So what if you flee from famine? Start all over again and live a good life every day

"Good boy!" Village Chief Zhao also stepped forward and patted Lin Ze on the shoulder. They heard that Lin Ze had returned today, so they had been waiting here.

"You are the first scholar in our village in recent years."

"Village Chief Zhao" Lin Ze bowed and said: "Village Chief Zhao thinks too highly of me. I was just lucky. In the future, there will be more people studying in the village, and there will be more scholars."

With Lin Ze here, the villagers see the benefits of passing the imperial examination. In the next period of time, many people will definitely send their children to school.

Even Village Chief Zhao was just discussing with Old Man Lin about sending his second son to a private school.

Da Zhuang has bad legs and feet, so he can't pass the exam. Fortunately, Da Zhuang is not very interested in studying.

"Haha, well said!" Village Chief Zhao laughed heartily. "But you, as a scholar, have also brought honor to our village. If you need any help in the future, just let me know. By the way, what are your plans this time you come back?"

Many of them stopped at the level of scholar, so he also wanted to ask Lin Ze about his next plan.

Lin Ze smiled and said, "I still want to continue studying and prepare to take the exam in a year."

The examination for the scholar is held twice every three years, and for the juren is held once every three years. Next year is exactly the third year for the juren, so he can try. However, if he fails next year, he will have to wait another three years.

Village Chief Zhao's eyes lit up: "If he can continue to study, he should continue to study. The child is still young and smart, so he should continue to take the exam."

"That's true." Father Lin nodded and said, "Your elder brother and second brother will take care of the family affairs. You don't have to worry about it. Just concentrate on your studies."

"Yes, Third Brother, leave the family matters to us from now on." Lin Youcai walked up to Lin Ze

"Thank you for your hard work, big brother and second brother." Lin Ze bowed to him. Since he decided to take the imperial examination, the affairs of the family basically fell on his big brother and second brother. Even the money for his imperial examination was earned by his big brother and second brother from working.

Although he would copy books to earn some money on weekdays, that little money was far from enough.

So I am still very grateful to him and his elder and second brothers.

As the night deepened, the villagers surrounding the Lin family began to disperse. They wanted to spend the rest of their time with the Lin family.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter. After a few days of activity, Qingshan Village is preparing to grow rice seedlings.

The villagers of Qingshan Village followed Suihe's example, plowing the fields, irrigating the fields, and building seedling beds. Suihe's family left a lot of rice, which Suihe planned to take out for seed.

There are hundreds of households in Qingshan Village, and each family can't get much on average. Fortunately, they plant less so that they can save seeds for themselves in the second year.

Even if you plant one acre, the harvest will be more than what they plant two or three acres.

Suihe's family worked in the fields for a few days, and the other villagers watched from the side of Suihe's fields.

Occasionally they would go down to lend a hand. They were all experienced farmers and understood the situation immediately.

In the past, we just spread the seeds directly, which was convenient, but the harvest depended entirely on the weather, and we never thought that if the harvest was not good, it was because of the wrong planting method.

But no one dared to try a different method, because they were poor and had no money for trial and error, so they could only follow the old methods step by step.

Now it is no longer necessary, you can intervene manually, and there will be no uneven situation

Suihe's family was busy for a few days, and the villagers waited for a few days. After Suihe's family was done, other families in the village started to move.

Plowing, irrigation, seedling raising

The whole Qingshan Village is full of lively scenes

The water is still cold at this time. After staying in the water for a long time, my whole legs are icy cold.

"Second Sister" Sui He was still picking up the dead roots left in the field last year when she heard someone calling her in the distance.

Sui He looked back and smiled after seeing the person standing on the roadside.

"Anzhi!" Sui He shouted, threw away the things in his hand, left the paddy field, rubbed the mud off his feet on the grass beside him, and put on his straw sandals.

I walked quickly to Anzhi's side.

"Hey, whose family is this lady?" An Zhi was dressed very beautifully, in a turquoise green shirt and a green grass pleated skirt of the same color.

A silver peace lock is hung around the neck.

She had two small buns on her head and a pair of silver butterfly beads on her temples.

"Second sister, you are laughing at me again" An Zhi covered her mouth and laughed secretly

"Huh." After not seeing Anzhi for more than a month, she felt that Anzhi had changed a lot: "Anzhi, you have changed."

"How could that be? I haven't changed." An Zhi sighed and looked at Sui He with resentment.

"You're taller and whiter." Sui He raised his hand and compared, saying with a smile.

An Zhi's eyes lit up, and he shook Sui He's hand a few times, "Really?"

"Really?" Sui He nodded affirmatively. In fact, she felt that An Zhi had changed more than just this, but she just couldn't put her finger on it: "Let's not stand here anymore, let's go home quickly, do grandpa and grandma know you're back?"

"I saw no one at home, so I came out to look for you." An Zhi shook his head: "I haven't found them yet."

"They must have gone to the sweet potato field." There wasn't much work to do in the field today, so she was the only one there. Grandpa and grandma had gone to weed the field.

The soil in the field is fertile and it is easy for weeds to grow. If you don’t clean it up for a few days, it will grow very tall. Not only will it be difficult to pull out, but these weeds will also steal the nutrients from the sweet potatoes.

"Then let's go back quickly. I brought back a lot of gifts." An Zhi pulled Sui He home and whispered in Sui He's ear.

"Second sister, I saw Mr. Ning. Some of the gifts were prepared by Mr. Ning for you. I brought them all back."

"Mr. Ning?" Sui He was a little surprised: "Mr. Ning is in the capital?"

"Yes," An Zhi nodded. "I am staying at Mr. Ning's house when I go to the capital this time. This outfit was prepared for me by Mr. Ning's eldest daughter-in-law, the eldest lady."

"Anzhi?" Aunt Li came up from the field and saw the two sisters walking on the roadside: "Are you Anzhi? How come you have become so beautiful?"

"Aunt Li, it's me" An Zhi smiled generously

"This capital city is a place that feeds people. Look, it's only been a short time since I left, but you've already changed." Aunt Li wanted to go forward and pull Anzhi, but when she saw the clothes on Anzhi, she didn't dare to reach out, for fear of tearing them. She could only look her up and down and said, "You've become more beautiful, like a fairy in the sky."

Clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. It is no exaggeration to say that Anzhi looks like a lady from a wealthy family today.

Anzhi was no longer like before, blushing and keeping silent when someone praised her. Instead, she smiled and let Aunt Li look at her.

Sui He stood aside and complained: "What has An Zhi been through? Why has he changed so much? But change is a good thing."

Along the way, everyone who saw An Zhi was amazed at his changes.

When they got home, Sui He saw the house full of gifts.

"Are you moving the store here?" Sui He pointed at the pile of gifts.

"No, many of these were prepared by Mr. Ning's family for me to bring back." An Zhi picked up a brocade box and opened it. Inside was a pair of beautiful jade bracelets. The jade bracelets were transparent and moist, and they were obviously top-grade jadeite.

"This is what our grandmother gave us. Let each of us have one." An Zhi picked up the gifts and explained to Sui He who gave these things: "Second sister, you don't know that there are so many people in Ning's hometown. I can't remember them all."