Chapter 124 The Storm is Over
Mr. Qin almost suspected that he had heard it wrong and looked at Qin Xiuhe in disbelief.
Madam Qin said sharply, "Sister, what are you talking about? Your family prepared a dowry of 100,000 yuan for you when you got married. Even in the provincial capital, there are not many families that can compare to you. Do you still want to take advantage of the Qin family's assets? This is all Ning An's. What does it have to do with Tianyao and Tianrui? Can't the Mo family afford to support their son? If they really can't, we don't mind helping them a little, but when did the Qin family's assets belong to your son?"
Master Qin's eyes also turned cold. He was not a fool. Some things were fine if you didn't look into them too deeply, but once you looked into them, they became as clear as the beach after the tide receded.
No wonder this sister comes back every few days, no wonder she introduces people to him every now and then to try to interfere in the Qin family's business, no wonder her two sons bully and suppress Ning An in various ways. He used to think that they were just children playing around, but now it seems that it may not be the case.
Even if his guess was not entirely correct, it would not be far off.
His sister believed that Ning An would have no future and that the Mo family wanted to seize the Qin family's assets.
Mr. Qin's heart was cold, this is his sister
Qin Xiuhe knew she had spoken out of turn. This was not something she could say now. She hurriedly said, "Brother, I didn't mean anything else! I didn't say that the Qin family's property belonged to my son. I, I just thought that brother and sister-in-law treated me so well. We are a family and there is no distinction between us. In this case, why can't brother help and let Tianyao go to the county school? Tianyao can be with Ning'an in the county school. After he finishes his studies, he can help brother and Ning'an. We are a family, right?"
Master Qin's expression gradually softened, but he was not a fool.
Qin Xiuhe's sophistry was just a fig leaf. After all, she was his sister, and he wouldn't break up with her just because of that. He had to give her some face, but he wouldn't treat her the same way as before.
He would be wary of her.
Qin Xiuhe saw that her elder brother's expression gradually eased, as if he had listened to her explanation. She breathed a sigh of relief and felt secretly proud: they were blood relatives, and even if their bones were broken, their tendons were still connected. She had said that her elder brother had always cared about her, so how could he not believe in her?
However, there was no need to mention Tianyao going to the county school anymore.
Qin Xiuhe said softly, "Since you're in trouble, I can't bear to make things difficult for you. Let's forget about Tianyao going to the county school. It's just that because of this county school, all the academies and schools in Qingshan County have benefited. I want to find a good academy or school for Tianyao and Tianrui to study here. Do you think it's okay, brother?"
Mrs. Qin stared.
It really lingers!
It has come to this, and you still don't give up.
Okay, okay, she wants to see how far she can go.
Master Qin nodded and said, "That's easy. Ask around first. If you find one you like, go there. There are only about three schools in the county."
"Okay, I'll ask around first. If I can't make up my mind, I'll ask Big Brother for advice."
"good."
"By the way, big brother, the ice jelly from your Lotus Restaurant—"
"Shopkeeper Tang said that the seller is unwilling to sell the house, and we can't force him to do anything. Let's just forget about it."
Qin Xiuhe was a little disappointed and unhappy. It was just a recipe. If her elder brother spent hundreds or thousands of silver coins, couldn't he get it? In fact, with the Qin family's ability, they could get it for at most two or three hundred silver coins through threats and extortion. Who would dare to confront the Qin family head-on?
If an ordinary family can earn two or three hundred silver coins, what else would they be dissatisfied with?
She really liked eating that ice jelly, and her two children liked it too. She wanted to get the recipe and take it back to her husband's family to sell it in their restaurant. Especially now that summer has arrived, there will be no problem selling hundreds or even thousands of bowls a day.
Although the profit from ice jelly is not much, it can attract customers.
Qin Xiuhe still didn't give up. That shopkeeper Tang was abominable and refused to tell her who the owner of the ice jelly recipe was. But it didn't matter, she could always find out.
Master Qin called his trusted aides and instructed them, "The guy my aunt introduced a while ago, what's his name? Zhang Cong. He's a third-class steward at the dock, right? Starting tomorrow, promote him to second-class steward and give him the responsibility of managing the timber shipments and warehouses at the dock."
"Master, this—"
"Do as I say. And then, keep a close eye on him."
"yes"
He couldn't help but leave this person behind out of consideration.
He originally wanted to just make a casual arrangement, but since his sister was so persistent, he decided to go along with it. He wanted to see what Zhang Cong would do.
Qin Xiuhe quickly chose a school for her two sons. She chose Qingfeng School. I heard that two of them passed the exam and became students, which was quite good.
Master Qin naturally had no objection.
The county school is located in Luming Mountain, eight miles east of the county seat. Although students are required to live in the school so that they can concentrate on their studies, it is not completely closed.
Students over the age of fifteen can go out to relax if they have no classes during the day, as long as they return to school before sunset.
Students under the age of fifteen are not allowed to go out. However, they can go out when they don't have schoolwork and are accompanied by family members. Family members can visit and give gifts on the first and fifth days of the lunar month. If there is something important, they can visit on other days, but it is best not to come if there is nothing else, so as not to disturb the students.
Xu Zhichun had been counting the days silently in his heart, because he had already agreed with Liang Mingxuan that he would visit him on the 5th and 15th of every month, and take him home on the 29th of every month.
This was the first fifteenth day of the lunar month, and also the first time Xu Zhichun visited Liang Mingxuan. He had planned what to prepare a few days in advance.
Not knowing what the food in the county school was like, in order to provide Liang Mingxuan with extra meals, Xu Zhichun specially bought two three-layer food boxes with handles that could be used interchangeably.
When I went to visit him that day, I planned to bring Liang Mingxuan some braised meat, fried crispy fish and shrimp cakes, and a roast chicken, all packed in a three-layer food box.
In addition, the small cloth bag contained fifteen braised tea eggs and two bags of snacks and candied fruits.
Loquats and plums were fresh at the time, so I bought a few pounds of them.
I also used a small clay pot to fill it with some homemade chicken chili sauce - it goes really well with rice!
After closing the stall at noon, he left the city and went to the county school, which was just the right time. At this time, the morning classes had just ended and it was time for lunch, so the food Xu Zhichun brought could be used as a snack.
Xu Zhichun had thought that there would be a constant stream of parents going to visit their students, which might even cause traffic jams. However, seeing that the road was deserted, she almost suspected that she had remembered the date wrong, and could not help but ask Zeng Xiaoyan and the others to confirm that she was not wrong.
When I thought about it later, I realized that I was overthinking.
It is mainly due to preconceived notions, which confuse the ancient and modern times.
Most of the students in the county school are over 17 or 18 years old, and some of them are the pillars of their families. Why do so many parents come to visit them?
Unlike modern times, which parent doesn’t care about their children?
The county school was a sacred place in the hearts of ordinary people, so few people dared to come there without any reason. Transportation was inconvenient, and families might not be available.
Besides, more than half of the students are from the other two counties, so it is even less likely that anyone from their families will come.
In contrast, the large and small bags that Xu Zhichun carried seemed quite conspicuous.
(End of this chapter)
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