Quick wear: cannon fodder is a bit strong

But time reveals a person's true character.

The fourth lady is more shrewd and capable. She is now the right-hand man of the first lady's housekeeper and gave birth to Jiang Yinghao, the fifth son of the Jiang family.

The Fifth Lady was originally the First Lady's dowry, and she was quite loyal and honest. She usually followed the First Lady like a shadow. Correspondingly, the First Lady herself had no daughters, so she treated Jiang Meixian and Jiang Yingying with extra affection, making them look like real mother and daughter.

Jiang Meixian and Jiang Yingying had two older sisters: the eldest, Jiang Tingting, and the second, Jiang Xueruo. Both were born to the second wife. They rarely visited the first wife's courtyard, so they were not often seen.

Jiang Meixian and Jiang Yingying, on the other hand, moved around more frequently.

At that moment, Song Nianru smiled and said nothing, but silently put the card at the bottom of the discard pile.

Jiang Yingying, however, took it seriously and actually pulled out her cards, examining them for a long time before bursting out laughing:

"The Madam is right. The Young Lady has indeed won!"

Jiang Meixian high-fived:

"This is what the eldest lady loves as a good daughter-in-law. Fourth sister, you should learn from her. If we get married in the future and have this skill, will we still be afraid of being rejected by our in-laws?!"

The eldest lady also smiled triumphantly:

"That's right. My eldest young mistress is a truly exceptional talent. It's hard to find one like her in the entire Yuncheng. What else can I say?"

While tapping Jiang Meixian and Jiang Yingying's foreheads with his chubby fingers:

"Two shameless girls, not even married yet, and already they're talking about their in-laws?"

The whole family was laughing and joking when suddenly the fourth lady came in through the curtain and leaned over to whisper something in the eldest lady's ear.

The eldest lady sneered and threw the cards away. She called Song Nianru:

"Let's go to the gate and take a look. Don't let people say that I, as a mother, don't take my illegitimate son seriously."

Song Nianru had heard the Fourth Madam's whispers clearly and thought it was because she was avoiding the two young girls. Sure enough, the First Madam said to Jiang Meixian and Jiang Yingying:

"You two should go back to your own yard and play, and don't dirty your eyes."

Jiang Meixian and Jiang Yingying did not insist. They exchanged glances and obediently returned to their own yard.

Song Nianru and the fourth lady followed the first lady and stood up. When they walked to the gate, they bumped into Jiang Yingjie on the cart.

When Jiang Yingjie saw Song Nianru, his pupils suddenly shrank.

The experience of that night suddenly flooded into his mind, pain surged from every limb, and his body shook unconsciously.

"Yo, what's going on?"

The eldest lady turned to Song Nianru:

"Nianru, you've always had good eyesight. Help mother identify this person and see if he is the fourth young master of our Jiang family."

Song Nianru shook her head: "It's really hard to tell~"

Jiang Yingjie's eyes widened suddenly.

The moment they exchanged glances, he was absolutely certain that Song Nianru had already recognized him. Besides, wasn't his current state of misery due to her? Now, she actually said she couldn't recognize him?!

The first lady then asked the fourth lady:

"Wanqing, what do you think?"

The Fourth Lady laughed and said, "Even the eldest young lady has such keen eyesight, yet she can't tell the difference. I am even more clueless."

"This is a bit difficult..."

The eldest lady was troubled and said:

"If this man is really the young master of our Jiang family, even if he has had such a bad experience, we must take good care of him. It doesn't matter if the family has one more disabled person to take care of."

"But if he's an imposter, then we're being wronged. Spending money is a small matter, but I'm afraid one day the truth will come out and we'll be laughed at."

"Now that mother mentioned that, I have an idea," Song Nianru said with a wicked smile.

"Hurry up, hurry up,"

The eldest lady's eyes lit up: "You are a very clever child. The principles you put forward will surely work."

"Isn't there a forest behind our Jiang family's ancestral hall? I thought we could cut down a few trees there and build a clean room for this person to live in."

"If he is really a member of our Jiang family, there will be no problem for him to live there."

Song Nianru said:

"With the blessing of our ancestors, and the quiet place with few people disturbing us, the Fourth Young Master can calm down and get rid of the bad energy. Maybe he can even recover a little."

"If I really become ill someday, I'll be buried there. It's close to the ancestral hall so I won't become a wandering ghost and miss out on the Jiang family's descendants' offerings."

Upon hearing this, the fourth lady clapped her hands fiercely:

"As expected of the eldest young lady, this is a brilliant arrangement!"

She continued Song Nianru's analysis and said:

"On the other hand, if this person is not a member of the Jiang family, then burying him behind the ancestral hall after his death would not be considered a disgrace to the Jiang family's ancestors."

"After all, we took care of him, which was a favor to him. Since he owed us a favor, he should repay us in the afterlife. Burying him behind the ancestral hall would be considered filial piety on our part, providing someone to serve our ancestors. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"

The eldest lady's face was as smiling as a flower:

"What else can I say? This arrangement is the safest one~"

Then he instructed the fourth lady:

"I've handed this matter over to you. Just do as the eldest young lady says!" The fourth lady said "Ah" and waved to the servants who followed her.

"Have you heard what the Madam ordered?"

The servants responded in unison and took action immediately.

Jiang Yingjie, lying on the broken cart, was filled with anger when he heard this arrangement. He was the real fourth young master of the Jiang family.

He has his own yard.

Why couldn't he go back to his own courtyard, but had to live behind the ancestral hall? However, Song Nianru looked at him with a half-smile in her eyes, which made him swallow back all his dissatisfaction.

I always feel that if he shows even the slightest dissatisfaction, his fate will be even worse than it is now.

Whatever.

Even if he lives in a remote place, he is still the master of the Jiang family after all. His life is much better than losing his dignity and being...

Of course, at this time Jiang Yingjie didn't know what was waiting for him in the days to come.

In the grove behind the ancestral hall, the servants worked together, the sound of felling trees echoing one after another, and soon they had cleared a space. In less than an hour, a simple meditation room was complete.

The entire quiet room was built with the wood that had just been chopped down, and there was only a wooden bed and a simple table and chairs made of branches.

The plank bed was covered with a thin straw mat.

Jiang Yingjie lay on it, and the servants quickly brought him a simple meal.

A steamed bun, a bowl of vegetable porridge, and a small dish of pickles.

The meal wasn't sumptuous, but it wasn't shabby either. After all, Jiang Yingjie's status as the "Fourth Young Master" was still questionable, and he was disabled and had to be waited on by others.

Vegetable porridge can also be interpreted as making it easier for him to eat and digest.

Moreover, since they live behind the ancestral hall, in order to show respect to their ancestors, it is certainly not appropriate to eat meat and other non-vegetarian foods.

Although Jiang Yingjie was unwilling, he had no choice but to accept it.

He knew that Song Nianru had no good intentions in suggesting that he live here. However, since he was already in this situation, the worst that could happen was death, so he didn't have much to fear.

Unfortunately, Jiang Yingjie soon found out that there are many things in this world that are much more terrifying than death.