The luggage was all packed, and after returning from the banquet in Governor Liu's mansion, Zhao Yunlan sent some soap to Mrs. Liu. It can be regarded as a return gift for the box of snacks given by Mrs. Liu.

"Madame, everything is ready. There are old Zheng and Zhang Cui left here in Fucheng. "Li Zhongyou has arranged everything in the house.

Zhao Yunlan nodded in response, Lao Zheng and Zhang Cui are new subordinates, these two are husband and wife, and they also have a child named Zheng Tian is fourteen years old.

Yes, Zhao Yunlan has now been upgraded to a lady. This was Wang's decision, and on the second day after returning from the banquet in Liu's prefect's mansion, Wang called a family gathering.

"Now that the boss has also been moved, our family has officially stepped into the official career, compared with the previous show, now it is a real step that cannot be wronged." Wang said.

Li Mingren nodded: "Yes, my son must be cautious." ”

Wang looked at Li Mingren and continued: "It's not just you, it's all of us in our family. ”

Several people nodded one after another, and even Ruiwen had a serious look.

Wang looked at Zhao Yunlan and said, "From today onwards, your father and I will retreat to the backyard, and this home will be completely handed over to Yunlan." ”

Li Mingmei asked suspiciously, "Hasn't my sister-in-law been in charge of the house all the time?" ”

Wang smiled: "I mean your sister-in-law is now a lady, and your eldest brother is a master." ”

Li Mingli scratched the back of his head: "That father, mother, you two?" ”

Wang looked at this Han Han and didn't want to pay attention to him.

"Do you have any objections?"

Wang's main worry is about the second child and Wu Yi, after all, the two daughters-in-law in the family will inevitably ignore the feelings of the other, and Wang is trying his best to make a bowl of water even.

Fortunately, everyone had no opinion, and Wu Yi did not show any dissatisfaction, but was very happy. After getting along with Zhao Yunlan and the Wang family these days, I can obviously feel that the relationship between my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is very harmonious, and Wu Yi admires Zhao Yunlan very much.

A brief family meeting was decided, the Wang family became an old lady, and the old man Li was an old lady.

The subordinates in the family were the fastest to change their mouths and adapt, but the brothers were a little unable to react at first.

In the past few days, the Li family has also added a carriage, and there are now two carriages in the family. Old man Sun also took the older servants in the family to learn to drive horses.

"Dad, mother, we're ready to go."

"Do you think the second family can be properly placed?" Wang asked Zhao Yunlan to go see Wu Yi again.

Originally, Zhao Yunlan wanted Mingyi and Wu Yi to stay in Fucheng, after all, the child was still young and should not hurry.

But Mingyi felt that he had to go back no matter what, and Wu Yi also wanted to go back, so everyone discussed it together for a long time before deciding to go back together. It's just that Wu Yi and Li Mingyi have a separate carriage, and the thick cushions on the carriage can make the children sleep more comfortably.

Mama Cui took the red warbler and green willow to take care of the car, and Sun Daniu had the most stable driving skills, so she arranged to come to this carriage to drive the horse.

The family also rented two other carriages, a total of four carriages drove out of Jinzhou City one after another.

In the carriage, Li Mingren said: "Lady, I have 200 acres of land under my name that are tax-exempt, and after deducting the land on the mountain side of our family and the Fucheng side, I want to give some shares to my father-in-law and uncle's family." ”

Li Mingren was discussing with Zhao Yunlan, and the Wang family and Old Man Li, who were sitting next to him in a car, did not speak.

In the past, Li Mingren also had a tax-free share of Xiucai, but at that time, his own land was accounted for together, and some land could not be tax-exempt. Now that he has a large share, Li Mingren naturally thinks about the Zhao family and the Wang family.

"Okay, then we'll talk to them when they come." Zhao Yunlan responded.

Li Mingren continued: "I also want to buy the land of the ancestral hall in the village and rebuild it to build a school. ”

Zhao Yunlan's pupils suddenly dilated, and she was a little excited in her heart.

There is an ancestral hall in Lijia Village, just because of the war in the past, the people in the village themselves are not enough to feed and live, so they naturally rested the idea of worshiping their ancestors.

Until now, the ancestral hall has become a drying ground. Only when the farm is busy, everyone goes to dry the wheat and the millet will go there. So Li Mingren thought that if the ancestral hall was rebuilt, it would be better to build a school. It is true that the memory of the ancestors cannot be lost, but the children are also the hope of the ancestors.

"When did you come up with this plan?" Zhao Yunlan asked.

Old man Li and the Wang family also gathered their spirits to hear Li Mingren's thoughts.

"Last time, the lady mentioned to me that life in the village is better now, and everyone wants to send their children to school. But there is no suitable academy in the town, and if you send it to the academy in the county seat, everyone still can't afford it. Then I thought that after this lift, I would open a school in the village, sir, we will invite ourselves, and Shu Xiu will symbolize that we will receive a little. So that the children in the village can have books to read. ”

Zhao Yunlan just complained about the difficulty of reading at that time, but she didn't expect Li Mingren to remember. Zhao Yunlan originally planned to wait and then think about the matter of running a school, so she would wait until Li Mingren participated in the Spring Festival before deciding.

Unexpectedly, Li Mingren took the first step to bring it up.

Old man Li suddenly laughed: "Okay! is worthy of being the son of our old Li family, and it is good to run a school. ”

Zhao Yunlan also smiled, looking at Li Mingren, there was a glimmer of light in his heart.

In fact, Zhao Yunlan understands that most of the 32 people in this promotion are children of the scholar family, and these children rely on family cultivation to help each other in the officialdom. Of course, there will be some families who will bring down the whole family because of some bastards in the clan who can't be supported.

Everything has two sides, now that Li Mingren has stepped into his career, there is no one behind him, although he has met the Liu family, but what if one day the two sides reach the opposite side of interests? Will Old Lady Liu still help Li Mingren speak? Apparently not. Li Mingren is not a genius from heaven, and it is not worth risking the interests of his family to defend this disciple who is not a disciple.

This road seems to be coming up, but it is getting more and more difficult. Zhao Yunlan knew that Li Mingren also understood this, and now the Li family's foundation is weak, and it can even be said that there is none, and Li Mingren wants to be the cornerstone. For Li Mingzhi, Li Ruiwen's road is more stable.

So there is no need to consider those drawbacks at all, after all, the benefits of building a school in Lijia Village at this stage are several times more than the disadvantages that have not yet appeared.

Li Mingmei sat next to Wang, and noticed that Wang's face was wiped without a trace, and the corners of her eyes were slightly red. Li Mingmei held Wang's arm, thinking that the family was really different now.

In the evening, the family rushed to Xihe County, and Zhao Yunlan arranged for the old man Li and the second family of three of the Wang family to live in the rented courtyard. Zhao Yunlan also invited a doctor to diagnose the pulse of the child of the second family and confirmed that the child had no problems.

Li Mingren's family of three lived in the inn with three other siblings, and Li Mingren took time to visit Mr. Chen County Linghe County School.

Early the next morning, Li Mingren took Ruiwen to Zhishan Academy again, first to meet Mr. Qiu, and to help Ruiwen take a few more days off.

Mr. Guo, who taught Ruiwen, did not go to the township test this year, probably because he felt that he was not ready, so he did not play. Mr. Guo has a good mentality, and he is not in a hurry.

Returning from the Supreme Academy, Xiao Ruiwen walked behind Li Mingren with a bitter face.

"It's time to get in the car, we're leaving." Zhao Yunlan shouted father and son.

Ruiwen followed behind and walked slowly to the side of the carriage, Zhao Yunlan looked at a little bitter gourd face and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" I went to the academy, and your father recruited you again. ”

Li Mingren shook his head: "I don't have one." "After all, he is also a man, where would he behave childishly.

"Mother~ Mr. Qiu and Mr. Guo have assigned me a lot of homework!"

Zhao Yunlan couldn't help but smile: "Then who made you take such a long leave?" And didn't you say that you were going to take the township exam like your father? ”

Ruiwen puffed up: "My mother said, reading can't help the seedlings, let's do it little by little, steadily." ”

Li Mingren scooped up Ruiwen and got into the carriage: "You are quite reasonable." ”

Zhao Yunlan asked about Wu Yi's situation in the back car, and Li Mingyi could set off.

At the end of the day, the carriage arrived in Qingshui Town, and the shopkeeper Wu sent someone to answer it early. Because he wanted to rush back to Lijia Village, he only met with Shopkeeper Wu in a hurry and continued to go back with the carriage.

The village received the news of the return of the Li family early, and it was already unitary time when the carriage arrived in the village, only to see a bunch of people gathered at the entrance of the village, led by the village chief Li Chunsheng.

I only heard someone in the crowd shouting happily: "The master of our village is back!" The scene boiled all at once.

Li Mingren rushed over and helped Li Chunsheng: "Uncle Village Chief, it's cold, let everyone go back first." The day after tomorrow, everyone will come to the house for a drink. ”

Li Chunsheng shouted excitedly: "Eh! Huh! Let's go back, let Akihito go back and have a good rest. ”

Everyone was still very excited and escorted the Li family back to Li's house. The men of the Li family were all walking on the ground and accompanied the villagers back home.

The villagers didn't stay long, everyone knew that the family was in a hurry, and everyone stood in the yard and went back to their respective homes.