Du Wanchun took a bite of the cold cake and said while eating: "It's better to leave, lest she can't get over it and come to ask for a marriage contract again."
Nan Fengling was amused by her, "Sister-in-law, I scared her a lot last time. I think she won't come back even if she goes to the capital to beg for food."
Du Wanchun smiled in acquiescence.
Speaking of this Ma Taoer, after returning to the capital, she changed her mind and stopped working as a concubine for a wealthy family. Instead, she married a poor scholar.
The poor scholar has some talent, but his family is too poor and has no money to take the exam.
Ma Taoer also had a dream of becoming an official's wife, so she decided to use Master Liu's money to support the scholar's scientific examination.
As for whether she can get her wish, Du Wanchun doesn't know. ?.?????.???
She smiled, stood up and wiped Xiao Mianmian's mouth with a handkerchief.
"Why don't you go to school these days, little Mianmian?" Nan Feng Ling asked little Mianmian.
Xiao Mianmian lowered her head and said, "After Mr. Ruan left, there was no new teacher in the school for a while..."
Zhou Quan and Tao Yaofang went to Beidi, and there was indeed a shortage of teachers in the academy.
Du Wanchun is also looking for new people these days.
For children, teachers are particularly important, not only for talent and learning, but also for character.
Nan Fengling thought for a while and said, "Sister-in-law, why don't we send notices to the children to recruit teachers."
Du Wanchun heard this and thought it was good. He smiled and said, "I'll tell Rui Yuan tonight."
Nan Fengling said with a smile: "I'll recruit two this time, in case my husband is away for some reason, and Xiao Mianmian and the others don't have a husband."
Du Wanchun touched Xiao Mianmian's head and said, "That's okay."
The most important thing the Zhou family lacks now is money, but it is really difficult to recruit a good gentleman.
After Xiao Liuzi and Lian'er learned about this, they made a special trip back.
"Shopkeeper Du, why don't we go to the capital to find you two?"
Xiao Liuzi said earnestly: "The eldest young master and the second young master are not ordinary people. These gentlemen must..."
Lian'er quickly interrupted him, "Ms. sir..."
Xiao Liuzi immediately covered his mouth and changed his words: "The eldest young master and the second young master are very smart. Sir, you really need to recruit better ones."
"That's right." Lian'er responded immediately.
They were chatting.
The third prince in the room suddenly thought of something and came over and said, "I remember that Ruiyuan's reading companion back then was very talented and good in character."
"Rui Yuan's companion? Which young master is he from?" Du Wanchun asked.
The Third Prince replied: "This man was executed along with him when something happened to Ruiyuan back then."
"Dead?" Nan Fengling said in surprise.
Lian'er and Xiao Liuzi were from the palace in the past, so they were very calm.
They knew to some extent what happened back then. Zhou Ruiyuan's companion was the only son of Mr. Hai, a second-rank official in the court.
Because of the incident, the prince and the queen were executed together.
As a result, the Hai family declined, and the family's money was confiscated by the court.
Aunt Zhou came over and complained to the third prince: "The child died unjustly, why did you mention him in such a polite way?"
The third prince said slowly: "You don't know that his brother is still alive."
"Sib brother?" This surprised everyone.
The third prince explained: "The Hai family gave birth to twins, not an only son. They looked exactly the same. Mr. Hai paid special attention to them and told the public that he was an only son and raised the two children as one."
"The person who followed Ruiyuan back then was the eldest brother, and the one who was executed was also the eldest brother."
Everyone suddenly realized.
The third prince continued: "Although these two brothers have somewhat different personalities, their talents, knowledge and conduct are not much different."
After hearing this, Du Wanchun thought for a while and asked him, "Dad, do you know where he is now?"
After the third prince was silent for a while, he replied: "Back then, he wanted to enter the palace and kill the emperor to take revenge. I stopped him and sent him away from the capital."
"I remember that he followed a caravan south. Before leaving, I left him a jade pendant. If anything happens, he can come and find me."
Although the Third Prince was not in the capital during these days, he had always kept an eye on him in the mansion.
Aunt Zhou let out a long sigh and said, "The world is so big, I don't know if I can still find him."
Du Wanchun disagreed and said, "I heard from dad that he always wanted to avenge the Hai family. Of course, it won't be too far away from the capital. I think he will probably find it on his own."
Speaking of which, this is fate.
What is supposed to come will always come back.
When the Zhou family put out the notice recruiting students, a total of five or six scholars came.
They all want to enter the Zhou family's academy and become teachers.
One of them looks handsome, but has a shallow scar on his cheek and often lowers his head.
It looks a bit fierce.
When Nan Fengling saw him for the first time, he thought he was a gangster from somewhere and almost drove him away.
Fortunately, Xiao Mianmian called her to stop, "Aunt, let him come in. Mother said, don't judge a person by his appearance!"
Her voice was soft and waxy, and she spoke like a little adult.
The man with the scar on his face looked at Xiao Mianmian, his originally gloomy eyes gradually softened.
