Chapter 27 She is also afraid

"Your father's original incarnation had a very high IQ. In this poor and remote area, with such a weak teaching staff, he managed to pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi. You should know that the last person in Chunzhou County who passed the imperial examination was 30 years ago, and he was ranked third. Your father was ranked second, and stayed in Beijing to work."

"You can imagine how much of a sensation the whole county was in at the time. This was no longer just a simple honor for the Jiang family and Jiangjia Village, it was simply a great honor coming out of the ancestral graves. For this reason, Old Master Jiang even begged your grandfather to revise the family tree. Needless to say, every household sent over the money needed to revise the family tree."

Jiang Suying couldn't help but admire him when she talked about it: "The imperial examinations of this era are much more rigorous than the college entrance examinations in our place. The college entrance examinations are like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, while the imperial examinations are like 100,000 lions walking on a thin ropeway. They are not on the same level at all."

Jiang Suying's original body witnessed her husband's hard work with her own eyes, and Jiang Suying was deeply influenced by his memory.

Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiumian were silent.

Jiang Xiumian took the college entrance examination because he was qualified for recommendation but he didn't like the school. It was just like taking any other exam and he didn't feel nervous at all.

Jiang Xiaomi was just saying that because she was tired of talking.

With her grades, she should have been an average undergraduate at best. But she didn't expect that after she stepped on a pile of dog shit when she went out in the morning, she ended up being the last one to get into a key university!

But - who says luck is not a kind of skill!

Seeing the two things she gave birth to look so dead, Jiang Suying could only accept her fate and continue to cram: "Your grandfather is a senior official. He is definitely not good enough in the officialdom, but he has a high say in the village. Normally, no one would offend him easily.

With him and your father around, the rice harvest in the village will surely go smoothly, and there won't be any mistakes in the area he's in charge of.

Besides, your father has a follow-up plan to ensure that all the food and materials in the village are plundered. Your worry of being blocked by villagers to borrow and rob food is unlikely to happen."

"Just because it's unlikely to happen doesn't mean it can't happen." Jiang Xiaomi was stubborn: "My brother suggested that we find a mountain to hide in. With the supplies we have now, our family of four will have no problem surviving until death."

"No, I didn't!" Jiang Xiumian said he didn't want to take the blame: "It was obviously you who proposed it! I only said 'I'll listen to you', how did it become my suggestion! Jiang Xiaomi, you should speak with conscience!"

You know, my mom's beating hurts!

And scolding is also filthy.

really--

"Living till death is naturally no problem, who can't live till death?!" Jiang Suying laughed angrily: "I'll give you two injections now, and see if you can live till death!"

Jiang Xiaomi lowered her eyebrows and looked pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Suying kept on talking: "How long will you hide? One year, ten years? Or a lifetime? Your prophecy book can only see a month later at most. It doesn't even show small things. Do you know when these natural disasters will end? Are you going to hide in the mountains and be a savage for the rest of your life?"

"It took thousands of years for humans to evolve from savages to the present. Are you tired of being human? Do you want to go back to your roots?"

Jiang Xiaomi was scolded so much that his head turned bald.

This is really my own mother, the scolding is really ugly!

"You are still too young, you have a heart but not a brain." Jiang Suying said in a gloomy tone: "Do you think it is so easy to hide in the mountains? It is true that there are few people, but are the beasts in the mountains vegetarians? When natural disasters come, our family of four is to deliver food to others! After they eat your meat and chew your bones, they still have to spit and say they are not full!"

"How could that be? My father can build a house! His house is very solid!" Jiang Xiaomi cleared her cough twice. Although she knew that she was no match for her mother in debate, she still had to not lose in momentum.

"Ah."

Sure enough, Jiang Suying sneered -

"That was in modern times, with cement and steel bars. Besides, your father hasn't built a house himself in many years. Do you know if his skills have been lost? Besides, your father can build houses, but can he make bricks?"

Jiang Yipei used to be a construction worker. Later he took the college entrance examination for adults, studied for a while, and worked hard for a few years. Now he no longer has to work hard laying bricks. Even when he goes to the site, he always holds a pen and paper or a notebook.

How many years has it been since he last touched a brick knife or a shovel? I'm afraid he can't even tell.

"Well - you can build a stone house. Stone houses are cooler."

"Are you still being stubborn with me?" Jiang Suying was so angry that she really wanted to find a table to slap her head. "Yes! There are a lot of rocks in the mountains. Are you going to move them or blow them up? It's true that your father knows the formula for explosives, but even if he can make it, how many rocks can the four of us get?"

"It's been raining for only ten days. You haven't even finished moving the stones when it started to rain! Oh, right, there's no point in moving stones if the foundation isn't dug! Just imagine how much trouble it is to hide in the mountains. Even if the house is built in a hurry, will it be solid? It leaks when it rains, and collapses when it snows. Do you think you've had enough of living? You can just throw away the life you just picked up? I'm telling you, I won't agree!!"

Jiang Xiaomi quickly jumped up from the bed and hid behind Jiang Xiumian. To be honest, she was afraid that her mother would get angry and hit her.

Let me make it clear that she is not afraid of pain, she is just afraid that if she resists, she might hurt her mother.

Jiang Xiumian, who had nowhere to hide, said: "..."

Jiang Xiumian didn't dare to push the person out, and could only smile awkwardly: "Mom, the child is still young and doesn't understand..."

"Small? I'm almost 40 years old in my two lifetimes combined, what do you mean by small?" Jiang Suying said.

Jiang Xiaomi, who is only forty years old: "."

"Mom, I know I was wrong." Jiang Xiaomi quickly admitted her mistake: "I just made a small suggestion, it shouldn't be that serious!"

"What's with that expression on your face? What did I do to you? Come back and sit here."

Jiang Xiaomi had no choice but to drag Jiang Xiumian to sit on Jiang Suying's left and right. This was the best thing a good boy could do.

"I've said so much to you, mainly to tell you that the environment is different now, but we can't look at things in ancient times with modern eyes, especially you, Jiang Xiaomi, don't use your knowledge from novels in places where it shouldn't be used, for example, everyone is equal. People are born unequal, no matter where they are or in what era, it's just that the era we live in is more blatant in dividing people into different classes."

Jiang Suying's tone softened: "We just need to live our own lives and stop thinking about changing the world."

"Yeah." Jiang Xiaomi and the other person nodded obediently.

Of course I can't talk back at a time like this, whatever my mother says is what it is!

At this point, Jiang Suying's long speech came to a halt. She was half scolding and half teaching, but in fact she was also venting and relieving her emotions.

We are all human beings. Suddenly coming to this ancient time and facing an unknown natural disaster, do you think she is not afraid?

But her children were here, and she was afraid that she would have to provide a roof over her children's heads first.