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

Ye Changyan, standing outside the side door, tried hard to search the original owner's memory. After some sorting, he had a general understanding of the situation of the Ye family.

The Ye family is a small landlord in Qingshan Town, Wanshou County, Yuzhou Prefecture. The old man of the Ye family fled to Wanshou County when he was young. When he was young, he was an apprentice in a large business in the county. Because he was willing to learn and endure hardships, he later became a shopkeeper under this business.

Over the years, he had accumulated some savings, and gradually bought property in Shanglin Village. He bought this two-story courtyard and more than a hundred acres of fertile land around the village.

The old man had one wife and one concubine in his life. His wife, Guo, gave birth to two sons and one daughter. His concubine, Qin, gave birth to a son, but the son died of dystocia. This child was weak and sickly since childhood. This was Ye Changyan's biological father.

Mr. Ye raised his children and established a home for them by working as a shopkeeper. Then he quit his job as a shopkeeper and returned to Shanglin Village to retire.

The old man has many children and grandchildren, including five grandsons and two granddaughters. The old man has always valued scholars, so naturally he sent all five grandsons to private schools early on.

The three grandsons of the first and second wives studied in a private school for two years. Although they could recognize a few words, they were not good at studying. Coincidentally, the two grandsons of the third wife were quite talented in studying, and Ye Changyan even passed the examination to become a student at a young age.

Just as Ye Changyan was searching through the original owner's memories, he heard a weak male voice coming from the main hall.

"Mother, it is precisely because father is gone that I should serve you even more to repay your kindness in raising me!"

The person who spoke was Ye Changyan's father, Ye Xiaozheng, the third son of the Ye family. Ye Xiaozheng's sincere face was mixed with a bit of anxiety as he spoke to the old lady sitting in the main hall.

The old lady turned her face away, and saw a middle-aged man sitting on the chair on the left of the old lady stood up, took two steps towards Ye Xiaozheng, and said.

"Third brother, now that our father is gone, as the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father. Just listen to me."

The eldest son of the Ye family, Ye Xiaowen, has some similarities with the old lady in his features, but when he walks next to the third son, he is half a head shorter than the other. He looks like he wants to teach someone a lesson, but he looks up at the other person while speaking, which makes him look a bit funny.

"You know the current situation at home. We have more than a dozen people in our family, and we rely on the rent from the hundred-plus acres of land to make a living. Your eldest nephew is almost twenty years old, and he still hasn't found a marriage. Your second nephew will be eighteen next year, and he is also old enough to get married."

As he spoke, Ye Xiaowen, the eldest son of the Ye family, pointed to the two young men standing aside towards Ye Xiaozheng, the third son of the Ye family.

"The old man values your son, Sanlang, and he spends a lot of money on his studies. You are not in good health, and you have spent a lot of money on medicine over the years. Now you have to take care of the old man's funeral. There is no money left in the family account."

Ye Xiaowen, the eldest son of the Ye family, was counting the family expenses to the third son, while winking at the second son, and continued speaking.

"Brother, you know that studying is good, but there are so many scholars in the world, and only a few can pass the exam to become a scholar, let alone become a juren or jinshi to become an official. Mother also said that a big tree needs branches. I believe that mother will not treat you unfairly. After you are separated, relying on the reputation and face of the old man, let Sanlang go to the county to learn to be an accountant. He has studied for so many years, and he can learn accounting quickly. If you are in poor health, you will have someone to rely on in the future."

Seeing his eldest brother winking at him, Ye Xiaowu, the second son of the Ye family who was sitting on the right hand side of the old lady, also stood up, supported the third son with a smile on his face, and then spoke.

"Second brother knows how you feel about mother. Mother has said before that she won't blame you. Big brother also said just now that our family is really in trouble now. With such a big family, everyone is hungry. You can't afford to delay the marriage of your two nephews! You can't just watch your two nephews be single."

Seeing this, the eldest and second daughters-in-law hurried forward to support Ye Changyan's mother Lian and said.

"Third brother's wife, if your third brother goes to work as an accountant in the county, the work will be easy and the income will be high. You and your third brother will enjoy endless happiness in the future."

Ye Changyan was outside the side door, listening to his uncle and aunt, who were all eloquent, bombarding their parents one after another, while his cousin and two cousins were adding fuel to the fire, and his cousin was keeping a close eye on his younger brother to prevent him from coming forward to help.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Ye Changyan understood that they might have discussed it long ago and decided to separate his family today no matter what. Ye Changyan quickly sorted out the memories of his original body in his mind.

"Brother, what should we do?"

Ye Changyan fell into silence. He felt Erniu behind him pulling his sleeve and asking him anxiously.

Ye Changyan withdrew his thoughts, gave his sister a calm smile, then reached out and patted his sister's hand that was grasping his sleeve, and then spoke.

"Don't be afraid, let's go in and take a look first."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan pushed open the side door and walked into the main hall.

There was a "creak" sound, and everyone in the hall looked over here at the same time.

"Saburo!"

The first person to react was Ye Changyan's mother, Lian. Lian quickly pulled her hands away from her two sisters-in-law, rushed to Ye Changyan in two steps, and looked him up and down.

"You're finally awake! It's good that you're awake! It's good that you're awake!"

Lian choked up as she spoke. Seeing that her son seemed to be fine, the heavy stone that had been hanging in her heart for days finally fell to the ground.

"Sanlang, you're awake, that's great!"

Ye Xiaozheng, the third son of the Ye family, was so excited when he saw his son waking up that he couldn't contain his excitement and hurried over to look him up and down.

"Dad, Mom! The child is fine!"

Ye Changyan held his father's hand with his left hand and his mother's hand with his right hand. Although these two people should be very unfamiliar to him, for some reason, he had an inexplicable sense of intimacy with them.

"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay."

Lian said yes repeatedly, but her father was still a little worried, and hurriedly gave instructions to his daughter who was following behind Ye Changyan.

"Erniu, go ask Doctor Li from the town to come and see your brother."

Seeing that Erniu was about to run towards the gate, Ye Changyan hurriedly called out to her.

"No need, I'm fine."

Erniu always listened to her brother, so after hearing what her brother said, she hesitated and didn't run out again. When she saw Ye Changyan nod slightly at her, Erniu finally felt relieved.

"Sanlang has woken up, that's great!"

The eldest uncle was the first to interrupt the third uncle's family's greetings, followed by the second uncle and two aunts.

"Yeah, yeah, it's good that you wake up!"

Ye Changyan just smiled and nodded without answering. Instead, he walked forward a few steps and bowed in the direction of Old Madam Guo.

"Grandma, your grandson is here to see you!"