Chapter 321 This money has to be spent.
It's no wonder the headmistresses were so strict; all the young ladies from prominent families in the capital were molded in this way—it was an unwritten rule.
Granny Fang looked at the Li sisters and sneered, saying, "In the girls' school, status and position are not important. I don't care if you have any grudges against each other. If you want to bully others, I can't stop you once you leave the girls' school. But if you cause trouble in the girls' school and I find out, then I'm sorry, get out!"
Fang Mama's words made Lin Yuesha purse her lips, but she dared not show any abnormality on her face.
This old woman is really difficult to deal with. Could she be taking these words as a reminder to Li Ruoxue and Li Ruoshuang to leave the girls' school and deal with her?
No way! Being bullied like this, Lin Yuesha was going to complain to Granny Lin. After all, she was the daughter of the Prefect of the Capital, albeit in name only. If she were bullied by the daughter of a minor prefect, it would be a disgrace to the Lin family, and it wouldn't sound good.
That old woman, Granny Lin, should have something to do.
Lin Yuesha made up her mind and felt incredibly relaxed. She even helped fetch water for three days without feeling tired.
"Granny Fang, we..."
Li Ruoxue wanted to speak, but Li Ruoshuang stopped her. Granny Fang revealed the favors the two had given her, showing she was heartless and ruthless; pleading was useless, so it was better to save her breath and let things take their course.
The two sisters blamed everything on Lin Yuesha and glared at her angrily.
"And you, still don't know where you went wrong?"
After announcing the punishment, Granny Fang looked at Lin Yuesha again. A quarter of an hour later, she still hadn't figured it out, which showed that she really was clueless.
Hmph, the master said that he should teach his sister a lesson and not show favoritism. So, on the very first day, Granny Fang caused trouble for Lin Yuesha.
The little girl deserves to be disciplined. She's always ruthless, and I don't know why the master is willing to do it. Granny Fang pondered, "I haven't heard that the brother and sister have a bad relationship. It seems I should find an opportunity to ask Qingxing."
"I……"
Lin Yuesha rolled her eyes. Actually, she really didn't understand. But Granny Fang's tone was very bad. If she couldn't find anything wrong and angered Granny Fang, she might be punished more severely. She would rather fetch water for the young ladies than clean the chamber pot.
"Granny Fang, I know I was wrong."
Lin Yuesha, with a righteous expression, pointed at the two sisters, Li Ruoxue and Li Ruoshuang, and said solemnly, "I was clearly threatened and robbed by the two of them, yet I showed leniency and thought that since they were first-time offenders, I would cover for them. This is wrong!"
In the future, if a similar situation occurs, Lin Yuesha will definitely tell Granny Fang so that Granny Fang can handle it.
"you……"
Lin Yuesha was too shameless. Li Ruoxue and Li Ruoshuang were completely stunned. What tolerance? So the two of them should thank Lin Yuesha? Bah!
"Alright, that's all for today. You all need to think it over carefully."
Granny Fang's eyes twitched, and she waved her hand to shoo the person away. She didn't want to see the master's sister. Who was the troublemaker anyway?
Fang Mama couldn't find fault with his serious nonsense, which made her very tired.
As for Lin Yuesha's mistake, it had nothing to do with the two sisters. It was about making money off Zhao Fendie. Did that little girl think that anything in the girls' school could be hidden from her? How naive!
"Sister Yue Sha, can you carry all the water for so many people to wash up?"
Bai Youran was very worried about Lin Yuesha; this punishment was not much better than scrubbing the chamber pot.
There will always be a way.
Lin Yuesha didn't care. When she went to get her things, she would go to the back kitchen. There were also old women who had been hired to work in the girls' school. She would pay some money to have someone carry the water to the door, and then she would deliver it to each of them.
In this way, it's just a formality; the money I just earned from Zhao Fundie needs to be transferred out.
The girls' school was a closed institution, and hiring people there was too expensive, so Lin Yuesha was a little reluctant to spend the money.
However, a woman's hands are delicate, and once calluses develop from carrying buckets of water, they will easily wear out the fabric when doing needlework and embroidery in the future.
Mother Chen was like that; every time she did needlework, she had to wear a layer of cotton gloves, which made her less agile.
"Sister Lin, you have offended the Li sisters. Those two will not let this go."
Zhao Fundie kindly reminded Lin Yuesha that although the two of them were obsequious to Granny Fang, they were vengeful and would probably try their best to trip up Lin Yuesha in the girls' school.
"If you're not afraid, why would I be?"
Lin Yuesha nodded to Zhao Fendie, grateful that Zhao Fendie had spoken up for her. She hadn't expected that the person who raised the white mice was such a righteous person. You can't judge a book by its cover!
"Being afraid is useless, haha."
After Zhao Fendie finished speaking, she carefully looked at Lin Yuesha and entered the room with her cousin Zhao Jingya.
"They're all weird and strange people."
Bai Youran seemed thoughtful. She preferred to keep a low profile and deliberately feign indifference, but she had practiced this for over a decade. She never imagined someone could display so many facets in a single day. It seemed this girls' school was quite interesting.
"My cousin hasn't come to the girls' school yet. I heard you asked her to leave?"
Bai Youran thought of sending a message to her cousin Yan Yan, but heard from an old neighbor that her cousin hadn't returned to the clinic for several days.
"Yes, I need Dr. Yan's help to save one of my sisters."
Lin Yuesha didn't say much and stopped talking. She sat for a while and then decided to go to the kitchen to find a cheaper laborer.
The helpers in the girls' school were not slaves, but rather women who lived nearby and were hired to work there. There were no men working in the girls' school.
Lin Yuesha told Bai Youran that she was lucky; she actually found a strong old woman in the kitchen who was willing to help her fetch water.
“Miss Lin, I’m taking a risk by helping you. If Granny Fang finds out and kicks me out, I’ll lose this job.”
The old woman was used to doing hard labor. She worked with her two daughters-in-law and they had plenty of strength, but they lacked money.
"How much more money do you want for just three days' work?"
The other party's words indicate they are preparing to make exorbitant demands.
After a moment's consideration, Lin Yuesha decided to ask the price. Money was important, but she didn't want to tire herself out; she didn't want to do physical labor.
"Ten taels of silver for three days."
The old woman made it clear that most of the women who came to the girls' school to work had families with them, and if she were kicked out, her two daughters-in-law would not be spared either.
The three of them earned a considerable amount of money at the girls' school, at least six taels of silver.
"You might only get six taels of silver for working for more than a month, but you want ten taels just to help me carry water?"
Lin Yuesha was heartbroken to have to give away half of the twenty taels she had just received.
"Miss Lin, you make it sound so easy. What if we lose this job? The girls' school won't hire the three of us anymore. Shouldn't we factor that in?"
The old woman insisted on ten taels of silver, not a single copper coin less. In the kitchen, only she and her two daughters-in-law had the strength.
Lin Yuesha was speechless. To save herself the effort, she had no choice but to spend the money.
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