Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 162 Who to Send as Representative

I finally bought a chicken yesterday, hoping to improve our diet. We haven't eaten meat for three months, but I only got a chicken neck, leaving the bowls and plates empty. If we continue to eat like this, our family will only be able to eat black-faced steamed buns.

So some people found an excuse to come to the door and asked with concern whether they wanted to help renovate the school building. Butler Pei received them warmly, took them to the school building, took them around, and said, "Everything is fine. The clan school can be moved back."

No, no, no, it hasn't rained yet, so I don't know if the newly patched tiles are leaking. Let's wait and see after the rain. What if the child gets wet due to a leak? What if the child gets a cold, gets a fever, and faints? Butler Pei shook his head anxiously.

Well, after waiting for several days, it finally rained, so someone came to the door and asked if they wanted to help repair the building. It was okay to repair the roof by themselves. Butler Pei received them warmly again.

They were brought to the teaching quarters, and they saw that the tile had not been replaced properly and was leaking. The father volunteered to climb the bamboo ladder and replace a new tile. Steward Pei gratefully sent them out of the mansion.

A few more days passed...and two months passed like this.

Is this okay now? Can the clan school be moved back? The tiles have been replaced three times, the walls have been painted four times, and the holes on the ground have been filled higher than the original road. This is not okay. What if the children trip over it?

Butler Pei hurriedly found someone to shovel the newly raised sand. The father next to him also volunteered to help. Butler Pei sent him out the door with gratitude. Now everything is done.

As a result, more people couldn't wait to come, and Butler Pei received them warmly again, took them to the school, and took a look around. Well, there were really no problems this time, and the clan school could be moved back.

No, no, no, not yet. Two days ago, when the roof of the mansion was being repaired, a wandering sorcerer passed by the door and said that the orientation of the teaching building in the mansion was a little wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. After hearing this, Madam Pei took it very seriously and planned to go to the temple before the New Year to ask a master. So the clan school will not be moved back before the New Year.

Ah, this, this, this, what should I do? The New Year is coming, are we really going to let these half-grown boys stay at home for the New Year? In the past, it was enough for them to come home and stay on New Year's Eve and a few days in the first month of the lunar year. After the clan school started, the children could live and eat in the mansion directly.

If I don't live in the mansion this year, will I not be able to receive the rewards during the New Year? And will I not be able to make clothes for myself? Oh, no, it seems that the monthly salary has not been paid for more than three months.

I heard that not long after the clan school moved out, Pei Rongchen and several boys from the eldest son's house of the Marquis' Mansion sneaked out of the house to play on the street. Old Madam Pei got angry and withheld the monthly salary of all grandchildren. No one got paid. Ah, this, this, this, what should I do? The New Year's rewards from the Marquis' Mansion are gone? The new clothes made for the New Year by the Marquis' Mansion are gone? ? The monthly salary is gone too? ? ?

Everyone was wailing in their hearts, but who should be blamed? Blame the sorcerer for being too talkative, what if what he said was true? Luck is a very metaphysical thing. Then it can only be blamed on Pei Rongchen, who let him sneak out to play, and was caught by Madam Pei, and even the monthly salary was withheld. But, it seems that his son also went out to play. What should he do?

That's not right. Didn't Pei Rongchen say that his Yueyinhou Mansion reissued it later? Then why didn't ours get reissued? It should be fair to reissue it as well.

We still need to find a way to get the Marquis's Mansion to move the clan school back, so that our children can continue to benefit from the Marquis's Mansion. Anyway, the Marquis's Mansion is rich and powerful, so what if we have to eat a few mouthfuls of food, go to the clan school, and pay a few taels of silver every month? Can't you see that we can't afford to eat and go to school?

So, after discussing for a while, several families decided to send a few parents as representatives to report the situation to Mrs. Pei of the Marquis's Mansion, hoping that the clan school could be moved back to the Marquis' Mansion as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be too inconvenient for the children of the Marquis' Mansion to go to school. They would have to send a carriage to pick them up every day, which would also be time-consuming. But who should they send? Several people looked at each other.

"I think it would be better to let Lord Han go over and talk about it. After all, Madam Han is the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion. Although she is not in charge of household affairs due to poor health, she can still have a say in such small matters of the clan. It would be most appropriate for Doctor Han to talk directly to his own sister." Someone suggested.

No, no, no. Han Qingge's father shook his head after hearing this. Although his children have not been living in the Marquis' Mansion for a while, his sister secretly stuffed several hundred taels of silver into the mansion a few days ago. The family can still hold on for a while. He will not be the one to take the lead, so as not to embarrass his sister. There are so many people anyway, if I don't take the lead, someone else will.

Lord Han refused, and said very nicely, "Since the Marquis's Mansion said that it is not suitable for the clan school to move back before the New Year, we should wait patiently. After Madam Pei goes to the temple and asks the master, wouldn't it be better for us to move back after the New Year?"

"Hey, luck is something that will be gathered when there are more people. Why don't Lord Feng go? Lord Feng's sister is in charge of the household affairs of the Marquis' Mansion. It would only take her a word to move the clan school back there?" Someone else suggested.

Feng's eldest brother shook his head and said, "You are all joking. Although my sister is now in charge of the household affairs of the Marquis' Mansion, the decision-making power is still in the hands of Madam Pei and Madam Han. My sister has no power. She is just an errand boy." Feng's eldest brother turned his head away.

Humph, what a joke. Your sister married a legitimate son but you didn't say anything, but you asked me to say that my sister married a bastard. It's not easy for a child of the Feng family to study in the Marquis's mansion. I won't be so stupid as to be the first to come forward. Anyway, we are all the same. What you have, my family will also have. What my family doesn't have, you don't either. I won't tell Madam Pei about that.

"Then why don't you go and tell Lord Gu?" Pei Jingxuan's brother-in-law shook his head. His sister and brother-in-law were both working in other places and not in the Marquis' Mansion. If he went and told them himself? Wouldn't that be stupid?

So, everyone pushed each other and discussed for most of the day, but no one was willing to come out to the Marquis' Mansion to ask about the monthly salary, rewards, and when the clan school would move back.

At this time, in Songhe Hall, Madam Pei took the advance account book from the eldest daughter-in-law, picked up the brush beside her, brushed it, and made a line, and ordered that all the expenses for food, clothing, and festival gifts in the southwest courtyard be deducted, and there would be no such item in the future. Feng smiled and nodded.