Jiang Fangrui received a withering look but didn't mind. Anyway, the young ladies of Luocheng were all waited on hand and foot. Someone like Fu Jiujiao, a country bumpkin, wouldn't have been served before, so she would do everything herself.

"Ruier, don't talk nonsense. It's just getting off the bus, what does it have to do with being a lady of high society?"

Zhou Yuansong sighed. He had been very kind to this cousin, otherwise, he wouldn't know how many people he would offend.

"Sister Xie, my cousin just now was unintentional. Please don't blame her." Zou Yuansong stepped forward two steps and apologized to the young girl who had just gotten off the carriage.

The girl raised an eyebrow and glanced at the arrogant Jiang Fangrui, a faint smile on her lips. "It's no trouble, as long as your younger sister is Yuan Song."

What he said is quite thought-provoking.

Fu JiuJiu thought about it and finally understood that this young girl's mouth was also a merciless one. She was lucky that the willful Jiang Fangrui wasn't a Miss Zou, otherwise, that would be truly unfortunate.

"Why are you laughing?" Xie Ying looked at the small, delicately crafted child. So spirited and cute, did she actually understand what I just said?

Fujujiao thinks that the enemy of one's enemy is one's friend.

"I think my sister is really pretty and smells good."

She wasn't wrong. This girl was beautiful, with delicate features and graceful movements. Dressed in white, she looked like a fairy who had descended from heaven.

"Fragrance? I haven't lit any incense!" Xie Ying lowered her head to look at her clothes.

"The scent of books."

Xie Ying smiled, but before she could speak, Zou Zhongbo jumped in, "Sister, you're amazing! Your sister Xie's father is the headmaster of our academy. She's a talented woman from Qinghe County!"

"Isn't that the true definition of a family steeped in literature?"

The real cleverness of those two words was to intentionally say them for Jiang Fangrui, that self-proclaimed daughter of a scholarly family.

Xie Ying just saw what happened and felt that the cousin of the Zou brothers was bullying a young child, so she sarcastically said a few words.

"I didn't expect this little one to be so articulate. 'No, no, it's nothing special. I've only read a few books. Compared to Madam Zou, I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable. Little sister, what's your name?'"

"Fu Jiujiu, this is my younger sister." Zou Yuansong said first.

Who doesn't love a fairy goddess?

Who hasn't dreamed of having a neighborhood older sister?

Fujujiao looked at her second older brother who was so eager to express himself, smelling a hint of gossip.

"Are you Fu Jiujiu?" Xie Ying raised an eyebrow. "No wonder."

Fujujiao's first reaction was that she recognized herself. Could it be that the Zou brothers told her?

"Excuse me, Sister Xie, have you heard of my younger sister?" Zou Yuansong answered for Fu Jiujiu.

Xie smiled. "Well, let's go in and talk."

Fu Jiujiao thought about it, among the people she knew, there weren't many who lived in the county. If it wasn't the Zou brothers, then it must have been her fifth brother.

Wu Ge had read books before, and this young lady was the daughter of the academy's dean. It stands to reason that they would know each other, but even he himself knew, what was the relationship between the two?

Fu Jiujiu thought about it, could it be the fifth sister-in-law?

But she wouldn't dare say it out loud, or else she would ruin the young lady's reputation.

Fujujiao has numbers in her heart, so she's not panicked. She doesn't need to deliberately approach or please others, after all, this is not something she can control.

The Tong family's house was newly purchased and redecorated, but Fu Jiu Jiu remained unfazed. After all, she had even seen the palace.

And she could feel Xie Ying was always looking at her.

She has to do well and not embarrass her older brother.

The servants led a few people to the backyard. A young man rushed over, first raising an eyebrow at the Zou brothers before greeting Xie Ying, "Cousin."

Xie Ying nodded slightly, "I'll go see my grandmother, you greet the guests."

"Brother Zou, please come in."

After Xie Ying left, Tong Xuyang was no longer as rigid as before. He happily patted the shoulders of the Zou brothers, "You guys are finally here."

If it weren't for Jiang Fangru leaving ink marks on the car when getting on and off, they would have arrived long ago.

In ancient times, there was no traffic congestion, not even the excuse of traffic jams.

Zou Yuansong and Tong Xuyang were classmates and good friends. Zou Zhongbai, being close in age to them, also got along very well with them.

"This...could this be your little sister?" Tong Xuyang saw the small, chubby girl at once. She was pink and tender. The Zou brothers really weren't exaggerating, their sister did look pretty good.

<< Zou Yuansong nodded, "That's right, Jiujiu, quickly call Brother Xuyang." >>

"Hello, Xuyang gege."

"You're so good, big brother will take you to eat delicious food later." Tong XuYang said happily, her voice was so nice.

"Okay, thank you, brother."

The little cutie is polite, adding luster to the Zou brothers' face.

Feeling neglected, Ginger Fangrui cleared her throat, "Ahem..."

"This young lady is..."

"It's the cousin I told you about," Zou Zhongbai winked at Tong Xuyang.

"Oh~" Tong Xuanyang drawled, glancing at Jiang Fangru, "It turns out to be... that cousin!"

Tong Xuanyang didn't say anything to Jiang Fangrui, then beckoned everyone to the back. Several classmates had already arrived.

When they went, a dozen or so boys of their age and a few girls were giggling and chatting away.

"Zou Yuansong, your sister is really beautiful."

"Yeah, it's so pretty."

"Like a little fairy."

At first, Jiang Fangrui thought everyone was praising her. After all, Tong Xuyang knew her well, so these kids should know too.

She's so cute, I want to pinch her cheeks.

Jiang Fangrui frowned, "Bold madman."

The young man was stunned and at a loss for words after being scolded. How could he have been so reckless?

"Tao Jiang, you just touched the cricket. Don't touch my sister." Zou Yuansong refused in a deep voice and protected the little girl behind him.

At this moment, Ginger Fangrui realized that everyone had just been praising not her, but the country bumpkin.

She could only say that these people were too short-sighted.

Fujujju was a bit embarrassed to be praised, these children's mouths were too sweet, so cute!

Perhaps it was because she had eaten porridge in the morning, Fu Jiujiu now felt the urge to use the restroom. Although she was a little girl, she couldn't rely on others to help her.

She tugged at Zou Yuansong's sleeve, signaling him to crouch down and speak.

After hearing this, Zou Yuansong also felt a little awkward. "You... can you do it yourself?"

Of course, Fu Jiujiu could have taken care of herself—eating, drinking, going to the bathroom, and sleeping—but she didn't know where the latrine in this house was and was too embarrassed to ask.

"Yuan Song, what's wrong with her?" As the host, Tong Xu Yang needed to understand his guest's needs, "Are you hungry? I could make some tea."

"Something's up, come over here."

Two people murmured in the corner for a while. Tong Xuyang turned his head and smiled at the little dumpling, then patted Zou Yuansong on the shoulder, "You're really attentive to your sister."

As he spoke, he called over a maidservant named Caihuan to accompany the little milk dumpling to the privy.

This novel is first published on Traditional Chinese Novel Network.