Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 202: Old Man Gui Gets Roped In

Even the 8-year-old daughter has been lost this time. These days, people are getting more haggard. If it weren’t for the younger brother to look after, I’m afraid the family would have all followed their daughter.

Fifth Uncle’s father and son both died, and now only two grandsons are left. There’s Cheng Tianxi, a little grandson who’s been married for three years without any offspring. They have the fewest people among several uncles in terms of family size. The two brothers, despite their high seniority, are young and low-key, not good at socializing with fellow villagers.

Cheng Xiaoxiao only later learned that Uncle Tianbu used to be a child student. After asking around about his character, she found out he’s a truly upright, kind, and loyal person.

Thinking with satisfaction, she then looked at the next line, "Going forward, Grandpa Gui will be responsible for teaching duties within the team. He was previously a teacher at the county, more than capable of teaching us this group."

Gui Lianxu’s mouth gaped in surprise, why does it involve him?

He’s not part of their clan!

How come...

Cheng Xiaoxiao amusingly looked at Old Man Gui with his surprised expression and said leisurely, "What, does Grandpa Gui look down on us bumpkin farmers?"

Old Man Gui quickly shook his head and waved his hands, "No, no, it’s just..."

"Just what, I’ve already said, we are now one family, no separation, unless you want to leave the team and walk alone? With your skinny arms and legs, without any martial prowess, where can you possibly go?"

Gui Lianxu looked at Xiao with her teasing expression, feeling speechless and choked up. How did he get dragged onto this pirate ship by this girl? Wasn’t he supposed to consider first?

But she did make a point. An old man like him, without a shred of skill, where could he possibly go?

Yet somehow, there’s a bit of reluctance. Why is that?

The people of Qingshan Village were full of disbelief, never expecting this old man to be a teacher, and a teacher from a formal academy in the county no less.

In the past, this was unimaginable for them!

Their perception of him instantly changed; some mothers even had stars in their eyes, thinking their kids might never be able to study again, and wondering if the village head could teach them. But the village head has never taught children before, so they didn’t know if he could do it.

Now it’s great, their kids have a proper teacher.

As Gui Lianxu glanced around, he saw everyone looking at him as if he were a rare treasure, sending a chill down his spine.

The eager gaze fixated on him made him want to escape on the spot.

At that moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao’s voice echoed again, "Grandpa Gui, Mr. Gui, how about it, do you agree?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao quickly gave Cheng Jia a signal, and the little guy clocked it immediately, walking up to Old Man Gui, and respectfully saluting, "Hello, Mr. Gui!"

Other children followed suit, running to Cheng Jia’s side, collectively bowing and greeting, "Hello, Mr. Gui!"

Gui Lianxu’s mouth twitched; could he possibly refuse?

Glancing at the surrounding parents, all looking at him with hopeful expressions, and the children still bowing without raising their heads, if he disagrees, surely they have their ways to make him agree.

Truly being driven to the scaffold unwillingly.

Oh well, since he’s on this pirate ship, there’s no choice but to ride the train till the end.

Peevishly he said, "Class hasn’t even started yet, why call me Mr.? Dismissed!"

"Thank you, Mr. Gui!"

This left Old Man Gui depressed; what could he do but reminisce about what those women did in Yu County, could he possibly say no?

"Brother Jia, you’ll follow Mr. Gui, help him out a bit."

Cheng Jia beamed, "Sis, doesn’t that make me the assistant team leader?"

Adults heard this and couldn’t help but chuckle.

Cheng Xiaoxiao also couldn’t suppress her smile, this little rascal, his ability to learn on the spot is impressive, "We follow Mr. Gui to learn knowledge, there’s no assistant team leader ordeal; if your studies surpass everyone in class, you can be the class monitor, how about that?"

Although he didn’t get the assistant leader title, being a class monitor seemed decent, it sounded prestigious.

"Sis, I’ll certainly work hard." Cheng Jia gladly agreed.

Finishing this, she continued the arrangements, "Then my aunt will be the head of the Life Department, the vice head will be the aunt from Uncle Tianyun’s family. I know Aunt Liu is good with cooking and is cousins with my aunt, so I’m confident they’ll do well."

The two of them upon hearing this were quite surprised, not expecting to be team leaders out of the blue.

"Xiaoxiao! Your aunt’s cooking isn’t as good as Sister Jing’s, how can she be the team leader?"

"No worries, Auntie, your team leader role isn’t just about cooking."

"Well, then what else do I have to do?"

"Of course you’ll be responsible for purchasing and distributing, and if someone misbehaves, you have the right to give them half a bowl less of rice or a few pieces less of meat during meal times, making sure they still work with a half-full stomach."

As Cheng Xiaoxiao kept speaking, her smile grew wider, because while mentioning someone misbehaving, she placed one hand beside her mouth as if whispering, yet her voice was far from quiet, and this made everyone burst into laughter. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Hahaha!

"That’s a good idea."

"In the future, never offend Aunt Liu!"

Hahaha!

Another burst of laughter followed.

Liu Juan was crying and laughing at the same time; how could Xiaoxiao be so mischievous?

Cheng Xiaoxiao was certainly doing this to lighten her aunt’s mood, intentionally energizing the atmosphere.

The key is that food security should be handled by family members, and conveniently gives her aunt something to do, preventing her from overthinking all day.

"We also need to select a head of the Production Department, with Uncle Genzi responsible, aided by my uncle, responsible for creating various living tools for everyone, including carriage repairs, basically any woodworking tasks."

Everyone realized that Cheng Genzi is great at woodwork, and his bamboo work is top-tier, making him rightly deserving of the head position.

Uncle Genzi promptly responded, "Sure, no problem!"

After planning for so long, finally a straightforward and confident response, how wonderful.

"Next, let’s talk about our clothing concerns. Though every family’s aunts and sisters know sewing, the skill varies, and we must also consider the bachelors in our team."

Bachelor 1~2~3~4... collectively looked up at the sky.

They remained single on their terms, why not?

"If they want to make clothes by requesting someone’s wife, it may cause gossip, and during the time of difficulty, ready-to-buy clothes are rare, so I thought about it and concluded to establish a Clothing Department.

The head of this department will be Aunt Lin Jia, previously an embroiderer with expert sewing skills, and as for the vice head, that falls to Sister-in-law Chen Xiaomei."

Upon hearing her name, Chen Xiaomei got flustered, tightly clutched her son’s hand, "Cheng er, Xiaoxiao mentioned me, right? Was it me she mentioned?"