Chapter 66: Academic Priorities

With the general lack of food harvests, the acquisition of more industry should alleviate such pressures.

So taking advantage of the casual conversation after the evening meal, Yun mentioned this idea to Wei Ruo.

“Ruo’er, I’ve heard that the Xie family has purchased some fields outside of the city, why don’t our family purchase some as well.”

Wei Ruo calmly sipped a mouthful of tea and replied, “It’s fine, if mother wants to acquire it, she only needs to go to the Dao County Office to register.”

“What I mean is that I want you to be in charge of improving the production, this improving the wasteland or you are the best at it, those people in the government also learned the techniques from you.” Yun explained.

“I shouldn’t have excused myself from mother’s proposal, but recently, sir has assigned me a lot of homework, and the only free time I have left is to discuss the next steps with the people from the county government office as well as Sister Qin, so I really don’t have any extra time left.” Wei Ruo replied.

Once upon a time, it was Yun who urged Wei Ruo to go to school and not to toss things in the fields; now the situation is exactly the opposite, she wants Wei Ruo to toss things in the fields, but Wei Ruo is busy with classes.

Immediately after Wei Ruo sighed again and said, “The matter of reading is really taxing and distracting, Mr. Wang’s lectures are many and deep; and I’m a halfway house, it’s very difficult for me to keep up with the pace. Nowadays, most of my daily concentration is spent on this, if not for the fact that I really don’t have the heart to do it, today, when mother opens her mouth, I should be able to share my mother’s worries and solve her problems.”

Wei Ruo some words earnest and reasonable, so that people can not pick fault.

Yun didn’t know how to refute Wei Ruo’s words for a moment.

Yun was still pondering, Wei Yi Chen spoke up first, “Mother, Ruo’er should focus on his studies, if you want to purchase the barren land in the south of the city for improved farming, just hire someone to do it, now that there are people from the government helping out, it’s just as easy to ask them any questions.”

With the words spoken, Yun could only nod her head, “Eishen is right, Ruo’er should indeed focus on her studies.”

Immediately afterward, Yun changed the subject and turned to Wei Yichen, “Yichen, how’s the matter of you worshipping the master going?”

The Wei family has been guilty of this matter for most of the year.

In previous years Wei Yi-chen had been studying at the county’s academy, but last year the academy’s teacher told Wei Yi-chen that there was nothing more he could teach him, telling him that if he wanted to refine his skills before the imperial examinations, he would need to go to a better academy or to a more prestigious master.

Hing Shan County is so remote that there is nothing more nearby, let alone farther away.

And those prestigious academy school, but also not ordinary people want to enter into the Wei family only ancestor passed down the title can still take out, the rest is to network no one to network no financial resources, want to enter those good academy is very difficult.

In contrast, worshipping a good teacher would be relatively easy, and if one met a wise eye who appreciated Wei Yi Chen’s talent, things would be easier to accomplish.

And having a reputable teacher will be extremely helpful to Wei Yi-chen when he enters the capital for the examination in the future.

Wei Yi Chen frowned, “I’m sorry mother, there hasn’t been much progress yet.”

“Yi Chen, if you really can’t worship the teacher of your choice, then retreat to the next best thing.” Yun had to advise, “Time waits for no one, if it drags on, mother is afraid that it will delay your studies.”

“Mother, this matter is not a child’s play, once a teacher is worshipped, he is a teacher for one day and a father for life, he cannot go back on his words, my son feels that he should still be cautious.” Wei Yi Chen replied.

“That’s fine, you’re an idea man, mother is just a little worried, in the end, it’s you who will make the decision.” Yun said.

Wei Ruo, who was sipping tea, listened to the conversation between the two, and suddenly remembered that the second brother had stayed inside his own small courtyard all these years, and had neither been to the academy nor worshipped a teacher.

Second brother had said before that now he also wanted to take the merit examination, so wasn’t it time to think of a solution for second brother as well?

Big brother’s things have the family up and down to help worry about, Wei Ruo does not need to care more, but the second brother’s things only she help think of a way.

After leaving from Cang Yun Yuan, Wei Ruo, who had returned to Listening Pine Yuan, asked Xiu Mei, “Mei Mei, do you know which is the best academy in Taizhou Prefecture?”

“What are you asking about the academy for, miss? All the academies are places where men go to study, I haven’t heard of an academy where women can go to study.”

“I didn’t go by myself, I asked for Ergo.”

“Then wait for me miss, I’ll find someone to ask!”

Xiu Mei where to know this, she usually do not care about these, but the lady asked, then she certainly give her to find out.

There is a young master who is studying in the school captain’s residence, and he is more or less exposed to the smell of books and ink.

Xiu Mei did not take long to ask Wei Ruo for the results, the entire Taizhou Prefecture’s most famous three academies, respectively, Fang Yan Academy, Tong Jiang Academy and An Zhou Academy

But there are two problems with all three bookstores: the distance and the high threshold.

Xingshan County belongs to a small remote county, far away from the prosperous area of Taizhou Prefecture; and what is even more difficult is that all the three academies have high requirements for their students, and it is very difficult for the average student to enroll.

“Miss, these three academies are all quite good, it’s not a matter of us helping the second young master choose which academy to go into, it’s a matter of which academy is willing to let someone from our house go.” Xiu Mei said.

“If the academy doesn’t work, then there should be a way to worship ……”

Wei Ruo thought carefully and had an idea in his heart.

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June rushed by, and before you know it, it’s already the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

These days in Xingshan County were quite peaceful, during which time the imperial reinforcements passed through the city and went to the east of the city, making people wonder if the war on the east coast had gotten fierce.

The improvement of the land in the south of the city is also in order, because there is a harvest is owned by themselves, those people work very hard, a lot of them sleep directly next to the reclaimed land.

The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Beggar’s Day. This is one of the few days of the year when girls can go out without being accompanied by their elders.

Wei Ruo and Xie Ying made a date to spend the Beggar’s Day together.

Before leaving the house, Xiu Mei made a lot of coquettish fruits for Wei Ruo, and packed them in an exquisite food box, waiting for Wei Ruo and Xie Ying to eat them later.

Just as he was about to leave the courtyard gate, Wei Qingwan suddenly appeared.

“Sister, I heard that you’re going to go to the Beggar’s Festival with Miss Xie, so I would like to go with you, is that okay?” Wei Ruo asked carefully.

Wei Qingwan also wanted to join Wei Ruo, so she came to find Wei Ruo when she was about to go out.

“No.” Wei Ruo decisively refused.

“Why? Is sister still angry with me? There were some things that I did not do well before, I apologize to sister and plead with her to give me a chance to correct myself, okay?” Wei Qingwan bit her lip.