[QTC] MBDT Chapter 730

Master Li said angrily, “As the saying goes, ‘Like mother, like son.’ If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked. With your character as a rude woman, you still want your son to succeed through studying. You will be a peasant for the rest of your life.”

“Whether we are destined to be peasants or not, you don’t have to worry about it. But your fate is the same, Master. Instead of worrying about ours, you should worry more about your own.”

After saying that, Bei Yutang took Xiao Zimo’s hand and left, no longer paying attention to the man who was so angry that smoke was coming out of his head.

Master Li pointed at their backs, his body trembling slightly with anger.

“Sly woman, sly woman!”

Bei Yutang took Xiao Zimo out of the school.

Xiao Zimo looked at her from time to time.

“What do you want to say?” Bei Yutang asked.

Xiao Zimo stopped.

Bei Yutang also stopped and looked at him doubtfully.

He looked at her with a burning gaze, and a firm lit in his eyes. He said solemnly in a childish tone: “Mother, Mo’er will definitely stand out, pass the imperial examination, and let you live a good life.”

Bei Yutang squatted down, looked him in the eye, and said seriously: “Mo’er, Mother asked you to study, not to ask you to become a big shot. I just want to let you learn more and increase your knowledge.”

If she hadn’t experienced the mission world, she might have told him that she believed he would become the top scholar one day. However, now she didn’t want to add too much burden on his weak shoulders.

“Okay. Since this one doesn’t work, let’s go to another one.”

“Yeah.” Xiao Zimo looked at the woman holding his hand, his eyes more determined than ever before.

He must make sure his mother lives a good life and has no worries about food and clothing.

Master Li was not suitable here, so Bei Yutang had to take him to the next village, where there was a school.

The teacher was an old man who used to be a Juren¹Juren (舉人; lit. ‘recommended man’) was a rank achieved by people who passed the xiangshi (鄉試) exam in the imperial examination system of imperial China. The xiangshi is also known, in English, as the provincial examination. It was a rank higher than the shengyuan rank, but lower than the jinshi rank, which was the highest degree.. But later on, no one knew what had happened and he returned to his hometown to open a school.

The school where the old master was located was quite far from home, which would take Xiao Zimo half an extra incense stick of time to walk.

The two of them inquired about the school where the old master attended in the village.

When they arrived there, they saw a simple courtyard. Standing outside the gate, they could hear the sound of reading coming from the courtyard.

Bei Yutang caught a glimpse of the light flashing in Xiao Zimo’s eyes from the corner of his eye and knew what he was thinking.

An old woman saw them and came forward to ask, “Excuse me, who are you looking for?”

“Hello, we are here to see the Master.”

The old woman glanced at Xiao Zimo and said with a smile: “Wait a moment, he is still teaching students. He will be here soon after the class.”

“Good.”

The old woman led Bei Yutang and her son into the house and poured them tea.

“How old is the kid?” The old woman looked at Xiao Zimo kindly.

“Four years old.”

“Four is a good age. It’s a good age to study. You learn things quickly.”

Bei Yutang chatted with the old woman and learned a lot.

This was Master Qin’s wife. She was a kind-hearted person, and her speech and behavior showed that she was very well-educated.

Just from her appearance, Bei Yutang was half confident toward the old master who she had never met, that he would not be like Master Li before.

The old woman looked at the time and stood up.

“It looks like his class is about to end. I’ll go get him. You wait here for a moment.”

“Good.”

After a while, an energetic old man with white hair walked into the house.

The old woman introduced: “Mrs. Mu, this is the Master.”

Bei Yutang and Xiao Zimo stood up when the old master walked into the house.

 

 

 

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