Traveling back to ancient times to make money and raise children is also free

In ancient times, it was a very important thing for a scholar to pass the imperial examination, and he would offer sacrifices to his ancestors and pray to them. Xiuwen and I discussed it and decided to go back and tell the clan and report the good news.

Originally, I planned to hold a banquet in the village after announcing the good news, to congratulate him on passing the exam, but Xiuwen felt that it was unnecessary. He thought it would be better to wait until he passed the exam before going home to hold a banquet. Now, he just needed to go back and announce the good news to the head of the village and the clan leader.

Then go back to the thatched cottage where we used to live. Light a stick of incense and say hello to his father who is somewhere unknown. That's basically it. There's no need to go all extravagant.

I think what the child said makes sense. Master Ji, Xiuwen is determined to pass the exam before holding a wedding. As a mother, I supported him without hesitation.

After having breakfast, I accompanied Xiuwen and Qiwen and prepared to return to the village. When passing by a pastry shop, I bought some candies and a few boxes of snacks. The candies were used to distribute to people in the village, and the snacks were given to specific families, the head of the village, the clan leader, and my good friend Grandma Wang.

Then he ran to buy incense, candles and paper for prayer and started to go back to the village.

It was already morning when we returned to the village. When we arrived at the home of the clan leader, Uncle Buchang was about to go out. When he saw us carrying cakes, he turned back. When we told him the good news that Xiuwen had passed the examination, he immediately slapped his thigh and laughed happily. Our Xiao family was finally going to have a scholar. This was a good thing, a great joy. After that, he asked Xiuer to cook, saying that he wanted to have a good meal. We hurriedly declined and told the clan leader that we had to go to the home of the village head uncle.

By the way, he told her that he was temporarily short of money and would not hold a banquet. He also took out the candies, saying that no one was treating everyone to a banquet, but he still bought some candies to let everyone share in the joy. He asked the clan leader to distribute them to everyone, and the clan leader agreed to this matter immediately and took care of it.

When we arrived at the village head's house, there was a young man sitting inside, and the two were happily talking. Xiu Wen paused, and Xiao Bao pulled my hand and whispered to me, "Mom, my second uncle is also in there.

I then understood, “The one inside is the youngest son of the Hu family whom I have never met.”

"It's okay, let's go in together."

The village head looked up and saw us walk in, and greeted us with a smile:

Dalang's wife is back with you?

What a coincidence, your second uncle just happened to pass the exam. He came back just in time for the wedding banquet.

Second uncle made the list? I turned around to look at Dabao and Xiaobao. They both shook their heads at me. I don't understand or I don't know, or he didn't make the list?

I couldn't figure it out, so I walked in and handed the cake to the head of the village:

"Uncle Lizheng bought this wedding cake for you. My Dabao passed the imperial examination and became a Tongsheng."

Li Zheng looked at me strangely:

Dalang's wife, are you sure it's your Dabao who won the prize?

Are you sure?

This is impossible. There is only one student in our village who can write a few words. How could he pass the exam? Xiaobao, the nominal second uncle, was immediately furious.

He couldn't possibly win, so how could you, who had studied for many years and still failed, win? I retorted without hesitation.

I don't believe it. I'm going to go and take a look. The good news must be too late. Then he stood up and ran away.

I looked at the head of the village in confusion.

The head of the village rubbed his forehead and asked Xiuwen to sit down: Your second uncle must have made a mistake in this matter. He probably thought he was the one who was hit.

I didn't make a big fuss about Dabao and his friends going to school, and they only went to school after moving to the town. I didn't interact much with the people in the village. When someone said that there was a child's voice in our group, everyone thought it was him.

Only then did I realize that it was a misunderstanding. I was completely speechless.

The village head asked curiously, "Why did Dabao change his name to Xiuwen?"

"It was the teacher who changed it for him. We farmers don't have much education and don't know how to name people. Or the name Dabao is not suitable for interacting with classmates, so he was changed to Xiuwen. I think it's good, and he has been using Xiuwen since then."

The village chief finally understood after hearing my explanation. He shook his head and said: This time your second uncle is really going to be hit hard.

He encouraged Xiuwen a few more words and congratulated him on passing the imperial examination as soon as possible. Xiuwen smiled and agreed.

After talking for a while, we decided to go back to our old thatched cottage. Although we moved to the town, we still felt that this thatched cottage was our root. After all, this was the place where I could start over.

After not coming back for a while, grass had grown in front of the thatched house. After a simple cleanup and laying out the sacrificial items, Xiuwen lit three incense sticks, and Xiaobao also ran over, and the two brothers began to worship.

I didn't stay there alone, but went directly to the vegetable garden behind the house. Although I would come back to clean up when I had time during this period. Xiuwen and Qiwen would also come back to take care of it during their monthly breaks, but there were still some places that they could not take care of. Fortunately, the soil in the vegetable garden was relatively loose, so it was easy to pull it up. I rolled up my sleeves and started to pull the weeds. Not long after, the two brothers came out and came to help me when they saw me in the vegetable garden. The three of us quickly cut the weeds into a large area.

Life is getting better and better, and even the harvest in the fields is getting better and better. I feel really happy. I am a little closer to my goal of becoming a rich woman.

Mmmmm, so happy!