During the New Year, Jiang Cheng didn't know what happened in the Jiang family, but during this period Jiang Cheng followed the Song family to several restaurants.

Today they invited one family, tomorrow they invited another, and for several days the Song family’s woodshed hadn’t been lit.

Fortunately, no one invited him to dinner today, so Jiang Cheng cooked a big table of dishes for Song Tingzhi and the others at home.

After dinner, Jiang Cheng went to talk to Xu Sanniang about something.

"Mom, I'm coming in." Jiang Cheng knocked on the door twice and then pushed it open.

"What's wrong?" Xu Sanniang was a little confused when she saw Jiang Cheng coming to see her alone. "Did Tingzhi bully you?"

"No, no." Jiang Cheng stopped Xu Sanniang who was about to go out to find Song Tingzhi, "I want to talk to my mother about Qianqian."

"Qianqian?" Xu Sanniang seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked excitedly, "Could it be that you have a guy you like and want to introduce him to Qianqian?"

Xu Sanniang's gossipy heart was burning.

"No..." Jiang Cheng didn't expect Xu Sanniang to jump directly to this topic, and was unable to react for a moment, "I want Qianqian to learn the piano."

"Learn the qin?" Xu Sanniang was puzzled. "Why should I learn the qin? Where can I learn it?"

"Mother, listen to me." Jiang Cheng pulled Xu Sanniang to sit beside the bed. "There's a place in town called Mingyue Lane. There's a zither teacher named Tang. She's very good at it, and many nobles have learned from her."

"I want to send Qianqian to learn piano from her. Although it's a little late now, hard work can make up for lack of talent. Learning a skill will be of great benefit to Qianqian in the future."

"That's what you said, but why do you suddenly let Qianqian learn the piano?" Xu Sanniang was still very hesitant. In her impression, only actors could play the piano and rap.

"Mother, all the noble ladies out there are learning these things. When Qianqian gets married in the future, she can also move up the social ladder, right?" Jiang Cheng advised. "It's always good for a girl to learn these things, isn't it?"

"But it will cost a lot of money, right?" Xu Sanniang was worried that the tuition was too expensive and her family couldn't afford it.

"It's not much money. I met her before when I was selling handkerchiefs in town." Jiang Cheng took Xu Sanniang's hand. "After the fifteenth, Tingzhi and I will take Qianqian to visit her."

"Let's ask Qianqian if she is willing!" Xu Sanniang planned to ask Song Qian what she thought.

"I do, Mom." Not long after Jiang Cheng and Xu Sanniang started chatting, Song Qian was listening to their conversation outside.

When Song Qian heard Xu Sanniang was going to ask for her opinion, she couldn't help but push the door open.

"Mom, I do." Song Qian repeated.

"Qianqian has agreed, Mom, let her try!" Jiang Cheng was very happy to see Song Qian agreed.

"Well, since Qianqian agrees, let's give it a try." Seeing her daughter agree, Xu Sanniang had no other thoughts. "Speaking of which, there's still no one in our family who can play the piano! When Qianqian learns, come back and play it for me!"

"Thank you, mother!" Song Qian was very happy to see that Xu Sanniang agreed, and ran out to tell Song Tingzhi the good news.

"Alas, I can't keep up with the thinking of you young people. From now on, Chengcheng, Xiaoyu and Qianqian's lifelong affairs will be left to you two."

"Mom, don't talk nonsense!" Jiang Cheng helped Xu Sanniang out. "This is what Tingzhi and I think, but we need you and Dad to agree!"

"Good boy!" Xu Sanniang patted Jiang Cheng's hand, and the two went out.

After deciding that Song Qian was going to learn the piano, Jiang Cheng planned to find He Xiaomi to ask him to help make a wood carving. After talking to him, Jiang Cheng came back and took the gift prepared by Xu Sanniang to his room and kept it.

After the fifteenth day of the lunar month, I will take Song Qian to see Madam Tang.

During the New Year, every household lived a good life. They put aside their usual intrigues and chatted with each other, visited each other, and the atmosphere in the whole Xinghua Village was particularly harmonious.

On the fifteenth day, Jiang Cheng got up early in the morning and took the gift of marriage service that he had prepared earlier to the donkey cart. Xu Sanniang dressed up Song Qian in the house, trying to catch Mrs. Tang's eye at once.

"Mom, let's go!" After Song Qian dressed up and got on the donkey cart, Jiang Cheng followed, waved to Xu Sanniang, and let Song Tingzhi set off.

When they arrived in the town, Song Tingzhi sent Jiang Cheng and Song Qian to the entrance of Mingyue Lane, then stopped and did not go in.

Jiang Cheng carried the things and took Song Qian in.

"Brother Chengcheng, what is this place? It looks... not right!"

After Song Qian followed Jiang Cheng into Mingyue Lane, she looked at the scene upstairs where the girls of various looks were surrounded by veils. She felt a little helpless and stuck closer to Jiang Cheng.

"This is where most of the girls who perform live. Most of the girls here were taught by that Tang Madam. Her house is just ahead!"

Jiang Cheng explained the situation in Mingyue Lane to Song Qian and pulled his wife forward.

They didn't stop until they reached a yard.

Jiang Cheng took a few steps forward and knocked on the door. After waiting for a while, someone opened the door. It was a little boy, about 10 years old.

"Who are you looking for?" the young man asked timidly.

"Hello, my name is Jiang Cheng and I'm here to look for Madam Tang. Is she here?" Jiang Cheng said.

"Mrs. Tang is teaching a class, please come in first!" The young man had some impression of Jiang Cheng, as he had been here several times before.

"Thank you very much."

After getting the response, Jiang Cheng turned around, took Song Qian's hand, and pulled her to follow the young man in to wait for Mrs. Tang.

On the way, Jiang Cheng chatted a lot with the boy and learned that the boy's name was Qi Lin, and he was Qi Yu's illegitimate brother, who was sent by Master Qi to Madam Tang to learn skills.

Qi Lin knew that Jiang Cheng and his brother had naturally become more familiar with each other.

Qi Lin brought Jiang Cheng to the main hall, poured them both a cup of tea, and chatted with them.

After waiting for about half an hour, Mrs. Tang finally arrived.

"Hey, little brother Jiang Cheng, why are you here? You didn't even tell me you were coming, and you waited for so long!" Madam Tang walked over quickly, took Jiang Cheng's hand, and said enthusiastically.

"You too, how can you really keep customers waiting for so long?" Madam Tang looked at Qi Lin and nodded his head with her finger. "Alright, go learn the piano!"

"Don't blame him, Aunt Tang. We didn't want him to disturb your class." Jiang Cheng saw Aunt Tang blaming Qi Lin and quickly pleaded for him.

"This child is a little inflexible. Master Qi sent him here so that he can learn some more rules and regulations so that he can marry into a wealthy family in the future."

When Mrs. Tang saw Qi Lin walking away, she told Jiang Cheng the reason why the Qi family sent him here.

"Although I don't approve of learning skills just to marry into a wealthy family, I have to admit that marrying into a wealthy family is not a bad way out for you guys!"

Mrs. Tang sighed.

"Yes, although marrying into a wealthy family may seem glorious, you still have to live your life on your own afterwards," Jiang Cheng agreed.

"You still understand me!" Mrs. Tang patted Jiang Cheng's hand with a smile.