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

Xie Lan did not respond to the bookstore owner, which made all his attempts to curry favor with her go to waste.

Jiang Wan, thinking that she would come to the bookstore to buy things in the future, continued the conversation.

"Boss, you are joking. We are just an ordinary family, not a noble family. No need to bother the waiter to come to your house."

The bookstore owner turned his gaze to Jiang Wan and smiled even more happily.

"Young lady and young master are a perfect match made in heaven! It is an honor for our shop that you two are willing to patronize it! Even if you don't announce it, it will be a good idea to keep it. If you come to buy something in the future and I am not here, I will ask the shop assistants to give you a little discount, which is our humble token of appreciation for our distinguished guests!"

Jiang Wan could see that the bookstore owner was trying to be nice. After all, it was rare to meet such a generous customer, so it was understandable that he wanted to keep the customer.

"We are from Green Water Village."

Jiang Wan in short.

The bookstore owner nodded heavily and looked at Jiang Wan as if he was looking at the God of Wealth.

"I've got it in mind! Come here, man! From now on, when Miss Jiang from Lushui Village comes to buy pens and ink, you must serve her carefully! If she is dissatisfied, I will settle the score with you!"

The young man nodded quickly, "I remember it!"

In the end, the pens, ink, paper and inkstone that Xie Lan took cost a total of nine taels and four cents, and he took out more than twenty taels.

The bookstore owner also gave her a picture book. It wasn't worth much, but Jiang Wan still accepted it with a smile.

The bookstore owner came out in person to see them off, and even after he had escorted the three of them out the door, he stood there for a long time, looking around.

After the people walked away, he walked up to the stunned Zhang Caijin and mocked, "Mr. Zhang, aren't you and Miss Jiang old acquaintances and have always had a good relationship? But Miss Jiang doesn't seem to have a good relationship with you. Ten taels of silver were spent in the blink of an eye, and you spent a hundred coins to buy the lowest quality white hemp paper and still had to bargain."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, you must have read so much that you've made yourself stupid! You have a rich old acquaintance, but you don't try to curry favor with him. Instead, you criticize his husband. Aren't you asking for trouble?!"

The bookstore owner enviously said, "They say Master Xie is overbearing and tyrannical. If I had a delicate and beautiful girl like Miss Jiang, I would want to lock her up in my pocket! Master Xie asked Miss Jiang to come out generously and even talked to a poor scholar like you. He thinks highly of you, but you are still putting on airs. I don't know where you get the confidence from!"

The bookstore owner rolled his eyes and happily ran off to count the money.

Zhang Caijin was so angry at his ridicule that his face turned pale and blue, it was really a scene.

He picked up the white linen paper, threw down the copper coins, and left angrily.

*

After Jiang Wan and his companions came out of the bookstore, they rushed to the teahouse at the town entrance.

On the way, Xie Lan also bought two candied haws.

Xie Xueling was so irritated by Zhang Caijin in the bookstore that she didn't even eat the candied haws in her hand.

Seeing Xie Lan buy another candied haws, she waved her hand and said, "Brother, Xueling has some candied haws. You can't eat any more. If you eat more, your teeth will be damaged."

Xie Lan raised the corner of his lips and said, "I bought it for your second brother."

Xie Jing and Xie Xueling had made a bet on who could run faster, and the winner would ask Xie Lan to buy him a candied haws.

I didn't expect that Xie Lan would take such a small matter to heart.

Jiang Wan saw this and felt that Xie Lan was not as unkind as he seemed. He was still very considerate and caring.

When they arrived at the teahouse at the entrance of the town, it happened that the clerks from the grain shop, butcher shop, and grocery store had all delivered their goods, leaving only a clerk from the grain shop to guard it.

"Miss Jiang, you are here. I have been waiting here for a long time."

The grocery store clerk complained.

Jiang Wan smiled apologetically and took out ten cents from his purse and gave it to him.

"Thank you for your hard work, brother. You can use this money to buy tea and snacks. I will come to your house to buy food next time."

The impatient expression on the grain shop clerk's face disappeared, and he immediately bent over and smiled flatteringly, "Thank you Miss Jiang! Next time if you still need me to run errands, just tell me! I'll be there whenever you call!"

It only took Jiang Wan an hour to watch the goods, but he could get a tip of ten cents. It would be strange if the clerk in the grain shop was not happy.

He earned less than ten cents a day, and he just wanted easy work like today, the more the better.

The grain shop clerk left happily, and Jiang Wan looked at the pile of goods on the ground with worry.

She turned to look for Xie Lan and found that he was not in the teahouse, but outside.

Jiang Wan asked Xie Xueling to sit at the table, told her to stay there and not move, and then walked out.

"Xie Lan, what are you looking for?"

Jiang Wan patted Xie Lan's back in confusion.

Xie Lan turned around and saw that it was her, and the look in his eyes softened a little.

"Xiao Jing is not in the teahouse."

After he said this, Jiang Wan suddenly realized that Xie Jing was missing.

She said, "Did he go to the back to relieve himself? I'll go ask the shopkeeper."

After saying that, Jiang Wan walked back to the teahouse, found the owner of the teahouse, gave him five cents to inquire about Xie Jing's news.

According to Jiang Wan's description, the teahouse owner said, "It seems that there was a little boy who came to the store, but he didn't ask for tea. He just sat by the window waiting. I asked the waiter to ask him what he was doing, but the boy was very alert and didn't say a word. At that time, there were customers in the store, so I ignored him."

"and then?"

Jiang Wan asked.

The teahouse owner said, "Then I don't know either. Miss, there are so many customers in my shop, how can I keep an eye on them one by one? Is the child yours? Go and look for him now while he is still young. But you don't have to worry too much. I think the child is smart and won't be kidnapped by anyone. I'm afraid he has met with something."

The teahouse owner received the money, and seeing that Jiang Wan and the others did not dress like those from a poor family, he spoke to them with more patience and consideration.

Jiang Wan thanked the shopkeeper and walked to the side with Xie Lan.

"The shopkeeper is right. Xie Jing is a smart kid and won't get lost easily. I'm afraid he must have met with something. Xie Lan, don't worry. Let's go out and look for him separately, or I can pay someone else to help us look for him."

Jiang Wan felt a little guilty. It was she who gave Xie Jing copper coins and asked him to wait in the teahouse, otherwise he would not have been lost.

Xie Lan looked at her lowered eyes. Although he was anxious, he still comforted her: "It has nothing to do with you. He is twelve years old, half an adult. He shouldn't be so stupid and ignorant."

Xie Lan knew Xie Jing very well.

Xie Jing has been taking care of Xie Xueling since she was a child. He is very vigilant and cautious, and will never be kidnapped by anyone with just a few words.

Furthermore, in a crowded place like a teahouse, human traffickers would not kidnap children so blatantly, and it would be even more impossible for them to use force in broad daylight.

It would be futile to try to lure Xie Jing with sweet words or delicious food.

Xie Jing never eats food given by strangers, nor does he talk to strangers easily.

If this is the case, then it was not someone else who took Xie Jing away, he must have left on his own initiative.

Xie Lan thought of many possibilities in his mind and finally decided on one.

Xie Jing left the teahouse on his own.

Just for what?

Xie Lan frowned and said to Jiang Wan: "Wait for me here, I'll go..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Jing's loud voice came from the door: "Brother!"