lcionline Chapter 422: Building an Academy
Chapter 422: Building an Academy
Li Shoucai suddenly felt a little flustered. Was he... not going to help their village? In fact, as long as everything remained the same, they didn't seem to need to beg for anything anymore, and the money would only accumulate more and more.
"Miss Shangguan, what are you talking about? You will always be a member of our Xiangxue Village. I am still waiting for you to make the decision on the village school!"
Shangguan Qingyue shook her head.
"Grandpa, you'd better keep my words in mind. This is Xiangxue Village's business. It's not appropriate for an outsider like me to interfere."
Li Shoucai laughed twice. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, he did not continue to pester her. So he simply changed his words.
"Well, without the teacher, the village school can't continue the class. It's such a good place to be idle anyway, so how about doing something to make a living?
We country folk are totally clueless about this matter, Miss Shangguan, can you give us some advice?"
"Village head, this village school was built with so much trouble! How can you just use it for other purposes?!"
Li couldn't believe her ears. This Li Shoucai was really obsessed with money!
Shangguan Qingyue was not surprised that the head of the village would have such an idea.
The most fundamental reason why villagers were willing to send their sons and even daughters to the village school was that they believed their children could learn real skills and make money in the future.
Now that I have a good job to make money, instead of wasting time and energy on studying, I might as well help out more at home.
Although she could understand, she still felt disappointed. So she said calmly:
"Grandpa Village Chief means that this village school will no longer be run?"
Li Shoucai was unsure of what the other party meant by this, so he could only say tactfully:
"Well, isn't it? Isn't it because the teacher is gone, and most of the children have no interest in studying..."
Finally told the truth.
Shangguan Qingyue suddenly had an idea at this moment, and she made a decision without much thought.
"Will the village head grandfather be willing to sell me the village school and the surrounding thirty acres of land?"
Things are different now. If it were in the past, Li Shoucai would have agreed to it without hesitation. But now in Xiangxue Village, every piece of land is a treasure.
He drank the tea in his hand, and subconsciously wanted to wipe his mouth with his sleeve, but stopped awkwardly when he reached his mouth. He took out a half-new handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth and wiped his forehead.
After thinking for a while, he finally said with a hot face:
"It's not that I can't, but the money... may be much more expensive than it was a year ago. After all, this village school belongs to the whole village. Even if I want to sell it to you at a low price, you are powerless!"
"The village chief will go and discuss it with the villagers. When he comes to a conclusion, he will tell me. If I can afford it, I will buy it."
Before the head of the village had time to catch his breath, a maid came to report that a guest was looking for him.
Although Shangguan Qingyue was a little puzzled, she immediately said goodbye to Li and hurried back home.
Looking at her daughter's petite back, Li sighed a little disappointed. After the child came back, she hadn't had a chance to talk to her properly.
As soon as Shangguan Qingyue stepped into the yard, she heard a burst of crisp laughter. She knew without guessing that it was Zhang Jiaojiao, her future sister-in-law.
When she went in, she found that she was not the only one there.
"Yue girl, I heard that you stole the teacher from the village school? What's your plan?" Nan Rongyuanzhi joked leisurely, stroking his beautifully trimmed beard.
"The teacher has worked hard to teach, but few students are serious about studying. It's better not to run this village school."
Zhang Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows slightly, and her pair of phoenix eyes immediately became sharp. She grabbed Shangguan Qingyue's arm and said angrily:
"Ayue, don't be sad. These people destroyed all your hard work in just one year. You might as well stay away from them and let them fend for themselves.
Our health club business is in need of staff, and I will be leaving next year, so why don’t you just take over everything? Isn’t it tempting to make some money?”
Shangguan Qingyue found it funny. She looked around at everyone and said:
“I plan to buy the village school and expand it to make it the first branch of Qingxin Academy.
I can’t get involved in the village school, but once Qingxin Academy is built, I will have the final say on who can go there to study. I have paid a lot for Xiangxue Village and don’t want to give up easily.”
A faint smile appeared in Nan Rongyuanzhi's eyes. How could the person he liked only do things superficially?
Suddenly thinking of something, he immediately said:
"I forgot to tell you that I have the final say in Xinglin Academy now, and no one can interfere in it anymore."
This is really something worth celebrating!
Shangguan Qingyue and Xuanyuan Yan looked at each other, and saw joy in each other's eyes. Xuanyuan Yan asked:
"Is Uncle going to take good care of the academy?"
Zhou Xiaonan couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Your Highness, you are worrying too much. Master said that he doesn't have the energy to take care of these mundane matters. He plans to merge Xinglin Academy with my sister's Qingxin Academy into one place, and everything will be managed by the two of you."
"Little girl, stop being lazy. I, your teacher, clearly said that you will be in charge of this academy in the future. If you don't want to, then wait until Anle is older and then hand it over to him.
Anyway, don't bother me, an old man, with this kind of thing!"
Looking at his master who was still young and strong, Zhou Xiaonan looked up at the sky in silence. Well, he was a miracle doctor after all, so a miracle doctor should concentrate on studying medicine and should not be disturbed by worldly affairs.
The more Shangguan Qingyue listened, the brighter her eyes became. She even began to suspect that Grandpa Nanrong might have done this just for her.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but ask:
"Grandpa Nanrong, what did you do to make the head of the Nanrong family compromise? Xinglin Academy is the root of the Nanrong family. If there is no sufficient benefit in exchange, the other party will not agree."
Nan Rongyuanzhi glanced at Xuanyuan Yan without leaving a trace, and snorted coldly.
"Little girl, you underestimate me.
Without me, the Nanrong family would be a useless empty shell. I want to take over the academy, who dares to stop me? Humph! "
As for the maneuvers that someone had done for his young fiancée, even resorting to threats, as an old man he would not say much.
Xuanyuan Yan smiled, and handed a bowl of peach-flavored nectar to the little girl beside him, then said softly:
"Leave the construction of the academy to me, and you will have to worry about the layout and arrangement."
Wan Linglong, who was sitting quietly and listening with great interest, immediately raised her hand high after hearing it.
"Me, and me! Ah Yue, we'll be together then!"
Yang Zian was also present.
He sat in an inconspicuous corner, quietly looking at the girl who seemed to be glowing and surrounded by people, and could hardly suppress the emotions in his eyes.
He lowered his head and took several deep breaths before he finally calmed down a little. When he looked up again, he happened to meet Xuanyuan Yan's eyes.
The room was warm as spring due to the heating, and everyone was wearing light clothes. Because of this, he could easily see that the two people sitting next to each other were holding hands all the time...