Qin Yao's eyes darkened, she quickly put away the notebook, and turned around calmly to look.
A group of servants and old women unexpectedly came on the road.
When she went out to inspect the farm, she passed by the clan school and saw Old Lady Ding sitting on an armchair that was lifted high by the servants.
The one who scolded Qin Yao was the old woman in rough clothes in front of Old Madam Ding.
Seeing that the person who was sneaking up on the wall of her family college was Qin Yao, Mrs. Ding's eyes, which had been narrowed lazily, suddenly widened, and she showed her contempt without any concealment.
"Why is this woman from Liujia Village here?" She lowered her voice and questioned the old woman in front of her.
The woman in the coarse clothes immediately shouted at Qin Yao: "What are you doing sneaking around in my Ding Family School?"
Qin Yao showed no sign of panic or anger. She walked forward calmly, pointed to the farm in front and said, "I came to see my farm and pick up the children from school. Is there any problem?"
She spoke in a gentle voice and gave a legitimate reason. The woman in the coarse clothes was startled. She couldn't hold back the anger that was about to explode, and was speechless for a moment.
Qin Yao ignored her and came to the front of the team. She bowed to Old Lady Ding as a junior and said with a smile:
"Qin Yao, the head of Liujia Village, wishes the old lady well."
When saluting, his hand seemed to casually lift the corner of his clothes slightly, revealing a shiny small golden bronze badge buckled around his waist.
Old Madam Ding is not yet so old that her eyesight is blurry, her eyesight is still very good.
Because her eyesight was so good, as soon as Qin Yao bent over, she saw the small bronze badge on her waist and was so shocked that she sat up straight.
How could this vulgar village woman whom she looked down upon actually become the village chief?
Also, the land in Dingjiazhuang is actually hers?
A woman who earned a hundred acres of prime farmland entirely through her own ability and became the head of a village?
To the conservative old lady Ding, this was even crazier than the stories made up by actors on stage.
"You, you" was so shocked that he couldn't speak at the moment.
The other party seemed not to notice her shock. After he finished his greeting, he stood up and smiled at her with concern: "Old Madam, you are still out inspecting the manor at your age. The sun is strong, you must be careful and don't get a heat stroke."
The woman in coarse clothes finally reacted and retorted angrily: "Our old lady is in good health, there is no need for you, a country woman, to worry about her. It is not proper for a woman like you to show your face in public."
"Xingzhi!" Old Madam Ding shouted coldly, stopping the old woman in rough clothes who was still chattering.
Xingzhi didn't know what was going on, and looked back at her old lady with grievance.
If there hadn't been outsiders present, Mrs. Ding would have jumped off her chair and slapped the stupid woman.
They all show up in public to inspect the farm, so who is unbecoming?
Qin Yao said with a smile: "Aunt Xingzhi, it's the new dynasty now, and noble ladies from aristocratic families can join the army and become generals. I just went out to see the farm, and the old lady also went out to inspect the farm. How can it be considered inappropriate to show up in public?"
Old Madam Ding's face turned dark. She knew that this uncouth country woman would not forgive the stupid woman for this slip of the tongue.
Seeing Xingzhi's face change when she heard this, she quickly squatted down to beg for mercy. Madam Ding shouted angrily, "Back off!"
Xingzhi realized that she had said something wrong, so she knelt down and crawled to the back of the team, making sure that she would not be an eyesore to the old lady. Then she stood up, lowered her head, and felt secretly annoyed.
Qin Yao clicked her tongue twice, "Madam, you should let the servants read more books, otherwise they will not know about the changes outside and be embarrassed for you if they don't know anything when asked."
After she finished talking to herself, the bell rang in the school. Without waiting for Madam Ding to give her a cold look, Qin Yao spoke first, "School is over. I'm going to be busy now. Madam, please take care."
After saying that, Qin Yao turned around and strode towards the school gate.
Madam Ding narrowed her eyes and watched her walk away, making sure she could no longer hear her voice. Then she asked the servant beside her in a low voice with some surprise: "Can a lady join the army and become a general now?"
The servant replied uncertainly: "To answer the old lady's question, it seems that when the master came back from the capital last time, he told me that the new top scholar was stopped and molested by the female soldiers patrolling the streets."
Having said this, the servant quickly looked up at the old lady's expression. Seeing that she didn't react as explosively as usual, he nodded and added:
"So, what the head of Liujia Village said should be true."
Otherwise, a woman from Liujia Village could become the village chief, the servant thought in surprise.
Old Madam Ding was silent, as if she was trying to imagine the scene where the top scholar was stopped and molested on the street by the female soldiers in the capital.
But this was something she had never seen before, and no matter how hard she tried she couldn't imagine what the scene would be like.
What brought her a greater visual impact was the village woman who stood out from the crowd in front of the gate of her Ding clan school, spreading her arms, catching the twins, and throwing them high up, laughing freely.
"She is really strong!" Old Madam Ding said with a sigh.
The tone did not sound disdainful or surprised, but rather a bit enviable.
I envy her youth, and the fact that she is not bound by etiquette and that she boldly lives out another possible life for a woman.
At this moment, Old Madam Ding suddenly felt a little regretful. She regretted that she had rejected her eldest son's invitation years ago and did not go to the capital with the three of them to see what the world was like outside.
"Let's go." Mrs. Ding ordered.
The group of people then left in a mighty manner.
"Aunt Yao, it's Old Madam Ding." Dalang was the last one to get on the carriage. He glanced at the long team going away and pointed to Qin Yao.
They were just happy when they saw their stepmother coming to pick them up. Now that they got on the carriage, they noticed that Madam Ding and her group were on the road.
Qin Yao hummed and motioned for him to get into the car. "Sit down and we'll set off."
Seeing that his stepmother had no intention of talking about Old Madam Ding, Dalang did not ask any more questions. He put the book box into the carriage and sat down on the shaft.
"They are too noisy. I want to sit outside." Dalang explained seriously with a little trick in his mind.
Qin Yao grabbed the boy's arm with amusement and pulled him towards her, "Stay closer to me, don't fall down."
"Yeah." Dalang raised his lips and helped pick up the whip, but he was reluctant to hit Lao Huang, so he patted the horse's butt with his palm, "Lao Huang, go home!"
The carriage started moving, and the five children in the carriage screamed with inexplicable excitement.
When they passed the fork in the street leading to the town, Qin Yao stopped the carriage and asked them, "Are you hungry?"
Sanlang and Jinhua immediately shouted, "I'm hungry, I'm hungry!"
Erlang taunted them. Don’t think he didn’t know they wanted some snacks.
Qin Yao doted on him and called Dalang, Erlang and Jinbao, the three brothers, to get off the car. She handed them a string of 100 copper coins and said, "Let's go to the town and see if there's anything delicious. We'll be waiting for you here. Hurry up!"
In fact, she was also greedy. She couldn't go to the town for nothing, right?
"Third Aunt, I like you the most, you are the best~" Jinhua clung to the door frame of the carriage and said in a playful manner.
Si Niang also said immediately: "My mother is the best mother in the world!"
Qin Yao's lips curled up slightly, showing that she was very pleased with the girls' tricks. (End of this chapter)
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