After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

Chapter 342 Return the favor

"Grandpa, grandma, I'm back." Ye Chenjing waved to the people in the yard.

Zhou stood up and walked to the door. "Finally I'm back. My family was so worried. Have the others come back?"

Ye Chenjing pushed the door open, and everyone saw the other people outside.

Wei Jia came over with his wife carrying some things, and saw Zhou and greeted her.

"Aunt, we are back."

Zhou was very happy, "Hey, come in quickly, you must be exhausted from the journey."

Then she pulled Jiang Qiaoer's hand and said, "Qiaoer, your sister has been thinking about you these days, come in and talk."

"Auntie, thank you for your concern. There was an event in the academy, and they just came back after attending it. I'm sorry to have made everyone worried." Jiang Qiaoer is Master Jiang's granddaughter, and everyone is familiar with her.

Wei Xin heard the voice and hurried over.

"Qiao'er, you're back, come home and sit down."

"Sister, you're back. Where are the two children? I brought them gifts." Qiao'er was holding a bundle in her hand, which contained gifts for the children.

Ping'an still remembers his uncle and aunt. He met Wei Jia when Erbao was still in his infancy, but now he has no impression of him at all.

When Ping'an heard that there was a gift, he stopped staring at the mooncakes and rushed towards his uncle.

Erbao hid behind Ye Qing and stuck his head out to look at the three people.

"Have you seen your grandfather? He went to the village entrance to wait for you early in the morning." Mrs. Li held her grandson's hand tightly.

Without waiting for his answer, Li touched his arm and said, "You've lost weight. Eat more now that you're back."

When a few people came in, the people in the yard greeted them again.

"Don't leave at noon, eat at home. Look, we've prepared so many things." Boss Ye spoke to Wei Jia.

Wei Jia handed over the gifts he brought for the Ye family, "Uncle, we won't stay here. Grandpa and grandma are waiting for us to go back. We have to prepare things for the festival when we go back. I'll come to see you later."

Wei Jia was worried about his grandparents. They were old and it was almost noon, but they hadn't returned home yet. The two old people were so worried.

"That's right. Your sister and brother-in-law went there a few days ago and prepared some holiday things for them. When you go back, the house will be lively again." Boss Ye didn't want to keep them any longer.

Wei Xin was a little reluctant to leave. He just said a few words to his brother and was about to go back.

"Boss, please bring some of the food prepared at home to Wei Jia. It's already this late, and they won't have time to go out and buy some." Zhou was busy getting mutton for them.

"Auntie, you don't have to give it to us. I'm sure everything is prepared at home." Qiao'er was reluctant to take it.

"Why are you being so polite to your aunt? They are all raised by us. We didn't buy them." Zhou didn't let Qiao'er stop her.

After seeing Wei Jia and his wife off, Wei Xin was reluctant to see them go away, so he came back to continue his work.

I just brought a lot of things to Wei Jia. Wei Xin knew that the elders at home were generous, so he would be nicer to his family in the future.

Zheng Qin had no objection to the gifts given to Wei Jia by her family. They gave a lot to the Zheng family, and every year when the fruits and vegetables were ripe, they would first send some to them.

Ping An took Erbao to study the gifts his uncle brought, which included many toys they had never seen before.

"Ping'an, Erbao, do you miss your uncle?" Ye Chenjing still had a childish nature and teased the two children.

"I miss my uncle." This is the sweet-talking Erbao. In fact, he doesn't even remember what Ye Chenjing looks like, he just heard his family members talking about him often.

Ping'an still remembers this uncle. Whenever he came back, he would often bring him delicious food.

"Uncle, what gifts did you bring us?" Ping An smiled at Ye Chenjing ingratiatingly.

"There's a very interesting gift in my luggage. I'll give it to you tonight." Ye Chenjing kept it a secret.

The two children each hugged one arm and asked him to reveal a little about what the gift was.

Zhou was now full of energy and was busy preparing two more dishes.

Ye Chenjing played with the two children for a while, washed his hands and helped with the work.

"Fifth brother, why did you come back so late?" Ye Qing asked everyone's question.

"The academy held a Mid-Autumn Festival event and invited several teachers from other academies. They are very good at writing essays. We came back after asking them for advice." Ye Chenjing explained while working.

"Studying is the most important thing, but you are far away and cannot send a message home." When Zhou saw her son, all her original thoughts disappeared.

"Have Lin Wenxuan and your seventh brother returned?" Mrs. Li was worried about her other grandson.

"They are all back. They went home first. Shichiro said he would come to see you later."

Li was relieved and also had the mind to think about food.

The family was busy and bustling. They had a quick meal at noon and the big dinner in the evening.

In the afternoon, Uncle San brought Qilang to see Old Man Ye and Li, "Dad, our two children were praised by the teacher."

The family didn’t know the news yet, Ye Chenjing didn’t tell them when he came back.

"Tell me quickly what happened." Old man Ye was excited.

After hearing the news, Uncle Ye was too embarrassed to tell anyone outside, so he could only come here to talk about it.

"It's just that they came back late this time and won a prize in the academy activities. The teacher gave them two days of special training and also said that they could try for the next provincial examination."

Old Man Ye bowed twice in the direction of the ancestral hall excitedly, "Ancestors bless you, ancestors bless you."

"Good kids, go and take the exam bravely. Grandpa will pay for you." Old Man Ye has saved nearly one hundred taels of silver in the past few years.

"Dad, you don't have to pay. We are not short of money now." Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao San hurriedly stopped him.

"This time the academy also rewarded us with ten taels of silver." Ye Chenjing added.

Old Man Ye was so excited that he didn't know what to say. He pulled Ping'an and Erbao and asked them to learn from their two uncles.

In the evening, Old Man Ye asked Ye Dalang to get a jar of wine and poured a little for each person.

Today is a holiday and everyone in the family is happy, so it’s okay to drink a little.

After dinner, everyone in the family was full and walked around in the yard.

Ping An and Er Bao pestered Ye Chenjing for gifts, and Ye Chenjing took them to the room to get them.

"Wow, it's a comic book. The little fish in it are so cute." Erbao's voice came out.

Ping'an was very happy holding an inkstone with a piglet pattern on it, which no one else in the private school had.

Erbao came to Ye Qing with the comic book and said, "Aunt, let's read it together."

Ye Qing took the album. The pictures inside were very vivid and one could tell what story it was telling at a glance.

This is the most suitable thing for my second child who can’t read.

"Second brother, there are already picture albums for sale in the city." Ye Qing thought that they didn't exist in ancient times.

"This is not for sale. I asked a classmate to help me draw it. He is very good at drawing."

Wei Xin came over to look at it together, "It must cost a lot of money to hire someone to paint. Erbao, thank your uncle quickly."

"Thank you, uncle." Erbao's attention was all on the picture album.

"It's free. I lent the books Qingya gave me last time to my classmate. He drew a few for me to repay the favor."