Wine-scented Beauty

Chapter 120: Sending Students to School

Chapter 120: Sending Him to School

“Take this first. Tomorrow, Meiqing will go find a school for you. We don’t expect you to become the top scholar, we just hope you can broaden your horizons and not be a fool in the future.” He said a long sentence in one breath, then looked at Ji Tianci. Seeing that Ji Tianci was looking at him blankly, he paused for a moment and then relaxed. “Never mind, I won’t say that to you anymore. Take this first and keep it with you. If there’s anything you want, you can buy it yourself. A man should always have some money on him.”

He looked at the money and slowly accepted it. Although he didn't quite understand what he meant, he roughly got the gist of it.

"Will you abandon me too?" He looked up at Lu Yu, his eyes filled with a heartbreaking gaze. Lu Yu was stunned for a moment under his gaze before finally laughing.

Lu Yu patted his head. "No, it won't happen."

"I believe in you." He looked at Lu Yu earnestly.

"Good boy." He patted his shoulder. "Go play."

"Okay." He left.

He looked in the direction of the door, then slowly returned to his seat.

The next day, she went out without eating breakfast. It was just getting light, and the temperature outside was very low. She suddenly became clear-headed as she went out.

She wrapped her clothes tighter around herself and continued walking. The door creaked twice, as if greeting her.

The door was closed, and she hurried over there.

The school in the city was located in a bamboo grove to the east. The grass on the ground was damp, and more and more people, mostly children, were gradually appearing by the roadside.

They all carried schoolbags and wore hats as they walked forward. Ji Meiqing followed behind them and went with them to that side.

The school was nestled among bamboo groves, the lush bamboo branches blocking out the morning light. Ji Meiqing watched for a while, then climbed up.

She stood in front of the door, looked at the words above her head, then at the door in front of her, and walked in without any hesitation.

They arrived directly at the teachers' courtyard. Ji Mei looked around at everything. The surroundings were quiet, except for the soft voices of the children in the front yard.

After watching for a while, she heard a sound behind her and quickly turned around.

"Who are you?" The man was dressed in a gray scholar's robe and looked quite refined.

Ji Meiqing quickly replied, "Ji Meiqing, I came here to ask if you are still accepting people. I want to send my younger brother over."

"Of course I'll take him. How old is your younger brother? Has he attended any school or read any books?"

"At twelve years old, what the teacher said is not true."

He thought for a moment and then said, "Then let's pay the fees first and come back tomorrow. As for your younger brother, since he has no prior experience, let's start with Class D."

"Thank you, Master."

The teacher didn't even bother to look at her again and simply walked past her. Ji Meiqing, seeing that things had gone smoothly, was secretly pleased.

"Excuse me, teacher, may I ask who this tuition fee is paid to?"

She looked at him cautiously, while the teacher sized her up before saying, "Who should I give it to? You're asking me? There are other people in this room. Go ask them yourself."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Ji Meiqing looked at the room behind her, not knowing which one it was, and then, thinking of the room she had just come out of, she walked towards it.

There were still people inside discussing books. Ji Meiqing said apologetically, "Excuse me, I'm disturbing you."

Everyone inside stared at her. Ji Meiqing had a feeling that she had disturbed them, so she carefully asked, "I... just wanted to ask who pays the tuition?"

"Pay tuition? Excuse me, is this your child...?" They also looked bewildered.

“A teacher just asked me to ask you something. My younger brother is studying here and needs to pay tuition.”

"Oh, tuition fees." They looked at each other, muttering to themselves. It was like a bomb that had hit the crowd, and the discussion just wouldn't stop.

Ji Meiqing stood at the door, listening blankly to their discussion.

"Give me the tuition." A cold voice from behind silenced the room instantly.

Ji Meiqing turned around and saw that it was the same person from before, and was even more surprised, "You..."

“I still have classes,” he reminded him.

Ji Meiqing hurriedly took out her purse, but froze when she opened it. She looked up and asked, "How much?"

"Five taels," he said calmly.

Ji Meiqing took out a large silver ingot from inside, then looked at him somewhat uncertainly, "Is this enough?"

"That's enough." He took it directly, with such force it was like he was snatching it.

"In that case, I'll head back now." She smiled amicably, glanced at the people in the room, and then left.

The academy had begun to quiet down. When I reached the main gate, I glanced back at the person in the window before leaving.

The atmosphere here is nice, and the trees are quite lush. After all, this is the only school here; where else could Ji Tianci go if he didn't come here?

After descending the mountain, it felt like returning to the human world. The various smells quickly overwhelmed the cool, refreshing scent of bamboo on her body.

Her stomach suddenly protested to her. She touched her purse, which contained a few pieces of silver and copper coins. She glanced ahead, then looked around the street, touching the copper coins.

The taste was indeed delicious. She looked around before finally choosing a few buns.

She carried the warm paper bag home with a meat bun, a pickled vegetable bun, and a sugar bun.

The courtyard was quiet, as if no one had gotten up yet.

She returned to her room, which was empty. As she left, she heard noises coming from the next room, so she went over there.

"Don't cry, it's okay. It's gone, it's gone, these things will pass."

It was Lu Yu's voice.

What's going on in here? Curious, she went inside. They hadn't found Ji Meiqing yet and were still talking.

Lu Yu said, "Don't cry, don't cry. A real man doesn't need to cry over such a small thing."

"What happened to Tianci?" She suddenly appeared in the room, and both of them were stunned.

Ji Meiqing looked at Ji Tianci and saw that his eyes were swollen from crying and his face was covered in dust, but there were no tears left, probably because Lu Yu had wiped them away.

Lu Yu looked at Tianci beside him, who was sobbing and forcefully wiping away his tears. "I...I'm fine."

"Why are you crying if nothing's wrong?" Ji Meiqing directly exposed his lie.

Ji Tianci simply shut his mouth and refused to say anything more. He just looked aggrieved and told Ji Meiqing directly that something big had happened!

Seeing that Ji Tianci didn't say anything, she then turned her gaze to Lu Yu, "What's wrong with him?"

“We’ll handle things between men.” Lu Yu also didn’t tell her what had happened.

Ji Meiqing walked over, squatted down in front of Ji Tianci, and took the steamed bun from her hand and placed it in front of him.