After Yang Chao went home, he continued to read the military book with peace of mind, pondering word by word, and from time to time using some copper coins and other gadgets to pose the formations described in the book.

Yang Chao seemed to have forgotten the side of the barracks, neither rectifying those useless soldiers, nor recruiting soldiers.

It's about reading.

Yang Chao didn't expect to learn to fight a war by reading a few military books, but to learn to fight, he could only learn in battle.

War is the best and only university for "war studies".

Yang Chao read with peace of mind, which made his parents very happy, of course, they didn't know that Yang Chao was just reading military books.

Father still hopes that Yang Chao can take a fame test, even if Yang Chao becomes an official, his thinking has not changed, as if it has become a habit.

My father still went to work in the prison day after day, and from time to time he brought some good knives and the like, which was his personal work.

Using the tools and even materials of the government workshop to do their own work, this is the same as raising pigs and growing vegetables in the barracks, and it is also borrowing chickens to lay eggs.

But compared to the comfort of owning a blacksmith shop, the income is completely incomparable, and it is good to have a penny of silver a month.

In fact, now that the Yang family is not short of money, Yang Chao is still an official, and the reason why his father still goes to work in the supervision bureau is because he doesn't want to do nothing.

Especially if he doesn't work, he pays a penny of silver every month, which makes him feel very distressed.

After Yang Chao persuaded him twice, he didn't persuade him, and his father was happy.

Mother no longer helps people do needlework, but she is still busy, making three new clothes for Yang Chao from the inside out, making a skirt for her sister, one for herself, and two for her father.

My sister is now being asked to learn Nu Hong from her mother, saying that she is about to get married, and Nu Hong will be dissatisfied if she can't do well. Yang Chao wanted his sister to learn to read, and he happened to have time to teach her a few words every day, and most of them were forgotten the next day.

Nearly a month later, a carriage was parked in front of Yang's house, which Yang Chao had newly made.

With the experience of making a carriage last time, this carriage is done very quickly, although it is not as gorgeous as the previous carriage, the carriage is a carriage, there is no carving, it is very practical, but it has made a lot of improvements, the suspension system is installed with a wrought iron plate, the shock absorption effect and safety are more guaranteed, and it is more comfortable to do.

He hired a coachman, an old man on a nearby street, and gave him a tael of silver a month.

The carriage has been ready for a few days, except for the first day when Yang Chao sat and went out for a spin, and he hasn't used it much since then. My father refused to go to work, for fear of gossip.

My mother and sister basically don't go out.

Today, my sister got up in the morning and put on her new clothes, and deliberately turned around in front of Yang Chao several times, but Yang Chao didn't seem to see it, which disappointed my sister.

"Son, try this dress!"

Mother started to get busy early this morning.

took out all the clothes that had been made for Yang Chao, compared them with my sister one by one, and discussed which one looked better.

"You don't have to try, I'm just fine."

Yang Chao is still wearing his old Confucian clothes, and his old clothes are comfortable to wear.

But the mother didn't give up, and frowned with her hands on her hips: "How can I wear this dress." ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but look down at the clothes on his body, although they were old clothes, they were intact, and there was not even a patch.

In the past, this was the best and most decent piece of clothing in the Yang family, which belonged to Yang Chao, who was a scholar.

Why can't I wear it today?

Mother snorted, "I'm going to my uncle's house today, have you forgotten?" ”

Yang Chao suddenly realized that his mother said yesterday that today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the custom is to go to his grandfather and uncle's house.

Grandfather and grandmother died when Yang Chao was less than ten years old, but every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, the Yang family still goes to his mother's maiden house, that is, to his uncle's house.

Knowing that he was going to his uncle's house to change into new clothes, Yang Chao couldn't help but smile in his heart, his mother was going to set up a score, no wonder he had recently made a new dress for everyone, and even his sister had a new skirt, dressed like a young lady from a big family.

Yang Chao understands his mother's thoughts, and after marrying the Yang family, every time he goes back to his parents' house, he is counted out, saying that he has married the wrong person, and this time he can finally grow his face.

Therefore, this time I was extremely positive, I started to prepare many days ago, I bought a lot of various gifts, one person with a new dress, and even Yang Chao agreed to build a new carriage and spend more than a dozen taels of silver to buy a horse, it seems that these have become the capital of the mother in front of her mother's family.

Yang Chao honestly changed into new clothes, and his mother smiled with satisfaction, saying that her son looked like a talent, and he would have to marry a young lady from a big family in the future.

After finishing Yang Chao's side, he ran to his father's side again, the Dragon Boat Festival military battle bureau was closed, the officials were not on duty, and the craftsmen were also on vacation for a day, and my father didn't have to go to work today.

In previous years, my father was resolute not to go to my uncle's house, and my mother took Yang Chao and Yang Yue back, and this year, my father also went, probably because Yang Chao became an official, and he felt that his face was shining, and it was time to put on a show.

But the carriage driver couldn't wait for a long time, and his mother quickly started scolding.

In addition to the coachman Lao Zhang, the target of the scolding is also his sister Yang Yue.

"You dead girl, you put on new clothes early, you didn't wear new clothes, didn't you? How can you call Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang is going to die, he doesn't come so late, he doesn't know that Xiaolingwei is far away, will he let the old lady go back to his parents' house after dark, make evil, and he must not be laughed at to death. ”

Listening to his mother's scolding, Yang Chao couldn't help but look at the sky, the sun had just come out, according to the time of the afterlife, at most eight o'clock, take a carriage to Xiaolingwei, it would not take an hour at most.

Yang Chao shook his head helplessly.

I saw an old man in old clothes, but very clean, and wearing a hat, looking nondescript, walking in.

My sister shouted with relief: "Mother, Lao Zhang is here!" ”

The mother's footsteps soon reached the courtyard: "You still dare to come, you haven't looked, the moon is almost overhead." ”

Lao Zhang hurriedly bowed: "The old lady is angry, angry." Little Lao'er baked his clothes for a long time last night and slept late. ”

The mother said, "I dare to say that the clothes are better for you to wear, what do you look like when you dress like this." ”

Lao Zhang apologized: "The old lady is angry, little old man, this dress is the best." ”

The mother did not give up: "You are like this, my family's dignity has not been lost by you." ”

"Alright, alright, hurry up and go to the car."

At this time, my father's voice sounded.

Lao Zhang agreed as if he had been amnestied, and hurriedly ran to the backyard to lead the horse.

My father was actually in a hurry, and early in the morning, he fed the horses, and then pulled the carriage to the door, and scrubbed it inside and out.

Soon Lao Zhang set up the carriage, the family got into the carriage, and the carriage staggered towards the south gate.