Going to Be a Study Companion, Not Enter a Beauty Pageant

Zhou Wanwan slowly absorbed the energy, and then slowly dispersed it.

The energy within jade cannot be directly absorbed by plants. Only after the plant absorbs and transforms the energy can it absorb it.

Lingbao smelled the energy in the air, sat down, and closed his eyes.

The vegetables in the greenhouse gradually grew larger. After half an hour, she opened her eyes, looked around, and saw that many vegetables had sprouted.

Lingbao lay on the wooden stool beside her, completely absorbed in the moment. "Wanwan, this is so comfortable. I feel so light, and I feel like I've grown a little more."

Zhou Wanwan patted his head and said:

"I can convert energy, and through this energy, I can make plants and medicinal herbs grow rapidly."

However, I need to rely on the energy within these jade pieces; this one is no longer of much use.

She also conducted an experiment, and found that the energy in this imperial green jadeite was quite abundant, but it wouldn't last long.

"She herself isn't reliable either," Lingbao said, looking at her.

"Is this all the jade is needed? I have several! I like this kind of jade, wait a moment!"

I took more than ten pieces from Jiang Family Village last time. I thought they were pretty, so I put them in my little room.

Lingbao has its own room and its own private space, which Zhou Wanwan specially created for it.

It pulled out several treasures directly from inside, all of which were jade.

"I really love these things. My room is full of them, and they're placed next to me. I sleep very soundly when I sleep."

Zhou Wanwan's lips twitched. There were more than ten jade pendants, all of relatively good quality.

Zhou Wanwan looked at it and said, "I'm just trying it out today. I plan to cultivate a medicinal herb field. Isn't there a piece of land next to us? I plan to cultivate it there."

Zhou Wanwan immediately had the land on the nearby mountain cleared up and planted all the medicinal herbs that had been dug up from the mountain.

The two vegetable plots were soon filled with medicinal herbs: wild ginseng, He Shou Wu, gastrodia elata, Paris polyphylla, fritillaria cirrhosa, dendrobium, ophiopogon japonicus, polygonatum odoratum, and polygonatum sibiricum...

After planting, they immediately set up a greenhouse. In one corner of the greenhouse, they dug a pit about half a person's depth specifically for burning charcoal.

Every morning, charcoal is added to the pit and lit. Several stone slabs are placed in the pit so that the charcoal can burn slowly without burning the shed.

The heat slowly spreads through the interior of the shed, making the entire shed warm and cozy. Even when it's freezing cold outside, the shed can maintain the temperature needed for the medicinal herbs to grow.

Zhou Wanwan sat in the shed, holding a jade thumb ring in her hand. It was made of Hotan black jade and had a good spiritual energy.

Zhou Wanwan held the Hotan black jade, and soon the medicinal herbs in the entire greenhouse began to grow slowly.

An hour later, Lingbao slowly opened his eyes and said:

"It feels so good, even better than a medicinal bath. I feel like ten medicinal baths can't compare to this spiritual energy."

Wanwan, you're so amazing!

The medicinal herbs, in a daze, frantically absorbed the spiritual energy in the air.

Just as Zhou Wanwan was about to go rest for a while, Liu Su'e came in and said, "There's a county government carriage waiting for you outside. They say it's the magistrate's wife's daughter looking for you. Girl, wouldn't you like to change your clothes?"

Zhou Wanwan shook her head and said, "I think these clothes are fine! Although they look a little old, it doesn't matter."

Going to be a tutor isn't like going to a beauty pageant.

Zhou Wanwan boarded the county government's carriage. She memorized some medical books in the carriage and was soon taken to the backyard.

At the Cheng residence, Madam Cheng looked at her and said, "Oh my! Wanwan, you've finally arrived."

The wet nurse, holding Cheng Yueyao, said, "Madam, is this the girl you were talking about?"

Madam Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, she will accompany Yueyao to learn every day."

"She's... way too sloppy! I'm worried she might pass on some kind of disease to our young lady."

"Our young lady already has many maids around her, I think this is really unnecessary!" The wet nurse said with a look of disgust.

Madam Cheng smiled and said:

"Get this girl some clothes and some gold and silver jewelry. How can she be so plain when she's following the young lady around?"

From now on, you'll be a guest in our household, Wanwan! If anyone bullies you, just tell me.

Then take her to the back room to see what she likes. If there's anything she doesn't like, she can take it from my storeroom.

Wanwan, since you study at home, you can sometimes rest at noon, so I got you a room.

If you don't want to go back tonight, you can rest here.

Zhou Wanwan quickly nodded and said, "Madam Xie."

"Don't call me that so formally, just call me godmother. From now on, you'll be my goddaughter." Madam Cheng took Zhou Wanwan's hand and slipped a jade bracelet onto her wrist.

"Oh dear! It's a bit big, but it suits you quite well. Put it away carefully; these are sister bracelets, Yueyao has one too." Madam Cheng genuinely liked Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan's words yesterday also made her wary, so she wrote a letter back to the Upper Capital, asking her brother to buy her a large amount of grain.

Actually, she owns more than ten estates. This year, she didn't sell any of the grain from the estates, and she doesn't plan to sell them either. She has instructed the steward to gather all the grain here.

For this purpose, she also rented out a very large warehouse specifically for storing grain.

Cheng Yueyao really liked Zhou Wanwan and kept secretly watching her, which made the wet nurse very unhappy.

"My dear lady, sit up straight! You should look people in the eye when you speak, that's the proper way."

"You mustn't glance at them sideways; that would not only disgrace the Cheng Family but also show a lack of manners."

Seeing that the young lady obediently straightened her back, the wet nurse continued:

"In the future, when you meet elders or guests outside, you should remember these words even more."

Sit properly, stand properly, and behave with proper manners; only then can you be worthy of our family's social standing.

In the future, wherever you go, people will look up to you, you know?

You mustn't learn from those down-on-their-luck people.

Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow. Everything that had been said before seemed to make sense, but the last sentence just didn't sound right.

She didn't have a good feeling about this wet nurse either; it seemed like she was hostile towards her.

Zhou Wanwan didn't care and directly grabbed Cheng Yueyao's hand, saying, "Let's go to class now!"

The two maids beside Cheng Yueyao led them forward, directly into the schoolroom:

"These are all girls from the families of officials and collateral branches of prominent families in various regions."

The one wearing the pale white cotton dress is the second daughter of the county magistrate's family, and the one with her hair in double buns is the daughter of the registrar's family.

There was also the youngest daughter of the clerk and the daughter of the inspector from the neighboring county.

Those ladies over there, dressed in more elegant attire, are the daughters of the Wen Family in the south of the city and the Lu Family in the east; they've all come here for joint education!