Jinyuyuan.

Jiang Jiaojiao watched as Madam Jin counted the betrothal gifts over and over again, shaking her head as she counted.

"Mother, is something not right?"

"No--"

Jin said excitedly, "The Seventh Prince's betrothal gifts are so generous, the dowry I prepared for you is still a bit meager. I'll go visit your maternal grandparents!"

Jiang Jiaojiao was taken aback.

Grandmother...

Jiang Jiaojiao put down the pastries in her hand, stood up and said, "My daughter hasn't seen her maternal grandmother in a long time."

Jin's eyes widened in surprise, "Jiaojiao...is going too?"

It's no wonder that Madam Jin was agitated. Her three children, raised by her mother-in-law and husband, considered themselves to be from a noble family and had no desire to associate with the Jin family. They wouldn't even visit once out of ten visiting cards.

The Jin family also knew that the Marquis's mansion looked down on them.

Gradually, they stopped sending visiting cards and instead secretly sent various gold and silver gifts to the Jin family, hoping that the Jin family and their children could live a more comfortable life.

Otherwise, with Marquis Jiang Qing's meager salary, he wouldn't even be able to keep the Marquis's mansion, let alone enjoy the luxurious life there.

Jiang Jiaojiao wore a pale yellow silk dress adorned with jade pendants; her skin was as white as snow, and she was radiant and captivating.

On the contrary, Jin was dressed as usual, not luxuriously, so you would never guess that she was the daughter of the richest merchant.

Jiang Jiaojiao pulled a gold hairpin from her hair and put it in Jin's hair, and said with a coquettish smile, "Mother is dressed too plainly. Grandmother will feel sorry for you when she sees it."

Jin smiled so hard that wrinkles appeared around her eyes.

These days, after listening to Jiang Jiaojiao's advice, she stopped sending all the money and items to the mansion and the old lady's room, and her life became much more comfortable.

Although the old lady would occasionally cause some trouble.

Despite her feigned ignorance, the things she sent to Songheyuan were all chosen according to the preferences of those noble ladies from affluent families—elegant and simple.

Furthermore, the government's expenses should also be reduced.

For several months.

Contrary to her expectations, the mansion did not become noisy; instead, the old women and maids became even more obedient.

The carriage traveled along the long street and made several turns before finally stopping.

After coming down.

Looking at the "Jin Mansion," which was exactly the same as the mansion next door, Jiang Jiaojiao was stunned. It was too low-key.

Jin smiled and said, "These are all noble families around here. Your maternal grandfather instructed us not to be ostentatious and to just blend in with the others."

"Miss--"

"Miss is back—"

The butler, having received the news, had already opened the gate and was waiting.

Upon seeing the carriage, they began to summon people, and soon a group of old women and maids came out, smiling as they served them.

Let's go.

Ms. Jin's eyes crinkled with laughter.

The butler was startled, staring at Jiang Jiaojiao in disbelief. After a long while, he shouted in a trembling voice, "This...this is Miss, isn't it?"

"Go quickly—go quickly and inform the old master and old lady, as well as the master and the young masters—"

"Young Miss—the young lady of the Marquis's mansion has arrived!"

The butler was overcome with emotion and tears streamed down his face.

Jiang Jiaojiao thought that look in his eyes was from a long-lost relative.

This shout.

The entire Jin mansion erupted in noise, with excited eyes glued to her, impossible to look away from!

"Oh my—my precious child!"

An excited shout came from the end of the path.

A group of old women and maids were seen helping an elderly woman with graying temples walk quickly towards them.

"Mother--"

Jin pulled Jiang Jiaojiao along and quickly went to greet them.

Jiang Jiaojiao smiled and bowed, "Greetings, Grandmother."

"Good, good, good—good, good, good!"

"Quickly, quickly—go to the school and tell those boys that their cousin is here, and get out of class is over!"

Madam Jin grasped Jiang Jiaojiao's plump and soft hand, examining her from head to toe. "You've lost weight—you've lost weight!"

"Quickly tell the kitchen to bring up everything, whether it's ginseng, lingzhi, or deer antler, to nourish Jiaojiao!"

Jiang Jiaojiao touched her round face.

You've lost weight...?

hehe--

The guilt of eating three pork knuckles in one meal was instantly lessened.

Kim was standing next to him, laughing so hard that tears were almost streaming down her face.

The Jin family has a strong yang energy; the mother gave birth to seven sons before having him, and now, his seven older brothers have also had a litter of sons.

“Mother—you only have Jiaojiao in your eyes, not your daughter anymore.”

Grandma Jin tapped Mr. Jin's forehead.

"You little brat, you're even jealous of your own daughter! Wait until your brothers and those boys come, then let's see if you can still handle it all!"

Jiang Jiaojiao felt warm all over as the old lady held her in her arms.

A slight moisture welled up in her eyes.

In my past life, I must have been blinded by greed. I had such good family members around, but I chose to befriend those cold-hearted people instead!

soon.

Jiang Jiaojiao then witnessed the Jin family's hospitality.

Not to mention that the old man laughed so hard he held the book upside down, all the uncles rushed over upon hearing the news, their eyes looking at him as if he were looking at a precious gem, the only son in his family for generations, who was made of tofu and they were afraid of damaging him.

Jiang Jiaojiao greeted them generously and presented them with gifts she had asked A Yuan to prepare—some inexpensive pastries. The old lady and the old man received an extra string of beads.

People were overjoyed.

The gifts that were sent to greet us were piled up so high that the front hall was overflowing.

Jiang Jiaojiao looked at the precious and luxurious gift, then at the furnishings in the room and her uncles' clothes. It was really mismatched. Even the Songhe Courtyard was more luxurious back then.

"Father—put the book down right now. She can't even read a few words. Do you expect her to test her knowledge?"

Master Jin smiled and exposed the old man's lie.

The old man was so angry that his beard stood on end. "How could I dare to investigate Jiaojiao's studies? I just wanted to set an example and absorb more of her scholarly air."

"Look at you all, complaining of headaches as soon as you pick up a book."

"The kids we teach these days either have stomach aches or numb arms as soon as they enter the school. When will our Jin family produce a scholar?"

"A few days ago, my little seventeen-year-old ate ten large hairy crabs to avoid going to school, and then had diarrhea for three days!"

Jiang Jiaojiao watched as her uncles were being scolded by her maternal grandfather.

She covered her mouth and chuckled.

Just then, a commotion broke out outside: "Where's my sister? Where's my sister?"

"I'm the older brother, I need to talk to my sister first!"

"I'm taller! I need to talk to my sister first!"

"I've already prepared a gift for our first meeting!"

"You're too cunning! Ah Wang Ah Cai—go to my room right now and bring me that box of luminous pearls from my bedside table!"