I have been farming since I crossed over.

Yang Mingxi returned home and sat at the desk, writing and drawing, but she couldn't figure out what was going on.

The people I employ are definitely the best, but even though I have many cousins, I don't know if they can succeed. Let's throw them all over to practice first!

There are also people in the village, but there probably aren't many I can use, after all, I'm not familiar with them, but I can still train a group of people.

As for matters at home, I'm afraid I'll have to hold a meeting tonight, so I'll just briefly discuss them. The main thing is that I need to send some people to Lu Jintang's fourth brother for training. I don't know how his arrangements are going, but without formal training, I'm a little worried about assigning them to work.

The fields in the village are no problem. I will get married in the future anyway, so I can just hand everything over to my family, including the workshops. My future dowry will start with the snack street!

Yang Mingxi thought about this and that, and wrote down whatever came to mind. Then it was time for dinner in the evening.

While sitting together for dinner, Yang Mingxi pretended to casually ask about the thoughts of her three brothers: "Big brother, second brother, third brother, what are your thoughts on the future?"

Yang Minghu glanced at his father, then at his third sister's sparkling eyes. He ignored his father's advice not to talk at the dinner table and said, "I'm the eldest son. My job is to stay home with my parents and take care of everything at home. I don't have any other thoughts."

Yang Mingxi shook his head and said, "Brother, although you are the eldest son, there is no requirement for you to be with our parents. We are all our parents' children, and everyone has the obligation to respect them. But now that our parents can handle things on their own, we can take advantage of this time to go out and see the world. Only then can our family slowly develop."

After hearing what Yang Mingxi said, Yang Laowu said, "That's right. We still have your younger brothers and sisters to accompany us, and we can still do things on our own. You can take advantage of your youth to go out and explore the world and learn more skills. When we are old and you are too old to explore the world, you can come back and take care of us."

Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "How can Mom and Dad be old? They are still very young. Maybe they can give us another brother or sister?"

"You silly girl, you are so outspoken that you even dare to make fun of your parents." Mrs. Wu scolded with a smile when she heard what Yang Mingxi said.

Yang Mingxi chuckled and looked at Yang Mingyang again.

Yang Mingyang blushed and said, "I want to get married first, and then go out and have a look. My parents at home can take care of me, and then I can leave my wife at home to take care of my parents."

When Yang Mingxi heard this, she knew something was up and asked, "Second brother, do you have a girl you like? Then tell mom and dad right away so I can propose marriage for you."

Yang Mingyang glanced at Wu, said nothing, and just lowered his head to eat.

Wu was also anxious. She tapped Yang Mingyang with her chopsticks and said, "You kid, have you fallen in love with a girl from a certain family? Tell me, and I'll help you propose marriage."

Yang Mingyang finished his meal in a few mouthfuls, then knelt beside the table and said, "Mom, I've fallen in love with the eldest daughter of the Wan family, but you know her family situation, so I've never asked for her permission. A few days ago, her mother wanted to marry her off to her uncle's family, but she disagreed and started a quarrel with her family. I found out and told her mother that I would marry her and give her a betrothal gift of 10 taels of silver. Mom, I'll return the money to you."

Mrs. Wu was stunned. She hadn't expected her second son to fall for the eldest daughter of the Wan family. It wasn't that the daughter was bad, but the main reason was that there were five girls in their family, and the last one was a son, who was only about six years old now! The Wan family's daughters-in-law were all good in other ways, but they were extremely patriarchal. All the good things in the family were given to the youngest son, and the lives of the older daughters were simply miserable.

The eldest daughter of the Wan family was probably sixteen or seventeen this year. A couple had approached, but Wan's mother demanded eight taels of silver as a betrothal gift, which had stopped everyone from thinking about it. The typical betrothal gift in Changshan Village now was three taels, though the better ones would offer four. With eight taels, one could marry two wives, so her eldest daughter had never married.

The Wan family's daughter-in-law was brought from the deep mountains. It seems that Wan's father traded her for a leopard or something else. Every year, the Wan family's daughter-in-law's family would come to their house and demand food and money. If they didn't give, they would forcibly move away. As a result, Wan's mother was always beaten by Wan's father. The family lived in chaos, and only after the daughters grew up did things get better.

The eldest daughter of the Wan family had grown up to be quite aggressive. Every time someone from her grandmother's family came to visit, she and her sisters would fight back. It was also she and her sisters who would command the Wan father and mother to do their work, and they could barely make ends meet. However, her aggressive nature had also spread, and coupled with the demand for a bride price of eight taels, even at seventeen, no one had come to propose marriage.

Yang Mingxi looked at the expressions of Wu, Yang Laowu, and Yang Minghu and knew that there might be something wrong with the Wan family. She smiled and said, "What's wrong? Is the girl from the Wan family ugly?"

Everyone looked at each other, no one spoke. Yang Mingyang said, "She's not ugly, just very aggressive. But she's forced into that. Her father is a coward, and her mother is soft-hearted. If she doesn't stand up for herself, how will her family survive?"

Yang Mingxi said, "Being a bit aggressive is good. Everyone in our family is very kind. It takes two aggressive people to keep the house in order!"

Wu said, "Second brother, please get up first. Let's discuss this and then make a decision. Is that okay?"

Yang Mingyang looked at Yang Mingxi and said, "Third sister, go and help me. She's really nice. Every time we do some work, six people from her family come to help. She always brings them along, and she even urges her parents to work harder. She also brought a lot of manure with her family when we piled it up. Yesterday, she brought her family to pick it up and put it in our fields. She said that they have opened up another five mu of paddy fields, and if there are any leftover seedlings, they will give some to them. If there is not enough, they will make up with labor."

Yang Mingxi listened and smiled, "No need to go and see. Mother, go and propose the betrothal gifts! The betrothal gifts are ten taels, but follow the eldest sister-in-law's betrothal gifts. Second brother will pay the extra himself. Let's pick a day and go back directly!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Mingyang was so happy that he stood up and said, "Of course, of course. It's just that I don't have that much money right now. Dad and Mom, please give it to me first. I will definitely pay you back within this year."

Yang Laowu finally made the decision and said, "Go ahead. Find someone to arrange a date as soon as possible and marry her sooner. This way, the girl will suffer less."