Jiang Ling, who had been single her entire life, never expected to wake up and find herself transmigrated to a place called Lujia Village during a devastating famine year.
Facing a family ful...
Jiang Ling was even more puzzled when she saw that Hu Yue'er and Zhou Daxia were both carrying cloth bags.
Hu Yue'er smiled and said to Jiang Ling, "Suihe is going to study today. Daxia and I didn't know what to give her, so we thought we'd make her two sets of clothes!"
As she spoke, Hu Yue'er opened the cloth bags she and Zhou Daxia were carrying. Inside were two ruqun (traditional Chinese dresses), one peach pink and the other light purple, both of which looked very beautiful.
"This material is very expensive!" Jiang Ling said, touching the fabric of the clothes.
"Oh, what's the big deal about the price? Suihe will be a girl from now on, how can she not dress nicely? I'll leave the clothes here for you, Daxia and I won't keep you from leaving!" Hu Yue'er put a pair of clothes on the table and pulled Zhou Daxia away from Jiang Ling's house.
Reminded by Hu Yue'er, Lightning Mother quickly pulled Zhao Erleng's wife aside and said, "Yes, yes, today is Suihe's first day of school. We won't delay your journey!" After saying that, the two of them hurriedly left.
"Keep it, it's all from the aunties' heartfelt wishes!" Jiang Ling didn't want to put too much pressure on Jiang Suihe, she just told Jiang Suihe to put the things away.
Jiang Suihe nodded, looking at the things her aunts had brought her, and secretly vowed that she must study hard and not let them down.
In front of Linghui Academy.
Today is the annual spring semester entrance ceremony. Early this morning, Academician Liu and the faculty members of the college stood at the entrance to welcome this group of girls who had passed the exams.
"You must be Jiang Suihe?" Academician Liu said with a smile as Jiang Suihe walked to the door.
Jiang Suihe was wearing a light green high-waisted dress, with two silver hairpins simply inserted in her hair. From a distance, she looked like a lotus emerging from the water. Although not stunning, she was still outstanding.
Jiang Suihe politely bowed to Academician Liu and said, "Hello, Academician Liu, I am Jiang Suihe!"
Looking at the polite Jiang Suihe, Academician Liu narrowed his eyes even more, nodded with a slight smile, and exclaimed, "Not bad, not bad. Intelligent and polite. Don't you have a courtesy name yet?"
Jiang Suihe nodded and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I am just a peasant girl. It is already a great fortune that I was able to be admitted to Linghui Academy, so I do not have a courtesy name!"
Upon hearing this answer, the surrounding teachers all turned their gazes toward Jiang Suihe, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
After all, they had been teaching at Linghui Academy for so many years and had almost never heard of a peasant girl being able to study at the academy, let alone be the top student in the class.
"Yes, I was right. He is neither humble nor arrogant, a good prospect. Let's name him Zhili!" Academician Liu said.
Jiang Suihe nodded repeatedly to express her gratitude, and Jiang Ling, who was standing to the side, was also very happy.
Jiang Ling watched as Jiang Suihe walked into the gate of Linghui Academy carrying large and small bags, and she still felt a little uneasy.
Jiang Yaojie keenly noticed Jiang Ling's unusual behavior and quickly whispered beside her, "Mom, let me go shopping with you, don't be unhappy!"
Jiang Ling quickly wiped her eyes, secretly wiping away her tears, and shook her head, saying, "Yaojie, go to your father-in-law's! Get ready, we're going to Yecheng tomorrow!"
Jiang Yaojie nodded repeatedly, spurred his horse, and headed towards Guangping County.
The Shen family.
Upon hearing that Jiang Ling had arrived, Shen Qianhe immediately jumped up from his chair and ran over to greet her personally.
To be honest, these past few days have felt like an eternity for Shen Qianhe. Although he trusts Jiang Ling, she hasn't taken any action, which makes him restless and anxious.
Hearing that Jiang Ling had arrived, his previously anxious heart immediately calmed down considerably.
“My dear in-law, I have prepared everything you requested. When are you leaving?” Shen Qianhe asked, standing next to Jiang Ling.
"I came here today specifically for this. I've been preparing for Suihe's school enrollment these past few days, and now that Suihe has started school, I've had time to focus on these porcelain pieces!"
Jiang Ling's words made Shen Qianhe feel somewhat ashamed. After all, he had listened to a lot of pillow talk these past few days, and his heart had been swayed quite a bit. Hearing Jiang Ling say this, he secretly cursed himself several times.
"Master Shen, I plan to set off for Yecheng tomorrow. I would appreciate it if you could help me with the arrangements!" Jiang Ling said.
To get to Yecheng, one needs to travel by water, which requires a boat ticket. Jiang Ling's identity is special and she doesn't want to be exposed. She is well aware of the saying that the bigger the tree, the more the wind will blow against it.
Shen Qianhe nodded repeatedly in agreement and promised to personally escort Jiang Ling to the dock first thing tomorrow morning.
Then Shen Qianhe brought Jiang Ling to the warehouse, where everything had been prepared as Jiang Ling had instructed.
Jiang Ling glanced at the promotional leaflets piled on the ground. The background of the leaflets was made up of all the porcelain pieces, and the words "Porcelain Blind Box" were written in big letters on it.
Turning to the back reveals the relevant regulations for blind boxes.
Jiang Ling nodded in satisfaction, and then carefully reminded Shen Qianhe to be very careful with the porcelain before leaving with Jiang Yaojie.
Jiang Wenxi left, Jiang Suihe went to study at Linghui Academy, and Jiang Zhishan continued to teach the children to read and write.
For some reason, Jiang Ling felt that the house was eerily quiet at this moment.
She walked to her shampoo shop. After several months of operation, the workers were very familiar with the process and were all doing their jobs with their heads down.
Lightning Girl was the same, her eyes fixed sharply on the main entrance, as if she wanted to catch a fly that flew past her and ask it a question.
"Lightning Girl! I'll be going out for a few days. Could you please keep an eye on the shampoo factory for me?" Jiang Ling said in a low voice as she walked up to Lightning Girl.
"Don't worry, with me here, there won't be any problems!" Lightning Girl patted her chest and assured her.
Jiang Ling nodded in satisfaction, then spoke a few more words to Lightning Girl before leaving.
Jiang Ling had only been gone for less than an hour when a shifty-eyed man swaggered in from the entrance of Lu Family Village.
Although the man's steps appeared steady, his eyes, the size of mung beans, darted around, clearly indicating ill intent.
"Who are you looking for?" Lightning Dad from the guard team was resting today, but he immediately became alert upon seeing this stranger.
The shifty-eyed man was startled. He tried to remain calm, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and said to Lightning's father, "I've come to your village to pick up something. May I ask where Jiang's shampoo factory is?"
Upon hearing that the man was Jiang Ling's customer, Lightning Dad's attitude immediately became amiable. As if afraid that the man would go astray, he personally led the man to the entrance of the shampoo store.
The man took out five copper coins from his pocket, intending to hand them to Lightning's father, but Lightning's father waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No need, no need, you're too kind!"
Seeing that Lightning's father didn't intend to accept the money, he didn't refuse and put the coins back into his pocket.
"Who are you?" Lightning Girl frowned as she sized up the man.
Before the man could speak, Lightning's father said to Lightning's mother, "Don't scare Jiang's client!"
Perhaps displeased with Lightning Mother's tone, Lightning Father frowned and said.