The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 442: Contest (5)_1

Chapter 442: Chapter 442: Contest (5)_1

With that, he carried his bundle with a huff into his own house.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" He grumbled discontentedly at his house, "I have already asked someone to speak to the Lin Family on my behalf, and in a few days, I will be working as a manager in their workshop. You should simply stay at home and study. Why bother with other people’s nonsense? Also, when you come across people from the Lin Family in the future, don’t show me any attitude."

Inside the house, Ma Zhicai, lying on his bed and listening without response, his face was marked with anger. What was the point of studying hard? He saw right through the people of the Lin Family - a family that held grudges for even the smallest faults, particularly Lin Ziyin, who was petty-minded. With her around, he didn’t expect to turn his life around in this lifetime.

However, upon further thought, he felt that his father, Ma Dalang, was correct about one thing. To accomplish the task given by the Tatar, he still had to keep a low profile in Shili Village.

"Uncle Lou Zheng, did you really agree to speak on behalf of the Ma Family?" After Ma Zhicai left, someone came over to ask.

"What else can I do?" Wu Erli replied huffily, "He was persistent like a leech, refusing to let go. How could my father lose face?"

"Don’t get involved with the Ma Family. They are all troublemakers," somebody else advised with a laugh.

"I merely passed on the message. Whether it will succeed or not is not up to me. After all, Ziyin is not a fool." Lou Zheng took it in stride, with no real expectation that the Ma Family would remember his favor.

Everyone felt that Lou Zheng’s words were reasonable, and no one worried about him anymore.

True to his word, Lou Zheng took the opportunity to visit Lin Ziyin at the Lin’s residence at noon the next day.

"He wants to work as a manager in the workshop?" Lin Ziyin burst out laughing as soon as she heard. How face-worthy does Ma Dalang think he is, asking her for a manager’s position on the first request. He didn’t even bother to inquire properly. Even Lou Zheng is only a second-class minor manager now.

"Fine, if he wants to come, then I will give him a chance. It would save him from putting Uncle in a difficult position, and it would also prevent him from thinking that I am deliberately giving him a hard time."

"You really agreed?" Lou Zheng was taken aback by her readily agreeing, "Given Ma Dalang’s character, he is totally unsuitable to be a manager."

"Uncle just needs to tell him that if he wants to be a manager of the Lin Family, he must first compete with the managers of the workshop. If he wins, he can be a manager. If he loses, he should never step on the doorstep of the Lin Family again." Lin Ziyin stated her conditions indifferently. She wasn’t a saint. The villagers of Shili Village received her care mainly because they never really harmed the Lin Family, at most, they were a bit of a loudmouth. Secondly, due to the lack of manpower in the Northern Land, the workshop indeed needed a large number of workers. Purchased workers were usable, but the villagers were permanent residents of Shili Village. If these people are not properly placed, Lin Family’s running of the workshop always would inevitably encounter some troubles.

So rather than encountering troubles later, it is better to silence the people’s mouth now. Fortunately, her approach was feasible. Under the joint guidance of benefits and education, the villagers really managed to unite and work heartedly.

After all, they are working not just for the Lin Family, but also for their own considerable benefits. Everyone had an account in their hearts. Lin Ziyin was merely maximizing the utilization of benefits.

If Ma Dalang wanted a share of the pie, it depended on whether he had the ability or not.

Upon hearing Lin Ziyin’s words, Lou Zheng immediately laughed. Ma Dalang might not known about the strictness of the Lin Family’s account manager, but he did. In the school established by Lin Ziyin, not only could the village children go to study, but also adult villagers learned to read and calculate there.

Initially, everyone thought that learning to sum and read would be very difficult, but they didn’t expect Lin Ziyin’s method of teaching counting and account-keeping to be so simple and easy to understand. Now even the old ladies in the village could calculate some things, did Ma Dalang think his few days in the city could help him win? There was no chance.