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

When Wulang opened the door, he saw Aunt Zhang, who was holding his uncle's house, standing outside with a young man, and the little guy Si Tou beside them.

"Goro, is your brother home?"

When Zhang saw that it was Wulang who opened the door, she asked with a smile.

"Aunt Zhang, please come in. My brother is reading a book."

As he spoke, Wulang opened the gate and invited Zhang and her party into the yard.

"His Aunt Zhang is here, come in and sit down."

Lian was cooking in the kitchen with a roof but no walls in the yard. When she saw that it was her tied-up wife who came in, she temporarily handed the work at hand to Erya who was making the fire.

"Aunt Zhang, Uncle Zhang, please come in and sit down."

Ye Changyan was reading a book in his hand. When he saw the Zhang siblings coming over, he hurriedly invited them into the house.

After Ye Xiaozheng greeted the person, he found that he was not very familiar with Zhang Fei, and Zhang was a woman, so he didn't know what to say for a moment. Then he saw his daughter-in-law Lian was busy pouring water for the visitor.

"Wulang, take the four to play in the yard."

Ye Changyan gave instructions to Wulang, and just as he put the book in his hand on the shelf, he saw Zhang Fei smiling and handing an envelope to Ye Changyan.

"Sanlang, I have lived up to your trust. I have already exchanged the red deed for you. I think it is still early, so I will send it to you immediately."

Zhang Fei had an excited and flushed face. Although it was already late autumn, beads of sweat were still faintly visible on the tip of his nose and forehead, and it was obvious that he had rushed all the way back.

"That's right. My little brother came to the village and couldn't find where your house was, so I showed him the way."

Zhang said with a smile to Lian who was pouring water.

"You'll find it next time if you're familiar with it."

Lian also said this with a smile as she handed the poured water to Zhang.

Ye Changyan took the envelope handed over by Zhang Fei, opened it and saw that there was a tax payment deed pasted on the original document and a bright red official seal on the document. The corners of his mouth curled up for a moment, and he was very happy.

"Thank you so much, Uncle Zhang!"

"No, this is my job. I have taken your question today about paying attention to the sale of farmland nearby. I will contact you as soon as I find a suitable one."

After saying this, seeing that night was about to fall, Zhang Fei said goodbye as he had to go back to Zhangjiazhuang on the edge of Qingshan Town.

"Have dinner before you leave. The meal is already cooked."

Lian tried to keep him here, but Zhang Fei declined repeatedly and walked out of the courtyard.

Zhang was about to follow with the four beasts, but was stopped by Ye Changyan.

"Aunt Zhang, please wait a moment. I have something else to trouble you with."

When Zhang heard this, she stopped and saw Zhang Fei waving at her.

"Then sister, I will go back first. Now I know the way."

As he spoke, Zhang Fei disappeared into the falling night.

"Sanlang, if you have any problem, just tell me. Your aunt will definitely do her best to help you."

Ye Changyan spoke only when he saw Zhang looking at him with a smile.

"Aunt Zhang, you know that we have to start plowing the newly bought land quickly, otherwise we will miss the farming season."

"That's right. If we miss the farming season, we will lose the harvest for the entire season."

Zhang nodded repeatedly. This was a truth that most farmers knew.

"Except for the dozen acres of paddy fields, I plan to plant some crops on the remaining dry fields and dry land during the autumn farming season."

"During this autumn, paddy fields are usually left fallow, but I don't know what Sanlang plans to plant in the other fields."

Although Zhang's parents' family and her husband's family were considered well-off in Qingshan Town, she was quite knowledgeable about farming.

"I plan to grow rapeseed and wheat like everyone else, and then plant some beans and peas on the ridges."

Zhang nodded when she heard this. The main crops in the autumn in this area were rapeseed and wheat. Then she listened to what Ye Changyan said.

"It's just that my family doesn't have enough rapeseed seedlings, so I would like to ask Aunt Zhang to ask in the village tomorrow if anyone has any rapeseed seedlings left over. Can they be given to me? I won't take them for nothing. I'll give 30 cents for one acre of rapeseed seedlings. What do you think, Aunt Zhang?"

Hearing Ye Changyan say this, the Ye family members looked at Zhang, and Zhang suddenly burst into laughter.

"What's wrong with this? Every household has some rapeseed seedlings left. In previous years, most of the leftovers were harvested and taken home to feed chickens and pigs. If this can be exchanged for some money, it would be great! I'll go ask for you tomorrow morning."

"Then please trouble Aunt Zhang to help me find seedlings for ten acres of land."

"No problem, I'll take care of it."

Zhang readily agreed. She thought Ye Changyan asked her to stay to ask her to do this, but she didn't expect that Ye Changyan's next words would make her very interested.

"Aunt Zhang, you know that my family hasn't been involved in farming for many years, and we don't know much about the farming situation in the village, but I know that Uncle Shuanzhu and Aunt Zhang know all about it."

Zhang felt very comfortable after hearing Ye Changyan's flattery. The corners of her mouth turned up and she smiled.

"So I thought I'd ask Aunt Zhang to ask those villagers who are familiar with farming to see if they have time to help my family for a few days."

When Zhang heard this, her eyes lit up and she was quite interested. Seeing this, Ye Changyan continued.

"Aunt Zhang, don't worry. My family won't let you work for free. I pay the male helpers 30 cents a day and the female helpers 25 cents a day. You also know that my family has a limited number of people, so everyone has to take care of their own lunch."

Ye Xiaozheng and Lian were both a little shocked. They had just bought the land, but their family members didn't need to cultivate it and just hired temporary workers.

"Sanlang, I'm concerned about this matter. I will give you an answer before lunch tomorrow."

Zhang agreed happily and was about to say goodbye and go home.

Lian was busy preparing dinner, so Zhang politely took the four animals playing in the yard and went out of the courtyard.

While having dinner, the family members were a little puzzled as to why they hired help directly after they had just bought the land.

"Dad, Mom, there are only a few of us in our family. By the time we finish planting these 10 to 20 acres of land, it will be too late for farming."

Ye Xiaozheng and Lian thought about it and it made sense, but they still felt that it was a loss to hire someone. They spent three hundred taels to buy the land, and they had to hire someone and buy seedlings and seeds, and they didn't know how much they could harvest.

"Dad, Mom, our most urgent task right now is to stock up on more mushrooms before the weather gets colder. The two jars of fresh mushrooms delivered to Yunfeng Tower yesterday won't last for a few days."

When the family heard Ye Changyan say this, their minds immediately changed. The matter of mushrooms was the top priority.

Before going to bed, Ye Changyan put the land deed with the official seal into the compressed space. He was a little excited. Although this was only the first step for his family to enter the bourgeoisie, wasn't it a good start?

At the Ye family's old house, they learned that day that the third branch had bought more than 30 acres of land in one go.

"Second daughter-in-law, who told you that?"

During dinner, the second son's wife, Liu, looked gossipy and started talking about the third son's purchase of land.

The old lady had no appetite in the first place as she saw the same food on the table every day. After hearing what the second son's wife said, she simply put down her chopsticks and bowl and asked Liu.

"Everyone was talking about this in the village threshing ground this afternoon. Wang Erhu and his brother-in-law from the neighboring village went to help measure the land in the morning. They said that the people who measured the land all received a big red envelope!"

Liu described it vividly, and when she mentioned the big red envelope, she stretched out her arms and gestured exaggeratedly.

For a moment, the entire dining room of the old house fell into deathly silence.