Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Meeting Lu Xianzhi's astonished gaze, Xu Chengyu smiled faintly: "Although my students are pampered and have not experienced any hardships, but after all, they are half-grown young men, and they are capable. They do odd jobs and run errands for adults' daily errands. It should be fine."

Lu Xianzhi was a little hesitant: "Mr. Xu, all the students of Luxi Academy are the pillars of my future, how can they condescend to do such rough work? What's more, the refugees from other places don't obey them very much. It was my fault that the students of your academy bumped into each other by accident."

Most of the students in Luxi Academy come from aristocratic families. They are sons and daughters who grew up with golden spoons in their mouths. They come from a wide range of backgrounds. If something goes wrong, the elders of the family will come to the door. Lu Xianzhi, a small magistrate, cannot afford it. responsibility.

Xu Chengyu saw his concerns and said, "Don't worry, Master Lu. I am the head of the Luxi Academy. I made this statement first. If there are any problems during the process, it will naturally fall on me. I will discuss with your lord." It doesn't matter at all."

"What's more, most of them will become officials in the future. If they can't truly understand the sufferings of the people and know the hardships of the people, how can they talk about being good and honest officials who care for the people in the future? I'm afraid it's not because I have worked hard for many years to teach them, but I have raised them. A bunch of court moths!"

Xu Chengyu's eyes were burning, and his tone was gentle but contained determination: "Lord Lu, let's give them a chance to grow up, how about it?"

When Lu Xianzhi was wavering, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan stood up at the right time, clasped their hands and said loudly: "Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan of Luxi Academy, I would like to take the lead in making an example, and let my lord order me!"

Seeing this, Lu Xianzhi breathed a sigh of relief, and said without hesitation: "Okay! Luxi Academy is worthy of being a famous school in the south of the Yangtze River and the highest school in my Hangzhou prefecture. Young talents with courage and determination, why should Luxi Academy not be prosperous? Why should the students not be successful?"

As he said that, he held Xu Chengyu's hand tightly, and his eye circles were red with excitement: "Mr. Xu, don't worry, when the refugee matter is over, I will definitely write a letter for Luxi Academy and commend it!"

If he can't show any real benefits, he can only give him a name. Lu Xianzhi is not a fool. He can't let Luxi Academy really work for nothing without any reward.At any rate, they need to give some praise and praise, let the public know their glorious deeds, and spread their reputation far and wide.

Xu Chengyu smiled slightly without refusing, and said to several people: "That's it, it's a deal. Master Lu and I will stay here and make some arrangements. Cheng Yan, you go back to the academy first, tell everyone to pack up and get ready, and go down the mountain to help as soon as possible. Yun Ji, go to the porridge shed, the manpower should be the most scarce there."

The two responded in unison: "Yes."

Time is precious, everyone stopped chatting and started to go about their own business.

Outside the city of Hangzhou, a yamen servant beat gongs and drums, walked in the front of the porridge line, and shouted at the refugees: "The government is releasing porridge! The government is releasing porridge! Don't crowd or grab, there are all! Line up, The old and the weak, women and children come first!"

Hearing these words, the hungry and powerless refugees suddenly regained their energy, stood up staggeringly with their eyes shining, and wanted to rush over quickly, but they were concerned about the solemn officers and soldiers around them, so they had no choice but to slow down. Dare to wanton collision.

There was a riot just last night, and now the young and middle-aged people among the refugees are scattered and strictly guarded. At this moment, the only people who can drink porridge immediately are the women, children, old and weak who are loosely guarded.

The remaining adult men were all watched closely by the surrounding officers and soldiers, and their bodies were searched clean, not even a broken bowl.So even though he was very hungry at the moment, he didn't dare to act rashly. He could only lick his chapped lips and stay where he was, staring at the steaming porridge bucket in the distance and swallowing his saliva.

But not everyone is so honest. For example, a young man with a pockmarked face in the crowd of refugees was very unconvinced, and tentatively shouted: "Why can they receive the porridge, but we can't? What if the porridge is not available later?" Aren't we going to starve!"

"Why are you arguing!" An officer and soldier next to him scolded, frowning, "It's been said that women and children come first, and you will be here soon? Don't worry, there is enough porridge, as long as you are honest, you can drink it."

After being yelled at, the pockmark was still restless, shrunk his head and muttered in a low voice: "I'm afraid it's not to coax us. What happened yesterday, the government came today to donate the porridge, regardless of the past. Could they be so kind? There is poison in the porridge, and you want to take the opportunity to poison us?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the refugees all changed, and the lively atmosphere of receiving porridge just now suddenly cooled down.

Enraged by Mazi, the officers and soldiers kicked him to the ground, pulled out half of the shining blade from his waist with a swish, and roared, "What nonsense are you talking about! If you dare to stir up people's hearts, I will punish you on the spot!"

He was bluffing and frightened the refugees, and they became more and more terrified, not daring to go forward to receive the porridge.

Gu Yunji, who was assisting with the porridge, narrowed his eyes, pointed at the pockmark in the crowd, and said coldly to the yamen servant beside him, "Get him out!"

The yamen servant moved neatly, walked into the crowd in two or three steps, grabbed Mazi's clothes from the back of his neck, and lifted him out without any explanation, then kicked his knee, forcing him to kneel down towards Gu Yunji.

Gu Yunji looked at Mazi up and down, and found that although he was dressed in rags, his cheeks still had flesh. Judging from the way he was struggling just now, his strength was not weak, he was not as thin and thin as other refugees, and he didn't seem to have been born for several months. He didn't look like he had enough to eat.

With a playful expression on his face, he asked with a half-smile, "Are you a refugee too?"

Mazi was inexplicably felt guilty by him, his eyes drifted and he said: "Yes... yes, why, it doesn't look like it?"

"It really doesn't look like it. I have never seen a refugee who traveled all the way from the north to the south, trekking thousands of miles, and there is still..." Gu Yunji looked down, stretched out his foot and lightly kicked the pockmark that was so strong The tight thigh muscles in the pants, "You are such a good guy, you have nourished your body so well."

Mazi swallowed his saliva and glared at him: "You, you don't care about me! Anyway, I am a refugee from the north, why do you say I am not!"

Hearing this, Gu Yunji was not in a hurry to refute, but folded his arms leisurely, and said slowly: "Then tell me, which state capital in the north are you from? Where do you live? Are there any fellow countrymen here?"

Mazi was choking on his words, and after a long while, he straightened his neck and said nonsense: "I... I came from Baoding Mansion. When the locust plague came, there was no harvest. I was so poor that I sold all the houses and fields, and I had no home! My family and neighbors died on the way. , I’m the only one here, and I don’t have any fellow countrymen!”

"Oh? Really, what a coincidence, there is not a single fellow from the same town left?" Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows calmly, "But listen, your accent doesn't look like Baoding Mansion."

After speaking, he paused, and his tone suddenly cooled down: "It seems to be a local from Hangzhou Prefecture."