Rebirth of the Evil Stepmother and the Four Villainous Children

Capital, suburbs.

Dabao has now become a mature young man. He is at the right age to get married. Every few days, Zhou Rongrong receives visiting cards from ladies from various families, all saying that they are coming with their daughters.

The purpose of the visit was self-evident. Although Dabao had not yet taken part in the imperial examination, everyone knew that he was the two gentlemen's favorite disciple. As long as he took part in the imperial examination, how could he fail? He might even become the top scorer.

Dabao is now sixteen years old. He is handsome, kind-hearted, and talented. His parents are the most powerful people in the entire Zhou Dynasty.

His father is a prince, his mother is a county lady, and he owns one of the best businesses in the Great Zhou. He is simply the perfect choice for a son-in-law. No matter which daughter of the family he likes, marrying into the Zhou family would be a better choice for the family.

Besides, the county princess and the prince were not the kind of people who would make things difficult for their wives. At first, when the noble ladies in the capital saw the prince and the county princess picking up their bride, they were thinking about whether they should invite her into their circle.

The post was posted countless times, but either the county lady was not at home or she was very busy. She only showed up once out of ten, and that was to promote her own things. Gradually they realized that this county lady was different from them.

At that time, Zhou Rongrong was always accompanied by either Sibao or Dabao. When the ladies saw her, they were drooling. If the county lady had not clearly stated that their daughter was not interested in marriage now, Sibao would probably have been engaged at such a young age.

Since Dabao was not mentioned, the eldest son and the county lady must still want to choose a good wife.

As more and more visiting cards came, she was very happy at first, thinking that the little pig she raised was really popular. But gradually she became annoyed and spread the word that as long as Dabao liked her, no matter if she was a lady from a wealthy family or a peasant family, no matter if she was born of a legitimate family or a concubine, as long as he liked her and she had good character, she would accept her.

After these words were spoken, Zhou Rongrong did not collect so many visiting cards, but the problem was that something happened to Dabao.

Today, Dabao went out with the two gentlemen to give lectures in order to write a new enlightenment book. He wanted to know what knowledge points the people wanted most.

It was a good opportunity to communicate with the people, but I didn't expect that so many young women would come to this lecture, some of them were pretty, some were scholarly, and some were dressed in folk style. They were all beautiful in their own way.

The gentlemen have already gotten used to it. Ever since Dabao's unreliable mother said that, as long as their whereabouts are exposed, there will always be many girls coming.

But Dabao still wasn't used to it. He rubbed his eyebrows slightly in pain and bowed to the two gentlemen.

"It's the students' fault. The teacher has to bear the brunt of the consequences."

Mr. Dong Li smiled and said, "Hey, I'm used to it. It's nothing, let's get started."

"Yes, sir."

Dabao was presiding over the lecture. The women sitting below stared at him shyly at first, but gradually they became fascinated. They were fascinated by the lectures of the gentlemen and Dabao, which were so lively and interesting.

For example, he talked about how the water wheels and well-planned irrigation canals in Cheng'an Villa can increase crop yields, and the principles behind them. He also talked about the necessity of women participating in literacy courses, and the impact of the decrees issued by His Majesty today on ordinary people like us.

The girls, who had been coming to see the guests from the beginning to now, had been listening more attentively than anyone else. Their eyes were shining as they stared at the lifelike waterwheel and the design of the ditch on the blackboard. They were all amazed and thought that Lady Cheng'an was indeed a role model for women since she was so smart.

Now is the time for questions. Those who raise their hands to ask questions are welcome. The young lady from the family of the Minister of Works was just like everyone else at first, wanting to see what kind of person this famous young master of the Great Zhou was. After following him to attend several lectures, she gradually lost interest in him. She spent the whole day using paper and pen to draw all the new things and discuss them heatedly with her father when she got home.

"Master Zhou, how is this waterwheel built? I see that Master Zhou only drew a diagram of its shape. What is inside? How can it be built so that it can rotate?"

Dabao was already very familiar with this girl, and sometimes her father would come with her, but it was still a bit difficult for a minister to visit the county lord and the prince's home. However, Dabao always remembered it and took out an invitation from the book box and gave it to her.

"Girl, this is the invitation my mother asked me to give you. I invite you to visit Cheng'an Villa with your father and mother. Although these are designed by my mother, they are made by Dean Li. Please pick a time to go, and Dean Li will accompany you."

The little girl happily took the invitation, carefully put it in the bookcase, leaned forward and bowed, "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

Dabao praised: "You are quite talented, my mother praised you a lot after seeing your design and modification of the carriage wheel."

The little girl's eyes widened, the people she admired the most were Lady Cheng'an County and Dean Li. One could design a lot of new and interesting gadgets, and the other could make a lot of new and interesting gadgets. They were simply her idols. Now that her idols praised her, she giggled foolishly, and after she came to her senses, she held her bookcase and started to take out her own design drawings to show Dabao.

Dabao waved his hand and said, "Girl, you are going to visit my mother, but you can discuss it with my mother. Zhou is not good at these things."

The little girl said, "Oh," and put the things in the bookcase while saying, "Yes, yes, yes, I have to show it to the county lady and to Dean Li."

This lecture was the last one given by the two gentlemen and Dabao. Then the three of them returned to Cheng'an Villa and began to organize new enlightenment books in seclusion.

Sibao was also invited to write the introductory arithmetic book. After three or four months of hard work, they finally finished it. Zhou Rongrong then sent someone to print the book.

It started to spread across the country through weekly diaries. Now every county school, in addition to studying, also undertakes the task of literacy in the county. Mr. Zhuang, who is far away in the north, received a dozen enlightenment books specially sent to him by Dabao. Now Mr. Zhuang no longer teaches at Qingfeng Academy, but went to the academy in Dashan Village.

Because of the outstanding performance of Zhou Wan in Qingfeng Academy, he discussed with Li Zhenglin and changed the name of the academy in Dashan Village to Qingfeng Academy. Now in the north, Qingfeng Academy has become so famous that people come to study there, and the model has been changed to the same as the academy in Beijing.

Outstanding students were also promised that if they studied well, they could go to study in Beijing, which attracted countless students.

Qingfeng Academy also took on the mission of enlightening the people, starting from Dashan Village, radiating to the entire Zhao County, and slowly to the entire north. Now in the north, if you say you can't read, you will be ridiculed, regardless of whether you are a man or a woman.

Just kidding, they have a Zhou family in the north, and also a mountain village where everyone can read and write. The children in the mountain village can either read or have various skills. If they go out to work and say they are from the mountain village, they are guests of honor.

There is no way around it. Every student taught in the technical school in the mountain village is top notch.

In February of the following year, the imperial examination began. Dabao was already seventeen years old. The highly anticipated Dabao took part in this imperial examination, and the students wailed.

How come he and I are in the same class this time? If he is not the top scholar, who else can be the top scholar? Two great scholars are teachers. They are hardworking and smart. It's simply not a chance for them to survive.

Dabao was still very calm about this imperial examination, and so was the whole family. After all, everyone knew that as long as Dabao participated, he would not be the top scorer in the competition among others.

As expected, this year's top scholar was Zhou Wan from the Zhou family. On the day of the top scholar parade, Zhou Rongrong brought a group of children to watch it. Except for Erbao, all the children were there.

Dabao stood upright with an expressionless face on his face. He only smiled when he saw his family. Zhou Rongrong and the others threw all the sachets they had prepared to Dabao.

Dabao had also learned martial arts. He took out the bag he had prepared long ago and took all the gifts from his family with one effort.

He thanked her with a smile that made the girls dizzy.

"Ahhhhh, so handsome, Mr. Zhou is so cute when he smiles?"

"And dimples, dimples, ahhhhh, I want to marry Mr. Zhou."

"Bullshit, bullshit, I'll marry you, I'll marry you, you have a good family background, you'll be the elder and I'll be the younger."

"Well, I can be a maid, as long as I can see the master every day."

After hearing this, Zhou Rongrong laughed and encouraged the girls, "Come on, you can do it."

Xie Wuyou pulled the man back and said, "Don't cause trouble for your son. In this situation, please calm down."

Dabao gave the prince a big thumbs up.

The future champion became the prime minister of two dynasties step by step, and his wife was the Miss Wang, who also worshipped the county lady and Dean Li as her teachers.

After marriage, Dabao no longer needs his wife to be the mistress of the household, but encourages her to do what she likes.

Miss Wang was very talented in design. She not only improved the carriage wheels, but also made many achievements in agricultural tools. Even the inner courtyard of the imperial palace could be found with her architectural designs.

In her later years, Mrs. Wang recalled that her mother-in-law and husband had a lifelong influence on her, making her realize that women could do so many things.

She has never seen her husband or his brothers and sisters quarrel in her life. The harmony in the family is her greatest blessing.