The sky has been gloomy in recent days, and there is occasional wind, making the leaves rustle. Zhao Guizhi closed the window that was making a clanging sound due to the wind, and then went out of the yard to check on Yan Sanmei.

"Changliu hasn't come back yet?" Zhao Guizhi helped to bring the clothes that were hung outside into the house to prevent them from being blown away by the wind.

Yan Sanmei just came out after hearing the noise. A gust of wind blew up some dust, which suddenly blinded her eyes. She quickly turned around and wiped them with a handkerchief.

"Not yet." Yan Sanmei rubbed her eyes and replied, "Brother Qingyun went with my second brother to buy wood somewhere else. He has to help look after the academy, so he came back late these days."

Yan Sanmei's eyes were not that uncomfortable, and she blinked a few more times. "It's just right that mother came. My mother-in-law just sent some ginkgo nuts over, saying that stewing chicken with them can delay aging. I'll go to Beishan to catch a few chickens, and you can take them back to make soup."

"What is that, a medicinal herb?" Zhao Guizhi had never heard of ginkgo, so naturally she didn't know how to make it.

"I don't know either." Yan Sanmei and Zhao Guizhi looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

It can be said that the Yan family is living a good life now in the surrounding villages. It can even be said that they are not much worse than some wealthy families in the county town. But this is only the case in Anning Town.

To a certain extent, although they had money, they were only limited to this small piece of land and their horizons were still limited, so they were mostly confused about the things that the He family brought back from other places.

But it doesn't matter if they don't understand, because Zhao Guizhi and Yan Sanmei can figure it out. Since they are talking about stewing soup, the two of them got up and went to the north mountain to catch chickens.

It has to be said that Yan Sanmei was a person who dared to think and act. With He Changliu as her backer, she actually bought a large piece of land in Beishanjiao to raise chickens, ducks and a dozen pigs.

Originally, because of moving to the village, the servants of the He Mansion had nothing to do all day and were almost bored to death. This incident has made them so busy that they have no time to rest.

In the early days, Yan Sanmei also helped, but after just a dozen days, He Changliu stopped doing it. He followed Yan Sanmei every day, holding his son in his arms, with a hesitant look on his face.

Sometimes he said that the child missed his mother and cried when he couldn't see her. Sometimes he said that he didn't like a little boy who looked like him, and asked Yan Sanmei to give birth to a daughter who looked like his wife for him to raise.

In the end, he simply ran back to He's house and asked his mother to find some more people to help.

He's mother was also very helpful. It took her just two or three days to find a capable family to help. Together with the previous servants, Yan Sanmei could not find any place where she could help.

Yan Sanmei was so angry that she couldn't stand He Changliu anymore. She drove him to the county town so that he wouldn't stay at home idle all day and take care of his wife and children. It really disgraced his title as a juren.

For He Changliu, a juren, it would have been feasible for him to find a sinecure in the county government or to become a teacher in an academy. However, he was lazy in a sense, so lazy that he was clingy at the same time.

He was inexplicably disliked by his wife at this moment, and he had no choice but to turn his attention to Qiao Qingyun. After all, they were all family, and he should give her a job that would make him as idle as possible.

Qiao Qingyun did not refuse. Since they were family, he decided to be a disciplinary supervisor. It could be said that as long as the teachers and students in the academy did not cause trouble, it was a job that could not be any more idle.

But because of the family He Changliu mentioned, not long after arriving at the academy, Qiao Qingyun began to add more tasks for him. Once He Changliu showed his reluctance, he would say Yan Zhennan that they were family and he could not resist.

It was even more excessive at this point. Yan Zhennan simply kidnapped Qiao Qingyun to go sightseeing under the pretext of looking for wood and being unfamiliar with the place and feeling unsafe, and left the entire academy to him.

Just then, Zhao Guizhi and Yan Sanmei were busy in the kitchen when they heard the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer, followed by a weak voice: "Wife, my head hurts."

When Yan Sanmei heard the man's aggrieved voice, she sighed helplessly. As soon as she stepped out of the kitchen, He Changliu hugged her.

"This is too much. I am just a supervisor, but now I have to do the work of the dean, accountant, purchasing, and even the teacher. They really ask me to fill in wherever there is a shortage of people."

When He Changliu was a student, he never felt that there were so many things to do in the college. He saw that the dean, Qiao Qingyun, was very capable in his work and seemed to be quite idle most of the time. He never expected that it would be so tiring for him.

"I feel like a spinning top, spinning non-stop from morning to night. When will my second brother and Dean Qiao come back?"

Before Yan Sanmei could say a few words of comfort, He Changliu continued to complain: "You really don't know until you do it. Dean Qiao is really too stingy, even stingier than my father. How can he not even afford to hire an accountant for such a big academy?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Brother Qingyun will be back in a while."

Yan Sanmei said a few words of comfort, and it was obvious that she was used to this man who had to be coaxed every day when he came home.

"Ahem." Zhao Guizhi was old after all, and she couldn't bear to see her son-in-law holding on to her and refusing to let go as soon as he came back, so she had to make a sound to remind him.

He Changliu originally wanted to act coquettishly to get some benefits, but he immediately straightened up when he heard the noise. This was not the first time that he had been caught behaving like this by the Yan family, so he was not too embarrassed.

"Mom, what did you cook that smells so good?" After complaining to his wife, He Changliu immediately went to please his mother-in-law.

He Changliu was very busy today and was really hungry at this moment. He could hardly control his saliva when he smelled anything.

"Mom, what did you cook that smells so good?" Almost as soon as He Changliu finished speaking, another voice rang out.

"Second brother?" Yan Sanmei looked up and saw Yan Zhennan walking in, followed by Qiao Qingyun and Xiao Yuer.

"I went to my eldest brother's place just now, and only father and Xiaoyuer were there. I guess mother is here with you." Yan Zhennan kept sniffing while speaking, and once again said that it smelled so good, he was almost starving to death.

Qiao Qingyun also came over and patted He Changliu on the shoulder. His expression remained the same, but there was a hint of smile in his eyes: "Thank you for your hard work."

He Changliu, who had just been complaining, said: "..." Why do I always feel that Dean Qiao has some bad intentions?

I heard Yan Zhennan excitedly saying, "I found another great job..."

He Changliu looked incredulous: "Qiao Qingyun, you are not only the second sister-in-law, but also the dean."

Qiao Qingyun touched his nose awkwardly, "We are all family."

He Changliu rolled his eyes. Is this karma? Those who cheat others will eventually be cheated.

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