There were two tables of food, each filled with braised pork rice, dumplings, sweet and sour pork ribs, spicy pork ribs, sweet and sour fish, spicy fish, cucumber salad, stir-fried bok choy, and mushroom soup.

Every dish was mouth-watering, and the mushroom soup filled the whole room with an enticing aroma.

While helping to serve the dishes, Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Qian kept praising Li Yu's cooking skills.

They looked at the two tables of food and expressed their sincere admiration for Li Yu.

Old man Lin started eating only after all the dishes were served.

Only when the head of the family started eating did others start eating, even the children were no exception.

The young people here have hardly ever eaten food made with Li Yu.

This meal directly opened the door to a new world.

Uncle Lin's youngest son, Lin Jie, didn't care about the food he hadn't finished yet and said to Li Yu, "Second Aunt, you can open a restaurant. I don't think the food there will be as good as yours."

His wife Qian blushed and pinched him, whispering: "Just eat your meal well, why are you talking so much?" Why did she feel that her new husband was like a child?

Li Yu smiled and said to him, "Forget about opening a restaurant. With my body, I, your Second Aunt, would be exhausted after just a few days of being a cook."

Lin Jie thought about it, nodded, and said that it was right, then started to show off again.

Sweet and sour pork ribs are very popular among children, and of course the two girls Lin Mei and Lin Ruo.

The two girls were eating and whispering to each other with their heads buried in each other.

Mrs. Zhong said to everyone: "Her second aunt's cooking skills are really amazing. Look, Tiantian and his brother don't even eat rice and dumplings, they just eat pork ribs." This is not an exaggeration, the two children really enjoy the meal.

Even Uncle Lin's one and a half year old grandson was chewing on a piece of pork chop.

Wang also said: "Sister-in-law, I can guarantee that after this meal, these little brats will come to your house every day."

"Haha, come on. Xiaobao is the only one at home and I'm worried that no one will play with him." Li Yu said.

When they were almost done eating, everyone started talking about Linhe.

Uncle Lin San first said to Lin He: "Ah He, are you adjusting to school? I didn't even know you were here, and I didn't even go to see you off."

Lin He said: "Uncle San, what are you talking about? I'm already an adult. But I didn't inform you when I entered the school. It was indeed my fault, Uncle San, I'm sorry." Lin He knew of course that his uncle would not blame him, but he might feel uncomfortable.

Uncle Lin stopped him quickly and said, "Why are you still saying sorry, kid? But go back to school, I'm happy for you.

When Third Uncle is not busy in a couple of days, I will make you a desk."

"Don't refuse!" he added.

Lin He's words of refusal were stuck in his throat.

He took an awkward bite of the food before mumbling a thank you.

Grandma Lin said, "Why thank you? He's your third uncle. What's wrong with him making a desk for you?"

Uncle Lin San continued: "That's right, it's just a simple thing to do."

Old Man Lin also asked Lin He: "How is the school? No one bullies you, right? I heard that the school's family is in town, and the children from well-off families bully country kids like us."

Hearing this, Lin He knew that it must be the experience of Lin Heng’s friend in school that made Old Man Lin feel frightened.

He quickly reassured Old Man Lin: "Grandpa, don't worry, no one will bully me. Besides, your grandson is the oldest in the class B at the academy, so they can't bully me."

Old Man Lin felt relieved when he saw that Lin He’s explanation was very logical.

What Lin He didn't say was: Although there was no bullying in the school as Old Man Lin thought, there were still many people who said sour words.

Lin He would definitely not tell this to his family, and he didn't care at all about what others thought of him.

He then told everyone about his study situation: "The teacher directly put me into the B-character class. He said that I was fine in other aspects, but I needed to work harder on my calligraphy. If I passed the exam in the B-character class, I could move to the A-character class. If I passed the teacher's assessment in the A-character class, I could take the county exam."

Everyone then understood the difference between Class B and Class A.

From the fact that the teacher asked Lin He to practice calligraphy, Li Yu knew that this teacher was quite capable.

In ancient times, examinations required writing essays, which is completely different from modern ones.

Nowadays, even if your handwriting is a mess, as long as the teacher recognizes it and the answer is correct, you have a chance to get full marks.

In ancient times, even if you didn't have good handwriting, no one would read your essay even if it was beautiful. The examiners were all learned people, and the most uncertain thing about learned people in ancient times was good handwriting.

Just imagine, which examiner who is knowledgeable and has good handwriting can read an article that is written like a piece of shit.

After everyone had finished eating, Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Wang brought their daughters-in-law to help Li Yu clean up the mess before going home.

The next morning, Li Yu did not write the storybook as he had planned.

She took Lin He up the mountain, under the pretext of picking mushrooms, but actually it was for exercise, as both she and Lin He had serious health problems.

The original owner had been working hard for years, and her body had long been severely overdrawn. Recently, she had been staying indoors writing storybooks.

This is not good either, so she plans to take a day off today.

Lin He was even more frail. Given his temperament, he would definitely study whenever he had a free moment at school. Li Yu knew that without even asking. So, she took Lin He for a walk and some sun.

Li Yu had said before that when he had money he would go to the clinic for a thorough checkup. Well, various things got mixed up, and Lin He didn't have much money for schooling, so Li Yu concentrated on writing the storybook.

I actually forgot about this.

Li Yu himself was speechless.

Medicines are too expensive nowadays, and Li Yu only has a little over three taels of silver on her hand. She is worried that she won’t be able to get out once she goes in because she doesn’t have enough money.

I can only wait a little longer. The next time Lin He is on holiday, there should be 700-800 taels of savings. I'll go check it out.

Every time Li Yu counted the coins, he sighed that he was a diligent citizen in his previous life and had never broken the law.

How can I be so poor in this life? Enough is enough.

They met Yang Xiaohu from the same village in the mountains. He was Lin He’s childhood playmate, a tall and thin boy.

He was very happy to see Lin He. He ran over to hug him, but then he stopped and said, "Lin He, I heard you got into the academy. That's great. Congratulations."

Lin He was also very happy to see him. He was the only person of his age in the village with whom he had a good relationship. When he was a child, due to his physical condition, there were no children to play with him.

But he was very puzzled as to what was wrong with this little tiger and why he was so unfamiliar with him.

Li Yu certainly saw the reason. The country people of that era had a blind worship of scholars and believed that anyone who was a scholar had a higher status than them.

She walked away silently, leaving this matter to the young people to handle themselves.