Not only Luo Junyao was surprised, the surprise on the faces of others when they saw Liu Ruoqiu at the door was also obvious.
If you just look at Liu Ruoqiu's appearance, it would only make people think that she is either suffering from a chronic illness or that she is a girl from a poor family. But looking at the clothes and accessories she wears, any one of them can last a girl from a poor family for several years.
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For a moment, they were not sure who she was. Only Su Rui and Song Huan raised their eyebrows and looked at Luo Junyao.
Luo Junyao smiled and nodded to the person at the door: "This is it. Girl, please come in."
"Thank you." Liu Ruoqiu walked in slowly. Her manner was not very good, but there was nothing unacceptable about her.
Zhang Jingyu sat behind the desk and looked at Liu Ruoqiu and said with a smile, "What's your surname, girl? Which college do you want to go to?"
Liu Ruoqiu whispered: "My surname is Liu, Liu Ruoqiu, and I want to learn medicine."
willow?
Qin Ning suddenly reacted and said: "Are you the girl who just came back from the Liu family?"
Liu Ruoqiu was startled and looked at Qin Ning with a bit of surprise, but she still nodded and said, "Yes."
Qin Ning looked at her curiously, "Are you really the real girl from the Liu family? Why are you like this? Why are you here alone? Are those people in the countryside treating you badly? Why don't the Liu family accompany you?
stand up?"
"Sister A Ning..." Xu Xinyu pulled Qin Ning and called out in a low voice.
Zhang Jingyu glanced at Qin Ning helplessly and said to Liu Ruoqiu: "This is Princess Anyang. She doesn't mean any harm. Don't worry about it. Can Miss Liu read and write? Can she fill in her name in the household registration by herself?"
Liu Ruoqiu was a little surprised, but she still hurried forward to meet Li.
Her etiquette was also very unfamiliar, and she had obviously just learned it recently. But she still tried her best to do it in a standard manner, and she didn't feel like she was in a hurry.
Qin Ning also knew that she was a little presumptuous, so she quickly waved her hand and said: "No need to be polite, you don't mind if I say random things?"
Liu Ruoqiu shook her head and said: "It's a little harder in the countryside, but my parents are very good to me and no one bullies me. Thank you for your concern, Princess." After that, Liu Ruoqiu returned to Zhang Jingyu, "I have learned some medical skills, so
I also know a few words."
Zhang Jingyu then handed her the note and said, "That's good. Does the Liu family know that the girl is going to medical school?"
Hearing this, Liu Ruoqiu's hand that took the paper froze slightly.
Everyone in the room was a little strange when they saw Liu Ruoqiu coming in alone. Most of the girls who came before were accompanied by their fathers, brothers or mothers. These women who were born and raised in Shangyong were like this, not to mention Liu Ruoqiu who had just come back.
A girl who has never been married?
If the Liu family wanted to send her to Anlan Academy, why would they let her come alone?
Liu Ruoqiu pinched the paper in her hand, with a look on her face that was a little more entangled and anxious.
She struggled for a moment, and finally raised her head and said calmly: "Mr. Hui, I...I came here on my own."
Zhang Jingyu frowned slightly and said, "Don't the Liu family agree to let you come?"
Liu Ruoqiu nodded and whispered: "Liu...Father said that I am too old to learn anything in the academy. It is better to hire a teacher at home to teach me, so that I will not feel sad that I cannot keep up with my classmates in my studies."
It's just that the gentlemen hired by the Liu family for her all taught her etiquette, the three obediences and four virtues, and women's red needlework.
Originally, Liu Ruoqiu didn't have many ideas, but when she happened to hear a servant from the Liu family mention that Anlan Academy had opened a new school to teach medical skills, she couldn't help it.
Liu Ruoqiu was brought back to her natal family by the wet nurse's sister-in-law, but she was not raised in her natal family. Instead, she was treated as an abandoned baby and given to a childless couple in the village. Life in the countryside was indeed very poor, but
Liu Ruoqiu didn't feel too sad, because all farm girls lived like that.
The adoptive parents had only one daughter, and they were not bad to her.
It was just that her adoptive parents passed away in an accident three years ago, and they had not had time to arrange a marriage for her before they died. Liu Ruoqiu could only live alone in the past few years. She relied on her skills of collecting medicines in the mountains with her parents to support herself since she was a child.
The herbs she brought were sold to the medical clinic in the town. The old doctor at the medical clinic saw that she was a pitiful and diligent little girl, so he taught her some medical principles.
If she had been a boy, the old doctor might have accepted her as an apprentice, but unfortunately she had to give up since she was a girl.
But Liu Ruoqiu was very interested in medical skills because of this, and she admired the old doctors who could treat patients and save people. Occasionally, she would secretly imagine that one day she could become such a respectable person.
Unfortunately, she has grown up gradually in the past two years, and some unscrupulous people often come to harass her. In order to protect her temper, she has become somewhat tough and stubborn.
But this is not a long-term solution. If the Liu family had not gone to pick someone up this time, she would probably have to find a less bad man to marry in a short time. But she is a little girl with no relatives, how can she have anything?
Is a good man willing to marry her?
Therefore, Liu Ruoqiu was very happy to return to the Liu family. At that time, she just thought that it would be great to get rid of that kind of environment.
Although her father secretly wanted to marry her off as soon as possible after returning to the Liu family, she felt a little disappointed but not too sad.
However, when she heard that people could learn medical skills at Anlan Academy, she couldn't help but make her request to her father, and then she was severely scolded by Liu Shangshu.
She also heard her father and brother say that she could not be allowed to go to Anlan Academy, and that she could not be allowed to meet too many powerful people in Shangyong, so as not to lose the Liu family's face. If Liu Ruxia was to marry into the Chengguo Duke's palace, she could not be allowed to be a bad person.
about her marriage.
Liu Ruoqiu was very disappointed and sad. Maybe she was too greedy. When her brother came to pick her up, she clearly thought that as long as she could leave there, she would no longer have to live such a frightening life and be forced to marry a rogue.
But after arriving at Liu's house, she couldn't help but want more.
She doesn't want to get married so soon, she wants to be a doctor, and she wants to be respected for her ability to treat illnesses and save people like the old doctor in the town.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So she couldn't help but tell her mother that she wanted to go out for a visit, and then secretly went out without telling her father and brother. She actually just wanted to take a look secretly.
Looking at the legendary Anlan Academy, I didn't really dare to come in and sign up. But after seeing many girls walking in and out at the door, I couldn't help but walk in.
She was not a really weak and obedient girl. Her father... even if her father was angry, she still wanted to persevere.
Zhang Jingyu was a little embarrassed, "If Liu Shangshu doesn't agree, will you be able to enroll successfully by then?"
Liu Ruoqiu couldn't help but clenched her fingers, her knuckles turning white, "I...I want to give it a try, and I will try my best to convince my family."
Zhang Jingyu turned her head to look at Luo Junyao. She was not very optimistic that Liu Ruoqiu could convince Liu Shangshu.
Luo Junyao asked: "Why do you want to enter medical school? You should have heard that these colleges are all newly opened, and they are not what ladies should study. You are the daughter of a minister, and Master Liu will probably not let you
Come."
Liu Ruoqiu looked at Luo Junyao with some surprise. She also recognized that Luo Junyao was the girl she saw the day she first arrived at Shangyong.
Because Luo Junyao was so beautiful, and she was the first beautiful and noble girl she saw when she came to Shangyong. The influence was so profound that when she saw Liu Ruxia at Liu's house, she didn't think anything of it, and
There wasn’t as much anxiety or shame as I had expected.
Luo Junyao looked at her with a smile and said, "Miss Liu?"
Liu Ruoqiu composed herself and said, "I want to be a doctor." Everyone in the room was obviously surprised, and they all looked at the thin girl standing there.
Song Xuan smiled and said: "The doctor is not suitable for the status of a noble girl in Shangyong. Miss Liu is no longer in the countryside. You are the legitimate daughter of Shangshu Mansion. Even if there are girls with higher status than you in Shangyong, there are not many. You
You can live a comfortable life without doing anything, so why would you want to be a doctor?"
Liu Ruoqiu shook her head and said, "This is different. I want to learn how to treat patients and save people." She originally thought that it would be a good time to have no worries about food and clothing when she returned to Shangshu Mansion, but in fact, her life in Shangshu Mansion was not that happy.
Recalling that she once saw the old doctor treating patients and saving people and being truly grateful by people, she was still so envious and longing for him.
Luo Junyao said: "Shangyong does have some medical women, but most of them are in the palace, and their status is not high, and they are even looked down upon. Even if you have learned medical skills, there may be no use for them. Do you still want to learn them?
"
Liu Ruoqiu nodded and said, "I want to learn, maybe... it will be useful, right?"
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "Okay, you fill in the roster, and then go to the side to take the test. We will leave a place for you. If you can come on the day when the academy officially opens, you will be a student of Anlan Academy. In addition, you will still be a student after you go back.
Ask your mother or other trusted elders to at least know what studying medicine means to your noble daughter Shang Yong."
Liu Ruoqiu couldn't help but look at Zhang Jingyu, who nodded and said, "She's right. If you really want to come and be welcomed by us, go ahead and fill in the roster."
Liu Ruoqiu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, thanked the two of them and walked aside to fill in the roster.
After Liu Ruoqiu went out, everyone gathered at Zhang Jingyu's table. "I didn't expect this Liu family girl to be very courageous." Shen Hongxiu said, "She just came back and she actually dared to come to the academy to register alone behind her family's back."
Zhang Jingyu said: "I think this girl looks thin, but she has a tough temperament, but I'm afraid the Liu family won't like such a temperament."
Xu Xinyu asked: "Can she come to the academy in a few days?"
Zhang Jingyu sighed: "It's up to her. We can't help her."
Liu Ruoqiu's handwriting is not pretty, each stroke is very stiff. The girls here probably had much better handwriting than this when they were ten years old.
But no one laughed at her. For a girl who was raised in the countryside and had no chance to study since she was a child, it was already remarkable that she could learn to read and have some basic knowledge of medicine.
When Liu Ruoqiu returned to Liu's house, she was startled by the girl who came up to her as soon as she stepped through the door, "Girl, you're back!"
"What's wrong? I... I told my mother when I went out." Liu Ruoqiu was still not used to having a girl around her. This little girl was given to her by her mother on the first day she came back. There's nothing wrong with anything else, but she talks too much.
He was chatting all the time and it gave her a headache, so he didn’t take her with him when he went out in the morning.
The girl said: "The master just came back and asked where you were. I heard that you went out and lost your temper."
Liu Ruoqiu was slightly startled and said, "I'm going to see my father right now."
When the two stepped into the courtyard, they saw Liu Ruxia coming towards them. Liu Ruxia naturally saw her too, and they both stopped.
After a while, Liu Ruxia walked over slowly with a gentle smile on her face and said softly: "Second sister is back? Where have you been? Daddy is looking for you."
Liu Ruoqiu whispered: "I understand, thank you eldest sister, I'll be there right away."
Liu Ruxia's eyes lingered on Liu Ruoqiu's face for a moment, and she said softly: "My sister has suffered all these years, and it's all because of you that I can't bear. If you have anything, just come to me, and I will never refuse if I can help you.
I hope you can forgive me, okay?"
Liu Ruoqiu shook her head and said, "Sister, you are serious, these are not your fault."
"It's because of me..." Liu Ruxia sighed, "Second sister has been avoiding me these days since she came back. It really doesn't need to be like this. After all, I am the one who has taken up your status. The Liu family is your home.
, don’t ever wrong yourself.”
Liu Ruoqiu didn't know what else she could say, so she could only say: "I'll go see my father first."
"Go." Liu Ruxia smiled.
The two of them passed each other, one headed outside and the other towards the inner courtyard.
She had no resentment towards Liu Ruoxia, but it was obviously impossible for her to get along with her as closely as biological sisters.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! She doesn’t want to target Liu Ruxia, but she also doesn’t want to get close to her. Isn’t it good that everyone just doesn’t mess with the well? Liu Ruxia seemed to be like this a few days ago.
I was thinking about it, but I don’t know why I suddenly came forward to express my goodwill to her today?
"Father."
Liu Ruoqiu stepped into Liu Shangshu's study. Liu Shangshu, who was reading, raised his head and saw his daughter standing at the door and couldn't help but frown.
"Where have you been today?" Liu Shangshu asked.
Liu Ruoqiu whispered: "I... went to Anlan Academy."
boom!
Liu Shangshu slammed the book in his hand on the table and said coldly: "Who asked you to go? Did I tell you that you don't have to go to Anlan Academy to study?"
Liu Ruoqiu bit her lip, raised her head and looked into Liu Shangshu's eyes, and said, "But, I want to go."
"Presumptuous!" Liu Shangshu scolded angrily, "You just came back and you want to disobey your biological father? You have grown up in the countryside these years, it is the time to learn etiquette and rules, and the family has hired a teacher to teach you, so you don't know etiquette.
It's embarrassing to go out and lose face. Why are you running out in such a hurry? We are not in the countryside now. My daughter's family has no permission from her parents to show her face. How can it be unbecoming!"
Liu Ruoqiu whispered: "Father, I will learn the etiquette and rules taught by Mr.
Liu Shangshu's expression softened a little, and he said in a deep voice: "It's good that you know. Your foundation is not as good as other girls. At this age, there is no need to waste time learning those things. Learn the rules thoroughly and you will be able to do it."
Just don't lose the Liu family's face."
Liu Ruoqiu's heart sank slightly, she understood that her father still did not allow her to go to Anlan Academy.
However, Liu Shangshu thought that she had heard it and didn't want to say anything more. He waved his hand and said, "Go down. Your mother is ill now. You should learn from Ruxia how to take care of your daughter's appearance."
Looking at his daughter's appearance, Liu Shangshu still had a headache. How could the girl from the Liu family look so sallow and skinny? He could only comfort himself in his heart. It was inevitable that he would be a little unsightly just after he came back. Maybe it would be fine if he took care of her after a while.
Liu Ruoqiu said: "Father, I..."
"Get out." Liu Shangshu frowned and said in a deep voice.
Liu Ruoqiu was silent for a moment, then lowered her head and said, "Yes, father."
