After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

They traveled south, distributing missing person notices along the way.

At busy intersections, spend a few taels of silver to borrow someone's outer wall to paste missing person notices.

Ah Niu's monthly savings from the past two years were all used up when he arrived at the fifth state capital.

"Young master, how can you be sure those people won't take down the portrait after we leave, since they've already received the money? We can't keep an eye on them all the time..."

Li Mo had been holding back his questions all the way, but finally he asked them. It didn't matter if he was slow; he could ask the young master if he didn't understand something, and then he wouldn't be slow forever.

"You don't know this? I know exactly what the young master did. Want to know? Just call me Brother Wenbin, and I'll be kind enough to answer your questions."

"Go away! Who needs your help? You're confused yourself, how can you explain it to me?"

"Hey! Don't look down on people just because you're prying your eyes out of them. How could I not know? I went with the young master to talk to each family. I know perfectly well how the young master ensured that they wouldn't take down the missing person posters!"

"Oh, so you didn't come up with it yourself, you heard it from the young master! I thought you were so smart!"

"Young master, look at him!"

"Alright, stop fooling around. Ah Niu has been in a bad mood lately. You two should try to comfort him when you have time, instead of wasting your time bickering."

"It doesn't matter in front of me, but the three of you must work together outside. Even if you can't be completely impenetrable, you can't give anyone a chance to sow discord between you."

Wenbin and Li Mo straightened up and stopped joking: "Yes, young master!"

Jiang Xiaoqi got off the carriage to get some fresh air. He had sold one of the carriages he had bought before, and kept this one. He could buy some things along the way and bring them back to Yunqing Mountain.

"Alright, now you can talk, right?"

"Ahem, the young master told those people that the notice would remain posted. If the person is found, they would receive another hundred taels of silver. If the person is not found after a year, they would continue to pay for the following year. As long as they are well-fed every day, they will still choose to stay."

Besides, when the young master was looking for a suitable location, he had already inquired about the character of each family from the vendors. He had chosen only honest and upright families. Even if a dishonest or cunning family had a prime location, the young master would have rejected them.

Li Mo thought for a moment: "This would prevent some people from breaking their promises, but would it be too troublesome to go through all these places again a year later?"

"Next year, after the young master's senior brother finishes the provincial examination, he will go directly to the capital to take the metropolitan examination. At that time, the young master will also take care of his senior brother and go to the capital together. If we set off early, we can take care of it along the way, so that we don't have to make a special trip."

Li Mo didn't ask what would happen if the young master's senior brother failed the provincial examination. After all, he was the young master's senior brother; how could he not fail the provincial examination?

Sitting on the carriage shaft, Ah Niu heard Wenbin and Li Mo's words clearly. The young master had gone to such lengths for him!

Not only is it expensive, but I'll also have to revisit the city I visited a year later!

It was Young Master Li who was going to take the provincial and metropolitan examinations, not his own young master. He said he was escorting and taking care of his senior brother, but he felt that the young master was just making an excuse to find relatives for himself.

Am I really worth the young master's dedication and financial resources?

Ah Niu's eyes stung, and he wiped his face haphazardly: Regardless of whether he could find his family or not, his life would always belong to the young master!

The eldest and second eldest brothers were in line at the back, and could only be in line at the back.

Regardless of the reason why they left without saying goodbye, they didn't care about their younger brother that much, at least not as much as he cared about his two older brothers.

Even among blood relatives, feelings should be mutual. He doesn't expect reciprocity in giving. After all, it was his older brothers who raised him, and he will always acknowledge that kindness. He has already repaid that debt of gratitude by selling himself into servitude. He doesn't owe his older brothers anything!

Touching his empty purse, he realized that the money he had once given to his two older brothers had now been spent on them. With so many cities to come, did the young master have to keep spending money to help him? The young master didn't owe him anything!

Ah Niu jumped off the carriage and ran to Jiang Xiaoqi, who was feeding the horses: "Young Master, the expenses on this trip have been too high. Let's not post the notices on the walls that charge fees anymore. We can post them on those dilapidated temples or old houses that don't charge fees."

"The money you spent before will be deducted from my monthly allowance, young master. Please don't waste any more money on such a trivial matter!"

Jiang Xiaoqi patted his shoulder to comfort him, saying, "You don't need to worry about the money. If you give up halfway now, all your previous efforts and the money you've spent will be wasted."

Besides, I'm also curious why your older brothers left without saying goodbye. Just consider it satisfying my curiosity; I'm paying for my own curiosity, it has nothing to do with you.

Ah Niu wanted to say something, but after opening his mouth, he didn't know how to refute it. This was clearly his own business, so how did it turn into the young master's business? He felt confused again...

Seeing that A Niu was no longer insisting, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled, turned around and went back to the carriage. At this moment, Wenbin and Li Mo resumed their good brotherly relationship.

After traveling on and off for more than a month, we finally returned to Yunqing Mountain in mid-May, almost a month later than we had estimated in Xinghe Prefecture.

We've missed the bamboo shoot season again...

But it doesn't matter, there is spring every year, and new bamboo shoots grow every spring.

I won't leave the Yunqing Mountain area from now until next spring, and I definitely won't miss it again next year.

Next year's autumn imperial examination... I wonder if my three scholars will be able to leap over the dragon gate and all become successful candidates.

Three scholars, far away in Xinghe Prefecture, felt a chill run down their spines for some reason. Where did this cold wind come from in the middle of summer?