Chapter Fifty: No Trickery, No Trade

  As soon as Liu Guanshi's voice rang out, the villagers rushed over like a swarm of bees, all eager to be the first to sign up.

  Yan Yunli raised his thumb to Zhu Ziming on the high platform: "Brother Zhu, good knowledge!"

  Zhu Ziming blinked his eyes: "It's just a small dish."

  "Look at him, so smug. Shen Bixian said indifferently: 'He really has the look of a petty person who's achieved his goal.'"

  "Eldest sister......" Lin Zhīyún heard her eldest sister's words and softly said: "Although brother-in-law seems untamed, his heart is not like that. Even though brother-in-law has hidden many things, I know he's a good person."

  Xiao Nizi thought that Zhu Ziming's inner and outer selves were completely different. Shen Bixian's heart skipped a beat as she recalled the moment in the sedan chair when this rascal's eyes suddenly revealed a melancholy expression, which was something he had never shown before. Could it be that he had been hiding his true self all along?

  Perhaps it was, Shen Bi Xing bitterly smiled twice, her heart bitter, as his future wife, she couldn't even compare to her own cousin in understanding him.

  Under a heart full of sorrow, Shen Bi Xing murmured: "Zi Yun, are you...?"

  Shen Biying was about to say it out of urgency, but suddenly felt that this word really couldn't be said, shook her head and stopped talking.

  Although Xiao Nizi was young, she was also very thoughtful. When she heard her cousin's words, her face turned bright red and she quickly changed the subject: "Cousin, your husband is a good man, you should treat him better."

  Be nicer to him... If he didn't anger me, how would I be mean to him? Shen Biying rubbed her smooth forehead with her finger: "Little girl, you can't understand adult matters."

  "Zi Yun has grown up," Lin Zi Yun proudly puffed out her chest and said, "I'm not a kid anymore."

  Shen Bi Xing looked at her cousin's increasingly plump little breasts, and truly, she had more and more of a woman's charm. She smiled slightly: "Little girl, do you know shame?"

  "Ah......" Lin Zhīyún's face turned red with embarrassment, and she called out in a bashful tone. As her eyes wandered, they landed on her older cousin's majestic chest, full and round, seemingly much larger than her own. She shrunk back, feeling somewhat ashamed of herself.

  Lin Zhīyún's face turned red as she said: "Elder cousin, why is it so big over there......"

  "What?" Shen Biying asked in confusion.

  "It's right there!" Lin Zhīyún's face was burning hot, but her cousin still had a bewildered expression.

  Under the circumstances, Lin Yiyun didn't care about being embarrassed or not, and used her finger to draw a circle in front of her eyes: "Sister, do you understand? Your brother-in-law likes to secretly look at your place."

  Shen Bixian, although simple-minded, couldn't help but notice the little maid's brazen behavior. Her face flushed with anger, she trembled with rage and shouted: "Little maid, you're asking for a beating!"

  "Sister-in-law, I didn't mean to," Shen Biyin hadn't even made a move, but the quick-witted little girl had already slipped away.

  Shen Bixian was both angry and amused, this shameless little girl, when did she learn to be so bad? Suddenly thinking of her words earlier, her face turned red with anger and she said: "This shameless rascal, if I find out he's peeking again in the future, I'll have to beat him up a few times."

  "Ah-che......" Zhu Zi Ming on the high platform suddenly let out a strange sneeze, and immediately looked around: "Who is scolding me."

  After the registration work was completed, although only a few dozen people signed up, Zhu Ziming knew that now that the Mingli Academy's signboard had been put out, what was there to worry about not having any students?

  The crowded registration crowd gradually quieted down, and Zhu Ziming smiled: "Thank you for the strong support of all parents and relatives. Please ask the registrants to come to the academy three days later for formal registration and class!"

  "I'll talk about the rules and regulations of the academy first," Zhu Ziming's eyes sparkled with cunning: "Mingli Academy is my brainchild, so it has different rules than ordinary academies... Before entering the academy, students have to take a test..."

  When it comes to exams, Zhu Ziming suddenly feels awkward, it's obviously just an exam.

  As soon as they entered the academy, they had to take a test? Everyone immediately felt surprised. In Yannation's academies, students were allowed to study for a period of time before taking a test to assess their performance. But Mingli Academy was vastly different, requiring a test as soon as one entered, truly unlike ordinary academies.

  "Zhu Ziming continued: 'The grades of this exam are the standard for class division, from best to worst, divided into excellent classes, second-class classes, and ordinary classes. The significance of this class division is to make students in ordinary classes want to move up to second-class classes, and those in second-class classes want to move up to excellent classes... This gives students a goal to study towards, and motivation to strive for. The rule for this class division is that every month there will be an exam, and any student has the opportunity to move up to the excellent class of Wen Cai's school!'"

  First-class, second-class, ordinary class? Kong Li shook his head, having only heard of schools with names like Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding, never this "class" system. Zhu Xiaoge's mind was really full of surprises.

  Zhu Xiaoge was indeed beyond everyone's expectations, and Chen Juren was also shocked. Although the class system is novel, it makes people easily acceptable, which is not a bad reform plan for a good academy.

  After a round of conversation, everyone listened with a bewildered expression, but after careful consideration, they suddenly understood the meaning behind it, and were amazed by the strange ideas and the wonderful system of the academy.

  So that everyone can understand the benefits of this monthly lesson, water flows downwards, if you don't advance bravely, how can you become a great talent?

  "Good!" Everyone applauded, there is competition, and there is progress. Who would want to stay in this ordinary class? It has certainly inspired the diligent learning of all students. This is the wonder of the streaming system. Everyone deeply understood it, and indeed, it's a good idea.

  Under the excitement, everyone respected Mr. Zhu even more, this gentleman seemed to be young, but his unique insights were beyond ordinary people's comparison.

  However, Yun Wenyue covered her red lips with a smile under the crowd.

  "Miss, what are you laughing at?" Shuang'er asked in confusion: "This Zhu Gongzi really has a good idea, Miss, why did you laugh?"

  Yun Wanjing glanced at Zhu Ziming with a sly smile and said meaningfully, "These people have really been sold out by Zhu Ziming, and they still want to count the money for him."

  "......" Shuang Er was taken aback and asked in confusion: "Miss, what does this mean?"

  Yun Wenyue smiled and said, "Think about it, these people, if their own son didn't get into this top class or even the second-best class, but instead fell to this ordinary class, would they be willing to let their son study with a group of poor students? Wouldn't that just lead to 'near ink, black' (i.e. being influenced by bad company)? Of course not! They'd naturally think of ways to get their son into the good class, and wouldn't hesitate to use backdoors. With Zhu Ziming's personality, would he let go of such a good opportunity? That way, he could just sit back and collect money!"

  Miss said a word, Shuang'er suddenly woke up and secretly exclaimed: "Miss, this Zhu Zi Ming is really clever, he's indeed a good businessman."

  Yun Wanjing didn't say a word, but gave Zhu Ziming a coquettish glance: "You really have a cunning mind, someone helps you count money and still has to beg you, and also takes an exam every month. It's true that no one is innocent in business, and you're really black-hearted."