Jian Ning practiced for a while, then stopped. Her chest felt tight whenever she tried to practice, so it looked like she needed to rest for a few days. She watched Ma Xiaomai, Da Niu, and the others practice for a while, offering guidance and corrections. Then she told Ma Xiaomai to lead the three of them in their practice, as she had to go make breakfast.
Entering the kitchen, Jian Ning saw washed vegetables on the stovetop and the rice for porridge had been rinsed. She thought to herself, "What a diligent girl, Qiaofeng!" She took out some fresh meat from the herb shed. Since there were many people having breakfast today, she would just make some vegetable and lean meat porridge and some egg pancakes.
She had just finished cutting the meat when Qiaofeng came in.
"Master, I'll light the fire. You can go and rest. Master and I will make breakfast from now on."
"No need." Jian Ning glanced sideways and saw that Qiao Feng had been crying. "Who bullied you? Why are you crying for no reason?"
"No, I didn't cry."
"You're still saying no, but your eyes are red, right Jiajia?"
If anyone in the family bullied Qiaofeng, the first person Jane Ning thought of was Erniu. That child had a sharp tongue and was likely to say something unpleasant.
"No." Qiao Feng waved her hands quickly. "I am, because I think of my grandfather. Master and Grandmother have been so kind to me. No one has been so kind to me over the years except my grandfather."
Ding Youtian said: "You little girl, since you have come to our house, you are destined to be with our family. Don't think too much, follow your master and learn the skills well. You don't need a half-grown child to help you cook."
"Your master and I will be cooking. Go to the backyard and pick the herbs I gathered a few days ago and pile them up by the wall. Go ahead, pick them and eat them before breakfast, then crush them. I'll need them later."
Jian Ning walked away from her and said to Ding Youtian, "There's something wrong with this girl. She's like a little hot pepper and not the type to cry easily. Didn't you hear her arguing with Jia Jia?"
"No, it was fine when I gave it to her."
"This is strange. Why is she crying for no reason?" Jane Ning cooked the porridge, took out a few eggs from the hanging basket, cracked them in a bowl, and stirred them with chopsticks while still thinking about this.
By the way, the bracelet was taken from Huo Jincheng's hand by Yang Jinyu. Based on Yang Jinyu's understanding of Huo Jincheng, if the bracelet was something Huo Jincheng carried with him, he would never give it to Qiaofeng.
Thinking of the Ding brand, Jian Ning paused and looked at Ding Youtian. "You said she was fine when you gave her the bracelet, right?"
When Ding Youtian heard her ask this, he thought something was wrong, so he said nothing. He just looked at her and listened to what she had to say.
"Tell me, is it possible that Qiaofeng recognizes that bracelet, or that it originally belonged to her family? Perhaps she, like Duan Xinning, is also a daughter of a wealthy family. Do you think so?"
"Now that you mention it, I remember that she did seem a little strange when I gave it to her. Her hands seemed to be shaking a little, and I thought she had never seen such a valuable thing before."
"She also knows about kesi (traditional Chinese brocade). Don't underestimate her."
The more Jane Ning thought about it, the more she felt that her guess was correct. At first, she just saw that she looked like she had cried, and out of the concern of a master for his disciple, she took it to heart and thought about it more. Her master, Grandma Wu, had treated her the same way in the past.
Whenever he noticed that she was in a bad mood, her master, who was a man of few words, would ask a few more questions.
Similarly, now that she was a master herself and had accepted a disciple, Qiaofeng was all alone, just like when she was a disciple of Grandma Wu, with or without family. In the same situation, under similar circumstances, she naturally cared more about Qiaofeng.
"Her surname is Jiang, right?" Ding Youtian looked up and asked, as if he had thought of something.
"Yes, Jiang Qiaofeng, what's wrong?"
Jiang was the correct surname. Ding Youtian had probably guessed Qiaofeng's family background. Because he had many brothers and limited financial resources, he went to school in the town when he was two years older than Qiaoguan was now. But his first teacher was actually Blind Liu. Before going to school, he already knew many characters and was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics.
After the founding of the Dayan Dynasty, considering that many scholars had neglected their studies due to years of war, the old system of the previous dynasty was changed, and anyone under the age of 35 could participate in the Tongshi. Only in the past two years has it been changed to under the age of 30.
Ding Youtian was almost nineteen when he first took the Tongshi exam. That year, the magistrate of Jin County was dismissed due to his parents' involvement in the scandal. During those years, the imperial court was cracking down on corruption and bribery among local officials. The magistrate was beheaded and publicly displayed, and all the adult males in his family were killed. The women were sold or enslaved by the government.
The original county magistrate of Jin County was named Jiang. Ding Youtian heard that County Magistrate Jiang was honest and had a good reputation, but it was a pity that his parents were greedy for money, which brought disaster to their descendants.
If Qiaofeng is really the daughter of County Magistrate Jiang, I'm afraid her father is not her biological father. It must be difficult for her to encounter a family change at such a young age.
"Did you think of something?" Jane Ning asked again.
"Oh, it's nothing. No matter what her family background is, if she wants to learn medicine, just teach her. It will be her good fortune if she can find a good family to marry in the future."
Seeing him like this, Jane Ning guessed that he was not telling her the truth. Since someone could come into the kitchen at any time, she didn't ask any more questions.
After making breakfast, she asked Ma Xiaomai to go to the clinic to see if Huo Jincheng and the others were awake, and to ask them to come over for breakfast. Ma Xiaomai agreed to go, but soon after, she ran over and shouted, "Master, go and see! Grandpa Wei and Uncle Huo are practicing martial arts! Wow, Grandpa Wei's kung fu is amazing! It's amazing!"
"If you want to learn, let him teach you. I have no objection, Master. It's always good to have many skills." Jian Ning said with a smile.
"No, I'm just saying that. My father said that having a master is a lifelong thing. You are my only master in this life, and I won't take anyone else as my master."
"It doesn't matter. As long as I can learn skills, it doesn't matter if I have more masters." In Jane Ning's mind, her only master is Grandma Wu, but in fact she learned grappling and fighting from instructor Ma Fuquan, who can also be called her master.
In addition, she also learned Taekwondo and also has a master.
So she didn't object to Ma Xiaomai becoming Weidong's disciple.
"That won't do. We can't accept him as our disciple." Jian Ning mentioned this to Wei Dong during breakfast. Wei Dong shook his head. "Jin Cheng is our disciple. He calls us Uncle Jin Cheng. If we want to accept him as a disciple, it can only be Jin Cheng. If we accept him, the hierarchy will be messed up. We can't do that."
Ma Xiaomai, like his father in his youth, was extremely obsessed with martial arts. His mind was more agile in martial arts than anything else. He no longer called Jian Ning his master, but simply called his aunt. He said to Huo Jincheng, "Uncle Huo, my aunt wants me to learn your martial arts from you. Can you teach me?"
"Aunt?" Huo Jincheng was stunned for a moment, then remembered that their two families were relatives. His eyes swept over Jian Ning, then looked at Ma Xiaomai, "Boy, if your aunt wants me to teach you, then I have to teach you."
"No."
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