Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich

Chapter 210 -209 Set the Schedule

The young madam had her malicious fun, yet she failed to realize that by giving the teacher a hard time, she was making things difficult for her mother-in-law. She was oblivious to her mother-in-law’s growing anger. At this moment, she went on to say:

“Mother-in-law, haven’t you already paid a wage? 18 taels is not a small amount. The most any worker in our household earns is two or three taels.”

Madam Tang listened to her daughter-in-law’s words but did not respond. Her chest was practically smoking with anger as she chose to ignore her daughter-in-law and instead spoke to her grandson:

“Eldest grandson, these two teachers could tutor you and your brother individually. What subjects do you feel you need to learn?”

Tang Shunyan, who had been sitting quietly and listening, didn’t interrupt the adults’ conversation. Despite his young age, he knew they were discussing the matter of the teachers’ instructions, and his mother was, as ever, being difficult.

“Young madam, if the teachers have time after their classes with my sisters, I would like them to selectively tutor me in Qin, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting. I’m content with anything they can teach. As for my brother, he is just in the initial stage of his education; it would be good enough if they could teach him to understand picture books.”

Madam Tang nodded and then glanced at her son.

Mr. Tang, the head of the family, had been mulling over his thoughts for a while. How could he not recognize that his mother was angry?

With their family’s wealth, spending some money to hire teachers for the children, and to get the teachers to educate their children with more dedication, was it truly impossible to afford even that little expense?

“Let’s do this. In addition to your musical instrument lessons, if you have time, you could tutor my two sons. We will give each of you spouses ten silver taels a month, and that’s just for starters. If circumstances in your life change later on, or if you teach well and the students’ performance improves, and they learn the basics of the instruments and can play and sing, we will increase your salary.”

The Mo couple lifted their bowed heads, their mouths moved but they said nothing. They were in need of money, so who would complain about earning more?

Teaching students well was indeed their duty as teachers, their mission as educators.

Lady Tang hadn’t expected that not only did she fail to negotiate a lower price for the couple, but her husband even undermined her by offering the couple a higher wage.

“Husband…”

What did Lady Tang want to say? But she was silenced by a stern look from her spouse, which made her tremble inside as she realized that her husband was angry.

She didn’t yet grasp why her husband was angry but didn’t dare to voice the rest of her thoughts.

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“Shall we agree on this then? As for the side job at the Ye family, they will pay you for that as well. You will go out every three days to work there for a day, which we’ll consider as a day off every three days from our household.”

The proposal from Madam Tang was met with agreement from everyone present; they nodded their heads.

“Let’s settle the children’s teaching schedule like this then!”

Mr. Tang of the Tang Family, who had not spoken until now, also said his part.

Lady Tang, even if she was dissatisfied in her heart, didn’t dare to protest anymore. Slowly coming to her senses, she realized her husband’s anger might be related to her mother-in-law.

She had already asked earlier; these people were relatives of her mother-in-law’s relatives. That made them family too, but she had disregarded Mrs. Mo for marrying a poor scholar and didn’t take the matter to heart.

Since the matter was decided, Lady Tang, despite her reluctance, could only stay silent, quietly pouting and thinking about finding other matters to give them a hard time in the future.

The Mo couple had now clearly understood the teaching schedule, and they were quite satisfied with this arrangement.

“You two have had a tiring journey today. Take the next two days off to enjoy and explore the county, and rest. After that, you can start teaching the children.”

Madam Tang said with concern, and then let the couple go back to rest.

Mrs. Mo went shopping that day, and her mother bought her some gifts for the Tang Family, reasoning that while adults might not need them, it’s possible they wouldn’t care much for them.

However, for the children, especially Madam Tang’s two legitimate grandsons, she had already prepared gifts to present upon their meeting; she just hadn’t yet had the chance to give them out.

Mrs. Mo presented golden locks to the two future students in the living room.

“Thank you, Teacher!” Tang Shunyan said as he received the gift, bowing politely. He believed that when elders bestow gifts, they must indeed be accepted and did not decline.

The younger child, having received his gift, couldn’t yet express much in words; his eyes were slightly bleary as he felt sleep creeping in.

Seeing this, Lady Tang felt more at ease as the couple had given her children golden locks. Any previous thoughts she had of giving them a hard time were now forgiven.

Madam Tang from the county had already been informed of the couple’s situation and knew that their ability to give golden locks to her grandsons probably didn’t come from their own wealth but perhaps from gifts bought with help from her maternal family.

She said no more and decided to look after the couple’s expenses in the mansion a bit more in the future.

The couple from the Mo family returned peacefully to the residence arranged for them by the Tang Family, which was a bit more secluded compared to other places, close to the main street outside, an arrangement made to offer them a quieter dwelling.

The couple was pleased with their courtyard, which was further away from the dwellings of other Tang Family people, giving them a quiet space without the need for confrontation.

The couple had already bathed, and although it was summer and they had sweated profusely during the meal, they later broke out in a cold sweat while talking with Lady Tang and her companions.

The maids prepared wash water for them to clean their faces and feet once again, and after helping them, the maids left. The courtyard was not just served by Mrs. Mo’s maids; there was also an old woman who washed clothes and incidentally added night fragrance.

There were young maids who did menial work and an old woman who acted as gatekeeper, with additional duties of sweeping and pruning the courtyard flowers and plants.

They lay quietly in bed, and Scholar Mo, holding his wife and not minding the heat, felt quite comfortable in the courtyard. The air was fresh, and with ice placed in the room, he looked at his wife with eyes full of happiness and said:

“My dear wife, we will properly educate the children from now on, and we can have a stable life.”

Mrs. Mo looked tenderly at her husband, her heart brimming with happiness and warmth, and felt assured that their future life, free from the pressures of livelihood, would be very happy.

“Yes, my husband, you won’t need to go out to sell paintings and calligraphy at the stand, and you might have more time to read.”

“Yes, you’re right; a different environment might be beneficial for my reading.”

Scholar Mo, while teaching, hadn’t given up on reading with the hope of taking exams in the future.

He just postponed the idea of exams by a year or two, focusing on settling down in life first and then having the funds to raise the next generation.

In a foreign environment, one might expect restless sleep, yet that night, the couple embraced a sweet slumber and slept very well.

The next day, the couple didn’t go to another courtyard for breakfast but had their breakfast brought over from the big kitchen by a maid; they enjoyed this simple yet delicious meal together.

They had already noticed the day they arrived that the Tang Mansion was not far from the bustling main street outside.

They had not arranged for a carriage and chose to walk instead, not wanting to inconvenience the Tang Family people.

Moreover, they discovered that leaving their courtyard through the side door, the bustling main street was not far from the side gate.