204 Mission Completed
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
Cai Niu opened his mouth and only managed to squeeze out a sentence after a long while. “This… there’s someone who sold their child?”
Cai Niu usually did not like to inquire about outside news, so he naturally did not know that not only were there people selling their children, but there were also people trading their children to eat.
On the other hand, w.a.n.g Erlang glanced at Little Ah Yu and thought of Shanyang Village coming to their village to s.n.a.t.c.h children.
The adults all said that the people from that village were crazy and had eaten many of their own children.
He had only heard people talk about it. The adults were unwilling to let the children know.
The little girl’s mouth twitched. Her face was expressionless, and her tone was flat. “What’s wrong with that? Several of my sisters were sold.”
“You only have sisters?” Cai Niu subconsciously asked.
“And two younger brothers. But who would sell their boys?” The little girl smiled.
Everyone was speechless again.
w.a.n.g Wulang whispered, “If our family wants to sell the kids, even if all the children are sold off, Grandma won’t bear to sell Little Sister Ah Yu either.”
Their family only had this one girl!
It was not easy for them to find her.
She was very precious!
The other children of the w.a.n.g Family thought the same as well.
Everyone asked the little girl’s name. She blinked and rattled off several names.
“Wretched girl, dastardly girl, rotten heart, good-for-nothing, trash, money-losing b*tch… There are quite a lot of names. You can call me whatever you want.”
The little girl looked indifferent and looked at Little Ah Yu. “Oh, I heard that after a young lady from a rich family buys a servant, she will give the servant a name. You can also give me a name, Little Master.”
Everyone was speechless.
Little Ah Yu looked confused. “Little Master is also your name?”
The little girl said, “No, it’s yours.”
“But my name is Ah Yu. You can also call me Treasure and Precious.” As for what her full name was, Little Ah Yu had heard it once when she went to the private school to register and did not remember it seriously.
“Little Master Ah Yu.” The little girl followed suit.
w.a.n.g Dalang covered his mouth and coughed. “It’s almost time for you to go to school. Hurry up and go. I’ll bring this-well, this Little Sister to Grandma to take a look.”
They did not have the ability to decide if they should take this little girl in.
Everyone thought so too.
Cai Niu also heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he did not have to make a decision.
w.a.n.g Erlang brought his brothers to Qingmu Academy, and Little Ah Yu followed w.a.n.g Liulang to the Yang Family Private School.
On the way, Ah Yu asked w.a.n.g Liulang, “Sixth Brother, will Grandma let the Big Sister stay?”
w.a.n.g Liulang shook his head. “I don’t know about that. Who can guess Grandma’s thoughts?”
“Grandma’s thoughts are very easy to guess. Because Grandma is a good person, Grandma will definitely keep Big Sister!”
w.a.n.g Liulang muttered, “Grandma already said that our family doesn’t need servants.”
Actually, Little Ah Yu still wanted to ask, what was a Lower Person?
Was it someone who lived downstream?
There was also an uncle called Qian Deyi. Everyone called him Middle Man. Their family lived along the middle of the river.
Then the person living upstream should be called Upper Person?
However, before Little Ah Yu could say anything, they had already arrived at the private school. A group of children waved at them.
“Ah Yu, you’re here. Cla.s.s is starting soon. Let’s go in together!”
“At noon today, my mother made me shortbread. I brought a portion over. Ah Yu, try it.”
Little Ah Yu touched her pocket with a vexed expression. “But I’ve finished my fruits and have nothing to give you.”
“It’s fine. I just want to give it to you to eat. There’s no need for you to return the greeting.” The little girl who spoke handed the pastry in her hand to Little Ah Yu and took out a handkerchief from her waist to wipe the sweat on Little Ah Yu’s forehead.
“You ran over again today, right? You’re sweating a lot.”
Little Ah Yu grinned.
On the way, she pestered w.a.n.g Liulang for a while and delayed her time, so she ran over.
“Liu’er, you’re the best!”
When Yang Liu heard Little Ah Yu’s words, she also chuckled. “We’re good friends!”
Yang Liu was a girl adopted by Mr. Yang. She was five years old this year. She was originally not in good health and could not come out.
For some reason, she slowly recovered during this period of time and began to come out to exercise.
Of course, she did not know that this had a lot to do with the fruits Little Ah Yu usually gave her.
Most of Little Ah Yu’s fruits were good for her body. She saw that Liu’er was panting after talking for a while and gave her better fruits under Meatball’s guidance.
She did not dare to give her the Myriad Spirit Water directly, afraid that Liu’er would not be able to take it.
It was fate. Before Ah Yu arrived, Liu’er was the only girl in the private school. There were also girls in the surrounding streets, but she usually did not like to play with other people her age. She liked to play with Little Ah Yu, who looked to be only two or three years old.
Little Ah Yu was only two and a half years old and could recite books quickly. Although she did not understand the poems taught by Mr. Yang, she could recite them.
Mr. Yang really liked her very much and often used Little Ah Yu as an example to scold the other children.
“Although there’s no need for you to take the Imperial Examination, it’s too embarra.s.sing that you can’t even compare to a two-year-old child.”
When Mr. Yang spoke, his tone was not strict, but the children who were seven or eight years old or even more than ten years old blushed.
They did not want to be so stupid, but Ah Yu was too smart!
“It’s a pity that Ah Yu is a girl. Otherwise, in another ten years or so, we would have a female top scholar!” Mr. Yang often sighed with emotion with his wife in private.
After all, Ah Yu was the only disciple he had seen with such intelligence in his many years of teaching.
Mrs. Yang also pitied Little Ah Yu, so she approved of Yang Liu playing with Little Ah Yu.
They had adopted Yang Liu from a young age. Mrs. Yang treated her as her biological daughter.
Liu’er had been weak and sickly since she was young, so she was not close to others. Even the Yang family and the other brothers and sisters of her maternal grandfather, the Mo family, were not close with her.
However, Liu’er liked Little Ah Yu very much.
If there was anything good, she would always want to leave a portion for Ah Yu. If not for the fact that her body did not allow it, Liu’er would probably follow her to the w.a.n.g Family to play after school.
The children probably liked those who looked like they needed to be taken care of more than them.
The children of the Yang Family Private School were all in the same cla.s.s. When the children were all seated, Mr. Yang walked in.
Mrs. Yang helped to distribute today’s notes to the children. There were two people at each table, and in front of each of them was a slightly old thread-bound book.
“Today, we’ll study the Thousand Character Cla.s.sic. There’s a sentence here that says: ‘The Zhou Dynasty’s Wu and the Shang Dynasty’s Tang were the emperors who loved common people and punished criminals severely.’ What it means here is…”
Unlike the serious teachings of the Qingmu Academy, Mr. Yang preferred to narrate the study materials as stories. The children listened attentively.
Little Ah Yu also sat upright and listened with interest.
Soon, an hour pa.s.sed. Mr. Yang waved his hand. “In 15 minutes, the students of the primary cla.s.s will learn to recognize objects with the primary school teacher, and the students in the young adults cla.s.s will study the Chronicles of Great Chang with me.”
All the students hurriedly stood up and bowed to Mr. Yang. “Thank you, Teacher!”
Then, everyone dispersed and took advantage of this quarter of an hour of rest to play.
Yang Liu held Little Ah Yu’s hand, wanting to bring her to see a bunch of flowers that had bloomed recently.
[Kid, the mission is completed!] Meatball’s voice suddenly sounded.
Little Ah Yu immediately stopped in her tracks and was very happy. “Elf, have you completed your mission with Uncle Chen?”
[Yes, yes, yes. The mission has just been completed. The mall channel is about to open!]
“That’s great!” Little Ah Yu did not know what the mall was, but she knew that the elf had been looking forward to it for a long time.
If the elf was happy, she was happy.