Chapter 44

TRANSLATED BY MYPEN_22

Yan Shi's face turned pale as he gently held Hua Ling in his arms and stared at Old Mrs. Jiang with an unkind gaze, "You can't say that. If anyone else steals that piece of candy, they are stealing from my husband."

A big hat came down, scaring Old Mrs. Jiang into apologizing, "It's this old lady's confusion, I apologize to the gentlemen."

"Why do you have to apologise to us?" Hua Ling blinked his big watery eyes in a very innocent way, "You didn't take the candy."

"Yes, yes, I was wrong," Old Mrs. Jiang was busy changing her words again and shouted at the house, "Little Big, Little Two come out quickly and apologise to the gentlemen."

Jiang Xiaodai and Jiang Xiao Er dawdled over from the house, and Hua Ling beckoned Jiang Xiao San to come over as well. "The candy was stolen from Xiao San, so if you want to apologize, you should pour it to him."

Jiang Xiaodai and Jiang Xiao Er were reluctant to hear this, rolling their eyes and just about to speak. Although Mrs. Jiang was not happy either, she didn't say anything and urged her two grandchildren to apologize, and only then did they reluctantly say sorry.

Only then did the two children reluctantly say sorry. At that moment, Jiang's daughter-in-law was heard calling them to dinner.

When they arrived at the table, they saw that four dishes were laid out on it. Jiang's eldest son sat down quickly next to Yan Shi, pushing the second son next to Qu Liujing. The women and children did not eat at the table, but only ate some on the stove.

During the meal, Jiang's elder brother was very attentive to Yan Shi, always pulling him along to find something to say. If Yan Shi occasionally said something to Jiang, the conversation was quickly led back to him.

After the meal, it was already dark. Yan Shi stood up from his chair and looked at Jiang Tangang and said, "I wonder what kind of books Yitang brother reads on a regular basis?"

"What kind of books can he read, he just reads blindly." Jiang Dao interjected.

Yan Shi added, "Can I borrow a book to read?"

"No problem, take any book you want to read." Boss Jiang said as he pushed open the door to Jiang Yi's room, "All his books are here."

Yan Shi did not enter, it was after not his bedroom and it would be inappropriate for him to go in, besides Jiang Tangdang's daughter-in-law was still inside. Jiang Tangdang saw what he meant, "Mr. Yan can come in, peasants don't care about that."

He looked at Qu Liujing and winked at him. Qu Liujing understood and came to Jiang Tang and tugged his arm, "Brother Jiang, can you talk to me for a while?"

Boss Jiang hesitated, but was still defeated by Qu Liujing's mouth. He was a powerful man anyway, so it was a good idea to flatter whoever he was, so he happily let him into his house.

Without the annoying fly that was Boss Jiang, Yan Shi felt that the world was quiet, so he and Hua Ling entered the house.

When Jiang's second wife, who was sitting in the inner room, heard the commotion and stood at the threshold to look, Hua Ling saw what she was holding and walked over to her with a surprised look on his face, "Ah, sister-in-law, the things you've embroidered are really beautiful."

Jiang's second wife smiled shyly, "I just embroidered it blindly."

"The embroidery is really good, really." Hua Ling's eyes were so sincere that one had to believe them, "Sister-in-law, can you teach me how to embroider this?"

"If the young Mr. doesn't mind, I will teach you." Second sister-in-law Jiang spoke politely and behaved in a dignified manner.

"Then I'm really bothering sister-in-law," Hua Ling looked at Yan Shi next to her, "Brother, I'm going to learn to embroider with sister-in-law."

Yan Shi rubbed his hair dotingly, "Go on, be careful with your eyes."

The inner room was only a door away from the outer room, Jiang Xiaosan was still awake, wearing a bib and tossing his bare bottom from one end of the quilt to the other.

Hua Ling felt a handkerchief from his sleeve and stuffed all the candy inside into Jiang Xiaosan's hand.

Jiang's second wife was a bit flattered, "Young Master, you can't do that."

"What's not to be allowed," Hua Ling smiled and stroked Jiang Xiaosan's head, "I like this boy, it's just a few pieces of candy."

Although Jiang Xiao San was young, he knew quite a lot, so he didn't eat all the sweets Hua Ling gave him.

The two of them were not paying attention and hid it. He thought he was doing a good job of hiding it, but he didn't know that it had all fallen into the eyes of the two adults.

Jiang's second wife smiled and shook her head, and then told Hua Ling about how to embroider flowers.

After a few moments, Hua Ling suddenly said, "Sister-in-law, you've read books, right?"

Jiang's second wife nodded "My father is a Xiucai, I have read with him since I was a child, and my father also taught me how to read."

"So," Hua Ling nodded and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Sister-in-law, let me ask you something."

Jiang's second sister-in-law looked at him mysteriously and piqued her curiosity, "Please tell me, young master."

"Is this cousin not born to Old Madam Jiang?"

Jiang's second wife naturally understood what Hua Ling meant, "He was born to mother-in-law."

Then, Jiang's second wife told her about the Jiang family.

When Jiang Tang was born, he was thinner than the average child, and his body was not very good when he was a child, so although he did a lot of work, it was less than other children. The farming family all relied on their strength to throw food in the fields, so this kind of Jiang Tang was gradually disliked by Jiang's wife.

One day, Jiang's father went elsewhere to do some work and passed by this place to sit in the shade and read a book while resting. Jiang's father was bored, so he taught him a few and told him about the book.

No one expected that although Jiang Tang could not do the farm work as well as the others, but he could read extremely well. Jiang's father was so happy that he gave his home address and told Jiang to go and find him.

Jiang Tang, who had just received the good news, immediately told Mrs. Jiang the news, only to receive a scolding from Mrs. Jiang in return. He was already working less than others, so how could he have the time to study?

At that time, although Jiang Tang was not very old, he was a man of ideas. In fact, the two families were not far apart, so Jiang's father knew that he could not come often and did his best to teach him every night.

It was only after Jiang had won the Xiucai exam that his secret study was discovered by the Jiang family.