I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 430 New Semester
After chatting with Yan Shixian for a few more words, Xia Qingdai said goodbye, then looked up at her elder brother and said excitedly: "Brother, do you know? Yan Shixian has been selected for the national team."

She knew that her brother was very interested in basketball games and often went to their school to watch Yan Shixian's games.

"It's only natural. With his ability, he can be a core player in the national team." Xia Shanglu put down the bowl after finishing his breakfast. "I made breakfast, and the task of washing the dishes is left to you."

"I know!" Xia Qingdai didn't care about such trivial matters as washing dishes.

Not to mention that now there is a built-in dishwasher in the sink, which only needs to be put into the dishwasher after simple cleaning, she didn't think it was a big deal even when she had to wash by hand before. She depended on her brother for everything, and she learned to share some housework within her ability at a very young age.

"Brother, do you think Yan Shixian can really be a core player in the national team? It seems that this is the first time he has been included in the national team roster. Before that, he was considered a member of the national youth team, right?"

"With his ability, he will be a main player no matter which team he plays for. Since Xiao Yi retired, the national team has not had any strong players to show off, and finally Xiao Yan has emerged. As long as he doesn't get injured, the future of Chinese basketball will definitely be his."

Xia Qingdai was very happy to hear her brother speak so highly of Yan Shixian. As an old classmate and good friend, she felt honored.

After putting all the dishes into the dishwasher, Xia Qingdai dried her hands and waved to her brother: "I'm going to my room to study!"

"Go ahead." Xia Shanglu, who was already sitting at the computer desk typing, responded without even raising his head.

In late February, the countdown to winter vacation begins and school is about to start.

Compared to the working people who have already started working, college students are much happier after all, as most of them can rest until the Lantern Festival.

Although the distance from my new home to school is not much closer, I don’t have to change trains and the subway goes directly to school, which is much more convenient.

However, Xia Qingdai's wish to attend school as a day student was still difficult to realize, as the new semester's curriculum was too tight. From Monday night to Thursday night, there were night classes every night.

In the first few days of school, their school’s official account posted several pieces of good news.

In terms of sports, Yan Shixian, who is on the national team training list, is naturally indispensable. In terms of studies, the most outstanding student is none other than Brother Du Zhong from their medical school.

But Xia Qingdai herself was not bad either, and she received the scholarship notice. She received the award and money as soon as the school started, and finally her hard work last semester was not in vain.

In addition to Xia Qingdai, Shi Yan also received a third-class scholarship in their dormitory, which made Xia Shishi and Cheng Xiao jealous and they kept asking them to treat them.

Xia Qingdai knew Shi Yan's conditions, so she took over the conversation with a smile and paid for everyone to go to the barbecue stall outside the east gate of the school for a midnight snack. After all, she had a first-class scholarship!
The days of studying in school were repeated day after day, with nothing new and no need to say more, but something different was happening in the 18th century.

The first thing was that Owen's cousin Caroline secretly got engaged to a man in the militia, but the affair was exposed and caught by old Mrs. Owen, who was so angry that she almost fainted.

In order to save her daughter, old Mrs. Owen could not wait any longer and wrote a letter to her eldest daughter, expressing her determination to go to the north of England to join her eldest daughter.

She firmly believed that as long as she left this environment, her obsessed little daughter would change her mind and maybe even find another good match.

But Caroline didn't think so. She pulled old Mrs. Irving aside and told her a secret of her daughter's family.

As a result, she not only failed to achieve her desired goal, but also angered her mother. Not only did she not compromise, she could not wait for her eldest daughter's reply, and packed up her bags and ordered a carriage to drag Caroline away from Fu Cui Mountain Villa that day. Not to mention how heartbroken Caroline was when she left, anyway, Mrs. Owen had a stern face throughout the whole process, and she did not soften her heart at all.

Shortly after the mother and daughter left, Owen also boarded a carriage to London.

In March, Owen was going to the House of Lords to fulfill his duties. Xia Qingdai, also an earl, was not given a seat in Parliament because of her gender.

Fortunately, Xia Qingdai didn't care. She had no interest in politics. In the 21st century, she was fighting for medicine, but in the 18th century, she just wanted to lie down.

When Xia Qingdai finished a week of hard study and returned home from school, Owen had already finished his journey and arrived in London.

With Owen's living map, Xia Qingdai does not need to travel by herself. She can directly jump through space from modern times to 18th century London.

Her villa was well maintained by Henry and his wife, but in terms of comfort, it was still not as comfortable as the Fucui Villa castle which had been converted from a sewer.

Although Xia Qingdai bought tap water from the London Waterworks for her servants, the water resources in their area were quite good compared to those who drank water directly from the Thames River, but it was still far less clean than modern mineral water.

Therefore, the first thing Xia Qingdai had to do this weekend was to renovate the villa, starting with the pipes.

She directly copied the water tank and water pipe model of Fucui Villa to make it convenient for her to pour in mineral water from modern times.

This modern mini-pipe system is different from the local tap water pipe system that goes directly to the washroom. The former is mainly used as drinking water for the owner, while the latter is mostly used as cleaning water.

While Xia Qingdai was busy with water resources, Owen had more things to do. Every day, people came and went in and out of Owen's study.

If Owen hadn't considered that Xia Qingdai couldn't even stay in the villa without him, he would have run away long ago.

The next weekend, when Xia Qingdai returned to her London villa, Owen told her the good news that he had obtained a place for both of them to join the diplomatic mission to the Qing Dynasty this summer.

"Oh, yes, it's already 1792." Xia Qingdai said suddenly, "Time flies so fast."

Owen always took every casual word of Xia Qingdai to heart.

Xia Qingdai thought about it for a while and made the following decision: "Owen, I don't want this spot. I can't stay with you for a long time. Anyway, I can stay with you in invisible state at that time. It's the same."

"As long as you like it." Owen said nothing. He was afraid that he was not careful enough when it came to Xia Qingdai.

Since she got the news that she could go to the Qing Dynasty with the British delegation, Xia Qingdai squeezed out time from her busy schedule to look up various Qing histories. She believed everything, whether it was folk or official.

Xia Qingdai was very happy at the thought of visiting the Qing Dynasty. If possible, she wanted to sow the seeds of wisdom in that land.

(End of this chapter)