Chapter 240 Mi Ling Can't Escape It
"Hongqu, don't even think about slacking off until I become the vice dean!" Only after seeing Yuan Hongqu's carriage leave did Mi Ling realize why Yuan Hongqu had promoted her to vice dean.
"If you're not going to be the vice president, then be the president. Mi Ling, think it over and let me know."
Yuan Hongqu's voice came from inside the carriage, which did not stop for a moment.
Mi Ling was so angry she almost jumped up. Although it was quite strange for someone her age to jump up like that, she was bound to get a heart attack sooner or later from dealing with such an unreliable boss!
Previously, Mi Ling believed that Yuan Hongqu valued her and that was why she wanted to promote her to vice dean.
Now she has seen through Yuan Hongqu. Yuan Hongqu just wants to slack off. She is so different now than she was in Yangzhou.
At the Yangzhou Women's Academy, Yuan Hongqu was a responsible and dedicated person who was the backbone of the academy.
However, during the past six months in the capital, he could not expect to see Yuan Hongqu after school.
After the students left school, the dean also left work directly and left with the students.
Although Yuan Hongqu was still the core leader, after becoming the dean, all aspects of the academy were indeed smoother than before, and it had a clear official background.
But which academy's headmaster doesn't devote himself entirely to the academy? She's different; her heart is only devoted to one student, Lin Daiyu.
If Lin Daiyu misses class, then Yuan Hongqu will certainly not go to the academy that day either. If anything happens at the academy, she will try to avoid it.
Even the Empress herself never received such treatment.
Has Mr. Yuan been bewitched by the Lin family? A dignified third-rank dean, he's become a governess for a little girl, worried that she won't eat or sleep well. He even personally prepares her meals whenever he has a spare moment.
Although the academy provided lunch, Lin Daiyu always ate separately from the headmaster.
The lunches at their academy are considered among the best in the capital, especially after the new dean took office, the dishes in the academy kitchen have seen a new leap forward.
The girls studying in the academy all came from wealthy and noble families, and even so, they were often attracted by the food and snacks served at lunch.
Some students even secretly asked around in the kitchen if they could pack extra snacks from the academy to take home for their families to try.
Because of this incident, the academy acquired its first business – the academy's pastry shop.
The pastries sold at the pastry shop and those eaten in the academy's kitchen that day were made together. Half of them were kept at the academy, and the other half were sent to the shop for sale, and the prices were not cheap.
Nevertheless, students rushed to buy them after school, and later, fearing they wouldn't be able to buy them all, they even asked their families to go and buy them for them.
All the revenue generated by the academy's pastry shop was used for the academy's own purposes.
The success of the pastry shop gave Yuan Hongqu a sudden inspiration: should she open a few more shops, such as a restaurant, a calligraphy and painting shop, and a gardening shop...?
However, the thought of opening these shops would require a great deal of effort, and the academy's name would be so common that it would lower the academy's overall image.
In the end, Yuan Hongqu gave up the idea.
Mi Ling returned to the academy's meeting room dejectedly; the teachers had not yet left.
“Teacher Mi, the dean said he’s going to give us some perks. Can we ask the dean for ginseng skincare products?” Ye Mengnan spoke up, and as if afraid that Mi Ling would misunderstand, she added somewhat shyly, “We don’t need a whole set, just one item each, even just a ginseng hand soap would be fine.”
"Yes! One isn't enough. I'll talk to the dean and tell each of the teachers here tonight to receive a set of ginseng skincare products. Doesn't she always say that women should treat themselves well? Women should never stay up late, because staying up late will make them age faster. Since everyone stayed up so late tonight, as the dean, wouldn't she give them some extra compensation?"
Mi Ling gritted her teeth; she had dug a hole for herself tonight and buried herself in it.
Yuan Hongqu is the dean, so why is it that I, a teacher in charge of admissions, am busier and more tired than the dean?
A set of ginseng skincare products produced by the Lin family has been sold for nearly one hundred taels of silver.
Even the cheapest ginseng hand soap in there, I heard, costs five taels of silver a piece.
Even so, it's not available for purchase; it's only available to a specific group of people. But these people don't care about those five taels of silver; they keep it for themselves.
Many people in the capital city are asking the Lin family to publicly sell their ginseng skincare products. However, the Lin family's skincare products are produced in very small quantities and are only given away as gifts, not sold.
Mi Ling knew that this time she could not escape Yuan Hongqu's "clutches". She would definitely become the vice dean, and her situation after becoming the vice dean was almost predictable.
Yuan Hongqu would definitely not care about the affairs of the academy, and would instead leave everything to her so that she could focus on taking care of Lin Daiyu.
well!
What kind of fate do I have?!
To be a beast of burden for life...
Yuan Hongqu had no idea what Mi Ling was thinking. Even if she did, she would only praise her by saying, "You guessed right. That's exactly what I was thinking!"
It was getting late, so she didn't go to the Rongguo Mansion. The carriage took her back to the Lin family.
She knew everyone in the Lin family, both inside and outside. She told the old woman on the night shift to tell her to go to the kitchen early in the morning and remind the young lady that she wanted to have morning tea the next day, and to ask them to prepare the ingredients in advance.
Time seems to pass longer inside than outside. Yuan Hongqu has already missed several hours tonight and is worried about not getting enough sleep.
So she slept in the space that night.
When she woke up, she looked at the familiar room, the familiar big bed, and the familiar bedding, which made Yuan Hongqu almost think that she had gone back.
After she finished washing up, she saw the ginseng filling the yard outside the kitchen window and knew that she was still in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber.
It was still dark outside, but the lights were already on in the Lin family's kitchen.
After tidying up, Yuan Hongqu quickly walked through the corridor and arrived at the kitchen.
In the kitchen courtyard, the fresh seafood bought from the market early in the morning had already arrived, and all the other vegetables needed for the day were also delivered from the estate or familiar shops.
As Yuan Hongqu entered the kitchen, she was greeted by steam rising from the steamer, carrying the fresh aroma of flour.
"Mr. Yuan, all the ingredients are ready." The kitchen manager was very attentive; being able to assist Mr. Yuan meant receiving his guidance.
I didn't see Xiangtao, who used to follow Mr. Yuan. Now she's in charge of making pastries in the girls' academy kitchen all by herself, with more than twenty people under her. I heard that she even manages the pastry shop outside the academy!
It was because of Mr. Yuan's favor that Xiangtao has achieved her current success.
Following Mr. Yuan means there will be plenty to eat; Mr. Yuan treats all of them well!
This news spread throughout the Lin family.
If Yuan Hongqu knew about this, she would definitely say it was a huge misunderstanding!
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