Chapter 445 Half-Year Plan

Zhou Jinman smiled silently. Only those who were loved and spoiled could be arrogant. As a concubine's daughter, she did not have such qualifications and power. Obedience was her only means of communication.

Uncle Yan accompanied them all the way to the dock. Before Zhou Jinman boarded the boat, he handed her a silver note.

There were so many people around that Zhou Jinman didn't say much. When she got on the boat, she opened the banknote and tears started to flow down her face.

It was a silver note worth one hundred taels, a gift more valuable than anything else. She called out sincerely, "Uncle."

The maid beside her didn't hear clearly and asked her, "Miss, what did you say?"

Zhou Jinman clenched the banknotes in her hand, wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief, and shook her head: "It's okay."

She was about to return to Beijing, so she had to talk less and cheer up.

Yu Jiaming also came to see Yu Jiahui off today, and he was very respectful to Uncle Yan.

Uncle Yan waved his hand indifferently: "Master Yu, you and Hongyu are one literary and one martial artist, and the current relationship is better."

Yu Jiaming had a bitter smile on his face. Since he came here, Jiang Hongyu had helped him a lot. He really regarded Jiang Hongyu as a confidant, but now that things had turned out like this, the relationship between the two was really drifting apart.

Uncle Yan didn't tell Yu Jiaming that he was leaving. He exchanged a few polite words with Yu Jiaming and then turned and left.

Yu Jiaming looked at the sea with an expressionless face for a moment before leaving with his men.

After Uncle Yan and Jiaming left, they went to book a passenger ship that was leaving soon.

I don’t know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but the nearest passenger ship will leave in half a month.

Uncle Yan calculated that this was just the right time to say goodbye to Jiang Hongyu and the others, and then buy some things before leaving.

He took the boat ticket and went back. Aunt Qing looked a little dazed: "Leaving so soon?"

She came here from the capital and always thought she would die here, but she didn't expect to have a chance to leave.

"Hongyu will be back in a few days, I'll talk to him." Uncle Yan didn't want to make things difficult for Aunt Qing.

"We're going to Jiangnan first this time. The air there is good, so you don't need to bring too many clothes. We'll buy more clothes when we get there. We'll travel light. When we get there, I'll make you new clothes."

As soon as Uncle Yan finished speaking, Aunt Qing laughed.

"What if I don't bring enough clothes, and the weather changes and it rains? Even if we buy fabric, it will take time to make clothes. Those ready-made clothes never fit well. Okay, I'll take care of these things."

When two people travel together, how can they just go as easily as Uncle Yan said? If they do, there will definitely be all kinds of inconveniences when they go out.

Uncle Yan nodded good-naturedly: "Okay, everything is up to you."

Aunt Qing gave him a reproachful look and said, "That's more like it."

"But," Aunt Qing was still worried, "if we leave like this, what will happen to Yun'an and Ludou's homework?"

The two children have been learning martial arts from Uncle Yan and often eat at her place. She almost treats them as her own children.

"I've already taught them a new set of boxing techniques. It'll probably take them a month to master them. During this month, just have Hongyu keep an eye on them."

Uncle Yan had already made plans: "Why am I going out this time? I estimate I'll be away for about half a year. I've written a six-month plan and given it to Hongyu. When the time comes, he will teach the two children according to the plan."

"He also comes back often to look after the two children. There are no problems at all."

Aunt Qing didn't know much about martial arts, so when she heard him say that, she thought there was no problem.

But Jiang Hongyu was very dissatisfied and looked at Uncle Yan in disbelief.

"Uncle Yan, you are really a good master to me. Can you leave your two junior brothers to me and go out to play by yourself?"

Jiang Hongyu grew up with Uncle Yan. He really couldn't imagine that Uncle Yan would do something like abandoning his two children and going out alone with Aunt Qing.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean I'm going out to play by myself? I'm taking your mother out to relax."

Uncle Yan looked a little uncomfortable, but he quickly adjusted his expression: "Your mother has worked so hard to raise you over the years, and I wanted to take her out for a walk."

After hearing this, Jiang Hongyu had to swallow back all his opinions. After all, Uncle Yan was doing this for Aunt Qing.

"But I spend most of my time in the gold mines. I'm afraid I don't have enough time to supervise the two children's studies."

Jiang Hongyu made his final dying struggle.

"I've already assigned homework to both of them. This is my arrangement. You just need to check their homework according to the time I arranged."

Uncle Yan's eyes flashed with pride. "If you want them to take the imperial examination, I suggest you find a school for them to study. Although we can teach them, it will definitely be different from the father-son teaching in the school."

Jiang Hongyu had mentioned this some time ago. Although Ye Yun'an and Luodou had learned martial arts well, they were only able to read and write in other aspects.

Even if the two of them are not preparing to take the imperial examination, it would be good to go to school to learn more knowledge.

"Okay, I'll discuss this with Mingzhu. The school in town is just average, and I don't know how the teaching is."

Jiang Hongyu didn't know much about the school in the town, so this matter really needed to be considered carefully.

"Take your time to look for it. Yun'an and Ludou will have no problem learning on their own for a while." Uncle Yan was very confident in the two of them.

"I taught them a new set of boxing techniques a few days ago. They're not very proficient at it yet. For the next month, they will continue to practice this set of boxing techniques. Next month, you can teach them according to the plan I gave you."

Uncle Yan pointed to the booklet he had just given to Jiang Hongyu.

"It's written in great detail here. If you have any questions, just recall how I taught you."

"I plan to take your mother to Jiangnan first, and then to the desert and the grasslands. When your mother was young, she wanted to visit these places, but later on, things happened and she never had the chance."

Uncle Yan didn't say this to gain sympathy, he really meant it.

Jiang Hongyu was silent for a moment. Aunt Qing raised her like her own son. As long as it was for Aunt Qing's good, he definitely couldn't object.

"Okay, I will teach the two children well. You must take good care of my mother when you are away." Jiang Hongyu finally relented.

Although Uncle Yan had guessed that Jiang Hongyu would agree, Aunt Qing had always been worried, worried about Jiang Hongyu, Ye Mingzhu, Ye Yunan and Ludou. Now that Jiang Hongyu had agreed, he believed that it would be no problem to convince others.

In the evening, Jiang Hongyu took a long time to organize his words before telling Ye Mingzhu about this.

Ye Mingzhu was surprised: "Uncle Yan wants to take mother out for a walk?"

Was it so easy to go out in ancient times?

Jiang Hongyu nodded awkwardly: "My mother has been tired for so many years, she has always wanted to go out for a walk. Now Uncle Yan said he wanted to take her out, I really can't object. I thought we are not planning to have children in the next two years, so I might as well let my mother go out for a walk first."

"If, if you get pregnant in the future, we can hire a few more people so that you won't be tired."

Jiang Hongyu saw that Ye Mingzhu's expression was wrong and quickly corrected it.