Chapter 81 Chapter 81 Who on earth is Xu Yunfan?
Most of the students in Qingfeng Academy are from wealthy families who are powerful and wealthy, and they have no shortage of money at all.
Xu Yunfan works inside. Even if all the students don't go to eat, he will make money if only a few dozen go.
Besides, making money is secondary. Getting to know the students in Qingfeng Academy and getting along well with them will become your network in the future.
The aunties and grandmas who were thinking long-term suddenly changed their eyes when they looked at Qin Run.
Aunt Qin and Aunt Qin Sanniang's families smiled. They were surprised enough that Xu Yunfan contracted a canteen. If they knew that Xu Yunfan was also hired as a teacher by the dean of Qingfeng Academy, they would be so shocked that they would faint.
Forget it, let’s not talk about it for now. They will naturally know it after a long time.
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Qi Xiu Ze and his three companions took a large bag of candies back to the dormitory. Before they had time to distribute the candies according to the pre-ordered items, they hurriedly ran to look for Jiang Lanfang.
Jiang Lanfang, who was sitting in the study, laughed at Jiang Yunshen. "It's really rare! These four bastards actually came to me on their own initiative when there's no homework assigned."
Jiang Yunshen, the younger brother of Jiang Lanfang, has been loved by the elders of the Jiang family since he was a child. He is handsome and elegant. There are countless young men in the capital who are interested in him, but Jiang Yunshen is a man of both talent and good looks, so he naturally looks down on those who are not as good as him.
Because he was already eighteen years old, the matchmaker who went to the Jiang family to propose marriage almost broke the Jiang family's doorstep. Jiang Yunshen had no choice but to run to Jiang Lanfang's place in Qinghe Town to seek some peace and quiet.
Jiang Yunshen was incredulous when he learned that his usually steady uncle was actually going to let a man who wasn't even a scholar come to the academy to serve as a teacher. "Second Uncle, have you thought it through? That Xu Yunfan, he has no academic title, and it's against the rules to let him serve as a teacher in the academy."
"Rules are static, but people are dynamic. In my opinion, just because a scholar hasn't passed the imperial examinations doesn't mean he's not talented. I've personally observed Xu Yunfan. I wouldn't say he's incredibly learned or talented, but based on my assessment of his abilities, he's more than qualified to be a teacher in our academy."
Jiang Yunshen rarely saw Jiang Lanfang praise someone like this. "Second Uncle, how old is Xu Yunfan?"
"Seventeen."
Jiang Yunshen: “…”
Fortunately, grandpa was not around, otherwise, he would have thought Jiang Lanfang was making trouble and would have given him a beating.
"This person is too young. Even if he is truly capable, he may not be recognized by other students."
Even if the students in the academy look gentle and refined, they all have a sense of nobility in their hearts. Who can accept it when they find out that a man of the same age as them or even younger than them is going to be their teacher?
Jiang Yunshen even thought that Qi Xiu Ze and the other four little bullies in the academy might have learned about this and were dissatisfied, so they came to Jiang Lanfang to get rid of Xu Yunfan.
However, Jiang Yunshen, who had already prepared himself for this, turned his original reluctance into admiration when he saw Qi Xiu Ze and the other three enter the study.
The four people who entered the study greeted Jiang Lanfang politely. Xie Baizhou didn't even glance at Jiang Yunshen. "Dean, what's your vision this time? You've spotted talents like us brothers. Dean, I have to admire your discerning eye for true talent."
"That's right, our brother is a rare talent. He is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Such a talent should be introduced to our academy. Otherwise, if he is snatched away by other academies, you will regret it later." Lin Xiaoran had an inexplicable confidence in Xu Yunfan.
Jiang Yunshen: “…”
This was different from what he thought.
"No, aren't you here to oppose Xu Yunfan becoming the teacher?"
Qi Xiu Ze glanced at Jiang Yunshen and said, "Objection? Why should we object? He's my brother."
Qi Xiu Ze and his three companions had a somewhat bizarre and refreshing way of thinking. For other people, their brothers were younger than them, but they were their teachers. Young people who cared about their reputation would probably feel embarrassed or awkward, but they were different.
It is said that birds of a feather flock together. Xu Yunfan is so outstanding. What does this mean?
This shows that they are not that bad!
Sure enough, outstanding people like to be brothers with outstanding people.
Xie Baizhou and the others forgot that sometimes, people who can be called brothers are not just birds of a feather flock together, there is also a saying, which is "birds of a feather flock together."
Xu Yunfan became a teacher, that would be great. With a teacher as a brother, would they still worry about the schoolwork being so difficult that they would lose their hair?
It's just like taking roll call in class, so there's no need to panic.
Thinking of this, the four of them were delighted that Xu Yunfan had joined the academy as a teacher! They almost raised their hands to agree with Jiang Lanfang's wise move.
Shen Ruxi nodded in agreement, "That's right, our brother is amazing. If he doesn't join our academy, it would be a waste of talent. Besides, although being a teacher isn't easy, at least the monthly allowance is good. My brother is broke, and we're so happy for him to get a monthly allowance. How could we object? Who do you think we are?"
Jiang Yunshen choked. Are the four people in front of him really the four young masters of Beijing who caused headaches for countless people in the capital back then?
When did the four young masters of Beijing become so considerate of others?
Can a dog really stop eating shit?
Jiang Lanfang said with a half-smile: "Oh, it seems that you are very satisfied with Xu Yunfan!"
Qi Xiu Ze didn't even think twice and said, "That's right, after all, he is a man of real ability."
"snort!"
Jiang Lanfang suddenly snorted coldly, "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. I'm telling you, don't expect things to be too good to be true. Xu Yunfan is here, and I'm going to assign him to teach another class."
Doesn't he know what Xie Baizhou and the other three are thinking?
After all, they were students he had taught for three years. When the four of them stuck their butts out, he knew whether they were going to fart or poop.
It is true that they are happy for their brother to have a job, and it is probably also true that they want Xu Yunfan to give them convenience and cheat in the future.
"What?" Qi Xiu Ze and the other three were stunned. "He's not teaching our class?"
"Yes, what's wrong? Do you have any objections to my arrangement? Don't think I don't know what you are thinking." Jiang Lanfang said, looking at them meaningfully.
Shen Ruxi and the others hesitated, feeling embarrassed. They looked around with the look of someone who had been stabbed in the heart. "Dean, look at what you said. What do you think of us? We are your students. How can you not know what kind of people we are? Would we cheat? We are not that kind of people."
Cheating?
That's impossible.
There was no roll call or random checks in class, and Xu Yunfan helped them, so how could that be called cheating? It was mostly just brothers helping each other and turning a blind eye.
How did it escalate to cheating?
Qi Xiu Ze and the others definitely cannot admit this.
Jiang Lanfang glanced at the four of them and said, "Alright, I'll make arrangements for which class Xu Yunfan will teach. If you have nothing else to do, go back. If you have time to ask me about this, you might as well go back and review the knowledge you've learned."
Jiang Lanfang waved his hand impatiently and drove Qi Xiu Ze and the other three out like dogs. The four were helpless and couldn't say anything.
After the four of them left, Jiang Yunshen was already full of curiosity about Xu Yunfan, "Uncle, Young Master Qi and the others seem to like this Xu Yunfan very much. They always call him our brother."
There were people in the capital who wanted to curry favor with Qi Xiu Ze and the others, but the four of them looked down on those who came after them and ignored them.
If they value Xu Yunfan so much, it is because of his knowledge. But the students in the Imperial College want to make friends with them, but they are not interested. What does this mean?
What kind of place is the Imperial College? Could it be that the students there are any worse than Xu Yunfan?
When most people mention the Imperial College, their first reaction is to think of a bright future and rapid success.
It can be said that the Imperial College was the place to train officials and talents for the Dayan Dynasty, and those who graduated from the Imperial College would become officials in the future.
The students in the Imperial College were even more extraordinary, because there were only two types of students here. The first type was the children of officials. These young masters were able to enter the Imperial College, not only because they were outstanding enough and had passed the examinations for the title of scholar, but also because of the secret manipulation of their parents.
The second category is poor students from ordinary families or outstanding students from merchant families. If these students want to enter the Imperial College, in addition to going through layers of selection and passing imperial examinations, they must also be strongly recommended by the dean of the college and other academic officials, get attention from the higher level, and pass the joint assessment before they can enter the Imperial College to study.
It can be said that which student who can enter the Imperial College is not outstanding?
If you take any one of these students out, their abilities and the grades they have achieved are enough to surpass those of students from other academies.
It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to call the students in the Imperial College the pride of heaven. Therefore, the Imperial College is known as the top institution of learning in the Great Yan Dynasty, which shows its true strength.
Even so, Qi Xiu Ze and the other three students in the Imperial College were indifferent to him. So, what was so outstanding about Xu Yunfan that he could gain their recognition?
In response, Jiang Lanfang said, "It's just that we have similar interests. Xu Yunfan is a good talker, and Qi Xiu Ze and the others, as you know, are also not the kind to worry about. They just like to listen to people bragging, and the bragging should be down-to-earth. Those who start talking about all sorts of nonsense get annoyed and give them a headache. They find it boring."
Xu Yunfan speaks very plainly, and Qi Xiu Ze and others are quite satisfied with him.
In their view, the Imperial College students were afraid that others wouldn't know their identities, so they spoke in such a flowery manner that, without a solid foundation, you wouldn't understand what they were saying. Couldn't they have been more direct? Why did they have to make the listeners think so hard?
If you don't quibble about words, you won't be able to speak?
Qi Xiu Ze and the others didn't like listening to them talk like that, but Xu Yunfan was different. He was knowledgeable, spoke in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and was straightforward and capable.
Being brothers with Xu Yunfan, you see, if his brothers have problems, he will help them after just a few words, even if he knows that it may make the teacher unhappy in the end, but since they have asked, he never thought of refusing.
Because of this, when Xu Yunfan wanted to buy the Qingyu Inn, they also did it for him without saying anything.
Jiang Yunshen was full of curiosity about Xu Yunfan, so he was waiting to go and see for himself in a couple of days to find out who Xu Yunfan was, who could be so close to Qi Xiu Ze and the other three.
However, before Jiang Yunshen could see Xu Yunfan, a sugar-buying controversy broke out in the academy.
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Xu Yunfan had nothing to do at home. He thought it was evening and it was time to go out and do some work instead of sunbathing.
They had to go to the academy every morning and come back from the academy in the evening. Just walking was not enough, he couldn't stand it.
When he went to Grandpa Sun's house and asked, he learned that Sun Wu was not at home. Grandpa Sun warmly and smiled and asked Xu Yunfan to sit down. "Awu went to kill a pig for Dashu. Do you need something from him? If possible, tell me. When he comes back, I will tell him. This will save you the trouble of making another trip."
Xu Yunfan sat down and drank a bowl of water before saying, "Grandpa Sun, I did come to see Brother Sun Wu for something. I found a job in town, and Aunt Qin and the others are working with me. We'll go there early in the morning and come back in the evening. It takes more than half an hour to walk back and forth, which is a waste of time. Your family has an ox cart, so I thought that you are old and it would be too tiring to run back and forth all day. I heard that Brother Sun Wu can also drive an ox cart. When the time comes, I want him to be responsible for picking us up and bringing some goods. I will pay him 500 coins a month. Do you think it's okay? If you tell Brother Sun Wu and he thinks he can do it, come to me tonight."
The cow is Grandpa Sun’s cow, and the ox cart is also Grandpa Sun’s ox cart, so it would be more appropriate to discuss this matter with Grandpa Sun.
Grandpa Sun was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time. But Grandma Sun, who was grinding cornmeal outside, heard about this and even stopped grinding the cornmeal. She rushed in and said, "Xu boy, what did you just say? You want my eldest grandson to drive the ox cart for you? Five hundred coins a month?"
Xu Yunfan: "Well, we need to pick you up twice a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. If you can't go for something, you need to let us know one day in advance."
"Sure, sure." Grandma Sun smiled happily as she wiped her hands with her apron. She then went back into the kitchen to get a bowl of water for Xu Yunfan. "Xu boy, you're taking care of my Ah Wu. I know what I'm doing. Don't worry, even if he's busy and can't make time, my old man can still catch up. I'll definitely not leave you without a car."
Xu Yunfan said a few words, his mouth dry. He picked up the water on the table and said sweetly before drinking: "Thank you, grandma, you are so kind."
After saying that, Xu Yunfan was about to take a sip when he realized that this bowl of water was different from the one Grandpa Sun had poured for him just now. The one Grandma Sun had poured for him was sweet.
Grandpa Sun was an old man who worked rough. When Xu Yunfan came to his house, he poured him a bowl of water instead of directly using a ladle to scoop water for Xu Yunfan to drink. This was already very considerate of him.
Who made Xu Yunfan look like a young master? After Grandpa Sun got half a bucket of water, he felt it was too shabby, so he changed to a bigger bowl.
When Xu Yunfan came to deliver the work, Grandma Sun knew that some things had no boundaries when traced back to the source. But Xu Yunfan could think of Sun Wu, so they had to acknowledge this favor. After all, not to mention the surrounding villages, there were so many people in the town, and they were not the only family that had ox carts.
If Xu Yunfan wanted to, he could have asked anyone to chase him away, but why did he have to find Sun Wu?
Grandma Sun knew the reason very well. Xu Yunfan was trying to make friends with them.
My grandson has such an easy job and can earn 500 coins a month. Isn’t this much better than carrying heavy bags at the dock?
Grandma Sun was so happy that she generously made a bowl of sugar water for Xu Yunfan.
These days, being offered a bowl of sweet soup when someone comes to your house is considered a very high level of treatment.
After all, the only couples who can have sweet soup to drink on a regular basis are the husbands and wives who have just given birth.
Grandma Sun looked Xu Yunfan up and down several times. The more she looked, the more satisfied she became. The more she looked, the more she liked him. This child is so unique. He is really rare in the surrounding villages.
Seeing Xu Yunfan drink half a bowl of water, Grandma Sun smiled with wrinkles on her face, "Hunter Fang has been busy for you. Have you planted the land yet?"
"Everything has been planted. Have you finished your autumn planting as well?" Xu Yunfan asked and answered questions. He was already very familiar with chatting with the elderly.
Xu Yunfan has been smart since he was a child. He is good at speaking different words to different people. No matter how old the other person is, he can always chat with you.
"No, there are still two acres of land that have not been planted. I heard that you asked Hunter Fang to plant a few acres of sweet potatoes?" Grandma Sun has been farming all her life. For her and other villagers, land is their foundation.
Xu Yunfan asked Hunter Fang to plant several acres of sweet potato fields. In Grandma Sun's opinion, this was a waste.
"Yes, I asked Uncle Fang to plant eight acres." Xu Yunfan felt that eight acres of sweet potato land sounded like a lot, but if all of it was used to make sweet potato flour, there was actually not much left.
Originally, he planned to let Aunt Qin and the others grow more, so that they could earn money by selling them to him, but Qin Run said that his idea was not right.
Sweet potatoes are cheaper than corn, and Xu Yunfan had not found a job at that time. He had a rough plan for a sweet potato flour business, but he never really started it. Could Aunt Qin and the others feel at ease if he rashly let them grow so many sweet potatoes?
At that time, it would be a mistake for them to reject Xu Yunfan's proposal. If they didn't reject it, they would not be able to sell or eat the sweet potatoes from several acres of land, which would be no joke.
Qin Run naturally didn't want to embarrass Aunt Qin and the others in this dilemma, so he simply suggested, "Yunfan, you want to make sweet potato noodles, so let's plant more sweet potatoes. We have a lot of land anyway, so we can plant a few acres of sweet potatoes and a few acres of corn."
With Qin Run's support, Xu Yunfan asked Fang Liehu and his men to plant eight acres of sweet potatoes in one go.
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