As though a lifetime had passed (1/3)

Lu Huaijin was a disciple of Li Boyang.

They are also among the very few Mountain Folk who can directly contact the Grandmother Mountain God.

With this double halo, Lu Huaijin not only enjoys great fame in Mountain Hollow Village.

Even outside the village, many Mountain Folk recognized this seemingly mature-looking girl.

Despite being only four or five years old, he always wore a thoughtful expression, looking every bit like a little adult.

However, only Lu Huaijin himself knew that he wasn't pretending to be mature, but genuinely couldn't get along with those naive children or even teenagers.

Despite having started school a few years earlier than me, they can't even recognize all of the few hundred most commonly used characters.

I can now recite the entire * Zhouyi * from memory, and I also have some understanding of various divination methods.

But those teenagers were still stuck at the stage of reciting "As heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement," they were simply a lump of mud that couldn't be plastered on a wall.

Lu Huaijin sometimes simply couldn't understand why his master wanted to teach those dullards to read and write.

To make these idiots learn faster and better.

Not only have the textbooks been revised and the texts simplified time and time again, but the teaching methods have also been continuously optimized.

This directly resulted in Lu Huaijin having to waste an entire morning with those idiots when she could have learned something with just a glance.

Learning is not just about acquiring knowledge and understanding; it's also about exchanging ideas, understanding each other, and making friends who can encourage each other and move forward together.

Just as Lu Huaijin was lost in thought as usual, Li Jingshu walked up to her with a frown.

After this year, Li Jingshu will officially turn eighteen.

In addition, his physique and temperament, honed through years of training, were quite effective against this group of little brats.

This startled Lu Huaijin, who quickly lowered his head and pretended to be reading attentively.

After all, although Lu Huaijin was nominally Li Boyang's disciple, she had actually only met Li Boyang a few times.

In most cases, Lu Huaijin was disciplined by Li Jingshu.

But Li Jingshu isn't the type to spoil children.

Lu Huaijin had worked under her for four or five years, and he had suffered all sorts of hardships.

"Lu Yatou, do you know why your master named you 'Huaijin'?"

Upon hearing Li Jingshu's question, it wasn't just Lu Huaijin who reacted.

Even the other children in the class looked on with curiosity.

Everyone knew Lu Huaijin's identity and that the little guy was very smart, but he was somewhat unsociable.

"Jin Yu is a fine jade; Jin is a type of beautiful jade, a treasure."

"Now that I've explained it this way, do you understand why your master gave you such a name?"

Nodding blankly, Lu Huaijin opened his eyes wide as if he understood something, but still didn't understand why Li Jingshu would suddenly say this to him.

"Your intelligence far surpasses that of everyone present, but it also makes you very susceptible to jealousy and even malice from others."

I once told you the story of "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime"—

At this point, Li Jingshu paused for a moment, ultimately not continuing her sentence.

Because she suddenly realized that some things, when said by others, are never as memorable as when you understand them yourself.

"That's enough for today's lesson!"

"You two go and learn Breathing Method from your seventh uncle. I'm going to check on you tomorrow."

Xiu Ran looked around. With just one sentence from Li Jingshu, he successfully dampened the spirits of the children who were originally eager to try.

As for you?

"I'll take you to Yunmeng Marsh later; it's about time you saw Flying Peak."

"So, the Big Girl is up to something again?"

Looking at the group of children not far away, some exercising to strengthen their muscles and bones, others trying to regulate their breathing,

The old village chief, who came to deliver the food, only glared at Qiwa, who was so frightened that he quickly told him where Li Jingshu had gone.

"That girl is almost eighteen, how can she still be so heartless?"

"It's all Non-Crying Child's fault for spoiling her too much; now no one in the surrounding villages dares to propose marriage to her!"

He opened his mouth as if to speak, but Qiwa, though he really wanted to say something.

No one dared to propose to that girl, wasn't it because she had chased away all the guys who had tried to propose before?

Even today, who doesn't know Li Jingshu's formidable reputation?

Anyone who dares to come to Li Household Village to propose marriage these days is either a fool, an idiot, or has ulterior motives.

"Sir, would you please have a seat?"

Carefully placing the stool behind the old village chief, Qiwa wasn't foolish enough to deliberately invite trouble.

Li Jingshu is hard to marry, but does that mean Qiwa is easy to marry?

Not only is he honest and straightforward by nature, but he also has a mentally challenged father at home.

As the living conditions of the Mountain Folk improved and their lives became easier, even though Li Household Village was blessed with the aura of the "Son of the Mountain God," few Mountain Folk were willing to marry their daughters to Qiwa.

Li Household Village has other options; who would willingly choose the son of a fool?

"Sit down, sit down, sit my ass!"

The old village chief, who was nearly seventy years old but still had a fiery temper, immediately glared at Qiwa.

"Even your Little Eleven, who's five years younger than you, is married and has kids, while you, you idiot, are still so unhurried!"

Qiwa didn't want to get into trouble, but he still couldn't avoid the old village chief's tirade.

"Even if you have to lie, at least get one!"

"Who told you to always drag your idiot dad out first?"

Faced with the old village chief's barrage of words, Qiwa just smiled sheepishly and didn't retaliate.

He didn't want to lie, and he certainly didn't want to choose a wife who disliked her own father—this was Qiwa's bottom line.

You idiot!

Looking at the endlessly grinning Qiwa, the old village chief felt as if he had punched cotton.

If we're talking about the Li Household Village right now, the old village chief is most worried about only three people: Li Boyang, Li Jingshu, and the Qiwa in front of him.

Unfortunately, these three guys have no self-awareness whatsoever and are causing the old man no peace of mind at all.

"Sir, let me serve the children their food first!"

Seeing that the old village chief was about to start nagging again, Qiwa quickly took on the task of distributing the food and left.

The reason why the Mountain Folk from the surrounding mountain villages are willing to send their children to Li Household Village for their early education is that...

A significant portion of them came specifically for this free lunch.

Especially during the off-season for farming, these children who haven't grown up yet are hardly considered laborers; on the contrary, they are major consumers of grain.

"It really feels like a lifetime ago!"

Looking at the children who had gathered around, the old village chief couldn't help but sigh.

Ten years ago, he would never have dared to imagine such a dreamlike and blissful life.

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