Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

The weather was getting colder. Ye Xiao was resting in the house when he heard a knock on the door. He walked out of the east room and saw Xu's mother and daughter coming over.

"Sister-in-law and daughter-in-law, come in and sit down. The cattle farm has been built. Sanlang went there early in the morning to check on the situation."

When Xu heard this, she thought that she had come at a really bad time, but since she was already here, she had to hold on until Sanlang came back.

"Uncle, it's cold outside. You should go back to the house and rest. I'll go see what the children are busy with."

As she spoke, Xu handed the two pieces of cloth to Lian and said with a smile.

"Aunt, please keep the fabric for now. I'll go see what the children are busy with and come over to help you cut the fabric later."

Xu walked towards the kitchen with a smile on her face, while Lian, holding a piece of cloth in her hands, looked at her husband inquiringly.

"Let's carry him inside first, and we'll talk about it when Saburo comes back later."

Amid the scent of wintersweet flowers, Xu's mother and daughter watched Erniu and Wulang busying themselves at work, unable to help.

Ye Changyan had instructed that it would be best not to tell anyone else about the fact that his family used wintersweet flowers to make spice products, especially the production method and process, which should be kept confidential. They should just tell others that this was the homework assigned to him and his senior brothers by Ye Changyan's teacher.

So much so that the villagers who sold wintersweet flowers were not sure what Ye Changyan was going to do with the flowers.

Xu's mother and daughter asked indirectly, and Erniu and Wulang followed their brother's instructions and told Xu that this was the homework assigned to him and his senior brother by their brother's teacher, and they didn't know what it was used for.

Xu didn't care too much about what the strange device on the stove and the wintersweet flowers were used for. She just wanted to know when Sanlang had a teacher. Could it be that he passed the examination and became a scholar, so the teacher of the private school in the county officially accepted him as a disciple?

It is different when you become a disciple. The relationship between such a teacher and a private school teacher is completely different. The main purpose of a private school teacher in teaching and educating is to support the family. As long as you pay the tuition on time, the teacher will teach you.

But it is different for teachers and students who have performed the ceremony of paying homage to each other. This shows that the teacher values this student and ties his own honor and disgrace to the student's academic performance. Such a teacher is like a parent, and in some aspects even exceeds the status of a parent.

It seems that I have to find a way to find out about Sanlang's apprenticeship. If he really becomes a disciple of a respected master, Sanlang's future will be even more promising. As for my family, I have to have a good relationship with the third branch.

The yard on the farm was indeed much colder than the old house. Xu's mother and daughter's hands were red from the cold, but they stayed around the stove to help Sanlang and Erniu until some villagers came to the Ye family farm carrying freshly picked wintersweets.

When Ye Changyan came back, he saw his aunt and daughter helping to weigh the wintersweet flowers. Ye Changyan greeted them and started to pay the villagers for the wintersweet flowers.

Xu was surprised that in just a short period of time, Ye Changyan paid nearly two hundred coins to the villagers, Wang Erhu's wife Ding earned nearly a hundred coins, and Qing Eryatou, a half-grown child, earned more than sixty coins.

This made Xu a little unbelievable. How could you make so much money by picking winter plums? Or was it that Sanlang didn't know how to count? Wasn't the five cents per pound too high? He remembered that when the old man was alive, he seemed to have said that a strong laborer who carried a bag in the county town could only earn thirty or forty cents a day.

Xu was very curious as she didn't know where Sanlang got the money to buy these wintersweets.

Finally, seeing that Ye Changyan was done with his work, Xu had not yet opened her mouth to ask for what she had come here today, when she hurriedly called out to Ye Changyan.

"Sanlang, the weather is getting colder. Your grandmother and uncle are worried about you and your siblings, so they sent me and your eldest sister to bring you two pieces of fabric."

Xu called out to Ye Changyan, and when she saw Ye Changyan turning around to look at her, Xu followed him with a smile.

"Big girl, come over here and help. Help your brothers and sisters measure the size of the clothes so that you can help your third aunt cut out the fabric later."

The eldest girl was chatting with the second girl who was making a fire. When they were in the old house, the two cousins always worked and played together. After the separation, the two sisters had less time to spend together. After they got married, it was unknown whether they could see each other in a year.

When she heard Xu calling her, the girl remembered the purpose of her trip. She agreed to Xu and hurriedly got up and went towards the main hall.

When the big girl came to the main room, she heard Ye Changyan say.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, auntie and elder sister. Also, please ask auntie to thank grandma and uncle on behalf of my brothers and sisters. We have been busy recently. In a few days, during the winter solstice festival, our whole family will go to visit grandma."

Lian and Xu were both a little shocked that Ye Changyan accepted the two pieces of cloth without hesitation, and also readily agreed to let Xu and Da Niu help him take measurements and tailor the clothes.

In fact, Ye Changyan had roughly guessed the purpose of the old house sending people here at this time. They wanted to take the cows before, but failed. This time they were most likely planning to take the processing workshop.

However, Ye Changyan had a way to deal with it, so he naturally accepted the materials brought by Xu, which could somewhat dispel some of the suspicions of the old house.

Xu and the eldest girl quickly measured the sizes with Ye Changyan and Wulang, and then Wulang switched the second girl over and finished the measurements in no time.

The needlework of this mother and daughter is indeed very good. They spread the material on the table, and Xu measured it with a ruler and marked it with chalk, while the eldest girl picked up the scissors and started cutting it skillfully.

Lian and Erniu were full of envy. As it was almost time for dinner, Lian asked Erniu to cook first while she went to the room to look for the bundle of new cotton she had kept, intending to make thicker clothes for the children.

While cutting clothes, Xu and the big girl glanced at Ye Changyan out of the corner of their eyes and asked him about it as if they were gossiping.

"Sanlang, I heard from your second aunt that the processing workshop being built in this village is hiring workers?"

Come here, Ye Changyan thought, it is for this matter. Ye Changyan replied in a relaxed tone.

"Yes, before Mr. Zhong went to Yuzhou City, he mentioned it to me. He said he would find someone familiar with the situation in the village to help recruit some long-term and short-term workers."

"What a coincidence! Your uncle is at home with nothing to do these days, and he is familiar with the situation in our village. Leave this matter to your uncle, and I guarantee he will handle it properly for you."

Xu took over the conversation and was about to climb up, but heard what Ye Changyan said.

"Both the processing workshop and the cattle farm need to recruit people. The number of people to be recruited is quite large. Boss Zhong asked us to find someone who is familiar with the surrounding villages. Uncle Shuanzhu is definitely the most familiar with the surrounding villages. Considering that we need to recruit a large number of female workers, I thought about it and found Aunt Zhang."

When Xu heard that Ye Changyan had no intention of giving in, she said with a smile.

"Since we need to recruit people from the surrounding villages, then Sister Zhang is indeed the most suitable. Since Boss Zhong has entrusted you with such a heavy responsibility, why don't you ask your two uncles and a few cousins to go to the processing workshop and help you take care of it. They are idle at home anyway."

Upon hearing this, Ye Changyan couldn't help but laugh in his heart. The people over at the old house had quite a big appetite. They crammed five people in at once and wanted to be the manager right away.