The happy little days of the Ye family

After sending the three children outside, Master Ming laughed heartily and said:

"Zi'an has a quick mind. Although he likes to be clever and a bit lazy, he has a very smart brain. As long as he is guided properly, he will definitely achieve something in the future."

As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Donglin became energetic, his eyes lit up, and he patted his chest and promised that he would definitely encourage Xiaoqi to study hard in the future.

If this brat doesn't study hard, I'll break his legs.

Xiao Qi, who was having fun outside, suddenly felt a chill on his back and a bad feeling.

Master Ming was very aware of Ye Donglin and the Ye family's emphasis on Xiao Qi, and that the Ye family was also wealthy, so he nodded with satisfaction.

Then he looked at his second cousin who was quite similar to Xiao Shitou in both appearance and personality.

"Although Yaozu's brain is not as sharp as the other two brothers, he is down-to-earth and hardworking. He is a man who gets things done. He may be able to achieve success in the future."

"If you have the means, you can let your children read more books. It doesn't matter if it's a book about scientific research or a travelogue about local customs and practices. The point is to broaden their horizons."

The second cousin nodded repeatedly and promised to take good care of Xiao Shitou in the future.

Books on scientific research are extremely expensive, but with Ye Donglin’s grocery store, it is very convenient to rent books directly.

I can't afford to buy so many books, but renting them is still affordable for my family.

Of the three brothers, Master Ming actually favors Chenchen the most, so when he looked at Tang Xiaojing, he spoke with particular earnestness:

"Although Mu Chen is young, he is smart and sensible. He is the most talented among the three. We must not waste his time on scientific research."

"Also, this child is thoughtful and opinionated, so you should pay more attention to his life and behavior. Ask for his opinions more often, and don't act on your own and hurt his feelings."

Hearing the teacher say that his child had the best talent, Tang Xiaojing was so excited that his hands were shaking.

As for insisting on his own way, that is absolutely impossible. This child has a strong will, and no one can make him do something he doesn't want to do.

"In short, the three brothers are all good students. We must cultivate them carefully in the future and never waste their talents."

After receiving some praise from Master Ming, Tang Xiaojing and the other two returned home with the three confused children in a proud mood.

My own child is actually a good student, my ancestors must be very happy!

On the way back, the three grown men were smiling foolishly, and Ye Donglin, who was driving the cart, almost drove the donkey cart into the ditch several times.

During the two years that the three brothers were at Li Family Academy, Ye's father ran the small bookstore at Qingsong Academy very successfully.

There are quite a lot of students coming here every day to rent various old books. With so many people, the four treasures of the study in the store are naturally sold out as well.

Although it cannot be said that customers come in droves and the income is not as fast as water, but basically one or two taels of silver are earned every day.

At the beginning of this year, Ye's father opened a grocery store in another shop next to the bookstore.

Wang Chunyu's parents were also asked to help grow vegetables in the village and collect fresh poultry such as chickens, ducks, geese and fish and send them over.

Although there are not many people living near the academy, there are still many people who come here to buy vegetables every day. The most important thing is that they have money in their hands.

As a result, the grocery store's business was pretty good, with a revenue of several hundred coins a day.

If business is good, I can earn about one or two taels a day.

The two small shops have now established themselves in the neighborhood and are now waiting for Ye Donglin and his wife to take over after the New Year.

The Ye family had already discussed it, and the eldest branch would go over to run two shops and supervise the younger generations in their studies.

With Ye's father around, all kinds of things in the house have been prepared long ago, and the Ye family is happily preparing New Year's goods.

For Chenchen's future, Ye Qingqing's family plans to move to a big house near Qingsong Academy before the Lantern Festival.

During this period before the New Year, everyone in the Tang family was very busy.

The Tang family hired a lot of long-term workers. The fields, hills, pig pens and rabbit sheds had already been arranged, and each part had a team leader in charge.

From then on, Tang Shan and Tang Xiaojing would come over every few days to take a look at the herbs on the mountain and take the accumulated rabbit skins back for processing.

As for the herbs growing on the mountain now, ordinary ones are fine, but the father and son dare not leave the precious herbs that are old here.

So for several days, the two of them went out early and came back late, traveling to every corner of the mountain and picking all the old herbs.

The father and son carried several sacks of herbs home every day like ants moving house.

He even went to the small valley and picked up a lot of precious herbs such as wild ginseng, chicken blood vine and dendrobium.

It can be said that everything that can be used as medicine has been almost picked up by the two of them.

The father and son are busy every day, and Ye Qingqing's life is not easy either.

Although they would come back to the village often, they would spend most of their time at the academy in the future, so they would still have to bring a lot of things with them.

During this period, she took Chenchen with her and hurriedly packed up the family's belongings at home every day.

Before slaughtering the New Year pig, Ye Qingqing finally packed up all the things that needed to be taken away from home.

At this time, Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan also exchanged the mountains of medicinal materials at home for 680 taels.

This amount of silver seems to be a lot, but the father and son have almost picked all the herbs from the two hills, so they probably won’t make much in the next two years.

The Wang family does not have a house near the academy, and Ye Qingmei has two younger children to take care of, so she cannot go with her to take care of Xiao Shitou.

Therefore, the two families agreed that Xiao Shitou would live directly in the Ye family's house and sleep with Xiao Qi.

This idea was proposed by Ye Donglin. Xiaoqi is playful and active. If he didn't have the encouragement of his good brothers, he would probably think about going out to play every day.

The Ye family’s bookstore has a wide variety of books, which is also convenient for Xiao Shitou to borrow.

Moreover, the Tang family's house was nearby, and the three brothers still encouraged each other and studied together as before.

On the day of slaughtering the New Year pig, the Ye family's yard was filled with the sounds of pigs squealing one after another, and Xiao Qi even pulled his two good brothers to watch with a smile.

Butcher Ye had just finished his work and came to the Tang family with his ancestral pig-killing knife, and then went to Xiao Shitou's house.

The three families actually agreed to kill the New Year pig together today so that they could go to give New Year gifts to Master Ming together in the afternoon.

Master Ming has devoted himself to taking care of the children in our family over the past two years. Even if they no longer study at Li Family Academy in the future, this kindness will never be forgotten.

The New Year gifts prepared by the three families were the same: a large pork leg, two pounds of red dates, a pound of dried mushrooms, and a bag of exquisite pastries.

While the adults were preparing New Year gifts for the teacher, the little ones were also quietly preparing small gifts for their good friends.