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Lanxiang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Man'er, where did all these ideas of yours come from?"

Shen Man smiled and said, "Mom, I came up with all of these myself. I think a house should not only be comfortable to live in, but also beautiful and practical."

"I never imagined that your little head could hold so many wonderful ideas!"

Lanxiang was even more certain that Shen Man was the lucky charm sent to her by heaven, and she held her tightly, unwilling to let go.

The next morning, Shen Man had no choice but to go to school again. While the other children were reading aloud, she was bored and lay on the table, dozing off.

Li Mufeng was speaking passionately on the podium, but Shen Man had already fallen asleep.

She dreamed that her family's newly built house was completed, and the house was filled with all sorts of novel gadgets. Behind the house was a large open space where flocks of chickens and ducks were raised.

Everything in her dream was so beautiful that she even drooled.

Seeing her like this, Li Mufeng shook his head helplessly.

This girl is smart, but it's really unacceptable that she sleeps in class every time.

He was going to test her properly today, and if she failed, he would punish her severely so that she would never dare to sleep like that again.

"Man'er!" He walked to Shen Man's desk and banged on the surface. "Get up and tell me where I was in the story!"

Shen Man was nudged by her deskmate with her elbow, and she stood up groggily, looking completely bewildered.

Li Mufeng glared angrily, "You sleep in class every day, how can you learn anything!"

Shen Man lowered her head, but in her heart she was thinking: What's the use of learning all this? I might as well go home and help my mother with the chores.

She felt that coming to these boring classes every day was not a solution and she needed to find a way to completely resolve the issue.

She glanced at her deskmate's book and answered loudly, "The teacher just mentioned 'the cold comes and the heat goes, autumn harvests and winter stores'."

Do you know the meaning of these two sentences?

"I know, it means the four seasons change, the weather changes, crops are harvested in autumn, and grain is stored in winter."

Li Mufeng originally saw her sleeping in class and wanted to test her, but he didn't expect that she would still be able to listen to the lesson while she was asleep.

"Okay, sit down. Even if you've learned it, you can't sleep."

“Sir, I feel that if I’ve already learned it, sitting here is just a waste of time. Why don’t you let me go back?”

"No!" Li Mufeng said sternly, "Although you are intelligent, you cannot be careless when it comes to academic matters."

Shen Man looked helpless and sighed. She said sincerely, "Sir, you don't know, my family is building a house and there are many things to do. If I don't go back to help, my mother won't be able to manage it all by herself."

Li Mufeng dismissed these words, thinking they were just an excuse Shen Man made to skip school.

After a long while, he slowly said, "In that case, alright. If you can recite this entire 'Thousand Character Classic' without any errors today, I can consider letting you leave get out of class early."

He thought to himself that he hadn't even finished explaining the book yet, so no matter how intelligent Shen Man was, there was absolutely no way she could memorize the whole thing.

If she can't recite it later, I'll punish her by making her copy the whole book ten times, and see if she dares to secretly doze off in class again.

However, to his utter surprise, Shen Man's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, and she asked with a face full of joy, "Really? Thank you so much, sir!"

Immediately afterwards, she recited the entire Thousand Character Classic with astonishing speed and fluency, word for word.

When Li Mufeng came to his senses, Shen Man had already packed her things and ran happily out of the classroom.

Li Mufeng was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He stared in disbelief at the empty seat, a sense of defeat welling up inside him.

Meanwhile, Shen Man was walking home with light steps.

Looking at her daughter who had returned home early, Lanxiang asked helplessly, "Man'er, why are you back early again?"

“The teacher’s teaching was too simple. I already know it all. Instead of staying there and dozing off, I might as well come back and help you out.”

Lanxiang had no choice but to go along with her.

The more Li Mufeng thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed.

After school, he went to Shen Man's house again, intending to test her on some other things.

He simply couldn't believe that Shen Man, a three-year-old child, could memorize an entire book without any instruction; it completely overturned his understanding.

Even his exceptionally talented nephew couldn't achieve that.

Could it be that Shen Man is really a born prodigy?

Shen Man was somewhat surprised to see Li Mufeng arrive, but she still greeted him politely.

Li Mufeng smiled and nodded, then took out a book of poems, turned to one of the poems, and wanted to test whether Shen Man could recognize the words on it.

Seeing his reaction, Shen Man knew that he had come specifically to test her.

She regretted that she had acted too much in class today, arousing Li Mufeng's suspicion.

However, pretending to be stupid is a piece of cake for Shen Man.

She thought to herself: You little brat, you're still too green to figure me out!

She tilted her head, stared at the pages for a long time with wide eyes, and then read it haphazardly in her childish voice.

“What? This is clearly ‘Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence, I leisurely gaze at the southern mountains.’” Li Mufeng corrected her.

"Oh, the teacher didn't teach me, how would I know!" Shen Man said, feigning innocence, but secretly chuckled to herself.

Seeing this, Li Mufeng did not give up and decided to test her with an even simpler poem.

This time, he chose a five-character quatrain. Shen Man still pretended to be clueless, trying hard to recognize the words in the poem.

Li Mufeng thought to himself, perhaps Shen Man really just has a good memory and doesn't actually know many characters. After all, he had read the Thousand Character Classic several times in class, so it was possible that she could memorize it if she had a good memory.

Just as he was about to give up testing her, Shen Man suddenly spoke up: "Sir, I really have no interest in reading and writing. Why don't you teach me martial arts instead? The way you descended from the sky that night when my mother and I were in danger was absolutely amazing. I want to be like you when I grow up and become a female knight-errant who upholds justice."

Li Mufeng looked at her in surprise, not expecting this young girl to have such ambitions, but learning martial arts is no easy task.

“Learning martial arts is very hard and requires long-term perseverance. Can you endure that hardship?” he asked seriously.

Shen Man looked at him with a firm gaze and nodded vigorously, "I'm not afraid of hardship! As long as I can learn martial arts and protect myself and my family, I'm willing to endure any hardship!"

Looking at Shen Man's determined eyes, Li Mufeng's heart stirred. He decided to teach her some simple moves first to see how well she could master them.

"Alright, since you are so determined, then I will teach you. But you must not slack off in your practice in the future; you must be diligent and hardworking in order to achieve something."

Shen Man was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately bowed to Li Mufeng.