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

A large bowl of braised pork was brought to the table, and a spoonful of the pork and broth was poured over white rice.

Braised pork rice!

The inn's kitchen was used, but the braised pork was made by Jiang Xiaoqi.

After learning from Wenbin that Ah Niu had returned home to find his house empty, Jiang Xiaoqi decided to first soothe Ah Niu's disappointed heart with some delicious food.

The fragrant braised pork rice bowl certainly attracted everyone's attention.

"Ah Niu, let's eat first, and then we can discuss this further."

"Yes! Master!"

Ah Niu's memory was pulled back to when he was on the official ship. After boarding the ship, he did nothing but eat a bunch of pancakes.

Now, as I chew on the tender and delicious braised pork, it seems that the grievances and sadness of the day have been diluted a lot.

Although he looks rather simple and honest, he's only a young man who just turned eighteen this year and hasn't even reached adulthood yet.

At the dinner table, no one had time to talk; everyone was busy enjoying the satisfaction of eating braised pork with rice, spoonful by spoonful.

Li Haisheng devoured a bowl of rice in a flash, then quickly ordered another, mumbling between bites, "First! I'm number one!"

Childish~

Jiang Xiaoqi felt that her senior brother's intelligence would drop whenever he ate braised pork.

As one of only two elders present, Ouyang Zheng hadn't eaten his apprentice's cooking in a long time. He didn't have many opportunities or time in the Northern Territory, but he had his own cook at the Jiang residence. This braised pork was truly a long-awaited treat.

Lin Yueniang was somewhat surprised. When did her son develop such excellent cooking skills?

She didn't have the idea of ​​"a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen," but she felt sorry for her son who had to learn and do everything at such a young age, and she didn't know how much hardship he had suffered in the south.

Jiang Xiaoqi laughed and said, "Senior brother, eat slowly. If you eat too fast, you'll miss out on the delicious experience."

Li Haisheng paused in his eating, stopping his frantic inhalation: "That makes sense!"

They didn't speak while eating or sleeping. After exchanging a few words, they quietly ate their meal. When they finished, the innkeeper cleared away the bowls and chopsticks and served hot tea.

Everyone sat together, and Jiang Xiaoqi, after glancing at A Niu whose eyes were still red, broke the silence first.

“Ah Niu, I have two suggestions. Listen to them and see which one you prefer.”

"Young master, I'll do whatever you say.

Jiang Xiaoqi patted A Niu on the shoulder: "Listen to what I have to say before you make a decision. This is your family matter, and you have to decide what to do."

"But don't worry, Ah Niu, I'm your backer, and the Jiang family is your backer too."

"Young master, please speak freely!"

"We don't know the whereabouts of your eldest and second brothers right now. The best course of action is to seek help from the government and issue missing person notices. Alternatively, you can be freed from slavery and search for your family yourself. What do you think?"

Ah Niu lowered his head, seemingly considering his chances of finding someone.

After a moment, he looked up and said, "Young Master, I've made up my mind. I want to stay in the Jiang family."

Although I haven't been to school, I know the principle of repaying a small kindness with a great one.

"Once a servant of the young master, always a servant! I cannot be ungrateful."

Jiang Xiaoqi nodded, "Okay, then I will do my best to help you find your family. However, you have to tell me what your eldest and second eldest brothers look like first, and I will draw their portraits myself."

Wenbin prepared the brush and ink, grinding the ink to the appropriate consistency. Li Mo spread out the Xuan paper and weighed it down with a paperweight. Jiang Xiaoqi sat at the table and drew a portrait of the person according to A Niu's description.

Soon, the images of the two men came to life on the page: one was slightly overweight, and the other was rather thin.

Looking at the portrait, Jiang Xiaoqi was secretly puzzled. The two older brothers of A Niu didn't look quite like him…

Although some brothers do not look alike, according to genetics, the issue is not whether they look alike or not; they are completely unrelated.

After letting the painting dry slightly, he handed it to Ah Niu: "Take a look, doesn't it resemble you... my eldest brother, my second brother?"

Ah Niu had a very handsome appearance and a tall stature. Even in later generations, he would be considered a standard 185cm tall handsome male athlete. His wheat-colored skin made him look not only not rustic, but also more dashing.

If the two on the paper are ugly ducklings, then Ah Niu must be the "black swan." It's really interesting that the three brothers in the family look completely different.

Ah Niu examined the portrait carefully: "It's so lifelike! It's so lifelike! Young Master, you can draw portraits of my brothers just by listening to my description. You're amazing! These are my eldest brother and second brother!"

Jiang Xiaoqi temporarily put aside her doubts. Asking A Niu now would probably yield no results; it would just be one of those melodramatic plot twists.

Jiang Xiaoqi smiled slightly: "That's good. Next, we'll find a carpenter."

"Looking for a carpenter?" Not only A Niu, but the rest of the group, except for Ouyang Zheng, all asked the same question.

"Yes, find a carpenter to carve the portrait into a stencil, print out a hundred or eighty copies, and put up a few missing person notices in every state we pass through."

"Great idea! That's a great idea!" Ah Niu didn't know how likely it was to find his older brothers this way, but it was definitely more reliable than searching aimlessly like a headless fly.

If it were him, he would probably have to describe his older brothers' appearances to people over and over again, which would definitely be slower.

"Furthermore, every time you pass through a city, you should also hand over a copy of the portrait to the government so they can register it. If your brother and his family want to settle down in a certain place, they will have to go to the government to register their household registration."

Ah Niu carefully placed the portrait back on the table: "Young Master, I'll go find the carpenter. Let's set off once the portrait is printed. Since we have no relatives to visit, let's get going as soon as possible."

"Alright, we will stop and rest for a day after passing through each city, so that we don't get tired and exhausted, and so that we can distribute the portraits."

"Thank you for your trouble, young master!" Ah Niu knelt down without saying a word. Although he knew that the young master rarely made people kneel, he wanted to kneel now.

Wenbin and Li Mo helped the big guy up, and after discussing their division of labor, they went back to their rooms.

Li Haisheng did not return to his own room, but followed his master directly to his master's room.

After entering, he turned around and closed the door tightly: "Master, that..."

"Say what you want to say, why are you stammering?" Ouyang Zheng sat down and poured himself a cup of tea.

“Master, my junior brother’s attendant, A Niu, has some strange portraits of his two older brothers. Not only do they not look alike, but they also look nothing like A Niu. Would they look like this if they were blood relatives?”

"Alas, I have also noticed that most blood relatives in the world look alike. Not to mention facial features and skin appearance, they also have similarities in bone structure."

However, this is your junior brother's family matter, and we shouldn't say too much. Besides, given your junior brother's intelligence, he probably already thought of what you and I could see the moment the portrait was completed.

Have you ever wondered why he doesn't say it out loud?

“Master, you’re testing me again! But this time I did think of something. My junior brother didn’t say anything because he didn’t want his subordinate, who had just suffered a setback, to suffer another setback and have doubts about his background.”

Secondly, it's no use saying anything now. Judging from Ah Niu's expression, he firmly believes these two are his brothers. He even sold himself more than two years ago to help his brothers find wives, which shows how deep his feelings for them are.

"There has been some progress, but not much."

"Huh?" Li Haisheng scratched his head, feeling that his analysis this time was correct.

"Most importantly, your junior brother doesn't want to gamble with human nature, and he doesn't want to damage the relationship between master and servant because of something that can't be verified for the time being."

"That's true. My junior brother values ​​loyalty the most. He would never look down on even the servants in his household."

Li Haisheng came from a poor family and had grown up seeing that children from wealthy families were arrogant and looked down on the poor.

He found it very strange that the Jiang family, a grand and wealthy family, had not raised the same kind of spoiled young masters he had seen before.

Instead, he is a well-rounded young man who is diligent in his studies, strives for excellence in martial arts, has a broad knowledge of miscellaneous subjects, and is even quite accomplished in cooking.

No, it's not four good things, it should be "five good things". During the two years in the Northern Camp, my junior brother's medical skills have also improved by leaps and bounds. I almost forgot about that.

Is my junior brother considered an "oddball" in a wealthy family?

Jiang Mingfei, a model student: Cloudy!