In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

He Huaibi is more lively than He Huaijin.

He said with a smile: "My fifth brother knows how to behave. He even topped the list of this college entrance examination."

“Ahh! —Ah!”

"He Wulang is actually at the top of the list! He really brings honor to our family. Our Shiliu Village has produced three scholars. There are only a few families like him in the whole Lizhou. He family, there is a happy event in your family! Hurry up and kill the pigs and cattle for the banquet!"

When He Huaijin and He Huaibi were stopped by people at the village entrance to ask about the results of the college entrance examination, He Qiudi was cooking in the kitchen.

She cooked sweet potatoes and taro and made taro paste.

Steam the purple sweet potatoes and taro, crush them, mix them with sugar, milk that has been boiled to remove the fishy smell, and her special oil, stir evenly until it forms a paste, then knead the taro paste into a ball and eat it with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds.

It’s sweet and delicious when you swallow it in one bite. The combination of sugar and oil mixture and purple sweet potato is simply perfect.

The sweet taste explodes in your taste buds, it's simply wonderful.

She was making taro paste. He Sanlang, He Qinglu, Sun Yaya and Sun Erlang were watching eagerly beside her, waiting for her to finish making the paste so that they could share it among themselves.

As a result, the sound of good news was heard outside.

"He family, your twins are both pregnant—"

He Qiudi was stunned for a moment, then he patted the heads of the four little ones and said, "Let's eat the mud later. Come on, your fifth and sixth uncles are back. Let's go out and take a look."

"what?"

Jin Cuihua was busy in the front yard, trying to rub the children's mud. When she heard the noise, she rushed out and asked, "My fifth and sixth uncles both passed the imperial examinations?"

"Yes, yes! They are all high school scholars, all scholars! The fifth master is even at the top of the list!"

"Ah! Ah!" Jin Cuihua screamed and ran to the backyard with her hands and feet waving. "Grandma, Grandpa! What are you still doing here? Uncle Five and Uncle Six are back from Kuncheng! They all passed, they all passed! The fifth uncle is still at the top! The He family has finally made it!"

The rake in Grandma He's hand fell directly to the ground.

"really?"

Jin Cuihua looked at the villagers who followed behind and came to the He family's backyard to report the news.

The few people who ran fast to announce the good news nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, Shiliu Village has two more scholars. Congratulations to the He family."

Only then did Old Mrs. He look at Old Mr. He tremblingly.

"Old man, did you hear that? The fifth and sixth sons both passed the imperial examinations. Second and third sons! Go to the village and pick up your brother. Yes, Huai'an, go to the city and see if you can order some pork and fish. The He family is hosting a banquet for guests tomorrow!"

He Huaian and He Huaiping walked out of the construction site of the soap workshops they were in charge of.

They both had happy smiles on their faces.

Although it was the twin brother who passed the imperial examination, they were all happy from the bottom of their hearts.

The two brothers quickly put down their work and went to the village entrance to pick up their twin brother.

He Qiudi also closed the kitchen door and followed the four little kids to the entrance of Pomegranate Village.

There are already quite a few people gathered around the old well.

He Huaiping and He Huaian pushed through the crowd who were congratulating them, took the luggage for He Huaijin and He Huaibi, and led them out from the crowd of villagers who were congratulating them.

"Congratulations, Mr. Scholar~"

"Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations on winning the imperial examination next year, and on being selected by His Majesty in the imperial palace the year after."

"Congratulations, everyone. The He family is having a wedding banquet tomorrow, so remember to come and have a drink at the He family."

"Thank you. Thank you. Come to the wedding tomorrow."

Despite this, the villagers who came to watch the fun still followed the He family in a mighty procession and arrived at the door of the He family together.

Old Mrs. He and Old Mr. He had been waiting at the door for a long time. When they saw everyone coming over, they threw handfuls of copper coins to everyone and celebrated with everyone.

This time, Mrs. He was very generous and directly gave two hundred dollars.

Everyone who came to join in the fun picked up a copper coin.

Old Mrs. He expressed her gratitude to everyone, and said that He Huaijin and He Huaibi had just rushed back from Kuncheng and had not yet eaten or washed, so the He family would not entertain everyone for the time being, and everyone could do as they pleased.

But the He family will set up a banquet on the flat ground under the old well and locust tree at the entrance of the village tomorrow and invite a troupe to perform. When the time comes, please come and have a meal and watch the show.

Everyone then reluctantly dispersed.

He Huaijin and He Huaibi had been traveling for more than two days. They didn't eat or sleep well on the way, so when they returned to the He family, they were really hungry.

While they went to wash their faces and change clothes, He Qiudi made some taro paste, kneaded it into balls, and served them with the mung bean porridge she had cooked for them to eat together.

It is particularly refreshing, filling and satisfying.

The He Huaibi brothers had never eaten taro paste.

While eating, he asked He Qiudi how this was made.

He Huaian and He Qiudi then told them what had happened at home during the time they went to Kuncheng for the exam.

The twin brothers were particularly surprised by the bumper harvest of sweet potatoes.

They traveled back and forth to Kuncheng for almost a month, and witnessed the drought, water shortage, and disaster victims everywhere in the entire Yongning Prefecture, which touched them deeply.

If there were a high yield of sweet potatoes, perhaps the Zhou Dynasty would no longer have to worry about famine.

Immediately, He Huaijin discussed the sweet potato issue with Grandpa He and He Qiudi.

He was curious about how sweet potatoes are grown and how rough sweet potatoes and taro can be made into delicious taro paste.

Actually, Grandpa He was not very good at growing sweet potatoes. It was Grandma He who mentioned it to him, and He Qiudi also heard some about it. So when he was planting, he treated them carefully as ordinary crops. He was a person who knew how to take care of crops, and he had a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes without knowing it.

It may also be that sweet potatoes are relatively easy crops to grow, so as long as they are given enough fertilizer, they will thrive.

When asked about the method of making taro paste, He Qiudi said that he had done all kinds of research on how to make it more delicious, and with the help of He Sanlang, they developed it together.

After knowing that a large amount of sugar and oil were added to it, He Huaijin understood.

No matter how unpalatable the food is, it will become delicious after adding these two ingredients to season it.

The family is wealthy and has money.

Being willing to add sugar and salt will turn whole grains like sweet potatoes and taro into rare delicacies in the world.

Just like adding sugar to this mung bean porridge, it tastes just as good.

Before He Huaijin and He Huaibi finished eating and rested, many people from the He family came to congratulate them.

Old Master He took He Huaiping out to entertain the guests, and asked He Huaian to go to the city to invite a troupe of actors and order pork, chickens, ducks, candy, etc.

The head of the village, clan elders, and people who had good or bad relations with the He family all came over to congratulate them.

This time, the congratulations were not from everyone gathering at the door of the He family as before. Instead, the male hosts of every household came together to congratulate the He family. Old Mrs. He made tea and brought out peanuts to treat everyone.

We are going to have a banquet tonight.

Just invite the head of the village and the elders with status in the village to have dinner first and discuss the buffet for tomorrow.

Because Shiliu Village is a village of mixed surnames, the He family does not have a dedicated ancestral hall, but they still have to worship their ancestors with their cousin's family.

My uncle's family shamelessly brought up the issue of tax-free land. Grandpa He thought that the He family already had three scholars and could offer an additional 100 acres of tax-free land, so he naturally agreed to help him.

The rest will still be divided equally among households in the village.

Originally, He Qiudi wanted to buy more land, but because Shiliu Village had water for growing crops, no villagers were willing to sell their land. If the He family wanted to expand their cultivated land, they had to reclaim wasteland.

The Daye Dynasty stipulated that newly reclaimed land was exempt from tax in the first three years.

Three years later, He Huaijin had already passed the imperial examination and became an official. His family's share of tax-free land could not be used up, so He Qiudi did not stop Mr. He from distributing the remaining tax-free land to the villagers of Shiliu Village.

result.

The people in Shiliu Village were really pushing their luck and actually wanted to act as a matchmaker for He Huaijin and He Huaibi.