The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 451 The New Teacher
Master Su decided to teach at the village private school from then on.

“I already spoke with the village chief yesterday, and he welcomes me to come and teach.”

nonsense.

How could Village Chief Liu Tielian not be happy?

A teacher who produces top scholars is highly sought after everywhere. Liu Tielian must have thought that Su Fuzi's willingness to teach in Qinghewan was a sign that the ancestral graves of Qinghewan were collectively emitting smoke.

If the villagers knew that Master Su was willing to come to the village to teach, they would welcome him with great fanfare, and anyone who tried to stop him would be considered an enemy.

They all hoped that their children would become scholars and top scorers like Gu Jingzhe.

Seeing the strange reactions from Tong Huaqiong and Madam Hong, Master Su said unhappily, "What? You don't welcome me coming to the village to teach? I've listened to Lai Fu's teaching, and he's not very good at it. He's only suitable for teaching martial arts. But not every child in the village is Nie Xiaofeng. Many more children want to become Gu Jingzhe. After teaching in the village for so long, I really can't bear to leave these children behind, so I've decided to come and teach in the village."

Tong Huaqiong and Madam Hong exchanged a glance.

This Master Su has a rather thick skin; he's only been teaching in the village for a few days, but he can't let go of the village children.

If that's the case, then he taught at the private school in town for much longer, so why did he leave so quickly without any hesitation?

Tong Huaqiong then asked, "What about the students in the town?"

Master Su said, "There is a new master."

Su Fuzi's visit to the village was not entirely because Tong Pandi was in Qinghewan.

During this time, a new teacher arrived at the town's private school. This new teacher was narrow-minded. Despite Master Su being a very easygoing person, he always treated Master Su as an imaginary enemy and tried to belittle him in front of the headmaster.

In addition, Pingchuan County produced two scholars in this provincial examination, and Master Su was the one who mentored both of them. Moreover, one of them was the top scorer. This made the new teacher see Master Su as a thorn in his side, and he would try to trip him up from time to time.

Master Su disdained to contend with petty people. It was merely a small rural private school, yet it had somehow formed factions akin to those in the Imperial Academy. What was the point?

So, taking advantage of the opportunity when Su Chengmin went to the prefectural city with Tong Huaqiong to teach, Master Su directly told Liu Tielian that he would continue teaching in Qinghewan.

Village Chief Liu Tielian naturally welcomed the visit.

No one in the village knew how well Su Chengmin taught the children; all they knew was that he had taught them to recite the Three Character Classic.

However, Su Chengmin was far too young compared to Master Su, and there was no record of him ever teaching a top scholar. Liu Tielian was eager for Master Su to teach the village children.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Since Master Su has already spoken with the village chief, I have nothing more to say. I entrust the village children to you."

Anyway, Su Chengmin has mentioned twice that he doesn't want to be a tutor, but wants to be a coachman or something in a shop in town.

Master Su's willingness to take over the village school was exactly what he wanted.

Master Su laughed when he heard this.

At this moment, Village Chief Liu Tielian saw Master Su and Tong Huaqiong and excitedly ran over, stopping in his tracks to say, "Mother Dashu, I was just about to tell you that the village private school is too much trouble for Laifu, but now Master Su is willing to come to the village to teach."

Tong Huaqiong said that Master Su had already mentioned this matter to her, and she had no objection.

The village chief beamed and said, "There's no place for Master Su to stay in the village right now. We could let him stay at his mother's house during the Great Heat, but your family is quite large and there aren't any spare rooms. Manager He's family is small and has plenty of room, so it would be fine for him to stay there too. But Manager He is always in town, and we're worried about bad rumors. Boss Qian said that Master Su can stay at his place temporarily. He only has one person there, and the house is big and comfortable."

Master Su originally wanted to suggest that he could stay in Tong Huaqiong's old courtyard before it was expanded, but after hearing that the village chief had already made such arrangements, he felt embarrassed to bring it up again, so he nodded in agreement.

Liu Tielian then asked Su Fuzi where his luggage was.

Master Su pointed to the base of the pigsty wall.

Master Su's luggage was very simple, consisting of only two bundles: one for clothes and the other for books.

Liu Tielian happily ran over, picked up the package, and left.

Master Su weighed the flowers in his arms and said, "Brother Village Chief, please take my luggage to Boss Qian's place first." Judging from his posture, he was going to Tong Huaqiong's house for a meal.

Tong Huaqiong couldn't refuse either, could she?

In the evening, Grandpa Gu arrived at Tong Huaqiong's house and saw Master Su sitting on the porch playing with the flowers, looking very unhappy.

Recently, rumors have been circulating in the village that Master Su is in love with Widow Tong and Boss Qian is in love with Widow Tong. These rumors are constantly being whispered in his ears, and he can hear them even if he covers his ears.

He couldn't ask directly, as if asking in person would be like cuckolding his son in the underworld.

But I'm really unhappy.

Tong Huaqiong knew that Tong Huaqiong was not polite to her father-in-law at all, so she rarely visited him.

If it weren't for a specific matter requiring his intervention, he wouldn't have bothered to come at all.

"grandfather."

When Chen Sufen saw Grandpa Gu come to visit, she had a bad feeling.

While her mother-in-law was in the prefectural city, Old Master Gu came to her husband's house and lent him ten taels of silver. Chen Sufeng was afraid that Old Master Gu would take advantage of her and continue to borrow money.

Therefore, it is said: "One should not be at home during the Great Cold."

Grandpa Gu said, "I'm not looking for Da Han, I'm looking for your mother."

Chen Sufeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My mother went to Aunt Zhao's house."

Tong Huaqiong figured that Gu Daqiao would definitely need timber to build the loom.

Ordinary wood won't work; it must be hard wood like persimmon or oak.

Liu Yue'e's eldest sister, Liu Yuechang, owns a hill where they grow oak trees. Tong Huaqiong wanted to buy a batch of oak firewood from Yuechang through the Liu family.

Upon hearing this, Zhao patted her chest and said that she would go to Moon Bay the next day to talk to Liu Yuechang about it. Anyway, all the firewood on the mountain was going to be sold, so it didn't matter who they sold it to. Tong Huaqiong wanted the oak, which would save them the trouble of looking for buyers everywhere.

Tong Huaqiong came out of the Liu family's house, humming a song as she faced the evening breeze.

"Great Summer Mother."

Grandpa Gu disliked his eldest daughter-in-law's spirited demeanor.

She's dressed even better than Chen Su-fen, what kind of behavior is this, all alluring and seductive?

Grandpa Gu originally didn't want to talk to his daughter-in-law, who was dressed like that, and wanted Grandma Gu to do it, but he was afraid that if Grandma Gu saw his daughter-in-law, the two of them would start arguing.

Tong Huaqiong stopped and asked, "Grandpa, is there something you need from me?"

Grandpa Gu's beard twitched, and he exclaimed, "Dad, it's too hot to eat!"

He gets angry when it comes to how they address each other. In the past, his eldest daughter-in-law might have been unreasonable, but she still called him "father" and "mother." Now she's getting more and more outrageous. Since he and Grandma Gu moved back to Qinghewan, his eldest daughter-in-law hasn't called him "father" or "mother" once.

Grandpa Gu steadied his breathing and said, "There are two things I want to discuss with you. I heard from the Yao family the other day that the teacher at our village private school has stopped teaching, and it's hard to find a teacher these days. Ruinian is a student who has passed the imperial examination, and he is capable of teaching the children in the village. I think it would be better to let Ruinian work at the village private school for now, and then make further plans when a suitable teacher is found."

I don't know how the Yao family spread the word, but it led Old Master Gu to mistakenly believe that Su Chengmin was not a teacher.

However, Tong Huaqiong thought to herself that the old man Gu Ruinian was really good at coming up with ideas.

Didn't he know that Tong Huaqiong would refuse?

Grandpa Gu didn't want Ruinian to teach either. Wasn't it because Madam Wei was giving her brother-in-law a hard time all day that he had no choice but to do this in order to suppress family conflicts?