Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

"I raised two ungrateful wolves! What a sin I have committed!"

An Tiancai pressed Zhang's arm and said comfortingly, "A Ling, don't be angry. Be careful not to get angry. We will just ignore those two evildoers from now on!"

"By the way, A-Ling, since those two unfilial daughters are unreliable, then...didn't you ask the village chief for help later?"

"Yes, the village chief has helped us a lot all along."

"At that time, my mother and I were looking forward to your early return. We didn't know how long those days lasted. The locust plague was over, and then there was a heavy rain."

When An Tiancai heard this, his brows relaxed slightly and he said, "It's finally raining."

Aunt Zhang shook her head and said helplessly: "That's not rain, it's a torrential rain that has lasted for many days."

"Our thatched house was destroyed by the wind during that storm."

Anqing asked worriedly, "Mom, where did you live later?"

"At that time, your grandmother and I had a high fever for many days and were at our wits' end. We cried to the sky and the earth but no one answered."

"We had no choice but to go look for Yueyue, but as soon as we got to the gate of her house, your grandmother and I both fainted on the ground."

"Fortunately, Yueyue is not such a cruel person. Seeing that we were seriously ill, she put aside her prejudice against us, helped us into the house, and even found herbs for us to treat our illness."

Hearing this, An Chengde and An Tiancai widened their eyes in shock.

An Tiancai sighed with emotion: "So, these years are all thanks to Yueyue. If it weren't for Yueyue's help, we really wouldn't be able to see you when we came back."

Everyone nodded.

"Come to think of it, Miss Yue is quite capable. In the year of natural disaster, she led a large family of us and did not let us starve."

"Later, we continued to live with her, and our lives were very good."

An Qing asked, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Wait, Mom, are you praising Yueyue?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?"

"Hiss...tsk tsk tsk, it's so rare to hear such words coming from your mouth!"

"What are you talking about, kid? I didn't know how good Yueyue was before, and I mistakenly treated your two sisters as treasures. This natural disaster has made me see many things clearly."

Grandmother Zhou smiled and said, "You may not know this, but Yueyue and Niannian are now the two treasures of our village."

"Mom, A-Ling is praising Yue-yue, why are you praising her too?"

Meng Xiuer covered her mouth and smiled, saying, "Dad, you don't know that Yueyue is not only the lucky star of our village, but also the lucky star of the entire Yongchuan County!"

After hearing this, An Chengde, Zhang Tiancai, and An Qing's grandparents were all shocked and asked, "The lucky star of the entire Yongchuan County?"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law both smiled and nodded.

The aunt smiled and said, "After the natural disaster, I wonder how Yue Yatou came up with a composting method."

"This compost can increase the yield of crops in the fields. In our village, the crops in the fields of each household have increased a lot thanks to this compost."

"For this reason, the county magistrate personally visited our Baili Village, and Baili Village was even rated as a model farming village."

An Qing scratched his head and said with a smile, "I was wondering, when the county magistrate and Yueyue met and talked in the government office just now, the tone of their conversation sounded so familiar."

An Chengde listened silently throughout the whole process without saying a word, but his expression was extremely complicated.

"So Yueyue is so powerful." Anqing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mom, tell us how Yueyue saved our village during the natural disaster."

"That year, many people died throughout Yongchuan County. First they died of thirst, then of starvation, and then of an epidemic that killed many more people."

"In Baili Village, Yueyue proposed that the villagers collectively dig deep wells, harvest wheat in advance, and dig drainage ditches."

"Later, she found herbs that could treat and prevent diseases. Because the villagers in our village followed Yueyue's advice, no one died of thirst, hunger or disease."

"Tell me, is this girl considered the lucky star of our village?"

An Chengde and An Tiancai looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise and disbelief.

Grandmother Zhou sighed and said, "Ah! In the past few years, A-Ling and I have reflected carefully. We have always been sorry to the second family and these two children."

An Qing smiled and said, "It seems that we have to treat them like little gods in the future. If we treat them badly, the whole village, no, no, the whole Yongchuan County will not tolerate us."

Everyone burst out laughing.

Only then did An Tiancai realize that he had not seen An Yue and An Nian.

He stood up, walked to the threshold of the hall, looked into the yard, and asked, "Huh? Why don't I see these two children?"

Zhang covered her mouth and laughed secretly, "You don't know yet! Niannian is already a scholar now, and he studies in the academy in this county every day."

An Chengde frowned, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He stuttered and confirmed, "What...what? Zhang...Zhang Ling, are you telling the truth?"

Zhang smiled and said again: "Dad...it's absolutely true!"

Zhou smiled and pushed An Chengde's shoulder, jokingly saying, "Old man, it's not you who passed the exam, why are you so excited?"

"My younger brother is amazing. He passed the imperial examination and became a scholar at such a young age." Anqing sighed belatedly.

After hearing this, An Tiancai almost lost his balance.

He held onto the door frame with one hand, repeating: "I passed the imperial examination every year, I passed the imperial examination every year..."

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and he thought he was dreaming.

He closed his eyes and shook his head, then slapped himself hard on the face, trying to wake himself up.

"No, no, no, this is not a dream. How old is Niannian? There is no way he can pass the exam to become a scholar. It is absolutely impossible!"

He still smiled bitterly in disbelief and said, "You must be joking. You must be trying to make us happy."

Zhou rolled her eyes at her son An Tiancai and said with a smile, "Oh! You still don't believe it! He is so much better than you every year."

He ran to his mother Zhou, grabbed Zhou's arm with both hands, and asked excitedly: "Mom, all the years have passed and now it's only eleven or twelve."

"He took the examination for the title of scholar. He first had to take the county examination, the prefectural examination, and then the academy examination. Only after he passed each stage could he become a scholar."

Zhang counted on her fingers and said, "That's right. Look, he took the county exam every year and passed it on the first try."

"Then, I took the provincial examination again and passed it in one try."

"But... later on, he failed the college entrance examination. Then, more than a year later, he took the college entrance examination again and passed!"

An Tiancai was stunned as he listened to his wife's analysis one by one.

After a few breaths.

His eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose seemed to be dancing on their own.