Chapter 198: Chapter 198: Let Mianmian Teach Chapter 198: Chapter 198: Let Mianmian Teach Pang Daya saw her complexion turn pale blue, and with gritted teeth, she wore an expression of forced endurance. She hurriedly asked with concern, “Zhaodi, Zhaodi, what’s the matter with you? Are you feeling unwell again?”

“…No, it’s nothing, big sister. I’m just a bit tired from standing too long,” Zhaodi replied softly, trying to suppress her roiling emotions.

Upon hearing this, Da Ya pulled her to her side: “Then lean against me while standing.”

Zhaodi gently rested her head on her sister’s slender back and murmured with affection, “Big sister, you’re so kind.”

She would never let such a good big sister live a life as miserable and poor as she had in her previous life!

So, dear Lord, please don’t be so unfair to these sisters, and let San Ya go back to her childhood as well.

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The commendation ceremony had been going for almost an hour, and when it ended, the folks from Stone Bridge Village spontaneously surrounded the Jiang family members and walked back with them.

Along the way, the villagers, looking at the fair and lovely Jiang Mianmian, spilled out praise without restraint.

“Changhai, you and your wife must have accumulated blessings in a past life to have such a smart and agile daughter like Mianmian.”

“Isn’t that the truth? Mianmian is so formidable at her studies–I remember she has only been in school for a semester, right? At such a young age, she can score better than students several years her senior. She’s simply the Wenqu Star incarnate, destined to top the imperial examinations in the future.”

“Yes, and Dashan, brother, your Old Jiang Family has such a gifted grandchild in scholarship, it means you’ll be on supply grain in the future. Just wait and enjoy the blessings of your granddaughter.”

The Jiang Family, as an ordinary rural household in Stone Bridge Village, had never experienced such star treatment before. They were all so flattered that they practically floated as they walked.

Jiang Dashan humbly responded, “Ah, where, where, everyone is too kind. She’s just a little girl; she doesn’t deserve so much praise.”

Everyone: “She does, she does. Having such a Little Prodigy come from our Stone Bridge Village is our village’s glory. In the future, when the Little Prodigy succeeds, don’t forget about us, your uncles.”

Jiang Changhai swelled with pride: “My daughter has been clever from a young age, taking after me!”

Everyone: “…Right, Changhai was also very smart as a child, quicker to learn arithmetic than anyone else.”

Zhang Guihua wasn’t to be outdone: “Changhai takes after me. If I had had the opportunity to go to school back in my day, I definitely could’ve been number one.”

Everyone: “…That’s possible, ha ha.”

The couple from the Third Branch, though inwardly quite jealous, still managed smiles, nodding and agreeing with everyone else.

After all, they had lived in the village for so many years, with kinship ties to many of the villagers, a good number of whom were their elders.

So even if they were not pleased internally, they couldn’t afford to show a long face in front of the villagers.

Besides, if they did do that, wouldn’t it signal to outsiders that the Jiang brothers were not united?

The paths in the countryside were mostly narrow, and the road from the commune back to Stone Bridge Village was the shortest, so the villagers all walked back in a long, crowded line, closely bunched together.

Lin Aibao, who began Jiang Mianmian’s education and was holding her hand, also glowed with pride and satisfaction.

Mianmian was a student she had taught herself. She was too suited to be a teacher.

“Changhai, since Mianmian is such a good student, would you mind if I send my child to your place so Mianmian can teach him how to study?” Suddenly, someone who usually had a good relationship with the Jiang Family asked.