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

Liang Jingcheng grew up with his master and his wife, and had never been involved in farming. He only occasionally went to pick vegetables when he was at the Ye family last year. Xing Wang had lived in Yujing Palace since he was a child, and occasionally went hunting with his master and fellow apprentices when they patrolled the mountains, but he had never done farm work.

Today, the two of them came to the greenhouse, and when they heard that the large piece of land in front of them was allocated to them for planting, they were both excited.

Ye Changyan, Liang Jingcheng and Xing Wang were responsible for turning the soil first, while Mr. Cai was sorting the strawberry seedlings on the side. Originally, the housekeeper Dai Xing was planning to step forward to help, but Ye Changyan arranged for him to help Dai Song and Dai Bai instead.

Xing Wang was indeed very strong. He plowed the soil very deeply and very quickly. He quickly finished plowing a ridge by himself. Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng had not even finished plowing half a ridge when Xing Wang happily went on to plow the next one.

This piece of land was divided into five ridges in total. Fortunately, three ridges had been turned over, Ye Changyan had only turned over one ridge, and Liang Jingcheng still had half a ridge left.

Ye Changyan started to make nests with Xing Wang, so Liang Jingcheng could only continue to turn over the remaining half of the ridge.

After the holes were dug in the five ridges of land, Ye Changyan and his companions went to the ash pile beside the village and dug up fermented wood ash to use as fertilizer and pesticide.

"Why does it taste a bit strange?"

Liang Jingcheng was holding an ash basket and spreading base fertilizer in the nest. He smelled a strange smell while holding the wood ash in his hand and looked at Ye Changyan with some confusion.

Ye Changyan looked at the wood ash in his hand and said to Liang Jingcheng with a smile.

"There's feces from chickens, ducks and other livestock in here, so of course there's some smell."

"vomit……"

Liang Jingcheng suddenly felt his stomach churning and couldn't help nauseating.

Seeing that Mr. Cai on the side couldn't help but laugh, Ye Changyan seemed like nothing had happened. He still grabbed the black ashes and put them into the nests one by one, but he couldn't stop smiling.

“This is so disgusting!”

Liang Jingcheng took a while to calm down, and said with some disgust.

"What's the big deal? The manure of these animals and poultry has been fermented in the wood ash for so long that it is no longer the original manure. It is now excellent fertilizer. The vegetables you eat every day will not grow well without fertilizer. Vegetables need these fertilizers. Do you think the vegetables are not delicious?"

“But this is a little too hard to accept.”

"This fertilizer has already been fermented, so it doesn't stink that much. It really stinks when the livestock manure is mixed with the wood ash. You are now using the ready-made fertilizer prepared by Manager Yang, so don't be picky."

Seeing that Mr. Cai couldn't help laughing, and Ye Changyan and Xing Wang had already walked a long way away with the ash basket, Liang Jingcheng shook his head helplessly, ran to find Manager Yang to borrow a small shovel, then he carried the ash basket in one hand and the small shovel in the other hand and shoveled the fertilizer into the nest, while keeping his face as far away as possible.

Seeing Liang Jingcheng's look of disgust, Mr. Cai laughed happily. He also picked up the sorted strawberry seedlings and gently threw them into the nest sprinkled with fertilizer.

After completing the nesting, fertilizing and planting the seedlings, the master and his apprentices began to squat on the ground to plant the strawberry seedlings.

Ye Changyan discovered that Xing Wang was using too much strength and all the strawberry seedlings were broken by him, so he hurriedly asked him to fetch water to water the planted strawberries.

After lunch, the sky began to darken and snowflakes began to fall again. However, the cold outside could not be felt in the greenhouse and it was still as warm as spring.

In the afternoon, the master and his apprentices finished planting the five rows of strawberries. When they came out of the greenhouse, they felt the huge temperature difference. At this time, snowflakes were falling on the ground, covering the original layer of snow, which had turned into a thick layer of snow.

"Sir, the snow on the official road is too thick, and the carriage can no longer pass normally."

Mr. Cai stretched out his foot and stepped on the snow on the ground. It was indeed very thick. He looked up at the weather conditions and then spoke.

"It looks like the snow won't stop in a short time. Let's stay here tonight."

The heavy snow lasted for a whole day and night, and only stopped gradually in the afternoon of the next day. Master Ye Changyan and his disciples had to stay at the farm for another night.

However, the master and his disciples who lived in the farm were also not idle. They helped Yang Lin's family to transplant eggplants, cucumbers and other fruits and vegetables in the greenhouse. Liang Jingcheng could do anything, but he was unwilling to touch the black wood ash.

On the afternoon of the third day, the snow on the official road was finally cleared by the garrison troops guarding Shengjing and the temporary team organized by the government office. The master and his disciples then got on the carriage driven by Lu Tingfeng and returned to the city.

The second day of February is the day when the dragon raises its head. The weather is fine and the snow in Shengjing has gradually melted. This day is also the day when the Imperial College announces the examination results.

Early that morning, Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng packed up early. After saying goodbye to Mr. Cai, they took Xing Wang and got on the carriage. Just like the last time they went to take the exam, after meeting up with Sang Li and his servant in Gujing Lane, the carriage drove all the way to the Imperial College.

As expected, the gate of the Imperial College was already crowded with people, and the adjacent streets were full of horse-drawn carriages. Lu Tingfeng parked the carriage outside the Yunfeng Tower, and Zhong Yunfeng was still waiting there early.

"It looks like the results haven't been posted yet. The weather seems to be even colder now that the snow has thawed. Why don't we go to the private room on the second floor and make a pot of hot tea while we wait?"

Ye Changyan rubbed his hands and thought that Zhong Yunfeng's suggestion was a good one. Then the group went into Yunfeng Tower and drank tea while waiting.

At about noon, the gate of the Imperial College opened and a row of teachers came out, apparently to post the examination results.

"Then let's go down and have a look."

Many candidates were accompanied by their family members and friends, plus servants and followers, which meant that there were too many people outside the Imperial College, and Ye Changyan and his group could not squeeze in at all.

"Xingwang, please come forward and clear the way for us, but just be careful not to hurt anyone."

Seeing that there was no way to squeeze in, Ye Changyan thought for a moment and decided that Xing Wang was small but strong, so he let Xing Wang take the lead.

A group of people followed Xing Wang and went straight in, completely ignoring the shouts and calls of the people around them.

Ye Changyan and his group came to the posted list and looked carefully for their names. From time to time, they could hear the cheers of the selected candidates.

"Young Master, you passed the exam. You're so lucky to pass it!"

Sang Li's manager You Xin had a good eye and found Sang Li's name at once. Sang Li, Ye Changyan and others came over excitedly and saw Sang Li's name on the list.

Sang Li was admitted as a student of the Imperial College. Although he was only admitted as an external student to Class Ding 2, at least he was able to pass by and catch the last train.

Just when everyone was happy about Sang Li's admission, Zhong Yunfeng on the side heard shouting excitedly.

"Chang Yan, look, you've been admitted to the Imperial College!"