Chapter 269 Deep Brother-Sister Affection
Mo Hua said embarrassedly, "No, I've never eaten this before, but it's too expensive, I wouldn't dare to eat it."
One by one they all said the same thing, and Jiang Mi also stuffed one into Mo Hua's mouth: "You don't need to be so reserved with me, I treat you like my own sisters."
Siqin and Mohua were deeply moved after hearing this. They would never truly consider their mistress as their own sister. They were already very touched and happy to be trusted and treated so kindly by their mistress.
"Miss, you can talk about it in front of us, but please don't sleep like that in front of outsiders, or they'll laugh at you."
Jiang Mi asked, puzzled, "Why? What's so funny about that?"
Mo Hua said with difficulty, "Because others will think that it is a bad thing for you to be sisters with servants like us. They will laugh at you. Miss, we know your intentions, but don't let outsiders know. They may not have the same kindness as you."
Jiang Mi had seen much of the darker side of human nature, and the petty schemes of these wealthy people seemed rather naive to her; she didn't take them seriously at all.
"I understand. Don't worry. I know what I can and cannot say in front of outsiders."
Mo Hua nodded. Although she and her mistress were about the same age, she always felt that her mistress was younger than her and needed to be reminded more.
"I've researched some new scented soaps today. Take a look. I think we should not only work on the scent, but also on the shape. Girls like pretty things too."
Siqin nodded: "Yes, the soaps you made are so colorful, they're really beautiful. Do you think it's possible to make two different scents on one soap? That way you could make two different colors, and that would look pretty good too, right?"
This suggestion was very useful, and Jiang Mi immediately became interested. She was determined to make the soap that Siqin had mentioned, and also to innovate the shape, or carve some beautiful or cute things on it.
Jiang Mi is a woman of action; she spends the whole day in her room making soap, completely absorbed in it. At that moment, she doesn't think about anything else but focuses solely on the soap.
Using her imagination, she created the shapes of a little rabbit and a little pig. They weren't very refined, but they looked strangely cute.
"I won't put these out for sale yet. I'll wait until they're more refined before putting them out. Maybe they can even be the grand finale. It's too limited for her to make them all by herself. Perhaps Mo Hua and Si Qin can also make them together."
Jiang Mi was muttering to herself in her room when Jiang Zhi came over to call her to finish her meal. Jiang Mi had no choice but to put down what she was holding and go outside. She saw that Jiang Zhi was dressed very casually, with his hair half-loose, giving him the air of a down-on-his-luck poet.
"Brother, if you act so unseriously, Mom will scold you again."
Jiang Zhiman didn't care: "It's okay. I actually hope my mother will nag me a bit more. When I'm not home often in the future, I won't be able to hear her nagging me anymore."
Jiang Mi was slightly saddened. As the four siblings grew older, they could still live together if they continued to live in poverty. Now that life had improved and their houses were bigger, they lived further apart. If her two older brothers became officials, they would have their own mansions in the future, and they would live even further apart.
"Why are you being so sentimental? No matter what, we're all in the capital. If we live closer to each other, we can meet up in the capital if we want to. Even if you move out of your residences, it's just a matter of saying a word if you want to come back."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhi laughed and said, "You're right, I've been a bit sentimental lately."
Jiang Xuan personally brought the food, and the three siblings ate dinner under the night sky and the bright moon. The weather was gradually warming up, and tomorrow would be the day the results were announced. Jiang Xuan and Jiang Zhi must have been a little worried, which was why they had her eat dinner in the courtyard.
"Once tomorrow is over, our fates will be pretty much sealed. We brothers won't know whether we'll be enemies or friends from now on."
Jiang Xuan seemed even more pessimistic than Jiang Zhi, and her words were quite discouraging.
Jiang Zhi slapped him: "What nonsense are you talking about? How are we enemies?"
"We are family, blood relatives for life, and that will never change no matter what happens, unless you become a traitor. In that case, I won't need anyone else; I'll kill you with my own hands."
Jiang Mi glared at him: "Third Brother, what unlucky things are you saying? Fighting and killing, spit them out!"
Jiang Zhi listened to Jiang Mi the most and immediately spat three times.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will never betray my country no matter what. Well, I was just worrying unnecessarily. This is just my confusion and hesitation about the unknown."
Jiang Mi made a decision. She felt that her two older brothers' exam results were not bad, so why not celebrate three happy events at once?
"I've decided to set the shop's opening time for tomorrow. When the two of you pass the national college entrance examination, and I celebrate my grand opening, we'll all be celebrating together."
Jiang Zhi exclaimed, "Great! This is wonderful news. It's a pity that my parents and older brother aren't here. Right, I need to write them a letter right away and ask them to come over as soon as possible."
Jiang Xuan glared at him: "I wrote it a long time ago. By the time you remember, it will be too late. But it will take them some time to get here, especially since my third sister-in-law just finished her postpartum period and her baby is still small, so they have to come slowly."
Jiang Zhi had always longed for his newborn son, but he couldn't mention it in front of the two of them. He could only think of him silently when he fell asleep at night. Now that he had heard the news, he was both happy and worried.
"I wonder if the journey will be safe, Second Brother. Thank you for thinking of me. I've been so busy these days that I haven't had a chance to write a letter to Yindi."
Jiang Xuan naturally understood him: "Don't I know you? You don't know how your grades are yet, and you want to get good news so you can bring it home. We're all the same. I haven't written to your sister-in-law either. When they come, we'll have plenty of time and opportunities to talk."
Jiang Mi felt very sorry for her two sisters-in-law: "Forget it, if I were one of them, I would be worried sick. Not a single letter. Have they been having a good time outside and forgotten about their wives and children at home?"
"This...we weren't playing around. We've been studying at the academy the whole time, haven't we? Honey, don't talk nonsense." Jiang Zhi was afraid of Su Yindi's temper. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, and he didn't want to start arguing as soon as they met.
Seeing his terrified and cowardly appearance, Jiang Mi laughed without any restraint: "I know, don't worry, I know what I can and can't say."
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