Chapter 207 Being Bullied
After this happened, Qianhuan no longer had the heart to look for a house.
The few of them drove the carriage back to the teahouse. Seeing that they had just left, Master Cai asked in confusion, "Why did you come back so soon? Have you found a house?"
Yin Hua patted his chest and said with lingering fear, "Brother Cai, we didn't even make it to the suburbs when we met a few bandits on the road. They wanted to rob us of our money and our women. We almost couldn't come back."
Upon hearing this, Master Cai immediately asked nervously, "Are you all okay? Is the young lady injured?"
"No, we were not injured. Fortunately, the young lady was smart and asked Ji Feng to sprinkle sleeping pills on the criminals to knock them down. That's how we were able to escape."
Qianhua also said, "Brother Yunlong, we are all fine. I have been carrying the drugs you gave me. Those bandits have been captured by the government now."
"I'm glad you're all okay. I'll have someone get you some more drugs and poisons to keep on you, so you'll be safer."
"Ah."
"Now that Fang Shao has been brought out by me, he can handle the business in the teahouse by himself. Next time you go to the suburbs to look for a house, let me go with you."
Fang Shao is a younger brother under Master Cai, and he was specially brought along on this trip to Beijing.
Qianhuan thought that Brother Yunlong's martial arts were indeed better than hers. With him around, she would feel more at ease when she went out to look for a house, so she nodded and agreed, "Okay."
Qianhuan handed two more silver notes to Master Cai, "Brother Yunlong, take these two hundred taels of silver and go to the pawnshop to buy more workers. Once we find a house in the suburbs, the soy sauce workshop will need a lot of people to work, so we have to prepare early."
Master Cai took the banknote and went out to buy someone.
After lunch, Qianhuan felt a little tired, so she went back to the backyard to rest.
She ordered Yinhua, "Yinhua, don't let anyone disturb my rest. I want to sleep until I wake up naturally."
After coming to the capital, she got up early and went to bed late every day, busying herself with things, and in fact she never had a good night's sleep.
Yinhua received the order and stayed outside the house as expected.
During this time, Chu Lan'er came over with her maid Xing'er and wanted to invite Qianhuan to go shopping together, but Yinhua refused.
"Miss Lan'er, my lady is a little tired today and is resting in the backyard. Otherwise, you can come over tomorrow."
"Okay, then tell Qianhuan that I'll come and go shopping with her tomorrow."
"Well, don't worry, Miss Lan'er. I will tell the young lady."
When it was time to dismiss the Imperial College, Qianhuan had not yet woken up.
Yin Hua whispered to Ji Feng, "Ji Feng, the young lady may be tired today, so let's not wake her up. You can drive the carriage to pick up the young master today."
"Ah."
After Ji Feng left for a while, Qianhuan woke up.
She shouted outside, "Yinhua, what time is it? Should we go to the Imperial College to pick up Wenjie?"
"Miss, Ji Feng has gone to pick them up a long time ago. Calculating the time, they should be on their way back."
Qianhuan thought to herself, this was such a sound sleep, she actually slept for a full hour and a half.
When Wenjie came back, Qianhuan discovered that he had a bruise on his face.
Qianhuan squatted down and asked seriously, "Wenjie, what's wrong with your face?"
Wenjie said guiltily, "Sister, I fell accidentally."
"Your injury is obviously not caused by a fall. You have only been in the Imperial College for a few days. You have not learned anything else but how to lie to your family. Tell me the truth, how did you get this injury?"
Wenjie lowered his head and said nothing. Qianhuan said to Potato, "Potato, you speak."
Tu Dou glanced at Wen Jie, and he didn't dare to speak until the young master spoke.
"Potato, you don't have to look at him. If you don't tell the truth today, you won't have to serve the young master in the future."
When Potato heard this, he immediately became anxious. He knelt down and said, "Miss, the young master was injured in a fight with his classmates in the Imperial College."
Qianhuan knew that Wenjie was not the kind of person who would stir up trouble, so she tried to speak gently and asked, "Wenjie, I know you are not the kind of naughty kid. Tell me why you had a fight with your classmate today?"
Wenjie then spoke up, "Because they called you a businessman full of money, I was so angry that I fought with them."
"Silly boy, I'm a businessman. If they want to scold me for being full of money, let them scold me. I won't lose a piece of meat. Don't fight with your classmates because of me in the future."
Potato said indignantly, "Miss, ever since we entered the Imperial College, many students in Class C have been laughing at the young master for not having any real talent or knowledge, and that he was able to enter the school through the backdoor of the chief priest."
"Don't worry about what others say. They are just jealous. After all, not everyone can use the back door of the Lord Jijiu. They are not lucky enough to use the back door."
Potato continued, "Miss, there's more to it than that. Every time you came to the Imperial College to pick us up, the students saw that our carriage was a little shabby, and privately sent servants to find out that we came from the countryside in the south. They laughed at us for being country bumpkins, and even called us southern barbarians. They always bullied the young master and made him their follower. The young master didn't want to cause trouble, so he kept silent and didn't allow me to tell you. Miss, even if they didn't scold you, the young master had endured them enough."
After Qianhuan knew the truth, she felt so distressed that she hugged Wenjie and said, "Wenjie, why didn't you tell your sister when they bullied you so much? You don't have to be so obedient, and don't worry about causing trouble for your sister. In the future, if someone asks you to be a follower, just refuse directly, and don't accept it submissively, understand?"
Wen Jie disagreed and said, "But, sister, their fathers are officials in Beijing, we can't afford to offend them."
"Wenjie, compared to them, we do not have any status, but we cannot be too weak. They are riding on your head and pissing on you. If you keep giving in, it will only make them worse. Besides, the Imperial College is a reasonable place. As long as you have done nothing wrong, you don't have to be afraid of them just because their father is an official, understand? We don't take the initiative to cause trouble, but if the other party goes too far, we must also know how to resist. If it really doesn't work, tell Mr. Fan and let him make the decision for you."
Wenjie looked at Qianhuan in astonishment. He probably didn't expect Qianhuan to educate him in this way.
He felt warm in his heart, “Well, sister, I understand. I won’t let them bully me anymore.”
"Well, it's good that you understand. Remember, poor students like us can only rely on ourselves. If they think you don't have real talent, then you should study hard and use your strength to slap the faces of those who look down on you."
"Yes, sister, I will."
Qianhuan sent Yinhua to the pharmacy to buy medicated oil. After washing Wenjie's face, she gently applied the medicine on him.