In the evening, they cooked a table of delicious food, Ye Hongchang and Ye Hongfu drank some wine, and both brothers went to bed early.

Wang arranged for Li and Liu to make clothes for Ye Liwen. When he went to the county town to study, the clothes had to be decent.

Ye Liwen said, "Grandma, the clothes you have now are quite good. I don't care about these."

Mrs. Wang smiled slightly, "Our brother Wen doesn't compare with others, which is a good thing. However, he should try to dress at the same level as other people, so that he won't attract too much attention and won't attract others to gossip and upset you."

"Don't worry, they are all made of ordinary materials, but they are just new clothes. You have grown a lot this year, and the clothes are meant to be made new."

After saying this, Ye Liwen stopped saying anything.

His family was preparing for him, and he was also packing his bags.

Most of the books he bought before were lost on the way to escape, but now he has some more. They were all bought by Ye Hongchang for him, and they have to be taken away.

He is not afraid of trouble, nor is he afraid that these books will be moved back next year, because he is determined to pass the children's examination next year and stay in the county school.

The next day, when Ye Liwen was packing his things in the house, Ye Lixuan lay on the window and looked at him, feeling very reluctant to leave.

"Brother, you went to the county seat, how long will it take you to come back?"

Ye Liwen said, "It's too far from home to the county seat. We can go back and forth on the same day by horseback, but it's inconvenient for my second uncle to take me with him. I want to come back once every two months or three months and study hard there."

Hearing this, Ye Lixuan was a little disappointed, "Then it will take a long time for me to see you again."

He muttered, "I'm going to miss you."

Ye Liwen's heart softened and he said with a smile, "I will miss you too. I'm not at home, so you have to protect your family. You are a man. But brother, there is no need to tell you this. You are already more of a man than me."

Ye Lixuan lay on the window sill with his hands, tilted his head, and rested his head on his arms, "The eldest brother is also a man. He can read such difficult books well. I want to sleep just looking at it."

"You, I'm not at home, so your homework can't be left behind." Ye Liwen found a copybook from the back, "I have to write one copy of this every day. I will check it carefully when I come back."

"Huh?" Ye Lixuan felt like he was struck by lightning. He thought he wouldn't have to write anymore since his eldest brother was gone.

Ye Liwen just thought he was so cute like this, and said with a smile, "It's not okay for a man to be illiterate. As promised, I'll check it when I come back. If it's not written well, I'll be punished by copying it."

"Okay." Ye Lixuan accepted it. One piece a day is not too much.

Ye Liwen had to stay at home for two or three days, so he seized the time and wrote two more copybooks for his brother.

On the fifth day of May, the family happily prepared to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and started making rice dumplings the day before.

Ye Xiangxiang used her talents, asked Wang to nod, and made several rice dumplings with new flavors.

Glutinous rice is too expensive, so I use yellow rice mixed with glutinous rice buns, stuffed with fresh meat, stuffed with bacon, and ordinary candied date rice dumplings.

The family members had eaten one of each flavor, and there were still about ten left. Wang gave Ye Liwen all of them.

At night, she counted everything she had prepared again, and Mrs. Wang gave Ye Liwen five taels of silver in front of her family.

"From a poor family to a wealthy family, you can't be short of money when you go out. Grandma knows that Brother Wen is a sensible and good boy. You won't spend the money carelessly when you have it, but don't save it when you should spend it. Don't wrong yourself. ." This is Ye Liwen's first time to study in such a far place. When he was in Zhaochuan before, he only went to the town to study. Tongxin Village is close to the town, and he would go home every day.

After going to Hanchen Academy, I came back once a month. My family was already very reluctant to leave. Who knew they would have to go further.

Li secretly wiped her tears several times in the past two days, but she also knew that this was for Brother Wen's good. If she wanted to be successful, she couldn't stay by their side all the time and had to go out and make a living.

As Wen Geer's mother, she could only endure it no matter how reluctant she was, otherwise the child would have to worry.

Ye Liwen held the money bag and felt it was heavy, "Grandma, this is too much..."

"Take it." Wang didn't allow him to refuse.

"Grandma is still in charge of the Ye family now. Grandma will give you as much as she says. This was also discussed with your second uncle and the others. Don't worry, everyone in the family will support you."

Ye Hongchang said with a smile, "I will visit you once every half month. If there is anything missing, I will prepare it for you."

Ye Xiangxiang and Ye Cuicui were also concerned about him. One gave him a sweat towel and new shoes that he made, and the other prepared several bottles of pills for him.

"This is for stomachache. If you eat something bad, just take one pill. This bottle is for dispelling wind and cold. If you feel a stuffy nose, runny nose, headache and body aches, you can take it. You can't take it if you have a fever. There is another The bottle is for relieving summer heat, and although it’s only May, I’m afraid I’ll forget it by then, as I’ll need this in July and August.”

These pills are made by Ye Xiangxiang on a daily basis, and she treats the villagers' minor ailments.

Ye Xiangxiang took out two more paper bags and said, "This contains silver elixir grass, and this bag contains camellia. I picked them all on the mountain myself. They taste very good. You can usually make a pot of tea by yourself and add a little silver elixir grass." It can refresh your mind if you go in, so I think you can use it."

She introduced all the things she gave her, and Ye Liwen wrote them down one by one and said with a smile, "I remember them all, thank you sister."

Ye Xiangxiang smiled brightly, "I'll ask dad to bring it to you if there's something good later."

The next day, Ye Hongchang set up his car, packed all Ye Liwen's luggage, and took him to the county town.

This was the beginning of Ye Liwen's scientific journey. His family didn't know what would happen to him in the future, but they all supported him from the bottom of their hearts.

After May, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the ducks in the duck house have also entered a period of rapid growth.

Recently, eating only small fish and shrimps is not enough. I have to cook two large pots of food at home every day.

Ye Hongfu was taking care of the crops in the field and managing the duck house. Ye Hongchang took the villagers up the mountain every now and then and taught two young people in the village how to hunt.

Everyone in the family divides the work and cooperates. Ye Xiangxiang will follow him up the mountain when he has free time. When he sees the precious medicinal materials, he will take them home. A lot of them have been dried at home.

Ye Cuicui spends most of her time making clothes at home. There are so many people in the family, and one person can do a lot of work. Sometimes when she is tired, she will go to the mountains to cut grass with Ye Xiangxiang and Ye Lixuan.

Wild grasses and vegetables are growing in the mountains. The wild grasses are used to feed the ducks, and the wild vegetables are useful when you take them home.

When there is a certain amount of leather saved at home, Ye Hongchang will travel far away to sell the leather goods in the county or prefectural city.

Most of the ducks in the duck house have begun to lay eggs, and they have to pick up one to two hundred duck eggs a day. Ye Hongchang signed a contract with the grain store in the town, and someone would come to pick them up from the grain store every two days, paying three cents for two.

Although it is cheaper than selling it yourself, it saves a lot of trouble.


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