CHAPTER-13

　　Gu Qingci did not wake up naturally in the morning, so the book boy Shi Mo knocked on the door to wake her up.

　　"Why so early!" Gu Qingci rubbed her eyes and looked at the sky outside which was only slightly bright.

　　"My Lord, the academy will start reciting books at 12:00 a.m., and it's a little late now." Shi Mo said.

　　Gu Qingci was speechless. Shi Mo seemed to have told her yesterday.

　　In ancient times, academies would have students go to the classroom for morning reading at around 5 o'clock.

　　There was no clock in this ancient times, and Gu Qingci didn't know what time it was.

　　She was still a little confused, and woke up after washing up.

　　Shi Mo didn't know how to comb her hair, so he called Dongxue to comb it for Gu Qingci.

　　She tied her hair into a bun on top of her head, leaving some hair draped over her shoulders. She used the wooden hairpin she used the day before as her hairpin. After putting on a green shirt, she looked like a little scholar.

　　When Shi Mo carried Gu Qingci's bookcase and left Mo Jinxuan with Gu Qingci, the sky gradually brightened.

　　Outside, Gu Qingci ran into Xue Sanniang who was also going out.

　　Gu Qingci told Ruan Zhi yesterday that Xue Sanniang was leaving, and Ruan Zhi's new housekeeper, Madam Zhao, had arranged it.

　　A carriage was rented to send Xue Sanniang away. Following Xue Sanniang were the two remaining servants of the Gu family, and a woman assigned by Ruan Zhi.

　　Xue Sanniang saw that Gu Qingci was originally full of resentment, but when she saw the book boy carrying a book box behind her, her face improved a little.

　　"After your mother left, there was no one around you who understood your feelings, what should you do!"

　　"That woman is really vicious and cruel. The servants were dismissed, and you only have such a little boy around you when you go to school. People look down on you!"

　　Xue Sanniang complained a few words in dissatisfaction.

　　Gu Qingci hurriedly sent her to the carriage.

　　Gu Qingci was relieved when the carriage disappeared after leaving the Gu family.

　　Gu Qingci and the book boy sat in the new carriage made by the Gu family. The horseman who raised horses acted as the coachman and drove to Honglu Academy where Gu Qingci went to school.

　　Not long after Gu Qingci left in the carriage, Ruan Zhi got up and washed and had breakfast.

　　"Azhi, if you want to buy anything, just ask the servants to go. You have to go to the official store yourself. It's not safe for Yan'e to be outside." Qin Pozi knew that Ruan Zhi was going out and was a little worried.

　　"Nurse, I haven't been to the official store for a long time. I want to take a look. I will bring a few more people, don't worry." Ruan Zhi smiled and said.

　　"You have to be careful, put on your hat when you get out of the sedan chair." Qin Pozi said.

　　Ruan Zhi responded to Qin Pozi.

　　The official store is a store opened by the court.

　　Ruan Zhi was able to become the first imperial merchant in her previous life because she started supplying goods to the official store.

　　She had been in the Gu family for two years in her previous life, and she didn't know what the situation was like at this time.

　　Go out to understand the specific market conditions and plan how to cooperate with the official store again.

　　By the way, see if you can find the capable helpers around you in your previous life, start to train them, and lay the foundation for what you will do in the future.

　　The stores that Ruan Zhi brought as a dowry were all selected by Ruan Maolin with good locations and good profits.

　　It's good to be rich and live in peace, but once a war breaks out, it will be gone at any time.

　　It is not only to prepare for life after the divorce, but also to deal with disasters, foreign invasions, civil unrest, etc. in the next few years.

　　Ruan Zhi wanted to have as much self-protection ability as possible, rather than being controlled by others.

　　When Ruan Zhi went out in a sedan chair, Gu Qingci's carriage left the small county town.

　　Honglu Academy is still in the suburbs, and it takes half an hour on the road. During this time, Gu Qingci ate some snacks to fill his stomach. Adhering to the principle of not wasting time and taking advantage of every opportunity, he took out a book to read, but the carriage was shaking and the book was difficult to understand. After reading for a while, Gu Qingci fell asleep.

　　Shi Mo watched Gu Qingci nod his head, his little face full of helplessness. His master seemed to have a disease that made him sleepy when reading.

　　Silently added a line to Ruan Zhi's report.

　　After arriving at the academy, Gu Qingci found the class of Tongsheng Ding and went in with his book box. Shi Mo went to the room outside that was specially for the book boy. There

　　was a lot of reading in the classroom, and many people had already arrived.

　　Gu Qingci wanted to find a seat and blend in quietly, but before he even touched the bench, he was stared at by a little old man with gray hair and beard. He pointed outside and motioned Gu Qingci to go out.

　　Gu Qingci had no choice but to put down his bookcase and go out.

　　"Gu Qingci, this is a college, you can't come and go as you please! You've been absent from class for so many days, how can you be so shameless!" The teacher blew his beard and glared.

　　Gu Qingci was embarrassed. He had just started school and hadn't tried hard yet, but he was scolded by the teacher.

　　"The teacher is teaching me that I will work hard from today!" Gu Qingci quickly admitted his mistake.

　　The teacher looked at Gu Qingci with a little surprise, but his attitude of admitting his mistake was quite good.

　　But will you really work hard?

　　"You have a title, so you have fewer county and prefectural exams than others. As long as you pass the college exam, you can become a scholar. There is only one month left, so study hard. What you learn is always yours. If you can't do it this year, there is still next year." The teacher encouraged Gu Qingci a few words.

　　"..." Gu Qingci returned to his seat and rubbed his face.

　　I thought the exam was far away, but it turned out that there was only one month left.

　　Is it enough to study hard for a month?

　　No matter whether it is too late or not, you have to try. What if

　　a miracle happens?

　　You have to do it for the monthly salary of ten taels of silver!

　　Gu Qingci looked at the classmates around him, took out the corresponding book from the bookcase, and began to recite like others.

　　It's just...

　　I can't understand the words and put them into sentences.

　　I can't read some words and I got stuck after a while.

　　I wanted to raise my hand to call the teacher, but the old man was very busy and scolded other people outside.

　　There are definitely no academic masters in the D class of the academy. There are mostly scumbags and idlers. Many of them came later than Gu Qingci.

　　Gu Qingci was stuck there waiting for the teacher, and soon he dozed off with his head propped up.

　　What Gu Qingci didn't notice was that several people in the classroom had already noticed Gu Qingci. They

　　were whispering to each other at the moment.

　　"Gu Qingci hasn't been here for several days. I heard that something happened in her family and several servants were sent to the government office."

　　"Is it worth going to the government office for such a trivial matter in her family? It's ridiculous. Let's go to the dining room and ask her to treat us."

　　"She must have saved a lot of money again. There are honey-glazed braised beef, steamed sea bass, braised fish..."

　　Several people drooled as they talked. When the teacher came in, they immediately sat up and read.

　　Gu Qingci was hit on the head and woke up with a start.

　　"Gu Qingci, you read this paragraph!" The teacher said with a frown.

　　"..." Gu Qingci looked around and didn't know when the morning reading ended and the class had already started.

　　The ruler pointed at the paragraph in the book, and Gu Qingci sobered up and started reading quickly. He

　　got stuck while reading, and it was a word he didn't know before.

　　"Master, what is this word?" Gu Qingci raised her hand and asked the master.

　　"...The history of history! Where did you read all the books! This child is incorrigible! Incorrigible!" The master was furious when he saw the word Gu Qingci pointed.

　　The classmates around laughed.

　　"..." Gu Qingci blushed.

　　After sitting down, Gu Qingci began to listen to the class.

　　The master asked people to finish reading the text, and Gu Qingci thought he would start to explain.

　　Who knew that he didn't explain the meaning at all, but quoted from classics, studied the same thing, and talked about allusions and sources.

　　Gu Qingci didn't know how many people understood it, but she didn't understand it anyway.

　　She felt that she needed an enlightenment teacher to learn from the beginning.

　　After a class, there was no note in the book, it was clean, and her head was also clean.

　　The main point is a clean one.

　　After a long while, Gu Qingci's stomach began to growl non-stop.

　　As soon as the class was over, Gu Qingci wanted to eat quickly.

　　At noon, the driver would go back and bring a lunch box to Gu Qingci.

　　Only meal time was a happy time. Just

　　as Gu Qingci stood up, a woman came up to Gu Qingci and smiled at her.

　　"Marquis Jian'an is finally here. We have missed you these days. Classes are boring. Come, let's go to the vegetarian room to eat together, so that we can have a good chat." The woman held Gu Qingci very intimately and said.

　　"..." Gu Qingci wanted to say who you are.

　　"Everyone, my wife has prepared food for me, so I won't go to the vegetarian room." Gu Qingci said very seriously, avoided the woman's hand, and strode out.

　　"Hey! Hey? This guy!" The woman was a little annoyed when she saw Gu Qingci go out.

　　"Madam prepared food for her? Doesn't she look down on that merchant girl? Why would she eat the food she prepared?" Someone asked curiously.

　　"Could she be tamed in just a few days? Tsk tsk," someone else echoed.

　　"I can only find another opportunity next time." The woman said.

　　It's a pity. In the past, as long as the Marquis of Jian'an said a few words, this person would be arrogant, and she would definitely be the one to pay the bill for the meal.

　　Since Gu Qingci married Ruan Zhi, he has become more generous.

　　Seeing that Gu Qingci had disappeared, these people could only go to the vegetarian room first.

　　A man in a green shirt in the corner of the classroom not far away kept his eyes on them, listening to them talking, and his expression changed several times.

　　"Xue Linlang, aren't you going to the vegetarian room?" Someone called him and he came back to his senses.

　　The man called Xue Linlang got up and followed the man out.

　　Gu Qingci found Shi Mo and went to the carriage parking place. The coachman had brought the food box.

　　The food inside had an insulation layer and was still hot.

　　Gu Qingci sat in the carriage and started eating, and his mood finally brightened.

　　Can such a miracle really happen?

　　Woo woo woo, it's too difficult.

　　After eating, Gu Qingci took a nap in the carriage to recharge his energy and prepare to study hard in the afternoon.

　　Gu Qingci's spirit in the afternoon was still not very good, mainly because he couldn't understand.

　　She would rather go run a few laps outside.

　　School was over at 4:00 in the afternoon, and it was past 5:00 when she arrived at Gu's house.

　　Gu Qingci looked listless.

　　After washing up at Gu's house and changing into a robe, Lianrui asked Gu Qingci to go to Xiuyi Garden for dinner.

　　While Gu Qingci was washing up, Shi Mo ran to report to Ruan Zhi.

　　Ruan Zhi went out today, and several things didn't go well. She

　　went to the official store to buy some things, and the person in charge of the official store she wanted to contact didn't see Chang'e, so she hit a wall.

　　She could only ask someone to check first to see if there was a breakthrough.

　　None of the people she wanted to find were in the county town, and there was no clue yet.

　　Ruan Zhi had a headache and was not in a good mood.

　　Shi Mo said that Gu Qingci ignored those bad friends, and he only went to class and ate all day. When he came back, he was in a bad mental state, so she wanted to take a look.

　　Sure enough, when people came, he seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit yesterday.

　　However, he ate a lot of food. Ruan

　　Zhi, who had no appetite, also ate a little.

　　Gu Qingci's taste was probably more appetizing.

　　"There is less than a month left before the exam. My wife said she would work hard to pass the exam. How confident are you?" After dinner, Ruan Zhi asked Gu Qingci.

　　"..." Gu Qingci's satisfaction after dinner was crushed.

　　"Madam, I will work hard. I will read for a while in the evening, so I won't disturb you." Gu Qingci encouraged himself and looked at Ruan Zhi.

　　"Just read here." Ruan Zhi said, wanting to see if this person really had the problem of falling asleep when reading as Shi Mo said.

　　After hearing Ruan Zhi asking her to stay and study, Gu Qingci also wanted to stay.

　　She could see the pleasing rich sister and sleep on a soft couch.

　　She must have not slept well on the hard bed yesterday, and she got up early, which caused her to be sleepy all day.

　　"Madam, I want to ask, is there any tea? I want to drink some tea." Gu Qingci thought about it and said it.

　　She had wanted to drink tea for a long time.

　　But Ruan Zhi's taste was the taste of tea.

　　If she said she wanted to drink tea, she would always feel ashamed.

　　However, with her energy to fall asleep when reading, she might not be able to bear reading at night.

　　Drinking tea to refresh herself can make her more energetic, maybe she can focus more, get twice the result with half the effort, and improve her learning efficiency.

　　"Tea soup? I'll have someone make it for you." Ruan Zhi heard what Gu Qingci said and asked Lian Rui to make a cup of tea soup.

　　Gu Qingci took the book and looked at it for a few seconds, then moved in front of Ruan Zhi and decided to ask Ruan Zhi shamelessly.

　　Some new words and the meaning of some difficult sentences.

　　Ruan Zhi didn't expect Gu Qingci didn't know all of these.

　　The books he read before were indeed read in vain.

　　Ruan Zhi explained to Gu Qingci.

　　Gu Qingci finally felt that his clean head had something.

　　Not long after, Lian Rui brought the tea soup.

　　Gu Qingci took a sip and almost vomited.

　　This tea soup not only contains salt, but also ginger, onion, jujube and other condiments.

　　This is not tea, this is clearly a dark dish.

　　"Madam, are you sure this is tea?" Gu Qingci swallowed hard and asked Ruan Zhi.

　　"If this is not tea, what is it?" Ruan Zhi was puzzled.

　　"Shouldn't tea be just tea leaves? How come there are so many strange ingredients?" Gu Qingci asked.

　　"Tea leaves are bitter and have a grassy taste, how can they be drunk alone?" Ruan Zhi said.

　　After listening to Ruan Zhi's words, Gu Qingci suddenly realized a problem, that tea in this world may not have developed to the level of later generations.