Reborn peasant girl: I became rich overnight by traveling to sea

The school in Guojiacun.

Chang Pingning followed Meng Xia around to the back door of the school. Directly opposite was the school courtyard. There were some empty rooms next to the courtyard.

Meng Xia took Chang Pingning into one of the rooms, where several guests were already sitting. Judging from their clothing, they looked like wealthy businessmen.

Meng Xia explained to the few people in front of her that they came suddenly today and were not well prepared. Then she asked her helper who had previously prepared the seafood banquet to come to the school to help, and asked them if there was any seafood they particularly wanted to eat.

After hearing the word "seafood banquet", several wealthy businessmen's eyes brightened up obviously: "Let's just have the 'seafood banquet' you mentioned."

Meng Xia felt a little regretful and put a smile on her face: "The seafood banquet requires too many ingredients, so we have to start preparing it at least one day in advance. Why don't Madam Chang and I bring you some fresh seafood and ask you to pick it up on the spot?"

Several wealthy businessmen exchanged searching looks and agreed: "That's okay, but you can't use some inferior seafood to deal with us. We have heard from friends that the seafood in your village can be picked and cooked fresh. "

Meng Xia agreed with a smile, saying that they would go pick some fresh seafood for them, and then lead Chang Pingning out of the house.

Chang Pingning looked at Meng Xia in confusion, wanting to ask her where they could find fresh seafood at this time.

"Ms. Chang, let's go around the village and see which families keep spitting seafood in their homes..." Meng Xia said as she led Chang Pingning out of the academy.

"Mrs. Meng, why are you leaving again just after you came back?"

Chang Pingning heard a malicious voice coming from behind him and turned around to see an older scholar.

In the window behind him, several children's heads popped out, looking out at them curiously.

"Mr. You." Meng Xia nodded at this man as a greeting.

Chang Pingning thought that the person in front of him was probably the original teacher in the village school.

Meng Xia didn't seem to want to say anything more to Mr. You. The two of them were still in a hurry to find seafood. After saying hello to Mr. You, they planned to leave the academy with Chang Pingning.

Unexpectedly, Mr. You was not going to let them go, and asked them knowingly if they wanted to cook for the wealthy businessman.

Have they taken over the empty rooms in the school and given them to some wealthy businessmen?
Is it against the rules for Mr. Meng to leave to cook for people outside when he was supposed to be teaching students?

When Chang Pingning heard the questions, he felt like there was a buzzing around his ears.

Chang Pingning glanced at Meng Xia and wanted to know when they could leave.

Meng Xia glanced at Chang Pingning helplessly, shook her head slightly at her, sighed again, and raised her hands to the person in front of her: "Mr. You taught me a lesson. Is there anything else you want to say?"

Probably because Meng Xia showed a good attitude of admitting his mistake, Mr. You curled up his lips happily.

"Since Mrs. Meng knows that she is wrong, please leave with these people. The school is a pure place for learning, and it would be really insulting to the gentlemen if you two are contaminated by the smell of oil fumes and copper."

It seems that they don't want them to cook and entertain wealthy businessmen here at all.

Chang Pingning looked at Meng Xia, worried that she would take the guests to change places.

Unexpectedly, Meng Xia curled his lips disdainfully: "Since Mr. You is so righteous, why not exempt everyone from the discipline? A pure place like the school should not be tainted by the smell of copper."

"Bastard!" Unexpectedly, Mr. You was first stepped on by the fried cat whose tail was stepped on, and he angrily scolded Meng Xia, "You don't restrain Xiu and teach them knowledge directly. Instead, you violate the teachings of the saint. "If you don't have money, take it. Some eggs can also be used as bundles.

"All saints must practice self-reinforcement, let alone us?"

Mr. You was talking sentence by sentence, as if he wanted to use the behavior of a saint to prove that it was reasonable for him to practice restraint, and that it would be inappropriate for Meng Xia not to practice restraint.

"That's right." Meng Xia nodded, "The saint is very knowledgeable, and everyone is willing to help him practice. But I can only recognize a few words. People don't call me 'sir' yet, but they call me 'Mrs. Meng' , some even call them 'Meng Chu Niang'..."

When Meng Xia said this, he raised his head and smiled at Mr. You: "I don't have much to teach them, so naturally I can't ask them to train like Mr. You."

Mr. You was speechless after hearing Meng Xia's words. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Chang Pingning saw this and flattered him sincerely: "It is reasonable for a great talent like Mr. You to charge more."

Unexpectedly, after Chang Pingning finished speaking, he saw Mr. You's face turn dark.

"Mrs. Meng, why are you still here? I've been waiting for you at home for a long time."

An aunt's voice greeted Meng Xia from the door of the school.

Upon seeing this, Meng Xia responded: "Aunt Guangying, we are coming." Then she cupped her hands with Mr. You in front of her and walked out of the school.

After Chang Pingning followed Meng Xia out of the school, she heard Aunt Guangying ask them: "Why are you so lucky because of your travels?" The tone was very affirmative.

Meng Xia was surprised how Aunt Guangying knew.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Guangying smiled, did not answer, and led them directly back to her yard. When she opened the door, there were pots of seafood and several other aunts.

Meng Xia recognized them. These were the older and slower aunts in her literacy class.

"Ms. Meng, Mr. Meng, we sisters don't have money, but we are very grateful to you for teaching us how to read, and you don't mind us learning slowly." Aunt Guangying was very excited and even wanted to kneel down to Meng Xia.

Meng Xia was so shocked that she stepped forward to support Aunt Guangying.

Aunt Guangying continued: "We heard in the school today that you have to entertain guests from outside, and they also asked for seafood from the village. This is our own seafood. If you don't dislike it, take it. ”

As Aunt Guangying finished speaking, several other aunts in the yard also nodded.

Meng Xia was surprised: "But... I will sell the dishes made from these seafood to the guests, and the price is not cheap. But... the money should not go into your pockets, at least the money for this meal will not... How about I buy it according to the price in town?"

The more Meng Xia talked, the more hesitant she became. She had already arranged the use of the money, but the budget for buying seafood was not high. She just considered that these people were her students and knew each other, so she still had to give them some face.

Unexpectedly, Meng Xia's words caused laughter from the aunts in front of her, and they looked at each other with smiles.

"Mr. Meng, you're too polite. The girl taught us how to read and didn't accept anything from us. These are considered as gifts from us to Miss Meng." Aunt Guangying said to Meng Xia.

Meng Xia was very happy to see this and did not refuse.

"If Miss Meng doesn't dislike it, we can help Miss Meng!" One of the aunts was even more frank and generous. (End of chapter)