Chapter 107: Meeting
Yes, this guy has a rebellious heart in his bones. Unfortunately, in the book, he is a child of a poor family and is powerless.
It's a pity that he has no power and no people. If he had a security team, he probably wouldn't have instigated Li Laosi to take the lead, but he would have raised the banner and shouted "The destiny is on my side" and taken action directly.
My cousin, tsk, is a tough guy.
Jiang Wan also performed the polite greetings as an equal.
"Meet cousin Xu Hui. I'm Jiang Wan, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family. This is my younger sister Jiang Han and my younger brother Jiang Yaozu."
"My two cousins are polite."
Xu Hui politely returned the greeting, but after all, he was no longer a child, so he couldn't pester the two little girls. He could only turn his attention to the little cousin beside him.
"My cousin Yaozu's nickname is a good one. It tells me that the elders in the family have high hopes for him. He will surely rise to prominence and bring honor to the family in the future."
No matter what he was thinking, the cousin's praise was so sincere that Jiang Han laughed happily.
"Cousin, you misunderstood. Jiang Lao San's real name is Jiang Yaozu, and his nickname is Shuanzhu."
Xu Hui's mouth twitched. He couldn't believe that his aunt, a girl from a wealthy family, would give her son such a, well, down-to-earth name.
“…Haha, that’s quite meaningful.”
A straightforward and simple name, an awkward yet polite smile. Calling the cousins I just met, each of them has their own funny moments.
But the praised protagonist's face fell in dejection.
He is no longer the Jianghe Village's homeless Jiang Lao San, but the experienced and experienced legitimate son of the Duke of Lingguo Mansion! In the past, when Li Jingxiu and Ji Minzhi laughed at him for being a famous country bumpkin, he didn't think it was a big deal.
But now he was being harshly compared to his brothers and sisters. Among the several high-brow names, there was a sense of vulgarity mixed in, which made Jiang Lao San, who was formally introduced, feel a little uncomfortable.
"Sister, I want to change my name too!"
"Hmm? Why change it? This is all because of the love grandpa and grandma have for you, and all the hopes and expectations they have for you. Weren't you proud of your name before, because it has a profound meaning and will bring honor to your family? Why do you want to change it now?"
Jiang Wan turned her head to look at her brother who looked very aggrieved, and asked him with a smile, knowing the answer. Jiang Han leaned on her sister's shoulder, laughing uncontrollably.
"That's right, Jiang Yaozu. How did you laugh at me before? You were the precious one who could establish a family and bring honor to the clan, and I was the worthless, money-losing piece of shit, right? Hahaha, the tide has turned now, right? Turn away!"
"Hmph, I'm going to change my name!"
Jiang Laosan felt aggrieved and walked up to his eldest sister pitifully, grabbing her sleeve and shaking it.
"Mom has really been partial to me since I was in the womb! Look at how beautiful and meaningful the names she gave you and your second sister are. Why is it that when it comes to me, the name seems to be given by my grandparents?
I hadn't noticed it before, without my cousin to compare it to, but now I've figured out the pattern. All of you have names with the character "日" (sun) in them, but I don't. What's the meaning behind this?
I won't do it!
I want to change too, big sister~~~~~"
The long tail tone was coquettish and naughty, pulling at the elder sister's sleeve. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she exerted her strength and pulled it away with her left hand.
"Just talk, why are you always imitating your second sister's coquettish behavior? You are a good boy with such a big lump. Do you think you can be associated with the word delicate?"
"I…"
Jiang Laosan curled his lips, feeling that his heart of Taoism was broken.
"I knew you disliked me! Woohoo, I didn't want to grow up this big! I also wanted to be as good-looking as you and Jiang Laoer, but who told me to be filial and look like my father?"
This was true. Jiang San was indeed growing more and more like Jiang Huailiang. Ever since he came to the capital and started practicing martial arts, the fat on his body had gradually become firmer, and he was growing faster than his two sisters.
Now, looking at a ten-year-old boy, he has a hint of being a big and strong man. His face is not ugly, but it has a rough and sloppy style like his father.
But compared with her two extremely beautiful sisters, this poor child is so miserable that she can be thrown away.
Especially now, with a good-looking cousin suddenly appearing, Jiang Lao San felt as if he had been targeted by the ancestors of the Xu family.
"Wow, this isn't fair at all! Ugh..."
Please make the world full of love, and don’t be an ugly kid!
The children's noise attracted the elderly mothers whose emotions had already stabilized.
"What's wrong with you? Why is the good-natured Third Brother making a fuss?"
Mrs. Xu looked up and asked her eldest daughter, and Jiang Wan smiled.
"Nothing, the third child is just acting like a spoiled brat and joking around."
"You're so old, yet you're still so careless? You're so rude in front of your aunt and cousin. You're such an ignorant child. Why don't you come over and greet the elders?"
After hearing her mother's reminder, Jiang Wan looked at her and confirmed that she really recognized these two people from her mother's family. Only then did she bring her younger brother and sister forward to pay their respects.
"Niece Jiang Wan, meeting my aunt."
"Niece Jiang Han, meeting my aunt."
"nephew……"
Jiang Lao San paused and sniffed in frustration.
"Meet my aunt."
"Okay, okay, good kids, get up!"
Jiang called the three juniors with a smile on her face, fumbled in her sleeve pocket for a few times, and took out a few Ruyi locks of fairly good quality. The smile on her lips became a little awkward.
"I don't have anything good on hand. If my nephews don't mind these little things, you can keep them as rewards for the servants..."
Xu looked at her elder sister-in-law who always liked to dress elegantly in her memory. Now she was dressed in plain clothes with her hair tied up with a silver hairpin, without any extra accessories on her body.
But in just over a decade, her black hair had turned gray, and her once delicate face was now weathered. The only thing that remained in good condition was her hands.
She remembered that her sister-in-law was very good at embroidery.
I guess these years, the mother and son have been relying on the sister-in-law's needlework to make a living?
Her eyes became moist again and she quickly lowered them, not daring to let her sister-in-law see that she had noticed her embarrassment.
Jiang Wan stood up, walked to Jiang with a sweet smile, and took the small Ruyi lock with both hands.
"A gift from an elder cannot be declined. Jiang Wan thanks my aunt. This Ruyi lock is very beautiful. I like it very much."
The second and third sons, the two lackeys, quickly followed behind their sister to accept the gifts and express their gratitude.
"No thanks, no thanks. As long as you like it."
Jiang looked at her eldest niece's face, then at her youngest niece's face. Her eyes flashed several times, but in the end she didn't say anything extra.
After the Jiang siblings paid their respects to their aunt, Xu Hui also stepped forward to formally pay their respects to his aunt.
Xu took off the jade pendant she had worn since childhood from her neck, touched her nephew's head lovingly, and then hung it on his chest with her own hands.
"There were originally four of these jade plaques. Your grandfather found a piece of material and carved it himself. The front of mine is a chrysanthemum gentleman, and the back is our Xu family's emblem."
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