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

Jiang Xiaoqi: ? ? ? A must-have scene in ancient times? A naive girl who sells herself to bury her father?

The props are complete, creating a fantastic atmosphere. They really put a lot of effort into it!

At least the pile of white cloth used to make the dress must have cost a lot of money. The woman was not wearing linen, but fine cotton cloth that cost several taels of silver per bolt.

Only the outermost layer was symbolically covered with a hemp cloth as an "embellishment," which elevated the overall design of the mourning clothes to another level.

Jiang Xiaoqi clicked her tongue: This woman practically has the words "I have ulterior motives" written all over her face.

He stood aside with his arms crossed, not stepping forward. He was still a child; it was not his place to get involved in such a matter at the age of ten.

The woman was sobbing, her tears falling like a broken string of pearls. A crowd had gathered around her, but no one stepped forward to speak to her.

The onlookers weren't heartless; they were simply short of money. The cost of burying someone could range from five or ten taels of silver to tens or even hundreds of taels.

This is directly related to the coffin used and the specifications of the burial. Ordinary families don't have the money to care about this. They have to spend money to support a young woman they bought.

Who would be willing to work such a delicate and pretty young lady as a lowly servant?

Some of the onlookers genuinely pitied the woman for losing her father, while others were driven by lust rather than kindness, scrutinizing the frail woman kneeling on the ground from head to toe.

They were practically staring at her until they were about to burst, but the woman wasn't intimidated at all. She just let everyone stare at her, and with the crowd creating an atmosphere, she cried even more enthusiastically.

When Landlord Jiang saw this, he wanted Wen's second son to drive around the area, but the road was blocked by onlookers, and the carriage couldn't pass through the narrow space.

Jiang Xiyue walked to her younger brother's side, and soon after, Jiang Lan'er also arrived.

"Second sister, third sister, why did you get off the bus? It's nothing, you'll be fine in a bit."

They weren't specifically stopping our carriage; she's just a woman selling herself for a burial. Once she's done her business and the crowd has dispersed, we can pass through."

Jiang Xiyue and Jiang Lan'er didn't think their younger brother was heartless or cold-blooded at all. Having just experienced what happened at the inn, they now found everyone very suspicious.

What do you mean by selling oneself to bury one's father? She's all seductive and alluring. Selling oneself might be true, but burying one's father is another matter entirely. That straw mat might not even contain a dead person, or even a human being…

Just as the two sisters were silently complaining to each other, a young man who looked like a scholar stepped out from the crowd and quietly asked the woman what had happened.

The woman raised her tearful eyes, wiping away her tears with a clean white handkerchief, and pitifully recounted her tragic life story.

As Jiang Xiaoqi listened, a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.

The woman's words sounded touching and poignant, but Jiang Xiaoqi keenly noticed that they were full of flaws.

At this moment, the scholar looked completely convinced and started to take out his silver. After rummaging around for a long time, he couldn't come up with a single tael of silver, only a few dozen loose copper coins. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

For a moment he forgot that he was just a poor scholar who hadn't even passed the county-level imperial examination. The title of "Tongsheng" was hardly a proper academic achievement, and no primary school wanted to hire him as their tutor.

He himself is almost out of money for school and even struggling to make ends meet, yet he still acts out of kindness, trying to save the orphaned girl from her predicament and putting on a hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress act.

However, this person quickly adjusted himself and frankly admitted that he was short of money and unable to make ends meet.

The woman who was sobbing was quite understanding; she didn't look down on the other person because they had no money, and still gave them a thank-you gift.

This action made the onlookers feel even more sympathetic to the woman, and they also felt that she was not only beautiful, but also kind-hearted and gentle, with no bad qualities whatsoever.

Jiang Xiaoqi never believed that there were perfect people in the world. If there were, they must be very good at pretending.

The more Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the woman, the more suspicious she seemed. However, it was not a good time to use force to drive her away and make her make way.

Another group of people blocked their way behind their eight carriages. They looked like a wealthy family, either a large landowner or a big merchant.

Two horse-drawn carriages were followed by a dozen mule carts, all loaded with what appeared to be grain or other goods.

"Young master, it's someone who sold himself into servitude to bury his father. Young Master Jiang has already stepped forward. Shall we go and take a look?"

"We've been stuck in traffic for a quarter of an hour, haven't we? We're just killing time anyway, let's go take a look. Oh, and let's call Brother Li and Brother Dong to come along too."

Several people got off the carriage and walked towards the crowd. When Jiang Xiyue saw Li Haisheng coming over, she couldn't help but worry that he would be like the stupid scholar from before.

Of the three, Dong Jin was the oldest, Li Haisheng was the second oldest, and Xue Xu was the youngest. But when these three stood together, they far surpassed the rough-and-ready scholar in both appearance and temperament.

That's nonsense. Those three scholars who passed the imperial examinations were elites who fought their way through countless battles. How could a mere junior student like a child prodigy compare?

They're not even in the same league! Besides, clothes make the man, and Dong Jin's family is well-off, and Jiang Xiwen takes care of all his clothes, so naturally they're quite impressive.

Although Xue Xu's family background was not prominent, his father had left behind a considerable fortune, so he never had to worry about money for his studies.

Li Haisheng came from the worst family among the three, but he was ambitious and talented in both literature and martial arts. He had even been on the battlefield. Even after he went to the Jiang family to propose marriage, the spoils of war were enough to support him to go to the capital to participate in the imperial examination.

Moreover, as the future in-laws, Landlord Jiang had his wife make a lot of decent clothes for his future grandson-in-law, and his future mother-in-law, Lin Yueniang, also had a lot of new clothes and shoes made.

Not to mention his fiancée Jiang Xiyue, she even provided him with small items like fan pendants and sword pendants with tassels. So Li Haisheng's clothes were not only not shabby, but also very exquisite and gorgeous, giving him the dignity of a scholar.

As her husband disembarked from the carriage, Jiang Xiwen, as his wife, naturally followed. However, she deliberately lagged behind the three of them by a step and happened to see her second and third sisters and her younger brother standing at the other end.

She ignored her husband and went straight to stand next to her younger brother and sister.

As soon as Jiang Xiwen stood still, her younger siblings curtsied to her.

"Is this... selling oneself into servitude to bury one's father?"

Jiang Xiyue nodded, then glanced at her brother-in-law's side: "Why did you let your brother-in-law come over too? What if he gets entangled with some shady women? Sister, aren't you keeping an eye on things?"

"Pfft~" Jiang Xiwen chuckled at her younger sister's antics. Shouldn't this little girl be worried about her fiancé? Young Master Li is right here too~

"What are you laughing at, sister? Aren't you worried at all?"

Jiang Lan'er also felt that her eldest sister was too carefree, even though the woman who sold herself to bury her father was not as pretty as her eldest sister...

But men are all fickle and easily bored! Now, driven by pity for the poor and weak, they are bound to act impulsively!