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

When Ye Xiaozheng heard his son ask this, he hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands.

"I didn't agree."

Lian's face turned dark, and Erniu stared at her father angrily. Ye Xiaozheng then stammered and continued.

"That's...that's...I said...I said I'd wait for you to come back...come back and discuss it...discuss it."

After saying that, Ye Xiaozheng looked like a child who had made a mistake. He looked aggrieved and didn't dare to look Ye Changyan in the face. Instead, he turned his head slightly to the side.

Seeing his father's behavior, Ye Changyan felt amused, thinking that Baozi was not so hopeless that he still knew to wait for him to come back to discuss it.

"Isn't marriage a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words?"

The whole family was shocked when they heard Ye Changyan's words, but Erniu was the first to react and said with a sobbing tone and grievance.

"If Dad decides to marry me to Sun Yiming, the pockmarked face, I will just follow him wherever he goes. When the time comes, I will bring back a grandson with pockmarks all over his face. Dad, please don't despise me!"

"Dad, you will not only have a grandson with pockmarks on his face, but you may also have grandchildren with pockmarks on their faces. Look, your cousins are just like your uncle, with pockmarks all over their faces."

Wulang on the side couldn't help laughing and started teasing his father.

"Wu Lang, stop talking nonsense!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Lian shouted at her younger son with a stern face, then turned to look at her husband who looked aggrieved.

"Dad, you heard what Sanlang said just now. What do you think about this?"

Ye Xiaozheng said that he knew he had no way to avoid it, so he had to try his best to control his expression and make himself look like a loving father.

"Mother, Sanlang, Erniu, I was confused. I didn't expect that my brother-in-law had pockmarks all over his face, and they were passed on to my two nephews. If Sanlang and Erniu's children also have pockmarks on their faces, then..."

Ye Xiaozheng stopped talking and didn't dare to say any more.

Ye Changyan shook his head in his heart. It turned out that this Baozi's father did not become Baozi overnight. It took many years of torture for him to develop such a character.

Seeing his father's aggrieved look, Ye Changyan finally understood that it would be impossible to reform his father, this bad boy, all in one go. He could only do it step by step. It seemed that he had to be mentally prepared for a protracted war.

"Dad, Mom, hasn't the eldest aunt's family always been the closest to the eldest uncle's family? Why didn't she promise her cousin to Da Lang, and why didn't she let the eldest girl marry her cousin?"

When Ye Changyan asked this question, the whole family felt as if a layer of window paper was pierced, as if they had grasped something?

"Do you really think that the eldest aunt is just looking for a closer relationship? The eldest aunt's family didn't think highly of our Ye family before, and they despised us because we are country people. Otherwise, why didn't they mention it earlier?"

Ye Changyan looked around at his family calmly, and when he saw that everyone was silent, he continued speaking.

"Now that I have achieved fame and have the hope of becoming an official in the future, my eldest aunt has become more active. She has even put aside the mourning period for her grandfather and is thinking that her daughter will become the wife of an official and her son will marry a daughter of an official. In this way, her family will rise to prominence overnight. This wishful thinking is really a great success!"

Everyone in the Ye family thought that the eldest aunt came to propose marriage, hoping to curry favor with the successful Ye Changyan, but no one thought as deeply as Ye Changyan did. They did not expect that they actually wanted to change the family's status through marriage.

After hearing what Ye Changyan said, Ye Xiaozheng fell silent. In his heart, he was more concerned about his son's words, "even the mourning period for grandfather was thrown away." Yes! He was really confused!

As soon as my father was buried, my eldest sister couldn't wait to come to my house to propose marriage. So many people have come to congratulate me in the past few days, but no one has mentioned this matter. Could it be that no one has thought of changing the family's status through in-laws?

Outsiders all know that our family is in mourning, which is something that is difficult to say out loud. As the eldest daughter of the Ye family, although she is a daughter who marries out, she still has to mourn for her father for a year. How can she come to propose marriage without any scruples?

Could it be that the eldest sister saw that others were concerned about their families being in mourning and were unable to come forward to propose marriage, but she wanted to get there first and not give others a chance.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiaozheng couldn't help feeling angry. It was true that one could not judge a person by his appearance. He really had taken the problem too lightly.

That night, everyone in the Ye family had their own thoughts. Even the young Wu Lang dreamed that his nephews and nieces had pockmarks on their faces. Except for Ye Changyan who had something in mind, no one in the family slept well.

The next day, except for Ye Changyan, everyone in the Ye family had a pair of panda eyes to varying degrees.

Although the news of Ye Changyan's passing the exam had been out for a few days, people still came to congratulate him in groups of three or four that day.

Among them was a very important person, namely Lian's brother and sister-in-law. Lian's family was a farming family in the neighboring county. On the day when she learned that Ye Changyan had passed the exam, Lian asked someone to take a message to her family. However, due to the long journey and the fact that the letter was not delivered specially, Lian's family received the news two days later.

Although Lian's family was just a farming family, they were very sensible. Lian's brother and sister-in-law traveled day and night with many local specialties and arrived at Ye's house near noon. They had lunch at Ye's house and were about to return. Because the journey was really far, Ye's family did not keep them for long.

However, Ye Changyan liked his uncle and aunt's behavior very much, and he secretly made a note in his heart that if he had a bright future, he would definitely help them.

As soon as the uncle and aunt from the Lian family left, everyone from the old house and the eldest aunt from the Ye family and her family came to the Ye family's farm in a large crowd.

The group of people were very cautious and asked Ye Changyan some trivial questions. Ye Changyan did not show any impatience, but answered them one by one in a very warm and friendly manner.

Seeing that they were unable to get to the point, the old lady Guo and the eldest aunt Ye Xiaolian glanced at each other. The old lady cleared her throat, and Ye Xiaowu saw his mother giving him a look, and Ye Xiaowu understood instantly.

"Sanlang, your grandmother cares about you very much. She brought us here today to help you move!"

As he spoke, Ye Xiaowu took two steps forward and grabbed Ye Changyan's arm with a caring look. If such a scene was seen by someone who didn't know the reason, they would definitely praise the deep affection between the uncle and nephew.

"Second uncle, where are you moving to?"

Ye Changyan had a puzzled look on his face, as if he really had no idea.

"Didn't your father tell you? Your grandmother has already said that the family will not be divided. We came here today to pick you up. We also agreed with your father yesterday that you should hand over the documents on the division of the family to your grandmother today. Later, your uncle will go to the head of the village to explain the misunderstanding and take back the document in his hand, hehe!"

"My father did ask me where I put the document last night. I looked for it all night but couldn't find it. I guess I forgot where I left it when I was in a hurry to move that day."

When old lady Guo heard Ye Changyan's casual words, she secretly thought that it was not good. If it was really lost or destroyed, it would be easy to deal with. But the most difficult thing was that it could not be found. Maybe one day at a critical moment, it would be found again. What should she do then?