Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Towards evening, Yang Zhengshan returned to the Yang family.

The Yang family was still very lively. The matter of Jiangjia Village had ended, and the young men of Yangjia Village had all returned.

Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu, and Yang Qinwu had nothing to do, so they came to the Yang family to practice martial arts.

But there was one more person today, Yang Minghao also came back.

"Dad!" Yang Minghao saw Yang Zhengshan, pouted, and looked resentful.

Yang Zhengshan saw him and was slightly stunned, "Why are you back?"

"I miss home!" Yang Minghao said aggrievedly.

How could he not feel aggrieved?

When he returned home, he knew that his family had a good life. Not only did they have meat every meal, but his eldest and second brothers also picked up martial arts again.

And what about him?

He worked in the blacksmith shop every day, which was hard and tiring, and he didn't even have meat to eat.

Thinking about his own suffering and the good life at home, he really wanted to ask Yang Zhengshan if he was picked up.

If he really asked, Yang Zhengshan would definitely say, yes, you were picked up, not just you, this family was picked up by me, what's wrong with you!

Well, Yang Zhengshan did forget about this youngest son. Except for the first time he went to the county town, he never thought of this youngest son.

Don't blame him, who made this family so large, it is normal to ignore it.

Yang Mingcheng and Yang Mingzhi are still near him, he can't ignore them even if he wants to, but Yang Minghao has been in the county town, he can't see him and naturally won't think of him.

"It's good to be back, don't go to the blacksmith shop in the future!" Yang Zhengshan didn't care about Yang Minghao's grievances, pretended not to see it, and just said lightly.

"Really!" Yang Minghao was immediately happy when he heard it.

"Well, practice martial arts well in the future, and strive to become a martial artist as soon as possible." Yang Zhengshan said.

One sheep is driven, two sheep are also driven, and one more Yang Minghao is nothing.

However, the house is getting more and more crowded. Yang Minghao can only live in one room with Lin Zhan. If there is one more person, they can only live in his main house.

It seems that we have to build a big house next year.

Yang Zhengshan thought to himself.

He didn't have such an idea before, but when he saw the big yard of the Lu family, he also had this idea.

However, whether he can live in a big house depends on whether the county government can give him the reward silver.

The county government is still very honest. It should be said that Luo Jin, the county magistrate, is very trustworthy. On the fourth day after Jiangjia Village encountered banditry, Yang Zhengshan received the reward silver from the county government. The three hundred taels of reward silver were delivered to Yang Zhengshan without a cent less.

The person who came to deliver the reward silver was Yang Zhengshan's brother-in-law Lu Zhaoqi.

In the main hall of the Yang family, Lu Zhaoqi looked at the people practicing martial arts in the yard with interest.

"Your place is much more lively than before."

Yang Zhengshan took out the teapot he had just bought and brewed a pot of tea, saying: "My injury has healed, and the clan leader intends to let me get more involved in the affairs of the clan. Those young men were sent by the clan leader!"

Lu Zhaoqi nodded slightly, then looked at Yang Zhengshan, looking at the white hair on Yang Zhengshan's temples, and said: "I haven't seen you for a while, you have aged a lot!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan's mouth twitched slightly.

Can we not mention old age, not mention that we are good brothers, and there is always an urge to hit people when we mention it.

Yang Zhengshan is ten years older, and he has admitted it now, but when someone suddenly mentioned it, he still felt depressed and wanted to grab Lu Zhaoqi's ears and yell, I am only 28 years old this year, I am a good young man.

It's a pity that he can't.

"We are old, and our children have grown up!" What else can Yang Zhengshan say? He can only shift the topic to his children. He doesn't want to continue to run wild on the topic of age.

"I heard that Wenyuan is a good student!"

When mentioning his youngest son, Lu Zhaoqi immediately showed a smug look, "Haha, Wenyuan is really good. The teacher in the academy said that he has a great chance of passing the college entrance examination next year!"

"You need to go to the capital for the college entrance examination!" Yang Zhengshan poured tea and asked.

"Yes! I will leave in May." Lu Zhaoqi said.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Let Mingcheng accompany him at that time, so that he can take care of him."

Lu Zhaoqi took a sip of tea, and the faint tea fragrance flowed through his mouth, "Wenchun will be enough to accompany him!"

"Haha, Mingcheng has practiced martial arts, you can rest assured with him protecting you!" Yang Zhengshan smiled.

The Yang family and the Lu family are real relatives. Since they are relatives, they naturally have to be closer, reciprocate, and help each other. This is what relatives are.

It is about 200 miles from Anning County to Jing'an Prefecture City. Let's not talk about the dangers. Just talk about the traffic conditions here. It takes at least three or four days to walk more than 200 miles. Without someone to take care of you, this road is really difficult to walk.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan also wanted to go to the prefecture city to take a look, but thinking that there is still more than half a year before the college entrance examination, he can't make a decision now.

If it is suitable at that time, he will go there in person. If he doesn't have time, let Yang Mingcheng go with him.

"Then I won't be polite. I will trouble Mingcheng to go there with me when the time comes!" Lu Zhaoqi no longer refused and accepted Yang Zhengshan's kindness.

Then he changed his tone and said, "Dad has already told me about seeking an official position."

"You killed Scar Liu, and Lord Luo was very happy. For this reason, he summoned me alone to ask about your situation."

"But if you want to seek an official position, I'm afraid there is no chance for the time being. There are only a few official positions with grades in the county government, and one carrot is one pit. Now no one retreats, and you have no chance to get in."

"If you just want to work in the county government, it shouldn't be difficult. I can help you get a good position as a third-shift yamen runner or a postmaster horseman!"

It's not that he doesn't want to help Yang Zhengshan, but he really has no choice.

He is just a clerk, without even a rank, how can he find an official position for Yang Zhengshan?

Yang Zhengshan was a little disappointed when he heard this, but his disappointment soon disappeared, "Forget it, as for yamen runners, I don't care."

What he wanted was an official position with a rank, not those inferior positions.

Although inferior positions can give him some minor power and income, they also limit his freedom.

Instead of wasting time on that, it is better to honestly improve his own strength in Yangjia Village, cultivate his children at home, and wait for the opportunity.

He believes that as long as his strength is strong enough and his children at home are good enough, there will be opportunities to come forward in the future.

"Don't be too disappointed, you are now listed with Lord Luo, and you may be reused by Lord Luo at any time." Lu Zhaoqi comforted.

What he said was correct. Luo Jin did remember Yang Zhengshan, but whether Luo Jin would help Yang Zhengshan arrange a position or not depended on whether Luo Jin really valued Yang Zhengshan.

From the fact that Luo Jin did not summon Yang Zhengshan, it can be seen that he actually did not value Yang Zhengshan very much. He only paid attention to Yang Zhengshan because of the death of Scar Liu.

This was also reasonable. Yang Zhengshan was a warrior, but in Luo Jin's eyes, he was just an ordinary person, and it was not worth it for him to always keep Yang Zhengshan in mind.