Xia Youan naturally welcomed them to stay. She also wanted to start a school and needed many teachers and talents in all aspects.

"Master, welcome you. If you are willing to accept my arrangements, I can arrange accommodation for you and provide you with food and clothing. However, you must work diligently and not play tricks."

"Master, we want to stay too!"

"Why are you joining in the fun as a little brat? Wait until you grow up before you join in! But you still need to go back and discuss it with your family first. Giving up the imperial examination is a big deal, don't make a hasty decision."

After this battle, Beichuan became completely famous throughout the entire continent. People from both Da Chu and other countries flocked to Beichuan, and its fame temporarily overshadowed the capitals of various countries.

After the eating, drinking and having fun, the students have to start paying off their debts.

"I plan to open literacy classes in every village, just teaching them how to read and write common characters.

I will send someone to send you free students back, and the rest will be assigned to teach in various villages.

The people still have to work during the day, so the teaching time is set in the evening, for an hour and a half every day, and they are picked up and dropped off by cars.

"Master, let's go teach too. This is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Why should we only let them do this?"

There is a car to pick you up and drop you off, and the teaching is only for an hour and a half every night, so you can still have fun during the day. Only a fool would choose to go back with such a good thing.

Xia Youan was also very happy that the two sides reached a consensus. She said, is there any labor force cheaper than students?

With free food and lodging, as well as transportation, they hired more than 30 outstanding students from the Imperial College.

A summer vacation passed in the blink of an eye!

This summer, Xia Youan did nothing else but build a free primary school in each town in Pingyang County to help the people learn literacy.

The cultural level of Pingyang County is the highest in the entire Great Chu, with an average level reaching the first grade of elementary school.

Don't get discouraged, take your time!

I believe that when she graduates, the cultural level of the people in Beichuan will reach the level of elementary school graduates.

Xia Youan became a junior at the beginning of the school year and started going to school every day again.

As of September 1st, the construction of Pingyang County was also progressing by leaps and bounds, and Zhang Peng made a fortune.

The only one who was unhappy was Song Jinbao. After returning home one time, he was forced to stay in the mansion by his parents.

Blind date!

Song Jinbao leaned against the door helplessly and kept calling for them to open it. "Dad, Mom! What are you doing? I'm only twenty-one years old, and the King of Chu and Xie Youzhi haven't even gotten married yet. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Hmph! Nothing I say will work. Just stay home and get married. You can leave only when your wife gets pregnant!"

After hearing this, Song Jinbao was speechless. Did he think of him as a sowing machine?

"I won't get married! Can you give me a few more years? General Shan's two older brothers got married when they were in their thirties or even forty.

Why are you so anxious? I'm not going to die tomorrow!"

"Pah, pah, pah! Stop talking nonsense! Our family is no longer what it used to be.

In the past, the rich and powerful families looked down on our family because our title was purchased with money, so only merchants like us were willing to marry us.

Now there are a lot of daughters from wealthy and powerful families who want to marry into our family.

"My parents have made all the arrangements for you. Today, you're going to see Qing Xin, the second daughter of Lord Qing, the Minister of Justice. Just wait at home, she'll be here soon!" The Duke's wife said this and left.

"Mom! You can't do this, let me out!" Song Jinbao pounded on the door.

But everyone is gone, there’s no point making any more noise!

Qingxin is eighteen years old, which is almost an old maid in Da Chu.

Since she was fourteen, there have been waves of men who came to propose to her, but this dead girl didn't like any of them.

No one has come to my house since I was sixteen.

Song Jinbao made a fuss for a long time but no one paid any attention to him. In despair, he sat on the ground and fell asleep.

Knock knock~

"Who?" Song Jinbao was awakened by the sound of knocking on the window.

"Song Jinbao?" A sweet voice sounded outside the window like a thief.

"who are you?"

"I'm Qingxin!"

When Song Jinbao heard this, he frowned and didn't want to pay attention!

"Hey, are you listening?"

No sound.

"Hey!"

Still no sound!

Song Jinbao originally thought that if he ignored her she would give up, but unexpectedly he heard a rustling sound outside the window.

If he guessed correctly, the girl was prying open the window.

Song Jinbao: "..."

"Miss Qing, what are you doing?" Song Jinbao finally couldn't help but speak out.

"Why didn't you say anything just now? I thought something happened to you, so I wanted to pry open the window and climb in to take a look!" Qingxin complained.

"Miss Qing, I have no plans to get married yet!" Song Jinbao planned to dissuade her directly.

"Great! Then take me away!" Qingxin said excitedly.

Song Jinbao wondered how this girl could be even more ferocious than Xian Ling'er.

"Miss Qing, I think you may not have heard clearly. What I said is that I don't want to get married yet!" Song Jinbao said it again solemnly.

"Keep your voice down! I can hear you clearly! I don't want to get married yet. So can you take me to Beichuan? Escape far away and avoid being nagged by them at home."

"Why do you want to go to Beichuan?" Song Jinbao asked puzzledly.

"Are you silly? Beichuan is a place that everyone dreams of visiting now. Who wouldn't want to go there? At the New Year's Palace Banquet, I heard Princess Yuan Chun say that she went to school. I was so envious!" Qing Xin said.

As soon as Qingxin finished speaking, Song Jinbao dispelled his doubts. "Since you don't want to get married so soon, how about we work together? You go lie to my parents and say I agree to let us go out and talk, and then run away? How do you think this would work?"

"That's great, but I don't have any money with me, and I don't have any relatives in Beichuan, so I'll have to trouble you to take care of me for a while.

But don't worry, I won't bother you for too long. I'll move out as soon as I find a job." Qing Xin promised.

"The Song family doesn't need the money you spent. Go and tell my parents now that we can leave early." Song Jinbao seemed to see new hope.

"Okay, just wait!" Qingxin said excitedly, then trotted back to the main hall.

When Duke Song and his wife, as well as Madam Qing, saw Qing Xin coming back, they quickly surrounded her and asked, "What happened?"

"success!"

When the three heard that the plan was successful, they all smiled.

Qingyang said to Madam Qing, "Mother, I don't know how long it will take for me to come back to see you. You and Daddy must take care of yourselves and don't miss me too much. If you really want to, you can come with Daddy next time he goes to Beichuan."

"Don't worry about these. Just go and get along well with Young Master Song. Mother will be waiting for your good news. Take these!" Mrs. Qing took out a stack of banknotes and stuffed them into Qing Xin's hand.

Qing Xin stuffed it back in, and even took off all the valuables on her body and stuffed them into Madam Qing's pockets, "Mom, you have to be penniless to stay with Song Jinbao, take these back!"

Madam Qing looked at the Duke and his wife awkwardly, and said, "Qingxin is right. This way, when she arrives in Beichuan, she can naturally stay at Jinbao's place."

Then he turned to Qing Xin and said, "Miss Qing, I'll leave Jin Bao to you. He's a bit silly, so please bear with me!"

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