Chapter 55: Abandoning Literature to Become a Merchant?
There are many other things to do besides decorating the shop, hiring people, customizing cabinet shelves, and other miscellaneous chores, in addition to that, there are also 50 acres of field seedlings to be carried out.
This is easy to do, the physical work of the field is for short-term work, when there are his powers of the wood element, Wu Qingyuan is not afraid of the failure of seedlings, the biggest problem is that the town shop will open in the future, he and Amo are bound to move to the town, for the village field he needs to find a reliable person to help watch over it.
Especially the ten acres of fields used to grow seasoning spices, recently Amo has been enchanted by studying the modern recipes he gave, and the teenager decided to take his advice and make the right side of the shop into a food shop- he was full of interest and full of energy, however, ancient seasonings are rare, these seasonings are specially for his Amo to use, he has absolutely no problem in growing them.
After thinking about it, Wu Qingyuan felt that the most logical person would be his father-in-law, Lin Laogen, it was just in time to visit as Amo was also homesick, so he bought something the next day, took his little husband, and went back to the Lin house hand in hand to visit.
Although he lived in a village with the Lin family, the two were busy with business every day after becoming a couple, except for the day when they had to visit after the marriage- they didn’t have time to go back to the Lin family to have a good meal, Amo was homesick, he had never left his father and brother for so long when he was younger.
Wu Qingyuan’s current house is not particularly far from the Lin family, in fact, in the entire Willow Village, every household is relatively close, except for a few who live in a relatively remote area, everyone’s house is in a very concentrated area, because of the inconvenience of ancient communication, living too far away meant that if the family has an accident no one would know.
“Smelly boy, your father already has everything and silver ready, we’re just waiting to take you to the private school tomorrow to see the teachers, you actually say that you can’t go, don’t you want to go study, do you want to be stuck working in the mud like your father for the rest of your life!”
As soon as he arrived at the door of the Lin family, and before they entered, Wu Qingyuan heard Lin Laogen’s angry roar coming from the courtyard of the Lin family, followed by a beating sound of wicker on a body, accompanied by Lin Tianbao’s stubborn cry.
“Oh, if I don’t want to go, I won’t go, what’s so good about going to private school, it costs thirty taels of silver a year, whether I can be admitted as a civil servant is not certain, I can learn to do business with Brother Wu, and I can still make a living…”
“You still want to do business? When you have a talent for academics, you can be holding an abacus in a few years and you want to do business! Do you listen to your father? Listen or not? Don’t listen to Daddy and I will hit you till you learn today!”
“Woo, Papa, you shouldn’t hurt me anymore, you hit me, woo, I want brother, I want my brother, I don’t want live with you…”
Then there was another noise in the courtyard, the gate of the Lin family was pushed open, a small figure ran out, and Lin Laogen was chasing behind, the pair of father and son- one ran and one chased, and the old lady Lin and the second family and the third family shouted in the back, it was a funny sight.
When he ran out, Lin Tianbao saw Wu Qingyuan and Lin Amo who had just walked to the door, and his face was suddenly happy, and then he was sad, and he pounced on them and shouted, “Brother——! ”
The voice was loud and ear-shattering, and it was full of crying, which sounded heartbreaking.
This description is not an exaggeration, Lin Tianbao is really in such a mood at the moment, he has grown up being carried on Lin Amo’s back since he was a child, for him, his brother is both an older brother and a mother, and now Amo has moved out, there are only him and Lin Laogen left at home, Lin Laogen is a rough person who does not know to how to gently handle children, now to see his dependent brother come home, just now he was scolded again, and the child’s emotions suddenly collapsed and released.
“Woo, brother, I don’t want to live at home, I want to live with you, dad doesn’t hurt me, no one hurts me when you’re at home, woo…..”
As soon as Lin Tianbao ran over, he hugged Amo’s waist tightly and cried without letting go.
The child cried for a long time, the child’s voice was a little hoarse, and listening to this, Amo was not a heartless person after all, he quickly protected his brother while comforting him and asked his father, “Dad, what happened?”
He doesn’t know what happened, but his dad actually started to beat his brother, since he was a child, he was reluctant to teach his brother by whipping his butt, and his father was even more reluctant.
Lin Laogen, who caught up behind, saw the two come back, his face was first happy, and then his face soured when he heard the question, and he threw the wicker in his hand, pointing at Lin Tianbao who was hiding in Amo’s arms.
“Bastard, you say it yourself, you tell your brother what you did, you see if your brother can protect you after you say it!”
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“Dad, let’s go in and sit down and talk slowly, the villagers are watching…”
The movement at home is not small, the surrounding neighbors’ houses are close to each other and not soundproof, the noise just now has attracted the attention of the villagers to see the liveliness, and everyone likes to watch the bustle of other people’s houses after working all day long.
Lin Laogen is a face-loving person, looking left and right, only then did he throw the wicker on his hand and nod, suppressed the anger in his heart, pulled a smile at Wu Qingyuan, beckoned them to enter the door, and he was still very happy when his son and son-in-law came home.
Later, Mrs. Lin looked at the golden grandson-in-law at home carrying things to the door and was also happy, and quickly ordered the daughter-in-law of the second family to take melon seeds and peanuts out for entertainment, the old woman’s petty force is a stingy force, but it still depends on the person.
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“Amo, Dad is in good health at home, don’t run to the house if you’re okay, Dad doesn’t want to worry you, haven’t you been busy with the shop recently?”
As soon as he went back to the house and sat down, Lin Laogen first aimed his words at Amo, in fact, he said that Amo should not be so eager to come back, but in his heart, he wished that he could see them every day, but Amo has now become the wife of another, unlike when he was his son, what kind of ger who has become a relative of another always runs to his mother’s house, others will have many things to say.
“Dad, I just missed you.”
Of course, Amo knows these truths, but the emotions of homesickness cannot be controlled, and he pouted his small mouth aggrievedly.
Lin Laogen sighed in his heart, he blamed himself for being a big man who couldn’t teach children, and the two children were spoiled and didn’t understand a lot of things, but Wu Qingyuan couldn’t help but want to kiss it when he looked at the pouted little mouth.
Of course, he didn’t dare to speak this in front of the old man, so he could only hold the tea bowl on the table and hand it to Lin Laogen to help his little husband speak.
“Dad, our Wu family doesn’t have so many rules, I haven’t drunk with you for a long time, and today I wanted to come over, there will be something we have to trouble Dad later, so don’t blame Amo…”
“Big brother, Amo came home only because he was filial to you.”
The second daughter-in-law Wang Shi smiled and helped, and Mrs. Lin also nodded in approval, it is good that Amo often goes home, which proves that Amo has a status in her husband’s family, and she can return to his birth family at any time.
“Okay, Dad won’t scold Amo anymore, you have something to say, say it straight, nothing is too troublesome as Dad can help you always…..”
Lin Laogen also spoke, seeing Wu Qingyuan’s performance in protecting his son like this, he was very happy and satisfied and took a closer look at his son, recently Amo is getting better and better, he was getting rounder and his complexion is better. There is a happy sweetness on the face that can be seen even without a smile, and it seems that the husband and wife have a good life.
Lin Laogen was cheerful, and Wu Qingyuan did not delay, simply said hello, and said his intentions.
He was not at ease with handing over his ten acres of spice land to others, and he was not able to manage those short-term jobs in the 40 acres of fertile seedlings’ land later- looking back at the village every day, Lin Laogen has a close relationship with him, and he is just and honest, and it is the best choice to leave things to him.
In terms of fields, Lin Laogen has good skills, and there is no problem at all in helping to watch the short-term workers work, but when he heard that Wu Qingyuan wanted to calculate his wages and that there were several taels a month, Lin Laogen did not agree.
“It’s okay to look at the field, but forget about wages, how can your Dad collect your money for this little thing? Qingyuan, why are you still so polite with your father, really- silver is silver, you save it well, and you will use it well next year when you have a child…”
“Dad, how is this being polite with you, you have to hold this silver, I’m asking you to help me so much, and I won’t have time to work when you look at it, I’m not giving you wages, this is filial piety, I call you my father, shouldn’t I honor you? And Tianbao, isn’t he about to go to private school? If I delay his school, what should I do if Tianbao won’t be able to be a scholar?”
“Hmph, what go to school? This stinky boy doesn’t want to learn, so he saves our silver!”
As soon as Lin Tianbao was mentioned, Lin Laogen’s anger just now instantly rose again, staring at the little son who was shrinking beside Amo and did not dare to speak.
“What? Not going to school? Tianbao, what are you not telling your brother?!
Wu Qingyuan’s eyes widened after hearing this, and Amo was also shocked, his face changed, and pushed the child away, and he didn’t protect him anymore, and asked angrily.
Usually, he can’t rely on other things to protect his younger brother, but the matter of not wanting to go to school is not following his brother’s wishes- letting his younger brother go to study and have a good life- this is his and Lin Laogen’s biggest wish, merchants, farmers, and scholars- merchants have the lowest status here.
“I…..”
This was the first time Lin Tianbao had seen Lin Amo so fierce toward him, and he was so scared that he still didn’t dare to speak.
“Hmph, I knew you won’t dare to tell your brother! Amo, Dad has already told you, this bastard is unable to speak…..”
Lin Laogen stared at his now-knowing appearance and snorted before suppressing his anger and saying the matter.
The matter is not complicated, in fact, the marriage of the eldest son has been solved recently, and Lin Laogen has little savings in his hands, so he had the idea of sending Lin Tianbao to a private school to study.
This plan is something that Lin Laogen and Lin Amo began to plan a long time ago, Tianbao has been good with his brain since he was a child, and even a teacher has seen it and said that his youngest son likes to read very much, and he would have a bright future after taking the test in the future.
But who knows that Lin Tianbao’s child has a lot of other ideas, in the past, he wanted to study because his brother couldn’t get married, he wanted to test for fame and support his brother to recruit a husband-in-law, but now that his marriage is solved, the child has no goal to strive for.
Then looking at his brother-in-law doing business and making money at once as a local lord, so Lin Tianbao has his own ideas in his heart, he feels that doing business is better than learning to read, and after years, the Yuicai exam is not easy and he may fail it- in case he can’t pass the exam, this will only waste his father’s silver, following his brother-in-law to learn to do business is different, in the future, he can also let his father enjoy happiness.
“Even if I am admitted to a school, I may not be able to be admitted to the top, so many who study in the town have not passed the imperial examination for so many years, and it is different to do business- Uncle Zhang in our village, doesn’t he rely on going to the countryside to sell goods has a big house, and Brother-in-law, now he is a landlord…”
Lin Tianbao felt that his idea was very reasonable, and finally came to the surface of his mind, straightened his chest, and looked at Wu Qingyuan expectantly: “Brother, teach me how to do business, Tianbao is very smart, I can learn lots of things and go on the road.”
This is not unreasonable, but where can business compare to taking the road?
Lin Laogen and Lin Amo were anxious upon hearing it, and neither father nor son would comfort and reason, so they could only refuse in unison: “No!”
“Brother-in-law, brother …”
Knowing that his father and brother would definitely react this way, Lin Tianbao very cleverly set his eyes on Wu Qingyuan, hoping for the other to be sympathetic and pretending to be pitiful.
Originally, children should be very soft when they do this expression, but his appearance is different from his brother, Amo looks more inclined toward his mother, and Lin Tianbao is more like Lin Laogen, you can see a masculine-like character face at a young age, and he usually likes to be a little adult, at this moment when he pretends to be pitiful, it is really cute and make people want to laugh.
Wu Qingyuan was amused by his appearance, covered his mouth and coughed twice, and shook his head at the act of Amo glaring at him, only then did he take a sip of the tea bowl on the table and slowly said to the child that only he was the most reasonable in the whole room.
“You really want to learn business with me?”
“Uh-huh!” The child nodded sharply.
“Well, it’s not impossible…..”
Wu Qingyuan was very cheerful, Lin Tianbao was happy, and Lin Laogen and Amo suddenly changed their faces, the Lin family’s second and third families also had different expressions, obviously, they all had different thoughts and opinions, after all, they are a family, one’s glory is their glory, one’s loss is their loss.
“But…” Wu Qingyuan put down the teacup and turned the conversation back, “But business is not so easy, if you want to learn under me, I have to see if your qualifications are good, if you can pass my test, I will teach you to do business.”
“Brother Wu!” Amo was really anxious now, and Lin Laogen couldn’t sit still.
Lin Tianbao nodded happily and immediately nodded: “I can- I can pass any test!”
“Okay, I just have one thing for you to do here, you help me and as long as you can get things done, I will teach you how to do business, and you don’t have to go to private school.”
“What is it?”
“It’s very simple, you go to the Yamen to help me ask the servants inside to write a signboard, and pass an official seal, I have written everything on this paper, you can go directly to the people of the Yamen.”
Wu Qingyuan held the anxious Amo hand and shook his head to show comfort while smiling and passing a piece of paper full of words.
“Okay, I’ll do it!”
Lin Tianbao took the paper and looked at it twice, cheerfully picking it up.
Lin Laogen’s expression is not very good, Lin Laogen’s second and third brothers can’t insert their hands and have no opinion regarding this matter, Amo is depressed and withdraws his hand from Wu Qingyuan’s hand, he was angry- why doesn’t Brother Wu stand on a line with him!
T/N: Ohhh a new enemy appears and Lin Tianbao is being rebellious, what is brother Wu doing exactly?? Bonus chapters are always avail in ko-fi, thank you so much for your support and sorry for the delay.
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This can’t possible be as easy as little Tianbao getting the sign board. I bet Wu Qinyuan told them not to let Tianbao get anything 😂
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Why do I feel like Tianbao won’t be able to do it 🤔. I feel like servants at this time in the past were usually illeterate and only the really lucky ones were able to read and write 😅.
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Is nice to see Lin granny changing to be nicer to the family, I hate it when the elders are unnecessarily mean in the same family. I’m also getting confused on the money in this world. 2-3 taels of silver is enough for a farming family to live a year on… and 1 to 2 taels is usually the bride price, but then the MC has offered to pay salary of 3 taels a month for work and it was mentioned he’s bought take out food and snacks worth 2 taels when he first went to town… I just can’t imagine how much this is lol
Heee~ already being rebellious, tsk tsk
Uh oh…..it seems like landlord Wu need to pacify his madam or else he might sleep on the sofa tonight hahaha