Chapter 221 Dilemma
Chen Muqing walked in and saw a strange-looking woman sitting on the chair of the Grand Master on the left side of the flower hall to drink tea. Behind her was a thirteen-year-old girl dressed as a maid.
The woman was in her forties, medium-tall and a little plump. She had a few golden hairpins on her head and a royal blue bracelet. Although her facial features were normal, she had a concerned smile, generous demeanor, and very neat look.
The sitting woman should be Mrs. Fang... The standing girl should be Mrs. Fang's maid, right?
Chen Muqing thought, and the wife of the house stood up with a smile and saluted her: "Is it Mrs. Xiao?"
"Yes!" Chen Muqing smiled and gave her a gift, and greeted her enthusiastically: "Madam Fang!"
Mrs. Fang felt a little kind of intimate in her expression and said with a smile: "I have wanted to come and see Mrs. Xiao for a long time, but I have never had a chance. Mrs. Xiao is really better than seeing her at first sight. She is very beautiful."
You'll be kind enough for anyone to say a few words.
Chen Muqing smiled and asked Mrs. Fang to attend the seat: "Madam, you are so polite... I have wanted to visit you for a long time, but I have been staying in Yanzhou Guard. There is no one to introduce you, so I am powerless!"
The two sat down, and Mrs. Fang asked the little maid to salute Chen Muqing. Chen Muqing rewarded the little maid with eight cents of silver flakes and asked Mingxia to take the little maid down to have tea.
"Mrs. Xiao will live in Yanzhou Guards for a long time. Distant relatives are worse than close neighbors." Mrs. Fang looked at her and smiled slightly, and greeted Shen Muqing. "I know you now, and we often walk around in the future."
Chen Muqing smiled and nodded: "As the wife said, I should walk around more in the future."
The two of them talked happily. The maid served tea twice. It was almost noon, and Chen Muqing could not hear Mrs. Fang's purpose.
She simply smiled and said to Mrs. Fang: "My wife is here in a humble house for the first time. Please stay for a meal."
Mrs. Fang hurriedly smiled and said, "How can that work! How can I stay for lunch?"
Why didn't you say goodbye if you didn't want to stay for lunch? Chen Muqing thought more and more and more that Mrs. Fang's intention was suspicious.
"When I heard the little maids say that Mrs. Fang was coming, I immediately ordered the kitchen to prepare wine and food. No matter what, I would ask my wife to measure my hard work."
She said the truth, and Mrs. Fang was very hesitant.
Chen Muqing said a few more words to stay at the guest.
Mrs. Fang's eyes showed a resolute look and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, I'm better obey my destiny than respect. But the one in my family is still waiting for me to go back to cook... Let Xing'er go back and report a letter!"
Xing'er is the close maid of the housekeeper!
Chen Muqing hurriedly said, "Look at what the wife said, there is no reason why you have left you but made Lord Fang go hungry. Besides, you can't feel at ease with me!" As he said that, he called the little maid, "Go, tell Master Qi, and then I said that I left Mr. Fang to have dinner at home. Lord Fang's meal was gone, so he asked him to accompany Lord Fang."
The little maid left, and Chen Muqing smiled and said to Mrs. Fang: "It just so happens that I can talk to my wife about my heart."
After hearing this, Mrs. Fang thanked repeatedly: "I'm so troubled!"
"What is the trouble for the lady?" Chen Muqing smiled, "We can't even invite you on weekdays. Today, Lord Fang is here, and we are also benefiting from the wife's fortune."
Chen Muqing talked and laughed, and called the little maid to serve the meal.
After dinner, Chen Muqing invited Mrs. Fang to sing Wuyi Tea.
When Mrs. Fang said that Lord Fang likes "West Lake Longjing", Chen Muqing promised: "...I'll bring some to Lord Fang."
Mrs. Fang thanked Chen Muqing, and Xiao Sa's close servant Yuliang came in and reported, "Master Fang said he had something to do to go back to the ward station, and asked the young man to report to the wife, saying that he would go back first."
Mrs. Fang nodded after hearing this, and gave Yuliang a tael of silver. She smiled and complained to Shen Qing: "...Follow him to the garrison, there is not even a school. If you don't follow him, you often have it on both ends."
There was no anger in his tone. Chen Muqing knew that she was just joking with him, so he said: "It is still the children's future that is important..."
Mrs. Fang nodded and turned to Chen Muqing and said, "I heard from the master that Mr. Xiao is the top scholar... We want to invite Mr. Xiao to go to the county school to attend the museum."
Chen Muqing was stunned.
Could it be that Mrs. Fang came for this...
Who do we mean?
Mrs. Fang's eyes pleaded a little: "Our master is like this in his life... I don't want the children to stay here too... You don't know. A few years ago, Yuan Meng fought at the garrison and several children from several families... Since then, I have made up my mind to send the children away... I also know that you have to discuss this matter with Mr. Xiao, and I also want to come and get a letter. If Mr. Xiao agrees, Mr. Zheng will ask Mr. Duan to give me some advice."
"Mr. Duan?" Chen Muqing didn't know who this person was.
Mrs. Fang hurriedly explained: "Mr. Duan has the word Nan, which is the most prosperous family in Huding County... Not only are their family willing, but they are the Shan family in the east of the city and the Liao family in the south of the city, they all agree."
In this era, respecting teachers and education, it is of course good to be able to teach in the county schools of Huding County, but when she thought of the eager hopes of these parents, Chen Muqing couldn't help but feel the responsibility was heavy and hurriedly explained: "But our master is the top martial arts scholar..."
"Oh, he is the top scorer after all." Seeing that Chen Muqing's tone was a little loose, Mrs. Fang hurriedly said, "It's better than Tong Shengsheng, the county school who has never passed the scholar in his life! And Mr. Xiao also has good martial arts skills, maybe he can teach a few masters. If the Yuanmeng people fight to the garrison, we can have a few that can match..."
What Mrs. Fang said makes sense. Xiao Sa is a serious scholar. If she is better than Tong Sheng, she should have a higher level... The most important thing is that if Xiao Sa can be a teacher in the Huding County School, then he can find his place in Huding again in the future!
Thoughts flashed, Chen Muqing nodded: "I'll go and talk to my husband!"
Mrs. Fang was relieved when she heard this, and chatted with Shen Muqing for a few words, and got up and said goodbye on the excuse that there were children at home to take care of her.
Chen Muqing was also anxious to talk about this to Xiao Sa. After sending the wife of the house away, he immediately asked Xiao Sa where he went. Knowing that he was in the main room, Chen Muqing hurried to the main room again.
Xiao Sa was in the western study room, holding a military book reading. When he heard the movement, he looked up and saw that it was Chen Muqing. He also saw her anxious look. Thinking of Mrs. Fang lingering at home all day, her face curled up, and she rushed forward: "What's wrong? Look at her sweat!"
Although I was worried, I didn't dare to ask Chen Muqing directly, for fear that she would be hit outside and come back and hear her bad tone and depressed.
Chen Muqing hurriedly sent the people who served around him and said all about Mrs. Fang's purpose: "...What do you think?"
Xiao Sa pondered: "It's good..."
"Are you afraid that your knowledge will delay the future of the children?" Chen Muqing said.
Xiao Sa shook his head: "My knowledge is naturally not comparable to Mr. Min and others. But compared to Tong Sheng, he thinks he has some skills... What's more, Hu Dingcheng is located in a remote place and when he learns a certain level, he will definitely go to Ya'an Prefecture to learn... I'm not worried about this, but I'm worried about Lord Peng..."
Chen Muqing thought of Xiao Sa who called Pang Debao to discuss business with Peng Lingxun early this morning... hurriedly said: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Sa told her in detail: "Today, I discussed with Pang Debao for a long time and decided to do rice shop business with Lord Peng!"
Chen Muqing trusted Xiao Sa's strategy very much and said, "How is it intended?"
Xiao Sa looked at Chen Muqing with a little joy. He smiled and whispered: "According to the laws and regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, counties need to stock up on three years of waste grain... These grains naturally cannot be stored for a long time, so every year the county government will sell the old grain at a discount and then requisition new grain..."
Chen Muqing immediately understood: "You mean that Peng Lingxun can sell good grains as old grains, or moldy grains as moldy grains... In this way, you can transfer the difference in price!"
Xiao Sa's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she pinched Chen Muqing's cheek intimately: "Why are you so smart!"
Chen Muqing snorted and said, "But this matter..."
"I want to try him." Xiao Sa interrupted Chen Muqing's words, raised his head and stood with his hands behind his back, and his bright eyes flashed with a cold light like a sharp blade, "See if he will attack the county government's granary!"
"If he really..." Chen Muqing looked at Xiao Sa with amazing momentum, very worried.
Xiao Sa pursed her lips and felt a sense of terrifying spirit on her body: "If he really moved the granary of the county government, this person would naturally not be able to get in hand. Not to mention doing business in partnership, even if the relationship was too close, I was afraid that it would implicate you and me."
Could it be that the current politics is so clear... Chen Muqing was very suspicious when he thought of his current character.
"It won't be that serious, right?" she hesitated, "and we are standing under the roof now... it's not easy to fight with him..."
Xiao Sa sneered and said, "Mr. Peng means to record the shop in your name and let me make a living."
"Remember it to my name?" Chen Muqing was speechless.
Xiao Sa clicked a little, and his eyes were filled with anger: "I told him that we don't have silver in our hands for the time being, and we will discuss what to do after Pang Debao goes to Jinzhou. I also hinted at him about the grain in the granary... Mu Qing, don't worry, even if I go around, I will let you get out."
If two people can’t live happily together, what’s the point?
Chen Muqing sighed secretly and said in a little frustrated: "What's the point of getting out..."
Xiao Sa was stunned when he heard this, and thought of the affection contained in this sentence, and was very thrilled.
He hugged his wife and whispered to her: "Don't worry, I have found a solution. At most three days, news will come!"
Since Xiao Sa is already thinking of a solution, Chen Muqing decided not to ask for it for the time being.
She was hugged tightly by Xiao Sa, her cheeks pressed against his strong chest, and her words were a little unfluent: "Why should I tell Mrs. Fang when I go to the county school to be a teacher?" Her voice was a little dull.
Mu Qing's voice was buzzing, he was unhappy... She must have hoped that she would agree to be a teacher in the county school... This would be respected by the world, and it could be said to be an opportunity for their current situation...
What doesn’t he understands about his wife’s thoughts…
"Okay, I'll go to the county school to be a teacher... As for Lord Peng's affairs, I know what to do!"
(There are chaos during this period, and the update will sneak out... So I'm very embarrassed, and the typo can only be corrected during the update the next day. Please forgive me!)
Chapter completed!