The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

The four members of the Tian family were so anxious that they kept pacing.

Originally, many people from the Xiao family came, not to ask how Xiao Yan did in the exam, but to confirm whether Xiao Yan returned safely. They all knew that the exam lasted for nine days and seven nights, which was too much for ordinary people to endure.

But until now, everyone else has been sent back by Xiao Fuhua to sleep, only Xiao Fuhua is still here.

Xiao Fuhua was also very worried. His nephew Xiao Yan was the only one in the family with a good reputation, so he couldn't let anything happen to him.

The servant Jiang Yi had already gone to the village entrance to look out. When he heard the sound of a carriage at this time, he knew that it must be their young master or young lady who had returned, so he hurried back to report.

"Masters and Madams, the young lady is back!"

"Ah? You're back?! Great, great!" Tian, Xiao Fushan, Sun, and Jiang Shengcai smiled and hurried out to see.

Xiao Fuhua also breathed a sigh of relief.

It was not until they saw Jiang Ningning and Xiao Yan getting off the carriage, and Xiao Yan was fine, just like the day he left the village for the exam, that Tian and the others were naturally completely relieved and their smiles became even bigger.

Xiao Fuhua was completely relieved and was about to go back.

Tian and the others quickly stopped them: "Why don't you just eat first and then go back? It's so late now, you must be hungry again."

Xiao Fuhua had actually eaten dinner, but it was already the middle of the night. Normally, he would be asleep at this time and didn't feel anything. He didn't know if he was hungry or not. But now he was really hungry. It seemed that he was just going to have a quick meal, and it wasn't something that was specially made for him, so he just stayed and had dinner with them.

The servants had already prepared the food and had been keeping it warm in the pot. Only when they saw the young lady and the young master return did they hurriedly bring the food to the table.

The food was usually good, and everyone in the family felt that Xiao Yan had suffered for nine days and seven nights and was now back, so the food was naturally much more sumptuous than usual.

A table full.

Don’t worry about not being able to eat so much. There are several servants in the house now, and they also need to eat.

During this period, no one, including Xiao Fuhua, asked Xiao Yan how he did in the exam.

The four Tian family members habitually didn't ask, thinking that it didn't matter if they failed the exam, as long as their Xiao Yan was fine.

Xiao Fuhua felt that even if he asked, it would be pointless. He had to wait for the results to know the full truth. Plus, his nephew Xiao Yan had just returned. If he didn't do well on the test, asking about it would be a bit of a downer and would also affect his nephew's mood, so he naturally didn't ask.

After dinner, Xiao Fuhua went back.

Tian and the others also left the dining room and sat in the living room, talking for a while.

But it was too late, so they didn't talk for long and the three Tians went back to their rooms to sleep.

Only Jiang Ningning and Xiao Yan were still in the hall, which was brightly lit.

Seeing that the servants were still awake, they were not serving them but were busy in the backyard. The two of them then started talking about what was tested in this year's provincial examination.

Xiao Yan said, "You've guessed it right. The final section of the provincial examination will examine current affairs. It will use the severe drought in the north this year as a starting point, and then test the students' overall understanding of how to properly deal with the aftermath of natural disasters and how to take precautions in advance."

Jiang Ningning said, "I saw that you didn't mention what the exam was all along, so I knew you were going to win this time."

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "We think it's not enough to be sure. The examiners must agree with the content of my answers on the test paper. This batch of examiners is different from the last time."

Jiang Ningning said, "But I feel more stable."

“How come you see?”

"Think about it, the amount of relief food sent to the north has been decreasing, which shows that food reserves are seriously insufficient. Not only is there no relief food in the north, but it is also becoming increasingly difficult to get relief food from other directions and send it to the north.

Therefore, at this time, there is an even more urgent need for new and effective countermeasures.

As long as the new strategies you come up with on the test paper are eye-catching, feasible and effective, they will definitely catch the examiner's attention immediately.

Even the new countermeasures you come up with may be sent to the capital and presented to the emperor here.

Isn’t this the emperor’s biggest headache right now?

After all, the most serious problem in the entire Da Yan right now is the severe drought in the north.

And since this topic was given, it was obviously instructed by the higher-ups.”

Xiao Yan nodded, "That makes sense. Now that we're stable, let's go to the busy streets of the next county tomorrow to see if there are any vacant shops we can buy. Aren't you planning to expand your business beyond the county?"

Jiang Ningning: "We can wait a few days for the shop. Let's deal with the school first. Uncle Chen Qi will help us build the school soon. We need to hire teachers.

We definitely need your help with this. You know a lot of scholars, and you can also ask the gentlemen in the academy to see if there is anyone suitable that they can introduce to us for hiring.

Character comes first, and another point is that he is willing to teach female students.

I plan to let the girls of the Xiao family go to school as well.

It would be best to allow the clan to develop comprehensively, with as few shortcomings as possible.

Even if we don't ask the tribe to help us, at least we can have no worries in the future."

Xiao Yan nodded again, "It just so happens that I have to go back to the academy to study military strategy with Mr. Ji. I will go back to the academy tomorrow and ask the masters about this matter."

"Yeah." Just after nodding, Jiang Ningning remembered something, "Oh right, I don't plan to put this school under your name. Because if you really become an official in the future, you are not allowed to have a school under your name. The court stipulates that officials should do their job well and not do anything else.

It’s better not to put it under your name now to avoid trouble in the future.

However, if it is not registered under your name, there will be a problem. The children studying in this school will not be able to take the imperial examination.

But there is a solution. For students in this school who are both good in character and academics, you can recommend and sponsor them to directly participate in the imperial examination."

"It's up to you, I have no objection."

"to make."

The next day, Xiao Yan returned to the academy as expected.

When he arrived at the academy, seeing that Mr. Wu and Ji Wei had not arrived yet, Xiao Yan went to Xiu Ran Hall to find Mr. Wen first.

Mr. Wen didn't ask him how he did in the exam. Knowing that he was diligent, they were not surprised to see him come to the academy again after the exam.

But after hearing the purpose of his visit, everyone was surprised.

After a moment of contemplation, the gentlemen nodded and smiled, "Ruoqing, your fiancée is no ordinary woman either."

How could it be possible for ordinary people to have or dare to have the idea of allowing girls to go to school?

What's more, take action.

Ever since their student returned to the academy and his behavior changed drastically, they knew that their student was no ordinary person.

If he was really an ordinary person, Marquis Zhongyong would not have spent so much effort to teach his student various things every day.

Unexpectedly, the student’s wife-to-be turned out to be no ordinary person either.

No wonder he was different from ordinary people the last time I saw him.

Without Xiao Yan saying anything else, they continued, "We do have a suitable candidate, but we need to ask him first. If he is willing, we will tell you later."