The tree desires stillness but the wind will not cease
People like Li Yi wanted to open a school? What a joke! Shen Yanbei couldn't help frowning.
"Uncle Zhong, what's going on actually?"
Took a sip of dry tobacco, Shen Dezhong was sullen. "This morning, I was invited to go to Lijia Village to discuss something. When I got there, the borough chief and the head village of several nearby villages were already all there. There was also Li Juren, who was sitting above and drinking tea slowly. The head of Lijia Village glanced at me and told me this matter without a smile, then asked me to talk to the villagers to collect the money!"
Shen Yanbei's expression turned to be cold. "Do all other villages agree?"
None of these villages had schools, not even private schools. Besides that, there were only three scholars with fame. The old one had passed away, and the young one was the original master and Li Yi. Since the original owner's parents died accidentally, his life was in total confusion. Moreover, he was a proud and arrogant person, so he didn't even think about running a private school. And for Li Yi, he was busy focusing on Qiuwei, so no one mentioned the matter of running the school. Unexpectedly, after Li Yi passed the test, he moved his mind to this matter.
If anyone said that he was fond of teaching others and had a tendency to sermonize people, Shen Yanbei was the first one who didn't believe it.
"No!" The more Shen Dezhong thought about it, the angrier he was. "When a man attains the Tao, even his pets ascend to heaven*! Which village does not want to please Li Juren?"
*When a man becomes powerful, those near him ride on his coattails to success-unashamed nepotism.
They said it was a discussion, but everyone had already made certain about it. Asking him to come was just to tell him! If it was not for pooling money, people didn't plan to tell him yet!
The most embarrassing thing was that you still had to grit your teeth and handed in the money!
The heads of other villages also said that running a school was a good thing for the country and the people! The school propagated doctrines, cultivated talents, and changed the destiny of the descendants of these poor people! Everyone must work together to set up the school and paved a clear road for future generations!
What else could Shen Dezhong say?
It was obvious that Shenjia Village and Lijia Village were not in harmony. If the school was set up in Lijia Village, didn't it mean that the people of Lijia Village would more bully his Shenjia Village children? Moreover, he was afraid that the school teacher would be unwilling to teach with all his heart just because he had a prejudice against the students of Shenjia Village? Or what happened if their Shenjia Village was not willing to pay to build a school for Lijia Village?
He really wanted to say this. But others would say that their people in Shenjia Village were so narrow-minded, then Lijia Village would take the lead to suppress and isolate them!
"Uncle Zhong, don't be angry. There may be room for the reversal in this matter." Shen Yanbei wrinkled his eyebrows. For running private schools, anyone who had admitted as Xiucai or Tóngshēng could be an enlightenment teacher for a child. But at this time, the requirements for the management of public schools were very strict. The school at least must be equipped with two teachers: one military and one civil.
Shen Dezhong waved his hand but had to admit it in his heart. The imperial court advocated teaching and educating, and once ever proclaimed in writing, asking the local government to support the school. Since Lijia Village dared to raise funds publicly, it seemed that they had assured about it. The biggest headache for him right now was that he didn't know how to tell the villagers so that everyone was willing to pool the money.
Shen Yanbei was silent. This incident was clearly detrimental to their Shenjia Village, but they had no right to oppose and couldn't oppose it!
Shen Dezhong didn't think Shen Yanbei could give him a good solution. He was depressed so he wanted to find someone to talk about it. Thinking of the young man and the middle-aged steward who just came to the door, he curiously asked, "When did you make friends with such a wealthy young master?" The young man was white and fat, it meant that he was running happy life!
Shen Yanbei was not ashamed to say that the other party came to ask for advice on how to exercise because of his wife's figure. He smiled and said, "I met him by chance in the town, and then I met twice afterward."
Shen Dezhong got the point and said with a serious face, "The steward has handed some money to ask me to find a place for his young master stayed and to find two people to take care of his daily life. How do you manage this?"
Su Qingze is dressed richly, but he did not have the arrogant temperament of a rich child. He also did not bring a maid this time. It seemed that he was ready to endure hardship.
Shen Yanbei said, "You don't need to take care of the food. Anyway, it's not a big case to prepare two more sets of tableware. As for the residence, Uncle Zhong, you can take a look for which family in the village fits for the arrangement." Su Qingze, an unmarried Shuānger, was not suitable for staying in their home or the village chief’s house. It was best to find a house with Shuānger and no males.
Shen Dezhong also thought of this. After meditated over, he said, "Okay, I'll go and ask." After finishing speaking, he looked at Shen Yanbei and said, "Have you find the solution for your crown ceremony?"
"I'm about to discuss with you." Shen Yanbei repeated what the middle-aged man had said before. Finally, he asked Uncle Zhong, "Who do I need to invite??" Because the original owner had been sick for so long, he didn't know if the older elders in the village were still alive.
Shen Dezhong frowned: "Others regardless, there is someone you have to invite."
Shen Yanbei was slightly surprised.
"Li Juren." Shen Dezhong's expression was bad. "No matter how many contradictions we have between Shenjia Village and Lijia Village, he is Juren and you are a Xiucai. So it will be unreasonable if you don't invite him."
What the hell! This class range was really sucked! Shen Yanbei cursed secretly in his heart.
Shen Dezhong didn't know that the two had already had an unpleasant affair. He added a bomb to Shen Yanbei. "You have to write this invitation by yourself."
Shen Yanbei. "..."
Why he was not allowed to just held his crown ceremony happily, so he could use his name back?
The depressed Shen Yanbei returned home. When he saw his wife, he immediately leaned over him and put his head on his shoulder.
"What's the matter?" Gu Changfeng asked in a low voice while supporting the young man who put all his weight on him.
"Wifey, I will study hard from tomorrow, and you will supervise me." Shen Yanbei said in a muffled voice.
Gu Changfeng's eyes smiled. "Okay."
"Wifey, I finally understand." Shen Yan lifted his head and met Gu Changfeng's quiet black eyes. He said solemnly, "People are good at deceiving these days, and all lay load on the willing horse*. Although I don't want to ride people, I don’t want to be used as a horse rider."
*if your ears glow someone is talking of you.
Gu Changfeng's eyes were puzzled. Shen Yanbei kept continuing, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps going. I am thinking about it, I must have a good position enough so anyone can't bully us easily."
"You can do it if you work hard." The young man was expressionless when he spoke, unexpectedly the rare coldness appeared on his face. Gu Changfeng didn't know what had happened but felt that the young man was gentler than his usual, made his heart being moved.
"Gu Dàgē!"
Su Qingze's voice came from far away. Shen Yanbei remembered the book that Su Qingze's family had given him, so he hurriedly looked through it.
After took a look, Shen Yanbei was stunned. Someone brought pillows when he was about to fall asleep! What the other party gave him was not a miscellaneous book but a book related to Qiuwei, with the owner's notes and personal opinions on it.
What did the other party mean by sending him this book? Was it really just for asking him to take care of Su Qingze? Shen Yanbei deeply doubted it.
In the side room next to the master bedroom of the county official residence, a gentle-looking woman was sitting on the couch holding a more than one-year-old baby. The baby's face was flushed, and the big black eyes were staring at the cloth tiger* in the hands of the opposite man. The chubby baby couldn't help stretching forward. "Want! Want!"
*Cloth tiger is a traditional handicraft that has been widely circulated in Chinese folk in ancient times.
Li Zhiyuan deliberately moved the cloth tiger to a higher place, and the little doll also stretched out the hand in a hurry. The woman glared at him, and directly took the cloth tiger and stuffed it into the baby.
Little doll hugged the cloth tiger and smiled happily, revealing two white teeth.
"Are you still angry?" Li Zhiyuan sat down beside the woman, and the woman snorted and moved aside.
Li Zhiyuan touched his nose and said helplessly, "Qingze is no longer a child, we have to respect his ideas."
"Respect his thoughts but leave him alone in the country to let him messing around?" The woman frowned and said coldly.
Li Zhiyuan coaxed softly, "Shen Xiucai has a lot of thoughts, maybe there is a way to make Qingze slim down."
The woman didn't speak, but her eyes were full of thoughts.
"I have ordered Ming'an to send Qingze back if something goes wrong." Li Zhiyuan added, "I also ask Shen Xiucai to take good care of Qingze."
"Ask? By using those books?" The woman laughed angrily, "Do you think people are bugs in your stomach? He can see your thought through those books?"
Li Zhiyuan smiled and said, "He's a smart man, he will understand."
"Whether he does understand or not, I don't know. I just know that you ought to sleep in your study tonight." The woman gave him an angry look and got up out of the side room holding the little doll. Lan Ling and Hong Rui hurriedly followed.
Li Zhiyuan couldn't laugh or cry. Seeing the woman went away, he smiled helplessly. "It's not that I don't worry about him, but I'm afraid he will go on like this..."
Thinking of the letter that day, Li Zhiyuan's eyes were extremely complicated.
Even if it had beautiful skin, but white as dried and withered bone. Yet people still liked things that looked beautiful. So he dared not bet!
Su Qingze, who was worried about the woman, was walking to a house with the village chief at this time.
"These small places are so rudimentary, please forgive me."
"It's okay!" Su Qingze didn't mind at all, instead, he looked at the farmhouses surrounded by fences and had large and small yards with great interest. He also didn't feel annoyed when seeing the villagers curiously looking at him on the way. With a smile on his round face, he saw the villagers were amazed.
A Shuānger in blue clothes waited at the door of the house and finally saw the village chief leading someone over. He immediately showed a warm smile. "Hello, my name is Shen Qiukui."
"Hello, my name is Su Qingze. I might disturb you in the future!" Su Qingze replied politely.
"Not disturbing, not disturbing! I'll show you the room!" Shen Qiukui smiled brighter. "Tell me if something is lacking, I'll prepare it for you!"
He actually was surprised when the head village saying that there was a young man from the county who wanted to rent his house. After asking carefully, he knew that the other party was Shen Xiucai's friend. Had Shen Xiucai, whose temperament changed so much, also befriended the son of a rich family? He was curious and it happened that there were still two unoccupied rooms at home, so he agreed. Unexpectedly, the other party was a kind Shuānger. Seeing his soft skin made him couldn't help but want to squeeze it!
The room was very tidy, and the pillows and bedding on the bed were replaced with new ones. Although the colors were a bit old-fashioned, Su Qingze didn't care at all. So he immediately moved in.
Finally already settled down, Su Qingze showed a big smile.
The next time he met Ah Heng, he would definitely be surprised!
Gingers: Long time no see, Sweety! Do you miss me? I have created a discord channel, so you guys can see some information there and can also ask me about the updates~ Just scroll down yeah~And can i ask for help my Sweety? I wanted to look the comments on the previous chapters but i found nothing! I was quite sure some of my sweety readers have left comments there. I don't know if the problem comes from me or there might be something wrong with this web or the comment provider.... Thankyou yeah~
