The villain and traitor is my brother

"What is this?" Zheng Qiuyun picked up a cloth dog-like thing on the imperial concubine's couch. The stitching was fine, but it was quite ugly.

Zheng Wenping said embarrassedly: "I was afraid that my sister would feel uncomfortable lying down while reading the storybook, so I made this big rabbit with cotton stuffed inside to cushion your waist."

After taking off his official hat, you can see that Zheng Wenping has gray hair on his temples, but he is full of energy and has excellent physical appearance.Zheng Qiuyun couldn't help but think that if Zheng Wenping had a daughter in the future, he wouldn't know how to make her happy clumsily.

"Sister, you don't like it?"

"like."

Zheng Wenping felt relieved and said, "Sister, let's see if there are any missing items."

He had even prepared things to support his waist, so naturally there was nothing missing. "You are quite meticulous and thoughtful, I am very satisfied."

"Okay, I'm in the next room. Sister, call me if you need anything."

Zheng Wenping was very efficient. He drafted the charter the next day and found his husband to start the volunteer school.He notified the magistrates and asked the magistrates to summon Li Zheng to spread the news.People with poor families heard that their children could come to school, and they talked a lot.

Southeast of Shuangyuan Village, a widow passed by with her daughter.Normally, mother and daughter would do laundry to help supplement the family income.I heard people say that Xuanzhou has set up free schools so that poor children can also study. The mother sighed.

Her daughter asked her, "Mom, why are you sighing?"

Her mother looked at her and said in a regretful tone: "I heard that this volunteer school is very good. As long as you sign a document with the local bookstore, the bookstore will hand it over to you. After completing the course, you can directly go to that bookstore to work as a bookkeeper."

"If you were a boy, I would definitely send you there to study so that you could make a living in the future, so you wouldn't have to wash clothes with me every day."

What her mother said made her feel a little uncomfortable, but the little girl couldn't figure out why she felt uncomfortable. She just thought about it and comforted her mother and said: "Although I can't go to school, I will help you in the future." I can support myself by washing clothes, so I don’t have to worry.”

Her mother sighed again, "What a great opportunity this is, but it's a pity you don't have this life."

The little girl always heard from her mother that she was not as strong as the boy, could not help her with more work, and was not as bright as the boy.She said it as if if her mother really gave birth to a boy, the boy would have great potential.

"Mom, although I'm not a boy, I do have a cousin. Look what's wrong with him. He doesn't just know how to gamble and drink. How is he better than me?"

Her mother wiped her tears and said, "You don't understand. No matter how bad he is, he still has a lot of strength and his own land."

The little girl's cheeks bulged, and she felt unwilling to admit defeat.But she couldn't find the words to refute, her future could be seen at a glance.

"Chen Ping, are you at home?" A little girl from the same village came to her.

Her mother wiped away her tears again, "I'll wash the rest, and you can go play."

"Zhou Shuang, wait a moment, I'll wash two more items and come over."

Chen Ping washed her hands for a while, then wiped her hands, and happily played with Zhou Shuang.

Zhou Shuang turned over the flower rope and said, "Have you heard about Yixue?"

Chen Ping hummed, "I heard that my mother is complaining that I am not a boy, otherwise I can go to school."

Zhou Shuang said in surprise: "Who told you that only boys can study?"

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"

"You are stupid for doing laundry. I heard from my aunt that there has been a girls' school elsewhere for a long time. It was run by a female teacher named Zhao Huizhen. That means our Xuanzhou is far away from her, otherwise she would have come here to run it. .”

Chen Ping was still puzzled, "But we don't have a girls' school in Xuanzhou, so I can't go to another state or county to study."

Zhou Shuang patted her and said, "The volunteer school organized by our governor this time did not say that it only accepts men. And I heard that our governor and Mr. Zhao Huizhen are from the same village. Do you think he also has to Accept female students?" Chen Ping looked at her mother slowly, "Mom, can I ask Li Zheng?"

Her mother was washing clothes and wiped her hands after hearing this, "Let's go, I'll take you over to ask."

Two little girls were led by an adult to Li Zheng.Li Zheng knew their purpose of coming and immediately said: "The free school does not depend on gender, boys and girls can go."

Chen Ping put her hands on her hips angrily, "The governor said that both boys and girls can go. If you hadn't told me earlier, I would have gone to the state government to sue you."

Li Zheng said hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, you have a very bad temper. Didn't I forget it because I was busy?"

Chen Ping and her mother stopped her, "Since girls can also go to school, mother will take you to register."

Chen Ping also put her hands on her hips and said, "You have to beat gongs and drums to tell the people in the village that girls can go to school, and I won't sue you."

"Okay, okay." Li Zheng promised her.

Xuanzhou City was not close to their village. The couple walked for a whole day before arriving at the registration place. The people there had already left.They had no money to sleep in an inn, so they could only sleep at the back door of a house and wait until dawn tomorrow to sign up.

Zheng Qiuyun helped Zheng Wenping deal with some volunteer matters. He came back late. He didn't want to wake up the housekeeper, so he got out of the carriage through the back door and happened to see the mother and daughter nestling at the back door.

"We're leaving now, I'm really sorry." Chen Ping's mother heard the sound of the carriage and took Chen Ping to go somewhere else.

"Why are you lying here?"

Chen Ping is not afraid of people at all, "My mother brought me to register for a nominal school, but we came too late, so we have to wait until tomorrow to register. We don't have money to sleep in an inn, so we want to make do with one night at the back door. If you don't let us lie here , let’s go somewhere else.”

After a busy day, Zheng Qiuyun was a little tired, so he waved his hand carelessly, "Just lie here, I don't care." After that, Zheng Qiuyun opened the door and went in by himself.

Chen Ping grabbed her mother's hand and said, "Mom, since she doesn't care, let's just continue to stay here and wait until dawn."

Zheng Qiuyun entered the house, found Zheng Wenping again, and said straight to the point: "There are two people lying at the back door, mother and daughter."

Zheng Wenping wanted to go take a look, but Zheng Qiuyun told him not to worry, "They are here to sign up. It is getting late and there is no place to stay."

Zheng Wenping asked tentatively: "Sister, do you want them to come in and live here?"

"That's not the case, I just want to ask you, Xuanzhou is so far away from the countryside, have you thought about arranging accommodation for the students?"

Zheng Wenping nodded, "It's the bunk bed you made in the workshop before. I had the carpenter build it long ago."

"That's good," Zheng Qiuyun warmed his hands with a stove.

Zheng Wenping added: "But there is something I need to trouble my sister about."

"You said."

"I am a man, and I have many inconveniences in managing female students. I heard that Sister Zhao Huizhen has set up a school for girls. I would like to trouble you to send her a letter and ask if there are any suitable female teachers for me."

He added: "Although there are ladies in Xuanzhou who are literate and able to read and write, they don't want to show themselves in public. I can only ask my sister for help."

Zheng Qiuyun asked Chu Lian to deliver a quilt to the mother and daughter outside the door, and then started writing a letter to Zhao Huizhen.

(End of this chapter)