The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife

"Mother..." Yangyang whispered and looked at Dad, only to realize that Ye Zi’an was bowing his head to drink tea and wasn’t looking at them at all.

"Mother is asking you, will you still fight?" Yangyang fidgeted with his fingers, subconsciously glancing at his brother, seeing Lele shaking his head at him. Then he raised his head and said, "I won’t fight anymore, I won’t."

How could Yang Chuxia possibly miss the actions of her eldest son? She wasn’t truly intending to reprimand Yangyang. Seeing this, she nodded in satisfaction, thinking to herself that this was more like it. Although he was young, it was important for him to understand that fighting was not something that could be done lightly.

"Fighting depends on the situation. If you are bullied or hit by someone, you can fight back, but if someone hasn’t done anything to deserve it and you start a fight, that’s challenging someone, that’s being unreasonable. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand," Little Yangyang nodded vigorously. Lele nodded along as well.

Yang Chuxia thought to herself, what do you understand!

When both children went to play in the harem, Ye Zi’an said, "Xiaxia, do you think they really understand what you’re telling them? They are still so young."

"That’s not necessarily the case; they might seem to understand but not truly grasp it now, but next time they could indeed understand. Besides, I’m not expecting them to be able to discern everything right now. I’m just letting him know my stance, and I’m telling them from now on that they can’t just fight whenever they want. Don’t wait until they are grown and have me, as their mother, hear people saying every day that he got into a fight here today and there tomorrow. If they don’t understand once, say it a few more times, but never let it go unaddressed."

"Moreover, being young shouldn’t be used as an excuse for wrongdoing. Just look at the Li Family’s young master. When his mother came to me, she would start by saying how young he is. If adults keep using youth as an excuse, think about it; the children will come to believe the same. If by the age of twenty, someone still claims to be young after making a mistake, that would be a joke. There’s a right way to spoil a child, and this isn’t it."

"Wife, you make a good point." After listening to Yang Chuxia, he also felt it was indeed true. He had encountered many such situations where parents would repeatedly say their child was young, but in reality, only the parents themselves believed this – others would not forgive the mistakes just because the parents said their child was young.

However, since the incident, First Old Master Li truly made an effort to educate his youngest son. He had dismissed all the frivolous people at home and even hired a distinguished teacher, saying he planned to have the young master Li study earnestly. Since he wasn’t business material, then he should try for the Imperial Exam. If he couldn’t become an official, then at least passing the Cultivated Talent exam would be better than achieving nothing.

First Madam Li originally felt sorry for her son studying so hard every day and wanted to resist, but was forcefully put down by First Old Master Li, leaving her no choice but to give up. But since then, the young master of the Li family had indeed become much more disciplined.

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In the blink of an eye, it was March, the season when new trees sprout and weeping willows sway.

It was heard that half of the willow trees in Yanghe Town had already been planted, and by April, all would be finished.

Thinking along these lines, Yang Chuxia and Ye Zi’an considered that it was time to start planting flowers and grasses.

But this meant that they were once again short of hands, so the county office began to post broadsides, hiring workers anew. Unlike the last time which required strong men for tree planting, this time they needed women.

Many women who were idle at home came forward to apply.

However, because planting flowers and grasses was different from the previous tree planting—since they needed to achieve a particular layout—she planned to personally oversee the planting process.