117: Chapter 117 Her cousin was reborn (4)

Jiang Wan waited and waited, finally waiting for her opportunity.

That day, her grandmother was going to the market to buy some meat. They would soon be harvesting rice, which was very tiring, and they couldn't go without some hearty food in their stomachs.

Her Fourth Aunt was going to submit her embroidery work, and her third sister, Jiang Zhu, also wanted to visit the embroidery shop, so she went along with her grandmother.

Jiang Wan followed the remaining sisters to gather some firewood. They would be busy soon and wouldn't have time to gather firewood later, so they needed to collect plenty now.

As usual, Jiang Wan was left at the foot of the mountain. There was firewood there too, just not as much as on the mountain itself.

Seeing that the other sisters were no longer in sight, Jiang Wan quickly asked Xiao Lingdang to navigate for her. Avoiding the others, she made her way to the place Jiang Zhu had visited last time.

Jiang Wan gazed at the towering tree in front of her. It was so big; it must take three or four people to wrap their arms around it!

"Xiao Lingdang, is this the place? Did you remember it correctly? This tree is huge!"

"I didn't remember it wrong, Wanwan. This is the place. I saw her searching around here."

"On a mountain, in most novels, there's either wild ginseng or lingzhi. If she's so fixated on it, it must be worth a lot of money. Xiao Lingdang, help me look around too. Are either of those things here?"

Never mind how such an environment could grow ginseng or lingzhi; in the world of a novel, what's impossible?

It couldn't be a treasure, could it? In this remote, godforsaken place, who would bury things in the wilderness?

However, if she couldn't find ginseng or lingzhi, she could actually look for treasure.

Jiang Wan knew how to identify medicinal herbs, and with Xiao Lingdang's help, she actually found something.

It wasn't ginseng, and it wasn't treasure, but a purple lingzhi larger than a palm. Xiao Lingdang had sharper eyes; if it had been Jiang Wan alone, she certainly wouldn't have found it.

This lingzhi could fetch quite a bit of money if sold.

The lingzhi was hidden in a small hollow at the base of the tree, blocked by a stone and surrounded by weeds, making it difficult to spot.

Jiang Wan figured that someone in the village must have found it, sold it, and bought many things, then bragged about it to others, which is how Jiang Zhu remembered it.

After obtaining it, Jiang Wan headed down the mountain.

She immediately tossed the lingzhi into her storage space.

She didn't know how to handle it yet, so she would decide once she had thought it through.

The sun was bright, and there were plenty of dry branches. Jiang Wan finished gathering them quickly. She didn't pick up too much, as she wouldn't be able to carry it back if she did.

The other sisters hadn't come down yet; they must have found some wild fruit.

Jiang Wan didn't mind working, but expecting her to do more than necessary was out of the question.

Xiao Lingdang didn't leave either, staying by her side to chat with Jiang Wan.

"Wanwan, it's been so many days now, how is your observation going? Is your third sister a transmigrator or a reincarnator?"

Jiang Wan answered without hesitation, "She's a reincarnator. Her every action has nothing out of the ordinary, she is very skilled at housework, and she even knows how to embroider."

Of course, there were girls who knew how to embroider in the modern era, but they were very rare.

Two days ago, when she went to wash clothes with Jiang Zhu, the two of them chatted and eventually brought up Third Brother Zhou.

Jiang Zhu told Jiang Wan that Third Brother Zhou looked clean and refined, as if he were very good at studying, and would surely pass the imperial examination to become a scholar.

Then, Jiang Zhu shared a lot of village gossip with Jiang Wan, saying which girl had poor judgment and ended up suffering after marriage, nearly being beaten to death.

She also mentioned that the landlord in town had taken on a few more concubines, predicting that the old landlord would eventually die in one of his concubines' beds.

Finally, Jiang Zhu instructed Jiang Wan that if she ever saw anyone from the Yang family come to their home to propose marriage, she should let her know immediately.

Jiang Zhu said she didn't like the Yang family's son and was telling her in advance so she could hide away.

Jiang Wan asked on the spot, "Is the Yang family not good?"

The Yang family was a well-known household in the village. The old man in their family knew how to hunt and would take his sons along; they were often able to catch game to trade for money.

Apart from the village head, they were one of the only two families in the village to build a brick house. In earlier years, they had sent their children to study, but they had returned home because they couldn't keep up with their studies.

The Yang family had three sons; the first two were already married, leaving only the youngest son, who was quite doted upon. What could be bad about marrying into the Yang family? Marrying in meant there would often be meat to eat.

Upon hearing Jiang Wan's words, Jiang Zhu rolled her eyes inelegantly and told Jiang Wan not to overthink it, saying that, in short, listening to her was the right thing to do. She said that as long as she saw anyone from the Yang family approaching, she should hurry over to help her resolve the situation.

While washing clothes, Jiang Wan saw many river snails in the stream and picked some up, thinking of taking them back to stir-fry.

As soon as Jiang Zhu saw that Jiang Wan had picked up so many snails, she looked completely disgusted, saying that these things had a muddy, fishy smell. She told Jiang Wan to just throw them away, as she would just get scolded by her grandmother for wasting oil if she took them back.

That was when Jiang Wan realized that her third sister must be a reincarnator.

If she were a transmigrator, she absolutely wouldn't be wearing this hairstyle; it felt like she was an expert at it, much better than she had styled it before.

If she were a transmigrator, given how poor the family's food was, would she not be tempted or excited to see so many snails in the river? That was a delicious dish to go with alcohol!

After knowing Jiang Zhu was a reincarnator, Jiang Wan had wanted to secretly pry for information.

She wanted to know if her father, whom she had never met, had ever returned later, or if he had really died on the battlefield.

If her father had truly passed away, Jiang Wan wanted to find a stepfather for herself!

Unfortunately, she hadn't managed to get any information out of her.

She would definitely have to get married in the future. In this ancient era, unless you were an orphan, not getting married was impossible.

If a girl was of such an age and still not married, people would think there was something wrong with her, and it might even implicate the other sisters in the family.

Once she married, her mother would be left alone in the Jiang Family, which would be so pitiful!

Jiang Wan could take her mother to live at her husband's home, but Jiang Wan felt her mother wouldn't agree to come with her.

She didn't need to wait until she was married; Jiang Wan had already tentatively asked the night before. Her mother had said that she was at such an age, and she had never seen a mother-in-law go to live at her son-in-law's house.

This was the ancient era, after all; it was indeed rare for a mother-in-law to go live with her son-in-law.

Moreover, Jiang Wan felt her mother was still very young. She married at sixteen and gave birth to her at seventeen, so her mother was not even thirty years old yet!

At this age, in modern times, many people hadn't even found a partner or gotten married yet!

Even if her father wasn't dead, what of it? Her mother had kept a living widowhood for her father for over a decade—that was enough!

Jiang Wan felt her mother should have her own life instead of being tied to the Jiang Family's boat for her entire life.

If she married in the future, and her mother stayed to let her nephew support her in her old age, she would definitely be treated like a servant in the Jiang Family. Jiang Wan didn't want her mother to live that kind of life.

If her mother could remarry, she might even be able to have another younger brother or sister for her.

However, Jiang Wan was currently housebound, so she was powerless to find a partner for her mother. This matter could only be left to Xiao Lingdang to help with.

She wasn't ugly, so her mother certainly wasn't ugly either; in fact, among all the daughters-in-law of the Jiang Family, her mother was the most beautiful.

Moreover, her mother had only given birth to her, so her figure was still very well-maintained. Whoever married her mother wouldn't be at a loss at all.

Xiao Lingdang patted its chest, saying that this matter was in its hands and it would definitely find someone good.

Before any news about a stepfather came, Xiao Lingdang came to find Jiang Wan in a flurry.

"Wanwan, Wanwan! The mission target has appeared! He's on the mountain; hurry up and save him! He's been poisoned! You know medicine, so if you can treat him yourself, then treat him; if you can't, then find a doctor for him. In any case, you can't let him die!"

Jiang Wan was washing clothes, so she quickly finished the last piece, took the clothes home to give to her mother, and said she was going to help her fourth sister gather firewood.

Mother Jiang watched Jiang Wan run off like the wind. She had wanted to tell her to be careful, but Jiang Wan's figure had already disappeared from view.