Chen Yongshun hadn't walked for a long time due to his previous leg injury, so he was a bit unaccustomed. To avoid causing misunderstandings to the academy, he didn't go today. He should be practicing the coordination of his body now.
Su Yanke and Xiaobao arrived at Chen Yonggui's house. Sure enough, they saw Chen Yongshun in the yard, carefully practicing walking with a cane on his own.
Seeing Su Yanke and the others coming, Chen Yongshun was very happy and quickly greeted them to come in.
Su Yanke wasn't one to keep people in suspense. She directly told them about her conversation with Master Lu. Both Chen Yonggui and Chen Yongshun were very excited. Chen Yonggui never expected that Xiaobao would really be accepted by Yunmo Academy.
He had heard of the great reputation of Yunmo Academy in the clan before. It was said that only those with certain abilities could enter it, and even money couldn't buy a way in.
After explaining the matter clearly, Su Yanke took Xiaobao home first to prepare things for going to the academy the next day.
When Su Yanke got home, Uncle Lao Ji and Aunt Li hadn't come back yet. Su Yanke estimated the time and thought it seemed a bit long.
After Xiaobao packed his things, Uncle Lao Ji and the others finally came back.
Su Yanke noticed that their faces looked a bit bad, so she asked, "Uncle Lao Ji, Aunt Li, what happened? Why are you back so late?"
Uncle Lao Ji scratched his head embarrassedly as he looked at Su Yanke.
Su Yanke learned that when Uncle Lao Ji and Aunt Li went to the store, there were many people standing around outside. They all praised the decoration in the store and said that the store owner must be a very tasteful and capable big shot. They all crowded at the door, eager to see the boss's true face.
Uncle Lao Ji and the others had to push their way in from one side with great effort, which caused dissatisfaction among the on - lookers. One by one, they launched a righteous verbal attack.
"How come you don't queue up? People like you without any manners are just polluting the environment of this place when you enter this store!"
As soon as this was said, everyone agreed and pointed at Uncle Lao Ji and the others.
Uncle Lao Ji saw Aunt Li's face turn red from being criticized, and his own neck also turned red with anger.
"We work here. It's you who are blocking our way!" Uncle Lao Ji shouted at the top of his voice. The voices of those people were really too loud. If his voice couldn't drown theirs out, no one would be able to hear what he was saying.
Some people listened to Uncle Lao Ji's shout and felt a bit embarrassed, so they shut up. But there were still some people who looked at Uncle Lao Ji and the others contemptuously and said,
"You're just like watchdogs, yet you're so arrogant. Aren't you afraid of being kicked out by the boss and ending up on the streets?"
The tone and expression of the speaker were really infuriating.
It was okay for Uncle Lao Ji. He had been used to hearing such words in the village head's house. But Aunt Li, as a woman, had never been so humiliated in public.
Uncle Lao Ji knew that Aunt Li had a very strong sense of self - esteem. He immediately wanted to step forward and grab the speaker to beat him up, but Aunt Li stopped him in time.
Uncle Lao Ji looked at Aunt Li, and Aunt Li shook her head at him, indicating not to cause any more trouble and to quickly go in and check how the store was.
Uncle Lao Ji felt sorry for Aunt Li and wanted to say something more, but when Aunt Li glared at him, he immediately backed down.
After Uncle Lao Ji and Aunt Li left, the person who was talking lost interest, and the crowd dispersed.
Just this short delay caused a big problem for Uncle Lao Ji and the others.
Because their performance at the door had been seen by the decoration workers inside. Seeing that Uncle Lao Ji and Aunt Li were so easy to bully, they all got bolder. So from then on, they started to slack off.
They would say they wanted to take a break one moment and that they were hungry the next. They also started to want to postpone the previously agreed - upon completion time.
Uncle Lao Ji had been busy supervising the work for the whole afternoon, and Aunt Li had been making tea and getting water for them, trying to coax them to finish the work quickly.
Hearing this, Su Yanke was so angry that her back teeth itched. Did she spend money to invite a group of ancestors to be served?
Su Yanke then asked Uncle Lao Ji about the situation in the store.
Uncle Lao Ji thought for a while and said, "Basically, it's almost done. Under normal circumstances, it could be completed tomorrow, but now that they..."
Su Yanke snorted coldly and said, "Then we'll do the acceptance inspection tomorrow. If they can't finish it ~"
"Just wait to face the consequences of bullying others!"
As soon as Su Yanke said this, Uncle Lao Ji felt that the temperature in the room dropped a lot. He couldn't help but shiver.
Uncle Lao Ji wanted to see if Aunt Li had the same feeling, but when he saw Aunt Li looking at Su Yanke with admiration, he silently turned to Xiaobao, still not willing to believe that his feeling was an illusion. But Xiaobao didn't even look at him. Instead, he was looking at Su Yanke with bright eyes.
Uncle Lao Ji: "?"
Did he misunderstand what Su Yanke meant?
After Su Yanke told Aunt Li and Uncle Lao Ji that Yunmo Academy had agreed to Xiaobao's enrollment, the bad mood on Uncle Lao Ji and the others finally disappeared completely.
Sure enough, only good things could offset bad moods.
Su Yanke looked at the luggage Xiaobao had packed and suddenly thought of something. She said to Aunt Li, "Aunt Li, is that bag ready?"
Aunt Li was reminded by Su Yanke and remembered. She quickly went into the room to get it.
"This bag was ready yesterday, but there have been so many things these days that I forgot about it. Fortunately, you reminded me, A Yan."
Aunt Li came out with a black cross - body bag.
Su Yanke took it and had a look. The workmanship was really good. There wasn't a single loose thread. This was the fabric Su Yanke saw in the fabric store last time. It felt very comfortable to the touch, and the most important thing was that it was not easy to get dirty and was waterproof.
It was most suitable for making a bag.
Su Yanke had drawn a design drawing of a cross - body bag for Aunt Li and asked her to trouble Aunt He to make it. She didn't expect the finished product to be so perfect.
After Su Yanke put the bag on Xiaobao, he really looked like a scholarly young man.
Su Yanke looked at Xiaobao, who looked like a gentle and innocent scholar, easy to bully. Her hands started to itch again, and she couldn't help but pinch Xiaobao's face.
Xiaobao also enjoyed Su Yanke's touch very much. It was really "one willing to beat and the other willing to be beaten"!
That night, because Xiaobao was going to leave home for a strange place the next day, he slept in Aunt Li's room.
In the dead of night, Su Yanke could still faintly hear the voices coming from Aunt Li's room. It seemed that some people were destined not to sleep well this night.
The next day, when Su Yanke woke up, she saw that Xiaobao was already doing morning exercises. Aunt Li and Uncle Lao Ji had also gotten up early and made breakfast.
Su Yanke noticed that Aunt Li's eyes seemed a bit swollen. It seemed that Aunt Li was reluctant to let Xiaobao go. After all, a child who had never left home for so many years was suddenly going to leave. Who could get used to it or be willing to let him go?
But Aunt Li also knew that Xiaobao's leaving was for a better future. She wouldn't be a stumbling block in Xiaobao's progress. She would hide her reluctance deeply so that Xiaobao wouldn't notice and could happily pursue his future.
Su Yanke had never experienced the parting between relatives, so she couldn't really understand Aunt Li's mood at this moment. So she didn't say much all morning.
This time, the whole family went to send Xiaobao to the academy.
After watching Xiaobao turn around and enter the academy and disappear, Aunt Li, who had held back her emotions all morning, couldn't hold back anymore. Tears streamed down her face.
Uncle Lao Ji hugged Aunt Li and comforted her.
Su Yanke didn't know what to say either, so she could only silently leave some space for them on the side.
Su Yanke saw that it was almost time for lunch, so she went to a nearby restaurant with Uncle Lao Ji and the others.
After being "healed" by the delicious food, Aunt Li's mood recovered.
After seeing that everyone's state had been adjusted, Su Yanke said, "Aunt Li, I know Xiaobao's leaving will make you a bit sad, but this is inevitable. If you want to succeed, you must give up some things, such as time, energy, and the time spent with your relatives."
Aunt Li smiled and said, "A Yan, I understand all these things you said. It's just that my emotions haven't calmed down for a while. Now I'm fine. In the future, I'll work hard to earn money so that Xiaobao's study won't be difficult!"
After hearing this, Su Yanke felt a bit more comfortable. Before, seeing Aunt Li's appearance, she always felt very awkward and didn't know if her decision to let Xiaobao go to school was wrong.
But after seeing Aunt Li's approval, Su Yanke felt that she hadn't done something good but with bad results.
After taking a good rest, Su Yanke went to the store to see what kind of slack - off workers they were.
Uncle Lao Ji had the experience of the previous day, so he directly led Su Yanke into the store through a small path on one side.
Sure enough, as Uncle Lao Ji had said, a group of people were sitting on the ground chatting. None of them were working. Even when they saw Uncle Lao Ji coming, they just glanced at him and then continued chatting, as if they didn't care about Uncle Lao Ji and the others at all.
Su Yanke "gently" smiled and said, "Let me calculate. The completion time was six o'clock in the morning, and now it's two o'clock in the afternoon. According to the national regulations, how much should be fined for each hour of delaying the completion time?"
"Oh, right, it's 15 silver coins per hour. So now you should give me 120 silver coins!"
When the workers heard what Su Yanke said, their faces turned pale instantly. They never expected that there would be someone who knew this national regulation from Uncle Lao Ji's side. They had taken on jobs from people like Uncle Lao Ji before, who were illiterate and didn't know about this regulation at all. In the end, they would always get a large amount of acceleration fees from them to finish the work quickly.
They never expected that Su Yanke would know. They all looked at Su Yanke nervously.
Su Yanke stretched out her hand in front of them and said slowly, "What are you standing there for? Pay up!"
Su Yanke suddenly remembered a thick national code she saw at Doctor Liu's house last night. She had casually flipped through it and seemed to have seen such a regulation.