When the first batch of Tremella fuciformis was harvested, Yun Lan came back with his father Yun and his mother Yun.

"Big sister, thank you for the money. I will return the extra money to you first."

It was still the same cloth bag, which was originally stuffed with silver and copper coins, but now it was much flatter. It was obvious that Yun's father spent a lot of money on treating his leg.

"Brother, take the money and use it first." Yun Yuan looked at him and pushed the bag in front of him: "Hold on for a year, and return it to me when you pass the exam next year."

Yun Lan's heart was shocked: "Do you think I can pass the exam?"

Yun Yuan nodded without hesitation: "Of course I can."

In the plot, Yunlan did not forget to study while mining. In the early spring of the next year, he tried every means to escape to take part in the county examination, but was caught by the guards and beaten with internal injuries. Both eyes were blinded. A blind man naturally could not mine, so he was thrown into a turbulent river. He survived the disaster and returned to his hometown after many twists and turns.

Because of his obsession with examinations, he asked his former classmates about the questions of the county, prefectural and academy examinations that year. After returning home and tremblingly writing down the answers, he became depressed and died within a year.

Before his death, he wanted to report the mining to the court, but he was blindfolded when he went in to mine, and was blinded when he came out. He could not find the specific location and could not protect himself, so the matter was finally left unresolved.

After Yunlan's death, Yun's father refused to believe the truth and spent all day drinking. Yun's mother was eager to curry favor with her nephew. She had been doing this since Yunlan went to mine. Especially after seeing that Yunlan was blind, she became even nicer to her nephew and wanted her nephew to adopt a child for Yunlan.

It was as if after adopting the child, his neglect and oppression of Yun Lan no longer existed.

When the original owner was sorting out Yun Lan's belongings, she accidentally found his scribbled answer sheet, which was stained with black blood. She showed it to Qi Han tremblingly.

Qi Han's expression was complicated: "If it weren't for this accident, Yunlan would definitely have passed the exam and become a scholar."

The original owner was heartbroken. No matter how hard life was at the academy, Yunlan never gave up studying, but her life was broken by the hands of the person closest to her. She carefully kept those pieces of paper in a box and took them out to read whenever she missed Yunlan.

For decades, the original owner lived with regret. If she had been able to take some money back, would her brother's fate have been different? But the truth was, she was also suffering at the time. Her brother must have wanted to avoid making things difficult for her, so he left alone.

Yun Lan didn't know why his elder sister looked at him like that, as if there was a long time between them. For some reason, it made him feel sad.

"Big sister?"

"Brother." Yun Yuan wanted to hold his hand, but then thought it was inappropriate, so she pulled his sleeve instead and said sincerely, "Just study hard in the academy. Everything will be fine after next year."

Yun Lan nodded: "Okay."

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Yun Qiao was carrying manure at home, yes, the one carrying manure.

Mrs. Liu complained that she was slow: "Hurry up, Han'er will be back tomorrow. Carry all the manure to the field, don't let Han'er get fumed."

"Eh... ugh..." Yun Qiao was holding his breath, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the stench invaded him and he almost vomited.

She thought bitterly, does the fertile land have to be fertilized now? Without this little shit and urine, the weeds won't grow or something? If I don't fumigate Qi Han, I can fumigate myself, right? Old hag, you're so worried about your son, why don't you do it yourself?

No matter how he complained in his heart, Yun Qiao didn't dare to slow down. Seeing that the bucket was almost full, he picked up the dung bucket and went to the field.

In her previous life, she was extremely skilled at carrying a load. It was very painful at first because her skin was tender, but it became fine after she got used to it.

Yun Qiao bumped into someone after walking a few steps.

“Ouch!”

The man walked in a hurry, and Yun Qiao walked with his head down, leaving two buckets of feces and urine on the ground, staining the hems and shoes and socks of both men.

It was cold and sticky... Yun Qiao was about to curse the other person as soon as she looked up, but she didn't expect that the other person's face was even darker than hers, and he started to curse her.

"Vulgar, rude, blind, how can you do anything?"

Yun Qiao was shocked. Isn't this Qi Han? Why is he back?

She hurried forward and saw Qi Han covering his nose and retreating in disgust. She said awkwardly, "Brother Han, are you okay?"

"Can't you see?" Qi Han yelled angrily, his face as black as the bottom of a pot. He was splashed with feces and urine before he even entered the door. It was so unlucky.

When Liu heard the noise, she saw the mess on the ground and the dirt on her youngest son's body. She was so angry that she picked up the whip for driving ducks and hit Yun Qiao.

"You blind Dogecoin thing, you have no eyes, I will make you blind!"

Yun Qiao was beaten so hard that she screamed and jumped around, subconsciously hiding next to Qi Han. Qi Han could no longer bear the stench, so he pushed her away and went inside angrily.

Yun Qiao fell to the ground and stared blankly at Qi Han's back.

She comforted herself that at least she was better than her sister. Qi Han was unwilling to marry her, and her mother-in-law liked her more.

Seeing that she was as motionless as a piece of wood, Liu was angry and whipped her again.

"What are you standing there for? Go to the kitchen and boil some water."

Yun Qiao jumped up in pain: "I'm afraid of dirtying the kitchen."

Liu covered her nose, feeling extremely disgusted. She threw the whip away and went to the kitchen while scolding her: "Lazy girl, clean yourself up and wash Han'er's clothes later."

Yun Qiao took a deep breath: "Okay, Mom." She hissed in pain and pouted. Qi Han would never want this dress again, even if it was a new dress he had just worn last month.

When eating, no matter how delicious the food was, it always smelled like feces and urine. Qi Han put it down after taking a few bites because he really had no appetite.

"Dad, I've recently hooked up with Wu Yong, the son of the Wu family. His birthday is later this month, and I want to buy him some gifts to maintain our relationship."

Everyone at the table paused, the two sisters-in-law looked at each other, and put down their chopsticks together.

Sister-in-law: "I'm not being nosy, Han'er, we can support your studies, but we'd better save on gifts. You know the situation at home."

Second sister-in-law: "Your two nephews are also at the age of enlightenment..." She said it to the point and everyone knew what she meant.

Qi Da and Qi Er lowered their heads to eat, and the atmosphere suddenly became stiff.