Chapter 237: Things in the School
Lin Xi hurriedly said, "Why are you saying these things? This is not your problem. If you want to blame someone, blame that guy Wu Minjian. Don't take the blame on yourself."
Madam Zhang saw that Lin Xi's belly was bulging and knew that she must be pregnant. She said with concern, "Since you are pregnant, don't run around outside. Go back and rest."
Zhang Chengye then paid attention to Lin Xi's belly. He usually wouldn't stare at his boss all the time. After seeing this, he felt even more guilty. "My mother is right. You should go back quickly. I can handle this myself."
Lin Xi looked around and confirmed that Wu Minjian and the other man had been taken away by the officials. Then he said to Wang Jing, "Please accompany them to see a doctor. I'm going home first."
Wang Jing quickly said, "Leave the rest to me, you just go back and rest."
Lin Xi was relieved to leave the matter to Wang Jing, and nodded, "Then I will go back first."
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After returning home, Lin Xi unexpectedly felt tired. It seemed that the pregnancy still had some impact on her body.
When Xiao Yongyan came back from outside, he saw Lin Xi leaning against the window with a tired look on her face. "You must be tired. Why don't you go and rest first?"
Lin Xi waved her hand, "No need, I'm worried that my health will get worse later."
Xiao Yongyan was anxious, but he couldn't help at all.
"Go get some paper and pen, and I'll tell you to write." Lin Xi was worried that she wouldn't have time to deal with it herself later, so she asked Xiao Yongyan to help her write down the content. Even if she was too busy, Xiao Yongyan could ask someone to help.
Lin Xi was talking while Xiao Yongyan was taking notes, and the two of them worked in perfect harmony.
Youlan stood outside the door, looking at the plate in her hand, feeling that she shouldn't even go in.
Aunt Fu looked inside and motioned for her to come out quickly, "The master and the mistress are busy, we will come in later."
Youlan nodded, "Got it."
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Under Zhang Chengye's supervision, the production speed of silk rice paper increased a lot.
But Wang Jing found Lin Xi and brought some not-so-good news.
"Some people in Beijing have already started buying silk for experiments, and they have a lot of skilled workers there. I'm just afraid they will figure it out on their own," said Wang Jing.
Lin Xi understood Wang Jing's concerns, but she didn't think the people in Beijing would be a threat. "Think about it. Those people in Beijing are very capable and may be able to develop a formula, but the climate in Beijing is not suitable for silkworm growth. Even if they have a formula, their production will not increase in a short time."
Wang Jing was stunned. What Lin Xi said made sense.
"Besides, as long as we build our reputation first, those who come later won't be able to take up much of the market," said Lin Xi.
"But I'm afraid the high price of five hundred taels can't be maintained." Wang Jing worried.
"I've thought about this a long time ago," Lin Xi smiled. She didn't think she could keep the price so high forever. "For this batch of paper, in addition to silk, we also used the best materials regardless of cost. When others develop similar products, I can quickly launch a batch of cheap silk rice paper to respond, and the materials can be slightly inferior."
"In fact, we set the price so high in the beginning. You should have felt that it would cost a lot to transport it from Lianggu County to the capital."
To put it bluntly, this is the transportation cost of silk rice paper on the road.
Wang Jing also nodded, "Indeed, when you said you wanted to set the price at five hundred taels, I was worried that we wouldn't be able to sell it. Now it seems that if the original price wasn't too high, our later costs wouldn't be able to be changed."
Lin Xi continued, "I have another idea. This type of paper is now considered our high-end product, and we need to provide customers with better service. For example, we can add our own number to each piece of paper to record the information of each customer who purchases it."
Wang Jing was shocked by what Lin Xi said. Although he had known that Lin Xi was powerful, he never thought he was so powerful.
Just a small piece of paper can be used to create so many different things.
"Lin Xi," Wang Jing said seriously, "Tell me the truth, have you ever thought about coming to work for our Wang family?"
Lin Xi looked at the other person in surprise. What was he talking about? He wanted her to go to Wang's house to work by herself. How could that be possible?
"What are you talking about?" Lin Xi couldn't help but say.
Unfortunately, Xiao Yongyan, who just came in from outside, heard this. His expression changed immediately. He walked to the front and said to Wang Jing unfriendlyly, "What did you say to Xier?"
Wang Jing was startled by Xiao Yongyan's sudden appearance. "I didn't say anything. It was your wife who assigned me a task."
After saying this, he felt a little aggrieved. After all, he was the young master of the Wang family, so how could he be reduced to working for someone else?
"Stop talking nonsense and get out of here." Xiao Yongyan said impatiently.
Wang Jing suddenly felt hurt, "Xiao Yongyan, you are so good, I worked so hard to do so many things for you, and you treat me like this!"
Xiao Yongyan had long been accustomed to Wang Jing's "performative statements" and urged, "Why don't you leave?"
Wang Jing stood up, holding his chest, looking hurt, "You asked me to leave, how could I not leave?"
After saying this, he staggered out of the door.
Lin Xi said, "Why do you always tease him like this?"
Xiao Yongyan said indifferently, "Don't worry, he won't take it to heart."
"Why do I feel that your relationship with Wang Jing is better than your relationship with me?" She didn't know if it was affected by her pregnancy, but she had been feeling a little fanciful recently.
When Xiao Yongyan heard Lin Xi's words, he almost jumped up from his chair, "Don't talk nonsense, Wang Jing and I are just brothers."
In the early years of the capital, there was an unhealthy trend of raising male children. Xiao Yongyan remembered that the Regent hated it and he also found it very disgusting.
Now that Lin Xi said this, he immediately thought of these things.
Lin Xi touched her nose. She also felt that it seemed a bit outrageous. Why would she think in this direction?
"By the way, you've been coming back pretty early these days." Lin Xi said casually.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yongyan was silent for a moment before saying, "Xi'er, there is something I want to discuss with you."
"What's the matter?" Lin Xi looked at her and it seemed that there was something very important.
"I want to put the academy matters aside for now and accompany you to give birth to the child." Xiao Yongyan said with a very serious expression.
Lin Xi was stunned. "You spent so much effort to set up this school, and now you're not going to open it? What will your students think?"
Of course Xiao Yongyan knew that if he didn't do it, the students would most likely be hurt, but now he always felt uneasy as long as Lin Xi was not in front of him.
"However," Lin Xi said, "the school is not accepting new students for the time being, so you said you want to build a new school, so you don't have time to take care of both ends."
Lin Xi was reluctant to completely let go of the school.
It took a lot of effort to build up Mr. Shuer's reputation. It would be a pity if it were lost now.
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