Chapter 411 Ancient Village Old Lady 36
If the Feng family now only needs to produce one more scholar, they can completely change their status and become a true farming and reading family.
A few years passed quickly.
In the past few years, Feng Qingyou's sons have popularized peppers and cotton throughout the country, and cotton clothes and cotton cloth have long been available in the north.
After they returned to Kyoto, they were greatly rewarded by the emperor and promoted to higher positions.
Although he was still a minor official of the seventh or eighth rank and had no real power, his position was more symbolic.
But before that, they were just farmers who only knew how to tend the fields. No one expected that the Feng family would have such a day.
Feng Qingyou was very happy and wanted to take his children and grandchildren back to his hometown to worship his ancestors. Feng Erya also agreed.
Now that things in Kyoto are over, it’s okay to leave Kyoto for a while.
However, before leaving, he still informed the emperor and the prince, and only after getting permission did he pack up and leave.
It just so happens that several of my grandchildren can go back and take part in the scientific examinations.
In fact, they could have participated two years ago, but Feng Qingyou kept suppressing them, wanting them to study more seriously.
Feng Erya and Feng Qingyou returned to their hometown with the caravan from Liuhe Village.
In recent years, the village caravans have been traveling farther and farther. In the second year after the prince returned to Kyoto, the caravans began to travel frequently to Kyoto to deliver goods.
When I returned to Liuhe Village, I saw the clan leader, the village head, and members of the Hu Si family and the Li Mutou family standing in the crowd, and a sense of familiarity came over me.
Although Kyoto is prosperous, it is not as relaxing and comfortable as being in Liuhe Village.
When the clan leader and the village head saw Feng Erya get off the car, they immediately led the people of Liuhe Village to kneel down and salute.
"Meet Madam Yunong."
Feng Erya quickly asked people to get up.
"Hurry up, everyone. We are all family. There is no need for such empty formalities."
The clan leader slowly raised his hand and waved, saying, "Etiquette cannot be abolished! The fact that our village is so glorious now is all thanks to the merits of the lady.
It has given the whole village an opportunity to develop and live a good life that they could never have imagined before.
This gift, Madam, is well-deserved!"
Feng Erya said no more. After all, things were different from before, and the ancients cared about these things very much. If they were not asked to perform the ceremony, they would feel uncomfortable.
When they returned to the village, the houses of Feng Erya and the Feng brothers had already been cleaned up by the villagers.
After sending Feng Erya back to her residence, the village head said, "Madam, please take a rest first. The village has held a welcoming banquet for you. I will send someone to inform you when it is ready."
Feng Erya was indeed a little tired and nodded.
"Thanks to the head of the village for its management, I still like the atmosphere of our village before.
Don't be too extravagant and ask everyone to relax. I'm still from the old Dashan family.
If anyone has any questions about knitting in the past few years, you can come and ask me, don’t hesitate.”
The village head looked at Feng Erya's face carefully and saw that she sincerely wanted to live like before. She put away her previous reserved behavior and looked much more relaxed.
"Okay, I understand. I'll explain it to everyone. You can take a rest first."
After seeing the head of the village off, Feng Erya lay down on the bed and planned to take a nap.
She had just seen her unlucky sons standing in the crowd when she came back.
It seems that he has not had a good life in the past few years, and his face is full of vicissitudes.
Originally, when Feng Erya returned home, they also wanted to follow her in, but were stopped by people sent by the clan leader.
He said Feng Erya was tired and asked her to rest first.
The calves didn't bother to make trouble.
It seems that they have seen the reality clearly in recent years and have made some progress.
You know, relying on blood ties to kidnap is completely useless with Feng Erya.
Feng Erya had just gotten up and packed up when Wan Gui's son Wan Wu walked in from outside the yard.
"Grandma, the banquet is ready. I'll come and pick you up."
Feng Erya has a good impression of this grandson.
Wan Gui is a bit selfish and impulsive, and Lin Zhaodi is a Voldemort.
But their son Wanwu is a down-to-earth and steady person, although he has a somewhat dull personality.
But Feng Erya felt that he was much better than the slick Wan Wen, as he was a child with upright values.
Feng Erya stood up.
"Let's go, don't keep everyone waiting for too long."
On the way, Wan Wu glanced at Feng Erya several times, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Feng Erya smiled in her heart. If it were the other children in the family, seeing that she was willing to get close to them, they would have been so arrogant as to make demands or try their best to please her.
Feng Erya said, "Just say whatever you want to say. You're already grown up, don't act like that."
Wan Wu scratched his head embarrassedly and stammered, "Grandma, don't be angry. I just want to ask, are you really not going to forgive my father and my uncles? They should all know they are wrong."
Feng Erya sighed: "Your father asked you to ask this, right?
It's not that I don't forgive them. The knitting skills are there. If they want to learn, as long as they calm down and practice slowly, there is nothing they can't learn.
The villagers will not refuse to teach me for my sake.
But did you see them ask?
Until now, I have only made the simplest ones.
Although I haven't been in the village in recent years, I still know a lot about what's going on there.
If you want to live a good life, you have to fight for it.
Asking me to take them directly to the capital is impossible.
I am an old lady, but even when things were so difficult, I was able to work hard to find a way out for myself.
They are guarding our village, and they have ready-made skills and opportunities to make money, so why can't they do the same?"
Feng Erya said it very clearly. You abandoned the old lady who was in poor health and left because you were afraid that she would become a burden to you.
Now that the old lady has a good life, you have no share in it, so you all have to work hard on your own.
The current environment is much better than when she was young. Everyone has hands and feet, so don't expect to pick up ready-made ones.
Of course she knew that the three brothers of the Wan family envied Feng Qingyou's family because all of his children now held official positions.
But this was also the result of the experience accumulated by the Feng family children when they took care of Feng Erya, as well as their own efforts after being sent to various places by the emperor.
The Wan brothers have done nothing, but always want to take advantage of their mother. How can such a good thing happen?
Seeing Wan Wu's face full of guilt, Feng Erya said, "None of this has anything to do with you, don't think too much about it.
Do you want to go back with grandma this time? I will send you to the academy and let you study with your cousins from the Feng family.
Although I'm a little older, as long as I work hard, I can still pass the imperial examination."
Wan Wu thought for a moment and said, "Grandma, I'd rather not go. I prefer handicrafts, and I don't have any talent for studying.
Besides, Wan Xia hasn't been found yet. If I leave, my parents will be left without a child. I'm worried."
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