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

The three brothers and sisters returned to the farm amidst laughter and playfulness.

Wulang ran into the house excitedly, holding a bag full of reward money.

"What happened to Goro?"

Ye Xiaozheng, who was turning over and drying mushrooms in the yard, saw Wulang disappear in a flash, and looked at the brother and sister with some confusion.

"He must have gone to count the money quietly."

Erniu answered with some disdain, then went to cook.

Ye Xiaozheng looked at Ye Changyan, somewhat puzzled by Erniu's words. Where would Wulang get the money to count?

"Dad, don't worry about him. He will tell you himself later."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan also helped Ye Xiaozheng to turn over and dry the mushrooms in the bamboo plate. Although the sun was already setting, they had to dry the mushrooms as quickly as possible while there was still some sunlight.

Once the autumn rain starts to fall in Yuzhou Prefecture, it will be continuous, so we have to get a set of drying equipment as soon as possible.

Lian came back from the mountain with a great harvest.

"Wulang, where have you been hiding? Come out and help set the table."

Ye Changyan helped Lian take the backpack on her back, and saw Erniu was already cooking. He looked at the stove door, and saw that Wulang, who usually cooked, was not there. Lian looked around but didn't see anyone, so he shouted twice at the top of his voice.

"Mom, wait a minute, I'll finish counting soon!"

Then she heard Wu Lang's voice coming from the room. Lian looked at her husband with some curiosity.

"I don't know either. He disappeared as soon as he came back from the county town. He said he was counting money."

Lian, who was setting the table, almost dropped the bowl when she heard her husband's answer.

Just then, Goro ran out excitedly carrying a cloth bag.

"Brother, how much money do you think is in here?"

"Where did you get the money?"

Before Ye Changyan could answer, Lian rushed over and grabbed the cloth bag in Wulang's hand.

"Mom, why did you steal my money?"

Lian snatched the purse from Wulang's hand, and he felt a little unwilling.

When Lian snatched the purse, she felt its weight. She opened the purse and looked inside. Although the light was not very good, there were many shiny silver ingots among the densely packed copper coins. Lian's face was filled with shock.

"Where did you get so much money? What bad things did you do in the county town?"

Lian spoke in a somewhat anxious tone, and was eager to chase Wu Lang.

"Mom, what are you thinking? This is what I earned!"

Lian and Ye Xiaozheng were both a little bit unbelieving. This Rujixian was only supplied to Yunfeng Building for the first time today, and they also had shares in the company. The dividends would have to be paid out next month at the earliest. How could they have earned so much today?

The couple looked at Ye Changyan with confusion.

Ye Changyan then gave a brief account of his storytelling in Yunfeng Tower to promote Rujixian in Yunfeng Tower and to attract people to it.

After learning the cause of the incident, the couple finally felt relieved. They were afraid that their children would make mistakes by going to the county town.

After hearing what Ye Changyan said, Erniu and Wulang finally understood why there were so many scholars and students coming to Yunfeng Tower to listen to books and eat.

"Mother, guess how much money is in this bag?"

Wulang's eyes rolled around, staring at the purse in Lian's hand from time to time.

"Okay, let's eat, let's eat."

Erniu was busy inviting everyone to eat. Seeing that everyone sat down at the table, they picked up their bowls and prepared to eat.

"Don't you care how much money there is? I counted it for a long time, twice."

How could Wulang have the heart to eat? It took him a long time to count the money in the bag.

"Okay, we're all listening, go ahead."

Seeing Lian glance at him, Wu Lang said excitedly.

"There are 1,856 copper coins alone, and 19 silver ingots of different sizes. I just weighed them, and they weigh a total of 32 taels."

Wu Lang's eyes were shining with golden light. Ye Xiaozheng and Lian were shocked when they heard it. Even Erniu who was at the scene was a little surprised.

"There are so many rewards just for reading a book? Maybe you counted it wrong."

Lian looked at Wulang in disbelief, and saw Wulang mysteriously took out a glittering gold ingot and placed it in front of Lian.

"Here is another five-ounce gold ingot."

When the couple saw the glittering gold ingot, their eyes widened and they asked in disbelief.

"There are actually people offering gold ingots as rewards?"

"This gold ingot was given by Mr. Cai. I visited that old man on the Double Ninth Festival. The chili peppers in our house were given to me by Mr. Cai."

After learning the reason, the whole family was immersed in the joy of making a lot of money.

After dinner, Lian and Erniu tore the two clumps of chicken mushrooms they had picked today into smaller pieces than usual. This was specially prepared for Mr. Cai.

Although they had never met, Ye Xiaozheng and Lian were full of gratitude towards Mr. Cai.

Since September 15th, two major topics have been the focus of attention in Wanshou County.

The first of these was, of course, the two latest passages from "White Snake" that Ye Changyan narrated in Yunfeng Tower, which became the main topic of conversation among the scholars.

Ye Changyan's singing and playing at Yunfeng Tower attracted more attention from the general public. After dinner, people would sit together and discuss the melodious "Bai Suzhen at the Foot of Qingcheng Mountain".

Some people who had stopped outside the Yunfeng Tower to listen that day could even hum a few lines in different accents, attracting onlookers to follow suit and learn to sing.

A few days later, in the streets and alleys of Wanshou County, one could hear children humming "Bai Suzhen Under the Qingcheng Mountain" in their childish voices.

People learned that the scholar from the Ye family would go to Yunfeng Tower to tell stories on the first and fifteenth day of every month, and they were looking forward to it very much.

I just don't know if this Ye family member will play or sing this song again. If they do, I must learn it.

Another widely discussed issue is that Yunfeng Tower purchased ancestral spices from the reclusive royal chef of the previous dynasty, which greatly improved the taste of Yunfeng Tower's specialty dishes.

The delicious taste that lingers on your lips and teeth will make you linger, and the taste is far better than other restaurants.

I heard that several large restaurants in the county were in a panic. Some sent a large number of people to look for the reclusive royal chef, while others wanted to make a move from the waiters and servants of Yunfeng Tower, but they could not get any useful information.

What is even more unexpected is that the latest delivery dishes launched by Yunfenglou, which are advertised as being improved by the imperial chefs, have been sought after by the gentry and wealthy families in Wanshou County as soon as they were launched.

Especially, the ladies and young ladies in the boudoirs of major families, initially they just wanted to try something new and follow the trend, but once the dishes with added flavors like chicken took a bite, these ladies and young ladies couldn't stop eating.

On the second day after the delivery service was officially launched, the supply of delivery meals for this month was already fully booked.

Even some managers of large families, under pressure from the ladies, came to Yunfeng Tower, dropped off a deposit and ran away, saying that they were ordering food delivery for next month.

This made the shopkeeper and the accountant very embarrassed, and they ran to find Zhong Yunfeng.

Zhong Yunfeng was very happy. He asked them to set up a separate account book to record these advance payments separately. Thirty percent of the next month's delivery meals would be set aside as a gift to those who paid in advance.

The second son of the Ye family, Ye Xiaowu, had been unlucky these days and lost a lot of money, so he was in a bad mood and fell asleep as soon as he got home.

"You hang out outside all day, and when you get home you become limp and sleep all you do after eating."

The second son's wife, Liu, got angry when she saw the man. She cursed at him and then remembered the news she heard today.

"Get up, you bastard. I want to tell you something."

As he said that, he used his hands and feet to pull the man out of the bed.

"I heard that Sanlang was telling stories in a restaurant in the county town, and rewards were thrown to him like snowflakes. I heard that some people even gave him gold ingots directly."