Chapter 1024 - 1021: A Small Disagreement

In later generations, the business of making dried noodles appeared, naturally profitable.

Just as the costs for the two workshops had been calculated, a voice sounded at the door.

Ye Muyu stood up and walked out, only to see Chu Ziluo leading Chu Jin, who was about to leave the yard.

She called out, “What’s happened?”

“Mother.”

Chu Ziluo quickly stopped in her tracks, while Chu Jin had started to leave, but she walked over and immediately noticed the filthy marks on his body, which could only have been caused by inks being poured all over him.

“What is this about?” Ye Muyu’s eyebrows knit together, her mind already racing with possibilities.

Chu Jin’s eyes were somewhat red, and upon seeing Ye Muyu, he sniffled, “Mother, it’s nothing, I just carelessly got inks on my clothes.”

“You’ve learned to lie to your mother now?” Ye Muyu reached out and tapped his forehead, “Come on, come inside with Mother.”

“Su Mei, go to the young master’s room and fetch a set of new clothes, and heat some water.”

Su Mei responded.

After she left, Ye Muyu took Chu Jin into the room, but he stopped at the doorstep, his gaze fixed on the rug at the entrance, “Mother, I have inks on my feet too, it’ll be hard to clean if I step on the rug.”

“It doesn’t matter, Mother will carry you.” Ye Muyu picked him up into the house, and Chu Jin, who had been holding back, began to cry freely.

Chu Ziluo followed behind, taking out a handkerchief to wipe his eyes, “Little brother, don’t cry.”

“Tell me what happened.” Ye Muyu brought over small stools for the two to sit down.

Chu Jin clutched the handkerchief, wiping away tears with sniffs, “It was in school. I got into an argument with classmates, and they got inks onto me.”

“Why did they argue with you?” Ye Muyu asked.

Chu Jin rubbed his eyes, “I don’t know, actually, since going to school, those classmates have been continuously causing me trouble, initially finding excuses to mock me for my poor reading.”

“But I completed the tasks the Master assigned, and the Master praised me, which made them angry, and they usually pick fights with me in class.”

“However, a couple of days ago, for some reason, they started cursing at me directly, trying to anger me into fighting them, but the Master said that fighting leads to expulsion from school.”

The more Ye Muyu listened, the angrier she got, and the angrier she got, the calmer she became.

“What are those people’s names?” Ye Muyu asked.

Chu Jin gave their names: “Song Wei, Huo Yuekai, Lin Yun.”

“The Lin family?” Ye Muyu narrowed her eyes, “Are they from the family of the prefectural governor?”

“Mother, I know, his family does have relations with Lord Prefectural Governor, but it seems like they are from a collateral branch.” Chu Jin wasn’t entirely naive; he knew to quietly gather information as well.

However, at his age, when people like these come knocking for no reason just to provoke him, he couldn’t think of a way to deal with them. Having suffered such a set-back today, he became upset.

Ye Muyu let out a cold laugh; as expected, it was the Lin family. She had thought that Lin Mianmian in the ladies’ quarters had learned to behave better lately, planning to make a move after Chu Heng returned, but now they had gone so far as to target Lil’ Jin.

“Son, do you know what it means to ‘fight others with their own methods’?” Ye Muyu put her hand on his shoulder and laughed softly, “You consider what the three of them said as nonsense, plan ahead for when the Master will appear, and throw their words back at them. They won’t be able to hold back.”

“If they want to hit someone, you just need to dodge; there’s no need to get hit by them.”

Chu Jin appeared somewhat surprised, “Mother, can I really talk back to them?”

“Why not, your father is also an imperial official; this is just a small conflict among children, after all.”