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When Ning Wuyang walked less than five miles from the fork in the road, he was attracted by the sound of arguments in the fields and asked Wang Chao to stop the carriage.

Ten feet away.

Cheng Yi was bargaining with a young man who was all patched up and carefree: "Didn't we agree that a set of tables and chairs would only cost one tael of silver, so why do we have to charge half a tael more?"

"Master Cheng, why did you ask for it in such a hurry? There were only ten sets and ten sets were added. You are really stingy. I just charged you half a tael more. If you have this time, what do you want to write a poem about?

If you already posted it, why bother arguing with me here?"

The young man's words made Cheng Yi's face turn dark and red.

He is stingy, but being stingy is just using his own money to buy what he wants.

He is really not stingy when it comes to dealing with village studies.

Cheng Yi was not stupid, so he could naturally see that the only money-making carpenter in front of him was raising the price.

He didn't want to spend more money.

Zhou Jingxian, who was on the side, understood the general situation and interjected: "Carpenter Qian, a set of tables and chairs for one or two is higher than the asking price in Jinling City."

"So what?" Carpenter Qian glanced at Zhou Jingxian greedily, but he knew that this kind of rich lady was not something he could imagine, let alone want to save face in front of a beauty.

He shook the saw in his hand and threatened: "If you don't pay more for the ten sets I made last time, I won't sell them to you."

"you!"

Cheng Yi looked at the pitiful and hateful Qian Carpenter in front of him and was in a dilemma.

No, Carpenter Qian made ten sets of tables and chairs for nothing.

Come on, he doesn't have much money in his hands, and he really doesn't want to be the wrongdoer in the eyes of people from all over the country.

When Zhou Jingxian encountered such an arrogant and disrespectful person, her sword-holding hand became stiff. However, she thought that the other person was not an evildoer, but an ordinary civilian. She could only swallow this bad breath and think about Xiao Zhi's affection and move.

Reason.

The more the two of them behaved like this, the more Carpenter Qian pushed for it: "Do you want it? If you don't want it, I'll tell the people in the village that you, a grown man, can't even afford a few taels of silver. You don't really want to set up a village school to educate their children."

Everyone goes back to his own home and goes to find work for his mother, so don't waste time on you."

"I……"

Cheng Yi was speechless for a moment, his pleading eyes passed over the guard, and he couldn't help but look in the direction of the carriage.

When their eyes met, Cheng Yi suddenly felt like he had seen his savior.

"Brother Ning!"

"Brother Cheng, I haven't seen you for a few days. Are you... okay?"

Ning Wuhuang saw that Cheng Yi seemed to be manipulated by Carpenter Qian, and knew that Master Cheng, who did not understand the sufferings of the world, also did not understand that the poorer and more distressed the people, the more likely they were to be unruly and just want to exploit loopholes to take advantage.

Tricky people.

Because their principle of doing things is not to keep their word, but to pick up the few taels of silver they can see in front of them for free, even if there is an abyss under their feet, they are willing to go there.

"Don't mention it..." Cheng Yi looked depressed, indicating that he was not living a very good life.

Ning Wuyan didn't tease him anymore, jumped off the carriage, walked to Carpenter Qian, pointed to the tables and chairs on the donkey cart: "The state has national laws, and business has business laws. Even if there is no contract signed, as long as a transaction occurs, it is all done by one hand."

Money comes with everything. If Mr. Cheng has paid in advance, just ask him to refund the money. If you haven't paid yet, Mr. Cheng, don't blame yourself. Let him take the ten sets of tables and chairs home and use them as firewood."

"you!"

Carpenter Qian didn't expect that Ning Wuxu dressed like a dog and acted so cruelly.

Unlike the two rich kids next to him, they didn't know how to take good care of his business.

"What am I? If I were me, I would never buy these old, insect-eaten wood to use as tables and chairs for children to study. I can warn you, in our great rejuvenation, if anything you sell is fraudulent, except

In addition to compensation according to the price, you will also be imprisoned for half a year to do hard labor according to the law. You don’t want to have to go to jail without getting the money, right?"

Ning Wuyan was so frightened that Carpenter Qian dropped the saw in his hand.

He quickly took out a cloth bag containing an ingot of silver from his crotch, threw it at Cheng Yi's feet, and drove away with ten sets of tables and chairs on a howling donkey, clanking all the way.

Cheng Yi glanced at the cloth bag on the ground with disgust, bowed his hands to Ning Wuhuang, with a bitter look on his face: "Thanks to Brother Ning, otherwise I would have to be deceived by these money-grubbing villains again."

again?

Ning Wuyan looked at the green-eyed ladies sitting in the shade of a tree not far away, and guessed the difficulty of Cheng Yi running a village school.

To be honest, he didn't expect Cheng Yi to really run a village school that had no practical value.

Zuo was just looking for something for Cheng Yi to do so that Cheng Yi could gain more knowledge.

"Is Mr. Cheng still running a village school?" Zhou Jingxian rarely saw Cheng Yi become depressed. Although she sympathized with him, she still didn't forget the business she came for.

Cheng Yi, who was quite depressed at first, suddenly became excited when he heard her question: "Brother Qin asked you to watch my joke, right? Tell him, I will definitely do it! He

Just wait and be a teacher in the village school I run!"

"Brother Ning, you are busy with your business, and I am busy with mine. I will ask you for advice if I have anything to do!"

Cheng Yi walked towards a nearby village in a hurry.

The ladies in the shade followed him like cats that had smelled the fishy smell.

Ning Wuyang saw that there were many students dressed in long robes in the village, and guessed that they had been recruited by Cheng Yi to contribute to the village studies.

A dozen or so people... quite a lot.

Thinking of Cheng Yi's character, he must be very popular in the student circle. After inviting so many people, he must not look back until he hits the wall.

He comforted Zhou Jingxian: "Don't be discouraged, Princess. If you wait for him for a while, he and his colleagues will naturally not be able to stay any longer."

"But... I think Mr. Cheng's idea of ​​setting up a village school is actually quite good." Zhou Jingxian looked at the children around ten years old who should have been studying but were now busy in the fields.

If possible.

She hopes that after her father ascends the throne, he can solve the problem of children from ordinary families having difficulty in studying.

Cheng Yi did what she wanted, but she also knew very well that Cheng Yi's passion and impulsiveness alone would not make it possible.

Ning Wuyan didn't expect that Zhou Jingxian still had an idealistic side, "It's unrealistic for children from poor families to spend several hours a day studying."

"I know, but...it depends on man."

That's not such a law. The standard of living for the people at the bottom is to survive first and then consider other things.

Ning Wuyang understands this very well.

However, if village schools fail, there are other ways to improve the children's cultural level to a certain extent and give them a broader future in life.

It just depends on whether Yi Yi can imagine when he will ask him for help.

Ning Wuyan knew that Zhou Jingxian didn't need to be comforted by himself, and besides, he also had business to do, so he didn't stop too much and walked towards the carriage.

suddenly.

In the sky far behind me, there was the sound of large numbers of birds flapping their wings and flying away.

He turned his head and looked around, and saw a dense flock of countless and indistinguishable birds flying from the direction of Liujiazhuang, swooping towards the hilltop where he was, and the strong wind blew the grass nodding.

Such a spectacle made the children in the fields stop what they were doing and shout excitedly at the flocks of birds flying in the sky.

"So many birds!"

"The sun hasn't set yet, why are they returning home?"

"Go and get the net quickly. You will be able to use it a lot!"

Ning Wuyang originally felt depressed because of this scene, but when he heard the cheers of the children, he instantly relaxed a lot.

Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw Yun Fei, who was guarding the carriage, walking quickly, and Zhou Jingxian's footsteps could be heard behind him.

"Master, get in the car quickly!"

"Mr. Ning, get in the car quickly!"

The two of them looked in the direction of the startled birds, made defensive gestures, and spoke in unison.
Chapter completed!