What Is an Amusement Park?

Zhou Fuyu quickly waved his hand and said:

Please don't say that, I'm just a bit more hardworking.

How difficult is it to become a Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations)? It's not that difficult.

But studying can indeed change one's destiny; look at my family, they're all officials in the county government now.

She is definitely different from ordinary people.

The villagers flattered him, saying, "We heard your family bought a house in the county town! That's different from ours, so we can come to you if we need anything in the future."

"That's right. It's all about education; it broadens your horizons."

Zhou Fuyu was extremely proud, and even Old Man Zhou and Old Madam Zhou shared in his glory.

Old Man Zhou chuckled, "My third son is smart enough; most people can't compare to him."

Old Madam Zhou chimed in:

"You know what, the third son has been smart since he was little."

Fourth brother! I was just teasing you. It's not that I'm unwilling to spend money on you, but you're much dumber than your older brothers.

I didn't let you go to school. You know we only have so much money at home. If we support you, we can't support the third child.

You didn't know, did you? The third brother is planning to take the entrance exam for a higher education!

He's destined to become the top scholar in the imperial examinations and bring glory to his family; he's not like you.

Zhou Fusheng retorted, his neck stiff, "How is he not one of my kind? Who is he? Who am I?"

Old Madam Zhou looked at him and said, "He's naturally a superior person; you can't compare to him. You're just a bandit..."

Liu Su'e sneered, "Who did we become bandits for? Wasn't it because of you?"

Huihui sighed and said:

Fourth sister-in-law, we're all family. It was a special situation back then, and now that we've overcome that hurdle...

Let's not talk about it anymore. Your parents built you a house back home, and you..."

Zhou Qingzhou snorted coldly and said, "Isn't that house mine? When did I give it to them?"

Huihui coughed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? This house originally belonged to your fourth uncle, but he didn't plan to come back, so it was given to you."

In that case, it would be one thing to fool the child, but Zhou Wanwan didn't believe a single word of it.

After finishing her meal, Zhou Wanwan looked at the little girls from Daniu and Erniu's families and said, "Would you like to come play with me? I'll take you to eat candied hawthorns and cotton candy, okay?"

The three chubby little girls nodded. "Okay! Are there still candied hawthorns in the village?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Of course there are! Let's go! I'll take you all to play!"

Huihui looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

"Wanwan, since you've brought them along, why don't you take your own sisters out for some fun?"

Look, you have so many older and younger sisters!

Zhou Wanwan sneered, "These don't count as my sisters. Let's go play together! I'll take you to the amusement park."

Niuniu, the chubby little girl from Daniu's family, looked at her and asked, "Sister Wanwan, what's an amusement park?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "It's for kids to play with. Although it's rather simple, it's still quite fun."

This was made by a few children from Luban Village; you really have to admire them.

Zhou Wanwan simply explained to the children how amusement parks are built, what slides look like, what swings look like, and what seesaws look like.

Unexpectedly, the children in Luban Village managed to piece together and build it using only those blueprints.

Zhou Wanwan took them straight to the amusement park, where the chubby girls went wild. "This is so much fun! This swing is amazing!"

"This seesaw is quite fun."

"The slide! It's so much fun! Wanwan, your village is so much fun! I really want to stay here!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "You can talk to your parents. If they agree, you can stay."

Niuniu looked at her and said, "Really? Then can I read and write?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "There's a girls' school here. If you stay, we can study together."

Zhou Wanwan was in a lot of pain every day. Whenever she was in the mountain stronghold, Grand Tutor Zhao Muyuan forced her to learn all sorts of knowledge.

If it were just general knowledge, Zhou Wanwan would have tolerated it.

Now, the first thing I do every day is study. I read the Analects, Mencius, the Book of Rites, and the Book of Documents carefully, especially focusing on self-cultivation, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world in the Great Learning and the Doctrine of the Doctrine of the Mean. I also study the Book of Rites.

They also had to learn from theory to practice, get involved in court affairs, and practice drafting simple imperial edicts and reviewing local memorials under the guidance of the Grand Tutor.

Zhou Wanwan is forced to get up and attend court every day. Originally, Zhou Wanwan could sleep until noon, but now she is woken up at 4 o'clock every day.

Zhou Wanwan was furious, and sometimes she would climb up the Old Scholar Tree.

The Old Scholar Tree led her far away.

But the next day, the Grand Tutor would nag all day long; now she gets up earlier than the rooster and goes to bed later than the dog.

Whoever wants to be emperor can be emperor, but she didn't dare say so at all.

Because whenever she brought this up, those old ministers would all have tears in their eyes and kneel on the ground, begging and pleading.

That scene was truly distressing.

She was only five years old, and besides, this wasn't the imperial court.

Zhou Wanwan felt that these veteran officials all had some psychological problems. To put it bluntly, they were still indulging in the dream of still being officials all day long.

As Zhou Wanwan ate her candied hawthorn while sitting on the swing, she saw Grand Tutor Zhao Muyuan over.

Zhao Muyuan looked at her and said, "Master, your rest time is over. It's time to go study now."

Zhou Wanwan said with a bitter face:

"Grand Tutor Zhao, even the emperor needs time to rest, right?"

Besides, I'm not an emperor. Have you ever seen a female emperor in any dynasty or era?

Do you think a woman can be an emperor? No, no, no, do you think I'm suitable to be an emperor?

"Look at me, I don't look like an emperor at all!"

Zhao Muyuan knelt down immediately and said, "You are exceptionally intelligent, skilled in both literature and martial arts, and possess both virtue and talent. I think you are very suitable."

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes in exasperation and said, "Fine, fine, you want to do your homework? Come on, let's go now."

There was no way around it; she was very resistant at first, but Zhao Muyuan was willing to kneel on the ground for a whole day.

Zhou Wanwan sometimes felt sorry for these elderly people; they were so old, what if they wore themselves out from kneeling?

There was no other way but to go with him.

Zhao Muyuan looked at Zhou Wanwan and said:

Today we will learn mathematics.

Able to understand national fiscal accounts, land tax statistics, and treasury revenue and expenditure, and knowledgeable of basic methods for increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

Zhao Muyuan was teaching Zhou Wanwan with a book, but Zhou Wanwan listened several times and still couldn't understand.

She said helplessly, "Isn't this something very simple? Why use such a complicated method?"

Zhao Muyuan stared blankly at Zhou Wanwan. The ledger he handed her was a mess, with entries scattered all over the place.

Zhou Wanwan took out several drawn tables and filled in the numbers from the ledger one by one, arranging them neatly in all directions. She calculated quickly and soon came up with the results.

She pushed the calculated paper in front of Zhao Muyuan: "Grand Tutor Zhao, take a look, is this number correct as you calculated it?"