Chapter 361 Buying a Yard and Opening a Private School

Ye Zhengqiu looked at Du Wanwan, then at Liang, and his mouth twitched. Buying a yard? He also wanted to, but the problem was how to pay back the money he borrowed?

Besides, Zhongyuan’s wife had just settled in the west of the city and bought a yard. How could she have money to lend to them?

"Zhongyuan's wife! The courtyard in the capital is not cheap. Do you really have money to lend us?" Ye Zhengqiu didn't understand what his niece-in-law meant, so he could only ask.

Could it be that her clinic was making money quickly? How long had it been open? She already had money to lend to them?

"Uncle San! Don't worry about it. As long as you want to buy it, I will lend you as much money as you want. Mother said, a drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water.

Uncle San wants to open a private school, but he has no place, so he buys a yard. Don't worry about not being able to pay it back, Aunt San's storybooks are selling well, and every episode is a goose that lays golden eggs."

Liang nodded quickly, "Yes, yes! Master! Let's go home tonight and discuss with the old lady about buying a yard and opening a private school. This will mean you will have something to do for the rest of your life.

The two children are grown up now. It's not good for them to stay in the small house of Ye's family all the time! Let's move out and give the house to my second sister-in-law. The old lady will agree.

We can't afford the one in the east part of the city, so we can just buy one in the west part of the city like Wanwan did. There are many children here, and there must be some who are willing to go to private schools."

Ye Zhengqiu frowned and said nothing. It was not that he didn't want to buy it, but he was afraid that he would not be able to pay the money after buying it.

With the thirty taels of silver that the lady gives me a month, I have to give ten taels to the old lady, and the two children at home also have to be spent, so there is really not much left.

Even if he bought a yard in the west of the city, it would cost at least a thousand taels of silver. He didn't even have a single tael of silver, and had to rely on Zhongyuan's wife to borrow from him. He didn't know when he would be able to pay her back. He was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

He is the third uncle and the elder. Logically, he should help the younger ones instead of asking for money from them.

Seeing Ye Zhengqiu so conflicted, Du Wanwan advised him again: "Third Uncle! If you want to start a business, you need to invest energy and financial resources. As long as you work hard, there is nothing you can't do well.

If you are afraid of the wolf in front and the tiger behind, you are doomed to fail in your career. Only if you dare to fight, work hard and endure hardships, you can hope to live a decent life. "

"Yes, Master! Let's go to the west of the city and buy a yard! Let's buy it near Wanwan. I like to live with her. When our family conditions are better in the future, we can also buy it in the east or south of the city." Liang spared no effort to persuade, "The house is really too small. The children don't even have their own room."

"Alas!" Ye Zhengqiu sighed and looked at Du Wanwan, "Zhongyuan's wife! Third uncle has nothing. If he really wants to borrow money to buy the yard, it will be a lot. Moreover, he may not be able to pay it back in one or two years."

"It doesn't matter. I'll pay you back when I have money."

Du Wanwan spoke very frankly. Ye Zhengqiu was the first person in the Ye family who was willing to lend them a helping hand, and she also hoped to help him when he was in trouble.

This is what family members are like. When they encounter difficulties and have nowhere to go, they help each other. Instead of scheming against each other and destroying each other like the old lady did, they do things to the extreme.

Third Uncle's character should be inherited from his grandfather, Marquis Pingyang, and Third Aunt would not help to plot against the eldest wife like Second Aunt did.

After hearing Du Wanwan's words, Ye Zhengqiu clenched his hands on his knees, trembling slightly. Zhongyuan's wife was really broad-minded and generous.

He had only given her 150 taels of silver at the beginning, and now she was asking him to pay her back tenfold. He really didn't deserve it.

But now he was idle at home, if he didn't find a way to make a living, it would be boring to live in a muddle every day. If he couldn't do anything else, he could open a private school.

Originally, he wanted to teach in an academy, but he was rejected by both academies. The incident at the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion was a hot topic, and no one was optimistic about the character of the Ye family.

I don’t know if anyone will sign up for the private school. What if no one comes?

But what else can he do if he doesn't open a private school?

He couldn't just stay at home and rely on his wife for support, right? Besides, he was a scholar, he couldn't do anything, he couldn't even do hard labor.

Be hard-hearted! Stomp your feet!

Just do it, if it doesn’t work, think of other ways.

Ye Zhengqiu nodded: "Okay! Zhongyuan's wife! Third uncle listens to you. Buy a yard, open a private school, and have been idle all the time. I am very anxious."

Du Wanwan smiled slightly: "It's good that Third Uncle can make up his mind. If the private school is doing well and has many students, Third Uncle can also consider opening a college.

Everything is achieved through hard work. Don’t be afraid to think, but be brave enough to think and act, so that you can stand out and create your own world.”

Hearing this, Ye Zhengqiu was encouraged, and looked at Du Wanwan with admiration in his eyes.

"Zhongyuan's wife! The fact that Zhongyuan can marry you must be a great honor for the Ye family. Zhongyuan has good taste. If he marries a girl from an aristocratic family who can only cry, it will be difficult for the Ye family to stand up again."

Liang agreed with her master's words: "Yes! Without Wanwan's encouragement, I would never have thought that I could earn money one day. Even if I don't earn much, it's no problem to support my family.

It is better than asking others for money. My family can’t always help us. Now I earn money with my own hands. Even if I live a hard life, I feel at peace, satisfied and happy. "

Turning his head to look at Liang, Ye Zhengqiu's lips curled up slightly.

"Since you've decided, I'll give you the silver first. If you have time, you can go to Liu Sanqian's pawnshop in the west of the city and ask him if he has the yard you want."

Ye Zhengqiu was slightly stunned: "Zhongyuan's wife! Don't worry, we can go and take a look at the yard first, and then come back to get the silver. We still have to go home and discuss with the old lady and think of a way to convince her."

Liang disagreed: "There is nothing to say to the old lady. Just say that we move out of the house and the old house will belong to the second sister-in-law. The old lady will definitely agree."

Ye Zhengqiu smiled helplessly: "Let her be our second sister-in-law, then she is our second sister-in-law! After all, she is our second sister-in-law."

Du Wanwan didn't want to care about the Ye family's affairs. No matter who the house belonged to, it had nothing to do with their family anyway.

"Uncle San! You really don't want to bring the money? What if you find a house you like but don't have the money to pay the deposit? Do you have to run back and forth?"

Liang thought about it and it made sense. She discussed with Ye Zhengqiu, "Why don't we just keep the money first? Wanwan is not an outsider. She always thinks of us. What's the difference between taking it now and taking it a few days later?"

After thinking for a moment with his head down, Ye Zhengqiu felt that what his wife said was right. It didn't matter whether he borrowed it early or late, he might as well take it and go straight to the pawnshop to have a look.

If he finds a suitable one, he will settle down with him. He has stayed at home long enough and needs to find a job as soon as possible. It is not a good thing to sit around doing nothing all day.

"All right then! Just take it."

Du Wanwan got up and went into the backyard, walked around inside, and came back with two thousand taels of silver in her hand. This was the medical fee given to her by Mr. Meng, and it had been kept with Yaya.

It should be enough to lend it to Ye Zhengqiu to buy a yard.

(End of this chapter)