The young couple from the farm fights back

Jiang Li leaned over, picked up the little thing, and rubbed its little head: "Well done."

Little Aowu seemed to understand, and changed his previous fierce look. He stuck out his tongue and panted, rubbing against Jiang Li's arms.

Zhou Chunfeng: ..., just say it is a skewer!

Looking at the old couple running away while cursing, Jiang Li raised his eyes and glanced at Zhou Chunfeng: "See, they will come again. If I am not mistaken, they will bring their son who works as a small manager at the town dock."

Zhou Chunfeng smiled softly. Seeing a few flakes of snow on Jiang Li's hair, he said, "It's okay. Let's go in."

"Ah."

Jiang Li washed her hands with hot water and patted off the stains on her clothes. When she returned to the main room, the brothers Jingger and Anger were playing with puppets on the kang bed.

"Mom~" Jing Ge'er smiled sweetly at Jiang Li.

"Mom, mom, mom~" Ang'er can already call his parents, and his pronunciation is quite clear.

Jiang Li felt warm in her heart and stroked her two sons' heads: "Be good, Mommy will ask your daddy to chop some ribs and stew them for you to eat in the evening."

An Ge'er didn't understand, but Jing Ge'er did. He nodded happily: "Eat meat, there is meat to eat~"

Among the three children, Jing'er is the most greedy little cat. Jiang Li couldn't help laughing. She turned to the yard and asked Zhou Chunfeng to cut two ribs bought from the villagers yesterday. Then she went to the main hall to watch her eldest son Heng'er practice calligraphy.

I have to say that Hengge is very studious and can calm down. His handwriting has become more and more neat. It is a good decision to cultivate children's reading and calligraphy.

At night, after the children fell asleep, Jiang Li and Zhou Chunfeng came to the main room to warm themselves by the fire and drink tea.

"Today, when I was cutting grass for the chickens on the mountainside, I heard from some wives in the village that Zhou Xingyue had returned from town."

Zhou Chunfeng put down the tea bowl without realizing it, and looked at Jiang Li intently: "So, it seems that she can't let go of her status as the Second Prince."

Jiang Li shook his head: "No, I heard that it was Zhou Lao Er who went to the town and forcibly took the person back."

Zhou Chunfeng: ...

"It must be Lin's idea. How could she let her daughter miss it?" Jiang Li joked.

Zhou Chunfeng frowned slightly and chuckled twice: "But I heard that Zhou Laosan sent people away from Shili Village."

"Exactly. Because of this, Lin brought her second son to Tiedan's house to make trouble for Zhou's third son." Jiang Li couldn't help but sigh that Lin had taken great pains with her daughter Zhou Xingyue. "I think Tiedan's family got away with it. They didn't even let Lin and her son in. In the end, they left in disgrace."

Zhou Chunfeng thought of the loving mother and filial son relationship between Lin and Zhou Laosan, and found it even more amusing: "In the afternoon, Dashuan came to our house to deliver pickled vegetables and mentioned that Zhou Laosan wanted to return to the clan school."

"..."

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, then said in disbelief, "Is he thinking of taking the imperial examination and becoming an official in the future?"

"That should be the case." Zhou Chunfeng was silent for a moment, then said, "According to what you said before, Daqing was engulfed in war and constant conflict two years later. Zhou Xingyue left her good fortune to join the royal family in this life. I think it's also possible that Daqing was defeated by the wars in her previous life."

After Zhou Chunfeng's analysis, Jiang Li suddenly realized: "So, it is possible that the dynasty will change after many years?"

Zhou Chunfeng nodded. "That's possible. When the new dynasty was established, it was also the time when powerful officials were replaced. Local officials were inevitably in short supply. In order to recruit new minor officials, the first imperial examination of the new dynasty would have been the best time to take it."

This afternoon, Zhou Chunfeng quickly figured out many key points at home: "This makes sense. Zhou Laosan was reborn with his memories. He knew that taking the imperial examination during the Daqing period would not lead to a promising future, so he decided to conserve his energy and accumulate taxes, waiting for the succession of imperial power."

Jiang Li couldn't help but sigh: "Zhou Laosan does have some luck. With his cleverness, he has entered the officialdom and may be able to succeed smoothly."

Zhou Chunfeng took a sip of tea. "With a character like him, he relied on Zhou Xingyue to enjoy wealth and glory in his previous life. Now that he has a new life, even if he doesn't want to be involved with the Zhou family anymore, he will definitely not let his own branch fall into decline."

Jiang Li understood and looked at Zhou Chunfeng with amusement: "Logically speaking, if you also go to that clan school, your chances of becoming an official should be greater than his. But I don't know if the new royal family will care about father and son becoming officials in the future."

Zhou Chunfeng heard this and smiled helplessly: "I'll leave it at that. I'm just a civil servant. You know my temper."

Zhou Chunfeng is not the type of person who can stay still. Compared to becoming an official, he would rather work in the fields to make a living.

Jiang Li knew him very well. Although Zhou Chunfeng was as cunning as anyone else, he would rather fight than talk. If he really entered the official career, it was possible that he would fight with a group of pedantic officials at any time.

Zhou Chunfeng took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl, and reached out to hold Jiang Li's hand: "My lady, don't worry. Even if I don't enter the government, I will definitely find a way to make your mother live a comfortable life in the future."

Jiang Li really didn't want to spit at him. She was becoming more and more adept at boasting. She didn't care whether Zhou Chunfeng could accomplish anything great in this era, she just wanted her family to live in peace and avoid the fate of being cannon fodder in the previous life.

However, her hand felt warm from his grip, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously: "I'll listen."

Zhou Chunfeng smiled, and held her hands tighter, his chest filled with warmth.

After tonight, as far as Jiang Li and Zhou Chunfeng knew, Zhou Laosan really returned to the clan school and studied with a group of young boys.

It was winter and snowing, and the third branch had already made up its mind to draw a clear line with the Zhou family, so it was impossible for it to return to the old Zhou family's courtyard.

Zhou Laosan and his wife and children are staying at Tiedan's house. I heard that he has bought a residential plot in the village and will rebuild a courtyard for the three families in the spring of next year.

After Zhou Xingyue returned to the village, heavy snow blocked the roads and Lin did not allow her to go to the town again.

After several days of acupuncture treatment by Jiang Li, Zhao's pregnancy was much better, and she was now more energetic and could occasionally walk around. Uncle Zhou and Aunt Hu took advantage of a pig slaughter in the village and bought a few pounds of fat pork to send to their family as a thank you gift.

That morning, the sky was just getting light, and snowflakes were still falling from the horizon, though much smaller than in the past few days. Jiang Li wrapped herself in thick clothes, carried a bamboo basket on her back, and went up the mountain with little Aowu to look for goods.

The clan leader's daughter-in-law, Song, has not come since the last time. It is said that before the first snow, Song brought her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law to the mountains every day to dig Atractylodes and Lithospermum erythrorhizon. These two medicinal herbs on several mountains were almost monopolized by the clan leader's family.

Jiang Li, accompanied by little Ao Wu, grew bolder and bolder, heading straight for a large mountain far from the village. Ao Wu had grown considerably since he first arrived, and on his first trip up the mountain, he happily ran ahead, stopping every now and then to look back and wait for Jiang Li.

Or they would raise their necks and howl like wolves. In the cold winter month, the howling sounds could be heard back to the village, frightening many villagers so much that when they met the eldest wife of the Zhou family, they no longer dared to be as frivolous as before.

Before Zhou Laosan got up early to go to school, he knocked on Tiedan's door.

Tiedan rubbed his eyes sleepily and opened the door. His right leg had been injured by Zhou Chunfeng a few months ago, and he had not been able to walk well.

"What's the matter, Third Brother?"

"Don't forget what I told you yesterday. This is a gift for your son."

Tiedan was halfway through stretching when he seemed to come to his senses and immediately nodded repeatedly.

Since their relationship with Zhou Laosan's family has taken a step forward, their family has gained a lot of benefits. Zhou Laosan gives them half a tael of silver for food every month, and in addition to the silver given by the rich young man last time, Zhou Laosan also gave them five taels of silver.

"Of course, I will go up to the mountain in the morning."

"Well, do you remember which mountain it was?"

"Yeah, Tietoushan, don't worry, Third Brother, I remember everything."

Zhou Laosan glanced at him calmly and said, "Oh, why should I worry? The opportunity has fallen into your hands. After selling it and receiving the money, don't forget my great kindness."

"Yes, yes, thank you for your advice, Third Brother."

"Yeah." Seeing this, Zhou Laosan stopped talking, turned around and walked out of the yard to the clan school.