"Well, it's the end of April now, and there's still more than a month left for the college exam. If he works hard, it might be possible."
Li Yuan said, and when she paused, her face became more serious than ever.
"But Canniang, I have to tell you, don't have high hopes for Junzi to be admitted as a scholar. After all, he has only picked up books for a short time, so it is already very good for him to be admitted as a scholar. What's more, this time , he’s third from the bottom.”
Seeing her sudden seriousness, Wang Can thought it was something. After hearing this, he nodded and replied: "Sister, I know everything. Although I said I have hope, I understand that it is quite good for him to be admitted to the Tongsheng School. Others are poor and have a hard time. After studying for ten years, how long has Brother Junzi been around? I know, I know everything. Sister, don’t be afraid that because Brother Junzi can’t pass the exam, I will get angry with him or something. I’m not that kind of person.”
"I know, I'm just afraid that if you have too much hope, you will be disappointed when the time comes. Okay, you carry all this meat back, and I will drive the carriage to the woods behind."
"good!"
Wang Can didn’t ask her why she bought so much meat!
In fact, there was no need to ask, she already knew that it would either be made in advance and eaten on the road, or it would be made into dried meat and sent to Fucheng.
Her brother-in-law is good at everything, but he still has to rely on the meals cooked by her sister to survive every day.
It was true, after all, she had never heard of such a prominent figure as her brother-in-law in her previous life.
I think it was Sister Ru who said that because she was already dead in her previous life, her brother-in-law also died unluckily.
My sister can live in this life, so my brother-in-law can also live.
These two are indeed a destined couple!
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Su Mingshan brought more silver this time. Considering that it was inconvenient for country people to use silver notes, all she brought was silver ingots and strings of copper plates.
Because there was a banquet held at the old house, after she got up from her nap, she took people directly to the old house to buy watermelons.
One melon, no matter how big or small, all two.
Under the envy of everyone, the residents of the old house of the Li family picked a total of 154 watermelons in the huge yard, the vegetable plot outside, and the sandy land that was later reclaimed.
Li Yuan always thought that watermelons were only grown in the yard of the old house. When she found out that they were also planted in other places, she was completely stupid.
But she was also fortunate that the eldest brother and the second brother had done a great job, otherwise how could they have made so much money all at once?
The people in Lijia'ao were boiling after seeing that the old man of Li's family got three hundred and eighty taels at once.
Although Su Mingshan liked strawberries, she didn't ask for them in the end, but the watermelon was expensive.
A melon and fruit cost two taels of silver.
They work hard to grow food on an acre of land, but after deducting the field tax, they can't even earn half of it.
Although, the old house only kept eight taels of this silver, and the rest was used to return it to Li Yuan.
But after all, what I got before was real money. There should be a house in Fucheng, right?
While thinking this, many people who helped prepare the evening banquet at the old house secretly went to the clan's watermelon patch to guard it.
These can be sold in just a few days. What if the bastards get rid of them at this time?
They also hoped to sell this to pay off debts and prepare more supplies.
As for Li Yuan's possible return to earn more, they are not jealous either.
After all, the watermelon seeds were given to me by others, and they would transport the medicinal materials back in a few days and ask the doctor to follow her.
In addition, he also said that in the future, every county, town, etc. he passes through will have timely supplies of materials.
All this was paid for by Yuan Niang and his wife.
If they are still jealous of others, they are worse than animals!
On this day, the banquet in the Li family's old house was lively and lively, and the people of the Li family rarely became cheerful.
Debt-free and light-hearted, the Li family's big house is full of joy.
This is true even for Ling who was severely frightened before.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the day comes when the watermelons of the Li clan are ripe.
Because Li Yuan had not given many watermelon seeds before, and the Li clan members, according to Xie Yanzhi, only had one or two fruits per watermelon vine, only 273 watermelons were grown.
But for these two hundred and seventy-three, more than five hundred taels of silver were sold.
Li Qinghua took the heavy amount of silver and smiled with the clan elders.
He wants half of the silver ingots and half of the copper plates.
After Su Mingshan left with Li Sanhai's family and the Ling family, Li Qinghua began to pay everyone back the money according to the account book he had borrowed before.
After paying back the money in a lively manner, everything returned to normal.
Li Yuan paid for the strawberries Su Mingshan didn't ask for. The price she paid was the same as what she had sold to Brother Cao before. One pound was charged at two taels.
For this reason, both the old people of the Li family and the Li family are very grateful to her.
The weather is getting sunnier day by day, and the water level of Liuyun River has become only half of its original level.
The water level in the pond used for irrigation in Lijia'ao is only a shallow layer.
They are close to Liuyun River, which is the most water-scarce place, let alone other places.
On the second day of May, Li Yuan took Wang Can to the Xie family in the county seat to collect all the watermelons and strawberries.
After the two harvested it, they did not sell it immediately, but continued to cultivate the land.
This time, the water used for irrigation was undiluted spiritual spring water.
This Dragon Boat Festival, no one is in the mood.
The two of them go back to Lijia'ao every day. Either you go to the county town to water the watermelons today, or I go.
It was until May 18th, when it was so hot that no one dared to go outside, that the two of them decided not to continue the trouble.
"Canniang, please take a rest, wash your face and wipe yourself. I'll go to the Yamen to call Master Xu and Master Bai. When I come back, I'll call Brother Cao to come and collect them."
After Li Yuan collected the watermelons again, she cleared out all the ones she had saved in the space.
There were so many watermelons this time that the entire Xie family, except the main room and study room, was packed full of watermelons, including the kitchen.
As for the watermelon vines and other items in the courtyard, she and Wang Can confiscated them in order to show them to Xu Chongguang and the others.
"good!"
Wang Can's cheeks were flushed from the heat, and her clothes were already soaked with sweat. She needed to rinse them quickly.
As soon as Li Yuan left, she closed the door of Xie's house, took the barrel, basin and handkerchief that Li Yuan took out from the space, and started to fetch water to wash herself.
The Xie family's well is good, and the water level has always been high, but now, the water level only has a shallow bottom.
It is impossible to carry a bucket at a time. If you can carry half a bucket, it is considered good.
Wang Can knew that many people in Liuyun County had been running away recently. Different from the previous life, Xu Chongguang did not use road guides to control everyone this time, but encouraged everyone to go to relatives.
He also said that it is best not to be a relative of Xinyang Mansion, as the situation outside is worse than that of Liuyun County.
Every time someone wanted to leave, he would also instruct everyone to leave in groups with as many people as possible.
He really had no relatives outside. When the new prefect took office in June, he and the prefect applied for a place.
At that time, he can leave his post and take everyone with him.
