Chapter 965: Treat oneself as master
Three months ago, Lin Rui cleared the Elementary Scholar exams and that too with passing marks. He was the top scorer of the exams causing many people to be dumbstruck by his performance. Some even questioned the authenticity of the results but that was until Headmaster Yuan stepped forward and squashed the rumours after announcing that Lin Rui was his student.
Everyone was smart enough to know that if they continued to blame Lin Rui then they would be raising a severe accusation against Headmaster Yuan who stood up for Lin Rui.
Of course, Su Wan and the Lin brothers knew that it was the work of Su Yiqian who was getting scared after seeing the growth of power in the hands of Su Wan and Lin brothers. However, she would have never expected that the master who was taking care of Lin Rui's studies was Headmaster Yuan.
The high-ranking scholar who taught the Emperor and his siblings.
Now that Lin Rui had cleared up the elementary scholar exams, he no longer worried about not being able to clear up the exams. With him clinching the top scorer rank, he was now a bit more confident than he used to be in the past.
"Uuu.." Little Heng whined as he looked at his father, no one knew whether he understood what Lin Rui was telling him or he was upset with the tone that Lin Rui used at him. But then a second later as the little boy smacked Lin Rui on his face, everyone knew that it was because the boy was upset with the tone that Lin Rui used at him.
If not for the fact that Little Heng couldn't speak at the moment, he would have told Lin Rui to treat him gently.
"You little pampered brat," Lin Rui teased his son lightly. He did not even feel the sting of the slap on his face but he still bit Little Heng's chubby cheek and sucked on it lightly. "How dare you slap your father? You are supposed to be filial and respectful towards me."
"Oooo!" Little Heng whined while flailing his hands causing Lin Jing to smack the back of Lin Rui's head. He snatched the poor boy from the arms of his brother who was tormenting him and then said to Lin Rui, "What are you doing? He is just a baby."
"A spoiled baby," Lin Rui corrected Lin Jing.
"Babies are supposed to be spoiled," Lin Jing patted Little Heng who was fake crying and patted him on the back with his large and warm hand.
Su Wan smiled at the antics of her son and husbands before turning to look at Qi Shuyan, she reached out her hand and then helped the young man to his feet. She said to him in a light voice, "There is no need for you to thank me for something like this since you have worked hard this is what you deserve."
Su Wan patted Qi Shuyan on the head and his eyes turned even more red, even Father Lin wiped his eyes on the side. When he took these three children with him, he thought that he was ruining their lives as his stepmother and the rest of the Lin family were against him from the day his father died.
He never thought that the decision that he made in the heat of the moment, would become one of the best decisions that he had made. In this way, he had repaid all the debt that he owed to Qi Shuyan's father.
"Then let's go," Su Wan said to Lin Chen and Lin Jing. Since the two of them were taking care of the farm, they knew it better than her now.
Lin Jing and Lin Chen nodded as the two of them walked out of the house. The four of them along with a bodyguard that Su Wan had snatched from Fei Qinfan arrived at the farm.
When the workers who lived in the farms, saw a large group walking inside they all turned to look at Su Wan and the Lin brothers. They took a glance at the group and then turned to look at the keeper of the farm.
The man had been taking care of the farm for a long time and stiffened when he saw Su Wan arrive with the Lin brothers. Since they were too busy to take care of the farm with Han Fu only visiting the farm for a few days as he was working on growing cherry tomatoes, the Farm keeper took himself as the lord of this place.
Now that Su Wan was here, he couldn't help but feel a bit terrified. Though the old man was a bit reluctant to go over as he was afraid, he knew that as the keeper of the farm, he would have to greet Su Wan. If not then he would only cause Su Wan and the rest to doubt him even more.
Su Wan on the other hand was not even paying attention to the Farm Keeper, she headed to the living quarters which were decent houses with two floors and handed them to the workers who worked on the farm instead of going back home.
She pointed to the two big houses that she did not hand to anyone and said to Qi Shuyan and the other two siblings.
"I built these buildings intending to hand the farm to you three.
From now on you will be managing the farm, make sure that no one makes small benefits, alright?" Though Su Wan was not taking care of the farm, she did sense that there was a problem with the account but since it was only a tael or two, she did not say anything as she did not want to cause disruption in the farm but that doesn't mean that she was not watching what was happening.
She had been planning to deal with this sudden corruption that had been rising inside her farm for a long time.
The Farm Keeper who arrived next to Su Wan heard her words and panicked. He looked at the three siblings who looked young but sharp and questioned in a cautious voice, "Who are they, madam?"
Su Wan glanced at the old man slightly. She knew that the man was behind the small corruption along with a few more. If not for this farmkeeper betraying her, the rest of the workers wouldn't have dared to do anything like smuggle money from her.
"He is the chief of the farm, Qi Shuyan," Su Wan introduced Qi Shuyan with a light voice. "The two next to him are his helpers. I hope you will hand over the tasks that were given to you in my absence."
The Farm Keeper's expression changed a bit, "This …you don't want me to watch over the farm anymore? I have been doing a good job all these months."
A good job? Haha. This old man was indeed quite hardworking in the past but with the lack of attention, he became more and more lazy. And soon she was acting like the lord of this farm, the workers of the farm who did not join the group of this old man told her everything.
Su Wan stared at the Farm Keeper with a pair of sharp black eyes causing the Farm Keeper to stiffen even more. He said in a flustered manner, "I have been doing my best, Lady Su. Don't…Don't you think that you should give me an explanation as well for this dismissal?"
Lin Jing turned to look at the Farm Keeper who dared to question his wife and said to him coldly, "You do not have the authority to take over the tasks that you have been doing till now. We only asked you to take care of those tasks as there was not a chief to take care of this farm. Now that there is one, you do not need to continue with those extra tasks."
"But… I have been doing them for a while…" the Farm Keeper quibbled.
Lin Chen narrowed his eyes and then said to the Farm Keeper, "That's right and we have paid you for the tasks that were handed to you, don't act like you have been taken advantage of… don't tell me that just because this farm was left in your hands for a few months, you started to treat yourself as the master of this farm?"
The Farm Keeper's cheeks turned red. He said to Lin Chen, "How can you say such a thing, Master Chen? I brought the entire group of farmers together and then built this farm together with them. Even if you do not believe it, you have to accept that we also have some contribution to the success of this farm. Even if we are not given the credit, you shouldn't deny us our rights!"
"Master Jing, Master Chen… you have to treat us with respect."
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