Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

From the second day onwards.

Fang Chenyu changed. After suffering a blow, he began to honestly follow Li Yu to work in the fields.

Zhou Fugui, the man who had always been silent, didn't ask much when he saw the young master suddenly change.

He just patiently guided him on how to work.

At first, naturally, he was very unaccustomed to it.

But fortunately, he had inexhaustible energy and strong recovery at his age.

Plus, his foundation was already solid, and the next day he became lively again.

His appetite also improved a lot.

The originally ordinary potato became surprisingly delicious after a day of hard work.

If you add a pickled vegetable, it can be considered a rare delicacy.

Perhaps with a sense of guilt towards Mao Dan.

He worked extremely hard. Whenever Mao Dan came to deliver food, his small hoe would swing furiously...

Even so, Mao Dan never looked him in the eye.

Ever since Fang Chenyu tore her book, she had never paid attention to him again.

There had not even been a single exchange of glances.

Mao Dan always kept her head down, and Fang Chenyu felt anxious when he saw it.

This can't go on... After all, he was the villain.

Mao Dan's attitude didn't change for a long time, so Fang Chenyu decisively changed his strategy and began to show her great courtesy.

One moment he would ask if she wanted to eat, and another moment he would ask if she wanted him to teach her how to read.

Whenever this happened, Mao Dan would always run away silently, staying away from him.

Unfortunately, the task of teaching writing had already been taken over by Li Yu.

Whenever he saw Li Yu and Mao Dan whispering and talking about the content of the old book, he would grit his teeth in hatred.

The differential treatment was too serious! He just teased her twice, was it necessary?

In order to get Mao Dan to speak, he even stole a chicken from the neighbor!

The disguised Jin Yi Wei from the neighbor naturally didn't stop him, and silently recorded it in his notebook...

However, Mao Dan was even tougher. Saliva flowed in her heart, but she didn't eat a single bite of the chicken.

In a blink of an eye, another ten days or so passed.

Fang Chenyu was already numb. He did the same work, but he had given up hope of getting Mao Dan to speak.

After all, he had done everything he could, but there was no way to get Mao Dan to talk to him.

On this day, they just finished work and were resting.

Fang Chenyu and Li Yu sat side by side in the shade of a tree, their faces were gray and dusty, and their skin was much darker.

Fang Chenyu stared blankly: "Lao Li, you said it's been almost a month, why hasn't anyone picked us up to go home? Can we still go back?"

Li Yu ate a potato and muttered: "I don't know, it's okay except for the food. There are mountains and rivers, and there are more things to play with than in school."

Fang Chenyu turned his head and complained: "Of course you're fine! You still have Mao Dan to play with, following you around the house. I just work with you every day, and when I go back to the house, I just sleep!"

"Mao Dan doesn't pay attention to me, I'm tired of it, I want to go home!"

Li Yu pouted: "Who told you to tear up her book? Buy her a few more copies when you get back."

"Alas..." Fang Chenyu hugged his legs, buried his head in his knees, and said in a muffled voice, "Why don't you stay away from Mao Dan, and I'll teach her how to read?"

"Why?" Li Yu squinted, "She's annoyed with you."

"She's afraid of me, I have to compensate her, I have to let her know that I'm not that kind of person. You said that there are so many brothers in our school, who have I treated badly?"

"That won't work either." Li Yu said leisurely, "She's willing to learn from me."

"Are you a brother?" Fang Chenyu said indignantly.

"Yes, but you got the lowest score, don't teach her badly."

"..." Fang Chenyu suddenly lost his energy, indignant, "I... I just don't like to study, I can get into the top ten with a little effort, my mother always praises me for being smart, do you know how many ways there are to write the character '茴'?"

"I don't want to know, you can slowly work hard." Li Yu replied lazily.

He wouldn't listen to reason!

Fang Chenyu sighed, lay down on the ground, looked at the floating clouds in the sky, and murmured: "When will this be over..."

"Hey, to be honest, I feel like it's soon!" Li Yu poked him, "Look at the grove over there, there was a reflection just now. I saw it a few days ago. Is someone hiding there looking at us with binoculars?"

"Where? Where?" Fang Chenyu immediately jumped up and looked around.

"It's gone."

Fang Chenyu immediately deflated: "Forget it, let it be, I don't know what to say to my dad when I see him, this big liar!"

......

"So, what is happiness, is it wealth or power?" Fang Zheng took a sip of tea and continued to talk eloquently, "In my opinion, neither is. People with wealth and power also suffer misfortune, which shows that neither is the ultimate answer."

Inside the newspaper office, a group of reporters below were attentively taking notes with paper and pens.

"The true meaning of happiness is not reaching the end, but always being on the road to pursuing progress, approaching that ideal state step by step. Only in this process can people feel what happiness is."

Fang Zheng said, picking up the chalk.

"When I was young, I also had the same confusion as you, obsessed with the pursuit of happiness, but I never found the answer. When I put down the confusion and pursuit, and truly devoted myself wholeheartedly to work, I was surprised to find that my life was full of satisfaction, and wealth and fame came unexpectedly."

"So, material things and status are just obstacles to you feeling happiness. If you want to get the ultimate answer to a fulfilling life, there are only two words!"

After saying that, Fang Zheng wrote two crooked characters on the blackboard.

[Labor]

"Labor is happiness! Okay, today's class will end here. Thank you all for taking the time to listen to my nonsense."

A round of applause immediately rang out from the audience, and a group of reporters had happy smiles on their faces.

Marquis Jianye's lectures are always so concise and to the point. After listening to them, the fatigue of the whole body is swept away!

Xie Xian, who was standing aside waiting, said loudly: "Thank you, Marquis Jianye, for coming to guide the newspaper! What do we use to repay the newspaper?"

"Only performance!" The audience shouted in unison.

"Good, good, good, everyone continue to work hard and continue to feel happiness!"

Fang Zheng waved his hand with a smile, ready to leave.

But at this moment, Xie Xian leaned to his side and whispered: "Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come and is waiting for you in my room? He said that when you were giving your speech, he would wait for you to finish before going to find him."

Fang Zheng nodded, and then quickly walked into Xie Xian's office.

Li Yuanzhao was sitting bored on the chair flipping through the newspaper. Seeing Fang Zheng appear, he immediately went straight to the point: "Lao Fang, yesterday you said you were going to bring the children back, it's time to bring them back, right? If it's later, it will be dark when they come back."

Children... Except for being naughty at the beginning, they behaved quite honestly later.

It's been a month, and Miao Han has been urging me for several days, it's time to bring them back.

Fang Zheng thought for a while and said: "Okay, I'll prepare the carriage now, let's go pick them up and take them home."