After the little cannon fodder was reborn, he chose the villain childhood sweetheart

Jiang Wan's words were sharp, and the two scholars who were being criticized blushed.

They didn't expect that a beautiful girl like Jiang Wan would speak so aggressively.

They were no longer in the mood to buy books, so they left in embarrassment.

Zhang Caijin stared, never expecting Jiang Wan to speak up for Xie Lan.

Could it be that she also fell in love with Xie Lan?

Zhang Caijin's alarm bells were ringing, and he wanted to hold Jiang Wan's hand and tell her his true feelings, so that Jiang Wan would rekindle her love for him.

But he only dared to think about it and didn't dare to take a step forward.

He understood Jiang Wan's ferocity.

Jiang Wan glanced at him with disgust and said, "Zhang Caijin, today I realized how good you are at acting. You keep calling me your sister. Aren't you afraid that I'll be disgusted to death? Next time you say I'm your sister in front of others, be careful or I'll slap you!"

As she spoke, she raised her slender and delicate hand.

Xie Lan said at the right time: "You don't have to do it, I'll do it."

Jiang Wan was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded, looking back and giving him a grateful look.

"Okay, I feel like I'm dirtying my hands just by beating him."

The harmonious way they got along was extremely annoying in Zhang Caijin's eyes.

Jiang Wan had clearly said before that she hated Xie Lan, and that Xie Lan was as dull and boring as a piece of wood. Why was she talking and laughing with him now?

The bookstore clerk watched the show until it was over, then walked up to Zhang Caijin and asked, "Master Zhang, do you want some more of the white hemp paper you saw just now?"

White linen paper is the cheapest type of paper.

This kind of paper absorbs ink roughly, making writing on it difficult and time-consuming, but it is cheap, with twenty-five sheets costing only a hundred coins.

Many scholars from poor families would buy white linen paper to write and practice calligraphy. Those who were even poorer could not even afford white linen paper.

When Zhang Caijin was asked this by the waiter, his face turned red and he felt embarrassed.

If Jiang Wan knew that he was too poor to afford white hemp paper, wouldn't she laugh at him?

"Yes! Please help me pack it!"

Zhang Caijin gritted his teeth and ordered.

But he regretted it as soon as he said it.

The main reason he came to the bookstore this time was to buy paper for practicing calligraphy.

But he didn't have much money on him, and if he bought the white hemp paper at the original price, he would definitely go hungry afterwards, so he was bargaining with the bookstore owner in front of the counter just now, hoping to get a cheaper price.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wan and Xie Lan entered the bookstore, and then he forgot about the white linen paper.

Unexpectedly, the bookstore clerk interrupted and asked him if he wanted more white linen paper.

If he said no, wouldn't Jiang Wan look down on him?

You can't bargain, otherwise Jiang Wan will definitely laugh at you.

But he had given away the hundred coins he had, so how was he going to survive the remaining days?

Zhang Caijin felt extremely regretful but had no way out so he could only pretend to be calm and go to the counter to pay the bill.

There was a gleam in the bookstore owner's eyes and he looked at Zhang Caijin with a bit of disdain.

"Mr. Zhang, I didn't expect you to have such a beautiful sister. Your sister looks pretty and rich, why don't you ask her to help you? Practicing calligraphy on white linen paper is very time-consuming and laborious. With this time, you can recite the book twice more!"

Zhang Caijin knew that it was the bookstore owner who asked the clerk to intervene, otherwise he would not have let it go so easily.

"Boss, business requires honesty. You just said you would give me a discount of ten cents. Why are you regretting it now?"

The bookstore owner chuckled.

"Mr. Zhang, we are just negotiating. I am a small business owner. If I charge you ten cents less, I will lose money!"

Zhang Caijin thought he was cunning and his face turned blue with anger. Just as he was about to say something, Jiang Wan and Xie Lan came over with books and papers to settle the bill.

Zhang Caijin glanced at it unintentionally, but was so shocked that he couldn't look away.

Xie Lan took a copy of Mencius and a copy of the Great Learning plus three hundred thousand. These books were all made of fine leather paper and were very expensive.

He also took two rolls of white cotton paper, three goat-hair brushes, two inkstones and four or five ink sticks.

Jiang Wan only took two comic books and a picture book.

But all their odds and ends added up to fill up the counter.

The bookstore owner was grinning from ear to ear and he couldn't stop smiling.

"Miss, Sir, are you two sure you want all of these?"

The pens, inks, paper and inkstones they took were not cheap, and the bookstore owner was afraid that they would cheat him.

Jiang Wan didn't expect Xie Lan to buy so many pens, inks, paper and inkstones, but after thinking about it, she felt that it made sense.

Xie Lan's family was poor before, and all the money he had was used to support the original owner's family, leaving him with no extra money to buy books or practice calligraphy.

He now has at least two or three hundred taels of silver in savings.

Now all the food in the family is bought by Jiang Wan, and the clothes are the rewards from Master Liu. There are two boxes of clothes piled up at home, and they can’t wear them all the winter.

Xie Lan spent the entire day in Lushui Village and had no chance to spend money. Now that he has no worries about food and clothing, it is no wonder that he wants to concentrate on his studies.

"Xie Lan, do you want to buy some enlightenment books for Xie Jing and Xue Ling? They are not young anymore, they should study hard and learn to read."

When Jiang Wan saw these words, she thought of Xie Jing and Xie Xueling.

They lived a hard life with Xie Lan and never went to a private school for formal education.

Xie Lan would occasionally teach them to read when he had free time, but such opportunities were rare.

Xie Lan nodded, took out the three hundred thousand from under Mengzi, and said, "I'll buy it."

Jiang Wan took a look and felt more favorable towards Xie Lan.

It is rare to find an older brother who always keeps his younger siblings in his heart.

"Boss, how much is the total? Please help me calculate it."

Jiang Wan was about to take the silver, but Xie Lan stopped her and said, "I'll do it."

Xie Xueling also said: "Sister-in-law, let brother pay! You have spent a lot of money today, I can't let you pay anymore!"

Jiang Wan smiled.

Someone was paying for it, and she was so happy that she couldn't even express it. How could she refuse?

But she didn't want to owe Xie Lan too much, so her first thought was to pay the bill herself.

Zhang Caijin managed to find his voice again and said hurriedly, "Xie Lan, do you know how expensive these pens and ink are? Don't try to be so arrogant!"

Without even glancing at him, Xie Lan pulled out two silver ingots from his bosom.

"enough?"

He asked calmly.

The bookstore owner's eyes lit up and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

"Enough, enough, enough! That's enough! Mr. Xie is not only dignified, but also generous. I really admire you! I wonder where you live and which noble family you belong to? If you need writing in the future, just send someone to let me know. I will send someone to deliver it to your door. You don't have to make a trip in person!"

His tone was full of flattery, which was completely different from the teasing and mockery he had just shown to Zhang Caijin.

It’s no wonder that the bookstore owner was so greedy for money. Xie Lan directly gave him twenty taels.

Although the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone that Xie Lan took were not cheap, twenty taels were more than enough to buy them.

Zhang Caijin was really dumbfounded.

He stared at the two glittering silver ingots for a long time, unable to take his eyes off them.

That’s twenty taels!

Twenty taels, Xie Lan said take it?

Where did he get this fortune?

Zhang Caijin had never seen such a huge sum of money as twenty taels in his life. At most, he had seen one or two taels of small change.

That’s why I was so surprised to see two solid and heavy silver ingots with large denominations.

For a moment, he began to suspect that the reason Jiang Wan changed her mind and married Xie Lan was because of Xie Lan's money.

There must be some inside story that he doesn't know.

Could it be that Jiang Wan pretended to agree to marry Xie Lan, then gained Xie Lan's trust and slowly took his assets?

Countless possibilities popped up in Zhang Caijin's mind, but the only thing he didn't think of was that Jiang Wan got married to Xie Lancheng because she didn't like him.

Because in his subconscious, he always felt that Jiang Wan still had feelings for him.