After being married off, she was favored by the powerful official

Chapter 119: There is no distinction between education and discrimination

The restaurant's business is still as hot as ever, and the spicy and strong taste has brought considerable stimulation to Chen Guoren's taste buds.

Looking at the packed restaurant, Gu Jin smiled a pure smile without a trace of impurities.

These are a group of cute little sheep!

"Sister, you're here! Are your injuries healed?"

Huo Sichen has always been worried about Gu Jin, but he is a stranger after all and cannot go to the Marquis' Mansion to visit.

"Do I look like I'm in trouble?" Gu Jin smiled with his lips curved.

She is naturally beautiful and charming, and she is full of charm as long as she smiles.

Ebony frowned slightly at this.

"Come on, let's go talk in the back."

The two moved to the backyard, and Gu Jin casually asked about the situation of the restaurant. Although Huo Sichen was young, he knew everything.

Gu Jin was very satisfied, "You did a great job, which proves that I have a good eye."

Huo Sichen blushed, still shy as always, "Sister trusts me, I can't let her down."

"That's because you are trustworthy."

Not like some people.

"How is Shen Wuji doing recently?"

"Mr. Shen is still the same. Apart from eating more, he just teaches and reads every day and never even leaves the yard."

Gu Jin nodded, "Let's go and see him."

The school was crowded with children of different ages. Some parents wanted their children to study and gain knowledge so that they could take the imperial examinations in the future. Others simply shoved their children in because they heard that the school provided meals and it would also reduce family expenses.

Gu Jin stood outside the house and watched. Although Shen Wuji was not a good person, he was very good at teaching. He was not like those old scholars who only knew how to read articles and explain annotations. Instead, he spoke in simple terms with profound meanings and was quite childlike, which made it easier for people to listen to him.

After finishing an article, Shen Wuji saw Gu Jin outside the door and said, "Today's class ends here. Remember to memorize today's article when you go back. I have a test tomorrow."

The children stood up, saluted, and then dispersed.

"Miss Gu, it's great that you're still alive." Shen Wubing walked forward listlessly, and his words were extremely unpleasant as soon as he opened his mouth.

Seeing Gu Jin looking at him coldly, Shen Wuji said aggrievedly: "Miss Gu, I repeatedly reminded you that day that there would be a bloody disaster, but you refused to take my advice to heart, so you can't blame me."

Gu Jin couldn't tell whether Shen Wuji's prediction was accurate or he was simply cursed by him and had bad luck.

"Don't tell me those nonsense. I came to you today to ask you something."

"Miss Gu, feel free to ask anything."

Gu Jin looked at Shen Wuji. He was tall but his shoulders drooped and he looked a little hunched. He looked listless. She didn't know whether she needed to ask him anymore.

"How are your grades usually?"

Shen Wuji thought for a moment and asked, "What do you want to hear about?"

Gu Jin said nothing, just crossed his fingers and shook his wrist.

"I understand. What Miss Gu is asking must be related to the imperial examination." Shen Wuji knew when to stop and didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

He pondered for a moment, raised his gray eyes to look at Gu Jin, and asked casually, "What does Miss Gu want me to achieve?"

Gu Jin sneered, "You speak as if I tell you to pass the exam and you will succeed."

"If this is what Miss Gu wants, then Shen is willing to give it a try."

Gu Jin was stunned for a moment. She had never trusted Shen Wuji, but Shen Wuji's words were so casual that she actually had the illusion that maybe he could do it.

Gu Jin narrowed his eyes, "Okay, if you really pass the exam and become the top scholar, I will give you one thousand taels of silver and buy you a small courtyard."

A light gradually brightened in Shen Wuji's eyes. Gu Jin was very familiar with this yearning for money.

"But you have to do me a favor, too."

Shen Wuji looked embarrassed, "But even if I win the first place in the imperial examination, I can't take up an important position at the beginning. How about waiting for another two years until I seek a high position and then help you bend the law for personal gain?"

Gu Jin: “…”

Is it really okay for such a person to become an official?

"I don't need you to bend the law for personal gain. You just need to help promote my school."

Having the top scholar as a teacher is the best signboard of a school.

Now it was Shen Wuji's turn to be confused. It was obvious that this school was a business that would only lose money. He didn't understand why Gu Jin was spending so much effort on it.

"You must have seen just now that not all children like reading and have a talent for reading."

Even most children just go to sleep after eating and have no thirst for knowledge.

"I know." Gu Jin just smiled and said four words calmly, "There is no discrimination in education."

"People's natures are different. Some prefer quietness while others prefer activity. Some want to be officials, some want to be cooks, and some want to be doctors. We cannot deny other possibilities in a person just because he is not good at studying.

Reading and writing are only the basics. I will also offer courses on needlework, medicine, horse riding and archery. As long as a person has a skill, he or she can survive in the world. At the very least, he or she can provide for his or her family, or at the very least, he or she can contribute to the country. "

Shen Wuji's eyes flickered, like ripples on a calm lake.

"These people are not related to you at all, why would you do this for them?"

He doesn't understand.

Gu Jin didn't want to say those high-sounding words, but she felt that God gave her a chance to start over not for her to enjoy life and squander it.

She grew up in an orphanage. She longed for the outside world and wanted to save her own life. Although the saying that knowledge changes destiny sounds a bit cliché, it has indeed been proven in her case.

She is a time traveler, but there is no way she can create a modern society with this ability.

She can only use all her advantages to change as many people as possible, and then let these people influence more people.

Even if I can't own thousands of houses, I can at least find a way to make a living for some people.

Shen Wuji remained standing there for a long time until Gu Jin left, moving slightly. He covered his face with one hand, and his pale thin lips curled up in an ambiguous smile.

This mercenary person is born with the purest heart, but is the people in this world really worth it?

Forget it, what's wrong with just accompanying her for this journey?

It just so happens that he also has the answer he wants.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Qixi Palace Banquet. Gu Jin finally understood that this was actually the day when the royal family arranged matchmaking for unmarried men and women from various powerful families.

However, it would seem that his intentions were too obvious if he pulled a group of boys and girls over alone, so he would also invite some married female partners to accompany them.

Gu Jin is one of the tools.

There are two unmarried girls, Xie Miaorong and Xie Miaoyin, in the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion who are going to attend the palace banquet, so someone has to accompany them. In the past, this would have been the responsibility of the Second Madam Ma, but now she is repairing the main hall in the Wanfo Temple, so this task can only fall on Su.

Su usually dressed plainly, but today she dressed up to look impressive.

"Do you think my outfit is worthy of the status of a marquis's wife? Do you want me to wear that kingfisher hairpin as well?"

Gu Jin twitched the corner of his mouth. She was more than worthy of the title of Marquis's wife. Even the wife of a Duke's mansion or even a princess might not have so many good things.

Gu Rou was defeated by Xie Ran, and her original plan was completely disrupted. She was no longer as flattering to Su as she was at the beginning, and just perfunctorily said: "Mother is born beautiful, and she will outshine all the other beauties in whatever she wears."

Gu Jinze said playfully, "Today's palace banquet is for the purpose of finding a marriage partner for the unmarried young ladies. Mother, if someone misunderstands that this young lady is also from our mansion, what should we do?"

Su reached out and poked Gu Jin's forehead, and said coquettishly, "You only know how to coax me!"

She took off a few pearl hairpins from her hair and changed her red lipstick to cherry pink. "Anyway, today has nothing to do with us, so let's keep a low profile."

Because Bai Yiyi was going to enter the palace with Gu Jin and the others, she took a carriage to the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion early in the morning.

Seeing Su's group coming out of the gate, she greeted them politely.

Xie Miaorong hated people who came to the Marquis' Mansion to ask for money the most, let alone that this person was Gu Jin's cousin. She snorted coldly and got into the carriage.

Xie Miaoyin smiled at Bai Yiyi before following Xie Miaorong into the carriage.

Now that Aunt Xu is under house arrest, she can only be cautious in the mansion and try to reduce her presence as much as possible.

Su was very friendly to Bai Yiyi, "Why don't you take a carriage with us? It will be easier for you three cousins ​​to talk."

"Thank you, ma'am." Bai Yiyi bowed gracefully.

Although she had changed out of her plain clothes, she was still wearing a light blue dress. A hibiscus hairpin and a few magnolia flowers were inserted diagonally in her hair. She looked gentle and submissive, which the elders would like.

This was Gu Jin's second time to enter the palace. The last time he entered the palace was a mixed experience. He provoked a plague god but also gained a lot of gold. I wonder what he will encounter at this palace banquet.

At the same time, in Zhilan Palace, Princess Jingmin looked at her newly healed cheek in the bronze mirror with a fierce and vicious look in her eyes, like a poisoned dagger.

"Gu Jin, I finally got you!"

Thinking of the torture she had endured a few days ago, she wished she could kill Gu Jin as soon as possible. Today, she would settle all the new and old grudges together and see how arrogant that bitch could still be!