The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 68: Chapter 68: The Face-Slapping Time-Traveling Farming Girl 5

After sitting down, Anning discussed the matter in detail with Ye Song.

She thought that this matter still had to be kept a secret from Qi Rui.

Furthermore, Qi Wenshao’s coming to the Ye family for education under Ye Song was something that Qi Rui must not know about.

However, fortunately, Qi Rui had never cared about Qi Wenshao.

His excuse was that he revered Anning and only cared about the two children Anning had given birth to; as for the bastard Qi Wenshao, as long as he was given food to eat and was not starved to death, that was enough.

Ye Anning had taken Qi Rui’s words seriously in the past, but Anning now thought that Qi Rui was truly a scoundrel through and through. He was deeply in love with Zhou Zhenniang, yet for power and position, for connections, he deceitfully married into the Ye family. He wanted to preserve Zhou Zhenniang’s chastity but did so under the pretense of doing it for Ye Anning, a thought that was simply nauseating to outsiders.

But this mentality of his now worked to Anning’s advantage, sparing her the trouble of having to be too careful in hiding things from him.

After discussing everything with Ye Song, Anning then left the study.

She took Qi Wenshao and Qi Wenjuan with her to eat at the Ye family before returning to her residence.

After she left, Ye Song went to find Mrs. Wu.

He did not mention anything about educating Qi Wenshao. Instead, he said to Mrs. Wu, ”Our family has just bought the residence next door, originally intending to use it for our grandchildren’s academy in the future. But since it is not needed right now, have someone clean it up. I’m thinking that place is quiet; we could renovate it, and I might go there to read in the future.”

Mrs. Wu was always a gentle and compliant person, and especially in her old age, she was short of both energy and the vigor to ask further questions. She simply smiled and agreed.

It wasn’t that Ye Song did not tell Mrs. Wu, but he thought those things were too detestable. If he were to tell Mrs. Wu, she would inevitably feel heartbroken and resentful. She was old, and it wouldn’t be good if something went wrong with her health; therefore, it was better to keep some matters hidden.

The Ye family set about cleaning up the small courtyard, adding furnishings inside it; and Ye Song also bought two maids and an Attendant Student, not using any of the Ye family’s old servants.

After Anning returned home, she let Qi Wenjuan go back to her own room to rest, and she kept Qi Wenshao to talk.

Qi Wenshao bowed his head, not knowing what Anning wanted to talk to him about. Was it because he did not perform well at the Ye family, and she wanted to reprimand him?

Anning smiled and asked in a gentle tone, ”What books have you been reading lately? What has the academy’s teacher taught you?”

Qi Wenshao spoke in a low voice, ”I’ve learned the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Character Classic. The teacher said in a few days we will start learning the Analects.”

Anning paused for a moment.

She remembered that Wenwei had started his enlightenment under her own guidance, and by the age of five or six, he had already learned the Analects. Meanwhile, Qi Wenshao was over seven years old and had only learned the Three Character Classic and the Thousand Character Classic. It was clear that Qi Rui’s lack of attention to Qi Wenshao wasn’t merely negligent; there seemed to be a deliberate intention to let him waste away.

Shaking her head, Anning said, ”This won’t do, your academy is not up to standard.”

Qi Wenshao became anxious, ”Madam, your son, your son wishes to study. Please, Madam, don’t make your son return home.”

He thought that Anning no longer wanted him to study.

Anning laughed, pulled Qi Wenshao over, and touched the top of his head, ”Being eager to study is a good thing; how could I stop you? I brought you to the Ye family today exactly for that reason, to ask your grandfather to teach you personally. In a few days, go to the academy and speak to the teacher about withdrawing from school. Afterwards, you can go to the Ye family and study with your grandfather.”

Qi Wenshao was stunned in place.

He had never even dreamed that Anning would ask Ye Song to teach him personally.

Who was Ye Song? He was a great scholar, a man who had been an imperial tutor.

He was the most revered figure among the scholars of the entire Liang Dynasty.

Ye Song became the top scorer at the age of sixteen, then spent several years in the Hanlin Academy, and later requested to be assigned outside the capital. He served as an official for several years. During his governance, he managed the local affairs methodically without any mishap.

Afterwards, he returned to the capital and served in all six ministries, had been the Grand Secretary for several years, and then, unwilling to waste his energy on the struggles of the officialdom, he resigned from office and returned home to teach.

He has taught several top scorers and the former Grand Secretary was once his disciple, his students truly span the world.

Such a person, countless people have exhausted their efforts to seek his guidance.

Even Qi Wenwei, in the past Qi Rui also had the thought of asking Ye Song to tutor, and even persuaded Ye Anning to ask Ye Song.

However, Ye Anning was then considering that her father was getting on in years, and teaching young children would inevitably sap his energy, so she told Qi Rui to wait until Qi Wenwei was a bit older before sending him to the Ye family.

Qi Wenshao was aware of this.

He also particularly envied Qi Wenwei for being able to follow Ye Song in his studies, and had thought if he were Madam’s son, would he also have such an opportunity.

But now, this opportunity was right in front of him.

He was completely dumbfounded.

”Madam.”

Qi Wenshao’s voice was incredibly tense: ”Is it, is it that I will go with Big Brother?”

Speaking of Qi Wenwei, a hint of disgust flashed in Anning’s eyes: ”Your big brother actually doesn’t like studying, I won’t bother sending him to be disliked, only you will go to the Ye family, are you afraid?”

Qi Wenshao quickly shook his head: ”Madam, I’m not afraid, I wish to study at the Ye family, I want to go.”

Anning smiled: ”Good child, I knew you are ambitious.”

She turned back and took a box from the head of the bed: ”You can’t be wronged outside, take these for spending first, and if it’s not enough, come back to me. Also, tell me if there’s anything you want.”

Qi Wenshao took the box and opened it to look, saw that it was filled with broken silver, he got scared and quickly covered it and pushed it back to Anning: ”Madam, I, I cannot take it, keep it for sister please.”

Anning pushed it back to him: ”Your sister has her own, these are specifically for you, take it.”

Qi Wenshao wanted to say something else, but Anning sternly said: ”Don’t push it back anymore, if you push it back, I will get angry.”

Qi Wenshao had no choice but to hold the box tightly.

Anning then admonished him: ”Your grandfather is getting old, and his energy is not what it once was, he can only tutor you for a limited time each day. In the future, you go to the Ye family during the day, and at night I will personally tutor you.”

The original Ye Anning was a famous talented woman of the Daliang Dynasty, known to have the capability of a top scorer.

And Anning did not think herself any less than Ye Anning.

She had traversed countless ancient worlds before, and had also been a top scorer in the Female Venerate World, even held high official positions. In terms of knowledge accumulation, she was no less than Ye Song, naturally more than enough to teach Qi Wenshao, a child.

She was afraid Qi Wenshao might overthink, so she explained: ”These past years have been wasted, we need to seize the time to catch up, it’s not that I’m being too strict with you, it’s just that, to achieve success, how can one not be earnestly honed.”

Qi Wenshao was not ungrateful.

On the contrary, he was a good child who knew how to appreciate and was especially sensible.

He smiled, looking particularly happy: ”Son understands in his heart, everything Madam does is for my good.”

Qi Wenshao’s mood was especially good when he went back to his room.

He didn’t understand why Anning cared for and took care of him so much.

However, he had always desperately sought familial affection and tenderness, now that he had it, naturally he wanted to hold on tight.

He put away the broken silver Anning gave him, then Qi Wenshao went to bed to rest.

As he lay down, a smile lingered on his face, he murmured softly: ”I must repay Madam well in the future.”