"You must be Miss Jiang!"
Song Er looked at the person in front of him with delight.
The young girl's light-colored dress made her skin appear even whiter and more delicate. Her exquisite eyebrows and eyes carried a hint of aloofness, making her a true lady of extraordinary temperament. Standing among the daughters of prominent families in the capital, she was in no way inferior, and even surpassed those women raised in seclusion.
No wonder his young master likes him.
He quickly sent a message to the master, saying that the young master's favorite person was very beautiful and looked gentle.
Jiang Yimian turned her head and looked at him curiously.
Song Er scratched his head, chuckled, and was about to say something when he saw his young master walking over.
Lu Cijian glanced at him and said calmly, "Aren't you leaving?"
Song Er smiled and said, "Master, the master said I should stay here with the young master, so naturally I have to stay here."
After saying that, without waiting for a reply, he quickly went up and pulled Zhao Dashu and the others aside to chat.
Jiang Yimian raised an eyebrow; this person was certainly very outgoing.
For a moment, only Jiang Yimian and Jiang Yimian remained outside the courtyard.
Seeing that Jiang Yimian was only staring at him with a half-smile, without any intention of asking any questions, Lu Cijian frowned and said, "Aren't you curious about me?"
Despite the many suspicious points surrounding him, Mianmian never asked any questions, whether out of a lack of curiosity or indifference.
Jiang Yimian replied casually, her expression indifferent, "Not curious."
They say curiosity killed the cat, and she had no desire to know any secrets.
It's easy to guess that Lu Cijian's identity is not simple. However, it's strange that he went into the mountains alone when the war broke out and lived there for several months without anyone coming to find him.
Just as she was thinking this, her wrist was suddenly gripped tightly by a large hand with calloused skin, and she was pulled into the house.
Lu Cijian pinned her against the wall, his gaze fixed intently on the person in front of him, his voice devoid of emotion, "Why aren't you curious?"
He was curious about everything about Mianmian and wanted to know everything.
Jiang Yimian paused, staring at the person so close to her, and felt inexplicably nervous.
The room was dimly lit. The boy lowered his eyes and stared intently at her, his handsome face filled with resentment.
Jiang Yimian looked away and said with feigned grievance, "I dare not be curious, for fear that you will not tell me, and also for fear that you are hiding some earth-shattering secret."
Lu Cijian was taken aback, staring at the aggrieved look on the fair face of the person in front of him. The corners of his mouth unconsciously curved up. It was the first time he had seen Mianmian look aggrieved. She was so cute.
"What earth-shattering secrets could I possibly have? It's you who has many secrets, and they're all quite frightening."
As long as Mianmian isn't indifferent, he'd rather it's because she's afraid to ask.
When the time is right, he will tell Mianmian everything.
Seeing the coldness around the other person dissipate, Jiang Yimian found it amusing. Just a moment ago, he was so aggressive; she thought he was going to do something.
My mood improved so quickly; a man's heart is truly unfathomable.
Lu Cijian released the person in front of him and continued, "I heard from Dashu that you are going to open a shop. You will need to buy a shop and manpower, right? Leave this to me."
Jiang Yimian then remembered the matter of buying people.
In a few days, they will be able to move into the house at the foot of the mountain, and the three Zhao brothers will definitely live with them there.
Since the old man and his family didn't want to come down the mountain to live, there were relatively few people on the mountain on weekdays.
Liu Dayong had to help her collect materials like pork fat, so he almost never went home at night.
During the day, there are only two women, a patient, and an old man on the mountain, which is somewhat unsafe.
We can bring back some people so they can help with the work and we can also come down the mountain to notify them in time if anything unexpected happens.
She then said, "Could you help me with the matter of buying people? I'll take a look at the shop when I go to town later."
I'll just go to Huichuntang to inquire about medicinal herbs and Lin Yan'an.
Lu Cijian responded, and her mood improved considerably.
Jiang Yimian found it amusing, "You're so happy to ask for my help?"
Lu Cijian said earnestly, "I'm happy to give Mianmian money."
"I'll spend as much as I want?"
"nature."
Jiang Yimian chuckled lightly, not taking it seriously, and rode her mule straight to town after leaving Lu Cijian's house.
At this moment, in a spacious alley in Qingshui County.
A four- or five-year-old child snatched the letter from the person in front of him and skipped into the large courtyard next door.
"Grandpa, Grandma, Mother, Father, my eldest brother has sent a letter back."
The messenger looked at the tightly closed red-lacquered gate in front of him and felt somewhat helpless. He still had something to say, and this was the first time he had ever met someone like this.
Logically speaking, the people living in this alley, though not extremely wealthy, are not short of money either, and would give some silver as a reward.
This place is terrible; not only did they not offer any tip, they wouldn't even give us a drink of water.
I heard they're related to the Song family? That's utter nonsense.
The messenger spat and quickly left.
Jiang Donghua was shouting in the courtyard, her eyes full of joy.
Granny Wu and Madam Li quickly came out of the house, their faces beaming with joy.
"Finally, they've returned the money. If they hadn't given us some, our whole family would have starved to death."
Granny Wu took the envelope and eagerly opened it, but there was nothing inside except a piece of paper.
She immediately frowned. "What does Yaoguang mean by this? He hasn't given us any money for almost a month. I heard he recently went on a long trip with the Song family and isn't coming home. Is he trying to abandon us all?"
Madam Li frowned, looking at the words on the letter, and quickly called out, "Father, come and see, Yaoguang has sent a letter back."
Old Man Jiang and Jiang Erzhuang came out of the house after hearing this, their eyes full of impatience. "What does Yaoguang mean? It's been so long since he gave us any money. Does he want our whole family to starve to death?"
Since returning from fleeing famine six months ago, the family has settled here. If it weren't for the silver that the eldest son's family had handed over in previous years, they probably wouldn't have been able to survive.
They were always hungry and barely made ends meet, not to mention having to support Jiang Yaoguang's education at the academy. The whole family almost starved to death.
Unexpectedly, two months ago, Jiang Yaoguang suddenly gained the favor of Master Song, who not only wanted to marry his daughter to him, but also took her to live in the Song mansion. They thought they could also live a good life.
Who would have thought that they wouldn't even be able to see Jiang Yaoguang?
In two months, they sent a total of fifty taels of silver. At the time, we thought they would receive silver every month, so we directly moved to a larger house for rent.
Who would have thought that there was nothing else besides those fifty taels?
The rented house now costs almost a tael of silver a month. In addition, his wives tried to dress like the rich ladies in the city, wearing gold and silver, but were accidentally swindled out of a full twenty taels of silver. Not only did they get nothing, but they also lost all their silver. He was so angry that he almost died.
Unfortunately, the second son, that simpleton, took the remaining silver and invited them to a restaurant to squander it, saying that Yaoguang would give them more. Not only did they spend all fifty taels in no time, but they also spent all the family's savings accumulated over the years.
They are now penniless and are counting on Jiang Yaoguang to give them some money.
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