Chapter 3501 Mr. Zhuang 16
So she could only look for Zhou Man secretly. She felt that they had the same goal in this regard, and she definitely wanted Zhuang Dalang to stay.
Of course Zhou Man thought about it. Even if Mrs. Zhuang didn't come to see her, she would still go to see her. The two of them discussed it secretly.
Mr. Zhuang is already a great-grandfather, and his great-grandchildren are all old enough to go to school. As a teacher, Mr. Zhuang naturally has to care about the children's studies.
However, the children were a little reserved in front of him, and the test results were not very smooth.
Even though Mr. Zhuang was very gentle, the children were still nervous around him.
Zhou Man suggested: "Why not find a college in the capital to register?"
Zhuang Dalang nearly spit out the tea in his mouth. "I've only heard that monks and Taoists can hang out, but can students also hang out?"
Zhou Man: "Hey, even monks and Taoist priests can hang orders, what else in this world can't hang orders?"
Zhuang Dalang thought about it and found that it was true, and he hesitated.
Zhou Man said, "You will be staying here for more than a month. They respect the teacher and can't concentrate on studying with him. You can't just not study for more than a month. What if they get wild?"
Mr. Zhuang was a teacher himself. The thing he'd learned most deeply over the years from teaching Zhou Man, Bai Shan, and Bai Er was that learning requires perseverance. Once you stop and become lazy, it's very hard to turn things around. So, he immediately said, "Yes, we need to find them a college to study in."
"But...it's only a little over a month..."
"What's the big deal?" Zhou Man said, "With your current fame, if you go to that academy and give a few classes, the headmaster and teachers there will accept you without asking for a penny."
Mr. Zhuang pondered, "That's a good idea. It's just placing an order. It really doesn't require much effort."
When Zhuang Dalang heard this, he felt relieved. It didn't sound like it was a very difficult thing.
That's how it was settled.
Mr. Zhuang is a teacher himself, and the people he knows most are also teachers. Not to mention those far away, Mr. Jiang’s academy is very good.
Mr. Zhuang also cared about the Zhou family's children's schooling over the years, so he was very familiar with the academies in the capital.
Moreover, he is now the Prince's tutor and is very famous, so it is easy for him to find a school.
Except for the Imperial College, which I don’t have the chance to enter at the moment, other academies are fine.
Mr. Zhuang painstakingly found two good academies for his great-grandchildren to attend, saying that they would be studying there on a drop-in basis. However, Zhou Man also secretly told the academies that if nothing unexpected happened, they would be officially enrolled after a while.
The teachers in the academy who had successfully persuaded Mr. Zhuang to give lectures thought for a moment and decided to educate these children well, so that they would fall in love with the academy, their classmates and teachers. In this way, would it be difficult to invite Mr. Zhuang to give lectures in the future?
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang also took special leave to accompany Zhuang Dalang to familiarize himself with the capital, but Zhuang Dalang did not like to play with them. Firstly, the age difference between them was too big; secondly, most of the places they liked were not what he liked.
Although they often exchanged letters and were familiar with each other, and in terms of relationship, they were closer, he still liked Zhou Silang more.
So Zhou Silang took him out, and it happened that Zhuang Dalang was the accountant and could help him look after the business.
When it comes to experience in accounting, I'm afraid only Zhou Lijun of the Zhou family can compare with him, and the two have different focuses. Zhuang Dalang is a bit conservative, but steady and cautious. Not to mention Zhou Silang, he is more meticulous than Zhou Lijun, who has always been steady. So after following Zhou Silang to see his caravan, shop and business, Zhuang Dalang did not hesitate to point out several problems.
Zhou Silang accepted it humbly and simply took him out every day, only letting him out in the evening and on holidays.
In this way, Zhuang Dalang's days in the capital were surprisingly similar to those in Luojiang County. He worked when he should work and rested when he should rest. His schedule was stable, and his heart gradually settled down.
He was determined. Every day when he returned home, he would run into his father who had just left the government office. They would sit together, drink tea, play chess, and read books. It was quite pleasant, and the unfamiliarity between father and son gradually faded.
If you think about it carefully, it is rare for the father and son to sit together calmly like this, drinking tea, playing chess and chatting aimlessly.
Zhuang Dalang's heart gradually calmed down, and he slowly adapted to the life of accompanying his father.
In comparison, Mrs. Zhuang's life was much more lively. She was not as sensitive as Zhuang Dalang. She just changed her sleeping place, but she would always wake up at night because she felt that the capital was too big and too lively.
She felt that the capital was great, bustling and even better, with spacious living quarters and wealth. Outside the city, there was the market, with shops aplenty and selling everything.
Zhou Man took her to see a lot of good things and introduced her to several of his sisters-in-law. They also went to work on weekdays and took their children shopping on weekends.
What she likes most is taking her grandchildren shopping with them. The things in Beijing are really good in every way except that they are a little expensive.
Mrs. Zhuang has been feeling restless recently because of the persuasion of Mrs. Zhou's fourth sister-in-law. She also wants to do something in their shop. She was illiterate before, but after being married to Zhuang Dalang for many years, she can recognize a lot of words.
The most important thing is that she is quick at calculating.
She was so quick at calculating that Zhou Si's wife couldn't catch up with her. She whispered to Zhou Man, "Our perfume shop is in need of a housekeeper who can greet people and do the accounting. The previous one is sick and has been taken back home by her family to recuperate. I guess she won't be able to work anymore. The two people she had with her before were useless and made several mistakes in the accounts. This is one of the reasons. Another thing is that the people who come to buy perfume are all rich or powerful ladies, and it's not good to keep them waiting. So someone who can calculate quickly and accurately is the right person. I think Mrs. Zhuang is perfect for this."
So Zhou Man went to find Mrs. Zhuang to ask for help in pleading for her.
Mrs. Zhuang really wanted to go, but she didn't dare to ask Zhuang Dalang. She hesitated and said, "Junior sister, if you invite me, I shouldn't refuse. But you know your senior brother. He's still thinking about returning to Luojiang County. Lately, he's been looking for local specialties to bring back home."
Zhou Man said: "I will persuade my senior brother to stay, and my senior sister-in-law can also persuade him more, and we will work hard together."
"Oh, I've been trying to persuade him a lot, but he just won't listen. Your senior brother is very stubborn. Sometimes I don't even know who's older between him and my father-in-law."
Zhou Man said, "Parents who love their children will have far-reaching plans for them. They don't think about themselves, but always about their children. Are the children's studies in the capital better now than before?"
Mrs. Zhuang frowned and said, "I don't study, so I don't know whether it's good or bad."
"Then you can let Senior Brother test a few more children when you have time. He will definitely be able to tell for himself whether they are good or bad. Anyway, you have to let him see the benefits of staying in the capital first."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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