After returning home, Ye Hongchang told the news to his whole family.

"He will officially enroll in school in three days. Brother Wen will be a student of Hanchen Academy from now on. I bought all the pens, inks and papers today. You can see if there is anything missing. I will buy it tomorrow."

After Ye Liwen saw it, he hurriedly said, "You can't use such a good one."

These were too expensive, and he knew the price of pen, ink, and paper very well.

Ye Hongchang said, "Don't worry, you can use it for a long time if you buy these. Don't wrong yourself, just use whatever you need."

Wang also meant the same thing, "Brother Wen, you can study with peace of mind. If your family can't survive, I won't insist on buying you a good one. I'll leave these things to my family to arrange."

She called to Mrs. Li and Mrs. Liu again. In the next two days, she would make a new book bag for Ye Liwen and prepare bedding.

Hanchen Academy provides accommodation, just pay for it. His home is far from the town, so it would be better for him to live in the academy.

Afraid that he would freeze in the academy, the quilt should be sewn thicker.

After two days of busy work, everything that should be prepared was ready. Ye Hongchang got in the car and took him to the academy to report.

The sun was shining brightly along the way, and Ye Hongchang said with a smile, "Brother Wen, this is a good sign. It seems that our family will have a capable person in the future."

Ye Liwen smiled slightly, with good hopes in his heart.

The ice and snow melt in March and the weather warms up.

The land that was opened up years ago has been completely frozen by the winter, and all the insects have died.

There is warm sunshine every day in March, and every household works in the fields all day long, plowing the land again, and then it can be plowed in the spring.

Ye Hongchang has been running around these days and plans to take a long trip.

The land in Xiema Village has been deserted for several years, and the villagers do not have much food in their hands.

This group of people fled from famine, and it was even less likely that they would have food.

Ye Hongchang thought to himself, it's cold here and we can only grow one season of food a year, so we must grow crops with high yields.

It was Ye Xiangxiang who reminded him, "Dad, there are sweet potatoes in the mountains, but there are few people growing them in Wushan County. Maybe they are not good at growing them. We have grown them before. I think the land in the village is also fertile. Maybe the yield is higher than before." .”

Ye Hongchang clapped his hands and said, "That's the truth. I'll go out and ask around first to see if I can find good seeds."

Millet and wheat are the most grown here in Dayan. Because of the low rainfall, there are not many rice plants.

Ye Hongchang discussed with Wang and went out, just in time to inquire about Ye Hongshun and others.

The villagers were busy plowing the ground, but they were not worried about not being able to plant the seeds in time.

The duck coop has been completely tidied up. Ye Hongfu finished working in the fields and made food troughs at home.

He was very helpful in building the duck house this time. He did all the carpentry work and made it very convenient to clean up the duck house.

Mrs. Wang counted the days and said to Ye Xiangxiang, "I don't know when your father will come back. In a few days, we can get the ducklings we ordered."

Although there were many people at home, she always felt that there was no backbone without Ye Hongchang's absence.

Ye Xiangxiang said, "Grandma, everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. When the ducklings can be picked up, they will be picked up. Don't worry."

Wang smiled and said, "Yes, there is still Xiangxiang here."

This granddaughter is now her backbone, and she is grounded again.

It's March 11th, and Ye Hongchang hasn't come back yet. He had ordered 500 duck seedlings from a farmer, and they sent a message to someone saying they could take them. Ye Xiangxiang and Ye Hongfu went there together, borrowed a bullock cart, and successfully brought the ducklings back.

Five hundred ducklings have grown to a weight of half a catty. Each one is fifteen cents, costing seven or eight taels of silver.

It's easier to raise such a big duck. It's my first time to raise a duck. I'm afraid there will be problems with the duck house. It's too risky to raise a duckling from a young age.

After you get familiar with it, you can hatch the eggs yourself, which will cost less.

Ye Xiangxiang had done enough homework, but he was still very busy when he actually brought the duck home.

The whole family worked together and worked hard for three days before they finally got started.

Raising chickens and ducks is not difficult. What is difficult is raising so many. I have never had such an experience before, so I have to learn slowly.

But this matter is not challenging for the Ye family. They have made sufficient preparations in the early stage, and there will be no problems once they get started.

For five hundred and a half big ducks, daily food is the biggest problem. It is good to raise them on the edge of the river beach. The ducks can find enough food by themselves.

There is also food and water in the duck house, so you don’t need to prepare much yet.

Another problem is duck droppings. As the ducks grow up, there will be more and more duck droppings, which need to be cleaned frequently.

Taking a closer look, there is a lot of work, and we have already found people from the village to help.

By March 20th, the Ye family had completely mastered raising ducks. At this time, Ye Hongchang also came back from outside.

The people in the village have been waiting anxiously for the past few days. After the beginning of spring, the weather gradually warmed up and planting can now be done.

However, Ye Hongchang said that he would go out to find seeds with high yield and come back. Everyone was waiting.

While wanting to wait for seeds with high yields, but also worried about delaying spring plowing, many people have come to Ye's house several times to inquire.

The original villagers of Xiema Village had less trust in Ye Hongchang. They were anxious when they saw that he had not returned after being away for half a month.

Chen Youcai's injury had been recuperating for several months, and he was almost healed, so he was thinking about farming.

"Village Chief, if we don't plant seeds, the harvest this year will not be good. Do we really have to wait like this? I'm afraid it won't be possible to buy seeds by then."

Chen Guangyao said, "Youcai, how many times have I told you not to call me that. Now there is a village chief in Xiema Village. His name was registered by the county government. You must respect the village chief."

Chen Youcai gave Chen Guangyao a headache. Now the people in the village finally united as one and accepted Ye Hongchang as the village chief, but he always had to gossip behind his back.

Although it was only in front of him, Chen Guangyao was afraid of letting Ye Hongchang hear it.

He dreamed of seeing Xian Xiema Village getting better and better. Chen Youcai's current behavior would definitely not be good for Xiema Village, so he was very anxious.

Chen Youcai said nonchalantly, "I also called him village chief in front of him, but it was just a smooth call, so I couldn't change the title for a while. Seeing them heal my injuries, I respect him now."

Before Chen Guangyao spoke, Ye Xiangxiang stood at the door and said, "It's not because we healed your injury that you should respect him, but because my father is the village chief, that's how you should be."

None of them knew when Ye Xiangxiang came, and Chen Guangyao was very nervous.

"Xiangxiang, don't take it to heart, he didn't mean that."

Ye Xiangxiang smiled slightly, "I really don't care what he means. It's rare that I have free time today, so I came here to see how his leg is recovering. From the looks of it, it doesn't seem to be a serious problem."

He looked at Chen Youcai, who was also a little embarrassed, "Thank you, I just made some idle remarks, I apologize to you."


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