Chapter 351 Setting up a school for Little Mianmian
Du Wanchun had met all of Zhou Feng's associates. One of them, surnamed You, wore Western-style gold glasses. Although he looked refined, he was very shrewd.
Recently, Zhou Feng has been staying in Changliu Village, and it's Manager You who's been managing the shops in the capital.
Besides Manager You, there was also a shop assistant surnamed Bo who usually followed Manager You around. He was quite diligent and loyal. Later, when the rice shop in the capital opened, he also became a junior manager there.
Now the Zhou family's shop is doing better and better, and Manager Bo's monthly salary is increasing day by day. He not only bought a small two-courtyard house in the capital, but also bought three or four maids and servants for his family.
This Manager Bo is the husband of the Wei family.
Lady Wei also became his wife, and the two children in the family enjoyed increasingly better food, clothing, and daily necessities, no worse than when she was a concubine's daughter in the Wei family.
Unfortunately, just when things were getting better and better, Manager Bo was beaten to death by bandits on the road while delivering goods.
Before he died, he was still clutching the jade pendant he wanted to give to his wife.
I heard that the body was never found; it was thrown off a cliff by those people.
In the end, Lady Wei had no choice but to use the shoes left behind by her husband as a cenotaph.
Regarding the matter of Manager Bo, his brother and sister-in-law, relying on their superior numbers, bullied the widow and orphans of the Wei family and seized their house.
Left with no other choice, Madam Wei returned to the Wei residence. She knelt on the ground for a full day and night, begging her father to give her and her son some money to survive and not let them starve to death on the streets.
However, Lord Wei looked down on her, a concubine's daughter who had married a merchant, and sent someone to throw two coins at her to send her away.
Two coins could only buy a few steamed buns and a few pieces of flatbread.
Lady Wei held the silver and cried for a long time, never expecting that the bond between father and daughter was nothing more than this.
Because the man she married had no use to her family, he was worthless.
Her elder sister and elder brother.
One married the eldest son of the Yang family, and the other married the third daughter of the Yang family. Lord Wei then treated these two children as his precious treasures.
As Madam Wei spoke to Du Wanchun, her eyes were red. Wiping away tears, she said, "Before my husband left, he said he would bring us and the children to Cheng'an County when he returned home. I never imagined he would..."
Du Wanchun comforted her, saying, "Sister Wei, I think Manager Bo also hopes that you and the children will live well."
Madam Wei nodded. "It's just that I'm too useless. I'm not feeling well now, and I've burdened my two children."
Du Wanchun gently patted her hand and said, "Doctor Xu said that as long as you rest well for half a month, you will recover."
As she spoke, her gaze shifted, and she continued to ask, "Sister Wei, you said your husband was beaten to death by bandits on the road, so how do you know it was Young Master Yang who sent people to do it?"
A hint of hatred flickered in Madam Wei's moist eyes. "He told me himself that my husband deserved to die, and that he kicked him off the cliff himself."
As she spoke, she clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
Du Wanchun suddenly realized that the Yang family was so lawless and brazen in their disregard for human life.
"Sister Wei, don't think about things in the capital for now. Take good care of your health and the child." Du Wanchun said as she slowly stood up. "Manager Zhou has been recuperating at home recently, so I will take care of the Zhou family's shops in the capital."
"Manager Bo got into trouble because he was delivering rice for the rice shop. Our Zhou family rice shop will naturally not abandon him. You can stay here in the manor without worry."
Du Wanchun walked to the two sleeping children beside her. "These two children look only two or three years older than Mianmian and the others. I wonder if they've gone to school yet?"
Madam Wei shook her head. "No, we originally planned to send them to school after my husband returned."
Upon hearing this, Du Wanchun had a sudden inspiration. Now that Xiao Mianmian and Yi'er and Yu'er were old enough to learn to read, why not hire a tutor and set up a small school at home, so that the two children could go to school together?
After thinking it over, she left the manor and found Zhou Ruiyuan, wanting to ask him if there was anything she could do for him.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Ruiyuan looked at the Fifth Prince, who was busy in the government office, and said, "I think my fifth brother is not bad."
After arriving in Cheng'an County, the Fifth Prince changed his name to Zhou Quan and became a clerk in the county government.
His daily work involved helping Zhou Ruiyuan take notes in court.
Although he was timid, he had beautiful handwriting and was also fluent in poetry and prose.
Du Wanchun looked at the Fifth Prince Zhou Quan and smiled, "Fifth Brother, would you be willing to be a teacher for our little Mianmian and Yi'er?"
Zhou Quan paused, thought for a moment, and then said, "What about you, brother?"
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Ruiyuan doesn't need to handle cases every day. You can come over when they need you."
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