Chapter 340 Buying a Manor

Su Xueyi nodded and said, "Yes."

Shen Yueyao added: "He ranked first in the provincial examination and was the top scorer."

Upon hearing this, Shen Shaojing almost jumped up.

"My brother-in-law is so amazing. This is so exciting."

“The knowledge is great.”

Shen Shaojing paced back and forth excitedly, not knowing what to say.

Just like he passed the exam.

Shen Shaojing has a certain understanding of scientific expeditions.

Knowing that his brother-in-law had passed the exam and ranked first in the class, Shen Shaojing felt as if he had scored first himself. He couldn't even describe the excitement he felt.

He had always thought that his brother-in-law was well-educated, but he didn't expect him to be so well-educated.

It is conceivable that with such knowledge, my brother-in-law will definitely become an official in the future.

By then, my sister will be an official’s wife.

This way he won't have to worry about expanding his business.

In fact, after hearing Mianmian's story, Shen Shaojing knew that for ordinary people to do business, they still had to have connections and be protected by officials in order to keep their business.

Otherwise, they will use power to exert pressure like the Xu family did, and they will not be able to keep the secret recipe even if they have it.

Fortunately, the Xu family is not considered an official, so at least they have a way to fight back.

Now that the Xu family’s affairs have been resolved, they no longer have to worry about these things.

Of course, this is only one aspect. Shen Shaojing is mainly happy for his sister.

Shen Shaojing said: "Such a happy thing, I have to go back and tell my parents about it. They will definitely be very excited."

"By the way, I'll tell the shopkeeper that we can go home first."

Shen Shaojing didn't care about watching the store anymore, and just wanted to go home with his sister, brother-in-law and their family.

It’s indeed getting late, so if we get to Xinghua Village earlier we can have lunch earlier.

Shen Yueyao said: "Fourth brother, go and call fourth sister-in-law to go home together."

"well."

Then, they got on a carriage and went to another hot pot restaurant to pick up Ning Mianmian, and then returned to Xinghua Village together.

Although it is autumn now, the weather is still warm at noon, and there are many people standing on the streets in the village.

Many people came out to bask in the sun after lunch, while some couldn't sit still and sat on the street chatting with their neighbors, each holding a basket of corn and shelling the kernels.

There were no machines in this era, so the villagers dried the corn they grew, then peeled it one by one in their spare time, and then took the peeled corn to the mill to grind into cornmeal.

So in this era, every grain of food is produced step by step through hard work.

Shen Chengzhou and Cui had already received the letter sent by Shen Yueyao, in which Shen Yueyao also said that Su Xueyi had passed the imperial examination.

He also told them that they didn't have to make any effort, as they would come to their house when the time came.

In fact, Shen Yueyao also knew that her family must be busy, and it would probably not take much time to go to Liuhe Village and back.

That's why Shen Chengzhou and Cui didn't go to Liuhe Village.

But Cui was happy in her heart. When she went to the river to wash clothes, someone in the village asked her.

In fact, some villagers had relatives who knew that the results of the provincial examination had just been announced some time ago, and the county government had arranged for yamen runners to deliver the good news.

Everyone also knows that Cui's son-in-law is a scholar. He has always won the first place in the college examination and is a real scholar.

So everyone couldn't help but ask.

Cui couldn't hold it in any longer, and when everyone asked her, she couldn't help but tell everyone that her son-in-law had ranked first in the provincial examination and was the top scorer.

When the villagers heard this, they were all shocked.

Although they were shocked, everyone was very enthusiastic towards Cui and rushed to congratulate her.

Cui also felt a sense of pride in her heart.

She still remembers all the things the villagers said in the past.

Of course, the villagers don't have any bad intentions, they just like to gossip about the neighbors when they have nothing to do.

Cui is protective of her daughter and son-in-law. She doesn't like others talking about them.

At this moment, she told the story of her son-in-law passing the imperial examination and how good he was to her. Everyone was moved by what they heard.

Everyone thinks that Cui is a blessed woman. Her sons and daughters are filial, her daughters-in-law are so good, and her son-in-law has passed the imperial examination and become a top scholar.

If you pass the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official in the future, you will go to the capital.

For the villagers of Xinghua Village, the capital city is a very far away place. They have only heard of it at most, but have never known what the capital city looks like.

Cui was proud and happy for her daughter and son-in-law.

Just when Shen Yueyao and Su Xueyi came back with Dabao and Erbao, Cui heard the news in the house, put down the basin in her hand, and ran out in a hurry. She ran so fast that she left only a shadow.

"Hey, Yao Niang, Xue Yi, Da Bao and Er Bao, you are here, come into the house quickly."

"Dabao and Erbao, grandma's good babies."

Cui looked at Shen Shaojing and said, "Shaojing, go and call your father, your third brother, and your sister-in-law back quickly. They are busy in the fields now."

Shen Shaojing asked, "Why did you go to the fields?"

Cui smiled and said, "The sweet potatoes your sister asked us to plant are now ripe, so it's a good time to dig them up."

Shen Shaojing had forgotten everything.

When Cui saw Ning Mianmian getting off the carriage at the back, she also hurriedly greeted her warmly.

After moving all the things down, they exchanged a few pleasantries and then Shen Yueyao began to help Cui with cooking.

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The village was bustling with activity, so everyone knew that Shen Yueyao and her family had arrived.

The village is really that small and everyone has nothing to do right now, so if something happens in the village, it will spread quickly.

Everyone sitting on the street couldn't help talking.

"The Shen family's daughter, son-in-law and their family are all here."

"I have to say that the son-in-law of the Shen family is really good. He won first place in the provincial examination and he is not arrogant at all. He came here with his wife."

"That's right. Even if I become an official in the future, I guess it will be the same."

"Just look at that. Li Shaoshuo and Zou's faces are turning green with frustration."

"They are stupid and have done it themselves. If they hadn't done it themselves, they would still be related to the Shen family. Young Master Su would have passed the imperial examination and might even have won the first place in the future. They would have benefited from it. But now the Shen family doesn't recognize Li Shaoshuo and Zou. It's useless for them to make a fuss now. It's written in black and white that they have nothing to do with the Shen family. Everyone in the village can testify to this."

"Let's not talk about them, even the old people are very obedient and don't dare to make any noise now."

"When Mr. Su broke his leg, who would have thought that after his leg healed, he would always get first place in the exams."

"That's right. Not only that, look at how the Shen family is doing now. It's incomparable to the past. The third and fourth families opened a shop, and I heard that their business is booming."

"They sell all the vermicelli from their vermicelli workshop as soon as they're made. They don't even have to harvest the crops themselves. They used to hire people to harvest wheat, but now, the Cui family won't have to work so hard on the farm anymore."

When the villagers talked about the Shen family, they couldn't help but sigh.

Shen Yueyao and Su Xueyi took Dabao and Erbao to stay at her mother's house for a day and prepared to go back the next day.

However, the next morning when she accompanied her fourth brother to the county government office to buy land, she found that there was also a farm for sale there.

When she heard Zhuangzi, Shen Yueyao's expression changed.

"And there's the Zhuangzi. How big is this Zhuangzi?"

The yamen runner recognized Su Xueyi and Shen Yueyao. They had gone to the village before to deliver the good news of the provincial examination. Naturally, he knew that the person in front of him was not an ordinary person.

So the yamen runner respectfully explained, "The farms the county government is selling include large and small farms. The large farm has over 800 acres of land, and the small farm has over 200 acres. Because they are farms, they are all connected, making it convenient for growing crops. If you buy them now, you can plant crops in the spring of next year."

Shen Yueyao asked about the specific matters of Zhuangzi again, and the yamen runners explained them carefully and patiently.

Shen Yueyao asked about the price and it didn't seem expensive.

It is a little far away from Liuhe Village, but there are people who take care of the village and there is also a village head.

As long as she works hard, she only needs to leave what needs to be planted and how to plant it to the people in the farm, and she doesn't need to worry about anything else.

Looking at these farms, Shen Yueyao looked a little excited.

This is the perfect time to plant some rapeseed flowers. When spring comes and the rapeseed flowers mature, they can be used to extract oil, and the land can be cleared for planting cotton.

Perhaps part of the land could be used to plant rapeseed for two seasons.

Use part of the land to grow high-yield wheat produced in the space, and then plant cotton after the wheat is harvested.

All in all, these places can play a role.

Thinking of this, Shen Yueyao directly bought four farms.

It cost more than three thousand taels of silver.

Fortunately, she still has a lot of money in her hands.

Moreover, after planting rapeseed flowers and pressing oil, it becomes more convenient to eat the oil.

No need to buy oil to make chili meat sauce.

Most villagers grow peanuts for oil extraction, but the oil produced from one acre of peanuts is not as much as that produced from one acre of rapeseed.

Also, my fourth brother runs a chain of restaurants, so he must use a lot of oil.

Fourth brother had said before that buying oil flowers was expensive, and if we could get rape flowers and open an oil press, we could save a lot of money.

Now that Shen Yueyao had a plan in mind, everything became easier.

Shen Yueyao looked at Su Xueyi and said, "I want to go to the manor that afternoon to take a look."

Su Xueyi said gently, "Okay, I'll accompany you to the manor to take a look."

Shen Yueyao looked at Dabao and Erbao again.

Dabao and Erbao hugged Shen Yueyao's legs and said, "Dad and Mom, let's go too, let's go too."

Shen Yueyao smiled and gently touched their cheeks and said, "Okay, let's go and take a look together."