"Just now I saw Boss Ye riding a mule cart with a man in a horse carriage coming to the village and going straight to his house."

"What's going on?" Wang Guangping asked in confusion, but he had already started to wonder in his heart if someone else had come to the Qin Mansion.

When Nanny Jiang came before, she rode in a mule cart. Could it be that the person coming today has a higher status than her?

Madam Wang Er suddenly raised her voice and said, "I just asked him who was in the carriage, and he looked like he was lying to me.

"Tell me, if it really was relatives or friends coming to our house, would we have to hide it? He must be up to something!"

Wang Guangping frowned, his previous good mood was almost ruined by Madam Wang Er.

"What do you mean?"

"Village head, you need to go check it out!" Madam Wang Er yelled, "Their whole family has returned from outside the Great Wall, and we don't know their background. Who knows if they'll bring back any bad people? Don't let them come back and cause harm to our village!"

Although he was not very fond of Wang Erniang, she finally said this, and Wang Guangping really planned to go and see it.

If he is really from the Qin Mansion, I might as well go up and make myself familiar with him!

"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll go check it out in a moment."

Wang Guangping sent Wang Erniang away with a few words, went back to his room to change his clothes, and tidied himself up in front of the mirror. Before going out, he thought for a moment, went to the kitchen to get a piece of bacon, and then went to Ye's house.

After Mr. Wei and Qin Hexuan arrived at the Ye family, Old Mrs. Ye did not come out, and there was no movement in the room of Old Fourth Ye and his wife. Only Old Second Ye and his wife came out with the children to greet them.

Ye Lao Er said directly: "Young Master Qin, Mr. Wei, my old lady has been unwell these days and is unable to come out to greet you. I hope you can forgive me. Please go into the west room and rest first."

Ye Lao Da frowned when he heard this. After watching Qin Hexuan and Mr. Wei enter the west room, he pulled Ye Lao Er aside and asked, "What happened?"

"Oh, my mother is so angry with the fourth son's wife that she is sick. She has been feeling uncomfortable all over these days and can't get up from the kang!"

"..." When Boss Ye heard this, he didn't care about anything else and hurried into the east room to see Old Madam Ye.

When I entered the room, I saw Old Mrs. Ye lying on the kang, her brows twisted into a knot, struggling to get up.

Ye Laoda quickly stepped forward and supported Old Madam Ye, saying, "Mom, how are you now? Where do you feel uncomfortable? Ask someone to get it for you if you want. Be careful not to fall."

"There are guests at home, I have to go out and say hello!"

"Mother, you're already sick, why are you still thinking about these things? Mr. Wei and Young Master Qin won't blame you."

Seeing Old Madam Ye’s sick face, the eldest brother Ye said angrily: “Second brother, mother is so sick, why don’t you go to the city to send us a letter?

"If we don't come back today, are you going to continue hiding this from us?"

"Boss, don't blame the second brother, it was me who didn't let him tell you.

"I'm fine. I just got a little mad at the fourth son's wife. I'll be fine after a few days."

"Where are the fourth brother?" Boss Ye asked angrily.

"He went up the mountain." Ye Lao Er sighed, "He had a big fight with his wife over this matter. Now he goes up the mountain early and comes back late every day. When he comes back, he sleeps in the west room with the children and never goes back to his own room."

Thinking about the large bunch of wild rabbits and pheasants hanging outside the yard when I entered, I thought they must have been hunted by Ye Laosi.

Boss Ye couldn't help but sigh, and he couldn't say any complaints anymore.

The person who is probably suffering the most right now is probably Ye Laosi himself. On one side is his biological mother, and on the other side is his pregnant wife. It is really difficult for him.

Now that there were guests at home, Ye Lao Da didn't bother to ask what the fourth son's wife had done. He took out money to send Ye Lao Er to buy meat and vegetables, while rummaging through the drawers to find some tea to entertain the guests.

In the west room, after Mr. Wei sat down, he saw Ye Changrui and called him to his side and asked him a few questions about his homework.

Seeing this, Mrs. Ye listened without daring to make a sound, until she saw Mr. Wei nodded, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Mr. Wei said, "I told you to practice calligraphy before. Did you listen? Show it to me!"

Mrs. Ye said quickly, "Yes, I've been practicing it. Ever since you mentioned it, I've been practicing it every day. I'll get it for you to see!"

After she finished speaking, she quickly returned to her room and brought back a stack of papers covered in words.

The paper used was the cheapest rice paper, and some even had rough edges.

In order to save money, each piece of paper is covered with layers of writing, and it is almost impossible to distinguish the original shape.

So why is it difficult for children from poor families to succeed? It’s not that there are no smart children, but most of them are stuck with money.

These days, studying is not just about paying the teacher a tuition fee and gifts for festivals and birthdays.

Pens, ink, paper, inkstone, and even books, which one doesn’t cost money?

If they have a bright future, they will have to go to a large academy in the provincial capital or even the capital to continue their studies. The cost of food, clothing and other expenses will be too much for farmers, not to mention farmers, even some relatively wealthy families will have to tighten their belts.

So, how could ordinary families afford to send their children to school?

It was fine outside the Great Wall before, as Ye Changrui was the only one studying.

Now that I have come to Rongxi Village, not only have prices gone up, but the children below are also at the age where they should start to learn.

That's why Second Sister-in-law Ye and Third Sister-in-law Ye are so anxious to make money.

Every family has two or three sons. Regardless of whether they are good at studying or not, parents cannot favor one over the other. They must send all of them to school for a few years.

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