Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

"Then why didn't you tell your parents when you went home?" Qin sighed.

An Mingzhi clenched his hands, pursed his lips, and his eyes were full of stubbornness:

"Dad, Mom, Mingzhi wants to study, take the exam to become a scholar, and become an official. Then no one can bully us anymore."

"Good boy, that teacher is not good, and the school is not good either. Our Mingzhi is a promising boy, but he is learning rubbish from such a teacher, and he is wasting his chance to become a high-ranking official."

Yue Niang reached out and hugged An Mingzhi, speaking gently.

"But, aunt, if I don't go to school, how can I learn and understand?" An Mingzhi blinked his big eyes and looked at Yue Niang.

Yue Niang smiled and said to her brother and sister-in-law, "I came back this time just to discuss with my brother and sister-in-law about bringing our little Mingzhi to the city to study."

"Oh, how can that be?" Qin screamed and turned to look at An Feng, only to see him looking up in surprise, and he was also surprised that Yue Niang said that.

"My brother and sister-in-law must know that I have been working with Xiuniang since the beginning, from drying fungus and pickling eggs, to now we have opened a workshop together, and hired dozens of people to work in the workshop."

"I have earned a lot of money now. But no matter how rich I am, without my brother and sister-in-law supporting me, I might end up like I did in the Qiu family before." Yue Niang paused and continued.

"If my brother didn't help me, I would be all alone. I'm afraid that the Qiu family wouldn't be easy to get out of. I might have been wiped out by now and become nothing but a pile of dry bones."

"Aunt, don't think like that..." Qin said hurriedly, but was pressed down by Yue Niang again.

"If our family wants to avoid being bullied, we must do as Xiao Mingzhi said, study hard, make money, and become an official."

"But these are not something that can be accomplished by just one or two people. We have to work together as a team."

Yue Niang talked freely, and her eyes were full of longing as she looked at An Feng and the others.

"I came back this time to ask my brother and sister-in-law to go to the city and help me manage my family business and farm, so that I can focus all my attention on expanding the business and making money, and no longer worry about trivial matters."

"And we can also send our little Mingzhi to a better school, where he can study with a knowledgeable and virtuous teacher, so that he won't meet a bad teacher and ruin his future."

An Feng and Qin were silent. Qin secretly looked at An Feng's face and saw that he was in deep thought for a while. Finally, he raised his head and said:

"What Yue Niang said makes sense. Now that my sister is doing well, I should use her strength to educate the children. Only in this way can our family business prosper."

"If I stubbornly guard the old house for the sake of my own face and let your sister-in-law and children suffer with me, then I would be stupid."

Seeing that he was relieved, Yue Niang couldn't help showing a hint of joy. She hurriedly sat a little closer, took her brother's hand and said with a smile:

"I know that my brother loves me the most. Now that my brother, sister-in-law and children have gone to the city, I will no longer be alone."

An Feng was not used to being held by the hand by his adult sister and wanted to avoid her. But when he looked up, he saw Yue Niang with red eyes and wiping her tears with a handkerchief.

An Feng sighed: "In the final analysis, it is because I, as the eldest brother, am incompetent that I have made my sister worry so much."

"Brother, what are you talking about? If it weren't for my brother and sister-in-law who raised me like a father and a mother, how could I be where I am today, Yue Niang?"

As Yue Niang was speaking, she saw the waiter carrying dishes over there glancing over here, as if he was hesitant about whether to deliver the dishes or not, so she waved for him to come over.

"Sir, this is the crystal sashimi you ordered. Please enjoy it first. The other dishes will be here soon."

The waiter had a smiling face that seemed welded onto his face, and he spoke in a long tone as if he was singing.

Seeing that her brother and sister-in-law were still a little reserved, Yue Niang asked them to get bowls and chopsticks, and she picked up a piece of jelly and put it in her brother's bowl.

"We are here to have a good meal today. No one should mention those unhappy things. Let's taste the delicious food in this restaurant. What's the difference between it and ours?"

Just then the waiter brought out two more dishes. After hearing what she said, he quickly agreed:

"This lady is right. Our Shunfulou's food is very famous in Shihe Town. It is much better than Hui'anlou, which made its fortune by selling pickles and then sold its food on the side."

"Huh? Is Hui'anlou still selling pickles?" Yue Niang asked curiously.

Because Wenyuefang has not supplied goods to Hui'anlou for a long time, I don't know how it is doing now.

The waiter curled his lips and said disdainfully: "It turns out that this lady also knows Hui'an Tower. It's a pity that she used to be able to compete with my family, but now she can't."

"Why?" Yue Niang became very interested and asked hurriedly.

The waiter was also a talkative person. He said, "Back then, Hui'anlou was very popular for a while because of its black fungus and pickles. But later, its chef was poached. Not only are the dishes not as good as before, but even the quality of the pickles has declined. It only relied on low prices to attract customers."

"Later, bugs were found in his pickles, so no one bought them. Now it looks like -- tsk tsk, I wonder how long he can last before he collapses."

As he was speaking, someone from the kitchen yelled at him to serve the food. The waiter quickly responded and went quickly to the back.

Yue Niang's eyes turned slightly, as if she had an idea, but she said nothing. She only told her brother and sister-in-law that she would help An Mingzhi find a school when she returned to the city.

"Brother and sister-in-law will have to pack up when they go back. Our whole family will move to the city. In the future, I will need you to run around the farm for me and manage related matters."

An Feng nodded silently, and Qin would not refute.

Instead, An Jingning suddenly said, "Aunt, then maybe I can learn how to do business from you?"

Qin and An Feng looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Jingning wanted to learn how to do business from Yue Niang, but why didn't she show any signs of it before?

Yue Niang was pleasantly surprised: "Of course you can, but Jing Ning also needs to learn to read and write before you can do business."

An Jingning looked calm and nodded, "Don't worry, auntie. I will study hard."

The waiter served all the dishes and then stepped aside.

Qin kept saying that they ordered too many dishes and it would be a waste if they couldn't finish them.

Yue Niang beckoned the waiter and said, "Please help me buy a food box. If you have extra money, I will help you run errands."

"Oh, don't rush, don't rush, let's talk after we finish eating." Qin stood up and stopped Yue Niang, holding down her hand holding the silver.

If the cost of the lunch box is included, wouldn’t the meal be even more expensive?

In the end, the whole family ate until they were full, and there were only a few leftover dishes that they could not eat anymore.

Yue Niang followed behind and saw her brother and sister-in-law walking out of Shunfulou with their backs bent. She couldn't help but shake her head and said:

"Why bother? If you can't finish it, just throw it away."

"Aunt, farming is hard work. My parents are worried about the food and the hard work you put into earning money, so they don't want to waste it."

An Jingning pulled her brother to walk with Yue Niang and spoke in a low voice.

Yue Niang’s expression was stern. Yes, when she was learning to read, she also learned that “every grain of rice is hard-earned.”

Now, only a few days of good days have passed, and I have forgotten my roots.