Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 352 Apocalypse Academy
Lin Jinyan stopped the book boy who was about to call the boy, looked at him quietly for a while and then asked:
"Why doesn't this person go to class? Isn't he a student of the academy?"

Shutong: "Miss, his name is Li Siyu, and he is not a student of the college. It's just that the mountain chief thought he was smart and studious, so he kept him doing odd jobs in the college."

Lin Jinyan couldn't help but smile when she heard the name:
"How can a handyman be so eager to learn?"

Shutong: "He is also a poor man. His father is an official. He committed some crimes in the past two years and was sentenced to dismissal and exile. He also sentenced the descendants of the Li family to never enter the officialdom. He loves reading very much, but it is a pity that he reads too much. There will be no results.”

Lin Jinyan: "It's good to read more books. Even if you can't become an official, you can still do other things."

As she spoke, Lin Jinyan and Bai Zhi walked forward slowly. Li Siyu looked at the book in his hand with all his concentration. He caught a glimpse of a figure moving in front of him out of the corner of his eye and took his eyes out of the book.

After seeing the child in front of him clearly, Li Siyu blinked and said curiously:
"Whose child are you? Why are you here?"

Book boy: "Li Siyu, this is Miss Lin, the beloved daughter of the mountain chief."

Li Siyu nodded and saluted: "It turns out that he is the daughter of Lin Shanchang."

Lin Jinyan dismissed the book boy with a smile, then turned around and said:
"I saw you reading seriously from afar, why don't you go to class?"

Li Siyu looked lonely and said: "I am the son of a guilty minister and cannot be an official, nor can I enter the classroom of Tianqi Academy. I can stay in the academy to do odd jobs, but Mr. Lin Shan will be accommodating."

Lin Jinyan: "Since you can't join the officialdom, why would you rather stay in the academy than do odd jobs?"

Li Siyu: "I have loved reading since I was a child. My father always thought that I could be good at high school. Unexpectedly, as soon as I learned about Yuan Dynasty and was preparing for spring, my father... I thought that if I could learn real skills, even if I couldn't get any honors, If I can do something beneficial to the country, I might be able to avoid my father's punishment."

Lin Jinyan paced back and forth in front of Li Siyu with her hands behind her back:

"Hmm... Although it is a solution, it is so slim. In fact, you also know that in this ten-step-vanilla city of Tai'an, what you are trying to do is like asking for a fish by chance. In that case, why are you wasting your time here?"

Li Siyu looked at his toes: "I am a scholar and I have no power. What can I do besides reading?"

Lin Jinyan walked back to Li Siyu, raised her head and said to Li Siyu:

"This road is blocked, why not find another way?"

Li Siyu said blankly: "Which one should I change?"

Lin Jinyan's eyes were glaring and she said, "If you don't succeed in writing, you can go into business."

Li Siyu frowned and said, "Trading in business? My Li family all pursues official careers, and no one has ever engaged in business. How can I defeat the Li family's character?"

Lin Jinyan: "But the Li family's career has been blocked. People have to live to be able to talk about their character."

Seeing Li Siyu's expression of resistance and silence, Lin Jinyan continued:

"The way of an emperor lies in reassuring the people. The art of reassuring the people lies in abundant wealth. Although the status of scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants is divided into high and low, the Xue family and the Qi family obtained their official positions through business, and they must do their best no matter what they do. Naturally, you have the capital to speak. Besides, since there is a precedent, it naturally means that this method is feasible, and doing business is more practical than your idea of ​​relying on luck."

Li Siyu held the broom tightly and clasped the bamboo joints with his fingers, unable to calm down for a long time.

Although countless people told him that his idea of ​​studying to save his father was absurd and futile, he never dared to face it or ruin his only hope.

(End of this chapter)