afternoon.

Jiang Miaomiao woke up from her nap.

I sat under the big tree in the yard to enjoy the cool shade.

Today, my eldest and second eldest brothers are on holiday, and my mother, unusually, stayed home to keep them company.

The whole family gathered together, making it a very lively occasion.

While accompanying them, Lu Qingyao also made sure to review the accounts and handle affairs in various counties and prefectures of Jiangzhou.

The Lu family business is now vastly different from what it used to be.

In every county, town, and village, numerous workshops, large and small, were built, just like those in Qingshi Town.

Harvesting bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus, mushrooms...

They established a baking workshop, and all the fresh goods that couldn't be transported to Jiangzhou City were baked into dried goods.

Large quantities were transported to Yipinju in the north.

They also built pastures in the open grasslands to cultivate superior breeds of Hu sheep.

Yipinju, a famous restaurant chain in Beijing, has opened a branch specializing in mutton banquets.

There are at least thirty or forty kinds of mutton dishes alone, including steamed, boiled, stir-fried, and roasted dishes...

It's dazzling.

There were tens of thousands of sheep.

As a result, there was an abundance of goat milk and wool.

Fresh milk is supplied to various restaurants and pastry shops to make dairy products and cheese.

The wool was supplied to weaving workshops and clothing stores to make wool blankets and wool clothing.

Jiang Miaomiao was surprised to discover that every part of this sheep was valuable.

It's a very profitable business.

As the Lu family business expanded, there was naturally a shortage of manpower. So, my mother recruited several literate, intelligent, capable, and hardworking young men and women from Taoxi Village.

Jiang Miaomiao noticed that everyone had been very busy lately.

They all hold multiple positions.

With her parents' permission, Qiao'er stayed in Jiangzhou and worked with her mother, becoming her mother's right-hand woman.

Aunt Xiuxiu is even busier.

Her mother had removed her from the status of a slave earlier and made her one of the owners of the Lu family business.

Her aunt not only took care of her, but also helped Yipinju develop new dishes.

Fortunately, this is also where her interests lie.

Although Aunt Xiuxiu cooked the dishes, Xiao Miaomiao deserves much credit.

Especially that wild mushroom stew that's all the rage in Jiangzhou...

The two specially selected several common mushrooms that are well-known in the community and cooked them with chicken.

It tastes extremely delicious.

Jiang Miaomiao originally wanted to add more varieties of mushrooms, as long as they were cooked, the little people wouldn't be visible.

But Mother wouldn't allow it.

After all, no one dares to be the first to try something new.

We have no choice but to proceed gradually.

Lu Qingyao and Jiang Qiao'er were busy in the study, occasionally glancing at Xiao Miaomiao.

Seeing that she hadn't left his sight, he felt relieved and focused on his work.

Jiang Miaomiao felt she had too much free time, so she became Aunt Xiuxiu's food critic.

Right now, I'm enjoying her new cherry pancake, which is perfectly cooked with just the right amount of softness and sweetness.

However, she has a sweet tooth, so she coated her cherry pancakes with honey.

Xiuxiu had no idea that the little girl was enjoying her meal so much.

She was leading the maids to pit cherries, pitting one basin after another...

I wonder why King Jing planted so many red fruits.

In short, basket after basket of them were delivered to my sister's house.

She led the cooks and maids to make many jars of cherry omelet and cherry jam.

I still haven't finished making the cherry dishes.

I'm so tired of doing this.

The brothers Jiang Ziyan and Jiang Zifeng dragged two small stools and sat under the tree to enjoy the cool shade.

The older brother was holding a book and reciting it while shaking his head.

With the imperial examinations just two months away, he finally realized he was getting anxious.

The second brother, on the other hand, seemed completely unfazed, even taking the time to fan her and peel fruit for her.

Holding a palm-leaf fan, he swayed his head and nodded along with his elder brother, occasionally chiming in with a few words.

I also need to explain it to my older brother.

Then Jiang Miaomiao saw her second brother hesitate several times before speaking.

He kept pinching his brow.

Looking at the eldest brother's appearance, it was as if he were a student cramming for exams at the last minute.

They don't burn incense regularly, but they pray to Buddha when it's too late.

That's him.

Jiang Zifeng also admired her younger brother wholeheartedly.

He's lucky to have a younger brother to help him with his studies, otherwise he would definitely be completely lost.

His mother didn't ask much of him; she just wanted him to pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, nothing more...

Little Jiang Miaomiao is like a monkey, darting up and down.

She would run off to watch her mother use the abacus, and then she would run off to watch Aunt Xiuxiu pit cherries.

A little while later, she sat back down next to her brothers, swinging her little legs, eating cherry omelets and walnuts that her brothers had peeled.

She needs to eat more walnuts so she can be as smart as her second brother.

Not only does she want to eat, but her older brother also wants to eat a lot.

"Big brother, eat some walnuts, they're good for your brain..."

Jiang Zifeng felt that his younger sister kept stuffing walnuts into his mouth, even when his mouth was already full.

I can't help but sigh, my sister really likes him!

She doesn't feed her younger brother, she only feeds him.

Jiang Ziyan almost burst out laughing when he heard the phrase "fill in the blanks," and pinched her little cheek.

"You only gave it to the eldest brother and not the second brother, and the second brother is angry!"

Jiang Miaomiao: ……

Um! Do you need any more?

Forget it, we're all brothers, we should treat everyone equally.

Then everyone saw that the two brothers stopped reading and started peeling walnuts, putting the peeled walnuts on a plate.

Then, the little girl took the plate and fed them the walnuts inside.

I'm starting to sigh again.

A little cotton-padded jacket is so good; it warms not only her mother but also her brother!

Jiang Miaomiao thought about it for a long time.

I know I won't be able to endure the hardship of studying in the future; books from ancient times were much harder to read.

She had specifically read her brother's books.

I only recognize half of the characters, and there are many I don't even recognize.

Even the Three Character Classic was memorized by guessing.

If she hadn't heard her brother recite it when she was young, she would have thought that the Three Character Classic of later generations was a pirated version.

Not to mention the profound and mysterious arts like playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

Learning martial arts from my mother and Aunt Xiuxiu didn't work either; I didn't have the talent.

One wrong move and you could break an arm or a leg.

She's better suited to being a clever playboy.

Jiang Ziyan fanned his younger sister and touched the back of her head.

Glistening with sweat.

The little guy is always jumping around.

I sweat very easily.

While eating walnuts, he sneezed several times in a row, "Achoo...achoo..."

He quickly stopped fanning himself with the palm leaf fan. "Is Miaomiao cold?"

"Not cold at all, someone must be thinking of me," Jiang Miaomiao said with a shake of her head and a chuckle.

How can it be cold on such a hot day!

The magpies were chattering.

A group of people drove towards Jiang Miaomiao's house and stopped in front of her house.

The maidservant stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Mu Jiangyue asked if this was Lu Qingyao's house, since she had two sons and a daughter.

The gatekeeper nodded, peeked out, and asked, "This is Madam Lu's house. Who are you, Madam?"

"I am her good friend from the capital, my surname is Mu..."

She then added, "They are very close friends, like best confidants."

"Madam, please wait a moment." The doorman rushed inside.

Madam Lu instructed that if anyone from the capital came looking for them, they should be notified immediately and not to delay.

Jiang Miaomiao saw the usually composed Haitang run into the backyard.

It doesn't take a while.

Mother, with a joyful expression, strode out.

Seeing her mother so happy.

Curious little Miaomiao slid off the stool, beckoned Jiang Xiaobai to climb onto its back, and disappeared into the yard in a few moments.

The door opened.

Mu Jiangyue hugged Lu Qingyao tightly upon seeing her, overjoyed, "Yaoyao, are you alright? I missed you so much!"

I looked up and saw the little girl behind her.

And... a little girl riding a white wolf...

"Ah...wolf..."

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