Chapter 495: Su Lao's Family

Looking at the wrinkled old woman in front of her, Qin Chuchu curled the corners of her mouth.

"Mother-in-law, we just finished lunch, why did you buy so much meat?"

She pointed at the copper coins in the old woman's hand curiously. It was already past dinner time, and she didn't know why the old woman was still coming to buy meat.

"Your Highness, my nephew is coming over tonight, and this meat is for his family."

The old woman smiled so hard that her teeth were showing, and as she spoke, she took out copper coins from her pocket.

In the past, even during the Chinese New Year, people would not be willing to spend dozens of copper coins to buy two pounds of meat.

But now it’s different. Except for her and her grandchildren who are living off the bills, her son, daughter-in-law and old man all earn money.

Not to mention these two pounds of meat, even if it’s two more pounds, I can still afford it.

Seeing the old woman so happy, Qin Chuchu also became interested.

"Does your nephew live far away? It must be difficult for him to come here!"

"It's not far, it's in Jinzhou Prefecture, and you can walk there in a day. I sent a message to ask them to come, and I also wanted them to come and get some snacks. You can't even find wild vegetables outside."

The old woman originally had a smile on her face, but as she spoke, the smile disappeared and a trace of sadness appeared on her face.

My brothers and nephews from my mother's side haven't eaten vegetables for some time, so I sent a message to ask them to come over, thinking that I could bring them more side dishes so that they can eat for a longer time.

"Mother-in-law, you gave away the vegetables. What will your family eat?"

Qin Chuchu looked at the old woman in front of her. If she remembered correctly, every family could get two kilograms of vegetables every day. If they gave them to others, wouldn't their family have nothing to eat?

Before the old woman in front of her could say anything, Butler Liu came up to her.

"Princess, now they have enough side dishes to eat at home, so they no longer need us to supply them with vegetables."

"Oh? So soon?"

Qin Chuchu was surprised and looked at the housekeeper Liu in front of her with curiosity. She didn't expect that everyone could already eat the vegetables grown in their own greenhouse.

But on second thought, it should be about time. After all, the cabbage grows fast. If you plant it on the first day, it will be unearthed on the second day.

As if he remembered something, he turned around and looked at Butler Liu again.

"What about the vegetables in Qingzhou Prefecture?"

Since we don’t need the vegetables here, I wonder where the vegetables from Qingzhou Prefecture are shipped to.

"Oh, Old Zhao came to ask the prince yesterday, asking him to buy all the vegetables in Qingzhou Prefecture and send them to other places to prevent them from being unsold."

"Oh." Qin Chuchu nodded, looking as if she understood.

I think there is nothing wrong with doing this. After all, there is no shortage of vegetables in the entire Qingzhou Prefecture. If the people are allowed to sell them on their own, they will definitely not be able to get a good price. They may even be unsold, which will be a huge loss.

Seeing the old woman happily walking away with two pounds of meat, Qin Chuchu couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.

I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but I’ve noticed that they look much better these past two days. Unlike when they first came, they were all so dark and thin.

Just as I was daydreaming, the voice of Butler Liu rang in my ears again.

"By the way, Princess, the numbers you asked me to count are out."

As Butler Liu spoke, he took out a booklet from his pocket.

"There are a total of 167,200 children, aged between one and ten."

"What?" Qin Chuchu was stunned.

I opened my mouth in surprise, thinking I had misheard.

I previously thought there were only about 1,800 children, but I didn’t expect there to be so many. It sounds too scary.

Her shout not only nearly scared Butler Liu to drop the booklet in his hand, but also attracted the attention of other people.

They all looked over, wondering why the princess was so surprised.

"Are you sure you got the statistics right?"

Qin Chuchu looked at the housekeeper Liu in front of her in confusion. There were too many children. She had thought that there would be only about 1,800 of them. Then she could use the idle yards in the rear of Happy Home.

But at this time, I heard Butler Liu say that with so many people, those courtyards would definitely not be enough.

"Don't worry, Princess. I won't be wrong. There are hundreds of thousands of families here, and every family has one or two children."

As Butler Liu spoke, he pointed in the direction of Happy Home.

The statistics he has collected are for children over one year old. If children under one year old and over ten years old are included, there will be more than that!

"Oh." Qin Chuchu nodded and believed it this time.

Come to think of it, every family has a few children. If all of them are counted, the number would probably be even more than this.

She touched her chin and was worried. With so many children, how big a place would be needed to accommodate them? And the most important issue was the teachers.

Thinking of this, he turned and looked at Butler Liu again.

"Then how many people here can teach?"

There are hundreds of thousands of children. If we assume that there are fifty children in each class, it will take thousands of teachers to teach them. It’s a headache just thinking about it.

After hearing this, Butler Liu looked calm.

"Don't worry, Princess. We have enough teachers. We have over a thousand students and over a hundred scholars. In addition, there are many who have studied in private schools and can teach..."

Butler Liu stopped talking halfway, as if he remembered something, and his eyes lit up.

"By the way, Princess, how many learned people are there here?"

"Oh? Tell me about it!" Qin Chuchu's eyes lit up.

I am very interested in the big shot mentioned by Butler Liu.

"Princess, there is a Su Shi family here. The old man was once the dean of the Beijing Academy. The four sons in the family are all scholars and also teach in the academy. Although the two daughters have not passed the imperial examinations, they are also said to be talented women.

But later they offended Prime Minister Qin, and the academy was forced to close, and now they all come to our happy home."

"Oh." Qin Chuchu curled the corners of her mouth.

He scratched his face embarrassedly, not expecting his scumbag father to do such a bad thing. He turned around and looked at Butler Liu again.

"That's fine. Bring them over to me when you have time."

It just so happens that the school lacks experienced people to manage it. If that family is really as cultured as Butler Liu said, they cannot be buried.

“…………”Han Muchen didn’t say anything.

He stood aside and listened quietly. He was also aware of the fame of Su Shi's school.

Especially Mr. Su’s four sons and two daughters, who are extremely talented.

But he didn't expect that the old man's son was among his soldiers. If such a talent was placed in the army, wouldn't he be buried?

Soon, Butler Liu had someone bring Old Su and his family over.

Looking at the handsome and well-mannered family in front of her, Qin Chuchu was very satisfied.

You can tell at first glance that this family is well-read.

"You are the dean of the Su Academy in the capital."

She looked at the old man with white beard in front of her. Although he was old and his clothes were a little worn, it could not hide his profound knowledge.

Although he knew that the princess in front of him was the daughter of the Qin thief, he had also heard some stories about her. The old man hesitated for a moment, but still bowed respectfully with his children.

"That's right, I've met the princess!"