Chapter 70 Female Household

Ye Xuan's eyes lit up with a determined light:

"I'll catch up if you give me some time!"

Ye Caiping smiled and nodded.

Mrs. Du breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes slightly red. She looked back at Ye Caiping, and it was not until this moment that the knot in her heart was completely untied.

"But my aunt only needs to give me a salary. I will find a way to get the pens, ink, paper and inkstone myself." Ye Xuan didn't want to owe Ye Caiping too much.

Although Ye Caiping owed her the money first, she would pay it back if she paid her tuition.

Ye Caiping was speechless: "Pen, ink, paper and inkstone and books are expensive, you can't be pretentious about this matter."

"Don't think you owe me a favor. I paid for your education because I owe you. Second, you are my nephew, and I really want you to move on."

"Third, I am a businessman. I want to continue to expand my business, so I have to find a backer. I hope you can step up step by step and protect me from the wind and rain. No matter who it is, I also want to support someone. In this case, it might as well be my own nephew, understand?"

"To put it simply, even if you don't go far in the future and only pass the exam to become a scholar, that's still good. Whether it's Jinhua, Yinhua, or Jin'er, when you get married in the future, having a scholar brother will be like having someone to support you."

"Besides, hasn't Li Zhiyuan always looked down on our family, saying that you are not good at studying?"

Ye Caiping sneered as she spoke, "He passed the imperial examination at the age of 33. Look how capable he is. Xuan'er, if you can pass the imperial examination before the age of 30, you can also help your aunt get rid of this bad feeling."

Ye Xuan nodded solemnly: "I understand, thank you, aunt."

Ye Caiping looked at Ye Peng again: "Since you want to study, Peng'er should study with you."

"What? I'm reciting too?" Ye Peng was confused.

"You are only fifteen years old. Whether you take the imperial examination or not, it is always good to learn some principles."

Wei was excited and pushed Ye Peng forward: "Your aunt is right, it's good to study! Maybe you can pass the exam and become a scholar!"

If the son of the first wife recites, then the son of the second wife naturally has to recite as well!

Ye Peng continued to be in a daze. Studying seemed to be a very prestigious thing!

Aren't the Jinshan and donkey in the village quite impressive? Everyone who sees them would praise them as scholars.

Thinking of this, Ye Peng became very willing and smiled while scratching his head.

Ye Xuan's eyes were red, and he bowed to Ye Caiping: "Xuan'er will definitely not let my aunt down. I will pass the exam and win honor for my aunt."

Ye Pengdian chuckled: "Me too, I will fight for my aunt."

Old Lady Ye looked at the situation and smiled until her eyes narrowed: "The problem now is where to find a teacher."

Ye Xuan said: "You can ask Jinshan. He is studying in the Qingfeng Academy in the town, and he is following an old scholar who is quite knowledgeable."

"Into the mountains?"

Mrs. Du said, "Zhao Jinshan is the child of Tieniu's family, two years younger than Xuan'er."

Ye Caiping suddenly realized: "It just so happens that I have something I want to ask Tie Niu's wife about, I'll ask her then."

The family was chatting when Ye Bajin suddenly rushed in: "Sister Caiping, several officials are here, and they want to see you! My father wants you to get to the big banyan tree quickly."

Official? Ye Caiping was startled: "Did he say what it was?"

"They came quickly and asked where Ye Caiping was, so my father sent me here..."

The faces of everyone in the Ye family changed. Common people were most afraid of seeing an official.

Old Man Ye said with a pale face: "We are an honest family, how could we attract the police..."

Mrs. Du asked anxiously, "Did you offend anyone when setting up the stall?"

Then he looked at Ye Caiping and said, "Little sister, think carefully, who have you offended recently?"

Ye Daquan glared at her and said, "Who could I offend? Besides, I haven't been setting up a stall recently. We are the ones setting up the stall... By the way, if we want to talk about offending someone, didn't we throw shit all over Li Zhiyuan yesterday?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's face changed.

Wei trembled, "This Li Zhiyuan is a scholar after all... and the officers are coming for my little sister. Did he ask the officers to arrest me?"

Everyone in the Ye family felt that this was the only possibility.

Ye Xuan frowned: "Bullshit, what reason does he have to arrest people?"

Ye Caiping had already made up her mind and said with a smile, "Xuan'er is right. He is just a scholar. There are at least dozens of scholars in Yue'an County. What does he count as?"

Moreover, in the original owner's memory, Li Zhiyuan had no connections in the government.

"I'll go over and take a look first." Ye Caiping said, and went out with Bajin.

Everyone in the Ye family looked at each other, and followed Ye Caiping with pale faces.

Under the big banyan tree in Qinghe Village.

Five or six officers were standing there, and Ye Li was nodding and bowing to them.

Many villagers gathered around to watch the fun, but did not dare to go closer, out of curiosity and fear.

"Cai Ping, you're here." When Aunt Ye and Uncle Ye saw the person coming, they hurried over and whispered, "I heard that the officials are looking for you... Is there anything wrong?"

"Brother." Uncle Ye looked at Old Man Ye with a deeply frowned brow.

"I'll go ask right now." Ye Caiping said.

Under the curious and worried gazes of the villagers, Ye Caiping walked to Ye Lizheng.

Ye Lizheng's eyes lit up, and he pulled Ye Caiping forward: "Master Luo, gentlemen, this is Caiping."

Master Luo is a thin old man with a shrewd look. He looked at Ye Caiping and said with a smile, "Daughter of the Ye family, you are the one who discovered the method to remove the toxins and eat the poisonous roots?"

After these words were spoken, Old Man Ye and others finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that no crime had been committed.

"Yes, Master." Ye Caiping said, "I used to buy some miscellaneous books on the street. One of them was said to be an imported product, translated by a capable person."

"I bought it out of curiosity. It contained a description of how to eat a certain plant. The plant looked a bit like a poisonous root, so I tried it and it worked."

Master Luo smiled and nodded: "You are a courageous person for being able to discover and dare to try. Last month, Ye Lizheng reported this matter. We tried your method and it really worked. The higher-ups also affirmed this discovery. It has been decided to reward you."

At that time, after the method of eating cassava was reported, the magistrate of Yue'an County was so excited that he couldn't sleep for three days.

After the trial, the report will be submitted to the provincial capital, and then to higher authorities. Soon, cassava will be promoted nationwide. This is a great achievement.

The magistrate of Yue'an County was credited with a great achievement. Of course, he would not forget to reward the person who discovered it, so he sent Master Luo to come.

"Ye picked apples and discovered the method of eating cassava, and he is rewarded with fifty taels of silver." As Master Luo said this, he took a tray from the official, on which were five ten-tael silver ingots.

"Thank you, sir, thank you, Master." Ye Caiping bowed but did not take the tray: "I have an unwelcome request."

Master Luo frowned: "Go ahead!"

"My daughter is a divorced woman and has been living in her parents' home. But it is not convenient to live with my brother and his wife all the time, so I want to use these fifty taels to exchange for a female household."

Old Lady Ye and others were stunned. Female household?

But Master Luo and the officers were still there, so he dared not say anything.

Mr. Luo smiled and said, "I thought it was a big deal, but it's just a small matter. Tomorrow, take your household registration book and come to the back office to find me. Take the fifty taels, it's a reward."

Ye Caiping breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, what seemed impossible to ordinary people could be solved as long as they had connections with the government or had made achievements.

"Thank you, Master, and thank you, officers and gentlemen."