Duke Jing's younger sister

Chapter 181: Surrender to the secular world

Rong Feihe lowered his head and thought for a moment. When he looked up again, there was a bit more determination in his eyes.

He folded his hands, bowed deeply, and performed a very standard thank-you gesture to her.

"Thank you for your enlightenment, sir. I understand."

Jiang Li smiled and nodded slightly, "I understand. You are very talented in playing the zither. As long as you persevere, you will definitely become a great master."

This sudden praise made the boy's cheeks seem to be burning red.

He stammered his thanks, and when he was leaving the house, his calf accidentally bumped into a table in front of the door. He wailed twice and jumped away.

Looking at his funny back as he left, Jiang Li sighed softly.

Everyone can talk about the great principles of this world, but how many can actually put them into practice?

Jiang Li knew that she had succumbed to this mundane world.

Even though I see things clearly, I still can't live freely.

She always cares about what others think of her.

She often heard her soul crying out silently, but time and time again, it refused to reach out to her.

Xingping and Luo Zhi were in the backyard, watching the students gathered in a group, intending to train the hen named Atuan into a fighting cock.

"A Tuan, just watch..."

A young man curled his fingers into a pointed beak and pecked at Atan's husband, the big rooster.

"Just like this, like this..."

While demonstrating, he tried to explain it to Atuan.

Xingping was watching with great interest, while Luo Zhi leaned on the corridor with her arms folded, watching the fool's performance coldly.

How could you be so unjust and inhumane to teach someone like Ah Tuan to attack your own husband?

It's really amazing that they could come up with this idea. They just wanted to have nothing to do but eat.

"What are you doing?"

A clear voice came from behind the crowd.

There was only one female teacher in the whole courtyard, and I knew who the visitor was without having to guess.

The students stood up one after another, "Hello, Mr. Jiang."

Afterwards, he ignored her and just played by himself.

Jiang Li looked at the young men gathered together and laughed, and vaguely recalled the young man who loved to wear white clothes in her memory.

The sun is shining brightly and the shadows of the trees are mottled.

Under the eaves, a handsome young man was talking to himself while listening to the crickets he had caught.

It is claimed that he will train it to be the best cricket in Jiangdu and make it invincible in the cricket world.

She sat on the stone bench, resting her chin on one hand and staring at him blankly.

The sunlight shone on his back, casting a light golden edge on his untied black hair.

At that time, he was just like these young people, carefree and had no idea what sorrow felt like.

Later, he named the cricket General.

It was a pity that he broke one leg in the first battle, and the general became a lame general.

Despite this, the boy did not abandon it and kept it in a cricket cage for a long time.

I don't know how he is doing now, and whether he is doing well in the North...

When they returned to the Jiang Mansion, it was already dusk and the second brother had already arrived.

She had already informed the concierge in advance and suppressed the matter of Lian Lao Er, and did not report it for the time being.

Jiang Li acted first and reported later, and ordered the housekeeper to find the seal.

Lian Lao Er pressed his fingerprints on the slave contract, and the butler added a seal.

He had lived in Liangzhou since he was a child and had no idea what pressing the handprint meant, so he sold himself without knowing it.

And they sold it without charging a penny.

After the matter was settled, Jiang Li brought Lian Lao Er to the flower hall.

It was almost time for dinner, and Jiang Minzhi and Zou were both there.

Jiang Ke was nestling in her father's arms. He peeled the pine nuts one by one, and then fed them into her mouth with a loving look in his eyes.

Jiang Li lowered her eyelashes, bent her knees slightly and said, "Father."

Zou didn't want to look at her at all. She just glanced at her casually and instantly noticed something strange.

Her heart skipped a beat.

When he looked closely at the familiar figure behind Jiang Li, he almost shouted out loud.

Lian...Lian Laodi!

Why is he here?

Zou's heart was in a mess. She pinched the back of her hand fiercely, then greeted him with a fake smile.

"Oh, my cousin is here. Why didn't he inform me in advance?"

Jiang Minzhi knew this cousin. He stood up, greeted him with a smile, and invited him to sit down.

Just as Lian Lao Er was about to sit down, Jiang Li said softly,

“Lian Qiu, you are now a servant in the mansion, how can you be on equal footing with the master?”

Lian Lao Er's butt was almost touching the chair, but he quickly stood up when he heard the sound.

It's like a tiger in dire straits being bullied by a dog. He was actually ordered around by a little girl.

Lian Lao Er regretted agreeing to work in the Jiang Mansion, but he knew it was too late.

"What do you mean?" Zou was confused. "What do you mean I am already a servant in the mansion?"

"It was Miss Jiang who found a good job for my brother. How come my cousin doesn't know about it?"

Since it was Zou who asked Jiang Li to find a job for him.

Why does Zou look like she is kept in the dark and knows nothing?

Only then did Lian Lao Er realize that something was wrong.

Jiang Li glanced at Zou, and a flash of coldness flashed across her eyes.

"Father, do you recognize this cousin of Zou?"

Jiang Minzhi nodded and said, "Of course I know him. When I was in Liangzhou, he always took care of me. You just said that he is now a servant of the Jiang Mansion. What do you mean by that?"

In the wide sleeves, the slender knuckles were curled up tightly.

Jiang Li couldn't help but feel sorry for her father.

According to what my father said, Zou had been having an affair with this Lian man under his nose as early as when they were in Liangzhou, but my father was completely unaware of it?

How is this possible? Jiang Li found it unbelievable.

"My daughter felt that Madam Zou must be lonely and miserable living alone in Jiangdu City. Now that she has a cousin like this in the city, she cannot always leave him alone in Huajia Lane. So she took the initiative to take Lian Qiu in as a servant, and the contract has just been signed."

There was a flash of surprise in Zou's eyes. What exactly did Jiang Li want to do?

Why did he suddenly go crazy and take Lian Lao Er into his house?

Although Zou couldn't guess Jiang Li's true intention, she knew clearly that she definitely had no good intentions.

Zou's eyes rolled, and after thinking for a moment, she smiled and said,

"Jiang Li, you don't know that my cousin will be leaving Jiangdu City in the next two days. He has an elderly mother in Liangzhou who cannot be left unattended, so you should find someone else who is suitable for this job."

"is it?"

Jiang Li smiled faintly and glanced at Lian Qiu meaningfully.

Lian Qiu looked guilty and wanted to bury his head in the floor like an ostrich.

He had lied in the morning, claiming he was an orphan since childhood, but he didn't expect that his lies would be exposed by Zou so quickly.

"Did Mrs. Zou remember it wrongly?" Jiang Li asked.

"It's such a small thing, how could I remember it wrong?"

Zou didn't notice at all that Lian Laoer beside her was making eyes at her desperately, trying to convey some secret message to her.

Unfortunately, Zou didn't see it, but Jiang Li saw it.

Jiang Minzhi was only concerned with amusing his youngest daughter in his arms and didn't pay much attention to anything happening in the hall.

"That's strange..."

Jiang Li said with a faint smile on her face,

"Since Madam Zou is not mistaken, could it be that Lian Qiu lied to me? Why did he tell me today that he has been an orphan since he was a child?"