The Lucky Farmgirl has a Pocket Dimension

Chapter 24: Qiao Jiaojiao and Zhao Zhuangzhuang

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Sir’s teachings fascinated the two little fellows.

Zhao Zhitong felt that her entire body was filled with energy. She really wanted to jump up now and pull the teacher around a few times.

Qiao Muchen’s eyes lit up as he bowed and said, “Thank you, Teacher. I will remember your teachings.”

Seeing Qiao Muchen cupping his fists and bowing to thank the teacher, Zhao Zhitong quickly followed suit. She cupped her fists and said in a childish voice, “Tongtong will remember the teacher’s teachings today.”

Meng Xuejiu stroked his beard and smiled in satisfaction.

Suddenly, as if he had made up her mind, she looked at Zhao Zhitong and asked, “Girl, are you willing to study with me?”

Zhao Zhitong was puzzled. “I’m already studying with you.”

Meng Xuejiu smiled and said, “What I mean is, are you willing to sit in the classroom and study with me like the other students?”

Zhao Zhitong’s eyes sparkled, and she nodded like a chick pecking at grains. “Sir, you’re talking about going to school. I’m willing, I’m willing. Mother said that when the family earns money, she’ll send me to school. I’m very happy to hear that.”

Meng Xuejiu laughed happily. At first, he had been lamenting that Zhao Zhitong had been born of the wrong gender. If she had been a boy and had been educated well, she would definitely achieve something in the future. Unfortunately, she was born a girl.

Later on, the more he interacted with this girl, the more regretful he felt. After feeling regretful, he began to think repeatedly. If he allowed this girl to be buried in this village, would he regret it for the rest of his life?

In this world, it was not impossible for a woman to achieve something. He was already close to sixty years old, so why should he be restricted to one gender and miss such a rare talent?

That would be backward thinking.

From then on, he had the thought of letting the girl enter the school to study under a master. However, he was not the girl’s parents after all. He still had to get the girl’s parents’ approval.

Now, hearing her say this, he could not help but feel gratified. It seemed that the girl’s parents were people who understood.

Thinking of this, Meng Xuejiu rubbed Zhao Zhitong’s little head and said, “How about this, girl? Go back and tell your parents that there’s no need to wait. Tell them to find a suitable time to bring you to school and you can acknowledge me as your master.”

Hearing this, Zhao Zhitong was so happy that she didn’t know how to express herself. She just stared blankly at the teacher.

Qiao Muchen was also happy for Zhao Zhitong, even though he regarded her as a competitor.

Sir once said, ‘There must be a teacher in every three people’. He felt that if he could learn with his competitor, he could learn the strengths of his opponent and avoid her shortcomings so that he could improve better.

He was excited for a long time, but Zhao Zhitong had no reaction. He looked at her and saw that the girl was laughing foolishly at the teacher.

He quickly poked her and reminded her, “You should thank Teacher.”

“Ah, oh.” Zhao Zhitong came back to her senses. She looked at Qiao Muchen and quickly bowed to the teacher. “Thank you, sir. Oh, thank you, teacher.”

Meng Xuejiu stroked his beard and nodded with a smile. “Alright, go.”

The two little fellows thanked him again and walked out of Sir’s residence side by side.

As class was about to start, Qiao Muchen went straight to the classroom. Zhao Zhitong skipped to the kitchen and told Sun Mei what had happened.

At that moment, Sun Mei had already cleared the dishes in the kitchen and was about to go back.

After listening to Zhao Zhitong’s story, she understood what Mr. Meng meant. She did not intend to accept Zhao Zhitong’s tuition fees. She could not help but feel grateful.

However, she did not go to Meng Xuejiu to thank him. Instead, she gave Zhao Zhitong a few instructions and prepared to go home to discuss this matter with Zhao Dong.

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Hence, after dinner that day, Sun Mei was no longer in a hurry to prepare the tofu for tomorrow. She pulled Zhao Dong aside and sat in the courtyard to talk about Mr. Meng letting Zhao Zhitong enter the school today.

With that, Zhao Dong was overjoyed. “That’s good. We were originally worried that Meng Xuejiu wouldn’t agree to our Tongtong’s admission. Now, we’re relieved.”

At this point, he suddenly changed the topic. “However, we can’t skip the tuition fees. Our family’s tofu is selling very well. Tomorrow, I even invited Shitou and the others to sell with me. Money is not a problem.”

Sun Mei nodded repeatedly. “That’s right, that’s right. We have to prepare well. In ancient times, the etiquette of teachers and students was very important. A teacher for a day is a father for life. We can’t be careless in etiquette. Otherwise, we’ll be criticized by others. It’s a big deal to treat Sir appropriately.”

Zhao Dong agreed. “That’s right, that’s right. How about this? Isn’t there a gathering the day after tomorrow? I’ll go to the gathering to sell tofu and take a look. I’ll buy some gifts and some ink for our Tongtong.”

She was about to go to school, so she needed brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.

Sun Mei thought for a moment and said, “Hubby, when the time comes, see if there are any leather goods sold in the market. I’ll buy them and make a knee pad for Sir.”

Zhao Dong felt that it was feasible and nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Zhao Zhitong ran out of the room after hearing their conversation. “Father, go to the market the day after tomorrow. I want to go with you.”

Zhao Dong asked “What are you going there for?”

Zhao Zhitong hugged Zhao Dong’s neck and said in a childish voice, “I’ll sell tofu for Daddy.”

Sun Mei laughed. “You know how to sell tofu? I think you just want to go out and play. Why can’t you stay in?”

Sun Mei thought about it. From her memory, Zhao Zhitong had never left Zhaozhai Village before because the Wang Family was harsh on her.

Now that they had left the Yuan family and were a family of three, it was good to let her child go out and experience more things, so she agreed.

With her mother’s approval, Zhao Zhitong was overjoyed. She took out a set of words from her room and showed them to Zhao Dong so that he could see the words she had learned today.

It was a small piece of paper with the fifth and sixth sentences of Thousand Character Classic written on it. It was taught by the teacher today. However, the words on it were slightly crooked and did not come from the teacher.

Sun Mei was a little curious and asked, “Tongtong, where did you get the paper? Did Sir give it to you?”

Zhao Zhitong shook her head. “No, this was written by Qiao Jiaojiao. He lent it to me to read. I have to return it to him tomorrow.”

Upon hearing this, Sun Mei thought of how Zhao Zhitong refused to go home when she went to pick her up from school today and insisted on playing with Qiao Muchen. She could not help but laugh.

Children were simple-minded. The day before, they were still domineering and overbearing. They were bound to compete to the extreme. Today, they became good friends.

However, he said, “Tongtong, didn’t I say that you can’t give others nicknames? Now that you’re good friends, you can’t call them nicknames anymore.”

At this moment, Zhao Dong was happily listening to his daughter memorize the Thousand Character Classic. When he received Sun Mei’s gaze, he hurriedly chuckled and said, “Yes, your mother is right.”

Zhao Zhitong pouted and said unhappily, “He called me Zhao Zhuangzhuang first today.”

Sun Mei was speechless.

Zhao Dong was speechless.