The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

As usual, Old Lady Cheng gave a red envelope to the messenger of the imperial examination, and asked Cheng Yiyu and others to take out a small basket of candy to distribute to the children in the village.

Yes, this is what Cheng Yu got when she signed in in the morning. She took out everything and gave it to Old Mrs. Cheng, who gave some candies to several close neighbors.

After seeing off Magistrate Wei and his men, the Cheng family members went back to their rooms for a nap. After they had rested, Old Man Cheng called them all into the main hall for a meeting.

"Now that Xiao Er and the other two have also passed the imperial examination, we can start buying the piece of land that our family has set its sights on. This is what your mother and I think;

The land will be purchased in Zhiwen's name, because Zhiwen is a scholar, we can exempt the land tax;

The house in the city that the Lin family compensated us for will be in our name, and I want to put the shop in Nannan's name!" said Mr. Cheng.

The first place in the provincial examination was called Jieyuan and also a scholar. The court policy was that scholars were exempt from the land tax of 50 acres. The land they liked was more than 30 acres, which was just enough.

"Dad, our daughter is going to get married in the future! Isn't that a bad thing?" Li Huaxiang said. Her thoughts were still influenced by the general environment. She felt that when her daughter got married, she would take everything away as a dowry.

"Nannan won't covet your shop. The money she earns from selling ginseng is enough to buy two shops like this. As the eldest family, we are going to do big things in the future, so broaden your horizons." Old Mrs. Cheng said. The eldest daughter-in-law has been spoiled since she was a child, but she still doesn't have a broad mind.

"Yes, Huaxiang, take a long-term view. Our Li Yao will continue to do scientific research in the future. If we are businessmen, it will not be conducive to his development at all!" Cheng Jin said.

Dad and Mom's idea was right. Now the court was clearly divided into classes, and merchants always had a relatively low status. Whether the shop fell into the hands of Dad and Mom or the three brothers, it would affect their path to the imperial examinations.

The imperial court now stipulates that women cannot take the imperial examinations, and Cheng Yu is of the same generation as Yi Yu and his friends. Leaving the shop to Cheng Yu is the best choice for the Cheng family.

"I was thinking too much," Li Huaxiang looked at the Cheng family members who were looking at her. She was so ashamed that she wanted to buy a three-bedroom apartment, especially Cheng Yu's big black eyes.

"Then it's settled. I'll go find the village chief and buy the land at the foot of Qingshan Mountain. Zhiwen, you come with me.

Boss, you three brothers go to the city to look at the blue bricks, if we want to build a house, we can just build it better." Old Master Cheng immediately stood up, picked up his things and took Cheng Zhiwen out of the Cheng family.

"Okay, Dad, let's go now!" Cheng Jin pulled his brothers to the cowshed, planning to go to the city to ask about the prices of bricks and tiles, and find a bricklayer at the same time.

Cheng Lixiao and Cheng Liyao called Li Huaxiang to the main house to chat.

“Mom, when I was seriously injured while escorting the convoy, Doctor Bai said that I had little chance of getting back on my feet.

But then Nannan fed me a bowl of chicken soup, and I felt like I was back to normal. Later, she took out a hundred-year-old ginseng to treat me, and I was able to recover as before!" Cheng Lixiao said.

Cheng Lixiao never understood why he felt like he was about to die but miraculously recovered.

It wasn’t until they saw Cheng Yu fiddling with the water tank in the kitchen and she handed them the black pills that day that the eight of them became stronger…

"Mother, don't think that the gold was a reward for us. I can tell you directly that whether it was passing the imperial examination or the essay caught that person's eye, it was all related to my sister.

After my eldest brother was injured, my sister handed us two big stacks of books during the two weeks we were at home. The article on flood control was inspired by those books, and even the policy essay for this exam was inspired by them. "Cheng Liyao said.

The Master often said that reading a thousand books is like traveling a thousand miles, but they had never left Bai Ze County, so how could they write such good articles? This was all thanks to the book on real-time politics given by my sister.

"I...I don't mean any bad things!" Li Huaxiang stammered.

"You don't mean any bad things, but your words will hurt your sister. Don't you realize that since your sister came, your health has improved and your life has become more comfortable!" Cheng Lixiao looked at his mother like this and realized that she had not yet realized her mistake.

"Mom, next time you speak, think about whether your words will hurt others. We can forgive you for our family, but what about outsiders?" Cheng Liyao knew that they would have to leave Qingshan Village in the future. The road ahead would be difficult, and a wrong word could cost them their lives.

"A kind word can warm you through three winter months, while an evil word can hurt you through six months of summer. Don't always look at your family members with your little thoughts. We are a family, the kind that shares life and death together!" Cheng Lixiao said directly to his old mother.

"Mom, do you think my second aunt and third aunt are very nice? Are my second uncle and third uncle also very nice? They are family, we can't always measure them by small benefits!" Cheng Liyao said to Li Huaxiang.

Li Huaxiang didn't know how she walked out of the room. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that what she said was not presentable, and she felt a little guilty towards her family.

Zhao Yunniang and Lin Pan'er pretended not to see anything and let their sister-in-law figure it out on her own. Then they pulled the others together to start making pea jelly. Tomorrow they could finally go back to setting up the stall and making money.

Old Mrs. Cheng skillfully began to stir-fry the chili oil, and again a domineering aroma spread throughout the alley.

Cheng Tiezi smelled the fragrance and looked at the desolate home in front of him. Because of a troublemaker, his family broke up, his son and daughter-in-law no longer spoke to him, and even his grandchildren were not close to him.

In the old house of the Cheng family, Cheng Zhong listened to the beating of gongs and drums and the shouts of the messenger boy. He was too ashamed to go to see his ancestors anymore, so he drove the most filial and promising child out of the old Cheng family.

Old Master Cheng brought Cheng Zhiwen to the village chief's house. After the village chief took a detailed look, he determined that only about ten acres of land at the foot of the green mountain could be used as a residential site.

He calculated carefully and decided that ten acres of residential land was enough for his family, so he decided to take it all, including all the surrounding land.

"Brother Tielin, are you sure?" The Cheng family just lost the gold. Did they take out all their assets?

"Sure, we want them all. By the way, how many meters away is the nearest residential plot?" Grandpa Cheng was really afraid of neighbors like Cheng Pandyi, so he asked immediately.

"It's about 500 meters. Don't worry, no more housing sites will be approved around your housing sites!" said the head of the village.

Because the location of this residential land at Qingshanjiao is very special. It is too close to the mountain at the back, too close to the river on the left, there is a main road on the right, and there is a big tree in front. There is no room left!

Mr. Cheng repeatedly confirmed that no one else would build a house nearby. They had already looked into it and found that the location at the foot of the green hills was special. That was why the Cheng family wanted to buy the land.

"Okay, brothers, we want the fields next to the homestead as well!" Old Master Cheng nodded with satisfaction and said.

"Including the land, the total is 35 acres. I will write the deed for you now. Whose name do you plan to put on it?" The head of the village sat in front of the table, started grinding ink, and then said.

"This is written for my brother Wen, Cheng Zhiwen!" said Old Master Cheng, taking out a counted number of silver ingots from his arms.

This was the silver that Cheng Jin and his friends exchanged for three gold ingots at the money shop two days ago.

"Brother Wen is a scholar now, so he can be exempted from the land tax of 50 acres. Shouldn't that be the responsibility of just him?" asked the head of the village.

"Yes, just put it in his name." said Mr. Cheng.

After the head of the village finished writing the deed, he handed it to Cheng Zhiwen to check and confirm that it was correct. Then they agreed to go to the county government office to transfer the ownership the next morning, and the grandfather and grandson of the Cheng family returned home.

"What a sin! We have a little girl but we don't treat her well. She has become so thin!" Old Master Cheng looked at the six sisters of the Liu family who were passing by them. Liu Xiaoliu seemed to be the same age as Nannan, but she looked much smaller than Nannan.

"Grandpa, let's go back. Today, our daughter said she wanted to loosen the soil for the potatoes. If we go back early, we can finish the work earlier." Cheng Zhiwen felt uncomfortable when he saw the look in Liu Jia Xiaoliu's eyes, and then he immediately pulled Grandpa Cheng home.

"We are back!" Cheng Zhiwen's voice.

"We are back!" Cheng Jin's voice.

Five people entered the door together. After the three Cheng Jin brothers tied up the cow, they sat down at the stone table and poured a full cup of water and drank it.

"Dad, we asked around, and found out that both the blue bricks and blue tiles are a bit expensive. We also went to look for a bricklayer, and found out that it would be much cheaper if the bricklayer helped us. The bricklayer we found also had the last name Cheng, and he had the best reputation in the area!" After drinking the water, Cheng Jin immediately reported his gains.

"Yes, Dad, he said he would come to see the homestead tomorrow, and I told him to come back the day after tomorrow!" Cheng Shang added some appropriate content.

"Yeah, that's right. They will also help us draw the blueprints. Just give them an extra hundred silver coins!" Cheng Tian said happily.

"We have bought the land, 5 taels of silver per mu, 35 mu, a total of 175 taels! We will go to the county government office to transfer the ownership tomorrow morning!" Cheng Zhiwen also talked about their gains.

"Sister-in-law, our lives will get better and better in the future. If my sister-in-law does something wrong, you must tell me in time and I will change. Our family must live in harmony!" Li Huaxiang looked over from the kitchen and saw a peaceful scene. She immediately said to her two sisters-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? You are just a harsh talker. Everyone has their own personality. Don't think too much!" Zhao Yunniang said.

My sister-in-law is a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Although what she says is sometimes very hurtful, she is always the first to stand front when there is something going on at home.

"Yes, sister-in-law, you see, this is the life we have always wanted. All this has changed after Nannan came. Nannan is really the little lucky star of our family!" Lin Paner also said.

At that time, she had just married into the family. Her eldest and second sisters-in-law took her to the kitchen to look at the big tree and look forward to the future. They said that in the future the house would be full of children and grandchildren. Now the house is indeed full, but it is a little noisy. Thinking of this, she laughed.

Li Huaxiang and Zhao Yunniang also thought of this and immediately laughed.

"What are you laughing at! The pot is burnt!" Old Mrs. Cheng was sitting at the kitchen door playing with Cheng Yu and Xiao Ou. When she smelled burnt food coming from the kitchen, she immediately shouted.

"Oh, oh, what a waste!" The three of them began to scramble to make amends.

Old Mrs. Cheng looked at her three daughters-in-law who were busy in front of her, and she smiled. Their lives will get better and better.

After dinner, the Cheng family sat under a big tree to cool off, chatted about family matters, and then went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next morning, Old Lady Cheng took her daughters-in-law to set up stalls again. Today, the three brothers Cheng Yiyu, Cheng Zhiwen and Cheng Liyao went together. Old Lady Cheng let Wuliuqi take a day off.

Old Master Cheng and Li Zheng Cheng also arrived at the county government office early and handed a handful of candy to the registrar.

The land of Qingshan Village was registered under the name of Cheng Zhiwen, the yard compensated by the Lin family was given to the two old people, and the shop was directly transferred to Cheng Yu.

The Cheng family’s good days have just begun!

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