The three-day exam was difficult for Gongyuan students, but in the eyes of outsiders it was nothing more than a blink of an eye.
Jiang Sheng sat in the carriage early and waited, pouting out and looking out, "That brother from the Qi family is here too, and there are brothers from the Zhao family, and brothers from the Zhu family. Hey, she's here too."
Not many people can surprise a little girl.
Chang Yan stretched out his fingertips to pick up the corner of the car curtain. With a quick sweep, he saw Jiang Chenghuan, the young lady from the Jiang family who had clashed with them several times, in the crowd.
According to the relationship between the Jiang brothers and sisters, Jiang Chengyuan should be there.
Chang Yan took another look, and as expected, he saw the eldest son of the Jiang family, who was still a Juren, among the crowd.
The Jiang family and the Fang family both came from a family of military generals. General Fang accidentally died in the border battle. After the first family member withered away, the second family member took over the power of the family and took advantage of the situation to let the younger generation take the imperial examination route, completely transforming the family into a civil servant family.
The Jiang family is different. General Jiang has been staying at the frontier well. How can he tolerate his only son abandoning the military and becoming civilized?
Chang Yan didn't understand, but he also knew that there must be some twists and turns here.
The Jiang family is a big family.
Although there are not many people in the direct lineage, only two grandchildren, the number of concubines and concubines is quite abundant, and they all have certain official positions in the court. Coupled with General Jiang who is fighting abroad, the position of the top family is quite stable.
But this kind of stability can only be achieved while General Jiang is still there. Once the Jiang family has no one in the army and only relies on a few official positions in the court, the family's status will definitely slip.
In the long run, it would be best for the Jiang family to have another general, but Jiang Chengyuan, a direct descendant, chose to take the imperial examination. Could it be that Jiang Chengfeng and others from the common branch wanted to join the army?
As soon as Chang Yan's doubts arose, he saw the playboy Jiang Ergong waving a folding fan in his sight, and he suddenly became speechless.
Jiang Chengfeng and Jiang Chengyuan, the eldest and second grandsons of the Jiang family, did not join the army, and the remaining younger children were even less willing to go. After all, it was a battlefield, a place where swords had no eyes.
Chang Yan sighed, he seemed to understand why Jiang Chengyuan abandoned martial arts and became civilized.
There must be an elder in the Jiang family who is short-sighted but devoted to her son. She cut off Jiang Chengyuan's idea of joining the army and forced him to take the imperial examination. Even if the Jiang family's status declines in the future, Jiang Chengyuan will be safe in this life.
From an overall perspective, this idea is very detrimental to the development of the Jiang family.
But from a mother's perspective, it is right to hope that the child will be well.
"Why mother, not grandmother?" Jiang Sheng suddenly asked from the side.
Only then did Chang Yan realize that he was analyzing and even uttering it unconsciously.
He pursed his lips in embarrassment. Seeing the curious faces of his fourth brother and sister, he cleared his throat and answered, "Because if Mrs. Jiang was really short-sighted, there would be no General Jiang now."
Mrs. Jiang can support her son to become a general, but she cannot force her grandson to go to the battlefield because her grandson still has a mother and she is just a grandmother.
"Then this grandmother is really a great person." Jiang Sheng said crisply from the side, "Just like me, I am obviously very worried about the third brother, but I still want to support him to go to the border."
Chang Yan held back his laughter and said nothing.
Wen Zhiyun raised his head blankly, not knowing for a moment whether his sister was praising Mrs. Jiang or trying to flatter herself.
Only Jiang Sheng didn't notice it and climbed up to the small window again to look around. He happened to meet the Jiang family who had just talked about it.
"Little ginger pieces..."
Young Master Jiang Chengyuan, who was waving a folding fan, was full of surprise. Just as he was about to go over to say hello, he caught a glimpse of his expressionless sister Jiang Chenghuan from the corner of his eye and stopped dead in his tracks.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Jiang Chengfeng came over casually, "I've fallen in love with some girl again. I'll ask my grandmother to propose marriage later."
Jiang Chengyuan gave him a shock, "It's all nonsense in broad daylight."
"I understand, I understand." Jiang Chengfeng showed his big white teeth, "We brothers will talk privately later, secretly."
Before Jiang Chengyuan had time to respond, the fourth young lady on the side, Jiang Chengyu, became anxious and stepped on his brother's toes. He gritted his teeth in an inaudible voice, "Second brother, don't forget that you still have your sister with you."
Jiang Chengfeng gasped and covered most of his face with a folding fan.
The two eldest granddaughters of the Jiang family, the third girl, Jiang Chenghuan, although a little too cold and arrogant, can't be faulted in her appearance outside. She has always been gentle and careful. She only helps her brother by touching her and never steps on his toes.
The fourth girl, Jiang Chengyu, is much more aggressive and has an unforgiving temper. She often has various conflicts with her brother Jiang Chengfeng. They argue and argue when nothing happens, and neither of them agrees with the other.
"I really envy you." Jiang Chengfeng took the opportunity to mutter secretly, "You have such a gentle sister."
Jiang Chengyuan shrank his neck.
The younger sister is quite gentle when she is happy, but she is much scarier when she is angry than the fourth sister. Sometimes he would rather chase and fight with her than need to be coaxed all the time.
But the fourth sister is too aggressive and unforgiving.
It would be nice if the two of them could be more integrated... like Xiao Jiang Dian.
Jiang Chengyuan glanced at the place where the carriage was again. Unfortunately, the little girl had retracted her head and could not see her round smiling face.
Even if he saw it, no matter what, he could no longer make his sister sad for others.
Jiang Chengyuan lowered his head in despair, just waiting for the exam to end to find lessons from the students.
Jiang Chengfeng also rarely closed his mouth.
When the surroundings fell into silence, the distant conversation changed from blur to clarity.
"Hey, there was a wonton stall here yesterday. Why is it gone today?"
"I heard that I offended a noble person, hush, don't ask."
"I was there at the time. I seemed to have offended an old lady. Fortunately, there was a little girl who helped..."
After hearing these three key words, the Jiang family brothers all raised their heads. Whether they were lonely or distressed about their toes, they all turned serious and cold.
They only found out last night that their grandmother actually wore simple clothes to eat wontons a few days ago, and almost got scammed by the wonton stall. Fortunately, a little girl lent a helping hand to save her.
Ordinarily, the less people know about such embarrassing things, the better, but I don’t know why my grandmother informed the four grandchildren of the Jiang family and told them not to retaliate against the wonton stall.
Jiang Chengyuan agreed honestly, but the wonton stall was still gone.
His eyes swept over Jiang Chengyu, who couldn't hide something, and Jiang Chenghuan, who was not close to his grandmother, and finally landed on Jiang Chengfeng, who was obviously guilty. He showed the dignity of an elder brother and said, "Tell me, what's going on."
"We are from the Jiang family. Grandma has been bullied. It's unjustifiable if we don't take action." Jiang Chengfeng said sarcastically.
But the wonton stall clerk didn’t know the grandmother’s identity, and it was true that the grandmother didn’t bring any money with her. The other party was just a little bit reluctant, and it was far from losing her livelihood.
"I think grandma should want us to be grateful to the little girl who helped." Jiang Chengyuan said solemnly, "rather than retaliate against the wonton stall owner."
At this moment, Jiang Sheng jumped out of the carriage.
The common man pointed over happily just now, "That's her, that's her. She even calls me uncle, she's so sweet."
