Chapter 36: Not All Men Are Like This
Facing Dai Lan'er's astonishment, Lin Xi was much calmer. "We just opened today, and everyone is here for the novelty. We won't have such good business later. Besides, our shop costs one or two silver coins a month for rent, so we have to make more money."
Dai Lan'er opened her mouth wide. A shop actually costs one or two taels of silver in rent a month. No wonder not many people do business there.
What if I accidentally lose money, then what about paying the rent?
"There's one more thing I want to discuss with you." Lin Xi said.
"Sister, what's the matter?" Dai Laner asked.
"It's about the wages. I usually pay you once a month. I'll record the name of whoever comes to work between you and your sister, and we'll settle the money together at the end of the month." Lin Xi said.
Dai Lan'er didn't understand these things, but in her simple understanding, they were all from the same village, so not only could they pay once a month, but even once every two months would be fine.
"Whatever comes up, just take care of it. We have no objection." Dai Laner said happily.
Lin Xi looked at Dai Lan'er's happy expression and couldn't help but remind her, "Sister, have you ever thought about raising a child alone?"
Dai Lan'er was startled, then lowered her head, "Sister, I know what you want to say, but he wasn't like this when I first got married. It was because his parents-in-law passed away, which had a huge impact on him. He couldn't bear the shock and became like this."
Lin Xi sighed, "Do you think he can get better?"
Dai Lan'er didn't know how to answer this question, so she could only keep silent.
"Okay, we've been tired all day, let's go have dinner." Lin Xi changed the subject.
Dai Laner looked up at the sky and saw that it was indeed getting late. "Sister, what do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
"No need, my husband should have done everything." Lin Xi locked the shop door, turned around and went to the house next door.
The dishes were already prepared and placed on the table. Dai Laner was confused, "Who made this meal?"
"My husband did it." Lin Xi looked as if it was a matter of course.
But to Dai Lan'er, this was simply a fantasy. She had never seen a man cook before.
Seeing Lin Xi coming, Xiao Yongyan brought the bowl and chopsticks.
Dai Lan'er was even more surprised. A man as elegant and handsome as Xiao Yongyan didn't look like someone who would go into the kitchen.
But the huge table of food in front of me is not fake. There are actually such good men in the world.
After a dizzy meal, the group took a donkey cart back to the village, and Xiao Yongyan was naturally the driver.
He is obviously a modest gentleman holding a book, but he does these things without any incongruity. Dai Lan'er just feels that she still has little experience. Maybe all the men in the capital are like this.
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Lin Xi earned more than six taels of silver a day, and the system also increased his experience points by 6, for a total of 36 points.
The new rice field being cultivated at home has already taken shape. According to the Ma brothers, there should be no problem in completing it before July.
This made Lin Xi feel relieved. Not long ago, she ordered 200 ducklings from the Dai family and prepared to stock them in the new fields.
Because Linxi's new business was opened in the town, the villagers had only heard about it, and most of them had no idea about its specific business performance.
However, most people increasingly felt that Lin Xi was a great figure, and in comparison, Xiao Yongyan seemed very "incompetent".
Originally, he wanted to set up a school in the village, but now the task of running the village school has been taken over by Wang Xing'an.
Lin Xi didn't pay attention to these things at first, but heard about it when chatting with Dai Jiner.
It turned out that Wang Xing'an really set up the school, and it was located in the Wang family's home. At the beginning, there were many children who actually went to school, but later on, the number decreased.
What Wang Xing'an teaches the children every day is the simplest "Three Character Classic" and his requirements are extremely strict. It is said that many children in the village have been scolded and cried.
If Wang Xing'an really did it for the good of the children, he would have scolded him, but after a few times, everyone realized that this guy didn't do it for the children to learn anything, but just to act like a teacher.
The examination for Tongsheng was approaching, and everyone in the village doubted whether Wang Xing'an could pass the examination since he was such a good braggart.
On Xiao Yongyan's side, the preparations for Shuer Academy were almost complete.
Xiao Yongyan spent a lot of money to renovate the interior of the house to make it more suitable as a academy.
As for the entrance, there was no sign of the academy hung, and instead they chose to keep a low profile, which was also suggested by Gu Songtao.
After everything was ready, Xiao Yongyan did not start recruiting students immediately. Instead, he accompanied Lin Xi to the town to sell bacon every day, then helped with cooking and read books when he had nothing to do.
At first, the villagers didn't know about this. Until one day, when Wang Xing'an was bored, he found out that Xiao Yongyan's schedule was to send Lin Xi to town, and he immediately felt contempt for him.
A grown man who doesn't take care of the fields, doesn't know how to make money, and just does cooking every day is a disgrace to men.
If Wang Xing'an knew, it meant that the Wang family knew, and if the Wang family knew, it meant that the whole village knew.
Many people went to Dai Lan'er and Dai Jin'er to verify. The two sisters wanted to say a few good words for Xiao Yongyan, but the reality was that Xiao Yongyan really did nothing except cooking and driving.
Now that's good. The villagers are quite disdainful of what Xiao Yongyan did, thinking that there is no man in the world who doesn't work in the fields and earn money, but just revolves around his wife.
Soon, Xiao Yongyan became a negative example used by the villagers, young and old, to educate their children.
At the beginning, Xiao Yongyan and Lin Xi did not realize the seriousness of the problem until Lin Xi went to inspect her own fields and the third daughter-in-law of the Ma family shyly pulled her aside and asked about the situation in a low voice. Only then did Lin Xi realize that Xiao Yongyan's reputation had been completely "ruined."
Lin Xi's explanation for this was very simple. He just said that Xiao Yongyan was planning to open a school in the county town and it was still in the preparation stage.
But to the third son's wife, this was just an excuse. She advised, "Sister, you can't be so careless. You have money now, so men are lazy. They may coax you now, but they may go out and find someone else behind your back in the future. You have to be careful."
Xiao Yongyan went out to find someone without her knowledge. Lin Xi felt that this was just a fairy tale and it was impossible.
Return home in the evening.
Xiao Yongyan had already prepared dinner and was reading a book in his hand.
Seeing this, Lin Xi smiled and said, "Do you know what people in the village are saying about you now?"
Xiao Yongyan put down the book in his hand and thought for a moment, "Living like a gigolo?"
"Almost." Lin Xi smiled. "Today, the Ma family reminded me to be careful and not to give you the money, otherwise you will go out and find someone behind my back."
Xiao Yongyan smiled faintly after hearing this and put down the book. "Do you think I would do this?"
"Who knows?" Lin Xi deliberately dragged out his voice, "Since ancient times, men have always been like this."
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