After wearing it: I traded a pig for a man.

Jiang Liu looked at the gleaming eyes of her teenage son and gritted her teeth in anger: "Let's see who dares to touch my Zheng'an!"

Jiang Yun Ning ignored her and directly gave each of them a piece of candy: "It's okay, if we don't have a chance today, we'll try tomorrow, and if we can't hit them tomorrow, we'll try the day after tomorrow."

The children nodded excitedly, took the candy, and eagerly stuffed it into their mouths.

Jiang Yun Ning ignored Jiang Liu Shi and left with Jiang Lao San and the others.

"You heartless bastard! How could you treat your own nephew like this!" Jiang Liu was so angry that she jumped up and down, but she still had to protect Jiang Zheng'an and couldn't free her hands to stop Jiang Yun Ning.

After returning home, Jiang Anhe stopped crying. He sat on a small stool and happily fed the rabbits with Xiaodouzi.

"Brother Bean, thank you for helping me today. When I have candy, I'll share it with you." He looked at Little Bean.

Little Bean smiled and said, "Yes. I'll protect you. If you can't beat me, just like today, run back and call for help."

Jiang Anhe grinned: "Yes, Anhe will protect Brother Douzi too."

Jiang Yun Ning listened to the conversation between the two little ones and found it both cute and funny.

"Douzi, stay for dinner tonight. I'll cook something delicious for you." Jiang Yuning picked up her basket, preparing to go into the woods to collect cicada nymphs, so she could make some for Douzi to try tonight.

Little Bean blinked; to be honest, he was a little afraid of Jiang Yun Ning.

But he also heard from Jiang Anhe that Jiang Yunning has become very, very good now.

"Auntie's cooking is amazing!" Jiang Anhe said, holding his hand. "Brother Douzi is eating at our house tonight!"

"Then I need to go back and tell Grandma and my mother," Douzi said, standing up.

Jiang Anhe nodded and stood up as well: "Let's go together."

The two little ones ran off, and Jiang Yun Ning and the others prepared to go out as well.

"Mother, why don't you stay home and look after the children?" Jiang Yun Ning said to Wang Cui Hua. "I'm worried about leaving the children home alone."

Wang Cuihua nodded: "Okay, you go ahead. I'll boil some more water at home for you to wash up."

Inside the Jiang family's old house, Granny Yang was holding Jiang Liu's hand affectionately: "Old sister, let me tell you the truth, there must be some secret hidden in Jiang Laosan's family, otherwise why would that nobleman's carriage have been parked in front of his house all day?"

Jiang Liu was somewhat skeptical: "What don't I know about the third son's family? They don't have anything valuable except that pig."

Granny Yang's eyes flashed: "That's not necessarily true. If there wasn't some valuable person there, why would they stay at their house for so long? Old sister, I'm just being kind by telling you this. Whether you believe it or not is up to you."

After Granny Yang left, Jiang Liushi had some doubts in her heart.

Could it be that the third brother's family has really struck it rich?

Thinking back to how Jiang Yun Ning had unhesitatingly given all the candy to the village children today, her suspicions deepened.

In the woods, Jiang Yuning and the others split up and soon filled the baskets they had brought.

"Brother-in-law, tell me, how come my sister is so smart? If she had this much every day, wouldn't our family be rich in no time?" Jiang Yun Ning looked at Jiang Che, who was closest to her, with excitement.

"Once everyone else knows this is edible, we won't be able to catch as many as we used to." Jiang Che seemed to be very good at pouring cold water on things.

But it cannot be denied that Jiang Yuning is indeed intelligent.

Jiang Yuntian scratched his head: "Yeah, there might be more people than bugs by then. How about we don't sleep tonight, light some candles and keep searching?"

Jiang Yunning said somewhat helplessly, "Brother, we won't look for them anymore, we'll just buy them directly. I've already talked to Xie Shengan, and the cicada nymphs we send out will sell for sixteen coins a pound. We'll just buy them for thirteen coins a pound. There are so many villages around, that's enough for you to make a profit."

Jiang Yuntian was stunned. He stiffly turned to look at Jiang Che: "Brother-in-law, why don't you hit me? I feel like this is a bit unreal."

Jiang Che glanced at him expressionlessly, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

He had some doubts about whether the two siblings in the Jiang family were actually his biological children. How could Jiang Yun Ning be so smart, and Jiang Yun Tian so simple-minded?

Not long after I got home, Jiang Liushi came again.

Jiang Yun Ning thought she had come because of Jiang Zheng An's matter again.

"Third son." As soon as Jiang Liushi entered, she saw the basket on her back in the courtyard. Recalling what Granny Yang had said, her eyes lit up with excitement. Thinking it was some kind of treasure, she hurriedly opened it.

"what!"

The sight of the dense swarm of cicada nymphs in the basket startled Jiang Liushi so much that she almost fell flat on her face.

"What are these things? Third brother, why are you catching so many bugs!" Jiang Liu's hands on her hips were furious. "You're going to scare your old mother to death!"

Jiang Laosan scratched his head: "Mother, these are what we caught to eat."

Jiang Liu frowned, her eyes scanning the group with suspicion.

Are they so poor they're eating insects?

"Um, I heard that a distinguished guest's carriage stopped in front of your house today. What's going on?" She looked away, feigning concern.

Jiang Yun Ning smiled. So that's what it was about.

"Grandma, you don't know," she said, her eyes filled with sorrow, "Jiang Che and I have offended a powerful person, and they've come to interrogate us. We might even be arrested and thrown in jail."

Jiang Che was once again surprised by her sudden change of expression. This woman... could just open her mouth and lie without batting an eye.

It makes it impossible to tell which statement is true and which is false.

"What?!" Jiang Liu's bottom, which had just sat down, bounced up again. "Jail!"

If he goes to jail, will it affect the second son's child's chances of becoming a top scholar?

Jiang Liu's eyes darted around, and she became somewhat anxious: "You damned girl, I told you long ago that your mouth would kill someone sooner or later. Look, it's come true."

Jiang Laosan and the others had already been instructed by Jiang Yunning, and they all looked sad at the moment.

"Mother, what's the use of saying all this now that it's already happened? Our family is prepared to sell everything we own to pay back the money. We hope that the benefactor can be lenient."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liushi became restless.

She needs to hurry back and discuss with her eldest and second eldest sons what to do about this.

"Hmph, a bunch of good-for-nothings." Jiang Liu said, then walked out the door and jogged home.

He shouted as soon as he entered the door, "Eldest brother, hurry up and go to town to call the second brother and his wife back, something's happened."

Jiang Youfu was stunned: "What? Mom, what happened to you? Did a dog chase you?"

Jiang Liu stamped her feet, remembering the incident: "Oh dear, that wretched girl Jiang Yun Ning has offended a powerful person, and they're going to arrest her and put her in jail. The two boys from the second son's family are both aiming for the top scholar position; what if they get implicated?"

Jiang Youfu pouted: "Mom, do you think those two boys can become top scholars? They've been studying for years and haven't even passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations."

"Pah, pah, pah!" Jiang Liu glared at him. "Stop jinxing me. Hurry up and go, don't delay."

"Mother," Yang Guizhi came out of the kitchen, "It's already dark, it's not safe tonight. I'll have Mancang make the trip first thing tomorrow morning."

Jiang Liu looked up at the sky and said, "Well, that'll do."

The next morning, before Jiang Mancang had even left, Jiang Youcai and his wife had already returned.