It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 232

Jiang He and Jiang Ju did not join in the conversation of the "older" men.

The night is boring to begin with, and the night in the mountains in winter is even more boring, so much so that Jiang He and Jiang Ju broke their usual passive avoidance of studying and were still wondering what the words Fang Ertan had written until the shift change.

As they were almost at their residence, Jiang Ju seemed to have thought of something and asked softly, "Uncle He, do you think Brother Fang might have made some mistakes, or maybe it's not a character at all?"

He leaned forward to take a look and found that Fang Ertan had actually written the word "Qiao" incorrectly, adding two extra strokes, but it did not prevent him from being recognized.

Jiang He felt the same way, but he wasn't sure. "Does it look familiar to you? To me, that character looks like three little people."

"Three little people?" Jiang Ju thought carefully. "You seem to think so, but are there really that many people who are so narrow-minded?"

"He just doesn't draw well." There are many people in Dongshan Village who are good at drawing all kinds of paintings. The shortcomings left by their ancestors have left them with no hope of making a comeback, at least in their generation.

The next morning, Jiang He and Jiang Ju found Jiang Yuan in the second steward's yard.

After explaining the strange character, Jiang He noticed that Jiang Yuan had been concentrating on thinking for a long time, and then his emotions became noticeably agitated. However, he couldn't immediately guess the reason, so he simply asked directly, "What's wrong?"

"When she was hiding from the flood in Tiankeng Mountain, Jiang Yan often drew on the ground, and she also drew three little people in a row."

Jiang He and Jiang Ju frowned. Is this true?

Jiang Yuan knew that although the two people in front of him were still teenagers at the time, they were the oldest among the younger generation and were mostly helping their elders with work. After learning to read and write, they tried to stay as far away from them as possible. It was surprising that they had any impression of this.

"Besides my brother and I, the other people who played together at that time were Jiang Yan, Jiang Ying, and Jiang Ai."

"Neither Jiang Nian nor I have ever seen the Fang Ertan you mentioned. If Jiang Ying and Jiang Ai have never met in the mountains, then..."

In order to gain better protection and treatment in the village, Jiang Yuan, with the consent of several village elders, secretly presented the secret code they had made up as a joke to the second manager.

Although it is not clear whether it was used in the village, there must not be many people outside Dongshan Village who know about it, and even those in Dongshan Village who still remember it may be very few.

Most importantly, Jiang Yuan vaguely remembered that these immature symbols were not included in the book.

Jiang He understood the implication of Jiang Yuan's words. He said seriously, "I'll go find out. You go ahead and do your work."

Someone was already peeking around the courtyard. Since arriving on the mountain, Jiang Yuan had been often busy and absent. The elders said he was lucky to be chosen by the Second Steward to help with chores, but his lack of free time was still puzzling.

But it's not a bad thing after all.

Jiang He shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind and went to find out the news separately with Jiang Ju.

When we met again in the evening, I could see the regret on Jiang He's face without asking.

"I've inquired. My niece Jiang Yan never met Fang Ertan during her lifetime. Fang Ertan learned calligraphy from his wife when he returned home to visit her family. While fleeing, his wife met a girl who was so kind as to write the characters his wife wanted to learn on a wooden board."

"That girl?" Seeing Jiang He stop talking, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but ask the question that concerned him the most.

Jiang He knew exactly what Jiang Yuan was anxious to hear, and he felt the same way at the time.

"The girl's name is Jiang Cao. She's from Rongyang County and she's sixteen years old."

In fact, the Fang family privately speculated that he was no older than twelve or thirteen, and his accent didn't sound like he was from Rongyang County, more like he was from Fucheng or Rongcheng County. But regardless of whether it was true or not, there was no need to reveal something someone had intentionally concealed, and the Fang family had to accept the favor.

Jiang Yan had been growing slowly in recent years due to poor health, so when he saw her, he would think she was even younger than her actual age. When he heard that she was sixteen and had a different name, Jiang He suppressed the thought that had just come to his mind.

Jiang Yuan was a little unsure. He could make up a name when he was out, but changing his age...