Chapter 767 - 093 Xia Zheng is back_4
"Elder sister, don’t say anything more, just wait in the carriage."
After instructing Lin Wei, Lin Yuan called Xiao Linzi back, "You child, how can you still be so willful after growing a year older? Did I say that I wouldn’t let you go to school? Alright, there’s no need to say thank you or anything like that, I’m not letting you go to school for nothing. Mr. Meng is alone in the school, having to teach you all and manage the school’s affairs; he will definitely be too busy. You performed well at the tofu shop; when you go to the school, help Mr. Meng as an assistant. If there’s anything he’s too busy to handle, you help him out, alright?"
"Ok!" Xiao Linzi excitedly agreed. After all, he was still a child in his early teens, and no matter how mature he seemed, he still had the nature of a child.
Compared to her usual aloof and proud demeanor, Lin Yuan preferred the current Xiao Linzi, who was expressive with his emotions, "Alright, get on the carriage. Today, I’ll take you to the school so you can familiarize yourself with it. Oh right, when you go back tonight, ask the other kids at the tofu shop if any of them want to study too, and you all can go together."
"But what about the work at the tofu shop?" Xiao Linzi asked, stunned. He hadn’t expected Lin Yuan not only to grant his request but also to think about the other children. After all, when these kids had first come, they had all signed agreements; they were there to work. If they all went to school, what would happen to the work?
Lin Yuan had, of course, thought of this as well, and she smiled, "We’ll just hire a few more people if necessary, but we can’t delay your futures. As long as you are ambitious and willing to learn more, you can all go to the school. Don’t worry, I won’t charge you tuition, and your wages will still be paid as usual. Of course, I’m not running a charity here; if anyone wants to go to the school, they’ll have to help Mr. Meng with some work there."
"Hey, sure!" What kind of work could there be at school? At most, it would be sweeping the floors and wiping the desks, which was even less than what they did at the tofu shop.
Xiao Linzi happily agreed, leaping up to sit beside Lin Yi and stealthily looking back. Just as Lin Yuan was lowering the carriage curtains, he caught a glimpse of someone equally excited but obviously shy.
"Hehe." Xiao Linzi chuckled to himself, feeling so good that he didn’t even feel the cold anymore.
Lin Yuan settled back into the carriage, and Xia Zheng looked at her with a curious expression, asking oddly, "What’s going on?"
"Have you really decided to let him go to school?"