Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 767 - 093 Xia Zheng is back_4

"Elder sister, don’t say anything more, just wait in the carriage."

After instructing Lin Wei, Lin Yuan called Xiao Linzi back, "You child, how can you still be so willful after growing a year older? Did I say that I wouldn’t let you go to school? Alright, there’s no need to say thank you or anything like that, I’m not letting you go to school for nothing. Mr. Meng is alone in the school, having to teach you all and manage the school’s affairs; he will definitely be too busy. You performed well at the tofu shop; when you go to the school, help Mr. Meng as an assistant. If there’s anything he’s too busy to handle, you help him out, alright?"

"Ok!" Xiao Linzi excitedly agreed. After all, he was still a child in his early teens, and no matter how mature he seemed, he still had the nature of a child.

Compared to her usual aloof and proud demeanor, Lin Yuan preferred the current Xiao Linzi, who was expressive with his emotions, "Alright, get on the carriage. Today, I’ll take you to the school so you can familiarize yourself with it. Oh right, when you go back tonight, ask the other kids at the tofu shop if any of them want to study too, and you all can go together."

"But what about the work at the tofu shop?" Xiao Linzi asked, stunned. He hadn’t expected Lin Yuan not only to grant his request but also to think about the other children. After all, when these kids had first come, they had all signed agreements; they were there to work. If they all went to school, what would happen to the work?

Lin Yuan had, of course, thought of this as well, and she smiled, "We’ll just hire a few more people if necessary, but we can’t delay your futures. As long as you are ambitious and willing to learn more, you can all go to the school. Don’t worry, I won’t charge you tuition, and your wages will still be paid as usual. Of course, I’m not running a charity here; if anyone wants to go to the school, they’ll have to help Mr. Meng with some work there."

"Hey, sure!" What kind of work could there be at school? At most, it would be sweeping the floors and wiping the desks, which was even less than what they did at the tofu shop. freewёbnoνel.com

Xiao Linzi happily agreed, leaping up to sit beside Lin Yi and stealthily looking back. Just as Lin Yuan was lowering the carriage curtains, he caught a glimpse of someone equally excited but obviously shy.

"Hehe." Xiao Linzi chuckled to himself, feeling so good that he didn’t even feel the cold anymore.

Lin Yuan settled back into the carriage, and Xia Zheng looked at her with a curious expression, asking oddly, "What’s going on?"

"Have you really decided to let him go to school?"

"Mhm." Was there something wrong? Lin Yuan didn’t think of Xia Zheng as the kind of boss who would deny his young worker an education.

Xia Zheng leaned back against the carriage wall leisurely, glancing at Lin Wei out of the corner of his eye before closing his eyes and saying meaningfully, "No problem; hope is a good thing."

How could it not be good? Xiao Linzi was intelligent, and it was quite rare for him to have the enthusiasm to learn. Moreover, with his help, she would be even more at ease.

In the corner, Lin Wei quietly hung her head, nervously stirring her small hands back and forth. Fortunately, the carriage was too dark for everyone to notice her flushed cheeks, or she would have been mortified.

In the school, the nearby children had already entered the classroom early, waiting excitedly for their new classroom, new teacher, new textbooks, and new classmates, with bright eyes full of excitement.

When Lin Yuan, accompanied by her two younger sisters, entered, the room was nearly full of children. Xiao Shitou and Xiao He were sitting on one side, excitedly waving to greet them.

Besides them, there were many other children who had come to the South City School after hearing it had been taken over. Because there were many children, there was no order during seating, so arranging their places was the first order of business.

Meng Liangdong was a very fair teacher; even though Lin Wei and Xiao Linshuang were Lin Yuan’s own sisters, they received no special treatment. While assigning seats for everyone, he still arranged them according to their height.

The boys and girls were seated separately. Xiao Linshuang, being the smallest, naturally took the first seat. Lin Wei and Xiao He were about the same height, so they became desk mates. Xiao Linzi was the oldest and tallest among the boys, so of course, he was seated at the back.

Watching him sit alone at the back, Lin Wei felt a pang of sympathy, but Xiao Linzi himself didn’t mind at all, as he wasn’t there solely for the sake of studying. Besides, he had already mastered reading and writing long ago.

After making sure her sisters were settled, Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng made another trip to the tofu shop to ask if any other kids there were willing to join Xiao Linzi in school. Surprisingly, not a single one was willing.

Lin Yuan thought the children might be worried about offending her, the boss, so she specifically asked Xiao Liuzi, who was closest to Xiao Linzi. Scratching his head somewhat sheepishly, Xiao Liuzi said, "Well, you see, I really should follow the Boss, but I’m just not cut out for studying. Sitting on that bench all day, I’d rather just do more work here!"

The other kids chimed in, saying they didn’t have the mind to sit and study, and one even said they’d rather beg on the streets than go to school.

Lin Yuan was speechless; these kids were used to laziness and didn’t want to be restrained. School wasn’t like the tofu shop, so she didn’t press the issue.