Rebirth of the Imperial Examination: The Empress of the Impoverished Family

Chapter 2
"Yes."

Jiang Jin coughed so much that her brain was shaking, she barely suppressed it, her face was flushed, her eyes were wet and she looked at Auntie, "Just change your clothes halfway, so as not to show your feet."

She always remembered what her father said.

Being an older brother is the only way to survive.

"Then remember to bring Qing Shan with you. With his skills, Madam can rest assured." Jiang Lin caressed her face, "I have suffered for you for so many years."

Jiang Jin shook his head,

The one who is really suffering is Auntie.

She pulled A Niang's hand down and held it in her hand. The originally white and delicate hand was covered with thin calluses in order to support the family.

She hooked the coarse grains, resisting her soreness, "Aniang, I will let you live a good life."

"What's wrong with this child." Jiang Lin was also a little dazed. She pulled out her hand and pressed the corners of her eyes, then stood up and said earnestly, "Ma'am, I only hope you are healthy and safe."

"Can't a child have a great future?"

Jiang Jin acted like a spoiled child, grabbing Jiang Lin's skirt and refusing to let go.

"You." Jiang Linshi took Jiang Jin's hand, leaned over, hugged her in his arms, and stroked her hair with the other hand as if comforting, "If it wasn't forced by the situation, I would definitely take Jiang Jin with you. You live in seclusion in the mountains to avoid these sufferings."

Jiang Jin naturally understood what A Niang meant, but she pretended not to understand, and buried her face in her arms and rubbed against her, which made Jiang Linshi burst out laughing.

"Okay, I look like a hairy child when I grow up." Jiang Lin complained, but pushed her away with a soft light in his eyes, "Mother, go cook, wait a little longer."

Jiang Jin nodded obediently.

She watched A Niang put away the things they sent, took out Mrs. Tang, filled it with water and stuffed it into her arms, tucked the corner of the quilt again, bent over and added two pieces of charcoal.

Obviously, she used to be a young lady who didn't touch hibiscus water with her hands, but now she is very proficient in these tasks.

Although she lives in her uncle's house, it doesn't mean that the uncle is responsible for her family's expenses.

When they left the capital, they dismissed all the servants, and only Qingshan followed.

After the father passed away, the whole family was taken care of by the mother, and there was no extra money to buy the servant girl.

Besides, A Niang is also worried that the newly bought person is boneless. If she finds out that she is disguised as a man, something big will happen.

So all these years, these jobs are done by my mother.

Not long after, the door curtain was lifted again, and Qing Shan came in holding a small soup bowl, and his eyes lit up when he saw her awake.

"Master, Madam asked you to drink the pear soup first."

Jiang Jin looked up at this man who was slightly older than her. He was tall and straight, plump and handsome, and his high bristling hair made him clean and neat. If he wasn't wearing coarse clothes, he would have wondered which family he was from.

Qingshan is more like an elder brother to her.

In the previous life, it was to protect her, and good people were pierced into a sieve by arrows!

She will never let the person who protects her die tragically again!

Jiang Jin took it, and drank it in small sips, the sweet taste went down, and his throat felt much better.

"Qing Shan, you should have been by the side when I fell into the water, did you find anything unusual?"

"When I arrived, I saw that Brother Ling was in a panic trying to push the boy down to save you, but the boy shouted that he couldn't get water. If I hadn't arrived, Brother Ling might have gone down by himself."

Qing Shan frowned, "But Brother Ling never appears in the north of the city on weekdays, and he may have done this for me to see. Do you want to check the servants around him?"

"Check." Jiang Jin put down the bowl, "Jiang Ling came to me today to talk about studying."

This Jiang Ling was her uncle's only son. He had mediocre qualifications, but he wasn't bad, and he didn't make things difficult for her. On the contrary, sometimes when his aunt asked for trouble, he would come out to make trouble.

In her previous life, she didn't think too much about her falling into the water, she just thought it was caused by a fight, and she stopped Qingshan from letting her investigate, because she was afraid of unnecessary misunderstandings between the brothers.

But now the more she thinks about it, the more she feels strange. Even if Jiang Ling was looking for her for something, why did she find Chengbei? Why did the punks who had always listened to her suddenly lose control? These were all things that concerned her.

"Brother Ling asked you to study because he wanted to go back to the Lord's house?"

Jiang Jin shook his head to express his confusion.

"It's not clear what the master said."

She pinched the base of her nose with her thumb and forefinger, "Go to the north of the city tonight and help me deliver some medicine to them, and check on the new boys by the way, if there is no sudden disturbance today, the bridge will not collapse .”

"Yes."

"The day after tomorrow, you will go to Cheng'an Temple with my mother and me."

Qing Shan wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Jiang Lin's voice.

"What did you two say?"

Jiang Lin came into the room with some side dishes, Qingshan turned around and took them.

Jiang Jin also got up to help, and answered A Niang's words and directly interrupted the topic. Some things, it's better to get her hands dirty.

"I am discussing with Qingshan to let him wear a mask when we go out tomorrow."

She put away three fingers, and used her thumb and index finger to form a rectangle to frame Qingshan in it. "This figure is too eye-catching."

Qing Shan bowed his head and hooked his lips, "Master, don't make fun of me."

"Brother Jin is right."

Jiang Jin snuggled up to Jiang Lin's side and smiled triumphantly, "Then is there any mother to prepare for Qingshan?"

"The matter of Qingshan is on my mind." Jiang Lin pushed Jiang Jin to the seat, "Eat quickly."

The dishes on the square wooden table are very simple, a dish of cabbage in soup, stir-fried tender tofu, and two bowls of light porridge.

"I was worried that you wouldn't be able to eat meat, so I didn't cook too much."

But that's all, Jiang Jin is already very content
Jiang Lin stayed in Qingshan for dinner again, but Qingshan still stubbornly refused and trotted out of the house.

"This child." Jiang Lin took the table and chopsticks helplessly and sat down.

Qing Shan, who ran out of the house, knew that Jiang Lin treated him like a family, but he still refused to exceed the rules.

He knows what duty is.

The reason for not leaving is to repay his wife's life-saving grace, and to protect the young lady is for the entrustment of the young master before he died.

If he was one step late today, the lady might be gone.

He must find out who is behind this.

Qing Shan pursed his lips thinking about something, and was about to go to the kitchen when he saw a sneaky figure peeping at the door.

He chased after him immediately, but was stopped by Jiang Ling who rushed out from the intersection.

"Qingshan, why are you in such a hurry, is my cousin better?"

Qing Shan bowed his head and saluted, "Master is fine."

Jiang Ling nodded, his double chin piled up with his movements, "It's fine, I was scared today, something happened to my cousin, I can't absolve myself of the blame, it's just that the bridge that was just repaired a few days ago It's going to collapse, and when my father comes back, he must talk about it carefully, these craftsmen cut corners too much."

Qingshan's eyes flickered, but his attention was all on the three words "just repaired".

It is definitely not an accident that such a thing happened.

Only Jiang Ling continued to ask: "Are you looking for my mother for something?"

Qing Shan raised his head suspiciously, only then did he see the Da Furen's yard in front of him, could it be that the person just now...

"If you have something to do, I can pass it on for you. You must have caught a cold when you rescued your cousin today."

"My young master asked the younger one to come for the purpose of going to Cheng'an Temple in the future."

The naive Jiang Ling tilted his head, "Does my cousin want to go?"

He waved his hand and turned around, "I just want to say hello to my mother, I've remembered this, you can go back."

Qing Shan saluted, looked at his chubby body and fell into deep thought, then looked sideways at the intersection where he rushed out.

This road leads to the back door.

(End of this chapter)