jdhmnovel Chapter 401 Return to Beijing
Chapter 401 Return to Beijing
Chapter 401 Return to Beijing
The Jiang family stayed in Puyang for a few more days. After paying respects to their ancestors, the scholars were about to return to the capital.
Packing their luggage, bidding farewell to their families and clansmen, the seven, along with their "book boys," set off on their journey.
Of course, pageboys are all young men from the clan. There were none before, but things are different when one becomes an official. One must have someone useful and trustworthy by one's side.
The rise and fall of a family are tied together, so the newly appointed scholars of the Jiang family who did not intend to buy people all brought along the clever young men in the family.
In addition to bringing their two juniors with them, Jiang Wenhai and Jiang Wenhan also brought all the servants left behind by Xinghe Prefecture.
Just like Jiang Xiaoqi's family, they only left one family to dutifully look after the house, and took the rest of the people to the capital.
After all, it was still unknown where the two of them would serve as officials in the future. If they were appointed as county magistrates, they would need people to serve them.
There were only a dozen or so servants left. The two brothers divided them up, and each of them only got six or seven servants. Even with the "pages," there were still less than ten servants.
Lin Xiao, alone, hopped into Jiang Xiaoqi's carriage, since the two were the closest of friends.
Finally changed into normal clothes, Lin Xiao, without his disguise, actually looked quite handsome. Perhaps due to his family's military background, Lin Xiao's demeanor resembled that of a soldier.
"What are you looking at? Isn't my face clean? I washed it for quite a while~"
"No, it's very clean, unbelievably clean."
Lin Xiao touched his face. He had looked in the bronze mirror before leaving the house, and his face was very clean. Ming Fei must be feeling inferior because of his handsome appearance after he took off his disguise.
Tsk tsk tsk~ There's nothing I can do, I'm just that manly. Those pretty-boy types like Mingfei can only be envious~
Jiang, the creamy-faced young boy Mingfei, was unaware that Lin Xiao was being narcissistic. He simply took the opportunity while leaning against the carriage and closing his eyes to rest to look at the furry system.
The fuzzy texture of my bamboo basket Simmons mattress seems to have gotten bigger these past few days. Does that mean I gain weight while sleeping?
As if sensing Mingfei's gaze, the furball system shifted its body, revealing its relatively lighter-colored belly.
Hmm, it must be the belly. Mingfei reached out and poked it; it was softer than a kitten's.
"Have you gained weight?"
The furry system twitched, but there was no response.
"Still dormant?"
The carriage lurched as if it had run over something, and Jiang Xiaoqi took the opportunity to pull her consciousness out of the space and open her eyes.
"It's okay, it's okay, you can go back to sleep. You just pressed on a big rock."
Lin Xiao felt that Jiang Xiaoqi was young and still growing, so she needed to eat and sleep more to grow taller.
Although Jiang Xiaoqi is already around 1.78 meters tall, Lin Xiao himself is only 1.85 meters tall, so he still thinks Jiang Xiaoqi can grow taller.
Jiang Xiaoqi certainly didn't need to continue "sleeping," since the Maoqiu system was truly asleep right now and couldn't be woken up.
Of course, Jiang Xiaoqi didn't intend to actually force him to wake up, since he didn't know what the current state of the Maoqiu system was.
If you forcibly wake someone up and cause them to "reboot" or "restore factory settings," you're doomed; you'll definitely lose a lot of points.
He could already picture the fluffy system staring with its big eyes, demanding exorbitant prices.
Sleep whenever you want. It's not like we don't have the means. We have space and a Simmons mattress, but we don't have points!
When the group switched from land to water, the Maoqiu system finally showed signs of "starting up".
However, he was only awake for about fifteen minutes before letting out a silent yawn and lying back down on the medium-sized Simmons mattress.
After all, the small basket could no longer contain its now twice-grown furry body.
Jiang Xiaoqi felt that she was incredibly prescient, letting the system choose from three baskets: large, medium, and small.
The large basket is more than twice the size of the medium one, and it can fit even the fattest orange cat.
This was also the cat house that Jiang Xiaoqi prepared for the system to transform into a tabby cat in the future, and she bought it all at once.
The cat bag was still nowhere to be found on the system shop panel. Jiang Xiaoqi thought that she would find a craftsman when she returned to the capital and have one made directly.
It only costs a little money; you can even draw a design yourself and get a custom-made one.
Of course, you can also save a lot of points along the way~
I promised to give the system a gift, so I definitely can't go back on my word.
After Jiang Wenhai and Jiang Wenhan boarded the boat, they once again transformed into fishermen, which scared Jiang Xiaoqi so much that she quickly bought some medicine to fake an allergic reaction from the system shop.
Then, when the fish soup was served, he pretended to take a sip and swallowed the fake allergy medication.
When her face broke out in a rash like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, Jiang Xiaoqi had just escaped the onslaught of fish soup.
He regretted not thinking of this method sooner; he had suffered quite a bit from the fish soup on the way here.
"Oh dear, why can't we eat river fish all of a sudden? It was perfectly fine when we came here!"
Jiang Wenhai looked regretful, picked up Jiang Xiaoqi's bowl of soup and drank it all in one gulp, not wasting a single drop.
"Perhaps it's seasonal; it flares up when the seasons change."
Jiang Wenhan found the reason and source for Jiang Xiaoqi's rash, while Jiang Xiaoqi took the "antidote" and checked the status of the hairball system.
"You're awake! Fully awake?"
"I guess so, host. Thank you for preparing this cozy little haven for me; it's very comfortable~"
"So that means it still needs to go into hibernation?"
"Not for now. It has been successfully upgraded, but it is still not the final form. However, it has also broken away from the initial form."
It's now in its juvenile form; at least its facial features are complete.
Before it was mentioned, Jiang Xiaoqi hadn't noticed, but now that it was mentioned, he did indeed notice the newly grown ears, nose, and mouth of the hairball system.
No longer are there just two big, bare eyes standing guard on the pom-pom!
This is the juvenile form, so what will the adult form be like? Will it grow a hairy body, and even arms and legs?
"Alright, host, there's no need to fantasize about such distant things. The upgrades will become slower and slower from now on, and you won't be able to upgrade after sleeping for ten or twenty days like this."
The next upgrade could be in a month, a year, or even three to five years.
We don't need to think so far into the future, let's just live in the present. Oh, by the way, host, what about the cat carrier you promised to buy for the system?
"Your memory is pretty good; you still remember your cat carrier after sleeping for so long. It's not available in the main system's shop yet, so I plan to go to the capital to find someone to custom-make a one-of-a-kind one for you."
The fluffy system didn't say anything, but silently opened the main system's shop panel to check, and sure enough, there were no cat bags.
"You little brat, you think I'm trying to trick you?!"
"No, no, it was a slip of the hand, I opened it by accident."
Jiang Xiaoqi picked up the fluffy system and petted it for a while, which was a punishment for the other party's distrust of her, and at the same time satisfied her itch to pet the cat.
"Do you want to stay in the space or transform into a tabby cat?"
The system has been asleep for so long, it really wants to go out for some fresh air. Since it has a physical form, it has basically stayed in the space waiting for upgrades.
"Then I'll turn into a cat, host. Let me out that big bed, I'll sleep in your room tonight!"