Do you have a name? The eight people answered in unison, "Miss, please give us a name. Our previous masters have all been exiled and their property has been confiscated." Now we are starting anew, Siyu said, "If you don't have a name, then okay." I will name the eight of you, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, and call you Chunmei, Chunlan, Qiuzhu and Qiuju respectively. Shannai, Qiukui, Baitao and Baizhi, two of you four martial maids will follow mother, and two will follow me. Siyu asked what the eight maids' specialties were. Bailan and Baikui said at the same time, "I can comb hair." Shannai said, "I know medicine." Siyu said, "You follow my mother." Chunmei said, "I can sew, cook and do accounting." Siyu said okay, "You will go to mother too." That's how it's divided up, Shannai, Chunmei, Chunlan and Qiukui will all follow mother.

The remaining four people, Qiuzhu and Qiuju, follow the Third Miss. She's still young, only five years old, so you need to be more careful. Baitao and Baizhi follow me and stay by my side. You two will each perform your duties here.

As for servants, I have also arranged two for each of my father and brothers. However, servants are not allowed to be brought into the academy now, so the servants can continue to improve their martial arts with Master Wu and learn literature with the scholars, so that they won't be clueless when they take the imperial examinations with my father and brothers in the future. It will also be safer if they learn martial arts well.

There are also several old scholars who will teach the children in the village when the school is built. Every year, the villagers give them holiday gifts, and the scholars will keep them. I will pay the scholars a monthly interest. Children from the village will not be charged, but children from other villages will be charged. So I ask you to cooperate with each other when the time comes. If you have family members, you can also bring them with you. When the private school is built in the future, we will build you a separate house to live in. The gentlemen were very happy. It has been tried and tested for so many years. Siyu also learned that it was not that the gentlemen were not knowledgeable enough, but that they always had problems during the exams. Either the elderly died of illness, it rained during the exam, or they caught a cold and had diarrhea. The most tragic moment was when, having finished all the questions and ready to hand in their paper, the student ahead of them also finished. In their excitement, they dropped their water cup into the imperial bucket, splashing the liquid all over their paper. Imagine that feeling! It was even more tragic than standing on both sides of the Yellow River, holding secret documents, machine gun fire in front and artillery fire behind! Consequently, this scholar's nine days of furious writing became a laughing stock.

Recovering their thoughts, the group pondered over the possibility of a teaching position, complete with food and lodging. They'd heard the master of this family was also at the academy. They could discuss this during their ten-day break, perhaps even give it a try someday, taking the imperial examinations together. The oldest was only 31, the youngest 20. They'd all been poor, seeking teaching jobs at the pawnshop. Now that they had one, and could bring their families, they felt they hadn't wasted their intellectual pride.

After everything was settled, Siyu felt exhausted. She shook her head, twisted her neck, and said to her mother, Nanny Tan, and Butler Fang, "From now on, matters like these will be handled by you. If you're really unsure, talk to me. I still have to develop my business."

Good mother, I’ll leave this house to you. These trivial matters are so tiring! Okay? Siyu acted coquettishly and pulled Lan Niang’s sleeve, okay? Mother, I’m so tired? Just help me? Lan Niang smiled and nodded Siyu’s head. You little girl only knows how to be lazy. What will you do when you get married in the future? Don’t you have to take care of these things too? Siyu raised her head proudly, I don’t want to take care of these trivial matters! I will hand them over to the housekeeper when the time comes. If I am trapped in the backyard, I would rather not get married. It’s so tiring to fight against each other every day. The weather outside is better. Lan Niang looked at Siyu’s soft and proud look, nodded his forehead, and said angrily, you? Siyu pouted and stomped her feet, Mother, I won’t talk to you anymore, I’m going back to sleep, lifting her skirt. Siyu jumped away happily.

Walking into the room, Siyu entered the space. "Tired today?" she thought. "I'll take a shower first." Afterward, Siyu harvested the food in the space and planted another batch. Then, she practiced her mental strength for a while. She also refined some pills, such as fart pills, itching powder, truth pills, and so on.

Siyu looked at his martial arts secret book again. This was practiced by two people together, so she could only wait until Long Linxiao came.

The sun rises in the east, and the cock crows three times. After daybreak, Siyu stretches and leaves the space, feeling refreshed. A new day officially begins. Looking at the maids and servants in the yard diligently doing their work, Siyu looks at the vibrant yard again. Let's go into the mountains today to see if we can find pepper seeds. After breakfast, Siyu takes Baizhi and Baitao to the back mountain. When they are about to enter the back mountain, a person quietly walks out from behind. "After writing this, some book friends will ask, are the two maidservants not good at martial arts? There are people following behind them, and they don't know that they are not. No matter how good the maidservants' martial arts are, they are not trained like the secret guards. Their martial arts are not that good. A secret guard can beat dozens of ordinary people, and a maidservant can beat more than a dozen. So, don't think that my maidservant is too magical. When Long Linxiao comes in the later stage, he will send a few secret guards to Siyu."

This person followed them quietly from a distance, watching them go deep into the mountains. This person turned around and quickly ran down the mountain. When he got home, he said to the people in the house, "Grandma, grandma, come out quickly, come out quickly, I saw that little bitch." Grandma came out and asked, "Bitch, that one." The boy said, "It was Bai Siyu, that bitch, who led the two girls to the mountains." And this person was none other than Bai Yaozu and Bai Yaozong. When Bai Shuya and Bai Sirou came back after the conspiracy, Bai Shuya gave the old lady this idea. Didn't the eldest aunt always want the secret recipe in the workshop? While Bai Siyu is not at home, let the eldest aunt bring the county magistrate's people to catch them. The old lady Bai couldn't control her excited hands and said happily, "Hurry up, go to the county town to inform your eldest aunt that the bitch is not at home, they are going to take action to catch him quickly." So Bai Yaozong and Bai Yaozu took Bai Shuya and Bai Zhenzhu and the four of them hurried to the county town. Siyu was still on her way to the mountains, telling Baizhi and Baitao about her first time in the mountains. She didn't mention saving anyone, only digging for ginseng.

So they took the two of them to the hot spring cave. Bai Tao and Bai Zhi stared wide-eyed. There was actually steaming water. Surprised, Bai Tao ran to the water's edge and started chatting. "Oh, Miss, look! The water's actually smoking!" "Is someone lighting a fire?" "Why is it hot?" So she laughed and said to Bai Tao, "You silly girl, my silly Bai Tao, that's not someone lighting a fire. This is a hot spring, heated by geothermal heat." Bai Tao touched her nose and nodded. "Oh, I thought someone was lighting a fire down there, heating the water." Si Yu said to Bai Tao and Bai Jie, "You should read more. Books hold golden houses and beautiful women. That's why they say reading enlightens you." The two of them nodded in unison. "Yes, Miss, we must read more from now on." "Miss, you're just as smart and beautiful." The two of them were having a lot of fun. They continued walking inside the cave, bypassing the hot spring and entering. They saw another exit. Si Yu was about to leave. Bai Zhi and Bai Tao stopped her. Bai Tao said, "Miss, I'll go out and take a look first. You wait a moment." Si Yu shook her head. "I've been here many times. There's nothing wrong here. It's just that there was no exit the first few times I came here." Bai Tao asked in confusion, "There's no exit. Was it newly opened later?" Si Yu was also puzzled. "Yes, the mountain is so thick. There was no exit the first time I came here." "Why is there one now?" Si Yu raised her guard. Several people walked out of the cave cautiously and quietly. They saw an endless medicinal field behind them. The weather was sunny and flowers were blooming. There were also elk, rabbits, and pheasants running on the grass. Si Yu walked down the stairs and entered the medicinal field. What did she see? She actually saw the herbs that could detoxify Long Linxiao. Si Yu was so happy that she wanted to dig herbs. At this time, a stone flew from a distance and hit Siyu's hand. Siyu let go of her hand in pain. At this time, an old man with a white beard flew over and said, "Little girl, what are you doing? He who takes something without asking is considered a thief. How come you are a thief?" Siyu looked up at the old man with a white beard and said angrily, "There is no sign of your name on it. How do I know it's yours? This medicinal material is meant to save people. There is such a large piece of it. I need it to save someone. What's wrong with plucking one? You said it's yours. Will it agree if you call it?" Siyu was also angry. Her hand hurt so much after being hit.

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