Chapter Seventeen: Impoliteness

  After finishing speaking in a foreign language, Cheng Jiuniang beckoned Cao Guanshi over again.

  Cao Guanshi was much more clever this time and came over with his hands hanging down, listening quietly without asking or saying anything.

  "Give them some money," said Chiang Chiao-niang.

  Cao Guan Shi asked no questions and handed over his purse to these people with a stretched out hand.

  Looking at the money bag handed over by Cao Guan Shi, the Maoyuan Shan brothers retreated one after another, shaking their heads.

  "How can we ask for more money from our wives? It's shameful, it's shameful." They said in unison.

  "Money is for spending," said Cheng Jiaoniang. "Since you're a good man, don't be stingy, just do it."

  The patient is a man with a solemn expression, who makes a bow.

  "It's no use thanking me for what I've done," he said, taking the money bag from him.

  Jingyu nodded slightly and walked towards the carriage with her maid.

  Several men held money bags and saw them off with a hint of reluctance.

  "This woman is really a good person."

  A thousand words and phrases, I don't know how to say, ultimately become this sentence.

  "In the blink of an eye, a thousand pieces of gold can be lost and then regained. To forge iron, one must first harden oneself. We brothers should repay kindness to others, so let's hurry up and stand on our own." The sick man said with a smile.

  "Yes, our benefactor has gone to the capital city. We can go look for her when the time is right." The older brother said, "I just overheard in private that they are from two families, one with the surname Chen and the other with the surname Zhou. Although the young woman didn't say it, as long as we have a mind to, we will definitely be able to find our benefactor."

  Everyone shouted loudly and good, lifted this man up with a wooden frame and put him on their own horse carriage.

  They went away shouting as they had come the night before.

  The valley suddenly became much quieter.

  The maid drew back her gaze and helped Miss Cheng onto the carriage.

  "A life-saving favor, unknown name is no obstacle. But one's appearance should be known, otherwise wouldn't it be forgetting kindness and neglecting righteousness?" A young man's voice echoed from behind.

  Everyone turned their heads to look. They saw the young man walking towards them with big strides, his face appearing and disappearing under the hat as he moved, shining brightly in the morning light.

  What a rascal!

  How can you be so rude as to look at a woman's appearance!

  The attendants around them glared at each other angrily.

  "There was no kindness to begin with, how can we talk about forgetting kindness and being ungrateful?" Cheng Jiaoniang said, supporting the maid as she turned around.

  "Is there no gratitude? Why then did you save them?" The young man walked closer and asked loudly.

  Jiang Nang stopped in her tracks and turned around.

  "At that time, this person was seriously ill and dying, with only these few brothers by his side. The relay station refused to accept him and drove him away, leaving him wandering in the wilderness with no place to go. A robust man of seven feet tall had to lament his fate and ask heaven for help. What could I do to help him out of this predicament?" she asked.

  "Why?" The young man looked at her and asked.

  "Don't you think it's great this way?" said Cheng Jiaoniang slowly.

  Refreshing, refreshed, refreshingly.

  This word, this character, young people have heard, written and said countless times, such a bright character. Unexpectedly, at this moment, simply saying it would make him feel very... complicated.

  The worst thing is that he actually understood it, unlike others. For example, these few people looked like they were from the mountains and countryside, and were completely bewildered.

  Being too clever is also not good.

  The young man lifted his head and looked at the woman who was just stepping onto the carriage seat with her head slightly turned to one side.

  The hood falls down without knowing. The face is exposed to the outside.

  Her eyes were bright and clear, her nose was high and straight. Her long eyebrows reached the temples, her face was solemn and unsmiling, with an air of coldness that didn't match her age at all.

  This young man looks quite good. The people present couldn't help but secretly praise him.

  The young man came back to his senses, raised his hand and put on his hood again, as if unwilling to let people see his ordinary appearance.

  Jiangniang turned her head and lifted her skirt to get on the carriage.

  "Wait a moment." The young man called out, "Miss, you also saved me."

  Jiang Yao stopped in her tracks and turned around once again.

  The young man saw Miss Cheng and pointed back with his hand.

  "My carriage..." he said.

  What's wrong with the horse carriage?

  Everyone looked over and saw that the attendant on the young man's side was taking down a carriage. Last night, the horse was startled by the wolf pack and ran wildly with the carriage. They didn't get a chance to take a closer look at it then, but now they could see that half of the wheel had been damaged.

  "If it weren't for my wife's reminder, I might have been surrounded and bitten by a pack of wolves." the young man said.

  The attendants beside Cheng Jiaoniang looked slightly surprised and couldn't help but glance at Cheng Jiaoniang and then at the maid.

  They still remember being reminded, but wasn't it the maid who reminded them?

  Jiang Nang looked at him with a curved corner of her mouth exposed.

  "It's like that," she said.

  As soon as he finished speaking, the young man took a step forward and lifted up Chang Yaoniang's hood.

  The woman's face appeared before his eyes.

  The young man's eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed at the face in front of him.

  To be honest, there's nothing special about this girl...

  Indeed, her skin is whiter than ordinary people...

  A bit more handsome and charming...

  Those eyes on this face look particularly out of place, and with a wooden expression, they seem somewhat strange.

  Not quite human, dull and lifeless.

  Indeed... an invalid?

  It was just a flash of movement, as he moved too quickly, and everyone didn't react in time, nor did they expect the young man to make such a reckless move.

  After a moment of stunned silence, the maid let out a shrill cry, and the attendants immediately shouted and took action.

  "How dare you!"

  The attendants beside Young Master Lang had already protected him.

  "I don't care about others, I just want to remember the face of the person who helped me." The young man took a step back and said with a smile.

  Compared to the surprise and anger of those around her, Cheng Jiaoniang's expression was calm and unruffled. The maid, who was both angry and afraid, trembled as she put the hood back on for her.

  Mr. Chen had no choice but to show up, with a somewhat stiff and unpleasant expression, hinting for the young man to leave.

  "Girl, I'm also saved by you, don't you feel great too?" The young man said with a smile as he backed away, slightly raising his hand.

  Jiang Yao stopped in her tracks and turned around.

  "Wait," she said.

  "Wait a moment, sir." Although she was very reluctant, the maid still shouted loudly.

  The young man stopped and looked over.

  Jiang Nang waved at him.

  This young woman faced such rudeness without ever showing fear or shame, and instead beckoned the beggar to come forward?

  However, someone who is not even afraid of a pack of wolves, how could these things intimidate her?

  The young man walked up with a big smile, ignoring the white eyes around him, and stood in front of Cheng Jiaoniang.

  Although he was taller than the woman, she stood on a wooden bench and wouldn't come down, making her appear somewhat higher than him, with an air of superiority.

  "That saved you, but it's nothing to be proud of." Jingniang said, looking at him, one hand slightly lifting the hood, revealing her face. "Saving you twice is what I call enjoyable."

  The young man let out a sigh and looked at the woman in front of him.

  Last night we sat separately, today is our first meeting, and we've only exchanged three or four sentences, yet it feels like there's no strangeness between us.

  "How can I?" he asked, his hand also slightly lifting the hood of his cloak, revealing a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

  Jiangniang leaned slightly forward.

  "Last night, it was a pack of wolves, but they were led by humans." she said in a low voice.

  The young man's face suddenly turned solemn.

  "So, what do you think?" Jingniang asked, standing up straight and looking at him.

  Scratching head, it's also embarrassing to ask for votes all the time. Now that everyone has a vote, remember to support me, okay? (..)