When the father and son returned home, all of Tao Dazhu's family except Tao Erya gathered there. It was obvious that Wang had cried bitterly, but of course no one knew whether she was crying for the stolen silver or for Erya.

The Song family only had these two sons. Although they were not satisfied with Wang as their daughter-in-law and Tao Erya who dared to harm their grandsons, the eldest son's family was not left too unlucky when the family was divided. Except for the big house, ten taels of the twenty-five taels of silver in the family were given to the eldest son, so that he and his wife could renovate the old house and buy new household items.

Although twenty-five taels of silver is not a small amount, it was something the old lady had saved bit by bit over many years and had originally intended to use to pay for her precious grandson's education.

However, of the ten taels of silver, Wang's family borrowed two taels, and less than one tael was spent on miscellaneous items, leaving seven taels of silver and some copper coins. Tao Erya took all the seven taels and the copper coins away, leaving nothing for her family. In other words, Tao Erya disappeared, otherwise, if she was found, Wang would have beaten her to the point of paralysis without Tao Dazhu having to do anything.

Seeing her grandson coming back, the old lady didn't want to argue with her eldest grandson's family anymore, and said unhappily, "Alright, go back to your own home. That's your own daughter, how can you blame me, an old lady? I've distributed a lot of food to you, if you save some, you will definitely be able to eat the food from the fields."

"Let me tell you, when the family was divided, I didn't treat you unfairly at all. The eldest and second eldest brothers each received ten taels of silver, and the remaining five taels were my coffin money. You guys are even eyeing my coffin money, right? Get out, all of you!"

The old lady picked up a broom to chase people away, waving it vigorously. Wang was afraid of the old lady to begin with, and the eldest son didn't dare to confront her, so he had to pat his butt and leave.

The old lady was also very angry today. She thought that it was a good thing that she had separated the eldest son's family. If that damn girl stole it from her, what would happen to her precious grandchildren? And the eighty taels of silver from selling ginseng might also be ruined. The more this happened, the more the old lady had to hide the silver.

The old lady had no intention of using the eighty taels of silver to subsidize the eldest brother's family, because she knew that although Wang was an honest person, if she really took out the silver, Wang might think that there were more than twenty-five taels of silver in the family, and that they were all hidden by her, an old woman, and left for Dayong. This was not a fair division of the family, and not only would the well-intentioned subsidy not go to good use, but she would also get into trouble.

Anyway, the eldest brother’s family is not waiting to starve to death because they have nothing to eat. They will wait until they really can’t survive.

Seeing her grandson acting more and more like a scholar, the old lady smiled again. Her good grandson was really considerate, unlike that damn girl Tao Erya. She saw clearly that she was a troublemaker, and it was better for her to leave, otherwise more than seven taels of silver would be wasted.

Tao Dayong and Xiao Song also had a concern. Although they wanted to strangle Tao Erya to death, they knew that if they did so, they would not only not be sympathized by the villagers, but would also be considered too cruel. After all, they were a family and she was their niece, so it was better for her to run away. They could just turn a blind eye to her and avoid getting angry every time they saw her.

Moreover, in their opinion, Tao Erya, who was carrying silver on her, would be easily targeted. A little girl who really thought she was capable and could live a good life by running away, would end up being caught and sold to someone unknown.

Yuan Jing also thought it was good. At least he could live a less worrying life in the next few years and he didn't have to be on guard every day against Tao Erya having any harmful thoughts again. As for whether Tao Erya could still have the same luck as the heroine in the plot, he would have to wait and see. He always believed that in this ancient environment, it was much easier for men to do things than women.

In order to prevent the plot from being inflexible, Yuan Jing worked very hard in his studies, striving to pass the exams as soon as possible. The higher he climbed, the more helpless Tao Erya became with him.

However, there is one more thing that the adults need to do, in case Tao Erya does something strange in the future: "Grandma, given Tao Erya's personality, it's fine if she can't make it out there. But if she makes it out, I'm afraid she'll use our family as a target. Even if she doesn't do that, if she causes trouble one day, it will affect our family and Taojia Village. So, why not ask the clan leader to change the family tree and see if Tao Erya should be removed from the family tree or something."

The clan leader should understand this better than him. Besides, considering that Tao Erya killed her cousin first and stole money later, the Tao family would not allow such a girl to continue to stay in the family tree.

Tao Dayong immediately put down his chopsticks: "Mom, I think what Jingbao said makes sense. I think this damn girl is a troublemaker. She is very troublesome. Jingbao wants to take the imperial examination and become an official in the future. What if this damn girl ruins his bright future..."

The old lady was a little hesitant at first, but when she heard that it would affect her precious grandson's future, all her hesitations disappeared: "Okay, after dinner, I will go to the clan leader to talk to him. It's good that the dead girl ran away. We can just pretend that this person has never been born in our family."

The clan leader was already very annoyed about what Tao Erya had done. When the old lady went over and told him about it, the clan leader immediately clapped his hands and agreed. He consulted with a few clan elders, and then opened the ancestral hall to ask for the family tree. Tao Sanya was promoted to Tao Erya's position. Coincidentally, more than a year later, Wang became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, who was originally supposed to be Tao Siya's. This just filled Tao Sanya's vacancy.

After the family tree was revised, the clan leader directly informed Tao Dazhui's family of the result. He notified them instead of asking for their opinions. The Tao family does not have such morally corrupt and cruel members, so as to avoid ruining the reputation of the entire family. The clan leader does not care whether Tao Dazhui and his wife are reluctant to part with their daughter, and he also notified all members of the Tao family to speak with one voice in the future.

So, Tao Erya, no, it was Tao Yuzhu who later became a very important figure in Taojia Village. Now Tao Erya is only six years old and has become Yuan Jing's cousin.

Before the second boy of the Tao family was born, the autumn harvest of Taojia Village arrived. This is the most difficult time for farmers, but also the happiest moment, because this year the weather is good and there will be a good harvest. The family’s granary can be filled again, and they have enough food for a year. How can the villagers not be happy?

Little Song had a big belly and couldn't bend her waist, so she couldn't go to the fields. Yuan Jing wanted to go to the fields to work, but the whole family stopped him, saying that his hands were for holding pens, not sickles. Yuan Jing insisted on going to the fields, and the old lady looked like she was going to bump into him. What could Yuan Jing do? He had to stay at home.

"It's okay for me not to go to the fields, but grandma should spend money to hire two people to help. Our family doesn't need the money now. If grandma and dad's health are really damaged, the money for medical treatment and medicine will be more than this. Besides, doesn't grandma want to live a few more years to see her grandson prosper?"

"This..." The old lady was moved. Of course, she wanted to live a few more years to see her grandson become successful and become the envy of the neighbors.

"Mom, listen to Jingbao. This way you will feel more relaxed." Tao Dayong also followed suit.

The old lady was so happy that her son and grandson were both filial and caring: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Tao Dayong went out for a while and brought back two diligent and honest temporary workers. It took them two days to clean up several acres of land. Yuan Jing, who stayed at home, tried to make sure everyone had better food so that they would have the strength to work.

In addition to going to the town to buy meat, he also dug a trap at the foot of the mountain and poured some spiritual spring water into it to attract wild animals in the mountains. Because Tao Erya did this in the plot, he followed suit. When he went there early the next morning, there were really two wild rabbits in the trap. He happily carried them back by their ears.

Tao Dayong was also amazed. How could he catch a rabbit like this? Then he thought again, his Jingbao was a lucky child. It was normal that Jingbao could catch one while others could not.

If someone else was pushed down from such a high place and stayed in the mountain for a whole night, would they still be able to survive the next day?

Tao Dayong happily cooked the wild rabbit and stewed it in a pot. The whole family and two temporary workers ate it with their mouths drooling.

After the busy farming season, Yuan Jing filled the trap. However, since he had done too much, it aroused suspicion. He decided to find another way to improve his family's life.

The autumn harvest had just passed, and everyone had just recovered from overwork when little Song was about to give birth.

Yuan Jing, who had just come out of school, saw that his father looked a little panicked and asked what was wrong.

"Your mother was going to give birth to a brother for you. He wasn't born yet when I came out."

Yuan Jing was about to faint. He was about to give birth, so why did his father come to pick him up? "Dad, quickly hire a car and ask a doctor to go back. What if Mom has trouble giving birth?"

"But this isn't your mother's first child."

"Don't they say that giving birth is like going through the gates of hell for a woman? Dad, I don't want a stepmother. I'm worried about my mom." Thinking that the child couldn't be born in the plot, Yuan Jing was afraid that the plot would have the inertia to torment his mother and the child.

"Okay, listen to Jingbao."

Tao Dayong was also worried about his wife. The two were cousins and had been good friends since childhood. Later, they naturally became husband and wife. Otherwise, she would not have looked reluctant when she came to pick up her son. He picked up Yuan Jing and ran to the town clinic, and then hired a ox cart to drive back to the village.

As soon as he entered the yard, he heard little Song's screams coming from the house. Yuan Jing's legs went weak and his heart trembled. This was not the modern society. Even in the modern world, childbirth could still result in death, let alone in this day and age. He had excellent medical skills but couldn't show them. Fortunately, Tao Dayong became nervous when he heard the screams and grabbed the old doctor and ran into the house.

Tao Dazhui and Wang were both there. Of course they had to come and help when their sister-in-law gave birth. It was not as if they would cut off ties with her after the family was divided, otherwise they would be scolded by the villagers.

Seeing Tao Dayong making such a fuss, Wang was unhappy and muttered, "My sister-in-law is so precious. She even invited a doctor from town to give birth to her child. I have given birth to four children, but I have never been treated like this."

"Shut up!" The old lady just heard it and glared at him. "If you can't speak, then shut up. Did you give birth to four? You only gave birth to three!"

Wang's face turned pale and she stammered in silence.

The old doctor arrived just in time. Little Song was really having a difficult delivery. If the old doctor hadn't come, who knows what would have happened. Of course, Yuan Jing was using spiritual spring water to help his mother recuperate during this period. When it was completely dark, the sound of a baby crying finally came from the room, and Tao Dayong fell to the ground.

Yuan Jing had wanted to go in and take a look, but Song believed that the delivery room was unlucky and would never let the grandson who would bring honor to the family in the future go in. The child was finally born. Yuan Jing walked to the door with his legs shaking like noodles and asked inside, "How is my mother?"

Song's joyful voice came from inside: "Don't worry, Jingbao, your mother has fallen asleep due to exhaustion. After the room is cleaned up, call the old doctor in to check your mother's pulse. Your mother really gave birth to a younger brother for you."

Now Yuan Jing, like his father, also sat down on the ground exhausted. He pounded his weak legs and smiled at his father.

Wang felt jealous again. The first child was a son, and the second was also a son. She knew that she could never compare to this sister-in-law in the Tao family. It was her fault that she was good at giving birth.

She touched her belly and thought, no, she had to give birth to another boy and not let the little Song outshine her.

Yuan Jing had no idea about the affair between them.

When Song carried the wrapped baby out, Yuan Jing and his father were finally able to stand up and go over to take a look. Tao Dayong was so happy that he wanted to hold his little son, but the old lady slapped him away: "You are so clumsy, don't make my little grandson cry. Jingbao, come and look at your brother, isn't he handsome?"

Of course, what Yuan Jing saw was a red-skinned monkey. However, it was not the first time for him to welcome a new life. It was just the first time for him to be a big brother. He said happily, "Grandma is right. My little brother is so handsome. Dad, what name should I give him?"

Tao Dayong, who was usually quite clever, scratched his hair and smiled foolishly. The old lady then passed the younger grandson to the older grandson and said, "Your father is a rough man, how can he come up with a good name? Let our Jingbao come up with the name, and let your brother share in Jingbao's blessings."

Tao Dayong was disappointed at first, but after hearing what happened, he looked at Yuan Jing expectantly with the old lady. Yuan Jing was speechless. This would really spoil him. He thought so in his heart, but he happily accepted the task: "Okay, I'll give it to you. You can name your brother after me. I'm Yuan Jing and your brother Yuan Ze. Grandma, give your brother a nickname."

"Yuan Ze? Tao Yuan Ze? Great, this is a good name, worthy of being given by the scholar in our family!" The old lady said with laughter from ear to ear, "Let's call him Xiao Niu Niu, my little grandson will grow up to be as strong as a bull."

It is easier to raise a child with a nickname, but there were too many children like Goudan'er in the village, so the old lady changed her mind and gave him a nickname and called him that. Poor father Tao Dayong, he didn't get either a real name or a nickname.

Yuan Jing was really happy. The younger brother who was harmed by the heroine in the plot was finally born, and his mother was fine.

Daya and now Erya were standing far away holding hands. They originally had a good relationship, but because of Tao Erya's behavior, the sisters didn't dare to get close to Yuan Jing.

Yuan Jing had no intention of taking his anger out on them. Seeing their expectant and timid eyes, he waved at them and said, "Come and see the little calf."

Erya looked at her elder sister with joy in her eyes. Tao Daya hesitated for a while and finally took a step forward. After taking the first step, everything became much easier afterwards.

Perhaps the calf had suffered a lot, and was born with difficulty. After the baby was born, Mrs. Song did not have enough milk, so she could only make rice porridge for her grandson who was crying for food. Yuan Jing felt that this was not a good idea, so one day during the lunch break at school, he walked around the town and saw two ewes, one of which had given birth and had plenty of milk, and the other had not yet given birth. He agreed with the old man who was selling the sheep to come back the next evening.

So when Tao Dayong came to pick up his son in the evening, Yuan Jing tricked him into buying both sheep.

When leading the sheep home, Tao Dayong finally came to his senses. He slapped his forehead and said in annoyance, "Your grandma is going to scold me for wasting such money. How could I buy it on impulse? How about we go back and return it?"

Yuan Jing rolled his eyes in annoyance at his father: "Dad, goat milk is more nourishing than rice soup. If the calf can't finish drinking it, I can drink the milk. Also, I want to find a job for you. Dad, what do you think about raising sheep at home? Let's start with this unborn lamb."

Yuan Jing has tried it and found that if the spiritual spring water is not diluted with water, it can speed up the growth of plants. For example, vegetables in a vegetable garden that take a month to grow only need ten days to grow by watering with spiritual spring water, and the taste of the vegetables grown by watering is better than those without watering.

However, he did not specifically use spiritual spring water to irrigate the vegetable garden. The water tanks in the house were all diluted with spiritual spring water, and the remaining water from washing face and vegetables would be used to irrigate the vegetable garden, so it was equivalent to diluting water for irrigation. Day by day, the growth rate was only a little faster, and Song did not suspect anything. The vegetables in the field tasted much better than before. Although Song muttered a word or two, he did not take it too seriously.

Yuan Jing thought that if he fed the sheep with diluted spiritual spring water, or fed the sheep with grass grown by watering with diluted spiritual spring water, the sheep would definitely be raised better than those of other families. After getting on the right track, he could buy a mountain to expand the scale of breeding, and would not necessarily have to limit himself to sheep. In this way, the income throughout the year would not be bad.

The people of Tao family and Tao Village are all genuine farmers. If we want to find other ways for them to make a living, they may not be able to do it, but they can always farm and raise livestock. Of course, this is just the first step now. We can talk about the next step after he passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar. In this way, he will have some say in Tao Village.

Tao Dayong looked at the belly of one of the ewes suspiciously: "Can it really be raised?"

"Why can't we raise them? It doesn't take much effort to raise two sheep anyway, so why don't you give it a try, Dad? I think it can work anyway."

Tao Dayong feels that his eldest son is a lucky man. If his eldest son says it is possible, maybe it really can be done. Why not give it a try?

"Well, I hope your grandma won't scold your dad when you get back."

"Hehe." Yuan Jing laughed twice.

As expected, when the old lady got home and saw that Tao Dayong had spent half a tael of silver to buy two sheep, she was so angry that she picked up a broom and beat him: "I told you to spend money recklessly. Do you feel itchy when you have money in your hands? You are such a spendthrift."

Yuan Jing watched the joke for a long time before he started to persuade his grandmother, saying that his grandson's words were much more useful than those of his son, because the old lady thought that his grandson was a blessed person just like her son, and his grandson also said that goat's milk was nourishing. In addition to giving it to his grandson, she also asked her to drink it with her grandson. Oh, her grandson was so filial and caring.

So the old lady rubbed her darling grandson and called him her sweetheart. Tao Dayong looked up at the sky in silence. He was almost jealous of his own son. Why was he treated so differently in front of his mother?

Xiao Song, who was still in confinement, knew about the lawsuit outside and felt that her son was very filial and considerate. It was because her son saw that she did not have much milk that he thought of buying a ewe. In her opinion, drinking goat's milk was just an excuse. Of course, she knew that a child who grew up drinking goat's milk would be different from one who grew up drinking rice soup.