The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

All the luggage was packed, and Zhao Yunlan sent some soap to Mrs. Liu after returning from the prefect Liu's banquet.It can be regarded as a return gift for the box of snacks that Mrs. Liu gave.

"Ma'am, everything is ready. Old Zheng and Zhang Cui are here in Fucheng." Li Zhongyou arranged everything in the house properly.

Zhao Yunlan nodded in response, Lao Zheng and Zhang Cui are the new servants, they are a husband and wife with a child named Zheng Tian who is 14 years old.

Yes, Zhao Yunlan has now been promoted to wife.This was Wang's decision. On the second day after returning from the banquet held by Liu Zhifu, Wang called a family gathering.

"Now that the boss has also won the election, our family has officially entered the official career. Compared with the previous scholars, now it is a real step that cannot be missed." Wang said.

Li Mingren nodded: "Yes, my son must be careful."

Wang looked at Li Mingren and continued: "It's not just you, but everyone in our family has to be like this."

Several people nodded one after another, and even Ruiwen looked serious.

Wang looked at Zhao Yunlan and said, "From today onwards, your father and I will retire to the backyard, and this family will be completely handed over to Yunlan."

Li Mingmei asked suspiciously: "Isn't sister-in-law always in charge of the house?"

Wang smiled: "I mean, your sister-in-law is now the wife, and your elder brother is the master."

Li Mingli scratched the back of his head: "Then father, mother, you two?"

Wang looked at this fool and didn't want to talk to him.

"Do you have any objections?"

Wang is mainly worried about the second child and Wu Yi. After all, the two daughters-in-law in the family will inevitably ignore the other's feelings. Wang is trying her best to make a bowl of water even.

Fortunately, everyone had no objections, and Wu Yi did not show any dissatisfaction, but was very happy.After getting along with Zhao Yunlan and the Wang family these days, it is obvious that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is very harmonious, and Wu Yi admires Zhao Yunlan very much.

A brief family meeting was settled, Mrs. Wang became the old lady, and Mrs. Li was the old man.

The servants in the family were the quickest to change their mouths and adapt, but the brothers couldn't react at first.

In the past few days, the Li family has added a carriage, and the family now has two carriages.Old man Sun also took the older boys in the family to learn how to drive horses.

"Father, mother, we are ready to go."

"Can you see if the second child's house has been settled properly?" Mrs. Wang asked Zhao Yunlan to visit Wu Yi again.

Originally, Zhao Yunlan wanted Mingyi and Wu Yi to stay in Fucheng, after all, the children are still young, so it's not suitable for them to hurry.

But Mingyi felt that he had to go back no matter what, and Wu Yi also wanted to go back, so everyone discussed it for a long time before deciding to go back together.It's just that Wu Yi and Li Mingyi are alone in the carriage, and the thick cushions on the carriage can make the children sleep more comfortably.

Madam Cui took care of her in the carriage with the red warbler and green willow. Sun Daniu was the most reliable driver, so she arranged to drive the horses in this carriage.

The family also rented two other carriages, and a total of four carriages drove out of Jinzhou City one after another.

In the carriage, Li Mingren said: "My lady, I have [-] acres of land under my name that can be exempted from tax. I want to share some of the land with my father-in-law and uncle's family after deducting the land on the mountain side and the Fucheng side."

Li Mingren was discussing with Zhao Yunlan, but Mrs. Wang and Mr. Li who were sitting next to him in a car didn't speak.

Before Li Mingren passed the exam, he also had a share of tax exemption, but at that time his own land was added to account for it all, and there was still some land that could not be tax exempted.Now that he has a lot of shares, Li Mingren naturally thinks about the Zhao family and the Wang family.

"Okay, let's talk to them when they come." Zhao Yunlan responded.

Li Mingren continued: "I also want to buy the land of the ancestral hall in the village, rebuild it and build a school."

Zhao Yunlan's pupils dilated suddenly, feeling a little excited.

There is an ancestral hall in Lijia Village, but because of the wars in the past, the villagers could not eat enough to support themselves, so they naturally stopped thinking about worshiping their ancestors. At first, some elders took turns to offer incense. These older generations passed away one after another, and later gradually evolved into worship by each family.

Up to now, the ancestral hall has become a drying yard.Only when the farming season is busy, everyone goes there to dry the wheat and dry the millet.So Li Mingren thought that it would be better to build a school instead of rebuilding the ancestral hall.It is true that remembering the ancestors cannot be lost, but children are also the hope of the ancestors.

"When did you have this plan?" Zhao Yunlan asked.

Old man Li and Mrs. Wang also gathered their energy to hear Li Mingren's thoughts.

"The lady mentioned to me last time that life in the village is better now, and everyone wants to send their children to study. But there is no suitable academy in the town. If they send their children to study in an academy in the county, everyone still cannot afford it. Then I will Thinking about opening a school in the village after winning the exam, we will invite you, Mr. Shuxiu, which means that we will collect a little. Let the children in the village have books to read."

At that time, Zhao Yunlan simply complained about the difficulty of studying, but she didn't expect Li Mingren to remember it.Zhao Yunlan originally planned to wait until later to consider the matter of running a school, but at any rate, he would wait until Li Mingren participated in Chunwei before making a decision.

Unexpectedly, Li Mingren proposed it first.

Old man Li suddenly laughed loudly: "Okay! You are indeed the son of our old Li family. It is good to run a school."

Zhao Yunlan also smiled, looking at Li Mingren, there was a ray of light in his heart.

In fact, Zhao Yunlan understands that most of the 32 candidates selected this time are descendants of gentry clans, and these descendants rely on family training for official careers, and they can help each other in officialdom.Of course, there will also be some families that drag down the entire family because of some bastards who can't afford it.

Everything has two sides. Now that Li Mingren has stepped into the official career, there is no one behind him. Although he has met the Liu family, what if one day the two parties reach the opposite sides of interests?Will Mrs. Liu still speak for Li Mingren?Obviously not.Li Mingren is not a great talent, and it is not worth risking the interests of the family to protect this disciple who is not a disciple.

This road seems to be going up, but it is getting more and more difficult.Zhao Yunlan knew that Li Mingren also understood this point. Now the foundation of the Li family is weak, or even non-existent, and Li Mingren is going to lay that cornerstone.For Li Mingzhi, Li Ruiwen's path is more secure.

So those disadvantages don't need to be considered at all. After all, the benefits of building a school in Lijia Village at this stage are several times more than the disadvantages that have not yet appeared.

Sitting next to Wang Shi, Li Mingmei noticed that Wang Shi wiped her face indiscriminately, and the corners of her eyes were slightly red.Li Mingmei held Wang's arm, thinking that the family is really different now.

In the evening, the family rushed to Xihe County, and Zhao Yunlan arranged for Wang's Li old man and the second child's family to live in the small courtyard they rented.Zhao Yunlan also invited a doctor to check the pulse of the second child's child to confirm that the child is fine.

Li Mingren's family of three lived in the inn with the other three brothers and sisters. Li Mingren took the time to visit Mr. Chen County Magistrate and the county school.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Mingren took Ruiwen to Zhishan Academy again, first to visit Mr. Qiu, and to help Ruiwen ask for a few more days off.

Mr. Guo, who teaches Ruiwen, did not participate in the provincial examination this year, probably because he felt that he was not ready yet, so he did not participate.Mr. Guo is in a good mood, and he is not in a hurry.

After returning from Zhishan Academy, Xiao Ruiwen walked behind Li Mingren with a bitter face.

"Get in the car soon, we are leaving." Zhao Yunlan called to the father and son.

Rui Wen followed behind and walked slowly to the side of the carriage, Zhao Yunlan couldn't help asking, looking at the little bitter face: "What's the matter? I just went to the academy, and your father recruited you again."

Li Mingren shook his head: "I don't." After all, he is also a master, so how could he behave childishly.

"Mother, Mr. Qiu and Mr. Guo have given me a lot of homework!"

Zhao Yunlan couldn't help smiling: "Then who asked you to take such a long leave? And didn't you say that you would take the provincial examination like your father?"

Rui Wen was full of anger: "Mother said, reading can't just grow old, let's do it little by little, and work steadily."

Li Mingren picked up Rui Wenjin's carriage: "You are quite reasonable."

Zhao Yunlan asked about Wu Yi's situation in the car behind, and Li Mingyi agreed to leave.

At the end of the day, a group of carriages arrived at Qingshui Town, and shopkeeper Wu sent someone to meet them early.Because he was going back to Lijia Village, he only had a quick meeting with shopkeeper Wu and then drove the carriage back.

The village had received the news of the Li family's return early, and it was already Youshi when the carriage arrived at the village. They only saw a group of people gathered at the entrance of the village, headed by the village chief Li Chunsheng.

I only heard someone in the crowd shout happily: "The master Juren of our village is back!" The scene suddenly boiled.

Li Mingren rushed over to help Li Chunsheng: "Uncle Village Chief, it's cold, let's go back first. Come back and have a drink at home later."

Li Chunsheng shouted excitedly: "Hey! Hey! Everyone, let Ming Ren go back and have a good rest."

Everyone was still very excited and escorted the Li family back to Li's house.All the men from the Li family walked on the ground and accompanied the villagers back home.

The folks didn't stay for long, everyone knew that the family had worked hard on the journey, so everyone stopped in the yard and then went back to their respective homes.