"You must be Xiaoyan's friend. I saw you when you came last time."
Jiang Liu: "Yes, Xiao Yan invited me to stay at her house for a while."
"You must be rich and noble to be able to tell at a glance. Xiaoyan is really extraordinary now. Everyone she knows has such a refined air about them."
Jiang Liu: "Sister-in-law, you're joking. I'm just an ordinary person."
"No way, your hands look like they've never done farm work."
"..."
After chatting and laughing for a while, the women finished washing their clothes and went home.
Cuizhu remained silent, her face flushed. After the women left, she finally managed to wash her clothes.
At this moment, Qiu Dafu also washed all the bedding and other items that needed washing.
Only Jiang Liu remained, still washing her clothes.
The stream water was too cold in winter, and she couldn't stand it.
Originally, Qiu Dafu didn't want her to wash, but Jiang Liu insisted on doing so herself.
Living in a farmhouse, how can you not even wash your own clothes properly?
If she were to marry Qiu Dafu in the future, wouldn't that just invite ridicule?
She is learning how to be a good wife.
Influenced by Qiu Yan, she no longer wanted to live the pampered life she had before.
Cuizhu set aside her washed clothes and said to Jiang Liu, "Miss, I'll wash them."
"No need," Jiang Liu shook her head. "Since you've finished washing the clothes, go back and see if there's anything I can help with."
"Alright." Since Miss insisted on doing it herself, Cuizhu stopped insisting.
After Cuizhu left, Qiu Dafu grasped Jiang Liu's hands and took her clothes, saying, "Liu'er, the stream is too cold, and your chilblains haven't healed yet. Let me do it."
Just now, because Cuizhu was there, and because there were other women washing clothes, Qiu Dafu couldn't help.
"I can do it myself." Jiang Liu wanted to take back her dress, but Qiu Dafu insisted, and she was unable to do so.
Seeing that Qiu Dafu seemed a little downcast, Jiang Liu asked, "What are you thinking about?"
While rubbing his clothes, Qiu Dafu replied, "I would like to find you to be my teacher."
"Master?" Jiang Liu asked, puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"Your father said that if he wanted to marry you, you had to be at least a scholar."
I am illiterate, far inferior to Ah Xu, let alone capable of passing the imperial examinations.
"Dafu, focus on building your house. What I love is you as a person, not those so-called empty titles."
"Putting aside empty titles for now, if we want to get married, we need your father's consent."
I don't want you to have a falling out with your father because of me.
So, Liu'er, I want to study.
Even if one cannot pass the imperial examinations, having studied makes a difference.
Every year during the imperial examinations, there are many elderly scholars over fifty years old who participate in the county, prefectural, or provincial examinations.
He's just over thirty, what's wrong with that?
For the woman he loved, he decided to give it a try.
Jiang Liu was somewhat moved. "Da Fu, there's really no need for this." Although she genuinely liked Qiu Da Fu, she didn't believe that Qiu Da Fu's actions would actually work.
"Do you think I'm dull and stupid, and you don't want to teach me?" Qiu Dafu's tone was light, with a smile on his lips, but the previous gloom was gone.
His tone was provocative.
Qiu Dafu sought out Jiang Liu to be his teacher because he wanted to spend time with her.
"How could that be? Who said you were dull and stupid?" This was the first time Jiang Liu had heard Qiu Dafu speak to her in such a tone, and their hearts drew closer together.
"Haven't you always said I'm dull?"
"He's a bit slow-witted, but not stupid." Seeing the unwavering determination in Qiu Dafu's eyes, Jiang Liu nodded with a smile.
"Alright, I'll teach you to read. But becoming rich isn't for the sake of passing the imperial examinations."
She also wanted to spend every day with Qiu Dafu.
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