Chapter 3489 Mr. Zhuang 4
"Don't even think about it," the man looked around and lowered his voice, "Mr. Zhuang was forced to leave. It was that man who was forced to leave. Before he left, he was told that he would never be allowed to work as a staff member for the rest of his life. He was not even allowed to be a staff member. Do you think he would agree to let Mr. Zhuang work as a chief clerk in the army?"
"You, a military clerk, are still working under someone else's thumb, how can you protect him?"
General Wei's expression changed, and he asked, "Why are they forcing him like this?"
"Well, it's just a quarrel between two kids." The school's affairs were no secret, and Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang had gone out so anxiously to look for their child a few days ago, so they knew it as soon as they asked around.
The person who was speaking also had a son who was attending school, so he knew the details.
The military officer was so surprised he was speechless. After a while, he said, "Prefect Du allowed the eldest son to humiliate Mr. Zhuang like this. If Mr. Zhuang had any courage, he wouldn't stay here any longer."
If Governor Du had forced his son and Mr. Zhuang to apologize as soon as the incident happened, the matter would have been easily over. However, Mrs. Du sent people to force the Zhuang family to bow their heads, and Governor Du not only did not stop it, but went even further. This was simply trampling on the backbone and face of Mr. Zhuang and his son.
General Wei shook his head and said regretfully, "That's fine, but I still have to send Cheng Yi off."
"I'll give one too."
When Mr. Zhuang left, he received a lot of gifts. Everyone knew the reason for his departure privately, but no one said it to his face. Although everyone looked down on Governor Du in their hearts, no one dared to offend him at this time, let alone stand up for Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang returned to Luojiang County.
When he left, all the fields here were sold, leaving only an old house. However, the old house had not been lived in for many years and had long been abandoned. The yard was overgrown with weeds and there were several large holes in the roof, allowing countless cold winds to whistle into the house through the roof.
Mr. Zhuang took his wife and children back to the county town, first found an inn to stay in, and started looking for a house the next day.
He said to his wife and children, "We can slowly renovate the old house later. Dalang will continue his studies in the county town. Whether I work as an accountant or do something else, I will also stay in the county town. It is better to rent a house here."
Neither Madam Ji nor Zhuang Dalang had any objections.
But it’s not easy to rent a house. Luojiang County is too small and poor. Who would rent out an empty house?
So the houses he could rent were either very large and expensive, or in a bad location with a mixed crowd in the neighborhood.
Mr. Zhuang returned to his hometown just for Zhuang Dalang, so naturally he didn't want to live in a place like that. What if he learned those habits and his already bad temper became even more left-wing?
So Mr. Zhuang looked at it for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and spent almost all of his savings to buy a small yard.
He had set his eyes on that small courtyard from the beginning. The neighbors were quite harmonious. Most of them were scholars or people who opened shops in the county town. The sellers only sold the house and did not rent it out because they needed to raise money to do business. Otherwise, renting it out would be the best.
After Mr. Zhuang bought the yard, he had very little money left. He scraped together the rest of his money and sold a few decent paintings he had in Mianzhou, raising enough money for Zhuang Dalang's schooling.
Mr. Zhuang then went out to look for a job. After a long search, he finally became an accountant as Zhuang Dalang wished.
The salary is naturally not comparable to that of a staff member, but it is enough to support a family of three and send a child to school. The only difference is that the living standard is a little lower than before.
In the past in Longzhou, although they could eat meat every day, they could always have it every other day, and there would always be snacks at home.
But when they returned to the county town, because of limited wages, they might only eat meat twice in ten days, and snacks would only be made or bought during festivals.
But Zhuang Dalang lived a very happy life. His appetite increased every day and he didn't mind not having meat at all.
He felt quite happy this way. Although there were fewer delicious foods, he lived a peaceful and comfortable life every day.
No one would bully him here. The teenagers of the same age in the neighborhood even envied him, thinking that his father was gentle and knowledgeable and would not beat children.
Zhuang Dalang also felt that this kind of life was very good. His restless emotions were gradually calmed down, and he no longer had the sharpness and resentment he had before.
Three or four years passed like this, and Zhuang Dalang was unwilling to go to the county school. He did not want to take the imperial examinations, take the civil service examinations, or work in the county government.
Seeing that he was so disgusted with officialdom, Mr. Zhuang simply took him with him and taught him how to keep accounts.
Zhuang Dalang learned these things very quickly. He had learned mathematics in school before, and he liked his father's job as an accountant very much. So he often watched his father keep accounts, and naturally he learned it too.
He got the hang of it quickly, and Mr. Zhuang recommended him to his employer.
The boss was very pleased to see that he could completely take over Mr. Zhuang's job, and Mr. Zhuang was also willing to give his job to his son, so the boss hired Zhuang Dalang at a lower salary than Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang quit his job as an accountant and found a school in the county town to teach.
The father and son worked together to earn money, and Zhuang Dalang no longer had to pay a large annual salary, so the family soon became well-off. Madam Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to look for a wife for Zhuang Dalang.
In the end, Zhuang Dalang found his own wife. Her family was wealthier than Zhuang's, but they were attracted by the fact that both Zhuang's father and son were scholars, and they felt that their family had squandered their fortune on studying.
Now they have no one to study, and in the future they will only make money. Without large expenses, their family wealth will only grow richer, so they don’t mind at all that the banker does not have two acres of land, but only a small yard.
Moreover, when they have children in the future, they don’t have to send them to school. They can teach them at home, which saves a lot of money. How great is that.
Unfortunately, their plan ultimately failed.
After Zhuang Dalang got married, he became much calmer. Mr. Zhuang felt that the child's growth was already set. He had a wife and would have children in the future. He was already the head of the family and no longer needed his father to steer the family step by step.
So Mr. Zhuang first worked as a teacher in Luojiang County for two years. Later, someone in Mianzhou invited him to teach and the salary was relatively high. Considering that his daughter-in-law was about to give birth and the family only had two acres of land and too little assets, he was afraid that it would be difficult to raise a child in the future, so he simply took his wife to Mianzhou.
He worked as a teacher in Mianzhou for a few more years and saved some money. However, since he was living under someone else's roof and was not getting along very well with them, he was thinking of opening his own school. The only question was whether the address should be in Mianzhou or Luojiang County?
Before he could make a choice, Mr. Bai, who had just moved to Luojiang County, came to his house and invited Mr. Zhuang to be a tutor in his home. The salary he offered was very high, twice as much as his current salary in the school.
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