Don't worry about traveling through time, she has an all-powerful senior sister to help her

"In another seven or eight days, after the melon field is cleaned up." Shen Miaozhu gave a definite answer.

Shen Lingzhu thought for a moment and said, "Let's hire an escort agency."

She was used to hiring a few armed men to accompany her when she traveled, in case of any unexpected incidents.

Shen Miaozhu had other plans: "Chen Ru and his colleagues have been ordered to go to Beijing, and we're just going to take a ride along."

"Now our safety along the way is absolutely guaranteed." As soon as Shen Lingzhu finished speaking, she saw her senior sister staring at the direction of the yard, so she also looked over.

My eldest brother was stopped by the grandfather of the clan at the gate and was saying something.

"What do the grandfathers from the clan want from you again?

In the past two years, we have arranged for all the people who could be employed in shops, and also taught them how to grow vegetables in greenhouses.

Even when we planted watermelons and grapes, we didn't forget to bring them along. Most of them were afraid of losing money and just wanted to work in our fields, and were unwilling to set aside their own land to plant some.

Only the second and fifth grandfathers have planted half an acre." She stopped walking and watched the elderly people and her eldest brother enter the yard.

Shen Miaozhu said, "It was Third Grandfather. He persuaded Second Grandfather and the others to suggest reopening the clan school."

Shen Lingzhu was speechless: "Buy back the clan school that Xia Tongsheng closed?"

Seeing her senior sister nod, she sneered, "Are you asking our family to pay to buy back the things they sold?"

That clan school was built with money from her grandmother. Shen Lingzhu hated it most when some people used clan interests as an excuse.

"Last time, I agreed to let Brother Jian Zhang and two other brothers from the same clan enter the shop because they were down-to-earth people.

"Third Grandfather is getting a little pushy. He's not going to push for the clan school and have Shen Man become its teacher, is he?" Shen Lingzhu wanted to run over and refuse on her brother's behalf, but just as she took a step, she heard her senior sister say, "Let your brother handle this. Grandpa has shares in the two food stores, but they won't make much money. I'm sure the clan members know that."

"Each shop is run by a clan member, so they certainly know the family's income.

We can benefit each other at first, but we can't use them for all our business." Shen Lingzhu now thinks that the two shops in the county government were a joint venture when everyone was facing an uncertain future for their uncle.

But it’s different in the capital. You should have your own independent shop and buy people to use it from the beginning.

She had just used her brothers at the time and hadn't thought too much about it, so she continued, "The shop in the capital was only able to break even at the beginning.

I was thinking about whether I could buy some people to replace the clan members so that I could teach Uncle Jiu and the four brothers to come back to Baozhou.

And we agreed at the beginning that we would ask everyone to help us for a while."

Shen Miaozhu nodded: "Using people from my own clan has its pros and cons, so when I first started selling wine, I only let my eldest brother and uncle handle it."

"So when you planted grapes, you also chose the families of the military households under Captain Chen?" Shen Lingzhu thought to herself that her senior sister was thinking long-term.

Shen Miaozhu nodded again: "But what you said makes sense. It would be more convenient to buy some people who can sign the working contracts in the capital.

When I come back from this trip to Beijing, I will bring the people back and place them in the prefectures and counties. You will stay in Beijing to manage the two stores.

When the wine is sold in the winter, we can keep an eye on it ourselves."

It is better to hold the core money-making things in your own hands during the initial stage of the startup.

After the two of them reached an agreement, they were not in a hurry to go back. They lingered in the shed for a long time, and only returned to the yard at the foot of the mountain after seeing the grandfathers leave.

Just then, Shen Xianzhu came out carrying a half-basket of peaches. He smiled wryly and said, "My uncles want to buy a Hui clan school. What do you think?"

"Brother, haven't you replied yet?" Shen Lingzhu asked back.

Shen Xianzhu said: "I said why should I buy back the things I sold? It's just to make Xia Tongsheng happy.

Furthermore, the village refused to sell us that piece of land, which will become a hidden danger sooner or later."

Shen Miaozhu got straight to the point: "So?"

“I don’t recommend buying back those houses.

But if the children in the clan want to continue their studies, our family will donate two mule carts with boxes for them to travel to and from the school in Shenquanji." Shen Xianzhu said this and looked at his two sisters, who seemed to have no objection.

Then he continued, "Third Uncle suggested that if we don't buy it back, we can borrow our yard and let Uncle Shiman and Uncle Shiliu teach the children to read."

"Hehe, I knew him. Did you agree?" Shen Lingzhu smiled coldly.

Shen Xianzhu waved his hand: "Of course not, I said the woodworking shed is not stable, and Uncle San and Uncle Qi want to move back to this yard to do the work.

Sawing and hammering wood every day is not suitable for studying."

Shen Lingzhu knew that it wasn't just Third Grandpa, several others also wanted to ask Uncle to fund the school again, "Humph, they will definitely come again, and most likely write to Uncle.

My uncle is the most compassionate towards his clan members, and he might even send his salary to the clan to build another school."

Shen Miaozhu said: "Instead of this, why not spend thirty taels of silver and talk to Second Grandfather about choosing a piece of clan land to build two houses."

Shen Lingzhu disagreed: "Second sister, after the house is built, will they ask uncle to hire a master again?"

"That depends on how Big Brother talks to the elders. They ate at our house a few days ago and they said the reading atmosphere in the clan school is quite good.

For at least three or four years, no one was able to take part in the county examination. For example, Brother Song Zhu had to study in the county town for several years before he could pass the examination.

You know, other families don't just pay for the school." After saying that, Shen Miaozhu looked at her eldest brother.

Shen Xianzhu seemed to be thinking about something, and after a moment he said, "I'll talk to my second grandfather after lunch. When my father took the exam, it was all thanks to my grandparents' support. Apart from my second grandfather and fifth grandfather who helped him, no one in the clan supported him as much as other people in the clan did.

On the contrary, after Dad became an official, he gave the profits to the clan year after year."

"Brother, I suggest you go with Song Zhu, as they carry more weight.

If he is willing to teach, why not go to the other two strong ones? "Shen Lingzhu thought of Shen Songzhu, who voluntarily resigned from his position as the county shopkeeper after his grandmother came back to take charge and said he wanted to concentrate on studying. This cousin was a smart man.

"Good idea. I'll go find him right away. He has to study at home anyway, so he should be willing to take care of the children." Shen Xianzhu did what he said.

The two sisters followed slowly behind. Shen Lingzhu asked her senior sister, "Shen Manzhen will not lead everyone astray when she teaches the children, right?"

"Don't worry, once we pay for the construction of two schoolhouses, the elders will definitely not use Shen Man. They are just using him and Uncle Sixteen as an excuse.

Moreover, Shen Songzhu, who is already a student, will definitely contribute to the construction of the house. This way, the clan will contribute more and will not hire someone with bad character to teach. "Shen Miaozhu knew the clan elders' thoughts all too well.

Sure enough, when Second Grandpa heard that Shen Xianzhu and Song Zhu had donated money to the clan to rebuild the school building, he first contributed five taels of silver, and then took them to lobby several old brothers.

The next day, the clan decided to build two school buildings in the clan field where the greenhouse was built. As for the teacher, they required him to be at least a student.

It is said that the third grandfather who initiated the reopening of the clan school was so angry that he did not go out for several days.

This made Shen Lingzhu, who was going to Beijing, in a good mood all the way.

But she never expected that just after she bought a few people suitable to be waiters, something unexpected happened in Beijing that night.