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

The wild mushroom powder is ground by Erniu and her mother themselves.

Seeing the brown powder in her brother's palm, Erniu couldn't believe it. This inconspicuous powder could make the carrot soup as delicious as chicken soup.

"That's right. The secret to making this carrot soup as delicious as chicken soup lies in this wild mushroom powder."

Everyone in the Ye family was very surprised when they learned the truth, and felt that it seemed a little too magical.

"As for the origin of this wild mushroom powder, everyone must keep it secret. For the sake of convenience, we will call it Rujixian from now on."

Everyone thinks that this name is nice to hear, easy to remember, and most importantly, very appropriate.

Ye Changyan suddenly felt vibrations on his arm. He took a quick look and was surprised to find that his favorability was +320. For a moment, Ye Changyan was a little excited, and he didn't know where this favorability came from.

The next day, Ye Changyan and Wulang took an axe and a hammer, Lian and Erniu carried backpacks, and the four of them headed for Sickle Mountain as soon as day broke.

"Brother, if we chop these dead trees with an axe and hit them with a hammer, will it really grow more wild mushrooms?"

Wu Lang took a hammer and knocked the dead tree on the ground, making a loud bang, and asked Ye Changyan in disbelief.

"I have seen similar records in a book. In places where wild mushrooms grow, if you cut more holes in the dead tree trunks and hit the dead trees with hammers, wild mushrooms will grow on the dead branches as well."

"Goro, get to work, we have to go to several places today."

Erniu was picking wild mushrooms from the dead branches while giving instructions to Wulang. Lian looked at her youngest son who was hitting the dead branches with a hammer and went back to picking wild mushrooms.

Ye Changyan took the axe and chopped at the dead branches in the forest as scatteredly as possible.

When they had almost finished picking the wild mushrooms in this forest, they moved to the next forest. They ran through four forests in the morning, and it was not until near noon that the mother and her sons headed back.

Wulang holding a hammer and Erniu holding an axe walked in front, while Lian and Ye Changyan, each carrying a backpack full of harvest, walked behind.

When we were approaching Zhuangzi, we saw a lot of people there, and some people were rushing towards Zhuangzi on the road.

Ye Changyan felt something was wrong, so he put the backpack on the side of the road and asked Lian and his two younger siblings to wait there.

Lian and her two children also felt something was wrong, so they put their things on the side of the road and stood there waiting. Then they saw Ye Changyan jogging forward a few steps and catching up with a man who was heading towards the village.

"My fellow villager, what happened? Why are there so many people here?"

The person being questioned was dressed like a servant of a wealthy family. Seeing that Ye Changyan was wearing coarse cloth clothes, he thought he must be from this village, so he asked instead of answering.

"Young man, may I ask if Scholar Ye Changyan lives in the farm in front?"

"Why are you looking for the Ye family scholar?"

Seeing Ye Changyan's young age, the servant was somewhat alert and readily explained his purpose.

"My dear, you may not know this, but the scholar from the Ye family sent gifts to many families in the county the other day, saying that they were jars of pickled vegetables called Shanzhen."

Seeing Ye Changyan looking at him with confusion, the servant continued with some pride.

"The gift from the Ye family scholar was incredible. In just two days, it caused chaos among the wealthy families and noble clans in the county."

"Didn't the Ye family go there to return the gift? Why did they cause such a commotion in someone else's family?"

Ye Changyan looked like a curious baby, which made the servants eager to gossip.

"I don't know what the wild delicacies in the pickled vegetable jar taste like, but they attracted the rich people in the county who eat wild delicacies every day. The people who received the return gifts were fighting for the wild delicacies, and the people who didn't receive the wild delicacies followed suit, wanting to taste how delicious the wild delicacies are."

As the servant spoke, he swallowed his saliva, as if he would be able to eat this legendary mountain delicacy when he went to Ye family's farm later.

"Look, every family has sent people to come to the house of the Ye family scholar to inquire about the news."

Seeing Ye Changyan nodded as if he understood, the servant smiled and quickly left towards the Ye family's yard.

After the man dressed as a servant walked away, Ye Changyan returned to Lian and the others and began to explain what had happened.

"Mom, our wild delicacies have caused a sensation in the county town. I'm afraid our house will be crowded with people. Wulang and I will go back first. You and Erniu should carry these two baskets of wild mushrooms to a secluded place and put them there first. We will act according to circumstances when we return."

Several people nodded, and Ye Changyan picked up the axe and went up to the village. Wulang also hurriedly picked up the hammer and followed.

In Wanshou County, after a day of fermentation, a canned pickled vegetable called Shanzhen was completely pushed to the forefront of public opinion in Wanshou County.

The wealthy gentry in the county town and the prominent families in the surrounding villages all heard the news and sent people to Ye's farm early.

Just as Ye Xiaozheng was about to take out the mushrooms to dry, many people came to his yard.

These people were all very polite, and their purpose was surprisingly the same: they all came to see Ye Changyan. Ye Xiaozheng could only explain to them over and over again that his son had gone out to work early in the morning, and he didn't know when he would be back.

Seeing so many people running towards the village, the villagers who had nothing to do came out to watch the fun.

When Ye Changyan and Wulang returned to the farm, they found that their yard was surrounded by people.

Ye Changyan was about to squeeze in when he heard a villager shouting loudly.

"The scholar husband is back!"

Suddenly the noisy yard became quiet. Everyone turned around and saw a pair of teenagers, one holding an axe and the other holding a hammer, standing outside the yard with shocked looks on their faces.

The person who came first was the gatekeeper of the inner courtyard of the county government. This gatekeeper had seen Ye Changyan when the county government entertained the new scholar that day. When he heard the villagers shouting, he turned around and saw that it was indeed the scholar from the Ye family who returned.

"Make way, the scholar is back."

The doorman quickly came up to Ye Changyan and greeted him.

"Mr. Ye, I am Cao Yougui, the gatekeeper of the inner courtyard of the county government."

"Mr. Cao, I heard someone give me a rough idea of what happened on the road earlier. What exactly happened?"

The servant who had met Ye Changyan on the road before also recognized Ye Changyan, and then he quietly hid behind him in shame.

Seeing that the Ye Changyan brothers seemed to have just returned from chopping wood in the mountains, everyone consciously made way for them.

Ye Changyan walked towards the yard while listening to Cao Yougui.

It turned out that this wild delicacy caused a sensation in Wanshou County. Everyone came to inquire about the news about this wild delicacy. It would be great if they could bring some back.

"Everyone, listen to me."

Ye Changyan, who learned the details of the situation, saw the surging crowd and had to send these people back first, and appease the gentry and wealthy families behind them through their mouths.