The town's yamen is where the mayor lives.
Huang Yushu saw off his husband and came to see the mayor. He wanted to ask about the town's future arrangements.
The mayor, who had just woken up from his nap, looked at Huang Yushu and shook his head, frowning and asked: "The world is not good. If you can, just sleep a little longer. What brings you here at noon?"
"Didn't something happen? I just came back from Baiyu City, and some accidents happened to the parents of the students there..."
Sitting opposite the mayor, Huang Yushu looked at him and said quietly
The mayor looked at Huang Yushu's appearance and couldn't help but said: "So what, where is the trouble now? Our place is already very good!"
"What does the mayor mean by this? We have a lot of people here?" Huang Yushu frowned.
"Shopkeeper Huang, you are so excited that you can't even speak! It's not like you don't know how the world is going now." The mayor looked at him and sighed.
"Mayor, can you answer me? Can our mayor help the children of those families who had the accident?" Huang Yushu ignored the mayor's indifference and looked at him and continued to ask.
"Of course I like it if someone offers money, but I can't force it if no one offers it!" the mayor replied quietly.
Huang Yushu thought for a while, looked at him and asked, "You are the head of a town and the parent officer of the town. Can't you tell the superiors and let them think of a solution?"
"You're overthinking it. The officials above are even bigger than me! Believe it or not." The mayor reached out and poured a cup of herbal tea for Huang Yushu.
Huang Yushu didn't expect that the outside world would change so quickly. In the past, he could occasionally report things to the higher authorities, but now suddenly there was no way to report them to the higher authorities.
It's just that the current Huang Yushu is a mature and steady businessman after all, and will not panic when encountering problems. After all, even the water bandits couldn't scare him, let alone the mayor in front of him.
"Can you let the merchants in the town think of a way?" Huang Yushu replied softly.
The mayor shook his head, looked at him and said: "I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible. At present, any shopkeeper in the town who is not a clay Buddha can't save himself when crossing the river?"
Seeing that Huang Yushu remained silent, the mayor continued: "You just need to go back and ask your mother-in-law if she agrees?!"
"Can you reason with the woman at home?" Huang Yushu frowned. He had not forgotten what Liu said to him, thinking that he might not be able to convince her.
After all, the business of his own shop is not very good, and he still has a large family to eat and live.
The mayor shook his head, looked at him and replied: "You also know that your family's situation is not good, and you can't convince your wife? Among the shops in the town, which shopkeeper can convince his wife? Can you help me find it? "
"Can't we issue a notice in the name of the town and ask each household to donate a little first? Then we can discuss it with the school teacher and the school can reduce some fees. I think that's enough, right?"
Huang Yushu looked at the mayor with a helpless expression on his face.
Not to mention him, I am afraid that just like what the mayor said, no shopkeeper in the town can persuade his wife to spend money to do good deeds.
"Don't hurt me. Starting from this year, I can't even collect the taxes on your shops. What else do you want from me? I also have a family waiting to eat."
Seeing Huang Yushu's silent expression, the mayor continued: "These days, it's already good enough for your family to be able to live well. Don't let your imagination run wild."
Huang Yushu looked at him and nodded. He smiled bitterly and said: "It is true that people are worse than dogs these days. Life is becoming more and more tiring day by day. I don't know when this day will end?"
"You ask me who should I ask? Ask my immediate superior? Do you believe it or not that as long as I dare to ask, tomorrow the mayor will no longer be me..."
The mayor looked a little angry at Huang Yushu, and then nagged: "Nowadays, in all prefectures and counties, who is not the Clay Bodhisattva who cannot save himself when crossing the river? Do you know how many refugees there are in White Jade City right now?"
Huang Yushu shook his head and fell silent thinking of some of the legends he had heard.
After a long while, he said: "I'm afraid life there will be even more difficult, right?"
Huang Yushu watched the mayor raise his head with difficulty and said in a deep voice: "I will try again when I go home. If there is hope, I will come to you to find a solution...see if the school can help.
The mayor looked at him with a bitter smile and said, "As long as you take care of the school and your wife, I will shamelessly discuss it with a few shopkeepers in the town. At most, I can use this year's tax as a deduction."
"This will cause trouble to the mayor again!" Huang Yushu finished speaking and was about to say goodbye and go home.
The mayor thought for a while, looked at him and confessed: "Don't tell anyone until this matter is finalized. After all, this matter has not yet been settled."
Huang Yushu cupped his hands and replied: "Don't worry, I won't cause trouble to the mayor again."
With a wave of his hand, the mayor asked Huang Yushu to leave, and he sat back in his chair.
"What's going on these days!" After muttering, the mayor turned and walked towards the back room of his house.
Is there a tigress at home? As a sesame official, I still relied on my connections with veteran soldiers to get this job from my boss.
Just because of this, he got scolded by his wife.
...
In the dead of night, Huang Yushu sat alone in the living room, drinking cold tea and thinking about what he had said to the mayor during the day.
Thinking about how to talk to Mrs. Liu, and thinking about how to convince the principal.
After thinking about it, the corners of his lips twitched, and he recalled the bloody, horrific and bloody scenes in the outside world. It seems that right now, the only town where my home is located is the paradise in this troubled world.
Huang Yushu often goes to the principal of the school, just to give food to him, and to make good friends with the school for his own children, because after the second child has studied, there will be a third child.
The relationship in the school cannot be stalemate, and must be maintained carefully and carefully. After much deliberation, I have to do my wife's job first.
Huang Yushu had a headache, but he did not give up and try again.
Looking at the bright moon in the sky, I thought that the days of autumn are getting shorter, and it will be winter soon.
...
When they got up the next day, Watson had already gone to school with his schoolbag on his back, Sister Hong went to buy groceries, Liu Bo, Wang San and other waiters were guarding the store in front, and only Huang Yushu and Mrs. Liu were left in the living room coaxing the child.
Ms. Liu looked at his face and asked with a worried look on her face: "You were depressed when you came back from the mayor's house yesterday. Is there something wrong? Is there any problem?"
Huang Yushu looked at her and comforted her: "I told you yesterday, I just went to have a casual chat with him."
Mrs. Liu thought about the time when the two gentlemen came to the store and the two of them chatted all afternoon, and she couldn't help but worry and said: "I see that the gentleman came to the shop that day to go through the admission procedures for Watson, and the two of you didn't have a pleasant conversation either."
Huang Yushu smiled bitterly and touched Huang Laosan's head and said: "So what, even the school has its own difficulties. You don't need to know everything about some things."
Huang Yushu hadn't figured out how to speak yet, so he naturally didn't want to tell Mrs. Liu what happened.
Mrs. Liu was slightly startled, looked at him and said, "What really happened?"
"Well... it has nothing to do with our family. Don't think too much." Huang Yushu looked at her and said seriously: "It's good that the two children have a school in the county. They are much stricter now and no longer let the children alone. Left the school."
When Mrs. Liu heard this, she couldn't help but sigh: "I know, if you didn't think about them having a good future, why would you have sent them to Baiyu City to study? In this year of war and chaos, how many children don't even have enough to eat."
Huang Yushu was distracted when he heard this. After a while, he turned around and comforted: "It doesn't matter. As long as it's not until the last moment, the water bandits will not dare to enter the city no matter how ruthless they are."
He suddenly thought of talking to his husband about what was happening in the outside world, and he couldn't help but frown.
Mrs. Liu was a very smart woman. Seeing his expression, she couldn't help but ask: "Since there is trouble, let's talk about it. Sister Hong and Watson are not at home."
Looking at his smart wife, Huang Yushu sighed and asked: "I talked to the mayor yesterday about Watson and his school. I was very worried that you would object...I'm afraid you would know about it. It will be sad.”
After spending a minute of hard work, Huang Yushu explained to Liu Cuo what he had discussed with the mayor.
Finally, he looked at her quietly and asked: "I know you are doing it for our whole family. It is not easy for us. If you object, I will go back to the mayor tomorrow and won't make it difficult for you anymore."
Mrs. Liu's brows wrinkled and then relaxed, relaxed and then wrinkled. After a long while, she softly replied: "Why should I make the decision? It's not the mayor who makes the decision... Forget it, you go and follow Let’s discuss it with Watson’s principal.”
Huang Yushu sighed, held her in his arms full of pity, and kept saying, "I know how you feel. I'll try with the principal tomorrow. If it doesn't work, I'll give up."
"Hmm... Yushu, please go to the school to see Watson. I'm afraid that Ergou's going there will affect his study."
When Ms. Liu thought about Watson and Ergou, she couldn't help but start nagging her men.
"If that boy dares to be disobedient, I have asked my husband to keep an eye on him. If he and Ergou mess around in the school, I will ask my husband to beat him up first for me."
Huang Yushu looked up at the ancestral tablets in the hall and smiled lightly.
...
After Huang Yushu's hard work, the teacher in the school helped persuade the principal and the school exempted and exempted the tuition fees for his two children.
The mayor also used the excuse of reducing shop taxes, and after discussing with several shopkeepers, donated money to the two families so that their children could continue to go to school.
The mayor warned Huang Yushu not to cause such incidents again. Neither he nor the merchants in the town could stand the trouble.
Every family has a scripture that is difficult to recite.
Ten days after school started, Watson discovered that his former companions had returned to the two empty desks and chairs. Although there was still a trace of gloom on their faces, they finally returned to school to study.
For kids, that's the most important thing.
On the day when the two children returned to school, my husband was also very happy and talked more in class that day.
In today's class, halfway through the class, my husband stopped reading from the textbook in his hand, and instead wrote an ancient poem that no one had heard of before and wrote it on the blackboard.
Then he turned back to look at the group of children and said with a smile: "We are going to learn an ancient poem today so that you can be exposed to a longer history and understand more truths.
Looking at the confused eyes of a group of children, the teacher waved the pointer in his hand, pointed at the words on the blackboard, and read loudly.
How can I say that I have no clothes? Be in the same robe as your son. The king raised his army and repaired my spear. I share the same hatred with my son.
How can I say that I have no clothes? Tongze with Zi. The king raised his army and repaired my spear and halberd. Work together with your son.
How can I say that I have no clothes? Wear the same clothes as your son. The king raised his troops and repaired my armor. Go with me.
