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

"Someone, someone, coming right up."

A woman's voice was heard from the yard, and soon the yard door opened.

The person who opened the door was Zhang, the wife of the head of the village. When the gate was pushed open, a middle-aged woman who was neat and well-dressed greeted Lian and her son into the yard with a smile on her face. The yard was very clean and tidy. Zhang left a very good impression on Ye Changyan.

"Sanlang is here too, come on, come on, sit inside, come on, Sanya, go to the village and call your father back."

Zhang was a little surprised to see Ye Changyan behind Lian, but she quickly and warmly invited him into the house. The half-grown girl quickly ran out of the yard, apparently to call her father.

"Shuanzhu Auntie, please don't be polite. We just want to borrow your flatbed truck."

"Sit inside for a while and eat some fruit. Sitou, go to the top of the cabinet and get the pomegranates you bought this morning."

A chubby little boy came out from the inner room, holding two huge red pomegranates.

"Sister-in-law Lian, Sanlang, Wulang, come and have some fruit. The child's father will be back soon."

Zhang cut the pomegranate skillfully and placed it in front of Lian's mother and son.

The tied youngest son Si Tou was staring at the big rooster placed next to Lian. At this moment, the village head Li Zhiping stepped into the courtyard.

"Sanlang is here, sister-in-law San, Wulang."

Li Zhiping rushed into the house and saw that his wife was treating him fairly well, so he smiled.

"Uncle Shuanzhu, we would like to borrow your flatbed truck. Do you think it is convenient?"

When Ye Changyan saw the head of the village coming back, he stood up from the stool and told him the purpose of his visit.

"That's convenient. The cart is right in the yard. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"No, just borrow the cart. It will probably take a few days."

"It's okay, you can use it."

Having said that, Ye Changyan and his mother got up and pushed the flatbed cart in the yard.

"Lian sister-in-law, your big cock."

Zhang saw Lian and her son coming out of the house, but Lian was still holding the chicken next to the stool, so she shouted at Lian.

"Tie up uncle, this chicken is for you."

After hearing what Ye Changyan said, Mr. and Mrs. Li Zhiping were a little confused and looked at Ye Changyan with doubts.

"A few days ago, everyone sent generous gifts to our family, but we are in mourning for our grandfather, so we can't prepare a banquet to entertain them in the short term. I thought I could give each family a chicken as a simple return gift."

"You can't do that. It's only been a few days since your separation. Everyone knows something about the separation. There's still a long time to go. Everyone has remembered your high school wedding. It doesn't matter if we wait a few more days."

Li Zhiping is worthy of being the head of the village. His refusal was both tactful and considerate.

"Tie me up, uncle. Don't worry. When I am done with my mourning, I will drink with you until I am drunk."

"Hahaha…"

But for the chicken, both sides pushed it to each other, one insisted on giving it away, and the other was unwilling to accept it.

"Uncle Shuanzhu, believe me, our family will be able to stand up soon. We are grateful for everyone's kindness, but you must accept this chicken. It is a token of our family's kindness to you."

"Okay! Just because of what you said, your uncle will accept it with a clear conscience."

Li Zhiping also understood this truth. Courtesy should be reciprocated, and the relationship will become closer and closer. Sanlang's confident words just now made Li Zhiping very confident that Sanlang of the Ye family is not an ordinary person. When he gets rid of filial piety and takes the autumn examination, he will surely make a splash again.

Li Zhiping did not refuse and accepted the chicken given by Ye Changyan.

After coming out of the headman's house, Wulang pushed the cart towards the village with great curiosity.

The mother and her two sons tied up the chickens they bought one by one, placed them on a cart, and pushed the cart to deliver the chickens to every household.

After learning that the head of the village had already accepted the chicken sent by Ye Changyan, the people in the village were very polite and finally accepted the chicken sent by Ye Changyan.

Almost all of the dozens of households in Shanglin Village sent gifts to the Ye family. Together with some other relatives and friends, Ye Changyan and his mother and son pushed a cart and went to Qingshan Town twice to give a chicken to every household.

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

Ye Changyan and Ye Xiaozheng came to the old house together.

"Sanlang is back, come in and sit down. His uncle is back too, big girl, go call your grandmother."

When I entered the yard, I only saw the eldest wife, Xu, and the eldest girl doing needlework in the yard.

When Xu saw Ye Xiaozheng bringing Sanlang into the yard, she hurriedly invited them into the house and asked the eldest girl to go to the backyard to call the old lady.

After Ye Changyan and his son entered the house, they came to the old man's spirit and burned incense for him.

When Mrs. Guo, the old lady, heard that Ye Changyan and his son were coming, she quickly came to the front hall and saw that Ye Changyan and his son had just finished burning incense.

"Sanlang, you're back. Lao San is back too. Come and sit down. Come and sit down."

When the old lady saw Ye Changyan and his son, her attitude was very kind, as if she had returned to the time when the old man was still alive.

These two days, she also heard from the second son's wife that the third wife has been pushing a flatbed cart and delivering chickens door to door these days, waiting for Sanlang to come. She wants to use this opportunity to repair her relationship with the third wife as much as possible.

"Mother, Sanlang and I came to see you."

"Grandma, Dad and I came to see if you are feeling better, and we'll bring you a chicken."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan placed a big, fat hen on the ground in front of the old lady.

"It's good that you guys are back. What else did you bring?"

"When I passed the exam a few days ago, my relatives and friends sent me many gifts. Everyone knows the situation, but we can't just not show some appreciation, so I discussed it with my parents and decided to give each family a chicken as a return gift."

The old lady and Xu, who was standing behind her, nodded repeatedly after hearing what Ye Changyan said.

"It's this gift. When your grandfather was alive, he was very particular about courtesy and reciprocity. You were able to come up with this idea, which is worthy of your grandfather's teachings."

"Grandma is right. After the mourning period is over, we will prepare a banquet and invite relatives, friends and neighbors to have a gathering. I believe that grandpa will be very happy to know about this."

"You have such filial piety, your grandfather must know it and be very happy in his afterlife."

Seeing the old lady's kind face and tears in her eyes, Ye Changyan knew that the old lady was probably going to play the emotional card, so he stood up and prepared to say goodbye.

"Grandma, this is an old hen that my mother specially picked. The chicken seller said that this old hen can lay eggs. I can't make a pot of soup for you right now, so you should eat more eggs to nourish your body."

"Good good..."

The old lady was just about to get to the point when Sanlang interrupted her intentionally or unintentionally. Hearing Sanlang's caring words, the old lady could only answer yes repeatedly.

"Grandma, we'll go back first. We still haven't had time to see off a few families yet. Please take good care of yourself. I'll come back to see you in a few days."

When the old lady saw Sanlang and his son getting up and about to leave, she nudged the eldest son's wife behind her with her elbow.

"Eat your meal before you go. Aunt Chun has already prepared the meal."

"I have some things to do at home, so we'll have dinner another day. Aunt, please take good care of grandma. We'll go back now."

As he spoke, he walked towards the yard. The old lady saw that she could not keep him any longer, so she got up to see him off.

"Mother, you should take good care of yourself. We will go back first."

Seeing that the old lady had not fully recovered yet and treated him and Sanlang as kindly as when their father was still alive, Ye Xiaozheng had long forgotten the fact that his family had been kicked out of the house.

Ye Xiaozheng wanted to stay a little longer, wait for his elder brother and second brother to come back, and chat for a while before leaving. But seeing his son leave so quickly, he could only get up and walk to the yard. He saw that the old lady had already stood up and sent him to the front hall door, and he was very moved.

"Hey!"

After Ye Changyan and his son walked away, the old lady sighed heavily.

When Xu heard the old lady's sigh, she wisely chose to remain silent.