Early the next morning, Hua Zhi went to her grandmother's room to have dinner with her.
She has always had a good appetite, and now she has a lot of things to do, so she naturally eats more than usual. The old lady was infected and ate a few more bites.
Nanny Su handed over the mouthwash and smiled: "I hope that the eldest lady can come over for meals more often in the future, so that the old lady can eat more."
"As long as Grandma doesn't mind me eating too much, of course I'm willing to come." Hua Zhi sighed helplessly, "I've spoiled the maids so much that they have no rules. I have to control what they eat and what they don't eat. It's not as good as here, Grandma. As long as I eat well, I can eat whatever I want."
"Then you should eat in your own room. I think your maids are all good and considerate of their master."
The old lady joked as she recalled what she had eaten in the morning, and was glad that she was also a patient and there would be no irritating foods in her food, so she was not afraid of breaking any taboos.
The two chatted for a while before Hua Zhi got down to business. "Yesterday I asked and found out that only Mr. Mu was willing to continue to study in the Hua family. I was too naive."
The old lady sighed, "I'm surprised that a Mr. Mu came. I originally thought that no one would come. At least someone still remembers all the good things the old man has done."
"One gentleman is too few." What's more, it was Mr. Mu. Hua Zhi had a headache. Not long before the accident, when she was playing chess with her grandfather, she heard her grandfather say that Mr. Mu had resigned from him and he planned to return home. This time, the invitation was sent out thinking that he was the least likely person to come, but he was the only one.
"I'll think of a way. If it doesn't work, I'll do it myself." Mr. Mu is a man of integrity. How could she use this to hold him back? Someone has to take over his place. What she lacks is only experience. She will learn it with more experience.
The old lady was stunned for a moment, patted her lightly, and smiled, "Don't talk nonsense. Grandma has lived to such an old age and has never heard of a female teacher."
"My granddaughter is not talking nonsense. I know everything that the teacher knows. Grandfather often tests my studies. He cannot teach me the advanced ones, but I know some of the Thirteen Classics. Anyway, I am not going to mislead other people's children."
Hua Zhi really intended to do this. Children of the Hua family start their education at the age of four and enter the clan school at the age of six. Now there are nearly thirty children under the age of ten in the main and branch families. They are of different ages and learn different things. Mr. Mu alone is definitely not enough to teach them, and she has to go.
The old lady didn't know what to say, so she simply patted her hands and changed the subject.
When Hua Zhi left to take care of the old lady, she started coughing violently. Nanny Su looked at the red spots on the handkerchief and was shocked. Her eyes instantly turned red. "I'll ask someone to get a doctor right away!"
"No need." The old lady grabbed her hand and squeezed out two words before coughing again. Nanny Su, with red eyes, gently stroked her back, and after a while, the cough gradually subsided.
After rinsing her mouth to get rid of the fishy taste, the old lady lay back on the bed, squinting her eyes and saying in a hoarse voice: "Cover your mouth tightly, and don't spread it."
"Madam!" Nanny Su was so anxious that she burst into tears. She knelt in front of the bed and begged, "It's not okay to hold on like this. It definitely won't work. Madam, I beg you, please think about the young lady and the whole family..."
"Do you think Zhi'er doesn't know about my illness? If she didn't know, she wouldn't have taken all these things on herself. It was she who arranged for Doctor Chu to come to our house every five days. If I was just suffering from a minor illness, why would she do this?"
The old lady had a sad expression. It was not that she didn't know this, but she didn't dare to think too much about it. She was afraid that she would not be able to wait for the old man to come back, that the Hua family would fall apart, and she would not be able to face the ancestors of the Hua family.
So even if she had to work day and night to endure, she would let herself live a few more days. At least, she would have to wait until Zhier completely took control of the Hua family before she could let out her anger.
Nanny Su was crying her eyes out. Even though she was normally very capable, she was now at a loss and didn't know what to do.
The old lady patted her hands and said, "Get up and talk to me."
Nanny Su sat half of her buttocks on the round stool beside the bed, hiccuping and whimpering, "Take a rest. We'll talk after you've rested."
"Let's talk first." The old lady opened her eyes and looked at the top of the tent. "Do you think Zhi'er is serious about what she said?"
Nanny Su was still sad and didn't react to what was said for a moment.
"That's what being a gentleman means."
Madam Su wiped her tears and thought for a moment, "It seems to be true to me. If I didn't have the confidence, I wouldn't have said such a thing."
"I don't think you're joking. I didn't think much of it when the old master brought her to teach him. I thought that girls were going to marry into other families anyway, so how could they become officials no matter how well educated they were? Later, the other two girls in the family became famous, but she remained silent. At that time, I laughed at the old master. Now I think about it and it makes me very upset."
The old lady chuckled, and then she coughed again. She was even more exhausted after all this trouble. Before she fell asleep, she did not forget to instruct, "Don't let Zhi'er know. Don't interfere in the affairs of the clan school. If there are other people who are not careful, you can use my name to punish them."
"Yes, I understand."
Smelling the heavy breathing and watching the chest rising and falling, Nanny Su's tears, which she had been holding back, began to flow again. She covered her mouth and cried silently, her heart breaking.
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After coming out of her grandmother's room, Hua Zhi went to take a look at the clan school which had been tidied up. Although the place was smaller than the previous clan school, it looked roughly the same. There were many little kids reading or writing inside. There were obviously no adults around, but there was no noise.
Hua Zhi watched quietly, her eyes gentle and a smile slowly spread.
This is the Hua family’s hope and the future of the Hua family. As long as they are well, the Hua family will prosper.
All she has to do is fertilize the land and let them thrive.
I left the clan school quietly. Butler Xu was already waiting outside. "Young lady."
Hua Zhi nodded, "Who is taking care of the clan school's affairs recently?"
"To answer the eldest lady, it is the Sixth Young Master."
Hua Zhi was not surprised. It seemed that Berlin had listened to what she said before, so there were not only children from the main family in the clan school, but also many children from side branches.
"Don't be short of pens, ink, paper, and inkstones. Try to use the best ones. Don't skimp on these. Also, go and ask Mr. Mu in person to tell him that the Hua family will reopen the clan school in three days."
"yes."
"There is one more thing." Hua Zhi stopped and looked back in the corridor, which was transparent on all sides. "Zhuangzi went upstairs and something bad happened. Chen Liang died to protect me. Does he have any family?"
Xu Dongjin was stunned for a moment, then he thought about it and said, "He has a younger brother and a younger sister. Back then, the three siblings were desperate. Chen Liang sold himself into the government, but his younger brother and sister were free. They should have started families now."
"Go and find out what kind of person that sister-in-law is. If she treats you well, tell her the truth and give her a little more money. If she doesn't really treat Chen Liang, give her some money and just say that Chen Liang was sent out to do something and didn't have time to come home. From now on, my Hua family will take care of his grave."
"yes."
"There's no need to tell grandma about this."
"yes."
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