The young couple from the farm fights back

Jiang Li closed the courtyard door and let out a long sigh of relief. Seeing the third house in trouble, she was happier than anyone else.

How did Zhou Laosan instigate Zhou Chunfeng to beat up Jiang in the past? Now, how dare their third branch ask her for help?

Zhou Chunfeng wiped the snowflakes off Jiang Li's hair with his fingertips, and said with a smile: "It's windy outside, let's go back to the house."

"Ah."

There was a burning charcoal tray in the main room, with an iron net on top and a boiling kettle on top.

Heng Ge'er was sitting at the round table copying Chinese characters in an earnest manner. When he saw his parents come into the room, he called out sweetly.

"Dad, mother."

Zhou Chunfeng nodded and said, "Write well."

"Yes, Daddy." Heng'er's hands were sore, but he didn't dare to stop.

Mother said that only by studying hard can one have a bright future. Although he didn't know what self-study was, if his mother said it was good, then it was good.

Zhou Chunfeng picked up the kettle on the charcoal tray and brewed two bowls of tea for himself and Jiang Li on the table above.

"You say, Zhou Laosan is so anxious to get rid of the old Zhou family, will he go up the mountain to meet his old friends tomorrow?" Jiang Li looked at Zhou Chunfeng with a sly look.

Zhou Chunfeng put down the kettle and smiled faintly: "It's possible."

Zhou Xingyue avoided everything with the Second Prince, but saving the Second Prince was a great favor. With Zhou Laosan's character, how could he miss such a favor?

Zhou Chunfeng smiled and said, "I heard that the Lin family is unwilling to give the third branch of the family a share of the family income. If the third brother wants to turn things around, he will definitely do something desperate."

"I hope so." Jiang Li picked up the tea bowl, blew gently on his face to clear the hot air, and took a sip of tea.

Jiang Li said, looking at Heng Ge'er in front of him: "Next spring, Heng Ge'er will start attending the clan school. There are strict etiquettes for school admission here, so we must prepare in advance."

"Yeah." Zhou Chunfeng put down the tea bowl and said, "Next year, we'll plant yams in the fields, so you should go up the mountain less often."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm free anyway. If I find something good, I'll send it over to exchange for silver. Besides, we should have some medicinal herbs at home."

Zhou Chunfeng smiled when he heard this, but did not object. He did not want to restrict Jiang Li's interest. Anyway -

Thinking of this, Zhou Chunfeng couldn't help but look at the wolf cub running around in the yard. Seeing snow falling for the first time, the cub was jumping around with joy. The little creature turned around and happened to meet Zhou Chunfeng's eyes. It immediately ran into the house, tongue hanging out and tail wagging.

"..."

Jiang Li was right, the little thing’s ancestor was probably a skewers!

Jiang Li looked at the little thing, thought of something, and said, "A lot of families in the village have started slaughtering pigs recently. They say they're going to make sausages and send them to town to sell. We should buy some when the time comes. If we see good ones, we can buy more meat and ribs. We won't have to worry about the price of meat rising during the New Year."

"Okay." The news of someone slaughtering a pig in the village spread quickly, so we had to prepare some food for the winter at home.

Not to mention that his brothers were growing up, Zhou Chunfeng himself was also greedy for meat, and now there was a gold-eating beast in the family, so all the expenses were not a small amount of money. However, he had only the strength to farm and did not know anything else. He was not as capable as Jiang Li.

Suddenly, Zhou Chunfeng felt a sense of frustration.

Seeing Zhou Chunfeng in a daze, Jiang Li asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Zhou Chunfeng came back to his senses and smiled helplessly: "I was thinking, is there any other way to make our family's life better, at least you don't have to work so hard alone."

Jiang Li glanced at him unhappily and said, "Even if you try your best, you'll still have to farm. Let alone my previous knowledge, I don't think I can even become a scholar."

It's said that the ancient imperial examinations were arduous, like a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge. How many students toiled for over a decade, only to reach adulthood without achieving success? It wasn't as easy as it looks in novels and TV dramas. Even if someone did, it wouldn't be someone like Zhou Chunfeng. He'd have to be incredibly intelligent, strategic, and naturally talented.

"Other labors, such as traveling for business or escorting convoys, are not as practical as farming at home." Jiang Li didn't want Zhou Chunfeng to travel outside the family because their three children were still young. "In two years, if the Zhou family leaves the village, we can go to town and do some small business."

"The good thing about Daqing is that the sons of merchants can go to school and take the imperial examinations to become officials. Our family's business will not hinder our children's future careers in the government."

Zhou Chunfeng raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "But what kind of business do you want to start?"

Jiang Li thought about it and said, "You can open a small workshop to sell mountain products. Normally, you can buy the good mountain products sent by the villagers and then sell them in the workshop in town."

Jiang Li actually wanted to open a clinic, as it was his specialty. However, the initial investment in a clinic was over a hundred taels, so it would be better to open a small workshop to support his family.

"That's a good idea." It must be said that Jiang Li always thinks things through carefully.

"Although next year's yam harvest will bring in a good income, we have to save it. My brothers are still young and we never know when we'll need a lot of money."

"My lady, you are absolutely right."

"..."

Hiss~, why didn’t I notice before, Zhou Chunfeng is so smooth-talking.

Jiang Li's ears felt hot for a moment, and she pursed her lips and glared at him angrily: "Look at the time, Jing'er and An'er should be awake. I'll go back to the house to check."

Zhou Chunfeng's smiling eyes were gentle, and the smile on his face was like a breeze returning from the sun, gently brushing against Jiang Li's heart, and that feeling made her feel more and more uncomfortable.

Jiang Li knew that she was slow to warm up emotionally, and she still needed time to adapt to Zhou Chunfeng's unrestrained display of affection.

Zhou Chunfeng knew very well that he did this on purpose, otherwise, with Jiang Li's personality, the two of them would still be stopped.

Jiang Li returned to the main house and saw that Jing Ge'er had woken up. The little guy was sitting on the warm kang bed, rubbing his eyes and staring blankly.

"Mom~" Jing Ge'er immediately grinned when he saw his mother.

"Wake up, let me dress you."

The little guy was very obedient. He quickly got up from the kang and asked Jiang Li to help him put on his little jacket.

After a while, Zhou Chunfeng brought a basin of hot water into the room to wash the child's face.

"Daddy~" After spending so many months together, Jing Ge'er likes his daddy more and more.

The shadow that was hidden in his heart in the past has changed over time. With the passage of time and Zhou Chunfeng's daily care for the child, the boy is no longer afraid of contact with Zhou Chunfeng, his biological father.

Zhou Chunfeng twisted the handkerchief, pressed the corner of his mouth and said, "Come here, wash your face."

"Uh-huh."

Jing Ge'er jumped down from the kang with his short legs and ran to his father.

Seeing this, Jiang Li couldn't help but smile slightly, and turned back to wake up his little son who was still sleeping: "Ange, it's time to wake up."

If you let the child go back to sleep, he will not be able to sleep at night again.

Little Ange woke up as soon as he was called, opened his sleepy eyes, and saw his mother grinning brightly. The baby's clear eyes were shining, and the smile was pure, which made Jiang Li's heart soften.

Many times, Jiang Li thought that such a simple life as a farmer was not bad, but she and Zhou Chunfeng were both ambitious people and were not willing to stay in the countryside and farm for their whole lives.

Jiang Li didn't want her three children to follow them and live a life of mediocrity in the countryside. In the future, regardless of whether the children passed the imperial examinations and became officials, she and Zhou Chunfeng would bring them out of the mountains and broaden their horizons in understanding the world.