Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 510 Exploring the Wind

Yes, when they go to some stores to buy things, they have to think before they speak to avoid being looked down upon by others.

Qingwa interacts with the children of officials every day, so he has to be more careful and attentive when speaking. He wonders if anyone will ridicule or laugh at him.

Tao felt distressed. It was not that he had not thought about these issues before, but he was not able to take care of them at that time.

Now Qingwa has achieved fame and honor. Apart from anything else, his family can be exempted from military service and grain levies, and their situation will be much better. What's more, the government will give Qingwa 6 dou of rice every month, so his life will only get better and better in the future.

As for that noble granddaughter-in-law who is far away and has no future, let's just forget about it. The whole family can't live a comfortable life. Only Qingwa has to think twice before talking to his wife when he returns home. He has suffered enough these years.

She turned her head away so her grandson wouldn't see her slightly red eyes, and said in a muffled voice, "Let grandma think about it."

Yuan Qing breathed a sigh of relief. He knew his grandmother, and this almost meant that she agreed.

My grandmother is the one who makes the decision at home. As long as she agrees, the marriage is settled!

Tao thought for half the night, pondering Sun Zi's words carefully, but there were some things she still didn't understand.

But she felt that those noble ladies should be like her, able to manage their family members and teach younger generations like Qingwa; and Song Ying was actually like Qingwa, able to handle things on her own.

She didn't know what kind of children would be raised by someone as capable as Qingwa, but they would definitely be better than those she raised herself.

Immediately, the last bit of hesitation disappeared.

After making the decision, she breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that her heart, which had been hanging for a long time, had finally settled down.

Even though I had seen the example of someone who applied for the top spot in the imperial examination, I still felt unsure. But now I feel better. I don’t have any extravagant hopes or thoughts about it anymore.

After relaxing, she noticed another thing: educating a child is not just the mother's job.

If those noble ladies can’t teach their children how to make a living, can’t their fathers do the same?

Qingwa has always considered things carefully, and she doesn't believe that he hasn't thought of this.

He was really trying to coax her.

Mrs. Tao was a little sad. Qingwa had never hidden anything from his family since he was a child, but for the sake of a woman, he even played tricks on his grandmother.

She also felt that a grandson like this would be able to go further in officialdom in the future. He would be foolish enough to open his heart to anyone he was close to, and would be sold out sooner or later.

She sighed deeply and thought, forget it, young people all have their moments of romantic feelings.

But she was upset and tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Seeing that it was getting light outside, she simply didn't want to sleep anymore. She got up and took out her best clothes.

When the other members of the Yuan family got up, they saw that Tao was wearing a blue cloth dress with only two patches on the hem. Her hair was combed neatly and even breakfast was prepared for her, which made her daughter-in-law Fang very panicked for a while.

"Mom, why don't you sleep a little longer? I'll make breakfast."

Tao put her hands behind her back and said, "I'm so happy I can't sleep. Come over and have dinner, then do your own things."

She paused and continued, "We have a lot of things to buy today, Fang, so please pack them up at home first. I'm going to Xinghua Village to borrow an ox cart from the Song family. When you're done, please wait for me at the entrance of Xinghua Village."

Yuan Qing looked at Mrs. Tao with joy. Did grandma agree?

He thought it would take her a few days to figure it out!

Then, he worried that he had guessed wrong, so he cautiously asked, "Doesn't Uncle Zhonghu have cows too? Why did he go to the Song family to borrow some?"

His mother Fang also said, "Yes, mother, let's borrow Uncle Zhonghu's ox cart. We can leave from the village and take it there. We won't have to walk too far and it will be convenient for us to return."

"We bought a lot of things today, and his old cow can't pull it."

Fang suddenly realized, "Mother is really thoughtful."

Yuan Qing was secretly anxious because he didn't hear any specific words from Tao.

Looking at her grandson's behavior, Mrs. Tao sighed secretly, "I have to test the Song family's attitude first."

"What did you say?" Yuan Chuanfang looked at his wife and then at his grandson. "Qingwa, what exactly did you say to your grandma last night?"

Before Yuan Qing could answer, Mrs. Tao spoke up, her tone very calm, "What else can I say? At his age, it's time for him to get married."

After saying that, he continued to say to Yuan Qing: "Song Ying is also very popular now. It's not certain whether her family will agree or not. What's the point of your impatience? First, test the Song family's attitude. If they agree, we can ask a matchmaker to come."

"What?" Yuan Chuanfang was stunned.

Fang and her husband Yuan Cheng were also in disbelief. Yuan Cheng said, "Mom, didn't you say that after Qingwa passed the imperial examination..."

A quarter of an hour later, Tao, with her hands behind her back, crossed Dongsheng Mountain and arrived at Xinghua Village amid the congratulations of her early-rising neighbors.

Along the way, people from Xinghua Village couldn't help but ask a few questions when they saw her. Tao smiled and said that she wanted to borrow an ox cart from the Song family, and invited them to have a banquet at her home tomorrow. She responded very naturally and didn't let people know that she had any other intentions.

Li has always been very enthusiastic towards outsiders, and what's more, the Yuan family has just produced a scholar. Let alone borrowing a cow, she would be happy to lend her money even if his family came to borrow money.

She hurriedly asked Yang to lead the ox, and then took Tao's hand, feeling deeply moved: "Sister Tao, you have finally made it. You don't have to pay summer taxes and autumn grain anymore."

In the past, whenever they had to pay taxes, every family in the nearby villages would envy the Song family. Others had to pile up their taxes, but they only had to fill up the buckets.

From now on, everyone’s envy will become the Yuan family!

When Tao thought of this most definite benefit, he couldn't suppress the smile.

She smiled and said, "Your family's Yuanwa is also a scholar. When he passes the imperial examination, your family will be exempted from military service and grain tax. Besides, your family has an official."

Li was very proud of her two grandsons, but she was modest: "What kind of official is he? He's just a copyist."

"Sister Li, your words are really making people hate you. This 'copying job' is hard to come by, but your daughter Yingwa is so promising that she managed to get it for her brother with just a few words."

Li's smile faded a little. Although this was true, the grandson she had high hopes for was not as good as her granddaughter and had to rely on her granddaughter to get better, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

It would be fine if the granddaughter was obedient, but she is a fussy person who never forgives others. Whenever she does something for the family, she will make a fuss about it and let everyone in the surrounding village know about it.

Mrs. Tao seemed oblivious to the forced smile on Mrs. Li's face as she continued, "How old is your daughter Ying? She's coming of age this year, right?"

Li suppressed the discomfort in her heart and nodded with a smile, "Yes, it's her Dongyue birthday."

Mrs. Tao showed an expression of emotion: "Time flies so fast. When her mother died, we all thought that the child would not survive.

I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye she has grown into a big girl, and has such amazing medical skills. The day before yesterday, when I went to the city to sell eggs, the lady next door who was selling rabbits heard that I was from Qinghua, and kept talking to me about her, saying that she could bring the dead back to life and that she was the reincarnation of the Jade Girl beside Guanyin Bodhisattva.

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