Shen Qingyu didn't mince words: "If the people trained by the private school are not enough, I am naturally willing to find people from outside."

"Since you've said that, I'll give priority to your school if we run out of students in the future."

Zhang Juemin was overjoyed and immediately knelt down on the ground, performing a full prostration!

Shen Qingyu was startled and was about to go forward to help him up when several young men in their teens and twenties ran out of the small wooden house and knelt down beside Zhang Juemin, saying, "Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss!"

This is……

Qi Yunxiao's face darkened, and he didn't say anything, but glanced at Chen San.

Oh no, the master is unhappy again!

Chen San was so frightened that he broke out in a sweat. He stepped forward and scolded, "What are you doing? The boss gave you a chance because he's being kind; it's only right that he doesn't!"

"Are you trying to put the boss on a pedestal and force him to give you a chance?"

Everyone was taken aback and looked at Zhang Juemin.

Zhang Juemin was also startled and quickly looked at Shen Qingyu.

Shen Qingyu's smile vanished, and she simply stared at them without saying a word.

Zhang Juemin's scalp tingled instantly, and he hurriedly explained, "Please don't be offended, boss. We misunderstood! We'll get up right away! We'll get up right away..."

Taking a deep breath, Shen Qingyu spoke: "I don't like being schemed against; I prefer honesty. There won't be a next time."

Shen Qingyu and Qi Yunxiao walked away.

After Shen Qingyu and the others had gone far away, Zhang Juemin and the others finally came to their senses and realized that their clothes were soaked!

"That was terrifying..."

"Didn't you say this would work?"

"You almost killed me..."

Zhang Juemin smiled bitterly: Sure enough, those who can manage more than 10,000 refugees are not only relying on divine grace, nor are they fools.

"Didn't the boss say that this time it's fortunate there won't be a next time? Those who want to read, write, and do math can come with me to learn; those who don't want to can do as they please."

Some people were uneasy: "If I learn from you, will my employer hire me? What if they don't? Wouldn't it be a waste of my time learning from you?"

Zhang Juemin glanced at him and said, "If you learn to read and do arithmetic, you'll have a little chance of being chosen by your employer to work. If you don't learn, you won't have any chance at all."

"Whether you learn it or not is up to you; it's up to you whether you want to learn it or not."

The person next to him tugged at the man's sleeve and said, "Alright, there's no tuition fee. You just need to help Master Zhang with the farming. With so many people working together, each person doesn't need to do much."

It turns out that Zhang Juemin himself didn't want to work in the fields, so he took in people who wanted to learn to read and do math as his students.

He taught them to read and do arithmetic, and his students helped him cultivate the land under his name.

It's a mutually beneficial arrangement; they've played their cards right.

It's a case of one willing to give and the other willing to receive; there's nothing wrong with that.

The passing guards listened with strange expressions, suppressing a laugh as they glanced at them a few times.

Neither Shen Qingyu nor Qi Yunxiao took the earlier incident to heart. When they got home, they went straight into Qi Yunxiao's room.

As the door closed, Ms. Zhao Yuzhu looked at him strangely: In broad daylight, the two of them went into the room?

Wow, that's progressing fast!

Inside the room, Qi Yunxiao picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup of water, and placed the black jade pendant inside.

The two people, with all four eyes, were staring at the black jade pendant in the cup.

After the black jade was submerged in water for a short time, it slowly turned into a semi-transparent appearance!

You can even see the little goldfish painted on the bottom of the cup through the black jade!

Shen Qingyu's eyes widened: "Oh! There's such a thing?"

Qi Yunxiao was so captivated by the shocked expression on the small woman's face that he forgot to answer for a moment.

"Then, whose family do you think this black jade belongs to?" Shen Qingyu asked again.

Qi Yunxiao snapped out of his daze, his ears turning slightly red, but he explained in a serious tone, "This black jade is an imported product, extremely rare in the local area. Most likely, it belongs to a wealthy family in the capital."

Shen Qingyu shrugged: "That area is too large."

You can't just go to the prominent families in the capital and ask everyone you meet: "Did your family lose face more than 20 years ago?"

Whether others feel ashamed or not is unknown, but I certainly will.

Qi Yunxiao smiled: "Given the rarity of this black jade, it must have been obtained by someone who spends a lot of time at sea or has dealings with people who spend a lot of time at sea. That narrows down the possibilities considerably."

“Okay, then your people should investigate?” Shen Qingyu said naturally.

Qi Yunxiao replied naturally, "Yes. Don't worry, someone who has this thing can't be an ordinary country woman. Your mother is no ordinary person."

After the two discussed it, Qi Yunxiao took the black jade round token out of the quilt and returned it to Shen Qingyu.

Shen Qingyu tried to refuse: "If you want to find someone using this, don't you need to use this round token to find them?"

Qi Yunxiao carefully hung the black jade pendant around Shen Qingyu's neck, explaining, "No need. There are probably only three of these in the entire capital. If it were truly a public item, we could find out with just a few inquiries."

"oh……"

The man in front of her was taller than her, and he was bowing his head as he put a black jade pendant on her and adjusted the length of the rope. Shen Qingyu didn't dare to move.

The overwhelming masculine aura... made one inexplicably uneasy, holding their breath in suspense.

After Qi Yunxiao put on the black jade pendant, Shen Qingyu quickly stuffed it into her clothes and breathed a sigh of relief.

Qi Yunxiao found it amusing: "What's wrong? You're nervous just because I put a pendant on you?"

Shen Qingyu glared at him: "Aren't you nervous? Then why is your heart beating so fast?"

Qi Yunxiao's ears turned red again: "...Was that loud?"

She didn't lean in to listen, so how did she hear it?

Shen Qingyu: "...I'm going out."

As soon as I stepped out of the room, I saw Ms. Zhao Yuzhu looking this way from her window.

When their eyes met, Shen Qingyu clearly saw a mocking smile on Ms. Zhao Yuzhu's face.

It took Shen Qingyu three seconds to realize what she was laughing at, and she was so angry she almost jumped up and down!

She stormed into Ms. Zhao Yuzhu's room and questioned her in a low voice, "What were you laughing at just now? Why were you laughing like that?"

Zhao Yuzhu rolled her eyes at her: "If you didn't understand what I meant, why did you come here to question me?"

Well……

Shen Qingyu was utterly defeated.

She clicked her tongue and explained, "I didn't do anything with him, so don't overthink it."

Zhao Yuzhu clicked her tongue and said, "I also think you didn't do anything, in such a short time."

Shen Qingyu's eyes widened: "Mother! You are my mother!"

How can you tell everyone everything?!

Zhao Yuzhu curled her lip: "Is it wrong for me to care about my daughter's marital happiness? Isn't this kind of thing important?"

Well, as expected of modern people, their thinking is indeed ahead of its time.

Shen Qingyu, who considered herself to have been quite well assimilated by this era, decided not to argue with her.

She pulled out a black jade pendant from her clothes and began to explain what Shen Qingyao had said.

Zhao Yuzhu's expression changed when she saw the black jade round plaque.

"You think this round plaque might be your mother's?"