Chapter Forty-One Can Or Not

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  Ban Jin pushed open the door and invited everyone in.

  "It's our home, but I've never been here before either," she said, while also unable to resist raising her hand to slap Jin Ge twice, "You little scamp, what are you running around for! You scared me to death!"

  Jin Geer's heart sank, but he didn't cry, instead he just smiled stupidly.

  Jiangniang turned around again and invited him in.

  Several men hurriedly returned the courtesy.

  "We don't dare, we don't dare," they said in a flurry, "Please, young lady, please."

  Jing Jiangnu looked at Zhou Liulang and Qin Langjun again.

  "If you're worried, you can come in and wait," she said.

  These words surprised several men, who looked at Shūroku and Shinrokun.

  Not at ease?

  Are you worried about them being single?

  Looking at the two young men, both are wealthy and handsome, and this daughter is of the same kind...

  Relatives or...

  Everyone was somewhat embarrassed.

  "There's nothing much to say, we don't need to go in and talk about it," said Lao Da.

  That Zhou Lang coldly laughed and turned around, walking away a few steps with a flick of his sleeve.

  Qin Langjun smiled at Cheng Jiaoniang and had a young servant turn the carriage around and leave.

  "Please." Chong Jiuniang said again, gesturing with her hand for them to enter.

  Several men looked at the back of Zhou Lang and Qin Lang with a few moments of stunned confusion, but finally came in.

  Inside the room, Jingeer is familiar with the seating arrangement and helps the maidservant serve water to everyone.

  "Nothing is ready yet, not even tea." The maid said with a smile.

  The men returned the courtesy.

  "No need, no need." They said, looking around.

  "What a great place to live!" A man exclaimed.

  "This is it, this is what Beijing is all about. That kiln last night..." A man nodded in agreement, but before he could finish speaking, the man next to him raised his hand and slapped him.

  The conversation stopped.

  Seeing other men glare at him, this man hung his head and hastily picked up water to drink, no longer daring to speak.

  "Miss, I'm truly sorry. We were ignorant and reckless, causing you worry and trouble." Lao San said with a composed expression, as he raised his hand to make a salute.

  Jiang Yao looked at him, sat up straight, adjusted her clothes and made a deep bow to them.

  The man hastily dodged to one side, either avoiding or returning a chaotic blow.

  "Girl, you're going to kill us!" Old Big shouted.

  The maid was also somewhat surprised.

  This woman, although gentle and polite, has never shown such great courtesy to anyone before. The key is that, in fact, she is the greatest benefactor of these men.

  How did the benefactor show respect to the recipient of his kindness?

  Jiang Nang finished the complete set of rituals before lifting her head.

  "Thank you, brothers," she said.

  "Girl, what are you doing!" Lao San said first, with a serious expression, sitting up straight and also preparing to make a deep bow. "Are you blaming us for not showing respect to our benefactor?"

  "Cheng Jiaoniang, I don't know if I have the good fortune of having several elder brothers or not?" said Cheng Jiaoniang.

  Lao San was about to pay his respects when he suddenly froze, and so did everyone else.

  What?

  "How can this be?"

  The sound in the house is transmitted to the courtyard, and the water pool that has not frozen on winter days makes a gurgling sound, swirling above the bamboo stone landscape.

  Several men half rose from their seats, gazing at the woman in front of them, and shouted with flushed faces.

  "My wife is my savior," said Lao San, "how can we mess up the rules."

  "It's all right, we are such people, and our daughter is such a person." Several others also chimed in.

  Jiang Niang sat calmly, listening to their various refutations and rejections. In short, she was their benefactor, and they were not the same kind of people as her; they couldn't aspire to be with her, nor could they condescend to be with her.

  Watching Jingniang calm down, the maid slowly understood something too and stopped being surprised, quietly refilling water for several people.

  Drinking all night, waking up and rushing to escape, several people are really thirsty.

  "Anyway, you must never say that again, it's really scary. Not to mention making a vow with you, even being around this sister of yours is like being in heaven and hell..." A man said, picking up the water bowl and gulping it down, then turning to the maid and stretching out his hand, "Thanks, sis, another bowl."

  The maid smiled but didn't speak and poured water for him.

  Old Three waved his hand, indicating that everyone should stop talking.

  The house fell silent.

  "Girl, actually, it's not that we helped you, if it weren't for us, Golden Brother might have been found by you long ago." Old Three said with a bitter smile, "You don't need to worry about this."

  This man is also clever, the maid raised her head to look at him.

  Jiangniang bowed her head again and saluted.

  "You're thinking too much," she said, looking up at the man. "I just want a brother."

  Want, have an elder brother...

  The men were stunned.

  "Aren't you supposed to repay kindness?" said Cheng Jiaoniang, looking at them. "With more sisters taking care of her, this kindness will be repaid for a lifetime, isn't that more sincere?"

  Is that so?

  Men look at me, I look at you.

  Sounds right too.

  But somehow it still feels a bit off somewhere.

  "Alright, big brother will take charge." Several people said in unison.

  The man called Big Brother and Old Three exchanged a glance.

  Lao San nodded.

  "Alright, since you think highly of her, we'll accept it." The eldest said.

  Jiang Yao gave them a faint smile.

  "Thank you, brothers," she said, bowing her head in respect.

  Although it was the first time entering the house, the items inside were well-prepared. The small study had everything including pens, ink, paper, inkstone and incense.

  The maid brought things over.

  "Daughter, will you write it yourself?" she asked.

  Jiang Nang nodded.

  "Go help your brothers write," she said.

  The maid servant answered and brought pen and paper before the men.

  "I'll go." Old Three said, stretching out his hand.

  The maid remembered that he had read books and would naturally know how to write, so she followed his words and pushed the desk over, grinding the ink herself.

  Lao San picked up his pen and wrote "Golden Lotus".

  "Now present are the descendants of Moyuan Mountain: Fan Jianglin, Fan Shitou, Xu Maoshou, Xu Sigegen, Xu Xueyue, Fan San Chou, Xu Bangchui, reporting to the ancestral spirits."

  "Now there is, in Jiangzhou, a Miss Cheng, who informs her relatives' spirits."

  Inside the house, incense was burning in a censer. Cheng Jiaoniang and Lao San stood side by side in front of it, each unfolding the paper slips in their hands and reading them aloud.

  Every time Chang Jiaoniang mentioned a name, the man would stand up and indicate that it was him. Chang Jiaoniang smiled and nodded in greeting.

  Each of them finished reciting, knocked their heads, and threw the Golden Orchid Score into the incense burner.

  "So, sister-in-law, I've seen all of you brothers." said Cheng Jiaoniang as she made another bow.

  Suddenly having such a beautiful sister appear, the men were all somewhat at a loss, awkwardly returning her greeting.

  Lao San, Xu Maoshou raised his hand to support him.

  The maid brought Jin Ge over and knelt down to kowtow.

  "Have seen you, gentlemen."

  The men jumped back in fright.

  This title of "Lang Jun" is the first time they have heard it in their lives.

  Xu Maosheng calmly accepted the courtesy.

  "I, Xu Maoshu, have been an orphan since I was young, and now I'm 24 years old. And yet, I also have a younger sister." He said with a smile.

  "Right, right, I've lived for eighteen years..." Xu Bangzhu also hurriedly chimed in.

  Jin Ge let out an exclamation and looked at Xu Bangzhao.

  "Bang Zhu Ge, you're only eighteen?" he asked.

  Xu Bangzhu has a big head and a round face, with a thick beard and hair that is generally dense, and he glares with one eye.

  "Right! I'm only eighteen, how about it? Also a good fellow." he said.

  Jin Ge'er couldn't help but laugh haha.

  "You look older than my dad." He said with a smile.

  "Your father is not as good as me!"

  The sound of laughter and conversation filled the room, dispelling the earlier awkwardness.

  Looking at the gradually disappearing seven people, Cheng Jiaoniang curved her mouth.

  She has an older brother now.