novelraw Chapter 190
Chapter 190
Chapter 190: Acquiring a Wild Agronomist
Wei Yu didn’t even know if his guess was right.
But Mr. Lu Xun once said—people often do not hesitate to interpret others with the worst possible intentions.
Thinking the worst of everything is not pessimism or negativity; it’s simply giving yourself some reaction time and leeway.
Wei Yu had already shared his guess, but the grandfather and grandson of the Zhu family who heard it were stunned and furious.
Zhu Liang suddenly stood up, his eyes red as he shouted angrily, “I knew my Dad wasn’t a gambler! He must have been deceived! Grandfather, let’s report that bastard surnamed Yang to the authorities!”
Wei Yu quietly glanced at him.
Gambling is a tricky matter—it’s possible to be set up, but being deceived isn’t certain.
After all, slipping up happens to both men and women.
Thinking he had caused his son’s downfall, the old man suddenly wept bitterly, raising his sleeve to wipe away tears while choking with emotion, “It’s me, it’s this old man who caused it! My son—” Seeing Grandfather so overcome, Zhu Liang quickly squatted down to comfort him, “Grandfather, don’t cry, your grandson will definitely seek justice for Dad…”
While the grandfather and grandson were sobbing together, Wei Yu did not involve himself.
He got up and left to give them space to calm down.
While Wei Yu was eating meat by the grill, Fang Sheng asked him, “Young Master, should we send someone to Shangning County?”
“To do what?”
Wei Yu glanced at him, “Can’t you see the young man is determined to get revenge himself? Let the youth have ambition. He’s a good kid; don’t meddle unnecessarily—that could spoil him.”
Fang Sheng kept quiet.
If it weren’t for seeing His Highness meddle in the past, he wouldn’t be so willing to ask extra questions!
After quite some time, the grandfather and grandson finished crying and slowly walked over.
Zhu Liang supported his grandfather as they approached.
Seeing them coming, Fang Sheng warned His Highness to mind his demeanor, “Young Master, they’re coming.”
Wei Yu quickly stuffed the unfinished meat skewer into Fang Sheng’s hand, pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, then turned around properly and solemnly.
The grandfather and grandson were now right in front of him.
Zhu Sansheng bent slightly, looking haggard but grateful as he said, “Thank you, young master, for revealing the truth. We the two of us have no way to repay you except to…”
Before he could finish, the old man’s legs went down, and Ah Liang beside him kneeling as well.
“Hey, no need!”
Wei Yu’s words were also Fang Sheng’s orders.
Fang Sheng stepped forward, grabbed their arms firmly, and with a little strength pulled the grandfather and grandson up from their kneeling position halfway.
Wei Yu smiled at them and said, “It was just a trivial favor. You need not kneel like that, old sir. Besides, what I said was just casual talk without evidence. The real truth still requires detailed investigation.”
Zhu Sansheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, “Young master means well. No matter what the truth is, at least now this old man has an idea in his heart.”
Seeing that their eyes were redder and redder, Wei Yu blinked and tentatively asked, “Then, do you two still intend to go to Tianshui City to find work afterward?”
Zhu Sansheng sighed, looking troubled, “What can we do if we don’t go? Now that we have come this far seeking justice, we still need to figure out how to survive.”
Alright then!
Such a naturally gifted agronomist, Wei Yu really had no reason to just let him slip away.
He must bring him back to the system to study and then have him work for him!
Capitalist’s children have no conscience!!!
Yes, the fact that he has no conscience is because of his father, definitely not himself.
“Old Master Zhu, to be honest, my family has some small fields under our name in the capital. Although there are people managing them, none have your talent that can actually increase grain yields.”
Wei Yu looked at the elder with a smile and kindly asked, “Instead of you and Ah Liang going to Tianshui City for hard labor, why not come to my farm to teach people how to farm? I’ll pay you five taels a month, with board and lodging included. If you do well, the wages will increase. If you don’t like it and want to leave, I won’t stop you. How about that?”
Five taels a month, board and lodging included, with a potential wage increase?!
Zhu Sansheng and Ah Liang were stunned.
The old man stammered, “F-five taels silver a month?”
Farmers hardly save a few silver coins a year; to have five taels in just one month, that adds up to… sixty taels a year!
Wei Yu glanced at the dumbfounded Ah Liang, smiling as he sweetened the offer, “There is also an academy on my farm. The students are the village children. Ah Liang is young; if you come, he can enroll in the academy with the other kids.”
The grandfather and grandson both stopped breathing for a moment.
School? An academy?!
Zhu Liang couldn’t help but widen his eyes, “I—I can also go to the academy? Do we need to pay tuition? We, we don’t have money…”
Zhu Sansheng also stared fixedly at Wei Yu.
Obviously, regarding working, it was more reassuring for the old man that Ah Liang could attend the academy.
Wei Yu said very kindly, “The academy is self-established, precisely so that the children in the village can study and learn to read and write, and hopefully have a good future. So all village children attend for free, of course.”
Zhu Liang was shocked.
He stared at Wei Yu and murmured, “Free? All village children can study for free…”
To actually build an academy themselves and provide free education to strangers’ children in the village just to ensure the future of the tenant farmers’ descendants?!
What kind of godly master is this?!
Zhu Liang had never seen such a thing, and Zhu Sansheng, over fifty years old, had never even heard of it.
A master who doesn’t exploit their servants and tenants is already good enough; where else would there be masters building academies and providing free schooling?!
These aren't even children from their own family, yet they spend money and effort on such charity—it must be because the master has a kind heart.
Working for such a master, how could one worry about being bullied or deceived by the master…
Zhu Sansheng looked deeply at Wei Yu, eyes slightly reddened, and was about to kneel again.
“Thank you, young master. Thank you for giving us a way to live…”
This time no need for Fang Sheng; Wei Yu personally stepped forward to support him.
“Old sir, please get up. Since I’m inviting you to come work at my farm, you’re my guests. I pay, you provide skills. That’s a fair deal.”
Zhu Sansheng was helped up and smiled gratefully at the young man before him, “Young master’s kindness, I understand. However, without anyone appreciating my farming skills, they would just go to waste.”
Zhu Sansheng beckoned Ah Liang over.
When Ah Liang came to support him, Zhu Sansheng said to Wei Yu, “From now on, Ah Liang and I will follow the young master.”
A typical buy one, get one free deal.
Wei Yu nodded happily, “Don’t worry, following me, you won’t be disappointed.”
Wild agronomist, acquired!