Tang Shijin had already stood up, looking somewhat embarrassed.
He was used to acting like a big shot, and now he was falling out over two taels of silver, and he felt extremely embarrassed.
After a while, he said, "I was drunk at that time..." He glanced at Tang Weishan and suddenly an idea came to his mind, "Besides, the clan school has its own set meal. If you pay more money, do you think the set meal is not good enough?"
But he forgot that Tang Weishan was, after all, a businessman.
Tang Weishan said with a smile: "My family is just a small family. It was hard to build this clan school. Naturally, the regular meals can only provide enough food and clothing. Studying is hard, and it is natural for young men to need to replenish their bodies. I don't mind."
Tang Shijin's face froze.
Tang Yongming frowned, snorted coldly, and threatened: "Tang Shirong, if you want to do good deeds, you should also think more. A gentleman does not eat food given out of pity. If you do this, where will the face of your classmates be!"
"Mr. Tang's words are wrong," someone stood up and said, "This is a kind act by A Rong and Yue Xiao Lang. Although we feel ashamed to receive it, we are also grateful. This is a timely help, how can it be regarded as a charity?"
"That's right," someone else said, "Compassion is the beginning of benevolence. Mr. Tang, this is a gentleman's heart and a benevolent act. We are grateful for it. But it's strange that you came here suddenly."
Tang Yongming forced a smile and said, "I just have good intentions..."
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He had barely finished his sentence when someone whispered, "Fine words and a pleasing appearance are rare among the kind!"
Someone asked bluntly: "I heard that you sold your niece at a low price. Is that true? I heard that your husband is now married into the Cui family. Is that true?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Yongming's face turned green, and he angrily said, "You people have read the books of sages in vain, but you are all rude and insinuating. Is this the virtue your teacher taught you?"
"That's wrong!" Someone shook his head and said, "A woman must insult herself before others insult her; a family must destroy itself before others destroy it; a country must attack itself before others attack it."
"That's right!" Someone else said, "A gentleman first seeks what he has in himself before he seeks what he has in others, and only criticizes others after he has not done what he has done in himself. There has never been anyone who can forgive others without forgiving himself."
These young men had at least studied for a few years, and if nothing else, at least they had learned how to curse without using any dirty words. None of them mentioned names, but only spoke in a subtle way.
Tang Yongming finally couldn't hold it in anymore and came out angrily.
As soon as he left, someone behind him whispered, "A son-in-law is a woman's husband. Compared to a son, he is like a wart on a human body, a leftover."
Tang Yongming's face changed with anger.
Tang Weishan advised: "These young men are young and hot-tempered, and their words are a little thoughtless. Yongming should not bother with them."
Although he said this to comfort her, he was actually somewhat gloating.
How could Tang Yongming not see it?
He was also a bit cunning, just pretending not to know, and said angrily: "These young men are really ungrateful! Brother, you built the clan school and invited teachers, which cost a lot of money and time. They are used to it. Now Tang Shirong only gave two taels of silver, but they are so grateful. They all protect him like this. I really don't understand."
Tang Weishan was stunned and his face darkened.
Of course, he built the clan school not because he was interested in education, but it was just a kind of investment. He thought that if even one of these people had a bright future, they would remember the enlightenment of this clan school and take care of them.
Naturally, he was unwilling to be a puppet for others.
So Tang Yongming's words really made him listen.
Tang Yongming saw this and felt secretly proud of himself, then he said goodbye and left.
Tang Weishan turned around and called the steward over and asked him, "What's going on with this Tang Shirong?"
The steward didn't dare to hide anything and quickly told the whole story from beginning to end. Tang Weishan frowned as he listened. In his opinion, these two brothers were no good!
In the Tang Dynasty, it didn't matter if the path was despicable, the most important thing was stupidity! If you don't do things clearly, you will be caught easily and will be useless!
But compared with Tang Shijin, Tang Shirong is even more intolerable!
How dare they use this to win people's hearts? What do they think of him as their boss? These students are so short-sighted that they can be bought by such a small profit! They have forgotten his kindness!
At this moment, he naturally did not think about the fact that the government also paid for the construction of the clan school, and the tuition of the clan school was more expensive than that of the school in the county town, which only charged eight taels of silver a year!
Tang Weishan said coldly: "Go back and give them a beating! Whether it's this Tang Shirong or these ungrateful people, give them a beating! Let them never forget who gave them food and who gave them a place to study!"
The manager agreed with trepidation.
He turned around and scolded Tang Shirong harshly.
Tang Shirong lowered his head and listened, waiting until he finished scolding, then he said: "I am not thoughtful enough, then I will hand over the two taels of silver for next month to the steward, and then you will come forward to arrange it, okay?"
The manager immediately felt that the boy was sensible and his anger subsided a lot. He took the money and let him go.
The classmates were all very surprised. Why didn't the manager scold Tang Shijin but scolded Tang Shirong instead?
Tang Shirong didn't say much in front of everyone, but he talked about it privately with a few friends he was close to.
In fact, he only meant one thing. My employer is against paying for your health care. Now I have handed over next month's money. If you don't get it by then, you can't blame me.
Tang Shirong has always adhered to the gentleman's conduct of "accumulating virtue without needing to be seen by others, doing good will be known by God". This is the first time he has done something like "buying favors", and he felt uncomfortable for a while.
Everyone naturally felt sorry for him, but after all, they were studying here and were indebted to the employer, so they couldn't say too much.
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At this time, in Jubao Village, at Uncle Tang’s home.
After ten days of hard work, the busy farming season finally came to an end. The wheat was dried and stored in the warehouse, and the bayberry wine had been sealed for twenty days.
As usual, everyone gathered together to taste wine.
The bayberry wine came out together, sweet, fragrant and mellow. The four people were busy for two days and filtered out more than 420 kilograms of wine in total. They packaged it according to what Manager Shen said, and there were still more than 20 kilograms left.
Fourth Uncle Tang said proudly: "Let's keep these for ourselves to drink!"
Madam Zhou smiled and said to Tang Shiyue, "Look at your fourth uncle, he is getting worse and worse at managing his life. He spends dozens of taels of silver on drinking."
"I think Fourth Uncle is doing a good job," Tang Shiyue said with a smile, "If earning one tael of silver is the same as earning one thousand taels of silver, then there will be no motivation to earn silver."
"Yuer is right!" Fourth Uncle Tang said, "Your aunt just can't get over it. I bought her a hairpin a while ago and she complained to me all night."
Madam Zhou was so embarrassed that she spat at him: "Are you drunk even after hearing this? You dare to talk nonsense to a child!"
Fourth Uncle Tang scratched his head and laughed. Tang Shiyue, who was forced to eat a bowl of dog food, could only turn his face away and pretend that he heard nothing.
Four hundred kilograms of wine was not a small amount, so Fourth Uncle Tang borrowed a mule cart from the clan leader's house and sent the two carts to the Sifang Restaurant. After Manager Shen tasted it, his eyebrows and eyes were all happy, and he smiled and said, "I knew I would not make a mistake!"
He paid the money without hesitation. Tang Shiyue said, "The next time we brew beer, it will take a little longer, but it should not be more than two months. We are going to brew more this time. Do you think three thousand kilograms is too much?"
"Not much!" Shopkeeper Shen said, "If it's like Guyuan wine, it's easy to sell 3,000 kilograms. If it's like Jieshu wine, 5,000 kilograms will be fine!" He waved his hand proudly, "Come on!"
Tang Shiyue responded with a smile.
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