Jiang Wanwan still walked over and sat down in her seat.

Grandma Jiang placed a poached egg in Jiang Wanwan's bowl and said with a smile, "Wanwan, this is your favorite poached egg. Grandma specially fried it for you. Nobody else gets one."

Jiang Wanwan chuckled inwardly. The old lady never did anything that would lose money. She was only willing to spend so much to fry eggs for her because she thought she could earn her ten taels of silver and also give her second uncle a job.

Otherwise, if you eat even one of her fried eggs, she'll chase you for three miles!

"Thank you, Grandma. You're so good to your granddaughter." Jiang Wanwan gave a professional fake smile.

If you see through something but don't say anything, you can still be good grandparents and grandchildren.

"Hehe," Grandma Jiang chuckled, before announcing, "Let's eat."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Jiang family began to eat.

After everyone had breakfast, Old Mrs. Jiang, Old Mr. Jiang, and Madam Zhu couldn't help but give Jiang Liu a detailed pep talk. Jiang Liu, full of confidence, promised the Jiang family that he would definitely complete his studies, return home, pass the imperial examination, become a high-ranking official, and lead the entire Jiang family to a good life.

After listening to Jiang Liu's promise and seeing the resolute look in his eyes, Jiang Wanwan's opinion of him changed significantly.

Jiang Liu is a bit arrogant, but he has always studied hard so that the Jiang family can live a good life.

From this, it seems he is a young man with impeccable character and integrity.

As dawn broke, Uncle Jiang took Jiang Liu and Jiang Wanwan to the big locust tree at the village entrance to catch an oxcart.

I was still riding in Uncle Zhong's oxcart. He didn't care whether it was a county town or a small town. Since going to Anyang County required passing through Longmen Town, he would give people a ride if they wanted to go to the county town.

"Jiasheng, are you taking Wanwan and Daliu to town today?" Uncle Zhong greeted them warmly as he saw Uncle Jiang and his two companions coming in this direction.

"Hahaha, we're not going to town today, we're going to the county seat! Liu'er got accepted into Yuanshan Academy, so I'm taking him there." Uncle Jiang didn't say a word about Jiang Wanwan's purpose for going out.

There's a lot of gossip in the village; the aunts and uncles would chatter about it after they'd had their fill. So he wisely didn't mention it, lest he ruin his niece's reputation.

Ah Zhong said blankly, "Oh, so Da Liu went to study in the county town. That's great, really great."

"What? The tuition for going to school in the county town must be one or two taels of silver a month, right?" a villager sitting on the oxcart asked.

"It must be more than that. Tuition fees are so expensive, can the Jiang family afford them?"

"My goodness! Just going to school already costs a lot of money, let alone going to school in the county town. Why not just stay at Scholar Lu's school?"

As the villagers talked, the topic veered further and further off track.

Moreover, the villagers hadn't focused on the key point, and Uncle Jiang was somewhat dissatisfied with their lukewarm reaction, so he quickly added, "Hey, you guys don't know yet, do you? Yuanshan Academy is the best academy in the county. Many of the students who graduated from there became scholars or even passed the imperial examinations."

Moreover, that academy isn't one you can just get into. Even if you're from a wealthy family, you won't get in if you don't have a natural talent for studying!

A glint flashed in Ah Zhong's eyes as he stared at Jiang Liu like two searchlights. "My goodness, Da Liu is really promising. With Da Liu becoming a scholar, becoming an official is a sure thing!"

"Wow! Is that the most famous school in the county? I've heard that even rich people can't necessarily get in. My goodness, our Daliu is really something!"