Mrs. Zhou took her daughter back to her room alone, and after a moment's hesitation, she said, "My daughter, I want to tell you something."

Zhou Chunfeng said, "Mom, if you have something to say, just tell me. Why are you still hesitating?"

Old Mrs. Zhou sighed, "Isn't this because mother is afraid of causing you trouble?"

Seeing her like this, Zhou Chunfeng was a little curious about what her mother was going to say to her.

"Mom, I am your daughter, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly."

Mrs. Zhou then spoke up: "It's not just your eldest brother's second child, but your second brother's eldest child is also old enough to go to school. I was planning to send the children to the academy in town after I made some money from the sweet potatoes this year.

But now it seems that Mr. Fang from your village is better than those teachers in the town.

My mother wanted to ask if she could send her two children to study in the school in our village.

But don't worry, you don't have to pay for the child's expenses. Your eldest and second brothers will take care of it."

Zhou Chunfeng was relieved when she heard about this, "Mom, it's not that I don't want my two nephews to come to the village to study, I even went to inquire about this matter a few days ago.

Recently, many people have come to the village for this matter, but they were all rejected by the village chief and Mr. Fang.

Mr. Fang said that he is only accepting these twenty students and has no plans to accept more students for the time being. "

After hearing this, Old Mrs. Zhou felt disappointed. It seemed that it was impossible to let her grandson study here.

Seeing her mother's disappointment, Zhou Chunfeng hurriedly comforted her, "Mom, don't worry, I will always pay attention to this matter. If Mr. Fang wants to accept students, I will be the first to write to you."

The old lady patted her daughter's hand with satisfaction and said, "Okay, thank you in advance."

"Look at what you said, mother. What else do we need to say thank you or not?"

Wu Chuntao, who was waiting outside, saw the old lady coming out of the house and hurried over.

"Mom, what's up?"

The old lady shook her head and said, "This is not possible. Chunfeng has already asked before, and Mr. Fang is not recruiting students for the time being.

Your younger sister said that once we have students enrolled here, she will write to us."

Wu Chuntao was disappointed when she heard this, but since the teacher didn't want to accept students, there was nothing they could do.

On the way home, the old lady said to her two daughters-in-law, "After we sell the sweet potatoes from the field this year, we will send the two children to the school in town.

You can’t delay your studies. Look at your younger sister’s two children. They are really successful now.”

Both daughters-in-law agreed with a smile. Although their sons could not come to Wangjia Village to study, it was good enough as long as they could go to school.

The next day, Zheng Xiaoman and his family went to the Yang family next door early.

The Yang family is having a banquet today, and they brought people over to help.

Li Cuixia saw them coming and hurried over to greet them, "Oh sister-in-law, today I am so grateful that you brought people to help me, otherwise I would be exhausted to death if I had to prepare for so many people."

Like the Zheng family, their family also set up more than 30 tables today, and people of all ages in the village came.

The Yang family’s place is small and there is no room for anything in the yard, so the tables and chairs have already been placed outside the gate.

Li Cuixia felt that if her son had not become a scholar, there would not be so many people coming to his wedding.

Zhou Chunfeng followed Li Cuixia into the house with a smile on her face. "We are all here to share in the good fortune. Your family's Shu Huai is very promising and has become a scholar in no time. If it were me, I would be happy even if I died of exhaustion."

Li Cuixia laughed out loud, "Sister-in-law, what you said is true. As long as the children are well, I am happy as a mother no matter how tired I am."

The two of them took the maids to the kitchen to busy themselves, and as soon as the beginning of summer came, they ran to find Yang Shuxing.

Yang Shuxing was hiding in the house at the moment. When he saw Lixia coming, he quickly pulled him into the house and closed the door.

Lixia looked at him in confusion, "What are you doing? Why are you acting like a thief in your own home?"

Yang Shuxing sighed helplessly, "You don't know, ever since my brother became a scholar, there has been someone coming to our house these days.

Every time these people talk about my brother, they have to mention me and nag me to work harder.

You said I am only 9 years old this year, isn't it normal that I can't pass the exam to become a scholar? I am already a student, is that not enough?

They can praise my brother if they want, but they have to criticize me. It’s so annoying.”

Lixia was laughing secretly on the side. Fortunately, his brother was also a student like him, otherwise he would be the one who was upset right now.

Seeing that he was still smiling, Yang Shuxing snorted in dissatisfaction.

Lixia quickly put away the smile on her face, "Alright, it's not a big deal. If you want to listen to what they say, just listen to it. If you don't want to listen, just pretend you didn't hear it.

By the time you reach your brother’s age, you might have passed the imperial examination.”

"Puff!" Yang Shuxing burst out laughing. "You think taking the imperial examination is like buying cabbage. There are many scholars who cannot pass the imperial examination in their entire lives. If I can pass the imperial examination at the age of 16, I can really be called a child prodigy."

"Hahaha." Lixia also laughed. Wanting to pass the imperial examination at the age of 16 was indeed a daydream.

At this moment, there were more and more people in the yard outside, and Yang Shuxing was also called out to entertain the guests.

When it was time for dinner, Zheng Xiaoman, Cuihua and several other sisters sat at the same table. In addition to the five of them, there were also a few girls from the same village and a girl she had never seen before.

The girl was fair and pretty, and looked to be around thirteen or fourteen years old.

Seeing Zheng Xiaoman looking at the other person several times, Cuihua leaned close to her ear and said quietly, "I just saw this girl calling Yang Shuhuai cousin, she must be a relative of theirs."

Zheng Xiaoman raised his eyebrows. He had never heard of any relatives on the Yang family. It seemed that they must be from his aunt's side.

But the other party should not have been here before, otherwise it would be impossible for her to have never seen her in the two years she has lived here.

Zheng Xiaoman looked for a while and then looked away.

What she didn't see was that the little girl was also secretly looking at her.

Among the girls in this village, this girl is the most beautiful.

And when she heard that she was the daughter of the big house next door, she couldn't help but feel a little envious.

After the dishes were served, Zheng Xiaoman and his friends ate happily.

When the meal was almost over, Li Cuixia came to their table with her eldest son.

The girl who was suspected to be Yang Shuhuai's cousin's eyes lit up when she saw them coming.

She stood up, smiled sweetly at Yang Shuhuai, and called out "Cousin."

Li Cuixia, who was following behind her son, couldn't help but frown, and was obviously not very happy.

But the little cousin only had Yang Shuhuai in her eyes now, and didn't notice her expression at all.

Zheng Xiaoman got goosebumps when she heard the word "cousin". The sugar content was so high that she almost laughed out loud.

Cuihua nudged Zheng Xiaoman with her shoulder and nodded her chin towards her little cousin, her eyes full of gossip.

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