Chapter 24: After Fleecing My Dad and Big Brother, It's Finally Time to Fleece My Father-in-Law!
“Brother Wen Tai, good news, great news!”
“Brother Zi Mo, what good news could make you so excited?”
In a teahouse in Shanghai, two bespectacled scholars, looking like they were straight out of a classical painting, seemed to have stumbled upon something extraordinary.
One of them held a copy of the Shanghai Commercial News, pointing to the front page headline.
“Look! Zhang Xue Ming, the second son of the Feng Army, intends to invest 1 million silver dollars in the establishment of Northeast University!”
“Unexpectedly, a warlord’s son would have such awareness!”
“I want to go to the Northeast and become a teacher, to educate the nation!”
Since Yuan Shikai usurped the throne and declared himself emperor.
The nation had been silent.
All said the revolution had failed.
Unexpectedly, at this time, someone actually proposed to revitalize the nation through education.
This moved the scholar greatly.
However, seeing his friend’s hands trembling with excitement.
The scholar next to him, his friend, had a twitch in his mouth.
“Brother Zi Mo, don’t be too excited… Look at the small print at the end of this advertisement.”
Small print?
There’s small print at the end of this recruitment advertisement?
The scholar pushed up his thick, bottle-cap-sized spectacles and carefully looked at the end of the newspaper.
Sure enough, he saw three lines of tiny print at the bottom of the long recruitment article.
“Teacher Requirements: Female, age 18-22, with a dignified appearance, elegant temperament, proficient in foreign languages, healthy and free of diseases!”
“Applicants meeting the requirements will be provided with round-trip travel expenses by Zhang Xue Ming of Fengtian. If the application is unsuccessful, applicants will still receive a hardship fee of 1,000 silver dollars.”
“Note: The final interpretation of this recruitment belongs to Zhang Xue Ming of Fengtian.”
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“Shameless! A shameless scoundrel!”
At this moment, the scholar in his blue robe, who had been so excited a moment ago, felt his blood boil. He ripped the newspaper in his hand into shreds, then, unable to contain his anger, threw it to the ground and stomped on it twice!
“What kind of recruitment is this!”
“This is clearly a beauty contest!”
“It’s already the Republic! How dare he turn back the clock!”
“I!! I’m going to write an article to denounce him! I’m going to write an article to write him to death!”
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“Northeast Ass! Northeast Ass!”
“Zhang Xue Ming, the remnant of the Qing Dynasty!”
It wasn’t just him.
At this moment, down-and-out literati all over the country.
Were all cursing together!
Why!
Why are you only recruiting women for your university!
Why are you giving a hardship fee of 1,000 silver dollars!
And why! Why can’t we get it!
Curse him!
We must write articles to write him to death!
Just as Zhang Xue Ming had intended.
Xiao Liuzi Xue Liang, although he had taken his recruitment draft, didn’t dare to directly publish it.
Instead, he revised it.
In particular, he deleted the sentence ‘With a large butt, prefers large families, and dislikes those who are competitive.’
Only then did he send it to the major newspapers.
But even so!
At this time, this recruitment article of his still attracted the wrath of countless literati.
For a time.
Zhang Xue Ming, the Northeast Ass.
Became his new ‘honorific’!
…
Meanwhile.
In a western-style apartment in Shanghai.
Two dignified women were staring at the newspaper in their hands.
“Sister Hui Yin, are you really going to the Northeast?”
“Why not? The treatment is too good. Even if I don’t get the job, I’ll still get 1,000 silver dollars for travel expenses.”
“Besides, I was born in Minxian County, Fujian, and I’ve never seen the snow of the North!”
If Zhang Xue Ming were here, he would be astonished to see this person.
The speaker was none other than Lin Hui Yin, one of the ten most talented women of the Republic.
Lin Hui Yin was only 22 years old, having just returned from studying abroad at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in the United States. She had received a higher education, and her temperament and appearance were both extraordinary.
Unfortunately, she was a woman.
Having just returned to China, her father had already arranged for her to go on blind dates.
Twenty-two years old, in modern people’s eyes, is the age when one is just entering society.
But in the Republic, she was already an old maid.
Seeing Lin Hui Yin so calm.
Her companion’s heart tightened, she looked at the dilapidated furnishings in the apartment, her heart seemed to understand something.
“Sister Hui Yin? Are you short of money? Did your father cut off your allowance because you won’t go home for blind dates?”
“I have some private savings, why don’t I lend you some?”
These words hit the mark.
Lin Hui Yin couldn’t help but smile wryly.
“We are both birds in a cage. I’m going to the Northeast, it’s just a desperate attempt to survive!”
“I’ve already booked my boat tickets, I’m leaving tonight! I called you here just to say goodbye!”
“My sister, this parting, I don’t know when we will see each other again!”
Seeing Lin Hui Yin’s resolute expression.
Her companion smiled wryly.
She thought to herself.
‘My dear sister, just looking at this recruitment advertisement… this Zhang Xue Ming of the Northeast, doesn’t seem like a good person either!’
‘You’ve just escaped from the frying pan, and you’re jumping into the fire!’
…
At this moment.
Far away in Daqing, in the isolated region, Zhang Xue Ming had no idea what was happening in the outside world.
He jumped down from Gu Rui Yu’s carriage.
He walked back to Yu Feng Zhi’s tent.
And at this moment, seeing her husband’s worried expression.
Yu Feng Zhi, with a pregnant belly, couldn’t help but wonder.
What’s wrong?
Did that female actress I just captured upset my husband?
She carried a bowl of chicken soup over.
“Husband, it’s cold in Daqing, drink some chicken soup to warm yourself up.”
“If you have any worries, tell me, even though I’m just a woman, three cobblers are better than one, right?”
Zhang Xue Ming’s heart warmed.
My first wife is so caring.
He reached out and pulled her directly into his arms.
Zhang Xue Ming then told her about his shortage of manpower and supplies.
Upon hearing this, Yu Feng Zhi smiled.
“Husband, you’ve been so busy these past few days that you’ve become foolish, have you forgotten what my father does?”
Zhang Xue Ming was taken aback.
Right!
Damn it!
Don’t we have a father-in-law who’s the biggest grain merchant in the Northeast!
He excitedly kissed Yu Feng Zhi on the face!
“How could we forget that we married a good wife!!“
After fleecing my dad and big brother, it’s finally time to fleece my father-in-law!