Dressed as a mother-in-law, she leads the whole family to turn over.

Chapter 467: A complicated background

"Don't worry, grandma. My aunt gave me a new life. If it weren't for the three hundred coins from my aunt, I wouldn't be who I am today, let alone have the good fortune I have today." Yang Fugui always remembered the past.

Li nodded with satisfaction, and her spirits improved. "Then you should work hard, and don't worry about the affairs of the village, let alone your father. Your grandfather and I can suppress him for another two years. With us here, he can't cause any trouble!"

Li made up her mind that she would fight for her life with the King of Hell for the sake of her grandson.

Zhou was confused as she listened from the side and thought that the grandfather and grandson were talking about the brick kiln factory. She did not interrupt but just kept trying to please Yang Erdan and kept asking about the imperial examination.

Yang Erdan answered carefully, "Aunt San, I have been in contact with Mr. Ming from Mapo Academy these days. Mr. Ming told me that Lai Gui is now more cheerful and motivated. He will be more stable in two years. Anyway, the family can afford it now, so don't worry."

Zhou smiled and shook her head, "I'm not in a hurry, why should I be in a hurry? By the way, will your mother and the others come back?"

Yang Erdan saw that Li and Old Man Yang were looking at him hopefully, and he couldn't help but feel sad, but he didn't deliberately lie to them, "It probably won't be that soon. The autumn examination of the four villages will be over next year. If they pass, they will immediately go to the capital to participate in the spring examination. If everything goes well, the four villages will stay in the capital for the next two years.

He is not young anymore, so marriage is on the agenda. And as for Xiaoya, my mother will probably marry her off in the capital. By the time their affairs are settled, a few years will have passed."

"That's what you said!" Li shook her head in frustration, but she understood.

Old man Yang consoled her, "The eldest lady is doing this for the future generations of our Yang family. It doesn't matter if we can't help her, but we can't hold her back. Just take good care of yourself in the village and try to live until your children and grandchildren have started their own families and careers. Hahaha."

In the past, Old Man Yang was very open-minded about life and death. It was only when his grandson became an official that he realized that being an official also requires a period of mourning. If he or his wife died, his grandson would have to mourn for a year and could not be an official, take the imperial examination, or do anything else.

He is so afraid of death now that he just hopes to live a long life and not cause any trouble to his grandson.

Li was so amused by what old man Yang said that she couldn't stop laughing and became happy again.

However, their happiness did not last long. Early in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month, Yang An suddenly knocked on Old Man Yang's door in a panic, with a white cloth wrapped around his head. When he saw Yang Lao San, he choked with red eyes and said, "Yang You, tell Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang that my father passed away last night!"

"What's going on?" Yang Laosan was very shocked. The old village chief had clearly shown up at the opening ceremony of the ancestral hall yesterday. He was in high spirits and quite agile. He gave each child in the village six cents. This money was the income from the clan land. He took some of it out to reward the children and encourage them to make progress.

He was also helping at the time, but he didn't notice anything wrong with the old village chief.

Yang An wiped away his tears and said, "My father was indeed fine yesterday. He talked to his grandchildren after returning home, telling them to work hard to be filial. He was also very happy at the New Year's Eve dinner and drank a bowl of rice wine.

Dad wanted to drink more, but my mom wouldn't let him. He didn't get angry, but just sat there smiling and didn't say anything. At first, everyone thought Dad had drunk too much and dozed off. After about 25 minutes, Dad didn't move, so my mom asked him to go back to his room to sleep. She called him a few times but he didn't respond, and then we realized that Dad was dead."

Yang Lao San was also very sad when he heard this, but he still advised: "The old village chief died of natural causes, it's a happy funeral, don't be sad, I will go tell my father and mother right away."

Yang An nodded, "I still have to go to the next company to notify them, so I'll leave first."

When Old Man Yang and Mrs. Li heard the news of the old village chief's death, they were stunned for a moment. They immediately packed up their things, took out the white cloth in the house, and went to the village chief's house with the help of Old Third Yang and his wife.

Yang Erdan represented the Jiangning family. He was an official. With him, the old village chief's funeral was very grand and respectable. Even the depressed old man Yang and Li felt relieved. It was the fifth day of the first lunar month when the old village chief's funeral was over. Yang Erdan and his friends had to rush back to the city. Before leaving, they had to give Yang and Li some more instructions. Yang Erdan was worried, so he went back to the city and found a doctor. He paid him a lot of money to come to Rongshu Village to take care of Yang and Li.

The old doctor went there reluctantly out of gratitude for Yang Erdan's filial piety. Unexpectedly, after arriving in Rongshu Village, he found that all the children here were studying in school, and the whole village had a good atmosphere and good rules. So he decided to live in Rongshu Village in his old age.

Yang An took the opportunity to invite the old doctor to teach medical courses at the school, and offered the old doctor six taels of silver as tuition every month. The old doctor agreed without much hesitation.

He originally wanted to popularize some herbal knowledge to the children, but he didn't expect that he would discover several children with medical talent. The old doctor sighed that his medical skills would be passed on to future generations, and he became more interested in teaching.

Of course, these are things to follow.

Yang Erdan arranged the doctor's affairs before writing to Jiang Ning to tell him about the village.

It was already March when the letter arrived in the capital.

Along with Yang Erdan's letter came letters from Yang Santie and Yang Xiaohua. Jiang Ning became absent-minded after reading the letters.

Xu Nuoyan noticed something was wrong and asked hurriedly, "Mother, is there something wrong?"

Jiang Ning sighed, "The old chief of Rongshu Village passed away. Erdan represented us and got everything done. Nothing happened back home. I was just a little sad. But Santie sent a letter saying that after Ayana arrived outside the Great Wall, she remembered many things from her childhood with the help of Xiaohua's medical skills."

Xu Nuoyan's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "What did she remember?"

Jiang Ning shook his head. "Santie didn't say much in the letter, but the less he said, the more serious the matter is."

She knew her son's nature of only reporting good news and not bad news, and she was afraid that there was really something wrong with Ayana's background.

Yang Santie and his group, who were being talked about by Jiang Ning, were now in a private room of an inn full of ethnic characteristics in Jingu City.

Sitting opposite the couple was Xiao Chongyun, who had a stern face.

The atmosphere in the room was somewhat solemn.

After a while, Yang Santie slowly spoke, "This is the third assassination attempt we have encountered in Jingu City. The first two times, the enemy was just testing us, but this time they wanted to kill us. If you hadn't brought people here in time, I'm afraid all my people would have died here."

They left the city in the first month of the year. At that time, Jingu City was still covered in snow. The most valuable thing at that time was naturally food.

Yang Santie also saw this opportunity and sold grain worth 100,000 taels outside the Great Wall. He earned back 300,000 taels in just half a month. Together with other things that rich people liked, such as tea, porcelain, silk, and wine, he earned another 600,000 taels. In just one month, his wealth increased several times.

Just when he was having a great time making money, danger quietly approached.