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After those days of collecting herbs, Ye Xiaoshan became familiar with Ye Ze. He and his brother helped prepare firewood for the family for the winter. When they heard that Ye Ze's family also collected firewood, they came to ask.

Putting the firewood at his feet, Ye Xiaoshan asked, "Brother Ze, does your family still collect firewood? My brother and I can also chop wood, do you think these can be collected?"

The two brothers were dark and thin, and their eyes were full of expectation when they looked at Ye Ze. Suddenly, an idea came to Ye Ze's mind, and he asked, "Do you want to study?"

Ye Xiaoshan is fourteen years old and Xiaoman is only ten years old. If they cannot go to school, they will have to dig in the dirt for the rest of their lives like their fathers. As a member of the Ye clan, Ye Ze wants to help these young people in the clan to the best of his ability so that they can have more choices.

Ye Ze is the owner of the treasury of the previous dynasty, so this little money is nothing to him! Of course, some people who are not worth helping should be forgotten, so as not to waste effort.

Ye Xiaoshan's mouth opened wide when he heard this. What was Brother Ze talking about? Asking him if he wanted to study? Could he study if he wanted to?

Ye Xiaoman didn't think too much about it. He nodded blankly and replied seriously: "Of course I do."

Ye Xiaoshan pursed his lips and looked down at his brother, reminding him softly: "Don't talk nonsense, studying is very expensive."

"Oh, no, I don't want to read..." Ye Xiaoman lowered his head, saying in a somewhat lost tone.

Ye Ze rubbed Xiaoman's dry and yellow hair: "I want to open a clan school and invite children from our clan to study. As long as they are children from our Ye clan, they can study for free."

"Really?!" The two children asked in unison in shock. Could their Ye clan also open a clan school? And let them study for free? Why did it feel like a dream?

"When have I ever lied to you?" Ye Ze said with a smile, "But you can't be too happy too soon. Studying can be free, but it requires you to put in a certain amount of work."

Ye Xiaoshan mustered up his courage and said, "I can do it. I'm already past the age of studying. I can work for Brother Ze and let my brother study!"

Ye Ze: "No, you can all come. You don't have to go to our clan school for the purpose of passing the imperial examination. Even if you don't have talent, as long as you learn basic literacy and arithmetic, you can start a small business to make money, or go to the town to be an accountant. What do you think?"

Ye Xiaoshan was moved by Ye Ze's words. Brother Ze had studied but didn't pass the imperial examination, but he was very capable! Ye Xiaoshan hesitated and asked, "Can I... do it?"

"I think you can do it!" Ye Ze encouraged.

"Yeah!" Ye Xiaoshan grinned brightly. If Ye Ze said he could do it, then he definitely could do it!

So, Ye Ze, who had been wanting to stay at home for the winter, had work to do again. He immediately took Ye Xiaoshan and his brother to the village chief's house to discuss with the village chief and several elders of the tribe about setting up a clan school for the tribe.

As soon as Ye Ze said this, several old men in the tribe almost dropped their jaws in shock. What did Ye Ze just say? He wanted to set up a clan school for the tribe? The children in the tribe could go to the clan school for free? Isn't this pie in the sky? How could they not agree? !

After discussion, it was finally decided that the school should be located in the wing on the left side of the Ye Clan Ancestral Hall, as there was enough space there to accommodate all the children of the clan to study.

The important matter of the children's education in the clan could not wait, so after the matter was agreed upon, the next day, Village Chief Ye summoned the younger generations of the clan to clean up the wing rooms of the ancestral hall. He then asked Ye Chuanjia, who had some carpentry skills, to make some tables, chairs and benches for the children. The younger generations who helped to clean up the school stayed to help Ye Chuanjia.

Ye Ze would occasionally come to help. After the wing room was cleaned up, he spent seven or eight days making ten long tables and dozens of benches. He also made a smaller long table and a chair with backrests for the master. When he put them in the wing room, it really looked like the real thing!

The news that the Ye clan was going to run a clan school soon spread throughout the village. Originally, there was only one scholar in the village, Shen Wenren, and the Shen clan members always felt that they were superior to the Ye clan members. Now that the Ye clan had run a clan school, it meant that all the younger generations of the Ye clan would have the possibility of becoming scholars...

The pride of the Shen family having a scholar was instantly shattered by this news!

Although Zhao Tao couldn't go out, her cousins ​​would naturally be kind enough to share with her the major events happening in the village.

Zhao Tao never had a peaceful day in the Shen family. Shen Wenren went to school and could only take a day off once every ten days. When he came back, he locked himself in the study to read. He would not go back to his room to sleep until very late at night and had to get up early the next day, so naturally he had no time to rest.

Because of this, Zhao Tao's feeling of grievance reached its peak. When she heard what her cousins' wives said, she was so angry that she fainted.

With a sullen face, Yang asked several granddaughters-in-law to carry her into the house, and then invited an old doctor from Banshan Village to take her pulse.

I thought she fainted because she was unwilling to accept it, but the old doctor smiled and said after checking her pulse: "Congratulations, old lady, you will have another great-grandson soon, hehe..."

Yang was surprised: "She, is she pregnant?"

"That's right. Judging from her pulse, it's only been more than a month, and it's indeed a pregnancy pulse. But her body is a little thin, so you'd better give her more food in the future." The old doctor packed up the medicine box and put away the pulse pillow he had just used.

"Yes, thank you very much, doctor." Yang took out her purse and paid the consultation fee before letting Sun see the patient out.

After coming out of Zhao Tao's room, Yang gave her grandsons' wives a good scolding before returning to her room.

It was already evening when Zhao Tao woke up. After checking the time, she hurriedly put on her shoes and got out of bed. Oh no, it was almost time for dinner and she hadn't gone to the kitchen yet. If the old woman knew about this, she didn't know how she would punish her.

Zhao Tao didn't react at all. No one called her to get up and work today.

I hurried out of the room, only to see that my two cousins ​​had almost finished preparing dinner in the kitchen.

Zhao Tao: “…” Is the sun rising from the west?

"Hey, why did you get out of bed?" Sun came over to support Zhao Tao, muttering: "How are you, are you feeling better? You are still carrying my grandson in your belly, you must be careful in the future..."

Zhao Tao finally realized that she was pregnant! Then she was overjoyed. She was carrying Shen Wenren's son. Yang loved Shen Wenren so much, so she must be good to his son! She finally made it! Zhao Tao breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, not only did she not have to cook dinner, she was also given eggs to nourish her body, and the attitudes of the other aunts and cousins ​​towards her also became better.

The next day, Zhao Tao couldn't wait to go out. She wanted to see what the brick house that Ye Ze built for Zhao Li looked like. What her cousins ​​said seemed different from what she had imagined.

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