Chapter 403 School

Su Xueyi looked at Shen Yueyao's eyebrows, reached out and stroked them gently, with a loving look in her eyes.

As if she knew what she was thinking, Su Xueyi said gently, "I feel safe with you by my side."

There will be no nervous thoughts.

Su Xueyi once thought that everything she did was for the Su family.

But ever since Yao Niang came into his life, all he could think about was her.

With her by his side, his heart was full.

Shen Yueyao couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.

In fact, she thought that the reason why she was willing to do many things and had the motivation to do business was because she had Su Xueyi by her side.

If you have love in your heart, your heart will be full of strength.

Shen Yueyao was drawing the design and didn't feel sleepy.

The two of them were busy with their own things, Su Xueyi was reading, and Shen Yueyao was busy with her own business.

Even if they don't talk, this feeling of quiet companionship makes them feel at ease.

Just like when they were in the countryside of Liuhe Village, Su Xueyi was reading while Shen Yueyao was busy with business matters.

Su Xueyi couldn't help but think of the days when she went to study at the academy.

Those days were quite hard, not because studying was hard, but because I missed home.

Yes, Su Xueyi never had this feeling before.

But perhaps only when you have care and love in your heart can you truly experience the feeling of missing someone and the feeling of homesickness.

If Yao Niang hadn't accompanied him to the capital, he might really not be able to get used to it.

Shen Yueyao's mind was full of thoughts about opening a milk tea shop and a rouge and powder shop.

After the design was finished, Shen Yueyao seemed to have thought of something and said, "Fan Quan has already had the craftsmen renovate the kang in other courtyards. If you want to sleep on the kang, we can move to the courtyard next door."

As soon as Shen Yueyao and Su Xueyi arrived in the capital, Shen Yueyao asked Fan Quan to convert each of the other courtyards in the mansion into a kang, so that when family members came to the capital and stayed here, they could sleep on the kang or on the bed.

The weather tends to be cold at night in March and April.

Su Xueyi asked, "Where do you want to sleep?"

Shen Yueyao blinked and asked Su Xueyi, "Don't you feel cold?"

Su Xueyi smiled and said softly, "It's not cold. You won't be cold if I hold you in my arms at night."

In fact, the mattress, duvet and down cushion that Shen Yueyao brought were all very warm, and she didn't feel cold at all when she covered herself with them.

However, Su Xueyi is used to holding Shen Yueyao.

Even though Shen Yueyao was very familiar with Su Xueyi, her face suddenly turned red when she heard these words.

Shen Yueyao gently poked Su Xueyi's chest with her hand and muttered, "You treat me like a heater!"

Su Xueyi reached out and gently hugged Shen Yueyao and said, “It’s not a heater.”

As he spoke, he lowered his head and placed his lips next to Shen Yueyao's ear, saying, "It's a treasure that I cherish."

Yes, it is his treasure, a treasure that he wishes he could hold close to his heart.

Su Xueyi's breath brushed against Shen Yueyao's ears, bringing a tingling sensation that made Shen Yueyao's heart tremble violently.

Su Xueyi rarely says sweet words on a daily basis. He treats Shen Yueyao well by showing his kindness through actions.

Sometimes Shen Yueyao wanted to ask him what was really in his heart, and in bed, he would tell her in another way.

But at this moment, he clearly said such a sentence in her ear, which made Shen Yueyao feel like she was electrocuted.

A sweet and warm feeling spread from the heart to every part of the body.

"you……"

Shen Yueyao pursed her lips, not knowing what to say.

Su Xueyi hugged her, bent down and gently kissed the center of her hair, then gently stroked her eyebrows with her fingers.

His fingers were as slender as jade, with distinct joints, white as jade, and with a slight cool feeling.

Wherever his fingers passed, it seemed as if a fire was ignited.

Shen Yueyao looked up and met Su Xueyi's eyes. She felt that under the candlelight, his eyes were charming and sparkling, with a bewitching aura.

Shen Yueyao found his eyes very charming, and swallowed her saliva involuntarily and said, "Um, aren't you going to read anymore?"

Su Xueyi lowered her head and said lazily, "It's getting late, it's time to go to bed."

At this moment, Su Xueyi's voice was different from usual, with a lazy and hazy atmosphere.

It was not the clear and cool tone like the guqin before.

His voice is so magnetic that it can easily touch people's heartstrings.

"Be good, go to bed!"

Before Shen Yueyao could react, Su Xueyi had already picked her up and carried her horizontally.

Just a princess hug.

Shen Yueyao hugged Su Xueyi's neck reflexively.

Su Xueyi picked up Shen Yueyao, blew out the candles, and then put Shen Yueyao on the bed.

The night was deep and silent, with only the breathing sounds of two people in the house.

Shen Yueyao seemed to realize something, and her fingers were tightly gripping the bed sheet.

Su Xueyi didn't give Shen Yueyao a chance to react, but leaned forward and took her breath away.

"Snowcoat..."

"What did you call me?" Su Xueyi let go of Shen Yueyao slightly and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Husband~"

Shen Yueyao's voice was all tender and gentle, completely out of control.

Su Xueyi's fingers gently stroked Shen Yueyao's lips, bringing a slight tingling and trembling feeling, constantly igniting...

…

That night, it was not until midnight that Su Xueyi let go of Shen Yueyao and let her sleep.

Shen Yueyao's fingers were really weak. After the two of them cleaned her up, she fell asleep in Su Xueyi's arms.

A good night's sleep

Shen Yueyao didn't wake up until mid-morning the next day.

After waking up, Shen Yueyao felt her legs were a little sore.

She slowly got out of bed, and when Su Xueyi heard the noise, she walked in and said, "You're awake. Can't you sleep a little longer?"

Thinking of everything that happened last night, Shen Yueyao still blushes easily.

But when she looked at Su Xueyi, she found that Su Xueyi was still as noble and elegant as ever.

Shen Yueyao gently poked Su Xueyi's chest with her hand, "It's all your fault. You stayed up so late last night!"

Even when Shen Yueyao spoke at this moment, her voice was coquettish.

Su Xueyi usually loves and pampers her, and supports her in everything she does.

Only this, he is very domineering.

Su Xueyi said gently and good-temperedly: "Okay, it's all my fault."

"Are you hungry? I made breakfast. Have some first."

Shen Yueyao was indeed hungry.

She nodded, got up and prepared to wash up.

Su Xueyi helped Shen Yueyao to fetch water and took care of her washing.

When it was time to eat breakfast, Shen Yueyao realized that Su Xueyi had not eaten breakfast either.

"Why didn't you have breakfast?"

"Wait for you to eat together."

It was just a simple sentence, but Shen Yueyao was somewhat moved.

"I got up late, so you should eat first. You still have books to study, so you can't go hungry or be without nutrition."

Su Xueyi smiled and scooped her a bowl of porridge and said, "Don't worry, I'm not hungry."

In fact, Su Xueyi was used to having breakfast with Shen Yueyao.

When she didn't wake up, he really had no intention of eating.

Shen Yueyao sniffed and thought to herself that she would have to get up early with Su Xueyi in the future.

In other words, I tossed and turned until midnight last night, and this time I slept until mid-morning.

After having breakfast and cleaning up, Su Xueyi went to find Dong Wenren.

Shen Yueyao went out to the farm.

In order to manage the affairs of the manor more conveniently, Fan Quan now lives on the manor with several men he brought back from Liuhe Village to facilitate the management of the manor.

Besides, it was farming season now, so he felt at ease watching over the farm during the day.

Shen Yueyao went to see Fan Quan and talked about the matter directly.

Fan Quan looked at Shen Yueyao coming to the manor and said respectfully, "Master!"

Shen Yueyao handed the blueprint in her hand to Fan Quan and said, "This is the design and decoration drawing of the store in the inner city. Find someone to decorate the store as soon as possible."

Fan Quan took a look at the drawings and understood everything at once. He just needed to find someone to renovate and decorate the house.

"Master, are these tables and chairs arranged like this?"

"Yes, the tables and chairs are made according to the size I drew."

In ancient times, everything was made of solid wood, so there was no need to worry about quality issues.

"But you need to be more attentive to the private room on the second floor. Just follow the design and decoration on the blueprint. The tables and chairs inside should also be specially made. A kitchen should be converted from the wing in the backyard to facilitate making pastries later."

Converting the wing in the backyard into a kitchen saves space inside the store and allows for more tables and chairs.

"And hang a few lanterns here to make sure it's brightly lit at night, and these colorful lanterns..."

There were no electric lights in this era, so we could only use oil lamps and lanterns.

Shen Yueyao designed several beautiful lanterns in various colors, which will look beautiful when lit up at night.

Women still like to drink milk tea and eat desserts in beautiful shops.

And if she makes desserts, Shen Yueyao doesn't have to work hard in the store every day.

She planned to train a few apprentices and let them make desserts. She would go and watch more often and give some guidance at the beginning.

Once the apprentices become proficient, she will no longer need to go to the store to watch over them.

Of course, she chose more than fifty people to teach this time, and she also planned to select some talents from them.

Fan Quan knew how to do it just by looking at it.

Because the master drew the blueprint in great detail and even specified the dimensions, all we had to do was find a craftsman to make it.

And there are many good craftsmen in the capital.

Chen Yueyao handed Fan Quan another banknote and said, "Just arrange this matter. Don't worry about the money. Just make sure to renovate the shop."

"Yes, Master."

Shen Yueyao thought of the cattle farm and said, "By the way, how are the arrangements at the cattle farm?"

Fan Quan said respectfully, "The cowshed has been built, and we've bought six dairy cows and a few calves. We've assigned someone from the farm to look after them these days."

This is what Shen Yueyao said when she asked Fan Quan to buy a cow at the beginning.

One of the cows we bought is for plowing the land, and the other is for making milk tea.

The ordinary cows in the cowshed are used for plowing.

Fan Quan asked people to give the milk to the children in the village.

This way there will be no waste. When the master starts using it, the milk will not be distributed to the farm.

Shen Yueyao thought of arranging it this way first.

"Buy a few more cows. Six alone are not enough."

There are a lot of people in Beijing, and the flow of people is very high. There are also a lot of people loading and unloading goods at the docks every day.

Shen Yueyao thought that if she opened a milk tea shop, the business would be more popular.

She also plans to open a milk tea shop at the outer city pier.

It is similar to a tea shop, which makes it convenient for people on the dock and those doing business to rest.

Everyone can discuss business in the private room of the milk tea shop.

If there are two shops, including milk tea and desserts, a lot of milk is needed.

Yes, Shen Yueyao plans to make a cream cake.

"By the way, you should also build a large bread oven in the backyard of the milk tea shop according to the drawings I drew, so that you can bake bread when the time comes."

In the past, Fan Quan had no idea what bread was.

But when he was in Liuhe Village, Fan Quan knew that his master had made bread.

So he knows how good bread tastes.

"Master, does the milk tea shop still make bread?"

Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "Well, it's similar to that kind of milk tea pastry shop. It has both pastries and milk tea. But the pastries in our shop are different from those in other shops. We add cakes and bread to our pastries, so that we can be competitive."

When Shen Yueyao was shopping, she found that there were many dim sum shops in Beijing, and they were all doing good business.

Since there are so many dim sum shops, if she opens another dim sum shop and makes the same desserts, it probably won’t be competitive.

But she can offer two things: cakes and bread, which are not available in other pastry shops.

So Shen Yueyao is confident about the store she wants to open.

Fan Quan understood as soon as he heard it.

"Master, rest assured, I will renovate the store."

Fan Quan also had something to tell his master: "Master, I've already told everyone about your arrangements yesterday. Everyone came to sign up very actively this morning, and they are all willing to learn from you."

"No one on the master's list has refused."

Everyone in Fan Quanjue's company is not stupid, and they all understand what it means to learn things from their master.

If you study well, you will naturally be valued by your master and assigned to important positions.

Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "In that case, let's call everyone over. Starting today, I'll teach everyone in the mansion."

There are chairs in the courtyard, but no table yet.

"Please arrange for someone to buy some tables. Let everyone sit on chairs to study today. After the tables are bought, we will distribute pens, inkstones, and paper to everyone."

Fan Quan nodded.

The men he brought from Liuhe Village were all very smart and did a good job.

If it comes to passing on a message, he can arrange for his subordinates to do it.

Fan Quan took the blueprints and went to find the craftsmen to do the work himself.

Shen Yueyao was waiting at the house.

After a while, a group of people came running to the house.

"Hello, Boss!"

Everyone saluted very politely when they saw Shen Yueyao.

Of course, many people are also very nervous, afraid of performing poorly.

There were more than fifty people, both men and women, aged between ten and twenty.

Looking at everyone's clothes, although some people were wearing patched clothes, they were very clean.

They all cleaned up very cleanly.

Shen Yueyao looked at it and nodded.

"Everyone, please find a chair and sit down. I will teach you from today on."

"I guess your parents have told you something."

"I train everyone and teach them, thinking that I will open a shop in the future and arrange for everyone to work in the shop."

"Don't worry if you're young. I'm training you in advance. You learn more, and those who are capable will be promoted later."

"And girls, don't discriminate against yourselves. There are many things girls can do. As long as they study hard, everyone can realize their own value..."

Shen Yueyao talked to everyone about body etiquette.

Ask everyone to stand up straight and walk with their heads held high instead of hunching their backs.

Afterwards, Shen Yueyao wrote the strokes on the blackboard so that everyone could learn about them first.

Only after recognizing the strokes can we write our own characters.

Shen Yueyao also knows how to teach everyone to read, but they may learn more slowly.

So Shen Yueyao taught everyone mathematics first.

Learn to do accounting.

After teaching for a few days, Shen Yueyao discovered that there were a few people with good talents.

Some are quick at settling accounts.

Shen Yueyao was quite happy and thought about teaching them more so that they could learn how to count. Maybe they could keep accounts in the store in the future.

Yes, if you open a store, you will need store clerks and people who keep accounts and do cashiers.

Even if you can't write your name, you should be able to write numbers.

Fortunately, Arabic numerals are easy to learn, so everyone can learn them faster.

After the tables and chairs were arranged in the back, these people sat on the chairs and used the tables to study.

Also give everyone pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Shen Yueyao asked everyone to write Arabic numerals on paper with a brush.

She also gave everyone some simple problems to solve.

We also teach everyone to read and write. Even if they cannot write, we still teach them to recognize some simple words.

Everyone is eager to learn and studies seriously.

Looking at everyone's serious expressions, Shen Yueyao was quite moved.

Everyone thinks of Shen Yueyao as their master.

However, Shen Yueyao did not ask everyone to call her Master, just Teacher.

In the afternoon, Shen Yueyao dismissed the school and asked everyone to go home.

When everyone was packing up their books, they all looked reluctant to leave. They felt like they had not yet finished and wanted to learn more.

But they also knew that the teacher was going home.

After school, everyone went home together excitedly.

Wang Shanshan and Ge Damei have been playmates since childhood. They always talk and laugh together when they go home together.

Ge Damei said, "I didn't expect going to school to feel so good."

"Yes, I learn something every day, and I feel very at ease and fulfilled. I write down all the arithmetic problems on paper and look at them more often when I get home."

"Have you memorized all the multiplication tables the teacher taught you?"

"I go home every night and recite it backwards by heart."

"Me too. Let's work harder, learn faster, and strive to become useful to our teachers in the future."

"Yes, the teacher said that if you learn how to count, you can help with the bookkeeping in the store. The more skills you have, the more money you will get in the future."

"I also learned a lot of characters today. Although I can't write them well, I remember them all in my mind."

“Everyone communicates with each other and asks if you don’t know.”

"Yes, it's faster to remember this way."

"And the teacher also said that when the time comes, we will open a workshop, and those who can read and remember quickly can become managers."

"Yes, yes, I told my mother, and she asked me to teach her these..."

Everyone was talking and laughing as they walked, and they were very happy.

The whole village was filled with laughter and joyful chatter.

…

Shen Yueyao took a bullock cart home to cook for Su Xueyi.

After the two of them had dinner, Shen Yueyao had a dream that night.

She rarely had dreams since she came to the capital.

But that night, Shen Yueyao dreamed that someone was trying to assassinate Su Xueyi.

On the way to find Dong Wenren, Su Xueyi was assassinated by a man in black.

Originally, Su Xueyi knew martial arts and would not be injured at all.

But the two men in black took Dong Wenren hostage, so Su Xueyi was unable to display her true strength.

When Shen Yueyao woke up the next day, she was relieved to see Su Xueyi lying safe and sound beside her bed.

However, thinking of his injured and bleeding appearance, Shen Yueyao's eyes darkened with a cold expression.

While Su Xueyi was eating breakfast, she felt that Shen Yueyao's face looked a little strange, and she asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Did you not sleep well last night?"