"Mom, could you please go to my uncle's house and ask him for me? I want to go home and visit my cousin's family. My cousin's wife and sister-in-law have taken good care of me, so I want to ask them about it."
“Okay, your aunt is a tough woman but she’s reasonable. Since you get along well with them, you should naturally ask her.”
Jiang's mother knew that her cousin's family were all good people.
After finishing her conversation with Jiang's mother, Mu Yi'an went home. She hadn't been back for several months and missed that courtyard quite a bit.
"Yi'an, you're back?"
"Aunt, I'm back. What are you busy with?"
"If we tidy up the corners and edges, we can plant seeds in a few days and harvest some vegetables."
Her aunt put down her work and talked to Mu Yi'an. She missed them quite a bit after they moved away.
Mu Yi'an thought that she also needed to ask her aunt about the farmhand, so she went over.
"Aunt, I have something to ask you."
"What is it? Tell me."
"I bought a farm before the new year and want to hire a few farmhands. I wonder if you have any suitable people?"
Mu Yi'an didn't know if her aunt's family had the same idea, as her family was well-off.
"Really, they bought the estate. That's great. Yi'an is capable."
My aunt first praised him, and she was genuinely impressed, thinking that Mu Yi'an was capable.
"Yi'an, this is great news. Your eldest cousin is planning to go out and look for work these days, and your uncle and I are worried about him."
Last year, thanks to you, we made some money growing watermelons. The family thinks Wang Hai studies quite diligently, and he's still young, so we'll let him study for a couple more years. If he can pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, the family can benefit, and at least the land can be tax-exempt.
Your eldest cousin's son is six or seven years old, and we're thinking of sending him to school for a couple of years. You know, having a scholar in the family is incredibly expensive; once one family gets started, we can't neglect the others.
The aunt thought that since her youngest son was already in school, she couldn't stop her grandson from studying too.
"Alright, tell your cousin that I'll send someone to pick them up tomorrow or the day after."
Mu Yi'an understood; who wouldn't want their descendants to achieve academic success and change their social standing?
However, in ancient times, studying was extremely expensive!
The matter was settled, and Mu Yi'an headed home to check out the house.
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