Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 69 Not an ordinary monkey

The next morning, Shen Hu and his brothers personally brought over ten sand tables. It must be said that the carpenter brothers were very meticulous. They polished the wooden frames very smoothly and even made handles on both sides for easy movement.

Yunyi asked Dabao to inform Gou Dan and the others that today was the first day and they should come over to meet the teacher in the afternoon. As for whether classes would start today or tomorrow, that would depend on the teacher.

Da Bao responded and ran out.

"Sister Yun, you still have to support their education?" Shen Hu was actually a little puzzled.

"Yeah, is there a problem?"

"I'll say something you won't like to hear, but aren't you their stepmother? And you and their father weren't really married, were you? Then..."

“A stepmother is still a mother,” Yunyi smiled.

"What I mean is..." Shen Hu scratched his head, "You're still so young, do you really want to be a widow in their family for the rest of your life?"

"There's nothing wrong with being a widow."

"But……"

"Alright, stop worrying about me." Yunyi waved her hand. "How's the thing I asked you to inquire about going?"

"Although there are indications everywhere that war might break out, we still haven't been able to get any definite information." Shen Hu sighed. "However, I know a yamen runner who said that the imperial court is still distributing iron materials to various places as usual, but the iron materials for Longxi Prefecture have been intercepted by the Marquis of Zhenbei."

"Is the Marquis of Zhenbei so bold?"

"I don't know then," Shen Hu shook his head.

"Alright, I understand." Yunyi didn't expect the other person to know too much. "Have you found the shop?"

"I also want to tell you about this today. I found a place not far from the west archway of the town. Although it's a bit out of the way, the shop is big and the rent isn't expensive."

Carp Town has two entrances, east and west. Yunyi and the others always entered the town from the west, so they would see the west archway first. That area is on the outskirts of the town and is not in a good location.

"Then I'll go take a look tomorrow," Yunyi nodded.

After lunch, several children from the village who had signed up also came over, and even Xia Fulai's three sons came.

The village chief personally delivered it, along with two bags of grain, as a token of gratitude to Yunyi and Jia Xiucai.

Yunyi accepted it all without hesitation. Although she didn't need it now, it was what they should pay for. There are too many stories of gratitude for small favors and resentment for larger ones, and she wouldn't be a sucker.

Since the desks haven't been made yet, we'll be having classes at the large round table in the cafeteria for now.

Because the children are at different levels, he also teaches them in different levels. For example, Da Bao doesn't need to read the Three Hundred Characters and Thousand Characters for beginners anymore, but has started reading the Analects. Er Ya and San Ya can already read, so they are consolidating their knowledge. The rest of the children start from scratch with basic enlightenment.

After watching from outside for a while, Yunyi realized that Jia Xiucai was indeed quite capable. Even without taking the imperial examinations, one could still learn something from a teacher like him.

Seeing that it was still early, Yunyi decided to go into the mountains again.

"Yunyi, it's already afternoon." Xia Songshi was a little worried when she learned that Yunyi was going into the mountains. "It looks like it's going to rain again. Why don't you go tomorrow?"

Yunyi smiled and said, "It's alright. I'll be right back. If I don't make it back in time, don't worry, I'll be fine."

"But……"

"Mother, just take good care of yourselves at home." Yunyi slung her basket over her shoulder. "I'm leaving."

Xia Songshi knew she couldn't stop her, so she could only tell her to be careful.

Yunyi nodded and headed out towards Qinglong Mountain.

They hadn't gone far when they felt someone following them. Looking back, they saw Eighteen whizzing up after them, and soon after, Nineteen flew over as well.

"You two go back." Yunyi glanced at the two little ones. "Keep an eye on the house for me."

Eighteen chirped twice, and Nineteen followed with a short eagle cry.

"Listen to me." Yun Yi's face darkened. "Go back and keep an eye on the seven little ones for me."

Eighteen and Nineteen seemed to understand Yunyi's words, and could only reluctantly run back. Eighteen took two steps and looked back at Yunyi. Seeing her wave, she could only resign herself to her fate and go back.

Yunyi quickened her pace and entered the mountain. She needed to go to the canyon to get silver—no, to get ginseng to exchange for silver. However, after climbing just one hill, she sensed something unusual ahead and hurriedly climbed a large tree.

Before long, they saw the branches of the trees in front of them swaying and making squeaking noises, as if a group of... monkeys were coming this way.

Yunyi was frowning. Although monkeys are not as frightening as birds of prey, they are quite difficult to deal with because of their high intelligence.

But with so many monkeys active at the same time, has the monkeys' den been disturbed?

Just as she was pondering this, she saw a familiar monkey rushing towards her, but it paused for a moment when it saw Yunyi, then suddenly became excited and darted over in a few leaps: [Boss, are you here to welcome me?]

Yunyi: ...

"Hey boss, let me tell you, I'm not an ordinary monkey anymore." Sixteen gave a command to the monkeys behind him.

The monkey troop stopped their activities and each found a branch or fork in the tree to wait and see what the new monkey king was up to.

"You've been out for a whole day and night, what did you do to become so extraordinary?" Yunyi glanced at the dozens of monkeys behind her, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Did you become the Monkey King?"

"Boss, you're so smart! These past two days, I've just beaten the monkey king into submission, and now I'm the new monkey king."

Yunyi gave a thumbs up: [My amazing system! So, you're planning to stay here from now on? Monkeys only live for about twenty years, and you're already two years old, right? That means you have a maximum of eighteen years left to live. You'd better cherish it!]

【Wait, boss, what do you mean?】

Yunyi shrugged. "She means exactly what she says."

【I've figured it out, boss, you really don't love me anymore, you don't care about me anymore, sob sob...】

Yunyi: ...

[Boss, do you remember? Back then, when you traveled to your 1082nd world, it was an advanced future world. I hadn't updated, and my old system couldn't keep up with the advancements of that world. In the end, I was even hacked by a high-powered robot. It was you who worked tirelessly for three days and nights to finally get me back. At that time, you were my hero, my light...]

"Give me a break." Yun Yi rolled her eyes speechlessly, then ruthlessly interrupted the other person's sentimentality. "If it weren't for the fact that after you were hacked, the signal kept cutting in and out, constantly buzzing in my head and giving me a headache, if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't determine whether the mission in the other dimension was successful without you, do you think I would be willing to care about you?"