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

Ye Changyan and his sister helped the old lady back to her chair, and the old lady's emotions gradually stabilized.

"Grandma, the family is in such a mess, why don't you see my second uncle?"

Ye Changyan stared at the old lady and asked straight to the point.

There was a barely perceptible flash of panic in the old lady's eyes before she spoke.

"You know your second uncle. He's never at home. He left early this morning. I don't know where his home is before it gets dark."

"Grandma, you saw the confrontation between the eldest aunt and the second aunt just now. I suspect that this is probably because of a traitor in the family!"

Seeing that the old lady was covering for Ye Xiaowu, Ye Changyan simply made his words more clear.

When the old lady heard what Ye Changyan said, her expression changed, but she still managed to remain calm.

"Sanlang, you can't say that. This will ruin the reputation of our Ye family."

Seeing that the old lady still wanted to use the Ye family's reputation to pressure him, Ye Changyan felt helpless.

"Grandmother, this hairpin belongs to my second aunt, that's been confirmed without a doubt, but the receipt in my first aunt's hand is also genuine. So how did this hairpin get from my second aunt to Xue Baoxiang's Silver Shop? That's the biggest question."

When the old lady saw Ye Changyan directly point out the key point, she was a little flustered for a moment.

"Grandmother, it's not difficult to find out how the gold hairpin in Second Aunt's hand ended up in Xue Baoxiang's Silver Shop. But once it's uncovered, it might lead to a bigger scandal. Look at this family. The eldest brother, the second brother, and the eldest sister are all of marriageable age. If..."

Seeing that the old lady's face had turned pale, Ye Changyan stopped talking and did not continue speaking, instead he comforted her.

"Grandmother, we are all made of flesh and blood. My eldest brother's marriage with Madam Feng has fallen through, but there are still Madam Zhang and Madam Li. After arranging a marriage for my eldest brother, it's time to choose a young man for my eldest sister. Then it's my second brother..."

The old lady seemed to have listened to Ye Changyan's words, and her attitude softened. It took a long time before she looked at Ye Changyan.

"What about the Feng family..."

"As for the Feng family, it's not a big problem. From what the two aunts have described, it was just an accidental injury when they fell. The injury shouldn't be serious. When the time comes, let the two aunts come to their house in person to apologize and pay some money."

"But the Feng family is not deaf."

The old lady looked worried.

"She insisted that the hairpin was bought by the eldest aunt for her future daughter-in-law. The receipt from Xue Baoxiang Silver Shop in the eldest aunt's hand couldn't be fake. As for the second aunt, if grandmother can give her some advice, I think she will realize how she mistook the item because she missed her late mother."

The old lady was shocked. Sanlang was only of such a young age, but he not only had a sharp eye and a careful mind, but he was also quite skilled in guessing people's hearts.

I was actually tied down by this kid's few words, and I had to act according to his method. From what I can see now, Sanlang's method can control the adverse effects caused by this incident to the minimum.

"Grandma, it's getting late. Erniu and I will go back now."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan made a gesture to Erniu who was not far away, and the brother and sister prepared to go out.

"Sanlang, Aunt Chun has already cooked dinner, let's eat first!"

"Grandma, my mother has gone back to cook. Let's go back and eat."

Seeing a trace of worry on the old lady's face, Ye Changyan smiled secretly in his heart.

"Grandma, don't worry. No one else will know about this except the three people present."

Seeing that the old lady finally showed a faint smile and nodded with relief, Ye Changyan and his sister walked out the door.

"Brother, do you think it was really done by Second Uncle?"

As the brother and sister were walking on the way back to the village, Erniu asked with some confusion.

"My intuition tells me that this matter must be related to my second uncle, and judging from my grandmother's reaction, this kind of thing should not be the first time."

After listening to Ye Changyan's statement, Erniu also agreed with her brother's opinion.

"Then why did you leave this matter to your grandmother?"

"As the younger generation, when we encounter such things, scandals involving our elders, we should stay as far away as possible, and we have no right to point fingers at our elders."

When the brother and sister saw that Lian had run out of the yard to look around, they stopped talking, quickened their pace, and went back home.

"Is this matter settled?"

When Lian saw the brother and sister coming back, she asked with concern. Ye Xiaozheng and Wulang also pricked up their ears to listen.

"We have found a solution to the problem. It depends on how Grandmother handles it."

Ye Changyan did not explain much. Although Lian and Ye Xiaozheng wanted to know more details, they thought that their son had deliberately sent them away before, and there must be a reason for it. Since they had found a solution, they just followed the old lady.

"If you ask me, we should stay out of this kind of thing in the future."

What happened today made Lian a little indignant. What a mess.

"Look at what you said. Even the neighbors have to lend a hand, let alone our situation."

After hearing what Lian said, Ye Xiaozheng's already bad mood became even worse.

"Dad, Mom, this matter is indeed infuriating, but even though we have separated, there will inevitably be people with ulterior motives who will make random accusations."

"Hey!"

After hearing what Ye Changyan said, the whole family sighed heavily.

"Let's not talk about these bad things. Let's go to bed early tonight. I want to go to the mountains tomorrow morning, and then I have to go to the county. I'm afraid there won't be much Rujixian left in Yunfenglou."

"Then let's eat first, and go to bed early after eating."

The next day, Lian and her three children went into the mountains early in the morning.

"Let us first go to the forest where we first attacked and chopped with hammer and axe, and see if our efforts have paid off."

Ye Changyan went into the mountains, firstly to see if the mushroom-shocking technique was effective, and secondly because the mushrooms in the nearby forests were gradually becoming fewer, and Ye Changyan wanted to go deeper into the forest to take a look.

The mother and her two sons climbed up the mountain path and saw the familiar stream. They followed the stream to find the cliff dripping with spring water. The dead trees around the puddle below the cliff were where they conducted their first experiment.

From a distance, these dead trees appear to be mottled in color. When you get closer, you can see that there are some small brown and yellow bumps irregularly distributed on the dead branches.

Ye Changyan came to a dead tree covered with these brown and yellow bumps, squatted down and took a closer look. He saw these small bumps, each round and yellowish-brown in color, attached to the dead branches. A few of the larger bumps had a short pole that was as white as a fish belly underneath.

If this wasn't a newly grown wild mushroom, what else could it be? Ye Changyan was inexplicably excited for a moment. It seemed that his experiment with the mushroom-shocking technique was successful.