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

Before dark, with the busy work of Wang Erhu and others, more than a hundred cattle stakes were nailed in an orderly manner on the open ground under the big banyan tree.

That night, everyone in the Ye family was very excited when they heard the news, and they agreed that everyone would go to the banyan tree to help the next day.

Everyone in the old house soon got the news.

"Did you see with your own eyes the cow that Sanlang brought back?"

Old Madam Guo looked at her second daughter-in-law, Liu, with some doubt, because she knew that most of Liu's words were hearsay and were often mixed with water.

"Mom, I'm not lying to you. Although Sanlang had already left when I heard the news, I went to see the two big spotted cows in the headman's cowshed in person."

As Liu spoke, she gestured. She even felt that even with her arms outstretched, they were not as big as the bull.

"When I came back, Wang Erhu was leading the strong men in the village to nail cattle stakes under the big banyan tree."

Seeing that the whole family was staring at her, Liu felt a little proud and continued to gesture and speak.

"I saw with my own eyes that the large open space under the big banyan tree was densely packed with cattle stakes thicker than my arms."

"So these cows were really bought by Sanlang's friends?"

Ye Xiaowu, the second son of the Ye family, became excited when he heard his wife Liu's vivid description. His eyes rolled around and he asked Liu.

"I heard from the villagers that this was bought by Sanlang's friend. The person who bought the cow seems to be the owner of Yunfeng Tower."

"If he really is the owner of Yunfeng Tower, he could have bought so many cows, but why would he rent so many cows to people in our village for free?"

Ye Xiaowu continued to ask. Ye Xiaowen, the eldest of the Ye family, and his wife Xu, also couldn't figure out this question and stared at Liu.

"We have a good relationship. From what I heard from the villagers, it is because of Sanlang that so many cows were released to our village. If it weren't for Sanlang, our village would never have gotten such a good opportunity."

As Liu was speaking, she suddenly remembered what she had heard from Wang Erhu's wife, Ding, and continued.

"I heard that the county magistrate allocated the Sickle Mountain and Moon Mountain for grazing because he agreed to it for our Sanlang's sake."

After hearing what Liu said, everyone was wondering what role Sanlang played behind this incident.

"In that case, let's go check on the cows tomorrow. We can't let all this good stuff flow into someone else's fields."

Ye Xiaowu plans to go and see tomorrow if he can take advantage of the opportunity to get some benefits.

"Who will graze the cows after we rent them? Will you do it?"

Although the old lady stepped in to help Ye Xiaowu settle the matter of the golden hairpin last time, she was still upset. The last incident made her lose face in the village. She found that she could no longer control the wives as easily as before.

The people in the village now seem to care more and more about the opinions and views of the third house. Especially after Sanlang appeared, he took control of the situation that had already gotten out of control with just a few words and hit the nail on the head, which made the old lady feel very uncomfortable.

But the third house has already been divided out, and they have the documents of division in their hands, so there is nothing I can do to them now.

After hearing what her second son had just said, the old lady became furious and immediately questioned Ye Xiaowu.

"Mother, think about it. If we find a farmhand who can earn 20 to 30 wen a day, and we rent seven or eight cows, they can produce at least 100 to 200 kilograms of milk a day, which means we can earn 100 to 200 wen a day. Apart from the wages, all the money is our own. Besides, when the cows get old and the calves grow up, they can be sold for several taels of silver."

After hearing what Ye Xiaowu said, Liu's heart was moved. Why didn't she think of it? Her man was smart.

"Yes! Mom, isn't this just getting something for nothing? It's like pie in the sky!"

"Big Boss, you go tomorrow too, help me keep an eye on the second one, don't let him cause any trouble."

The old woman thought, how could such a good thing happen? Judging from the two recent encounters with Sanlang, Sanlang is not as harmless as he looks. The owner of Yunfeng Tower is not a good man, and there are still many unclear connections behind him.

It would be better for me to be more careful. The old lady was really afraid that the second son would get into trouble, so she ordered Ye Xiaowen to go and keep an eye on the second son.

Last time, the old lady went to great lengths to cover up for the second son. Not only did she lose face in front of the third son, she also gave a lot of benefits to the first wife, and only then was the matter covered up.

The eldest son, Ye Xiaowen, had originally planned to go and take a look, and after hearing his mother's instructions, he readily agreed.

Early the next morning, at the Ye family farm, everyone got up early, washed up, had breakfast, and then the family went out.

Ye Changyan and Erniu were walking in front. Although Wulang was very excited and wanted to see the spotted cow that his brother had mentioned as soon as possible, he still went to the village with his mother, supporting his father.

There were already crowds of people under the big banyan tree in the village. Men, women, old and young in the village had all come under the banyan tree. Villagers from the neighboring villages such as Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village who had heard the news also flocked to the tree.

As soon as Ye Changyan arrived under the big banyan tree, he saw the villagers greeting him and his family enthusiastically.

However, Ye Changyan found that those who greeted him seemed to be queuing in an orderly manner. Ye Changyan then walked inside and saw that there was already a long queue, with two large circles of people surrounding the banyan tree.

At this time, Ye Changyan saw the village head and Wang Erhu, who were leading some young and strong men in the village to maintain order at the scene. Seeing Ye Changyan coming, the village head and Wang Erhu hurried to greet him.

"Uncle Tie Up, what's going on?"

Seeing Li Zhiping and Wang Erhu running over, Ye Changyan hurriedly asked.

"Sanlang, the villagers gathered here before dawn. After listening to your advice yesterday and discussing it with you, everyone wanted to rent a cow. The villagers from Shanghe Village, Xiahe Village and other surrounding villages all came here after hearing the news."

The scene was noisy, so Li Zhiping had to raise his voice and speak to Ye Changyan.

"That's right. We saw that there were many elderly people and children at the scene, and we were afraid that something might happen, so we organized people to maintain order and let everyone line up first."

When Ye Changyan saw the scene, he was really surprised. It seemed that everyone was very enthusiastic. The desire to get rich was understandable. Fortunately, he had already explained the detailed process and rules to Zhong Yunfeng so that Zhong Yunfeng could prepare in advance.

Just after noon, we saw someone driving a herd of cattle towards the village not far away.

The crowd at the scene suddenly became excited.