After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

Along the way, Zhang Hulan carefully observed the servants' walking posture.

Just as Luo Changqi said, some people did walk properly, without looking around and with steady steps; while some people seemed a little sloppy, looking left and right from time to time.

Zhang Hulan silently took note of those people who needed special attention.

After returning to the village, Zhang Hulan handed the servants over to Luo Changqi and Yuan Gang for management.

With these five veterans helping her, she would have a lot less trouble.

After returning home, Zhang Hulan told Zhang Xiaojun, Zhang Xiaobing and Shanzi about finding a good academy.

Zhang Xiaojun and Zhang Xiaobing were both very happy because they were going to study.

Shanzi asked, "Auntie Lan, do I want to go to school too?"

Zhang Hulan nodded. "Of course. You must study hard!"

Shanzi's eyes sparkled, and he nodded heavily, "Yes, I will definitely study hard!"

He didn't say any words of thanks. He kept in mind all the kindness Aunt Lan had shown him, and he would repay Aunt Lan double in the future.

Zhang Hulan looked at her three daughters. There was no girls' academy here, so she would have to find a literate maid to teach them how to read and write.

She can, but she can't teach. She can only teach some arithmetic.

The original body had never been to school and could not read at all. If she taught him, it would be too obvious.

She knew that she was very different from her original self, but her original self had not seen her family for several years, so some changes were barely acceptable.

But reading and writing is not something you can learn just by doing, so you need to find someone to help you.

When the maids and servants were teaching Zhang Xinyao and the others how to read, she would learn along with them, and then...

Zhang Hulan thought her idea was pretty good...

Li asked Zhang Hulan, "Sister, how much do Xiaojun and the others want in tuition?"

"Not expensive, three hundred wen a month. And another three hundred wen for food and lodging."

Xiang Chunhua quickly asked, "Xiaobing and the others won't be coming back? Will they be living and eating in the academy?"

Zhang Hulan nodded and said, "I'll eat and live in the academy. Otherwise, I'll have to travel back and forth every day and spend a lot of time on the road.

They are already old and cannot waste any more time.

The academy has one day off every two weeks, so you can come back then."

Xiang Chunhua said with a look of reluctance, "Ah? You only come back once every two weeks, and only for one day?"

Zhang Xiaojun then said, "Aunt, if we don't come back often, how can we learn martial arts from Grandpa Yuan and the others?"

Zhang Hulan thought for a moment and asked, "So, do you want to live in the academy or go home every day?"

Zhang Xiaobing answered first: "We want to go home every day."

Zhang Xinyue said: "Little Soldier must want to go home and eat delicious food every day."

Zhang Xiaobing's little thoughts were exposed, and he glared at Zhang Xinyue, but Zhang Xinyue was not afraid of him at all.

Wang said, "You only come back once every two weeks, which is a bit long. I will definitely miss them. How about asking your father to pick them up and drop them off every day?"

Zhang Hulan said, "Mom, the children are grown up now. They can't always stay by your side. You have to let them learn to be independent.

The main reason is that the county town is too far away, and it takes an hour and a half every day to get there, which is such a waste of time."

Zhang Hulan then said to Zhang Xiaojun, "You can't delay your martial arts training. Your Grandpa Yuan and the others have taught you the basics, so you should practice them at the academy. When you go home for the holidays, let Grandpa Yuan and the others teach you new moves."

Zhang Xiaojun nodded, "Okay! I'll listen to my aunt."

Seeing that Wang, Xiang Chunhua, and Li all looked reluctant, Zhang Hulan said, "Mother, sister-in-law, Xiaojun and the others are going to study and pursue their future. You can't keep them under house arrest forever.

When the birds grow up, they will leave their mothers to find food on their own.

The bird may never return to its mother after it grows up, but Xiaojun and the others come back once every two weeks, and you are acting like they are parting forever.

Besides, they won’t go to the academy until after the New Year, so they’re still at home now.”

Although Zhang Xiaobing wanted to go home and eat delicious food every day, he also listened to Zhang Hulan. When Zhang Hulan said that living in the academy was better, he said to Xiang Chunhua, "Mom, it's okay. When the academy comes back during the holidays, I will stay with you all day."

Li said, "Big sister, do you need to prepare anything for Xiaojun and the others?"

Zhang Hulan nodded, "Of course! We need to prepare the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, as well as the book basket or book box."

"Then ask Xiaojun's father to buy it back tomorrow."

Zhang Hulan said, "No, we're all going into town tomorrow. Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we need to buy some New Year's goods."

Wang said, "We have everything at home now, what else do we need to buy?"

"Mom, it's Chinese New Year. We need to prepare some melon seeds, peanuts, and candy. It's Chinese New Year, so we need to buy new clothes. This time, we won't make them ourselves, but buy ready-made clothes. Tomorrow morning, we'll leave early with my eldest brother and the others. We'll be back by noon, so we can work in the afternoon."

When they heard that they were going to buy candy, melon seeds, peanuts, and new clothes, the children all became excited.

"Mom, I want to go too." Zhang Xinyue said with her head raised.

"Aunt, I want to go too." Zhang Xiaobing looked at Zhang Hulan with shining eyes.

"Let's go, let's go! Let's all go tomorrow."

"Good! Good!"

All the children jumped for joy.

"Sister-in-law, you're the only one left at home looking after the house tomorrow."

Mrs. Li can’t go out now, as she doesn’t know when she will give birth.

Li smiled and said, "You all go ahead, I'll look after the house."

Zhang Dahua said, "I'll stay and keep my mother company."