After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

Bai Qingyun clearly felt that his mother's fingers hidden in her sleeves were pinching him tighter.

But his voice was still calm, and no emotion could be heard: "Bingzhou, Pingcheng, Jiangzhou...are not rich places. Even Jishitang in the border area is better than here!"

There were endless battles on the border, and most of the medicinal materials needed by the injured soldiers were directly purchased and shipped over by the government.

Minor injuries can be dealt with normally, but if a war really breaks out and the supply of medicinal materials is not timely, the army can directly go to nearby medicinal material shops to purchase them.

The Jishidiang there is like the logistical support for the army, so it never has to worry about not being able to sell the herbs.

On the contrary, in cities that are some distance away from the border, life is not affluent and it is even more difficult to see a doctor.

Jiang's father knew such a simple truth. "Hui Niang is right. Your grandfather is afraid that I will block your second uncle's path!"

He shook his head and sighed again, with more disappointment and helplessness than before.

Bai's mother also heard his hidden meaning and said, "This is a trick of that woman! You have long given up the fight for the position of the head of the family. It is only a matter of time before her son becomes the head of the family. However, the Jiang family's assets have not been divided yet. This is to use the Jishitang of the three prefectures to make you completely withdraw from the fight for the assets."

Bai Qingyun still heard Bai's mother murmured softly: Sending away the beggar!

Father Jiang smiled bitterly, isn't it just sending away a beggar?

But he didn't care anymore: "You have lived in the countryside for a long time and don't know the political situation. Now the Second Princess and the Third Prince are fighting fiercely. It would be a good thing for me to resign and take your mother away from Kyoto."

"Although the income of the Jishitang in the three states is not as high as that of other places, it is enough for only your mother and I."

"You just asked me what I was planning to do, but have you found a way to make a living for Dad?"

Father Jiang asked with a smile, as if the person who was disappointed with his father just now was not him, and asked as usual.

Bai's mother didn't know how to describe her feelings at the moment. She thought that after she escaped, her parents would be able to live a little better without her as a burden.

She doesn't have to deal with those powerful people who come to propose marriage, nor does she have to worry about how much injustice her daughter has suffered from the second wife.

My father went to the government office and came back to live a simple life with my mother.

No matter how much the step-grandmother complained, as long as the father was still in office, the grandfather would not easily ignore the existence of his eldest son.

But if my father resigns, then I will have no one to rely on.

She picked up the teacup again, swallowed the bitterness in her throat with the fragrance of Longjing tea before the rain, and she saw that the white hair on her father's temples was getting thicker.

But Father Jiang still said to himself: "Let me guess, you asked me about the house in Dayang Village." He stroked his thin beard and said: "The last time I went to the housewarming party, I heard Village Chief Yang mentioned that a private school was going to be opened in the village."

"But my three grandchildren are planning to take the imperial examinations, and they are worried that the teachers in the private school are not good enough, so they specially asked me to teach them?"

He picked up the teacup, took a sip comfortably, and said with a smile: "You too, teaching your own children is not a livelihood. I don't have any other skills, but I still have the time to teach them to read."

Father Jiang narrowed his eyes and smiled, with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He was not a person favored by time and fate, but he still relied on his own efforts to embark on a career in politics.

It seemed that he knew that his daughter could still use an old man like him, and his mood became visibly happier. The atmosphere in the entire main hall also began to become cheerful.

Bai Qingyun was sitting opposite Bai's mother. She could clearly feel the pressure and struggle coming from her mother.

The beautiful face that had been restored to its original state by the spiritual spring water began to be filled with sorrow again.

She began to regain her less steady but slightly childish voice and said, "Grandpa Jiang is wrong. Since it is a private school, of course all children in the village must go there, and my brothers must go there too."

I don't call him grandfather directly, but I call him grandpa according to his seniority. It's not an exaggeration to call him grandpa.

Father Jiang was indeed somewhat pleased that his granddaughter did not call him "Master Jiang".

Compared to the reserved smile just now, at this moment he stroked his beard and laughed out loud "Hahahaha" towards the sky.

He was old, and after laughing for a while, he started coughing. This small cough touched the hearts of the three people present.

He moistened his lungs with the tea, and then continued, "Well, well! I didn't expect that the old man could still be of some use when he's old."

Father Jiang glanced at Mother Bai with a mischievous look in his eyes: "It's such a small matter, why should you beat around the bush? If you tell me directly, can I, as a grandfather, really ignore my grandson?"

Bai's mother was speechless and didn't know how to respond.

The father and daughter have been separated for so many years, and there are very few people who understand him, and she, his biological daughter, is one of them.

But as time passed, he began to change.

Jiang's father continued to ask, "When will the private school open?" He had originally planned to move gradually, but now he was afraid he would have to speed up the process.

Bai's mother replied as usual: "It will be soon. Once the potatoes in the village are harvested and the new crop is planted, everyone will have some free time to prepare for the children's schooling."

"At the earliest, it will be the end of this month, at the latest, the beginning of next month."

Village Chief Yang came over yesterday and told Bai's mother about the situation at the private school in detail.

Therefore, Bai's mother knew more about the specific details of the private school than Bai's father and others.

It is now the beginning of April, and there are still more than ten days until the end of the month.

The private school has already taken shape and it only takes a day or two to clean it and buy some things before it can be used directly.

More than ten days is enough for a private school.

But for those who are moving, it is still a bit stressful.

Father Jiang made a note of the date and nodded, "Okay, I'll remember it. I see there are quite a few children in the village, and the age distribution is uneven. I wonder where my grandchildren will learn from?"

"If I take the Tongsheng exam next year, will I need to take individual lessons?"

People are also selfish, although they will not ignore the children in the class and only pay attention to their own children.

But it was always inevitable to take more care of them, which would take up the private school's time, so Jiang's father was thinking about going to Bai's house after class or letting the children come to Jiang's house for extra lessons.

Bai's mother knew what Jiang's father meant, but she still shook her head: "The children in the village all fled all the way from Bingzhou, and they didn't have the opportunity to learn to read in the past."

"Everyone's foundation is similar, so we will all be in the same class at the beginning and will not be divided into classes in the short term."

"The villagers don't think that far ahead. They just hope their children can learn to read and find a job in the future, which is better than digging in the soil for food."

"If there are good students in the future, you can also plan to teach them individually to participate in the imperial examination. It is too early to say this now."