The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

"Cheng Yiyu, Cheng Zhiwen, Cheng Liyao, are you there?" A familiar voice came from outside the door. He repeated it again, making the three brothers of the Cheng family sit up straight immediately.

It seems like they only took three days off, but they have been at home for five days, so what about the teacher?

"Yes, yes, Master Zhou, please come in!" Cheng Jin immediately ran to the door, opened it and welcomed the master in.

"Didn't these three children say that they would only take three days off? The Spring Examination is coming soon, so I thought of coming to your house to ask for your opinion!" Master Zhou said.

Master Zhou heard from others that something had happened to the eldest son of the Cheng family, so he could understand why the three people asked for leave. He thought about it and thought that if the Cheng family had no money, he would pay for the three people first.

The three brothers of the Cheng family are very talented in studying, especially the third brother, who is smart and hardworking.

"Something happened at home these days, so we plan to send them to you tomorrow to get the recommendation letter!" Cheng Jin explained immediately.

"Is that so? There's still time." Master Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. "But you should also hurry up and review. The Spring Examination is a very important exam."

"Okay, Master, don't worry, we will make good preparations." said Cheng Jia Sanlang.

"Okay, that's good. By the way, have you encountered any difficulties in your studies recently? If you need any help, just tell me." Master Zhou asked with concern.

"Thank you, Master. We haven't encountered any difficulties yet. We have finished the articles you assigned us. It's just that my eldest brother was injured and we have some things at home that we haven't dealt with, so we didn't return to the private school," said Cheng Jia Erlang.

After the three brothers finished their housework, they would supervise each other in studying and would not dare to slack off for even a moment!

"Do you have enough silver in your family? I have sixty taels here. Although it's not much, if we save it, it should be enough to cover the cost of taking the exam!" Master Zhou said.

"Master, we have collected enough money. You don't have to worry about us. Please keep your money safe. Thank you for your kindness!" said Cheng Xiaoer.

"Teacher, could you please tell me how the children in the private school go to the Spring Examination? Do they go by themselves or do they go together with the private school?" Cheng Shang asked immediately.

"Oh, there are quite a lot of people taking the exam this time, so the private school has arranged for the candidates to go with a bodyguard team, and they just need to pay some travel expenses when the time comes!" said Master Zhou.

"That's good. It makes things much more convenient for us. Otherwise, we farmers would be completely in the dark once we enter the city!" Cheng Jin looked at Master Zhou happily.

"Master, how did you get here?" It would take more than half an hour to walk from the county town to here, Cheng Xiaoer asked immediately.

"Oh, I asked people along the way!" Master Zhou said proudly.

When he heard in the private school that the three students had not yet gone to get their recommendation letters, he rushed to Qingshan Village eagerly, asking passers-by along the way.

At that time, I thought that if these three students missed the exam due to lack of money, they would have to wait another three years, and I would definitely feel regretful.

So Mr. Zhou went back to his residence, took all the silver, and went straight to Cheng's house after leaving the private school.

"Master, thank you!" Cheng Xiaoer and his two brothers bowed deeply to Master Zhou.

Cheng Jin and others were also happy that their children had such a teacher. With such a teacher, why should they worry about the children's character and knowledge?

"Master Zhou, don't be in a hurry to leave. It's almost time for dinner. After dinner, we will go to the county town with Yu Ge'er and the others..." Cheng Jin immediately invited Master Zhou to have dinner together. Master Zhou is a little old, and he must not be allowed to walk alone at night.

"Yes, Master Zhou, please stay for dinner. By the way, are you going to accompany the candidates to the provincial capital this time?" Cheng Shang thought that the private school was on holiday because of the Spring Examination, so did the master and the others have to go to the provincial capital with the candidates?

"Yes, this time it's me, Master He, and Dean Shen who will take the candidates to the provincial capital for the exam!" Master Zhou nodded and said.

Their private school has five classes and six teachers. There are a total of thirty candidates for this spring examination, so their dean asked him and Master He to lead the team.

"Okay, Xiaoba, go talk to grandma and ask them to prepare dry food for one more person." Grandpa Cheng immediately said to Cheng Xiaoba.

"Oh...oh, no need, I..." Master Zhou saw Cheng Xiaoba rushing out like a fat rabbit. This boy is so agile!

"Grandma, grandpa told you to prepare dry food for one more person, as my brother's teacher is also going to the provincial capital!" After Cheng Xiaoba arrived in the kitchen, he immediately and clearly explained what his grandfather had told him to do.

"Okay, I got it. Tell your grandfather to have dinner in half an hour. Ask your brother and others to pack up and leave for the county town after dinner!" Old Mrs. Cheng also instructed.

Cheng Xiaoba went to the main room again, then picked up his father's tea bowl and started drinking.

"Pah, pah, pah, it's so bitter!" Cheng Tian drank his tea a bit strong, so now Cheng Xiaoba's mouth was full of bitterness.

"Ah...you kid!" Cheng Tian was so angry that he laughed.

"Grandpa, my grandma asked my brother and others to pack up things and have dinner in half an hour. After dinner, my brother and others will go to the county town!" Cheng Xiaoba was a qualified messenger and immediately conveyed the words to the people in the main room intactly.

"Okay, go pack your things and go to the county town with your father and the teacher!" Old Master Cheng said immediately.

After Cheng Xiaoer and the other two returned to their room and showed the articles they had written to the teacher, they immediately went back to their rooms to pack up their things.

Master Zhou took the three people's essays and read them. The more he read, the more shocked he was. The writing styles of these three people were different, and each had its own merits. He simply couldn't put them down.

After dinner was served, the Cheng family ate happily. Then, Old Man Cheng used tea instead of wine to wish the three people a successful spring imperial examination. Then Cheng Jin and Cheng Shang sent the four people and Master Zhou to the county town.

Old Master Cheng went out carrying two pieces of meat. Having finally finished all the tasks, he wanted to thank the head of the village and the village chief, and then inquire about the land price at the foot of Daqing Mountain.

After the meeting at the Cheng family just now, he thought about it and felt that they could not buy the land now, because once they bought the land, it would mean that they had money, and people would say that they were heartless and ungrateful, or people would guess that Xiao Ge'er was pretending to be sick!

Therefore, he planned to visit the village chief and the head of the village, give Cheng Pandi's family some help, and then inquire about the land price. By then, the Cheng family would have to move.

"Brother Tiesong, are you at home?" When they arrived at the village chief's house, Old Man Cheng immediately shouted. They were all of the same generation as the Cheng family, so he called the village chief brother.

"Hey, Brother Tielin, why are you here?" Cheng Tielin is the kind of good guy who doesn't offend anyone, so the village chief has a good impression of this cousin.

"Well, now that I've finished taking care of Xiao'er's affairs, I've come to your house to thank you for your help that day. If it weren't for you, the second branch of our Cheng family would have been torn apart..." said Old Master Cheng.

And if Nannan hadn't suddenly woke them up, with their personalities, they would have been eaten alive by Cheng Tiezhu and the others!

"We didn't help much. We just said a few fair words. It's just official business. Don't take it to heart!" The village chief said immediately. He was just following the rules.

"Alas, you don't know, after Xiao Ge'er was seriously injured, my wife and my three daughters-in-law have changed their personalities. They used to be quiet, but now they dare to fight and kill..." Old Master Cheng sighed deliberately.

Although he appears to be very distressed, he actually supports his wife and daughter-in-law very much. If they were not men who had to maintain their dignity, they would be the same as the female soldiers in the family. It feels good just thinking about it.

"I think my sister-in-law and the others are doing well now..." If you are too weak, you will definitely be eaten to pieces by the eldest wife of the Cheng family.

"Oh, I've gone off topic. This is what my wife asked me to bring to you..." Old Man Cheng stuffed a piece of meat into the arms of the village chief.

"This is too expensive, we can't take it!" The village chief wanted to refuse. The meat would cost at least a hundred coins.

"Brother, take it. If you don't take it, I will be embarrassed to ask you for help in the future!" said Mr. Cheng.

"Okay, then I'll take it. By the way, are you still going to Tie Wan's house?" The village chief asked as he looked at Grandpa Cheng holding the remaining piece of meat.

Seeing Mr. Cheng nod, he immediately put the meat in the kitchen and followed Mr. Cheng to the headman's house.

"Tiewan, thank you and Tiesong so much today. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to survive!" Old Master Cheng sighed and handed the meat in his hand to Cheng Tiewan's grandson, asking him to take the meat to the kitchen.

"My brother Xiao has suffered a lot. Now when I cook some meat for him to nourish his body, there are people watching him, and the younger generation will come over to ask for meat!" said Old Master Cheng with a sigh.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" asked the head of the village.

"I... I want to move to another place, buy some land and build a house somewhere deserted. To be honest, I'm not a stingy person, but whenever we stew meat, the grandson of my neighbor Tiezi comes to cheat us for a few dollars, and he's not happy if I don't give him enough!" said Mr. Cheng with his head down.

"This... doesn't my best friend care about it?" asked the village chief.

"Alas, how can we care? The meat has already been eaten by them. Now we dare not even stew the meat. Not at noon, they even cursed my Xiao brother and told him to commit suicide..." Old Master Cheng still kept his head down, and I don't know what he was thinking!

"This is too much! Tiewan, I remember there is a large residential plot at the foot of Qingshan Mountain?" The village chief seemed to have thought of something, patted his head, and then said.

"Yes, that piece of land is too close to the green mountains, so the price is very cheap, 5 taels of silver per mu." Cheng Tiewan also said quickly.

"Hmm? I'll go back and ask my wife. The family still needs to treat Xiao'er's illness, and I'm afraid we don't have enough money." Old Master Cheng said immediately after getting the information he needed.

"Oh, I forgot to ask you two brothers, how many acres of land is that?" Grandpa Cheng asked immediately.

"Including the residential land, the total is 35 acres. If there are more orders, we can collect more from individual households!" The land is too close to the Daqing Mountain and the soil is too barren, so no one has ever asked about it.

"We can't afford it, so let's just bear with it..." After saying that, Mr. Cheng said goodbye to the two of them, then put his hands behind his back and walked back slowly.

"Oh, it's too tragic. The Cheng family has lost all their money, and Xiao Ge'er...!"

It is really that Old Master Cheng and Cheng Tiezhu's family have gone too far. Now they think that Cheng Tiezi (Cheng Pandyi) and his family are such bad guys that they are snatching food from the injured!