Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 13 Smart Girl
Erni looked incredulous. "How is that possible? I saw that Master Zhu was so happy. If he lost, how could he be so happy? Brother must be lying to me. Humph! I'll ask Brother Liu."

After saying that, the girl looked at Liu He with her big confused eyes.

"Haha, your brother didn't lie to you. We did win. As for why Young Master Zhu is so happy, it's because I promised him that as long as he can meet the conditions I set, he can practice martial arts with us in the future."

Erni did not express her opinion on the spot, and it was unknown whether she believed it or not.

But after her eyes rolled around for a while, she suddenly smiled.

"Hehe, Erni knows. Master Zhu must think that my brother can beat him after only practicing martial arts for a few days, so he hopes to practice martial arts with Brother Liu. And Brother Liu doesn't trust him very much, so he wants to make some requests to test him, right?"

Zhang Yong grabbed his sister's shoulders with both hands and said in surprise: "Oh my, this is incredible. I didn't expect that my silly sister is not silly at all."

Erni shook Zhang Yong off: "Humph, you are stupid, you only know how to bully me."

But the two of them didn't know how turbulent Liu He's heart was at this moment!

"This Erni was able to guess what happened so quickly. She is much smarter than Zhang Yong. Why didn't I realize that this little girl is so smart before?"

Liu He quickly summoned the system.

"System, please help me check the attributes of this Er Ni."

"System testing, please wait... Zhang Erni's current attributes are Command 12, Force 18, Intelligence 34, Politics 19."

Liu He was surprised again.

"A 7-year-old girl actually has an IQ of 34, which is only 6 points less than me who has the aura of a protagonist. It's simply incredible!"

Liu He suddenly remembered that he still had a task to complete, which was to recruit civil officials.

"Er Ni, you are very smart. It's a pity that you don't learn to read and write."

Liu He acted as if he was regretting it, and Zhang Yong also exclaimed that it was a pity when he heard it.

"Well... let's put it this way. I have a few books at home that teach the simplest knowledge. Why don't you just tell Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang that you can learn from me and your brother in the future. We will practice martial arts, and you can study."

Zhang Yong and Erni were immediately happy and excited.

In this era, books and knowledge were monopolized by wealthy families, and ordinary people rarely had the opportunity to read and study. Over time, this led to the requirement that women of common people should be virtuous if they were not talented.

This is not to say that common people have had low expectations for their daughters since ancient times. On the contrary, from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and even to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the social status of women was not as low as later generations imagined. For example, there was almost no discrimination against women who remarried. Even the mother of Emperor Wu of Han was remarried to Emperor Jing of Han from a commoner family, and later she became the mother of the country.

It was only in this social environment where knowledge was monopolized that men could work in the fields even if they did not study, but women who did not study could only weave, embroider and take care of children at home, thus gradually developing the so-called three obediences and four virtues.

Now that Liu He can give her such an opportunity, how can Erni not be excited?
"Master is so... so kind to us! Erni, I really... don't know what to say."

Erni looked at Liu He with her watery eyes, giving him goose bumps.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot, taking advantage of everyone's excitement, Liu He hurried back home, took out several books from his collection, picked out the simplest one, then went back to the back mountain to personally teach Erni.

Er Ni was really smart. There were hundreds of words in the book, but Liu He only read it once and she understood most of it. Then she picked up the book and read it, which made Liu He amazed again.

"This girl is so smart! In her previous life, she would have been a top scorer in the college entrance examination! If she is trained well, her intelligence may even be higher than that of the protagonist like me."

Liu He was amazed.

"Ding! The host received a message from his subordinate, Zhang Erni, that the task was completed and 10 points were awarded. The host's current points: 50 points."

A familiar reminder sounded in my mind.

"Great! Now that the first phase of both missions has been completed, our subordinates are now both civil and military! The first step towards victory has been taken, haha!"

Liu He was extremely happy! Today was another heavier training task. After completing it, he stayed with Er Ni to eat together. It happened that Liu Qian went to the county town today and exchanged three herbs for more food. He also brought a pound of mutton. Several people pounced on it like hungry wolves. Even the quiet Er Ni, after being reserved and shy for a while, could not resist the temptation of greed and ate with her mouth full of oil regardless of her image!
After eating, these people, big and small, all looked satisfied. They licked the meat oil on their lips with their tongues, as if they were still not satisfied.

"If I could live like this every day, I wouldn't change it even if I were a god!"

Zhang Yong couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother, you are so greedy. You are not a good child!" Erni was no longer as estranged as before and directly refuted her own brother in front of everyone.

Zhang Yong smiled innocently, knowing that his wish was too extravagant.

Liu He disagreed: "What's the big deal? If we study hard and exercise well, we can protect the country and the people in the future. We may have a chance to live a good life!"

Zhang Yong seemed to see a lot of meat floating in front of him, and his enthusiasm suddenly increased a lot!

"Master, you are right! Then let's not waste time and make the most of the time to practice for a while!"

At this time, Xu came over and scolded with a smile: "Haha, you little greedy ghosts, eating meat every day is probably only a county master can live. After dinner, you should also take a rest. It's not good for you to be too tired at such a young age. I will prepare a medicinal bath for you."

Zhang Yong stuck out his tongue. In order to cover up his shyness, he volunteered to send his sister Erni home first, and then came back to take a medicinal bath with Liu He.

Early the next morning, the two men got up, washed, had breakfast and prepared to practice martial arts.

"Master, do you think Zhu Ye will come? He is such a grown-up, and he wants to do rough labor here. I think even if he is willing, his parents probably won't agree."

Zhang Yong touched his head and said, In his worldview, rough work should be done by inferior people like them.

However, Liu He didn't care about it at all.

"It's good if you can come. If you don't dare to come or don't want to come, that's not a bad thing either. It will save you from learning some skills and using them against us in the future."

After Liu He's explanation, Zhang Yong seemed to understand and nodded repeatedly.

However, soon, Zhang Yong's expression became a little strange again. His eyes looked straight in one direction and he pushed Liu He with his hand.

"Huh? What's wrong? Why are you pushing me?"

Liu He looked in the direction Zhang Yong pointed and was suddenly speechless.

I saw Zhu Ye, wearing a linen suit, holding two spears in his hands, and followed by two sturdy men, walking towards this side together, but no one knew what their intention was.

"Sir, why did he come with a spear? Does he want to fight again?"

Zhang Yong looked puzzled, and Liu He shook his head, indicating that he couldn't guess.

But since they were here, they couldn't just ignore them. Liu He took Zhang Yong out to greet them.

"Mr. Zhu, what are you doing..."

Liu He looked at the spear in Zhu Ye's hand and asked, but he didn't expect Zhu Ye to start saluting as soon as he arrived.

"Greetings, big brother! This spear is what I usually use for practice at home. Since you two brothers want to practice martial arts, I thought you might not have any weapons, so I brought it with you."

Liu He was speechless again. This Zhu Ye was very easygoing. He hadn't even agreed to let him practice martial arts together, but he already took it for granted that he was in the same group with him.

"Don't worry, big brother. I mean what I say! I went home and told my parents that I met a like-minded partner and that we study and train together every day. My father even praised me for being more diligent than before. I came here today, and if there is any work for you, just tell me!"

After saying that, he handed two spears to Liu He.

(End of this chapter)