Transmigrated as a Peasant Baby Who is Pampered by All

Chapter 283: Chapter 216: Wei Ziang Catches Someone’s Eye (Part 3)

Even with this, it was under the premise that she seldom joined their group, so one could only wonder how many quirky gossip stories the second sister heard every day.

At this, Xiao Mi suddenly felt sympathetic towards the second sister.

As summer turned to autumn, and autumn turned to winter, Xiao Mi finally broke free from the grip of the wild rabbits and successfully hunted a wild pheasant!

Pheasants are smaller and require more precision. After wasting a large amount of vegetables and grains as bait, her archery skills finally improved!

During this period, Xiao Mi continued her morning runs. Wei Ziang, due to his school schedule, could only join her during his breaks.

After long-term training, Xiao Mi felt her stamina and endurance had significantly improved, making her more energetic than ever.

Another twelfth lunar month came, and Jiang Yu finally returned, brought back by the Liu family.

This year, Jiang Yu sent five big fat pigs to the county town.

Over the past few years, the Jiang family had been raising eight pigs annually. Usually, they would slaughter two pigs to make cured meat, half of which Uncle Liu would take to town, and the remaining half would last the Jiang family more than half a year.

This year, Uncle Liu didn’t need the cured meat, so the Jiang family only needed to slaughter one pig, selling the rest.

Not only did they sell the pigs, but they also sold quite a bit of grain and poultry.

Everyone was curious because, in past new years, the Jiang family never lived like this.

Jiang Hu simply explained that Jiang Yu’s schooling in the county was very expensive, so they needed to earn more money in these few days. When Jiang Yu heads back after the new year, he would need to take quite a bit of silver with him.

Such explanations might fool others, but Xiao Mi didn’t believe them at all.

Her father must have other reasons for doing this.

Don’t think she didn’t know; when her eldest brother returned, not only did he bring nothing but clothes, but he also brought a letter for their father!

According to Uncle Liu’s usual behavior, it was impossible for her eldest brother to come back empty-handed, right?

There’s a nine out of ten chance they are preparing to leave Fu’an Village but don’t want too many people to know, which is why they’re saying this.

It wasn’t only Xiao Mi; even Xiao Xue, who hadn’t known about the move, had a vague sense of it.

She even asked Xiao Mi about it while sleeping, but Xiao Mi bluffed her with a few words and reminded her not to tell others.

Xiao Xue wasn’t much of a chatterbox. In the past half year, despite listening to all kinds of gossip, she hadn’t really spoken much herself.

So there was no need to worry about her being tight-lipped.

Indeed, with Jiang Yu’s return, Wei Ziang instead breathed a sigh of relief.

After the twelfth month, the school went on holiday, so he stayed home every day, but those girls learning embroidery didn’t have a holiday.

The Jiang family didn’t have many courtyards, so everyone gathered under the eaves of the inner courtyard, starting a fire, roasting by the fire as they learned embroidery.

The saying goes that boys and girls shouldn’t sit together after the age of seven, and Wei Ziang was almost ten years old, a big boy now, and among this group of girls, some were the same age as him.

Moreover, Wei Ziang was very good-looking, indeed very much so, even Xiao Mi found him extremely handsome.

Even though Wei Ziang had always stayed in Fu’an Village and often worked, he was different from the mischievous boys in the village.

He had fair skin, pleasant features, and he carried himself with elegance in his scholar’s robe, with a cool demeanor that seemed somewhat aloof.

But in fact, Wei Ziang was also very capable during the busy farming seasons, helping with work with great strength, nearly on par with Jiang Yu.

When not attending school and wearing casual clothes, he was also energetic and agile, completely different from when he was at school.

Perhaps it was this contrast that made everyone want to take an extra look at him.

Xiao Mi even accidentally overheard that someone had approached Jiang Hu, hoping to propose a marriage between their daughter and Wei Ziang.

Xiao Mi didn’t know who the girl was, but she knew her father rejected this proposal, and the reason wasn’t hard to guess.

Nevertheless, some embarrassing situations were unavoidable.

Just like right now, as Xiao Mi had just returned from the mountains with her two brothers and Jiang Wei, someone came over.

It was the girl from the Yang family in the village, who was already twelve years old, two years older than Xiao Xue.

The girl had a handkerchief in hand and, upon seeing Xiao Mi and the others, walked directly towards them.

”Xiao Mi, you’re back.” Miss Yang greeted Xiao Mi, but before Xiao Mi could respond, she turned to look at Wei Ziang.

Xiao Mi covered her mouth and snickered; this young lady hadn’t given up yet.

Sure enough, Wei Ziang, who had been talking to Jiang Yu, immediately changed his expression to cold.

Yet the young lady seemed oblivious to it, blushing as she handed the embroidered handkerchief to Wei Ziang.

”Little Wei, this is the handkerchief I embroidered today, and I’m giving it to you.”