The group pets the little fisherman, she has a lot of happy events

Chapter 26 The Dean of Lingyan Academy

"Grandma is not willing to eat."

Ye Xiuyan took the empty bowl from her, and sighed like a grown-up: "All the fish caught will be bought by the fishmonger, exchanged for money, and handed over to the hall brother for repair."

Mrs. Wang glanced at the small courtyard with puzzled eyes: "You and the next door are two courtyards, do you have a separate family?"

"separated."

Ye Xiuyan patted the wooden barrel, signaling the two ospreys to come over for dinner.

Mrs. Wang was a little bit dissatisfied: "You come to grab fish after you have separated?"

"We have to pay grandma alimony even after the family is separated."

Ye Xiuyan didn't want to make her family ugly, and explained with a smile: "It's not easy for grandma, too. She was young and widowed, and raised her uncle and father by herself, and she suffered a lot."

"She looks very fierce, and her mouth is not forgiving, but she is actually forced. A widow with two young sons, if she is not fierce, but ruthless, she must not be bullied to death."

"It makes sense."

Mrs. Wang sighed and stopped asking.

"Xiuyan, my name is Qiaoyan."

Although Wang Qiaoyan is a little childish, she is pure and kind in nature.

She heard Mrs. Wang and Ye Xiuyan's lively chat, took the opportunity to add something, and held Ye Xiuyan's hand with a smile.

"I'm three years older than you, so you can call me sister. From now on, during the holidays, I will ask my father to send someone over to pick you up to Lingyan County, and we will visit the temple fair together."

"Really?"

Ye Xiuyan's eyes brightened: "Brother Dao is studying in Lingyan Academy, I have long wanted to go to the county town to play."

Wang Qiaoyan was taken aback: "Your cousin is in Lingyan Academy?"

"Yes."

Ye Xiuyan smiled and nodded.

"What a coincidence."

Wang Qiaoyan's voice rose an octave in an instant, with a bit of unexpected surprise: "My family lives in the academy, and my father is the dean of the academy."

"Uh?"

Ye Xiuyan glanced at Wang Quan, who had a mustache and was not tall, her eyes flickered: "It's true, what a coincidence."

"Let's talk about it."

Wang Qiaoyan really likes clever and cute little girls, and she smiled happily: "It will be the Double Ninth Festival in a few days, and I will ask my father to send someone to pick you up."

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"Hey, it's better not to rush to make a decision."

Ye Xiuyan hurriedly interrupted her: "I have to ask my mother if she agrees first."

"Your mother is controlling you very tightly?"

Wang Qiaoyan looked surprised: "You are not allowed to go out?"

"Ah."

Ye Xiuyan's eyes flickered slightly, and she nodded with a smile: "My mother said that the world outside is too chaotic, and she doesn't feel at ease when girls go out. She has held me back since I was a child and didn't let me go out of the village. Been to town, and only once."

"Your mother is right."

Mrs. Wang felt something in her heart: "Our Xiliang country is not like Fengqi country. Men are superior to women and women are inferior, and women's status is low. It is indeed not safe for girls to go out."

Ye Xiuyan's face darkened, she was aggrieved: "Xiliang is a small country affiliated to Fengqi, why can't it be like Fengqi, elevate the status of women, make men and women equal, allow women to go to school and become female officials?"

"Humph."

Mrs. Wang exhaled a rough breath from her nostrils: "It's not like some high-ranking men, three wives and four concubines, hugging left and right, indulging in the beauties' nest, reluctant to leave, accustomed to the status quo and don't want to change."

"Cough cough."

Wang Quan's heart trembled when he heard it, and he reminded with a wry smile: "Madam, be careful with your words, be careful with your words."

"Pfft."

Wang Qiaoyan glanced at her father's embarrassing expression, couldn't hold back for a moment, and burst out laughing.

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After drinking the ginger soup, Ye Xiuyan sent the family out, along the path paved with bluestone slabs, through the small village, to the east of the village.

(End of this chapter)