"Be gentle, be gentle, old lady, be gentle, the children are outside, please save some face for me..."
In the room, Song Wufu leaned over and tried to save his red ears from being pinched, and spoke affectionately and rationally to his wife who had been holding back her anger for a long time:
"It's my fault for not saying hello to you in advance, but this girls' school is run by Guaibao. We have to work hard to make it possible for her, right?"
When Zhang Xiaomei heard this, she became even more aggressive: "Is this what makes me angry? You old thing, you actually played tricks on me, and you thought I was a fool, didn't you?"
Song Wufu didn't dare, and his tone became more humble: "It doesn't matter, our family can be where we are today because of you. I'm grateful to you before it's too late, so how dare I play tricks on you!"
Hearing what he said sounded like a human being, Zhang Xiaomei's anger subsided a little: "Even if it was Guabao's idea to set up a girls' school, it was your choice to pay for two years of training out of your own pocket. You didn't even discuss it with me beforehand!"
Song Wufu sighed deeply, wiped his face and vomited bitterly: "I didn't want to either, but the whole village was against it at that time, and even the old village chief disapproved of it. If I didn't take over the matter of Shu Xiu, Can they agree to set up a school in the ancestral hall?"
Having said this, he secretly glanced at his wife's face and saw that she showed no signs of loosening up, so he simply used his trump card:
"One year's training is less than twenty taels, and I have to give gifts to the master during the holidays. After two years, I have scattered forty and fifty taels. Although our family is not short of money, we can't be so wasteful! No, I'm like this Just gather people together and divide the repairs among them, at worst, I won’t have this old face anymore!”
After that, Song Wufu broke away from Zhang Xiaomei's hand grabbing his ear, and tried to open the door and rush out.
Zhang Xiaomei was so angry that she grabbed him and dragged him back: "Now that the big words have been spoken, the school is about to start. If you give up your job now, our whole family cannot afford to lose this person!"
Song Wufu pretended to struggle twice, lowered his head and said, "It's also embarrassing for me to be embarrassed. It's better than being angry with you."
Zhang Xiaomei was both funny and speechless, so she gave him a gentle push: "Okay, okay, I'm not angry anymore, and don't be so stubborn. It makes you uncomfortable."
Song Wufu immediately broke into a smile, came over and asked, "Are you really not angry anymore?"
Zhang Xiaomei stared at him: "Forget it this time, next time you make your own decision without consulting me, I will have plenty of ways to make you regret it!"
Song Wufu quickly assured: "There will be no next time, absolutely not!"
Zhang Xiaomei was barely satisfied with his attitude, and the remaining anger disappeared: "It is a good thing to set up a girls' school so that girls can have a clear mind. Since we have paid for it, we should take care of all aspects and don't end up in a thankless situation. "
Song Wufu nodded: "The green and red peppers and the Chaotian peppers have to be transplanted. The boss, the second, and I will be very busy these days, so you will have to work hard for this."
Zhang Xiaomei was not afraid of trouble and responded neatly: "Okay, there are idle laborers in the village. I will pay for it, and leave other things to them."
That's what Song Wufu thought. He held his wife's hand and coaxed: "I can only rest assured if I leave this troublesome matter to you."
Zhang Xiaomei was so impressed that she didn't forget to stop him: "Marry a chicken, follow a chicken, marry a dog, follow a dog. Who told me to marry you with bad eyesight? I will only suffer a lot."
Song Wufu didn't feel anything was wrong, and looked at her with even more grateful eyes.
In the main room, Ya'er stared at the door nervously. When she found that the noise inside had disappeared, she asked worriedly: "Girl, the old man and the old lady won't fight, right? Do you want to go in and try to persuade them?"
Old God Song Xixi is here: "It's okay, we can't fight."
They are already old and know that their old arms and legs cannot stand the torment, so the old couple has stopped fighting for a long time. If grandma is angry again, the most she can do is not let grandpa enter the house to sleep, and they will make up in a few days.
Hearing what she said, Ya'er felt relieved.
Seeing the dogs lying on the ground, eating melon seeds with relish, she couldn't help but laugh and said: "They are so smart, they know how to spit out the shells, and they look like they can eat them more smoothly than me."
Song Xixi sprinkled a handful of melon seeds on the ground, and the dogs ate them even more happily: "This can be regarded as self-reliance."
She didn't have time to peel melon seeds for these three big guys with huge appetites.
After a night of digestion and consideration, several villagers came to the Song family early the next morning with their daughters, saying that they wanted them to study and be literate, and that Song Wufu could use them whatever he wanted.
Song Wufu was not polite and asked them to follow Zhang Xiaomei's arrangements. Finally, he told the ignorant girls: "If you have the opportunity to study, you must cherish it. The skills you learn in the future are your own. Don't let down your parents' expectations."
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The young girls were in awe of him as the village chief, and they immediately responded obediently: "Village chief, we understand."
As soon as Song Wufu left, his parents also went to find Zhang Xiaomei, and several girls gathered in front of Song Xixi: "Xixi, among so many girls in the village, you are the only one who has studied. Do you think it is difficult to study?"
Song Xixi thought for a while and said truthfully: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. When you get enlightened under Master's guidance, you will open a brand new door... In short, the difficulties you encounter in studying are worth overcoming."
After hearing these words, several girls were both anxious and expectant.
A young girl asked the question she was most worried about: "Sister Xixi, the village chief said that you hired me. Will this madam be very fierce and whip us?"
This question stopped Song Xixi. She guessed Xu Wanrou's temper and comforted the girls who became nervous: "As long as you listen to Master, complete the knowledge taught by Master, and don't be naughty in class, Master will not hit you.
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It seemed that it was not difficult to do this. The girls breathed a sigh of relief and began to discuss among themselves:
"I hope Master is a gentle person, so that when he gets angry, it won't hurt too much if he hits someone."
"That's right. No matter how cruel the master is, he can't be as cruel as my mother. It only hurts my mother to beat her."
"Don't be afraid of beating people. We have long legs and can run. Just run fast and don't let Master catch up."
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Listening to their childish words, Song Xixi couldn't help but laugh, saying goodbye to naughty children, otherwise Xu Wanrou's methods would definitely make them suffer a lot, and she had to listen to her words.
In the next few days, the Song family's father and son hired donkeys and carts to transport all the melon seedlings to Zoujiazhuang. They also helped the people in charge of each plot of the church. It took four or five days to finally get all the melon seedlings.
Transplanting completed.
This is the first time for large-scale transplanting of green and red. I can't tell the distance between the seedlings. Originally, forty acres of land was enough, but in the end, sixty acres of land were used.
The remaining twenty acres of land will be planted with a crop of rice later.
The newly transplanted melon seedlings needed careful care. Song Wufu felt that the people in charge were not familiar with the green and red growth habits, so he left Song Jin in the village to watch the melon seedlings survive before returning.
After transplanting the green and red peppers, the Song family continued to transplant Chaotian peppers.
During this period, batches of tables and chairs were transported into the ancestral hall, and when neatly arranged, it was enough to accommodate sixty students.
Song Xixi took the time to look at it, and was extremely satisfied with the school that had just taken shape. When she left, she slapped her forehead: We still had to build a small courtyard for Master Xu, but she didn't even think of such an important thing!
However, at the moment, the village is busy planting seedlings in the fields and cannot find time to build a small courtyard for the time being. She plans to borrow her grandparents' house again and move there after the house is built.
Thinking that half a month had passed and the Liang family's affairs should have been almost settled, Song Xixi was worried that a branch of the Liang family would attack Xu Wanrou, so she decided to go to the city to pick her up in person.