Chapter 384 Solving the School Issues
"School matters..."
"Wanwan? You're finally back."
Shen Xiangwan was about to talk about the school when Zhao Dashan's exclamation suddenly rang out. In the blink of an eye, he strode into the main hall. Following him were Yang Lichang and the village heads. They had agreed to come together because they heard that Shen Xiangwan seemed to have returned. In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed. If the school didn't open soon, the children would probably forget everything they had learned before.
"Uncle Zhao, Head Yang, and all the village heads, please take a seat."
Smiling at them, Shen Xiangwan gestured for them to come in. Without being polite, everyone sat down in the empty seats one after another. Everyone had an expression as if they wanted to say something but hesitated, and it was obvious that they were eager to persuade her to reopen the school.
"I'm taking the kids out to visit some friends. You guys can chat slowly."
Zhao Yuping stood up as she spoke. Wanwan would take care of the school affairs, and she just had to look after the children.
"I'll go too, old man. Keep an eye on the little dumpling."
Seeing this, Yun Mengyi also stood up and gave some instructions before leaving. Ji Shaohan waved his hand to indicate that he understood. At this time, he was lying on a lounge chair under the eaves to bask in the sun. A half-person-high crib was placed next to him. The little ball was sleeping very sweetly, smacking his little mouth and spitting out bubbles of milk from time to time, looking very cute.
"Wanwan, I heard you went out to take care of business matters? Did anything go wrong?"
Not knowing how to start, Zhao Dashan simply found a safer topic. Apart from the people of the Wei family, no one knew what kind of person Shen Xiangwan was better than him. Under her leadership, everyone in the Wei family was many times stronger than those domineering rich families he had seen. Even so, some people were still not satisfied. This time, taking advantage of the Chen family's incident, he specially summoned all the villagers to preach. No matter what, he would not allow another Chen family to appear in the village.
"Thank you for your concern, Uncle Zhao. It's nothing serious."
Shen Xiangwan smiled slightly. This time she went out under the pretext of going out to handle business matters.
"That's good, that's good."
"Uncle Zhao, Head of the Village Yang, and all the village heads, are you here today..."
Knowing that they were not in a position to speak up, Shen Xiangwan simply gave them a heads up. The school had been closed for more than ten days, and it was time to resolve it.
Everyone glanced at each other, their gazes focused on Zhao Dashan and Village Chief Yang. After a moment, the latter spoke, "Madam Wei, we'd like to discuss the school with you. We are deeply sorry for what happened that day. During this time, the village heads and I have gathered the villagers together and repeatedly emphasized many things to them. I, Yang Wanli, promise you that as long as I remain the village chief, I will never let such a thing happen again. Please, for the sake of the children, reopen the school and allow them to continue their studies."
Looking into Shen Xiangwan's smiling eyes, Village Chief Yang said sincerely that in just ten days, he felt like he had aged a dozen years. Especially when he thought about what if Shen Xiangwan and her husband didn't come back, or if they were still not satisfied and didn't agree to reopen the school, he couldn't sleep all night. God knows how excited he was when he heard at noon that she might be back. Now that he finally expressed their request again, he was still uneasy, fearing that she would reject him again.
Shen Xiangwan didn't respond immediately. He glanced at them one by one, and after a long while, he pretended to be helpless and said, "Okay, for everyone's sake, I can reopen the school, but I don't want anything like what happened that day to happen again. The Wei family is willing to be kind and help everyone within their ability. I don't ask you to support us, but at least you can't smear us wantonly, right?"
After this incident, Yong'an Village, including several nearby villages, must have been clear about the Wei family's attitude and tactics. She no longer needed to control them. After all, they were just ordinary people. If possible, she didn't want to waste her energy on them.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mrs. Wei."
Obviously, he didn't expect her to agree so readily. After a brief moment of shock, Village Chief Yang hurriedly thanked her, and smiles appeared on the faces of others. The matter was finally resolved.
"You're too polite, Village Chief Yang. The school will reopen tomorrow. When you return, you can notify the children to come to school, but..."
Halfway through his words, Shen Xiangwan suddenly stopped, turned his gaze to Zhao Dashan and continued, "Uncle Zhao, we won't accept Chen's child. Please tell them."
As the saying goes, a child's character can be seen at the age of three. For a farmer's child, he should have been sensible by the age of eight. But the child knew clearly that the walkie-talkie was snatched away by Chen, and when they asked him, he insisted that it was the little kid who stole his things. He was so bad that he had undoubtedly been led astray by Chen. She didn't want their school to produce a scoundrel.
"Okay, I'll tell them later."
Zhao Dashan agreed without thinking. He was present that day. The child's reaction was really chilling. If he were in his place, he would not let him go to school.
"Um."
Nodding, Shen Xiangwan picked up the teacup and took two sips. It's not that she hadn't thought about listing Zhao Si's family and Chen's natal family as households to be refused access to, but after a little thought, she gave up. Chen's mother and son are Chen's mother and son. Zhao Si's family and other people in the Chen family didn't do anything excessive, so there was no need to punish them collectively. As she said, they were just ordinary people. If they were too fussy, they would end up being treated as inferior.
"In that case, we will not disturb Madam Wei."
The school issue was resolved, and it was not convenient for a group of men to stay any longer. Besides, they had to pass on the good news. Village Chief Yang and the village heads stood up.
"Everyone, take care."
Shen Xiangwan did not stand up, but just nodded with a smile.
The school's issues were resolved, and the only thing left was the workshop's matters. Due to the special nature of grapes, it was impossible to store them in large quantities in the warehouse like sorghum. On the third day after they left, the wine workshop ran out of raw materials. Yue Ruyan decided to suspend the operation of the workshop and put all the workers into the sorghum wine workshop.
At the same time, because they didn't know exactly when Shen Xiangwan would come back, Cheng Yusheng started limited sales again, and even withheld half of the goods sent to Jiaozhou and Mingzhou. As a result, the wealthy families who were accustomed to drinking wine thought that they would run out of stock again, and once again sent their servants to buy every day.
"The winery will continue to suspend operations, and a hundred people will be assigned to make alcohol. September is almost here, and we should prepare for the next war."
After a brief understanding of the workshop, Shen Xiangwan made a decisive decision. From the beginning to the end, she opened the brewing workshop not just to make money. Next, Wei Chengyi and others will crack down on the rich families in Chenzhou. Many people probably don’t have the energy to care whether they can buy wine. Their current inventory is enough to hold on for a while.
[End of this chapter]
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