Chapter 38 Tuition Repayment
"You're too embarrassed to hide, look at our baby you hit!" Mrs. Zhao raised her slender hand, her ten fingers were full of all kinds of gemstone jewelry, and she picked up Zhao Xiaobao's arm, wanting Lin Ziwen to see the evidence of Zhao Xiaobao's beating.
As a result, it was quickly slapped in the face, and yes, the red marks that were not obvious were gone.
"Why is it gone!" Mrs. Zhao was very surprised, and then continued to speak to Lin Ziwen.
"Since you hit my child, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing anyone, so let's refund my child's tuition fee. Two taels of silver. Mrs. Zhao stretched out her hand towards Lin Ziwen.
Lin Ziwen was stunned, how could it be possible, Zhao Xiaobao had never paid the tuition, and the tuition fee in the school was only two cents a month, how could he talk about two taels of silver?
"Don't give it?" Mrs. Zhao squinted her eyes and saw that Lin Ziwen did not move, and spoke.
"Search for me!" As soon as Mrs. Zhao gave the order, several family members who followed her rushed over, searched Lin Ziwen's clothes, and even threw Lin Ziwen's books to the ground, and then stepped back and forth several times.
"Mrs. Hui, there is no silver tael. It's just a poor scholar. A man reported to Mrs. Zhao.
It was the first time that Lin Ziwen had been searched like this, and his face was extremely ugly, but he couldn't resist with the strength of one person.
"Tomorrow, you'd better refund the tuition for me, otherwise, I want you to look good!" Mrs. Zhao left angrily, leaving a sentence.
Lin Ziwen was very melancholy, not to mention that he had no way to raise these two taels of silver, not to mention, he had never collected two taels of silver at all, he was thin-skinned, and most of the students did not pay tuition every month, but some were because their families were really poor.
As for Zhao Xiaobao, his family is very good, but he doesn't pay tuition, and Lin Ziwen really has no way to take him.
Zhao Xiaobao followed Mrs. Zhao triumphantly, and made a grimace at Lin Ziwen before leaving.
The school was a mess by them, and Lin Ziwen was not in the mood to go to class, so he released the children from school early, and he himself frowned and went home.
Shen Lingxiu and Ah Bao had just ground the noodles, sealed them and put them in a bag, prepared them for tomorrow, everything was done, and they just straightened their waists and prepared to rest, when they saw Lin Ziwen come back with a sad face.
"What's wrong?" Shen Lingxiu asked.
"Zhao Xiaobao's mother went to the school and asked for a refund of the tuition." Lin Ziwen spoke, his tone full of melancholy.
"How much will I get back?" Shen Lingxiu was very surprised, there is still a refund for tuition? She hadn't heard of it.
"Two-two." Lin Ziwen's brows furrowed even deeper.
"How can there be so many?" Shen Lingxiu was taken aback, her bride price was only five taels, why was the tuition fee only two taels of silver?
"The tuition fees I charge are all two cents, and I have never had two taels." Lin Ziwen explained.
Shen Lingxiu was thoughtful, then this is blackmail?
But the Zhao family is a big family after all, so there is no need to blackmail him as a little teacher.
"Do you have a receipt for tuition?" Shen Lingxiu asked.
"What is a receipt?" Lin Ziwen was puzzled.
"A receipt is a record of the money received, similar to a ledger." Shen Lingxiu scratched his head and explained laboriously.
"Yes!" Lin Ziwen nodded, went back to the room and took a few pieces of paper, which did record the payment of tuition.
As he remembers, there is no Zhao Xiaobao.
"How? What do you think? Shen Lingxiu didn't know a single big word, so she asked anxiously.
"Without Zhao Xiaobao, I remember clearly, only Wang Dali, Bruce Lee and other ten people paid the tuition, and the others didn't pay."
Shen Lingxiu calculated, there were only ten people to pay the tuition, and it was only twenty copper plates when it was full, which was really a thankless chore.
She couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Lin Ziwen.
"If you don't pay tuition, you still let them come to the school?" Shen Lingxiu asked.
"They're at the door of the academy, can they still let them in? What's more, some students are really difficult. Lin Ziwen opened his mouth to speak, with three words written on his whole face, good man.
Of course, I heard that there are people who can go to school without paying tuition, and everyone will not pay tuition.
"It's your fault for this, the academy is not for public welfare, there should be rules." Shen Lingxiu spoke, as for Zhao Xiaobao's matter, he will take a step by step to see what they do next, and then see the move.
Lin Ziwen nodded.
Early the next morning, Xu was worried about too many things recently, and after being injured several times, Lin Ziwen started a fever.
Shen Lingxiu got up and saw that Lin Ziwen who was lying on the bed did not get up as usual, she leaned over and saw that his face was flushed, and he reflexively raised his head and touched it, hot! It's hot!
Got a fever?
How can you get a fever?
She drenched the towel and put it on Lin Ziwen's forehead, and then took another towel to wipe his face.
Not worried about Lin Ziwen, she decided not to go out of the stall today, and got Lin Ziwen a meal, and he reluctantly ate a little.
Shen Lingxiu decided to go to Langzhong in the village to get some medicine for Lin Ziwen, but it was not okay to burn like this all the time.
When she came back with the medicine, Lin Ziwen was about to get out of bed when she stopped her.
"What are you doing? Not good to lie down? ”
"I, I'm going to school, it's almost class." Lin Ziwen's breath was weak, and even his breath became hot when he spoke.
"It's all sick like this, don't go today, I've already asked Po to go to the school to tell the students." Shen Lingxiu cut first and then played, because he was afraid that the dedicated Lin Ziwen would have to go to class regardless of his body.
There was no way, Lin Ziwen had to lie back on the bed again, and his limbs were sinking as if they had been filled with lead.
Mrs. Zhao took someone to the school and found that Lin Ziwen didn't come to class today, so she was angry and spread rumors in the school with great fanfare.
"Such a person is not worthy of being a gentleman at all, embezzling the tuition fees of students, and hiding and not daring to come out, knowing that our Zhao family is not easy to mess with!"
Mrs. Zhao stood at the door of the school and made a noise, attracting a crowd of onlookers, but the more people she roared, the more lively she became.
"Lin Ziwen, I heard that it is the third child of the old Lin family, looking weak, I didn't expect that there are so many flowers and intestines, and he actually instigated people to beat our children, our children are less than eight years old, and they have been bullied! Let him refund the tuition, and now he is hiding? Tell me if you still have any reason? ”
She stood in the middle of the crowd and spoke, clapping her hands and shouting.
"No, Mr. Lin is a very good person!" There were also people in the crowd who spoke to Lin Ziwen.
"You, you know people and faces, but you don't know your heart, such people should get out of town, and this school must be demolished!" Madame Zhao spoke, stretching out her hand and pointing to the door of the school.
"This matter is serious, I have to ask the village chief." One of the people in the crowd spoke.
"Let's go, go to the village chief!" Mrs. Zhao opened her mouth and said, saying that she would let people lead the way to the village chief's house.
All the people of the village gathered and went to the village chief's house.
Along the way, the whole village almost knew about it, and Zhao Yuanwai's family in the town came to find Lin Ziwen.
"The old Lin family is in trouble this time, and Zhao Yuanwai is not easy to mess with." The people in the village were talking.
Chi Huifang also heard it, and hurriedly came to tell Father Lin.
"Dad, have you heard? The third child of our family offended Zhao Yuanwai in the town, this is worth it, Zhao Yuanwai is a big family in the town! Do we still have a good life in this family? Hurry up and split up, Dad, I heard that I have to pay two taels of silver! Chi Huifang was worried that her family would be involved, so she proposed to split up.
Father Lin was stunned, how could the third child, who had never caused trouble, offend Zhao Yuanwai!
"Yes, Daddy agrees to split up?" Chi Huifang saw that Father Lin hesitated and asked, she had already thought about what she wanted in her heart, she wanted the best land at the entrance of the village, as well as a house, and she also needed to calculate the food at home.
"What a family! I know that the family is separated, your father and I are not dead yet! Father Lin opened his mouth to reprimand, and then ignored Chi Huifang, but went to the village chief's house.
Coincidentally, when Mrs. Zhao arrived, the village chief happened to be not at home, so they pounced, scolded Lin Ziwen angrily, and then threatened to come back in a few days.
It was rumored that Lin Ziwen looked honest, but he was actually doing bad things, and he was also approached by others, Shen Lingxiu was very angry when he heard the rumors, he had never seen such a reversal of black and white, it was really a person sitting at home, and the pot came from the sky.
Right now, Lin Ziwen's illness was just right, and as soon as the fever subsided, Shen Lingxiu took him to the village chief's house with the note.
The village chief had just come back, heard about what had happened, and was about to call Lin Ziwen over, but who knew that Cao Cao Cao had arrived.
Shen Lingxiu entered the door and spoke.
"Village chief, what happened in the afternoon, I think you also know, we came here to ask for justice, Ziwen's illness is just right, who he is, you must know it from a young age, not to mention, you are the head of a village, you must not let Ziwen be wronged in vain." Shen Lingxiu took the lead in putting on a high hat for the village chief.
"Village chief, this is the note of the tuition fee I charged, I remember it clearly, I only charged ten students for tuition, and the most is only two cents, the least is one penny, and there has never been two taels of silver, and there is no name of Zhao Xiaobao on it." Lin Ziwen said a little weakly, his face was slightly pale, I don't know if he was recovering from a serious illness or because he was angry with this incident, I really didn't know that they would find the village to make trouble.
The village chief took it and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, he summoned the people in the village, clarified the matter, and gave Lin Ziwen a clear name.
"Folks, let's stop chewing the root of the tongue, it's all fake, don't we know what kind of person Ziwen is, every day when you look down and don't look up, everyone has to believe him, not to mention that there is evidence that he has confiscated two taels of tuition, we can't wronged good people."
"Yes, the village chief is right." Everyone in the crowd responded to the call of the village chief, no longer spread the rumors, and all believed Lin Ziwen.