The Story of a Spoiled Daughter Raising a Husband

"You help us because you need it, but if you just keep helping us without ever letting us do anything, I'll always feel uncomfortable." She explained, but felt she hadn't explained clearly enough, and her face flushed with anxiety.

Seeing his anxious expression, Tong Qian felt that the more she tried to explain, the less she could say what she wanted to say, so she smiled gently.

"Don't worry, I know what you mean and I know what you're worried about. But have you ever thought that whether I'm teaching you these things now or other things in the future, it's all for my own benefit?"

Seeing him lower his head as he listened to these words, she continued to explain, "The reason I came to find you is because we have too many similarities in our past experiences. When I saw you, I couldn't help but think of what it would have been like if my brother hadn't taken me back."

"So when I see you, I feel a sense of warmth. And what I want you to do, haven't I already told you before? Besides those, there are many more things I need you to do in the future, and I can't even say what they are right now."

"So, under this premise, I think that only by enabling all of you to do a lot of things from the very beginning can you help me to the greatest extent. What do you think?"

What Li Zichen was worried about before was that he had been staying here all this time, not only doing nothing, but also being taken care of by Tong Qian, which made him very uncomfortable. But now, after hearing her explanation, he seemed to understand something.

With some hesitation and a touch of awkwardness, she asked, "Sister, do you mean that only when we have that knowledge can we help you in more ways? So what we're doing now isn't just learning, but also preparing to help you in the future?"

Hearing his slightly trembling voice, Tong Qian felt a sense of relief. She had been worried that he wouldn't be able to get out of that dead end, and had been holding himself back with so-called "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts." Now it seemed that her worries were somewhat unnecessary.

She nodded in agreement, saying, "You're right. The better you learn, the more it will help me later. Now, can you let go of that discomfort in your heart?"

Seeing Li Zichen's determined expression, she said leisurely, "Zichen, didn't you come to ask me to go out for dinner together? I'm already starving."

Upon hearing Tong Qian's words, the blush that had just faded from Li Zichen's face instantly returned to his neck. He slapped his forehead in annoyance and said, "Sister, I'm sorry. I forgot about this because of those inappropriate emotions." With that, he led Tong Qian to the room specifically for dining.

Tong Qian thought the children had already started eating, but to her surprise, as soon as she entered the door, she saw more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring straight at her. She was slightly taken aback. "Alright, your older sister was talking to your brother about something and is late. But why haven't you started eating yet? The food is getting cold."

Yan'er ran straight from the table to Tong Qian's side, pulling her towards the reserved spot. She said, "Sister, we were just waiting for you to come with us since you finally stayed here today. Brother just said you might be busy and wouldn't have time to come." As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Li Ziyi.

Tong Qian let her sit down at the table. Looking at the expressions of the children she knew, she knew that what she said was true. She comforted them and said, "When I have the chance in the future, I will come here to be with you, or when you go to the village later, then we can be together almost every day."

Yan'er didn't pay any attention to what she was talking about about going back to the village. She was just excited to hear that they could stay together. Fortunately, there were a few older people there who could keep their tempers in check. In this harmonious atmosphere, Tong Qian and the children ate together. It was simple, yet not simple.

After everyone had eaten their fill, Tong Qian did indeed check all of their homework as An An had requested. However, she knew perfectly well that her impulsive action was merely to see what their abilities were like. If possible, she could send some of the children to participate in the imperial examinations later, which would also help Xiu Ping.

As expected, the three Li brothers wrote with great care, and their work was the best among the children. Even if they hadn't studied it extensively, they must have had some prior knowledge. Then there were Yan'er and An'an; although their handwriting wasn't particularly elegant, it was already quite good for their age after only a few days.

The things made by Wan'er and Yue'er, two quiet little girls, were also quite beautiful. However, the other boys, I don't know if they didn't put their hearts into it or if they didn't really understand it, but it always looked a bit strange.

While we can't judge their personality or determine what to teach them solely based on these things, we can still give them some direction.

The three Li brothers can definitely be trained into all-rounders. We can find a martial arts teacher sometime to test their abilities. The girls can learn some basic knowledge. As for other arrangements, we can make specific plans after we finish dealing with things in the village.

Thinking this way, I shared my suggestions for their homework, along with my evaluations and thoughts, with each child. Watching the different expressions on their faces as they received different advice, I felt a moment of envy for their simple lives.

What Tong Qian didn't know was that everything that happened after Ji Xiuping passed the imperial examination and entered officialdom, or after she herself became a princess, was inseparable from the help of these children. She also didn't know that her simple arrangement at this time would become something that would affect these children's entire lives.

After these things were over, Tong Qian talked to all the children again about her arrangements for them, her thoughts, and, more importantly, explained the purpose of having them learn these things.