Zhou Chunfeng got up early in the morning and cooked a bunch of Zheng Xiaoman's favorite foods, waiting for her daughter to come home.

Zheng Xiaoman also got up early. After having breakfast, he and Yang Shuhuai carried a basket and went back to the Zheng family.

It only takes two or three minutes to walk home, and Zheng Xiaoman is very satisfied with this distance.

The two stayed at Zheng's house for a whole day, and only returned with two baskets when the sun was about to set.

The basket was filled with Zheng Xiaoman's favorite foods, which made Zheng Xiaoman laugh and cry.

She will be able to go home more often starting tomorrow, her mother must be so worried.

When Yang Shuxing saw the two of them coming back, he smiled and shouted, "Brother, sister-in-law, you are back."

Zheng Xiaoman smiled and said, "I brought back some delicious food. I'll give it to you."

She took out two bags of snacks from the basket and handed them to Yang Shuxing.

Yang Shuxing took it with a smile, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

In the evening, Li Cuixia said, "We originally wanted to rebuild the house before Shuhuai got married, but this is not an emergency and we didn't have enough time.

Your father and I were thinking of tearing down the house and rebuilding it after the autumn harvest, so that it would be similar to your house in Xiaoman.

You can draw a picture of that, and we will build it according to your drawing."

Zheng Xiaoman smiled and nodded, "Okay, then I'll draw the blueprint tonight."

She had no doubt that the Yang family did not have the financial resources to build such a big house, because when she saw the box of jewelry given to her as part of the betrothal gift, she knew that the Yang family was not as simple as it seemed.

The jewelry in the box included gold, silver, gems and jade.

Just these jewelry must be worth a lot of silver.

What's more, people would not give her all their belongings as a betrothal gift, so the Yang family must have a lot of these things.

Although she would be surprised, it had nothing to do with her and she would not ask any more questions.

When she got married, her mother let her take all the banknotes with her.

She does nothing now and just lies down and spends money every day. The money she has is enough for her to spend for several lifetimes.

Not to mention, she has two workshops that make money for her.

She didn't take all the profits from the workshop. She gave 40% of the profits to her mother.

In the future, even if the workshop is jointly opened by the two families, she will own 60% and her parents' family will own 40%.

After the autumn harvest, the Yang family plans to build a new house.

The Yang family temporarily moved to the Zheng family.

The children of both families are now in-laws, and their relationship is closer than before.

Zhou Chunfeng was also happy that her daughter could come back to live with her, and she cooked different kinds of food for her every day.

Another half a month passed, and the people from the capital who came to buy sweet potatoes finally arrived.

Zheng Xiaoman didn't expect that there would be an acquaintance coming, and Mr. Qian who had come before also came along.

With him was also an official from the Ministry of Revenue.

Probably because Mr. Fang had greeted him before, so the people who came did not put on airs with them, but were rather friendly.

Moreover, the imperial court did not pressure their prices, and purchased sweet potatoes at the price of three cents per pound.

This is mainly because sweet potatoes are still a rare grain. If sweet potatoes become common, they would probably only be worth one or two cents per pound.

But even so, it is much cheaper than buying food.

The most important thing is that sweet potatoes are available in large quantities, making them perfect for emergency relief.

The villagers planted a lot of sweet potatoes this year, and they were all very happy when they heard the price.

After agreeing on the price, they counted the total number of sweet potatoes in the village.

After both parties signed the contract and paid the money, they could take the sweet potatoes away.

The sweet potatoes bought from Zheng Xiaoman’s family alone weighed more than 600,000 kilograms.

The Yang family and other families close to the Zheng family have planted at least ten acres of sweet potatoes this year, yielding tens of thousands of kilograms.

In addition to the sweet potato vines from all the households in the village, there are also the sweet potato vines that the villagers give to their relatives in other villages.

All in all, they sold over a million kilograms of sweet potatoes this time.

Part of the sweet potatoes bought from Wangjia Village were kept by the court as good seeds, and the rest were all transported to various disaster-stricken areas.

It was with these sweet potatoes that many people who had run out of food were saved.

Looking at the memorials sent up from below, the prince was extremely excited.

The sweet potatoes and the waterwheel were first given to him by his teacher, and he took them to show his father.

Now that the disaster victims have received assistance, the court will buy more sweet potatoes next year and distribute them to the people in the disaster-stricken areas for planting.

By then, everyone will grow sweet potatoes, and no one will go hungry anymore.

The next step was to promote sweet potatoes throughout the dynasty so that people all over the world could have enough to eat.

When the prince thought of such an achievement, he felt excited and passionate.

This is his achievement. From now on, no one can shake his position as the crown prince.

This time, the teacher really helped him a lot.

The prince also developed a favorable impression of the people from Wangjia Village, whom he had never met before.

So when the emperor was about to reward the Zheng family, the prince suggested that he reward them with a plaque with the emperor's personal inscription.

The emperor was in a good mood recently. After thinking for a while, he picked up the brush and quickly wrote four big words: "A Family of Benevolence, Righteousness and Goodness".

In addition, the emperor also rewarded a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.

He also gave Zheng Xiaoman the title of Deshan Township Lord.

Zheng Xiaoman was still a little confused when he knelt down to receive the imperial edict. Who is a village chief?

In her previous life, she had watched TV dramas and heard of princesses, county ladies, and village ladies, but this was the first time she had heard of village lady.

Later, Yang Shuhuai explained to her that the township lord here was two levels lower than the county lord. The county lord was of the second rank, while the township lord was of the third rank.

The county lord has a fiefdom, while the township lord is just an honorary title and does not have a fiefdom.

However, even though he had no fiefdom, Zheng Xiaoman was still very happy.

At least her rank of third grade was higher than that of the prefect.

And most importantly, now that she had a title, she could submit memorials directly to the emperor.

If anyone dares to bully her again, she can go directly to the emperor to complain.

The plaque written by the emperor was given to the Zheng family, but after some discussion, everyone decided to place the plaque in the ancestral hall of Wangjia Village.

There is also a new family tree in the ancestral hall of Wangjia Village. This family tree records the generation starting from Zheng Laotou’s father’s generation.

Old Man Zheng looked at his eldest grandson excitedly and recorded the names of all the members of their Zheng family in the family tree.

For a moment he burst into tears, they were no longer rootless people.

Wang Dehai was even more excited than Old Man Zheng. He carefully wiped the plaque that was awarded to him.

Is this the honor of the Zheng family? No, this is the honor of their entire Wangjia Village.

In the future, everyone will remember that when Wang Dehai was the village chief, the village produced scholars, juren, and now a township chief of the third rank.

No matter in the past or in the future, there will definitely be no one more glorious than him as the village chief.

This is all because of his vision. If he hadn't wanted to build a school in the village and invited Scholar Fang, their village wouldn't be what it is today.

Later, Zheng Xiaoman also found out that the prefect of Junyang Prefecture had been demoted by the emperor to be a county magistrate in a remote area.

His nephew was beaten with thirty sticks and was also exiled.

This time the prefect was badly harmed by him. Let's see if he dares to indulge him again in the future.

In a blink of an eye, five years later.

Wangjia Village, which originally had only forty households, has now developed into a large village with nearly two hundred households.

The roadside leading to the town from Wangjia Village is also lined with shops selling all kinds of things.

The two imposing houses at the foot of the mountain north of Wangjia Village have also changed their appearance.

Many different kinds of fruit trees were planted in front of the two houses.

In addition to fruit trees, there are also patches of flowers of various varieties.

These flowers were only there because Zheng Xiaoman liked to pick some fresh flowers every day and put them in the house. Later, Yang Shuhuai bought a lot of flower seeds and planted a large garden for her.

Every time the flowers bloom, this sea of ​​flowers attracts many people to come and admire.

Later, some people who moved into the village didn't know the situation of the two families above, so they wanted to buy land and build houses near them.

The old man in the village sneered at them and said, "The land over there has already been bought by two families, so it's not your turn to buy it.

If we can buy it, won’t we buy it?”

The man asked in confusion: "Who lives there? That piece of land must be hundreds of acres, right? It's such a waste to only plant fruit trees and various flowers."

"Tsk, what do you know? Not only the hundreds of acres of land in front, but also the hill in the back, have been bought by someone else."

"Wow? Who on earth lives up here? Why is it so generous?"

"Hey, who lives there? The people living there are the Lord of Deshan Township, who was personally appointed by our late emperor, and the dean of our academy.

In addition to them, there are also the family of our Chengyang County Magistrate."

"Oh my god? There are so many powerful people living in this mountain. Brother, come and tell me, why do they all live in Wangjia Village?

"You don't know this, please listen to me and I will explain it to you in detail..."

At this time, in the Yang family's courtyard, Zheng Xiaoman put his hands on his waist and yelled, "Yang Diandian, come out! Did you throw the cat into the sauce jar again?"

Yang Diandian, who is only two years old this year, heard his mother's roar and ran to his grandmother's room with his short legs.

When Li Cuixia saw her eldest grandson coming over, she smiled and picked him up.

"You naughty monkey, how did you offend your mother again?"

Little Yang Diandian pouted and said, "Grandma, I didn't mean to do that. I just opened the jar of sauce to see why it was so smelly, but who knew the cat in my arms would fall in."

Li Cuixia laughed out loud, "You little brat, no wonder your mother got angry.

She said two days ago that the soybean paste would be ready soon, and then she could pick some fresh vegetables and dip them in pickles.

Now that you've made her regret everything, she's going to get angry."

Yang Diandian wrinkled her nose, "But grandma, why does my mother like to eat such stinky things? That soybean paste smells even stinkier than Diandian's."

"Hahahahahahaha" Li Cuixia was so happy that she kissed her grandson's little face.

In the end, little Yang Diandian couldn't escape the fate of being spanked, and Zheng Nuannuan who lived next door saw it and laughed at him.

"Oh oh, someone is getting spanked by my aunt again."

Yang pouted angrily, "Humph, if you laugh at me again, I'll let my uncle spank you too."

Zheng Nuannuan raised her head proudly, "My dad couldn't bear to hit me. He said that I look most like my aunt. When he sees me, it's like seeing my great aunt when she was a child."

Yang Dian Dian stuck out her tongue at her, "You are not like my mother. My mother is one of a kind in the world."

Zheng Xiaoman listened to the two children talking to each other with a helpless smile, and lamented that time passed so quickly.

During these five years, his brother has become the county magistrate of Chengyang County.

When he passed the imperial examination, he married Mr. Fang's niece, and gave birth to his eldest daughter, Zheng Nuannuan, the following year.

My sister-in-law is pregnant now and will give birth in two months.

Lixia, Shuxing, Goudan and a few others went to the capital two years ago, and are still studying with Master Fang.

Yang Shuhuai opened a college in the village as he wished, and now there are hundreds of students who come here to study.

Kong Yang and Jiang Tai also passed the imperial examination and are now teaching in their family's academy.

Their academy not only teaches male students, but also accepts female students.

Chun Ya is studying in the academy now, and she says that she wants to be a female teacher in the future.

Zheng Xiaoman is already nineteen years old this year, and she is extremely beautiful.

She consummated her marriage with Yang Shuhuai at the age of sixteen, and gave birth to her son Yang Diandian at the age of seventeen.

She and Yang Shuhuai fell in love after getting married, and they gradually developed feelings for each other after two years of contact.

Yang Shuhuai doted on her and respected her very much.

Although the two have only been married for a few years, they feel like an old married couple.

What makes people happiest is that the two elderly people in the family are still in very good health and it is estimated that they will have no problem living another 20 to 30 years.

By then they will really be able to see their great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren being born.

My parents and parents-in-law are all in very good health, and they all insist on going to the fields to farm every day.

Over the years, she has been getting along with her in-laws as if they were her own parents, which makes her feel that she actually has two sets of biological parents.

It can be said that she is now the darling of both families, and even her son Yang Diandian cannot compare to her.

She feels that she is really very happy. She has grandparents and parents-in-law who love her, a husband and brothers and sisters who care about her, and a lively and lovely son.

Of course, that's when he's not causing trouble.

The memories of her previous life were becoming increasingly distant from her.

And what she didn't have in her previous life, God has now compensated her for it.

She was very glad that she jumped into the water to save people without hesitation that summer.

If she hadn't jumped, she would still be the person who was busy all day long but still alone.

She was grateful to God for giving her a new life and allowing her to have a family that loved her and whom she also loved.

Their lives are still going on and there are many stories yet to be told.

But I think now is the best ending.

I hope everyone who reads this book can find their own happiness.

(End of the book)

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