Chapter 410: Ah Yu Is Going to Do Something Important Again
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The old lady heaved a sigh of relief when they reached a consensus.
Shu Yu silently turned his head and looked at Dabao, who was drooling at the two old hens outside the chicken coop. She cast a sympathetic gaze.
The little brat’s days of freedom were coming to an end.
Madam Liang quickly asked Shu Yu for an idea. “Yu, which school do you think I should send Dabao to? Dahu was studying in that school, was it a high school?”
Shu Yu: “Shuxian Academy.”
“Right, right, right. Is that school a high school?”
Before Shu Yu could answer, the old lady said with a serious face, “It is expensive, you definitely can’t afford it.”
No, She definitely couldn’t let Dabao and Dahu go to the same school. Dahu was a good child who studied seriously. Dabao, the frisky monkey, might even affect him if he went. He might drag him down and play with him.
Although she wanted to save some trouble, she couldn’t throw this trouble to Dahu. She couldn’t.
Madam Liang immediately put on a pitiful expression. “Mother, look, I can’t even afford to pay for the training…”
“So you have to find a school that you can afford.” The old lady said, “Ask around more these two days. You can ask Third Brother to ask more. You see, ever since he went to work in the Peach Blossom Forest, he has known many people. Those people must have children at home who are studying, so he asked them.”
Madam Liang had originally hoped that the old lady would fork out some money, but from what she said, she could forget about it.
Therefore, she could only nod. “l understand. Then, I’ll ask later.”
The Madam Liang was quite lucky. When she went back tonight and came back the next day, she brought good news.
Early in the morning, she happily ran to the old lady and said, “Mother, do you think it’s a coincidence? I was just thinking of asking around about the school, but in the end, near the house we lived in, there was a scholar who failed the examination and said that he wanted to take in students.’
“Eh? Are you serious?”
“Isn’t that so?” Madam Liang said as she sewed the cloth bag cover, “That scholar is already over forty years old. He had always wanted to take the imperial examination but failed many times. Now, he has given up on it. He planned to open a small private school at home. Wasn’t this the first time he was taking in students to teach? Therefore, the tuition was very cheap, much cheaper than the Shuxian Academy.”
When she heard this news, she was overjoyed. It was close to home, and there were few restrictions. Moreover, the other party was a scholar.
“Mother, do you think this is feasible?”
The old lady thought for a moment. “l don’t know about this kind of thing. You can ask your man. When Third Brother comes back tonight, you and he will go to that scholar’s house. Third Brother had accompanied Yu to Shuxian School before and had also come into contact with Master Wen. He had experience. If there were no problems, then they should settle it as soon as possible.”
Madam Liang nodded repeatedly. “l think so too.”
She would be relieved if she sent that brat to a private school.
Madam Liang was happy in her heart. When she looked up, she saw Shu Yu walking out of the room.
However…Why was she wearing a curtained hat?
“Yu, where are you going?”
The old lady also raised her head. She was very experienced. Once Yu dressed up like this, she was going to do something important.
So she glanced at Madam Liang and said, “Just do what you need to do. Yu has serious matters to attend to. She’s very busy.”
After saying that, she turned to Shu Yu and said, “Yu, how long will you be gone for? Do you want me to leave you some lunch?”
“There’s no need to stay. I’ll just eat outside.”
Shu Yu was not sure when she would be back. She planned to try her luck today and see if Boss Yuan had come to the county town to sell the sunflower seeds.
Although she had three sunflower seeds in her hand, she had never planted them before. She only roughly knew how to plant them.
Therefore, if she wanted to plant it well, three sunflower seeds were not enough for her to experiment.
Shu Yu said goodbye to the old lady and strolled out.
She thought that after two days, even if Boss Yuan didn’t recognize that thing, he should have figured out that it was a seed. The places he went to were either grain stores, grocery stores, or markets.
Since Boss Yuan had determined that this item was of high value, he wouldn’t go to a small shop on the street. He would go to a big shop that could afford the price.
In the entire Jiangyuan County, there weren’t many shops that met this
requirement.
Shu Yu had a clear goal and took the lead to the grain shop.
However, she didn’t know when Boss Yuan would come and which restaurant he would go to first. She definitely couldn’t split herself up, so she naturally couldn’t keep an eye on him.
Therefore, Shu Yu wanted to hire a few young beggars to help keep an eye on them. However, she didn’t know if she was lucky. Just as she was about to walk to the beggars at the street corner, she saw Boss Yuan’s familiar figure.
Shu Yu looked up at the sky. He had come at this hour? He was probably already waiting at the city gate before the city gate opened, right?
Was it because his fourth uncle had been provoked by Xiang Weinan’s revelation that he had become a Dou-level officer? Was it because he couldn’t wait to verify whether the treasure was real or fake, to prove that there was nothing wrong with breaking off the marriage?
However, he appeared just in time. Shu Yu, who was dressed in men’s clothes, followed him silently.
However, to her surprise, Boss Yuan didn’t go to the grocery store or the market. Instead, he went to…
Shu Yu raised her head and looked at the Ding family’s pawnshop. Her eyelids trembled violently.
He went to a pawn shop! Was he not satisfied until he sold the sunflower seeds for a high price?
Shu Yu stood at the door of the pawnshop and waited. She felt that Boss Yuan probably wouldn’t be able to become the boss.
Sure enough, after a while, Boss Yuan was chased out by the pawnshop clerk. When he was going down the stairs, he almost twisted his ankle and the box in his hand fell to the ground.
Boss Yuan hurriedly squatted down to pick it up. He raised his head and said to the waiter, “Why did you push me? If you don’t want it, then don’t. I’ll go find someone else. Don’t regret it.”
The shop assistant spat at him. “Get lost. What kind of place do you think our pawnshop is? You’re holding a black thing that even you don’t recognize and calling it a treasure, and you want to treat it as a hundred taels of silver? Are you dreaming? Let me tell you, the shopkeeper is already taking pity on you by giving you three wens. You still don’t know what’s good for you. Get lost.”
Shu Yu almost laughed out loud when he heard this. One hundred taels? Three wins?
The price difference was too great. She had originally planned to spend two hundred wen to get these seeds, but now she felt that she had given too much.
Boss Yuan still refused to give up at the door. After saying a few more words, the waiter became angry and came to chase him away with a big broom. Boss Yuan quickly ran away.
Shu Yu laughed for a moment and continued to follow.
She wasn’t in a hurry. She had to let Boss Yuan know that this kind of seed wasn’t easy to sell. Only then would she be able to buy it more easily? Fortunately, after he left the pawnshop, he went to the grain store.
Unfortunately, he returned empty-handed..