Crossing the road to riches

Chapter 86
"Father, can I not go, I promise that I will be obedient in the future, I promise to study hard, and stay in the room to make plans."

There was still a green slap mark on Cheng Xue's face.

Cheng Rou sighed and held her son in her arms.

"Brother Xue, daddy is doing it for your own good. Mr. Lin has a lot of knowledge. You should study hard. After you are capable, daddy will look after you and find a good one for you. The father-in-law and mother-in-law are gentle, and the wife depends on you." You will have a better life in the future, do you know?"

Cheng Xue's tears welled up in her eyes.

"Then I won't marry, I will follow my parents all my life, Mr. Lin is so fierce."

Lin Wanfeng has already left an indelible shadow in Cheng Xue's heart. I don't know why his parents and mother listen to him like a demon.

Cheng Rou pushed Cheng Xue away from her arms.

"Hey~ I know our brother Xue is the smartest. Mr. Lin is not fierce, he is a very good teacher. In short, don't let your mother and me down, otherwise I will marry you early and forget it ".

Cheng Rou frowns to scare his son.

In the end, I was still worried that the husband and wife delivered Brother Xue to the door of Maple Leaf Hall in person.

"Wan Feng, Brother Xue will leave it to you, he is naughty and you should pay more attention."

Cheng Qu looked at the slap marks on Brother Xue's face and felt distressed, but he didn't regret it. She had never been willing to be aggressive with her husband for so many years, but she was pushed by this brat, so that's okay.

Cheng Qu also wanted to explain a few words, but Cheng Xue didn't want to talk to his mother.

"I'm gone, every time I find it back."

He was angry, he didn't want to see his mother, who never beat him since he was a child.

Under the watchful eyes of Cheng Qu and Cheng Rou, Brother Xue took his package and followed Wan Feng to the backyard of the school.

Cheng Qu's heart is quite complicated, and he regrets that he will not be able to see his son anytime in the future.

"Fu Lang, I'm suddenly a little bit reluctant about what's going on, why don't we pick him up every day."

Cheng Rou was calmer.

"Wife master bear with it, you will get used to it after two days, a man will marry sooner or later, it's for his own good."

The two were silent.

Wan Feng led the people to the small rooms at the back of the school. In the small room, there was a small couch with simple quilts and pillows for sleeping.

There is a small cabinet next to it for storing clothes, sundries and books. Next to the bed there is a low table, two futons, and a set of cheap-looking teapots.

This is how the whole house is arranged.

The small house is not much bigger than his hut.

"Master Lin, I will live here? This is not as big as my embroidery bed."

Wan Feng nodded and only guided people here before planning to leave.

"Well, I clean up in the morning and start studying in the afternoon. There are public places for bathing, and I need to boil hot water myself."

It was really hard for Cheng Xue to accept that he had never done this kind of thing before. He had to do this kind of miscellaneous things by himself. Whoever came here to study did not have a servant, and whoever was able to do this kind of thing.

"Master Lin, are you sick? We are all going to marry wealthy families in the future, and we should be waited upon when we eat, drink, and sleep. There is no need to learn such things."

Faced with Cheng Xue's questioning, Lin Wanfeng didn't give any unnecessary explanations, and left without saying that he would be fined for being late.

Cheng Xue wasn't the only one who came, there were several people who also planned to live in the school.

For the rest, there will be servants at home to deliver them in the morning and pick them up in the evening.

In the afternoon, there were more than [-] people who came to report, and basically every household came over with a teacher apprenticeship ceremony.

In Wan Feng's room, red dates and longan pastries piled up all over the room.

Lin Wanfeng's house is not much bigger than Chen Xue's.

But at least it is the master, and it is divided into two rooms, the inside and the outside, and the inside is separated by a screen. The furnishings inside are the same as those of the students, except that a bunch of flowers are placed on the cabinet, and there are many books to make the room more elegant.

And the outer room is also very simple, it is a bigger table, there are many cabinets beside it, full of papers, and stacks of books he copied by himself.

Lin Wanfeng is not someone who regards money as dung, and she is also counting money at this time.

Shuxiu received 20 taels per month, and he collected 640 taels of silver. After deducting the hard work expenses for Cheng District's errands every month, as well as a cook and a miscellaneous errand he hired, there is still money left. 600 taels, and two of my long-term companions, a man and a woman, although they are slaves, they each give a tael of silver every month as petty expenses.

I only keep 500 taels, and the rest will be kept in Maple Leaf Hall as my father-in-law for school construction and other expenses.

If you manage well with your identity, you can have money and fame, even if you have no support, you can still have a place.

Fufu is also helping Wanfeng welcome the students.

Wan Feng doesn't like to talk too much, but Fufu enjoys it, leading people in and introducing them around.

With the passage of time, the scars on Fufu's face have also faded away, and there are still a few traces that may not be visible unless you look closely.

The master of the He family secretly gave Fufu a bottle of cream.

"Mr. Nian, I gave this to you alone. It can remove the scars, but thank you for taking care of my two children. You can help me speak to Master Lin in private. If my two children are disobedient, beat them hard, no need polite".

How could the two children in He Zhujun's family be disobedient?

Fufu likes this thing, he often looks in the mirror, although the wife-master never cares, but he does, he always feels that an ugly face will go out and embarrass the wife-master.

Fufu was very obedient and warmly patted Mr. He's hand. Their son was not much younger than himself.

"Master He, don't worry, I have met your two sons, they are both excellent, and they will definitely appreciate your hard work and will understand."

Enrolled in the morning, and the class started in the afternoon. Wan Feng briefly explained the class to the students below.

"Review homework by yourself in the morning, read and write in the morning, eat and rest for an hour at noon, learn skills in the afternoon, and be free in the evening. You can prepare for the next day's homework and do your own things."

The students below were apprehensive at first, but they were immediately forgotten. Instead, they were happy to have so many partners.

In the past, they stayed at home all day, where they had no playmates, and they were suffocated to death.

However, Lin Wanfeng coughed twice, and the school fell silent. It wasn't that Lin Wanfeng was so scary, but that Wan Feng's entourage kept following him with a ruler in his hand.

If you are disobedient, you will be beaten at any time.

Immediately afterwards, everyone got a copy of the Three Character Classic, which was the first enlightenment course.

But some people have already learned it. If there is a husband in the family, the father will also teach it.

"Master Lin, we have already learned these things, so we don't need to teach them any more. Let's learn some useful things, such as abacus beads. My father said this is very important."

Some of the boys were one or two years younger, and their voices were weaker.

"Master Lin, we haven't read yet...".

The voice is getting smaller and smaller, quite a sense of embarrassment.

Wan Feng naturally knew that these people were very different, but he also had to slowly understand.

So the afternoon is the exam, and everyone is given an hour to watch the Three Character Classic by themselves, and after an hour, they will silently write the Three Character Classic, and write as much as they can.

There are quite a few people who just know how to recite it.

When the paper was collected and read, there were many typos, only the two brothers of the He family wrote it in a complete manner, and the rest didn't know what it was.

At this time, the faces of those brothers who said those words just now were flushed.

Fufu sat on the swing chair of the big maple tree and looked at the school with envy in his eyes.

They are loved by their parents and taught by their masters, which is really good.

On the second day of class at Wanfeng Academy, Fufu is going back, and he is very reluctant to say goodbye.

"Wan Feng, I will miss you. If my wife is free, I will ask her to bring me to see you. I will pack your things for you when I go back and let the escorts send them to you as soon as possible. What do you want here?" Okay, eat well and don't get too tired. If you can't be busy alone, you can write to me, and Aman and I can come to help. Even if you don't have time, you can send someone to help you. Don't feel wronged Even if you have no money, tell me yourself, I have money to support you, in short, you have to do well... ".

Fufu's mouth was like an old man who didn't know what to say, talking nonsense, but Wan Feng didn't dislike it at all, he responded from time to time, feeling warm in his heart.

After his parents and sister left, Fufu's appearance saved him, making him feel that he was not so sad alone, and that someone would care about him and take care of him, and he passed that period slowly.

"Thank you, Fufu, thanks to you."

Fufu thought that what Wan Feng was talking about was about the school, so there is nothing to thank. When he knew nothing, it was not Wan Feng who helped him, taught him to read and write, taught him to housekeeper, helped him with housekeeping, and even helped his second brother It is so good to open the Zhongzi Embroidery Workshop.

"Wan Feng, we don't say thank you or not. I have already regarded you and my second brother as a family. I sincerely hope that Wan Feng will live a good life, no matter whether she is married or not. , if Wan Feng gets married in the future, I will definitely prepare a generous dowry for you and I will be your natal family."

Fufu didn't have a natal family, so Qiaoqiao didn't count that year.

He also wished he had a brother.

The brotherhood here is deep, Wen Haoke's heart is sour.

This little guy agreed to come back two days later, why he hasn't come back for so long, I'm really afraid of being abducted.

Dashan and Baozi have been afraid to look at his wife's face recently, and always feel that there is something wrong with his wife's absence.

They are also looking forward to the return of the lord. They don't know what to do when the lord leaves, and they lose their backbone all at once.

Finally, in the evening of that day, Fufu came back in a carriage.

As soon as I got back, I ran to the house.

"Wife master~ I'm back, does wife master miss me? Wan Feng's school is in good condition, and it will definitely be full of peaches and plums in the future."

Wen Hao was a little angry.

"Well, it's good."

The wife is not enthusiastic at all.

"My wife? I made the nougat you told me about. The child of Cheng Rou's family, Brother Xue, said it was delicious. This new product will definitely sell well when it is launched."

Wen Hao, I'm not happy in my heart, didn't this little thing see that her face is not good, where did my previous thoughts go.

"Well, it's good."

Baozi poked his head at the door, gesticulating, and Fufu hurried out.

"What's wrong?".

Baozi's heart was about to break.

"My lord, Madam is angry, probably because you haven't come back for so long."

It was only then that Fufu suddenly realized, no wonder he talked a lot less about his wife.

"Okay, I get it, you can rest assured that I will coax the wife master well."

For the temper of the wife-owner, Fufu has already grasped the knack, just walk over!Haw!Haw!
"Fufu was wrong. I will never leave my wife for so long to make her miss me."

This attitude of admitting mistakes was so positive that she couldn't even pretend to be angry.

He hurried away with a smile on his face.

"Go, go, I don't have time to talk to you, I still have things to do."

Fufu was kicked out by the way. He was so busy that he had to teach others how to make nougat, and he also had to go to Zhongzi Embroidery Workshop to see his second brother.

Qinglang is also among the many character embroidery workshops.

Holding many paintings and placing them in front of Wen Jinmei.

"Mr. Wen, take a look, I brought all the ones at home, do you like them?"

Wen Jinmei thought about it carefully, the painting was pretty good, Wan Feng wrote him a letter saying that he would stay in the prefectural district to open a school, and there were many calligraphy and paintings with him, but Wan Feng must also be very busy, he is now the main force of the public calligraphy embroidery workshop Jun, he should worry about this matter and not always put it on Wan Feng.

He thinks that Qingming is not bad, it is not enough for him to have only one painter here, that painter is not very skilled and can only copy.

"I don't know if Qinglang is willing to come here to do my work. You are good at painting these paintings. Why don't you come to me and be a painter, with a base of three taels of silver a month, plus a commission. I guess at least six taels of silver, although It may not be much better than you selling wood carvings, but my side is more stable after all, isn't it?".

Wen Jinmei looks quite eager for talents.

Qinglang is naturally eager, her gadgets don't sell well every time, and it takes time. It only costs about two taels of silver a month, which is just enough for her and her sister to feed themselves, and they dare not even get sick.

There is no money to treat.

She took out all the paintings at home this time just to seek such an opportunity. She could see that Mr. Wen cherished his talent and she had money, so she tried to attract his attention in this way.

Becoming a painter is only the first step. Although he is in the mud, he will slowly climb out with his own efforts and rise steadily.

Qingming concealed the ecstasy in his heart, polite and measured.

"Thank you very much Mr. Wen. If you have the opportunity to be clear in the future, you will do your best to repay this kindness."

Looking at this appearance, Wen Jinmei really looks like his little sister Wen Hao, and she also has some good feelings for this person who is much younger than herself.

"If it is convenient, come to work tomorrow, I am short of people here."

Fufu came to Jinmei with Dashan and Baozi.

The business is really good. It's still not closed at this hour, and there are still customers shopping inside.

The guest's small bamboo basket had already packed several handkerchiefs, as well as dolls, purses, patterns, and embroidered shoes.

"The shopkeeper's checkout, how much is it here?".

The things are quite expensive, and it costs ten taels of silver for such a small amount, but the customer paid without blinking an eye, which is quite happy.

(End of this chapter)