Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 447: Not Gold and Jade, but Loyalty and Faithfulness

Li Hongmao looked towards the gate, shook his head after a moment and said, "I know about this, you go back first and guard the gate well. Don't let anyone in to disturb the children."

"Hey!" The gatekeeper hesitated after answering, and finally chose to ask: "Then, should I tell them when you will leave? Or should I ask them to wait at the door?"

But he always felt that this was not what the headmaster meant.

Sure enough, after Li Hongmao walked back into the house, he picked up the book again and waved his hand at him, saying, "No need. I have no intention of knowing what the visitor's intention is. If the other party really came to visit, I would send someone to inform him. The children still need to study, so you can go back and do what you need to do."

The gatekeeper's mind suddenly became clear after hearing this, and he looked at Li Hongmao with admiration.

It is said that a headmaster can be a headmaster. With such a calm and steady demeanor, who wouldn’t praise him?

Instead, he became panicky when he saw people and came rushing over, delaying the students' studies.

I turned around and thought, where is this place?

Tongan County School!

What are the two characters before county school?

Tongan!

This is the county school of Tongan County!

He was also confused just now. Who would be so bold as to dare to come to their Tongan County to make trouble? Not to mention that the prefect was still here today!

The gatekeeper straightened up suddenly after figuring it out. The panic on his face had long since disappeared. He bowed and said, "I understand. Don't worry, Headmaster. I won't let even a fly in!"

After the gatekeeper left, Li Hongmao immediately returned to teaching, as if the gatekeeper's visit to report the news was just a dream of the students.

He turned the book to the previous page and looked at Fang Ziyan: "Copy this article twenty times today. The dean will check the handwriting, so... other students are not allowed to help him copy. Once discovered, both parties will copy it twenty more times."

After these words were spoken, many students lowered their heads and nervously picked at the seams of their clothes.

In the past, when Fang Ziyan was punished by other teachers to copy, they helped him copy. Each person copied one copy, but it took more than half an hour to finish copying dozens of copies.

Why would they do this?

No, no, no, of course it’s not for the Fang family’s money.

But their feelings towards Fang Ziyan were... always weird. In short, it was like they had a common younger brother. He was like a glue between them, making the students who were still strangers unconsciously become a group.

They dared not imagine how they would get along if Fang Ziyan did not exist in the county school.

I'm afraid that even though we've been classmates for so long, we don't even know each other's names?

But right now...

Zhang Yuanwei happened to be sitting behind him. He poked his back with the tip of his pen and ventriloquially said, "Brother, I really can't help you today. Just start copying after school. Maybe you can finish it by tomorrow morning."

Fang Ziyan almost cried out when he heard this. He bit his sleeve tightly and sobbed, "Disciple...got it."

Li Hongmao nodded with satisfaction. Fang Ziyan was no longer sleepy, but he didn't dare to start copying as punishment. He could only focus his attention on Fan Chiqing who was sitting next to him.

He moved his arm an inch closer to Fan Chiqing and lowered his voice to say, "Why didn't you wake me up quietly just now? In the past, when I fell asleep during the master's lecture, they would wake me up! Since I became your deskmate, you have never called me. Are you waiting for me to be punished by the master?"

He waited for a long time but did not get any answer from Fan Chiqing, as if he was talking to the air.

"You..."

Fang Ziyan thought that this man was a nerd who only knew how to listen and study. He kept glancing at Fan Chiqing without moving his head.

When he saw clearly, he was stunned. He couldn't help but bumped the other person with his elbow and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with you? I just said a few words to you, and you are so angry? Why are you so angry......"

Fan Chiqing, who was being questioned by him, was breathing rapidly, with cold sweat on his forehead. For a moment, it was difficult to tell which was whiter, his face or his lips.

"Not really..." Fang Ziyan muttered, "Are you feeling unwell? Do you want me to tell Master for you? Don't force yourself or you'll fall on me."

Fan Chiqing still didn't answer.

It’s not that he didn’t want to answer, but he couldn’t hear clearly what Fang Ziyan was saying.

There was too much noise in my ears, like the sound of countless wild horses galloping past, with chaotic hooves. Or like two armies fighting, hand-to-hand combat, roaring and arguing.

That bastard is here, isn't he?

Fan Chiqing knew that he didn't need to ask himself this question. From the description of the gatekeeper and the reaction of the headmaster, there was no doubt that the man had come.

Why won't they let him go? He has already taken refuge in Tong'an County, why won't they let him go and let his family go?

What is he here for?

Fan Chiqing's heart suddenly sank. He raised his head woodenly and looked around blankly.

Was he here to tell the headmaster that as long as Fan Chiqing was around, Tongan County School would never be at peace? Or was he here to tell his classmates that Fan Chiqing was a man favored by other men?

It's gross, isn't it? It's really gross.

How will his classmates look at him? Will they still talk to him? Will they still take him for a run? Will they still help him get food or wake him up?

No way...Fan Chiqing thought.

They definitely don't want to even look at me straight in the eye, and even hope that I will go back to Quanyang County and not disturb their peaceful life, right?

Fan Chiqing's hands fell down weakly. The days he spent at Tongan County School were the most comfortable and happy days he had ever lived.

But dreams always end when you have to wake up. If you keep pretending to be asleep and don’t want to wake up, that would be a bit rude.

He clenched his fists and stood up, his nails digging into his palms without him noticing.

It was such a simple action, but it seemed to have exhausted all his strength, causing him to grit his teeth and even his facial muscles to tremble uncontrollably.

"Principal, student..." His voice was low and hoarse.

"You sit down."

Li Hongmao was not surprised that he stood up, but he did not let him finish his words and motioned him to sit back down.

"Student..." He choked in his throat, as if his throat was strangled by shackles, but he still spoke stubbornly: "The person outside the door, because of the student..."

Li Hongmao walked over slowly and pushed him back, "Sit back, don't say anything, and listen carefully."

"Can......"

If he couldn't get the words out, the courage he had mustered with great difficulty would soon collapse.

But Li Hongmao obviously didn't want to give him a chance, and turned around and said: "Turn to the next chapter in the book. Don't treasure gold or jade, but loyalty and trust are treasures..."

Instead of valuing gold and jade, do you treasure loyalty and trustworthiness?

Fan Chiqing's heart skipped a beat when he looked at the six words on the book.

Could it be that he was overthinking it?