to see the first draft. Then we can take a look at it together and brainstorm to see if there is anything that needs to be revised."

Zhuang Quan's eyes were also moving around, looking at Shen Zheng and then at Yu Nanshu.

After they had come to an agreement, he immediately sat back down and asked, "That Shen... what you just said was about arithmetic?"

"Yes!" Before Shen Zheng could speak, Yu Nanshu answered for her, "Zhuang Quanye, what evil intentions do you have? Let me tell you, all the math in Tongan County was taught by Sister Shen. Don't overestimate your own abilities and ask Sister Shen for advice! Thank you!"

"You have to call me cousin!" Zhuang Quan also snorted, "It's not like I'm asking for advice. There's just a math problem that even my teacher can't solve. But the teacher at the Imperial College tried to calculate the answer, but the method was very stupid. He tried one by one and found it out. I heard it took several days."

“Isn’t there a result then?” Yu Nanshu rolled her eyes.

"But everyone thinks that's a stupid way."

Although Zhuang Quan couldn't figure it out, he felt the same way.

"The results obtained by trying one by one are just a matter of luck. If you are lucky, you can get the answer right at once. If you are unlucky, you may not be able to figure it out after several days of trying. I think that it cannot be called a solution. If this kind of question is asked in the Spring Examination, then everyone should stay awake and see who can last the longest."

"How could the Spring Examination have such questions?" Yu Nanshu frowned. "Even the teachers of the Imperial College can only rely on examinations, so how can we do the same?"

Shen Zheng was also a little curious and looked at Zhuang Quanye.

Zhuang Quan also became mysterious all of a sudden. He looked around and made sure that there was no outsider in the hall before he cleared his throat solemnly.

"My teacher said this is called luck—"

"..."

"..."

"Don't disbelieve me!" Zhuang Quan also shouted, "My teacher said that there is a reason for this. If a student can answer this extremely tricky test question, it means that he is destined to be an official. God will send him to the court to serve as an official."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was given the cold shoulder by Yu Nanshu and Yu Jiusi.

Only Shen Zheng nodded slightly in agreement, "Luck is also a part of strength."

Zhuang Quan nodded as if he had met a fellow villager.

"Yes, yes, that's what you mean, Master. So I want to know, you... they say you are good at math, if you encounter that question, can you answer it, or are you lucky, or... can't answer it?"

Shen Zheng chuckled when she heard this, "So you've laid so much groundwork, are you waiting for me here?"

Zhuang Quan also touched his nose and said guiltily: "If you hadn't said it counted just now, I really wouldn't have thought of this matter..."

He just didn't really understand.

In the past, every time his aunt wrote to him, she would ask him if he was eating well, dressing well, and studying well, and her words showed her concern for him.

But ever since Shen Zheng appeared, the letters sent back by my aunt have changed.

In the letter, the aunt always mentioned "Zheng'er" and Tong'an County, and even mentioned it several times in the letter, asking him to "learn from Sister Zheng'er."

But he had inquired.

Shen Zheng's ranking in the spring examination was not high.

And what about him?

As early as when he was thirteen years old, he had passed the examination to become a scholar, and it was a foregone conclusion that he would pass the imperial examination in the autumn of next year.

So...how is he worse than Shen Zheng? And what does he need to learn from Shen Zheng?

Shen Zheng is such a hateful person!

Zhuang Quan also looked at the other person hatefully.

It was her! She had taken away the attention that originally belonged to him! Today, he wanted to take back everything he had lost before!