I am a woman, I am a man, I want to marry a wife so that I can farm

Ye Wenhong was still young and didn't understand what studying meant, so he didn't react much and continued to eat and drink as usual.

Chen, on the other hand, suddenly had a big pie dropped on her face, which made her see stars and she was almost lost. Did she hear it right? Her son could read and write? Her mother-in-law would send him to school? If Li Ge'er could become an official and take the imperial examination in the future, then she would be the mother of the top scholar... It was so exciting just thinking about it!

"Brother Li, why don't you thank your uncle quickly?" The family doesn't have the money to support her son's education, and it's just that Ye Ze doesn't know how to make money recently.

Ye Wenli: "...Thank you, uncle." I really thank you so much! Woohoo...no freedom?_?

"Okay, good." Ye Ze accepted it happily. It seemed that all the children in the family liked reading very much.

Lin stroked her daughters' hair and was happy for them. It was a good thing that her daughters could read and know etiquette. What made her even happier was that the old-fashioned Mr. Ye did not stop them.

Zhao Li said weakly: "Can I learn to read with you?"

"If you want to learn, then learn. Anyway, you have to herd one sheep or let a flock of sheep go, so one more person won't make much difference." Old Mrs. Ye said with a smile.

Ye Ze: "...Mom is right!" It's a good thing that his wife is ambitious, he has to support her.

The four children in the family are actually quite sensible. Although Ye Wenli and Ye Wenhong don't have to work, they have not been led astray by Chen.

Ye Ze was more worried about the sisters Ye Xiaomai and Ye Xiaocao. These two girls were a little weak in character. They would not speak out even if they were wronged. This was inherited from Lin. He wondered if they would change after reading.

Meng hesitated and said, "When I was at my mother's house, my father hired a female teacher to teach me how to read. Why not let me teach the children how to read?"

It was Ye Ze who saved them, so that she and her son could have a place to stay and live a normal life. But she couldn't just live in the Ye family and eat and drink for free. If she could help Ye Ze, Meng would feel more at ease.

"This..." Old Mrs. Ye looked at Ye Ze. What kind of luck did her son have? He picked up a beggar by chance, and he was literate?

Ye Ze raised his eyebrows, knowing that Meng was not an ordinary village woman, but he did not expect that she would take the initiative to talk about her past.

"I was originally thinking of hiring a female teacher to teach the girls in my family. Since Sister Meng doesn't mind, I will hand over all the children in my family to Sister Meng for teaching. From now on, you will be the female teacher hired by our family. As for the tuition, it will be three taels of silver per month, okay?"

"What? I have to give her three taels of silver every month?" Chen was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out.

The other people in the family were also shocked. Is it so expensive to hire a teacher? In the past, their family couldn't save five taels of silver a year! But thinking about when Ye Ze went to school, well, it was indeed not cheap.

It wasn't just the Ye family that was shocked, including Mrs. Meng. She just wanted to help Ye Ze and had never thought about asking for money. When she realized what was happening, Mrs. Meng waved her hands again and again: "No, no, I live and eat at the Ye family, how can I ask for money from you? Besides, my son will also learn from you, and the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone all cost money. I absolutely cannot accept this money."

Ye Ze scratched his head and said in embarrassment: "If you don't accept it, then I will have to teach them myself."

"This..." Meng knew that Ye Ze was helping her, so she had to compromise and said, "Then one or two taels per month will be fine. I don't have much to spend money on anyway."

"I think it's okay. Meng's food and lodging are provided by our family on a daily basis. In addition, the wooden pens, inkstones, and paper were also bought by my third brother. One tael of silver is a lot of money." Chen agreed quickly, fearing that Ye Ze would insist on giving her three taels of silver as a monthly salary.

"Then let's do this for now." Ye Ze didn't like to push things around. At most, he would buy whatever Meng needed. Besides, Old Lady Ye still had Meng's money, so it wouldn't be short of money for them and their son.

His son can read and write, and will go to school next year. Ye Laoer is very happy and has a silly smile on his face. He feels that today's breakfast is even more delicious.

Boss Ye's expression became much more complicated. Although his third brother said that girls should be more educated and sensible, he still wanted a son who was educated and sensible. In the past, he could say that it was Lin's fault that he didn't have a son. But since he listened to his third brother's twisted logic, he couldn't even say a word to blame Lin.

Ye Qiulan was also happy for the children at home, but when she thought about the treatment Daya received in the Zhang family, she could no longer smile and just fed her daughter silently.

In this way, the important issue of literacy for several children in the family was solved in one meal. After leaving the table, Ye Ze ran back to the house, took out all the books under the bed, and gave them all to Meng.

Some of the pens, ink, paper and inkstone were left over from Ye Ze's previous use, so I'll give them to them today.

Meng sorted out the books and found the Three Character Classic for the children's enlightenment. She immediately moved a table to the open space in the yard. Several children sat around it in a circle and officially began the first class.

Meng first familiarized them with writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then taught them to learn their first character.

When the family members saw this scene, they subconsciously lowered their voices.

Today is the first day of the new year. After breakfast, Old Mrs. Ye found out the incense and candles for burning incense and went to Qingyou Temple outside Qingshui Town to burn incense.

"Lin, you should come with me."

"Okay." Lin stepped forward, took the basket from the old lady and put it on her arm.

Old Mrs. Ye hasn't gone to burn incense for a while. Every time she goes, she brings Mrs. Lin with her, mainly to ask for help in praying for a son. Today, there is another thing to do, which is to ask someone to calculate an auspicious day to build a house at home.

Bricks and tiles will be delivered today. With Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Er watching at home, Ye Ze doesn't need to do anything.

It just so happened that he was going to town today, so he took the ox cart and took Old Lady Ye and Lin out together. He also loaded the herbs that had been dried in the past two days onto the ox cart.

When they were almost at Qingshui Town, Old Lady Ye and her companions got off the ox cart and walked west along the path for about a few hundred meters to reach Qingyou Temple. Knowing that Ye Ze was busy, she told him that he didn't need to pick them up when they returned, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could just walk back.

Ye Ze nodded in agreement. After seeing that Old Lady Ye and the others had gone far away, he drove the ox cart into the woods on the other side of the road.

After turning on the system monitoring program and making sure that no one was around to see him, Ye Ze felt at ease to sell the two baskets of herbs on the ox cart to the mall. He put the empty baskets into the space, then bought two thousand kilograms of rice and two thousand kilograms of flour from the mall, put them on the ox cart, and slowly drove the cart into the city.

According to the six-for-one ratio agreed upon yesterday, this amount of grain would be enough for him to exchange for 24,000 kilograms of coarse grains. There were only 40-odd households and more than 500 people of the Ye clan in the village. This exchange should be enough for the entire clan to eat for more than a month.

However, Ye Ze did not plan to only change to black noodles and brown rice, he also wanted to try some whole grain noodles, beans, etc.

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