Chapter 214 Chapter 214 Students Under Pressure
Xu Yunfan took people to buy a bunch of medicine, and on the way back, he couldn't help but feel worried again.
People buy it, but where do they live after they go back?
Xu Yunfan brought a dozen strangers back to the village. The people of the Li and Sun families were furious but dared not speak out. The village chief came over and asked a few questions, then waved the villagers away. "What are you looking at? You all have nothing to do, right? Isn't it okay for Shopkeeper Xu to bring back a dozen guards? Anyone have any objections?"
have!
But they dare not say it.
Qin Run had already returned home with Xiao Bao. When he heard the noise outside the courtyard gate, Xiao Bao was the first to rush out. A moment later, he ran to the kitchen, groaning and tugging at Qin Run's trouser legs, and nervously shouted, "Bad guys, little daddy, there are bad guys."
"What bad guy?" Qin Run paused while cutting vegetables and asked, holding up the sharp kitchen knife.
Xiaobao pointed outside the courtyard. Qin Run immediately rushed out with a kitchen knife in hand. When he saw Xu Yunfan and a dozen ragged men walking into the yard, he hurriedly stopped and asked, "Yunfan, what's going on?"
Xu Yunfan noticed the kitchen knife Qin Run had secretly hidden behind his back, and the corner of his mouth twitched. He hooked his arm around Qin Run's shoulder and explained the reason he had bought the people. "Where are we going to put them now? Sixth Brother's room can't accommodate so many people."
Li Liu brought a batch of tea oil, sweet potato flour and other items to Beijing on a cargo ship some time ago, and he has not returned yet.
Qin Run glanced at the martial servants, and Xu Yunfan introduced them sideways: "This is my husband, Qin Run. He will be your boss from now on."
"Greetings, lord." A dozen or so warriors shouted loudly.
Since you have chosen your master, you must have no other thoughts. Otherwise, you are not a qualified military servant.
When Old Qin heard that Xu Yunfan had brought back more than a dozen people, the old man walked out of the yard with his hands behind his back, "Hey, Xu boy, there are so many people, you can't accommodate them here."
"Grandpa Qin." Hearing the voice, Xu Yunfan turned his head, and when he saw the person coming, he immediately smiled sweetly and ran towards Grandpa Qin.
Xu Yunfan's sweet words made Old Qin very happy. Old Qin listened for a while, and finally told Xu Yunfan that some of the old houses that the Qin family lived in earlier were not too bad. Those families were reluctant to sell them, and they could be made habitable after cleaning up. "You can't have so many men living in this house. I'll go talk to them and ask them to clean up the house and let these people live there."
Xu Yunfan was happy. "Well, I'll trouble you, Grandpa Qin. I won't live in the house for free. Just consider it as a rental."
Of course, that night, several villagers came to see Xu Yunfan and said, "The house is ready, but there's not much furniture inside. We moved all of it out earlier. We went to the fields and brought back some straw to make the bed. Let them sleep there tonight. Tomorrow, go ask Qin Mu to make some beds. By the way, do you have enough quilts?"
Sixteen people, two people sharing one bed, would require eight beds. There were simply not enough quilts at home. Qin Run had thought of this a long time ago and asked the leader of the Wu Shi to ride a horse to the town to buy some, and then send Sun Wu's ox cart back when the time came.
Regarding Qin Run's arrangement, Xu Yunfan thought, as expected, having a husband in charge means less worries. "It's not enough, but Run'er has someone buy it. Uncle, I guess I'll have to rent your old house for a while. Here's the rent..."
"What are you looking at? Talking about money is so hurtful. You've made us all so much money, and the old house is just sitting there anyway. If they move in, it'll add some popularity. Let's forget about talking about rent."
"How can this be so embarrassing?" Xu Yunfan scratched his head. "That's too polite. You work for me, and I pay you. Isn't that only natural?"
"It's different. Why would you hire us when you can hire anyone else? Xu, stop talking. Let's not talk about the rent and stuff. We came here today because we have something to ask you. It's about the sausages you asked everyone to make. Some of them have been dried out, and the other part, you said you wanted to smoke, so we've already started smoking it. What do we do next?"
Xu Yunfan: "Buy a batch of ducks and a batch of fish. Then we can make cured ducks and fish."
Of course, the bacon still needs to be cooked, but for now, Xu Yunfan is more anxious to make soy products: "Run'er, we have tea oil at home now. Wait for me at home tomorrow afternoon. After I finish my class, I will come back and teach you how to make tofu and tofu puffs... Then you can teach your aunt and the others how to make them."
As for the dozen or so military servants, Xu Yunfan asked Sun Wu to bring them meals every day and let them live in the old house first until they recovered from their injuries.
As December approaches, the temperature drops faster and faster, the days become shorter and the nights become longer. Before, it was already daylight when I got up, but now I have to go out almost in the dark every morning. Xu Yunfan is becoming less and less willing to do this.
Although the young masters of aristocratic families are different from the second generation of rich people, and aristocratic families pay more attention to the education and training of their children's qualities, Xu Yunfan is an exception.
After Qin Run called him for the sixth time, Xu Yunfan got up with his hair in a mess. He looked out the window at the pitch-black sky, pulled the quilt over him, yawned, and muttered, "When will the academy have a holiday? I have to go out before dawn every day. When will this end?"
He really wanted to go back to the old days when he could sleep until he woke up naturally every day. Life would have been so wonderful then.
Qin Run opened the cabinet to get clothes for Xu Yunfan while listening to Xu Yunfan muttering, "It's not so bad for us like this. At least we can ride in the ox cart every day when we go out. Many people go to town for business and leave earlier than us, and they have to carry such heavy loads."
Xu Yunfan rubbed his eyes twice. "They suffer, I suffer too. We all suffer. It's not easy for anyone." When Qin Run brought the clothes over, Xu Yunfan took off his pajamas. "By the way, how are the fish balls in Dashan Village? And are those batch of stoves ready?"
Previously, Xu Yunfan gave the method of making fish balls and meatballs to Qin Run, and went to the mountain village under the protection of Xu Yi and Xu Er (military servants).
After Li Liu came back, he was entrusted by Qin Run to find a restaurant that had been sold in the town. After some renovations, he hung the plaque of Yunrun Restaurant.
Yunrun Restaurant has not yet opened, but after outsiders learned that Yunrun Restaurant and Yunrun Store have the same owner, they couldn't help but look forward to it.
The restaurant definitely needs to hire people to work. A group of people have been withdrawn from Qin's side, so there are naturally not enough people to make fish balls.
Another thing is that the fish in the fish pond in Dashan Village cannot meet the quantity that Qin Run needs. Qin Run plans to bring a few aunts out from Dashan Village and have them live in the old house on the other side of the Qin family in the future so that they can make meatballs and fish balls specifically for him.
The preliminary preparations required Qin Run to invest a large sum of money. Fortunately, Li Liu made a lot of money on this trip. As for the profits from the Yunrun store in the capital, Qin Run invested them all in the construction of the Food City.
The money that I borrowed from Xie Baizhou and others seemed to be a lot, but when the construction of the Food City started, I found that the money was still not enough.
As Xiao Hengzhi said, he had enough money. After coming into contact with the villagers of Dashan Village, Qin Run knew that although the Xiao family seemed wealthy, once a war broke out, even if the soldiers' pensions were paid by the court, the Xiao family would definitely provide more or less subsidies.
Qin Run didn't plan to ask the Xiao family for money again, so he didn't have much money to spend. "Everything is ready. Yunfan, when will our Yunrun Restaurant open?"
The sooner you open your business, the sooner you can start making money.
Xu Yunfan: "Have you seen the good days?"
Before the store opened, Qin Run asked Grandma Qin to look for a date. If the restaurant was to open, it would naturally have to look for a date as well. "Look, the day after tomorrow and the fifteenth day are both good days."
Xu Yunfan: "It's so cold now, it's perfect for hot pot. Let's do it the day after tomorrow. I've been a bit busy lately, so I'm sorry to trouble you with these things. No matter where you go, remember to bring Xu Yi and the others with you, and arrange for someone to accompany Xiaobao as well."
"I know." Qin Run agreed with lingering fear. The last time he and Xu Yi were taking tools for making fonts to Dashan Village, several masked gangsters suddenly ran out on the way. They shouted that he had offended someone and wanted to teach him a lesson. Those people were carrying weapons. If it weren't for Xu Yi and the others, he would definitely have suffered.
Afterwards, Xu Yi informed Xu Yunfan about this matter. Xu Yunfan was furious and sent a letter directly to Xiao Hengzhi. For this, he even asked Qi Xiu Ze to open a back door for him. Although it was not as fast as the 800-mile express, his letter was delivered to Su Yan six days earlier than the scheduled time.
When Su Yan received the letter, he thought Xu Yunfan wrote to ask about the Food City. However, after reading the letter, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and went straight to find Xiao Hengzhi with the letter.
Su Yan was furious, not to mention his father Xiao Hengzhi.
"Assholes, you dare to attack my child. The Zhao family is really going too far. If I don't take action, these bastards will become lawless."
Xiao Heng was furious and cursed. After sending Su Yan away, he said, "Xiao Yi, go to the Qin Mansion. I want to call that bastard."
Xiao Yi: “…………”
She gave birth to two children for you, but in the end you were only labeled a "bastard"?
Xiao Yi felt sorry for Qin Feiyu.
Qin Feiyu arrived very quickly. As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Hengzhi saw the newcomer and immediately snorted coldly. He turned his head away angrily and didn't look at the newcomer.
Qin Feiyu's heart skipped a beat. Xiao Yi called him over but didn't tell him why. Why was Xiao Hengzhi angry?
"Are you angry? But did I do something wrong?"
Qin Feiyu asked cautiously. He thought carefully and realized that recently, he had been busy breaking off the engagement with the Jing family, plus there were previous matters that needed to be investigated. He was so busy that it seemed that he had not done anything that would make Xiao Hengzhi unhappy.
Sometimes, Qin Feiyu couldn't understand why, facing Xiao Hengzhi, he seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. He had to be with this person and couldn't get angry at all.
Not to mention that Xiao Heng is now poisoned. In Qin Feiyu's eyes, he is like a broken porcelain doll and dare not go against anyone at all.
Xiao Hengzhi didn't say anything, but just snorted heavily through his nostrils, sounding really angry.
Qin Run paused and continued walking towards Xiao Hengzhi, "Can you tell me about it?"
Hearing this, Xiao Hengzhi still didn't look at Qin Feiyu. "I didn't know that General Qin would love his uncle so much. He hasn't even married Jing Husband yet, but you're already protecting his nephew. Ha, with a great general uncle, it's no wonder he doesn't take a useless prince like me seriously."
"You are not a useless person, Hengzhi, you can't say that about yourself." Qin Feiyu's words were filled with uncontrollable self-blame and guilt. Xiao Heng's poisoning was the most unforgivable thing in Qin Feiyu's heart.
He regretted it very much. If they had had a good talk that night, or if he had sent Xiao Hengzhi back home as he did before, then Xiao Hengzhi would not have been poisoned, and would not have become like this today.
Ever since Qin Feiyu learned that Xiao Hengzhi had problems in that area, he had consulted the doctor. The doctor said that Xiao Hengzhi's mood swings might be largely due to this.
For a man, not being able to be a man is such a huge blow!!
How did Xiao Hengzhi get through these years? He was mentally ill and had an attack of poison every month. Both the mental and physical injuries were a torture for him.
Qin Feiyu was heartbroken, so the last time he asked about the child, Xiao Hengzhi, in revenge for his concealment of the matter over the years, didn't say a word to him, and didn't even tell him the whereabouts of the child.
Even so, Qin Feiyu did not dare to get angry and had to coax him in a gentle tone. When he heard the reason why Xiao Hengzhi was angry, he did not think about anything else, but only thought that Zhao Niansheng might have offended the Xiao family.
Qin Feiyu was more tolerant of Zhao Niansheng. Firstly, it was because of Jing Yezhe. Even though he didn't like Jing Yezhe, it was a fact that Jing Yezhe saved his and his life.
Another reason is that, as they are both brothers, Qin Feiyu couldn't help but feel some empathy when facing Zhao Niansheng because his own child's whereabouts were unknown. Therefore, when Zhao Niansheng used his reputation to do arrogant things outside, Qin Feiyu only mentioned it to Jing Ye Ze in a subtle way, but Zhao Niansheng didn't take his reminder seriously at all.
But now, those feelings are completely insignificant in front of Xiao Hengzhi.
Qin Feiyu coaxed softly, "Don't be angry. What did he do? Tell me, and I'll deal with him for you. I'll also draw a clear line between myself and them in the future."
Xiao Hengzhi snorted again, "Remember your words. When I take action against the Zhao family, if you dare to protect them, even if you give birth to two children for me, it will be useless. I will be angry and take care of you too."
Hearing that Xiao Hengzhi's temper had softened, Qin Feiyu couldn't help but move closer, and coaxed him with the tone he used when pursuing Xiao Hengzhi: "Okay, I won't protect them. I will only favor you in this life, okay?"
Qin Feiyu wants to use these sugar-coated bullets on himself again?
I was too naive before, which is why I was deceived both physically and mentally. Now it’s different.
Xiao Hengzhi glared at Qin Feiyu, covered himself with the quilt, turned over, and turned his back to him without saying a word.
Neither refusing nor accepting, but he remained silent.
Isn't silence a form of consent?
Qin Feiyu saw hope in winning Xiao Hengzhi back.
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Dali Village.
Xu Yunfan was recently entrusted with an important task by the dean. What is the important task? It is to ask Xu Yunfan to provide psychological counseling to the students of the college.
Next year will be the year of the triennial competition. Many students are becoming increasingly nervous, and cannot calm down once they are nervous.
They have to be nervous. If they fail the exam this time, it means they have to wait for three years.
Three years is enough to make a rich kid feel tortured. For the poor or ordinary people, how much money do they have to spend in these three years?
It is difficult for a child from a poor family to become a successful person. Many students not only have to consider their own food and clothing, but also their families. The pressure is very heavy.
Xu Yunfan had talked with Jiang Lanfang and mentioned the loan to his superiors, but it would take time to implement it.
Jiang Lanfang: "I've noticed recently that many students are under a lot of pressure and study day and night. Those two students in your class were so obsessed with studying that they were almost unrecognizable. What were their names?"
"Ye Chen, Lin Zifei."
"Oh, right, right, just these two. They used to study like crazy, as long as they didn't die. I heard they often stayed up late into the night studying. They had dark circles under their eyes, and their steps were usually unsteady. But I've seen them recently, and the dark circles are gone. They don't lose their appetite due to stress anymore, and they even take time out every day to go out for a walk."
Jiang Lanfang values education, but also the health of students. It wasn't that Ye Chen and Lin Zifei hadn't noticed this before, so he asked the teachers of Class C to talk to them. However, some teachers were obviously pleased that they were working so hard. Jiang Lanfang had also tried to persuade them, but it seemed to be of no use.
Recently, he heard from the people in charge of night patrol that the candles in many dormitories were not extinguished until the second half of the night. After staying up too long at night, they inevitably lacked the energy to attend classes during the day. Even the delicious food in the cafeteria was tasteless to them. In class, they were confused about what the teacher said, as if they seemed to have heard it, but also as if they had not heard it. They remembered half of it and could not remember the other half. This made the students even more nervous, and they could only find time to make up for it.
I have to attend classes during the day, so where do I find the time to make up for it? Naturally, it’s at night, and this cycle continues.
Jiang Lanfang was puzzled. Turning around, he saw that Ye Chen and Lin Zifei, who were anxious and the most competitive before, were in high spirits. They ate everything in the cafeteria with relish and looked very healthy. He secretly noticed that these two people usually listened attentively in class and completed the class assignments assigned by the teacher seriously. After that, they played as they should, ate as they should, and boasted to their classmates as they should. In short, they did not seem nervous at all.
This is a good mentality.
Jiang Lanfang had a chat with Ye Chen and Lin Zifei, and Jiang Lanfang asked them, "You're going to be leaving next year. Are you two nervous? Do you feel too much pressure?"
Is it because of too much pressure that the behavior becomes abnormal?
Ye Chen scratched his head: "Nervous? What are you nervous about? Dean, we are not nervous. Master Xu said that time is destiny. If I get it, I am lucky. If I lose it, it is fate. Things like the imperial examination sometimes require both strength and fate. Besides, we have reviewed everything we need to review, so why are we nervous?"
Lin Zifei followed up, "Yes, Master Xu also said that everything should be done with a balance between work and rest. Attitude is very important. Anyway, just do your best and give it your all. As long as you have a clear conscience, that's all that matters. One failure doesn't mean forever. At worst, you can try again in three years."
"Yes, if we fail the exam, we can just try again later. If that doesn't work out..." Ye Chen smiled a little embarrassedly, and was a little speechless. Xu Yunfan had told them before that even if they failed the exam, they would have no problem inheriting tens of millions of family fortunes and protecting their ancestral assets after studying so much. So, there was no need for them to be nervous. But these words obviously could not be said to the dean.
When Jiang Lanfang heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "When did Master Xu tell you this?"
"During class, he was afraid we would be nervous, so he didn't teach the class properly and just gave us guidance."
Jiang Lanfang lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "What about the other students in your class? What do Yang Haoqi and the others think?"
Ye Chen and Lin Zifei could tell what Jiang Lanfang was about to ask them. "The students in the class who come from poor families are naturally different from us. We can wait for three years and have the ability and financial resources, but they can't. Master Xu told them to think about it and consider part-time work and study if they fail the exam."
"Work and study part-time? What does that mean?" Xu Yunfan had never said this to Jiang Lanfangshan. He only told Jiang Lanfangshan that students could work and study, so Jiang Lanfangshan was confused when the idea of working and studying suddenly came up.
In their eyes, studying is studying. Many elders are reluctant to let their younger generations who are studying do work, and would like them to read all day long. Some even specially marry wives for their younger generations to take care of them. It is precisely because of this that some students are brought up to the point where they cannot distinguish between grains and cannot lift anything with their hands or shoulders.
Jiang Lanfang thought that he should have a good talk with Xu Yunfan. Moreover, he could also take this opportunity to find a breakthrough in the matter he promised the emperor, and by the way, see how powerful Xu Yunfan's mouth was.
After all, sometimes if you have a lot of knowledge but poor eloquence, you won't be able to get by in official circles.
After this conversation, Xu Yunfan had a lot to do.
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