Chapter 2: The Gallant Young Scholar

  The last life is worth nostalgia.

  Qin Kan remembered himself as a frequent business traveler, often flying around the world. On that day, he sat in first class on an airplane, exchanging flirtatious glances with a beautiful flight attendant. They had already exchanged phone numbers and were close to making plans for a tryst at a five-star hotel after landing. However, Qin Kan couldn't resist his urges and snuck into the plane's galley when no one was looking, taking advantage of the opportunity to grope the flight attendant's round and firm buttocks. He planned to whisper sweet nothings in her ear, but just then the plane suddenly shook violently, followed by a loud explosion, and Qin Kan lost consciousness. When he came to, he found himself hanging from a beam in a house during the 17th year of the Hongzhi Emperor's reign in the Ming Dynasty...

  This story tells us a very profound truth.

  Don't mess around on an airplane, even if the girl is willing, it's not allowed and the consequences are severe.

  Spring in Jiangnan is a rainy season.

  The rain is fine and dense, like a lover's hand, gently wandering over the beloved's body, entwining and caressing.

  The sky was overcast with a greyish mist that shrouded the fields, leaving one's heart feeling a strange and oppressive unease.

  In the fields, Qin Kan raised his head to look at the sky and let out a sigh of infinite desolation. He muttered to himself: "No phone, no TV, no karaoke hostesses..."

  Behind him, the faint sound of footsteps, a six or seven year old girl, wearing gray homespun clothes, with only a plain face, led a cow through the fields, looking back at him with a timid expression.

  Qin Kan glanced at her with a somewhat disappointed expression, and sighed again: "Loli is indeed here, but unfortunately she's not dressed sexily enough, and there's also more snot on her face..."

  It's been several days since he crossed over, Qin Kan naturally recognized this little loli.

  She didn't have a big name, and everyone in the village called her Hu Niang.

  Qin Kan stood at the edge of the field, staring steadily at this little loli who looked left and right but had no potential to be stunningly beautiful after growing up, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

  From waking up till now, Qin Kan had a belly full of questions, but he didn't dare ask, fearing that the villagers would take him for an outcast.

  Heretics generally have only one fate: being burned at the stake.

  This little girl in front of him might be able to clear up some doubts for him.

  Why only dare ask little kids?

  Because she was small and fragile, among the entire Qin Village, probably the only one who could make him feel superior in terms of martial prowess was this little loli in front of him.

  "Little tiger, come here!" Qin Kan smiled and beckoned to Little Tiger.

  The little girl looked at him timidly and hesitated, taking one step at a time.

  Holding the little hand of Hu Niangzi, Qin Kan smiled very kindly, like a rainbow after the rain in Jiangnan.

  Qin Kan rummaged through his long shirt from left to right, and pulled out a big handful of jujubes that he had stolen from someone else's jujube tree in the afternoon.

  The little girl looked at the green dates in his hand and swallowed hard.

  Qin Kan smiled even more warmly and kindly.

  This is a little girl who can be tricked into watching goldfish with just one stick of cotton candy, very cost-effective.

  "Tiger girl, want to play a game?"

  Tiger girl nodded.

  "I'll ask a question and you answer. If your answer is correct, I'll give you a date as a reward; if it's incorrect, you'll be punished by accompanying me to watch goldfish..."

  Pausing for a moment, looking at Hu Diao's face which had no relation to the phrase "moving the country and the city", Qin Kan, who had a light and elegant taste, wisely changed his words and sighed gloomily: "...It doesn't matter if you answered incorrectly, as long as you don't force me to watch goldfish with you."

  The tigress could hardly refuse such an enticing game.

  Qin Kan looked at her and said: "The first question is, why did I want to hang myself yesterday afternoon?"

  This question is very thought-provoking, because Qin Kan just crossed over yesterday afternoon and woke up hanging from the beam of his room. He really wants to know what happened to the previous owner of this body that made his crossing method so bold and passionate.

  The little girl bit her finger and thought for a moment before saying softly: "Grandfather said that you have been stripped of your official title..."

  Qin Kan nodded slowly.

  This reason is logically acceptable, ancient scholars seem to have attached great importance to this thing called fame, once lost, hanging oneself is very normal, like him, hanging himself but not dying successfully, that's what's abnormal.

  Let's recall the villagers' gossip earlier, offending the son of the county magistrate, being stripped of his title as a scholar and losing all his family property. Such circumstances are not only bleak for his future but also utterly hopeless. Qin Kan feels that any normal person would choose to hang themselves. Honestly, after knowing his current situation, Qin Kan also has an urge to continue hanging himself. If heaven gives him face, it's best if he reincarnates into the body of a wealthy and handsome emperor or prince next time...

  One date was handed over, and Hu Niang wiped it without wiping it, stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it with a crunching sound, and the juice splashed around her mouth.

  "Second question... what's my reputation like in the village? Do all the villagers like me?" Qin Kan continued to entice Little Loli with dates.

  This question is also very necessary, the blows he had suffered before were already heavy enough, Qin Kan hoped to hear some good words, hoping that his image in the eyes of outsiders was a little more majestic and brilliant, at least not someone who hadn't escaped low-level tastes.

  The tigress blinked her eyes, thought for a moment, nodded seriously and said: "Grandfather and the uncles of the clan all say that Master is a rare talent in our Qin Zhuang, born once every hundred years, and is a literary star descended to earth. Moreover, you are very handsome, everyone likes you..."

  Qin Kan's gloomy face finally revealed a smile that was brighter than the sun, from yesterday to now.

  Tiger Girl's Grandfather should be a village elder-level wise man, his words are very objective and have high wisdom.

  He couldn't help but touch his handsome face, Qin Kan said with a smile: "I also quite like myself, whether you believe it or not, I was woken up by my own handsomeness this morning..."

  It was clear that Qin Kan had been too hasty in his joy, as Hu Niao's next sentence sent him tumbling from heaven to hell.

  "But... Grandpa and Uncle's clan have been calling you 'Hanged Scholar' behind your back since yesterday, what is a Hanged Scholar?"

  Qin Kan's smile froze, and his hands trembled slightly.

  He didn't know whether to strangle the little brat in front of him or her grandfather...

  "The last two questions..." Qin Kan took out a handful of copper coins from his pocket, which was all that remained of his family's property up to now. He looked at Hu Diao with expectation: "How much did I end up owing people? And why am I so poor?"

  Tiger Girl: “………”

  Qin Kan is really in a difficult situation, the first question belongs to the economic category, and at this age, Hu Niang will not care about how many properties Qin's family has. The second question belongs to the philosophical category, there are many reasons for being poor, such as having a biased worldview, differing values with others, not understanding the concept of "open source" or not knowing how to control expenses, and so on.

  Who would have thought that Hu Niang actually knew the answer to the second question? She stared blankly at the copper coin in Qin Kan's hand, biting her lower lip and said timidly: "If I tell you, can you give me what's in your hand?"

  Qin Kan raised an eyebrow and held up both hands: "Do you want the date in my left hand or the copper coin in my right?"

  "We all have to." Hu Niang apparently wasn't as foolish as she seemed on the surface.

  "Good." Qin Kan generously got a big thumbs up.

  Hudie immediately took the money and dates from his hand, stuffed them all into her bosom, and then burst out laughing: "My grandfather said that people are generally poor for two reasons, one is laziness and the other is stupidity. Which one do you think you belong to?"

  Qin Kan scratched his nose anxiously, and suddenly realized why he was so poor, because he had taken on both of these reasons.

  Hudie took the copper coins and dates, like a little fox that had stolen one hundred chickens, giggling as she ran far away.

  Qin Kan rubbed his nose for half a day with a bitter face, looking at the excited figure of Hu Niang, and suddenly laughed out loud.

  Childhood is great.

  So pure and true, without a care, so beautiful, it's worth all the good words in the world to describe it, just like the childhood of ancient people.

  Qin Kan sighed a few times, then also laughed and ran towards Hu Niang.

  The rain in Jiangnan is still so lingering...

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