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

The young man, who was called "Young Master" by the clerk, saw that Ye Changyan did not seem to be joking, so he walked up to the clerk in the glass shop and asked in a low voice.

After learning from the waiter that Ye Changyan was brought here by Lai Chongde, the owner of a pottery shop in the county town, the young man suddenly became serious.

The young master of the glass shop immediately asked his clerk to put down what he was doing and bring some tea. He then personally brought a stool and invited Ye Changyan to sit down before he spoke.

"My name is Zhu Wenlong. My father is the owner of this shop. What is the name of this boss?"

"I'm not a boss, I'm just an errand boy. Boss Zhu, you can just call me Ye Sanlang."

"Brother Ye, I wonder if you are serious about what you just said?"

Hearing such a large order, Zhu Wenlong suppressed his excitement and confirmed with Ye Changyan.

"First, make a sample according to my requirements. If it meets my requirements, the demand just now is only the first one. There will be a second and third one later."

Ye Changyan took the tea handed to him by the waiter, took a sip, and then heard Zhu Wenlong speak excitedly.

"Of course. After unloading these trucks, I will return to the workshop in Yashan County and will be able to produce samples tomorrow. I wonder if the Ye brothers will come to inspect them in person or wait for me to deliver them to you tomorrow for inspection."

"Could you please bring the samples here before noon tomorrow?"

Zhu Wenlong thought for a moment and decided that he would take a carriage here directly after getting the samples tomorrow. There shouldn't be any big problems before noon, so he nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then I'll come here to check the samples at noon tomorrow, and we'll discuss the follow-up matters in detail then."

After seeing Ye Changyan off, Zhu Wenlong was very excited and quickly unloaded the goods. Then a group of people drove the ox cart convoy quickly towards Yashan County.

After coming out of the glass shop, Ye Changyan wandered around the county town.

I bought some sugar, maltose, twigs and other items, as well as some tools that I would need, and then returned to Shanglin Village.

The first day of cattle-raising training has ended, and the village head arranged for veterinarian Sun to stay in a home in the village.

The cow was still temporarily tied under the big banyan tree, but the young and middle-aged men in the village took turns to guard it at night to avoid any accidents.

The next morning, Veterinarian Sun was training the villagers on how to milk cows. The villagers learned carefully and seriously, and everyone tried it out themselves. Soon they had milked two large buckets of fresh milk.

Ye Changyan, who was watching the scene, said something to Veterinarian Sun and took away one of the buckets.

Wulang followed behind Ye Changyan with an excited look on his face. As soon as he brought the bucket of milk back, he would drink a big bowl of it first.

Lian took Erniu to Shanghe Village early in the morning to check on the growth of crops on the more than 30 acres of land she had just bought.

When the two brothers returned to Ye's farm, Ye Changyan asked Wulang to make a fire.

"Brother, can I drink a bowl of this milk first?"

Wu Lang was like a greedy little cat, looking pitiful at Ye Changyan.

"Didn't I tell you to light the fire? This freshly squeezed milk needs to be boiled and filtered before it can be drunk."

After hearing what his brother said, Wulang cheered and came to the stove and quickly started a fire. Recently, Wulang learned how to make fire from Erniu, and his fire-making skills have improved a lot.

Ye Changyan scooped two scoops of fresh milk from the bucket and poured it into the clean iron pot. As the temperature in the pot rose, he stirred it from time to time to prevent it from getting stuck.

As the temperature rose and Ye Changyan stirred the milk, a rich milky aroma wafted through the entire Ye family farm.

Soon the milk boiled, and Ye Changyan used a ladle to scoop the milk into a colander covered with three layers of gauze, with a ceramic basin underneath the colander.

Wu Lang was watching with his mouth watering, and he saw that there were indeed some debris on the gauze after filtering.

"Wu Lang, do you want plain milk or sweetened milk?"

After Ye Changyan finished filtering a whole pot of milk, he held the bowl and asked Wulang.

"I want to try both of them, hehe."

Ye Changyan took out four bowls, held up a colander with gauze for filtering, scooped a large ladle of milk, poured it into the four bowls, and put two spoonfuls of sugar in one of the bowls.

"These two bowls are yours, drink them, but be careful not to burn yourself!"

As he spoke, Ye Changyan picked up a bowl and handed it to Ye Xiaozheng who was resting in the east room.

When I came back, I saw that Wu Lang had finished his two bowls and was staring at the remaining bowl.

"tasty?"

“It tastes good, and it tastes even better with sugar!”

As expected of a child, he likes sweets more. As he spoke, Ye Changyan scooped some more milk and poured it into Wulang's bowl, not forgetting to add two spoonfuls of sugar for him.

Both brothers took their bowls and started drinking milk.

As soon as you drink the milk, you will smell a rich, sweet milky aroma that sticks to every taste bud.

Ye Changyan exclaimed, this milk is so fragrant, with a delicate taste and a slightly sweet aftertaste. The milk he drank in his previous life could never achieve such a taste and flavor.

After finishing one bowl, the aftertaste was long-lasting. Ye Changyan served himself another small bowl, and saw Wulang with milk foam on his lips, looking at him with a satisfied face.

After drinking the milk, Ye Changyan found a bamboo basket, spread straw around the basket, put a ceramic jar in the middle, then filtered the remaining milk in the bucket with gauze, poured the milk into the ceramic jar, covered it with a wooden lid, and finally covered it with a quilt.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Wu Lang was curious when he saw what his brother did.

"I'm fermenting yogurt. It's cold right now and the temperature isn't high enough. This will keep it warm as much as possible."

Seeing Wulang's curious look, Ye Changyan explained to him.

Near lunchtime, Lian came back from the fields with Erniu and told Ye Changyan excitedly.

"Sanlang, the wheat and rapeseed in our fields are growing better than those in the surrounding fields. On that originally barren gentle slope, the rapeseed we planted actually grows better than those in the dry fields."

Lian and Erniu took the still warm milk, took a sip, and their eyes lit up for a moment.

"Brother, this milk is so fragrant and rich!"

Erniu praised with a look of surprise on her face, and Lian nodded repeatedly.

Ye Changyan then took over Lian's previous words and said.

"For the area on the gentle slope, I asked a few laborers to work for half a day to dig some silt from the river and bury it in the rapeseed beds. Then I planted the rapeseed. The silt is highly fertile, and rapeseed likes fertilizer, so it naturally grew well."

"It seems this method is really effective. I saw some grass growing in that field. Erniu and I spent a long time pulling it out."

Lian saw that the crops in her own field were growing well, but the weeds were also growing. So the mother and daughter stayed there until they pulled out all the weeds before returning.

"That piece of land is also close to the river. If it were far away, digging silt from the river would be a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, but the effect would definitely be very good."

After hearing what Ye Changyan said, Lian and Erniu both nodded.

During lunch, Ye Changyan told his family that he would go to the county town to look at samples in the afternoon and might go to Yashan County. If he had not returned by Youshi, he would not be back until dark tomorrow.

"be careful on the road!"

Ye Xiaozheng and Lian said this almost in unison, and then they heard Wu Lang asking them excitedly.

"Brother, can you take me with you?"