Since Su Zefan, the eldest son of the long house who had already passed the county examination, would take the prefectural and provincial examinations next year to become a scholar, the Su family could still be exempt from taxes and corvée labor. This was the very reason why Xiao Yang dared to make such a scene.,Before going up the mountain, I had only drunk a bowl of coarse rice porridge that was almost translucent. Luckily, I found some wild fruit in the mountains and ate two to fill my stomach. It finally allowed me to make it to now.,I gazed upon the village ahead, shrouded in mist and drizzle. Turning my gaze back to the path I had come from, the thought of carving a mountain road behind my own house surged strongly within me once more.。