Chapter 384 Solving the School Problem

"Things about the school..."

"Wanwan? You're finally back."

Shen Xiangwan was just about to talk about the school when Zhao Dashan's exclamation suddenly rang out. In the blink of an eye, he strode into the main hall. Following him were Yang Lichang and the village heads. They had agreed to come together after hearing that Shen Xiangwan seemed to have returned. Ten days had passed in the blink of an eye. If the school was not opened, the children would probably forget everything they had learned before.

"Uncle Zhao, Chief Yang, all the village leaders, please take a seat."

Smiling at them, Shen Xiangwan gestured for them to come in. The crowd didn't bother to be polite and sat down in the empty seats one after another. Everyone had an expression as if they wanted to say something but hesitated, and it was obvious that they were eager to convince her to reopen the school.

"I'm taking the kids out to visit some friends. You guys can chat slowly."

Zhao Yuping stood up as she spoke. Wanwan would take care of the school's affairs, and she only had to look after the children.

"I'll come with you, old man. Keep an eye on the little dumpling."

Seeing this, Yun Mengyi also stood up and gave some instructions before leaving. Ji Shaohan waved his hand to indicate that he understood. At this moment, he was lying on a recliner under the eaves to bask in the sun. A half-person-high crib was placed next to him. The little boy was sleeping soundly, smacking his little mouth and spitting out bubbles of milk from time to time, looking very cute.

"Wanwan, I heard that you went out to take care of business matters? Did anything go wrong?"

Not knowing how to start, Zhao Dashan simply found a safer topic. Apart from the people of the Wei family, no one knew what kind of person Shen Xiangwan was better than him. Under her leadership, everyone in the Wei family was many times stronger than those domineering rich families he had seen. Even so, some people were still not satisfied. This time, taking advantage of the Chen family's incident, he specially summoned all the villagers to give them a lecture. No matter what, he would not allow another Chen to appear in the village.

"Thank you for your concern, Uncle Zhao. It's nothing."

Shen Xiangwan smiled slightly. This time she went out under the pretext of handling business matters.

"That's fine, that's fine."

"Uncle Zhao, Chief Yang, and all the village heads, why are you here today..."

Knowing that they were reluctant to speak up, Shen Xiangwan simply gave them a heads up. The school had been closed for more than ten days, and it was time to resolve the issue.

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes all focused on Zhao Dashan and Lizhang Yang. After a moment, the latter said, "Madam Wei, we want to talk to you about the school again. We are very sorry for what happened that day. During this period, I and the village heads have also gathered the villagers and repeatedly emphasized many things to them. I, Yang Wanli, promise you that as long as I am still the head of the village, I will never let the same thing happen again. Please reopen the school for the sake of the children and let them continue to study."

Looking into Shen Xiangwan's smiling eyes, Village Chief Yang said sincerely that in just ten days, he felt like he had aged a dozen years. In particular, he couldn't sleep all night long when he thought that Shen Xiangwan and her husband might not come back, or they were still not satisfied and did not agree to reopen the school. God knows how excited he was when he heard at noon that she might come back. Now that he finally expressed their request again, he was still uneasy in his heart, fearing that she would reject him again.

Shen Xiangwan did not respond immediately. He looked at them one by one. After a long while, he pretended to be helpless and said, "Okay, for your sake, I can reopen the school, but I don't want the same thing to happen again. The Wei family is willing to be kind and help everyone within their ability. I don't ask you to support us, but at least you can't slander us wantonly, right?"

After this incident, Yong'an Village and several nearby villages must have understood the attitude and tactics of the Wei family. She no longer needed to control them. After all, they were just ordinary people. If possible, she didn't want to waste her energy on them. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, Madam Wei."

Obviously he didn't expect her to agree so readily. After a brief moment of shock, Village Chief Yang hurriedly thanked her. Smiles also appeared on the faces of others. The matter was finally resolved.

"You are too polite, Captain Yang. The school will reopen tomorrow. When you return, you can notify the children to come to school. However..."

Shen Xiangwan suddenly stopped talking halfway, turned his gaze to Zhao Dashan and continued, "Uncle Zhao, we will not accept Chen's child. Please tell them."

As the saying goes, a child's character can be seen at the age of three. For a farmer's child, he should have been sensible at the age of eight. But the child knew clearly that the walkie-talkie was snatched away by Chen, and when they asked him about it, he insisted that it was the kid who stole his things. He was so bad that he had undoubtedly been led astray by Chen. She didn't want a scum to be taught in their school.

"Okay, I'll tell them later."

Zhao Dashan agreed without thinking. He was present that day. The child's reaction was really chilling. If it were him, he would never let him go to school.

"Ah."

Nodding, Shen Xiangwan picked up the teacup and took two sips. She had thought about listing Zhao Si's family and Chen's family as households with which she should not have any dealings, but after a little thought, she gave up. Chen's mother and son were still Chen's mother and son, and Zhao Si's family and other members of the Chen family had not done anything excessive, so there was no need to hold them collectively responsible. As she said before, they were just ordinary people, and if they fussed too much, they would end up being at a disadvantage.

"In that case, we will not disturb Madam Wei."

Now that the school issue had been resolved, it was not convenient for a group of men like them to stay any longer. Besides, they had to pass on the good news. Village Chief Yang and the village heads stood up.

"Everyone, walk slowly."

Shen Xiangwan did not stand up, but just nodded with a smile.

The school's issues were resolved, and the only thing left was the workshop's matters. Due to the special nature of grapes, it was impossible to store them in warehouses in large quantities like sorghum. On the third day after they left, the wine workshop ran out of raw materials. Yue Ruyan decided to suspend the operation of the workshop and put all the workers into the sorghum wine workshop.

At the same time, because they didn't know exactly when Shen Xiangwan would come back, Cheng Yusheng started limited sales again, and even withheld half of the goods sent to Jiaozhou and Mingzhou. As a result, those wealthy families who were accustomed to drinking wine thought that they would run out of stock again, and once again sent their servants to buy every day.

"The wine workshop will continue to stop operating, and a hundred people will be assigned to make alcohol. It's almost September, and we should prepare for the next war."

After briefly understanding the situation of the workshop, Shen Xiangwan made a decisive decision. From the beginning to the end, she opened the brewing workshop not just to make money. Next, Wei Chengyi and others will crack down on the rich families in Chenzhou. Many people probably don’t have the energy to care whether they can buy wine. Their current inventory is enough to hold on for a while.

【End of this chapter】

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