Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Ah Shan did not expect Chun Tao to bring him to be her apprentice. He was stunned for a long time before he realized what was going on. Seeing that the teacher had accepted the tuition, he knew that the matter was settled and he would learn to read and write. Ah Shan immediately knelt down to thank Chun Tao and Wang Xiucai.

Chun Tao quickly helped him up and said, "Study hard and make the young lady's kindness worthwhile."

Because Mr. Wang had to prepare for the Autumn Examination, he asked Ashan to come to his house only half a day every day. He only taught for half a day every day before the Autumn Examination. Ashan had no objection because he also wanted to use half a day to do what Ye Xi had asked him to do.

After bidding farewell to Mr. Wang, Chuntao took Ah Shan away. On the way, Chuntao said, "You must keep secret what the young lady asked you to do. Tell others that you are my distant cousin who came to me for refuge and received the young lady's favor. Other than that, you have no relationship with the young lady."

"I'll be the one to pass on any instructions or discoveries you have to make. If you need to find me, tie a piece of cloth on the branch of the second tree leading to the alleyway of the Ye Family. I'll be waiting for you at Liuhua Street the next morning. If I need to find you, I'll go directly to the Master's house. Do you understand?"

Except for Fuzi's house, Ah Shan has to run around outside every day. It is easier to find him at Fuzi's house, which can also be regarded as a secret contact place.

Ah Shan nodded and responded: "What if the situation is extremely urgent?"

Chun Tao sighed: "The lady said that in an emergency, she would come directly to me."

After everything was arranged, Ye Xi stayed at home with Master Ye and Madam Ye, and would stop by to care about Ye Xin whenever she was free. Ah Shan was very capable, and half a month later he sent some news one after another. Ye Xi recorded the news in a booklet, and after returning to her room at night, she looked at the news and thought about solutions. Ye Xi felt that she had never worked so hard for the college entrance examination. In order to know some of the tricks in the business world, she often went to Ye Xin's study to look for relevant books or went to the bookstore to look for them, and most of the time she bought them directly to read.

To find Yang Jian's fault, she naturally had to start with the law. As the saying goes, all businessmen are dishonest. The more money a businessman makes, the more shameful his practices are. Ye Xi didn't have money or power to fight against Yang Jian, but she did have the government. As long as she could find some evidence that Yang Jian violated the law in his business, the more serious the better, and if she had it in her hands, she wouldn't be afraid of not being able to get rid of him.

Because she read so many books and they were so messy, Mrs. Ye, who came to visit her occasionally, couldn't help but tease her: "If our Xi'er were a boy, I'm afraid he would have to take the imperial examination with his brother."

Ye Xi was also thinking, why did she encounter such a thing as time travel, but she couldn't change her gender. If she was a man, she wouldn't encounter such a thing. Now, even if she couldn't pass the imperial examination, she should be able to teach others like Wang Xiucai.

In ancient times, many slaves in wealthy families were the result of internal marriages, and the children born were also slaves. Such slaves were commonly known as "house-born children". Some slaves who were doing well themselves, or who were not doing so well but had sufficient financial resources, would teach their children to read and write, hoping that their masters would appreciate their children and thus help them rise to prominence.

The ways for these slaves to learn to read and write were relatively narrow, and it was common practice to secretly send them to the teacher's home or a place designated by the teacher to study.