After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

After traveling for a month with frequent stops, Jiang Xiaoqi added a map from the Northern Border to Xinghe Prefecture to his spatial storage.

After returning home to visit his family, he can continue his journey by land to make up for the areas he missed while traveling by boat.

When he returned to Yunqing Mountain, his map, though still not wide enough, would at least cover a distance of a thousand miles from north to south.

It was the height of spring, March, and the sun shone brightly, with a gentle breeze caressing the earth.

The weeping willows on both sides of the river hang down like green curtains, their tender green branches swaying gracefully, as if welcoming those returning from a long journey.

Not to be outdone, the tender grasses also poked their heads out, countless tiny individuals standing shoulder to shoulder, gathering into a green "velvet carpet".

The six men rode their horses slowly forward. The six fine horses seemed to be attracted by the tender and juicy grass by the roadside, and they couldn't help but stop and go.

Seeing this, no one stopped them. After all, they had been eating northern fodder for more than two years and must have gotten tired of it. It wouldn't be bad to have a free buffet.

After another day of travel, the group arrived at the city gate of Xinghe Prefecture. Jiang Xiaoqi stared at the city gate and felt as if he had been transported to another world.

I haven't been back for almost three years. I wonder how my mother and sisters are doing? Have my sisters gotten married? Could I be someone's uncle by now?

With a thousand thoughts swirling in his mind, and feeling more apprehensive as he approached his hometown, he took a deep breath and led the way into the city, with the others dismounting and following closely behind.

Upon entering the city, the familiar streets and the vendors' cries made him feel at home.

"Afei, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to follow you home like this? Why don't you send a servant home to inform us first?"

Actually, Li Haisheng wanted to take this opportunity to buy some gifts, as it wouldn't look good to visit his junior brother's house empty-handed.

"Alright, Wenbin and Li Mo, you two go back first and inform your grandparents and mother."

Jiang Wenqing was ignored once again, or rather, Jiang Xiaoqi assumed that he was staying at the prefectural school, so he was automatically skipped.

"Understood, young master!" The two hadn't seen their parents and family for a long time, and the young master was being considerate of them, wanting them to see their families sooner.

"Master, there's a pastry shop over there."

Li Haisheng had excellent eyesight; that pastry shop was the largest in the prefectural city, and its pastries were extremely popular.

"Go."

Ouyang Zheng brought back a lot of things from the northern border, so he wasn't worried about gifts. At the time, he thought Peng Qing was being fussy and giving him too many useless things, but now they've come in handy.

It's inappropriate to give gifts to female relatives, but his gifts are special. There's no need to specify who they're for; once they're given out, people can distribute them as they see fit.

Li Haisheng generously bought two boxes of the most expensive pastries, after all, he had received quite a lot of rewards for killing so many barbarians in the Northern Territory.

Although they were not military personnel, Marshal Mu was truly generous, offering them silver instead of military merit.

This is much more than what Li Haisheng earned by dealing in dried vegetables by the sea; it's enough to cover his expenses for the upcoming provincial examination.

If you're frugal, you could still afford to buy a small house and get married.

Now, a boy is sixteen years old, which seems to be the age to be engaged. However, my senior brother will be taking the provincial examination next year, so he probably won't be considering marriage before then.

However, if one does not choose a suitable person, it is very easy for someone to "find a husband" after passing the imperial examination.

However, even with my senior brother's martial arts skills, someone still needs to be able to capture him.

Li Haisheng had no idea that while he was buying snacks, his junior brother had already imagined a whole series of scenarios of him being arrested and running around the streets after passing the imperial examination.

"Afei, what are you standing there for? Lead the way, lead the way!"

"Alright, Master, Senior Brother, come with me!"

蒋宅

"Mother, Mother, has my little brother really returned?"

"Yes, hurry, go quickly! Go and send someone to call your eldest sister and brother-in-law back, that will tell you that Fei has returned home!"

Lin Yueniang was so excited that she could barely speak. Over the years, she had sent out countless letters, but had only received two or three replies.

The mountains were high and the roads were long, and she repeatedly thought of taking her horse out to personally go south to see her son.

But with her mother-in-law always there, she ultimately dared not do anything so outrageous.

Last year I was busy with my eldest daughter's wedding, this year I'm busy with my youngest daughter's matchmaking, I wonder what I'll be busy with next year?

Is it about preparing for the younger daughter's wedding, or taking care of the older daughter during her postpartum period?

And then what? Helping her eldest and second daughters take care of their grandchildren?

Should we wait until our grandchildren are grown up before worrying about their marriages?

She never thought there was anything wrong with this routine, orderly life.

But now, Lin Yueniang, whose whip skills are superb and whose lightness skills are masterful, longs to go out and explore, to see the unrestrained world of martial arts depicted in the picture book.

Take a look at the little-known mountain and water scenery in the distance, and walk the southward route that my son once took...

Jiang Xiyue rushed off to call for help, and then hurried back to her room to change. She hadn't seen her younger brother for a long time, so she needed to tidy herself up; her brother would be happy to see her.

She found the headdresses her younger brother had once customized for the two sisters, and paired them with matching dresses, making them look like elegant ladies from a prominent family.

She touched the exquisite headdress on her head, then ran back to her mother's courtyard in a few steps.

At home, they certainly wouldn't dare to use their martial arts skills. In public, they always pretend to be weak women who can't even kill a chicken, and they do it very well.

Jiang Xiyue turned 18 last year and is now a young woman. Since her eldest sister got married, her own marriage has been put on the agenda.

She remained listless and showed little interest.

In the past two years, her martial arts skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and even Master Zhao has praised her highly.

They studied those ancient martial arts books for more than two years and finally figured out some of their secrets.

Master Zhao also improved a lot. After learning, he taught the women soldiers. It's no exaggeration to say that the Jiang family now has more experts than the entire Xinghe Prefecture.

Lin Yueniang did indeed buy a separate courtyard specifically for her daughters to practice martial arts.

To give the children a legitimate reason to travel, Su Ran was also taken to another courtyard and continued to live next to Master Zhao.

Madam Jiang assumed that Lin Yueniang wanted the girls to focus on their studies, so she did not object.

The household gradually added new servants, the first batch of sixteen young servants and maids, whose role now resembled more of a guard.

Although the masters who followed them were more capable fighters, fortunately, there were two frail individuals who needed their protection.

The frail Old Master Jiang and the frail Jiang Wenqing: ? ? ?

The servants who came in after that were mostly honest and dutiful; no promising martial arts talents were selected.

The key to having capable people is quality, not quantity. Master Zhao and Master Lin have limited energy, and Master Lin has been busy with other things in the past two years, so they naturally don't have time to train "henchmen".

In front of the Jiang family's gate, a group of women lined up, including Jiang Xiwen, who was six months pregnant, who rushed back in time.

From Miss Jiang the First to Miss Jiang the Sixth, each one was strikingly beautiful and possessed their own unique charm. Although their appearances were not entirely similar, they were all gazing in the same direction with tacit understanding.

Their eyes held anticipation, eagerness, and nervousness; their younger brother had returned.