"Sister, what are you thinking about all day long?"

"Really." Jiang Wei said seriously, pulling Jiang Huaixu to sit by the stove, and whispered, "In the past, the children in Shili Village didn't want to play with you, and I distanced myself from you like them, but every time you stood not far from me and watched me and others.

Later, you became smarter, but I was still as dumb as before. Whenever something happened, you would stand up for me. Since you left for so long this time, I realized that you are just like what my uncle said, a capable girl. I am afraid that you will go further and further away in the future. I will not be able to catch up with you, so I will wait for you at home and draw pictures for you.

In the past two days, everyone in the village has been saying that the youngest sister will definitely leave with her biological father, and they are sighing and groaning. Jiang Wei feels bad when she hears it.

Jiang Huaixu didn't expect that Jiang Wei, who usually looked carefree, could have such delicate thoughts. She nodded seriously and said, "Sister, if you want to learn to paint, we can learn. But do you know all the characters?"

Jiang Wei, whose eyes were filled with tears after hearing her younger sister's last words, immediately held back her tears. After a long pause, she asked, "Why do you need to learn to read in order to draw?"

"Not only do you have to be able to recognize words, you have to be able to write them. Does a good painting look good with words that look like ghosts crawling?"

“······is not good looking”

"It's right that it's not good-looking, sister. If you want to learn, study hard. Once you've learned well, how about I open a unique bookstore for you?" Jiang Huaixu smiled with his eyes curved.

Jiang Wei seemed to have heard something extraordinary. She pointed at herself in a daze and said, "I... open a bookstore?"

Did she hear correctly? If she wanted to open a shop, she could open a shop. Why a bookstore?

Jiang Huaixu was not joking. It was pure nonsense to her to ask who had gone farther than her. What she wanted to do was to move forward together.

Jiuxi Village was particularly lively the next day, as a group of students from the county school came to Jiang Huaixu's home.

Jiang Dalang saw four young men dressed as scholars knocking on his door and asked with a puzzled look, "Who are you looking for?"

Chen Xuanming stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "You are the brother of Jiang Xun and Miss Jiang, right? I am Chen Xuanming, and I have brought my classmates here to..."

Yang Zheng interrupted him impatiently, "We're here to look for Jiang Xun and Jiang Huaixu. Are they home?"

Jiang Dalang stole a glance at Chen Xuanming, who looked unhappy, and said, "Ah, Zaizai, come in!"

He opened the door and turned to call his sister-in-law.

I haven't seen my second brother much these past two days. He is almost completely immersed in the questions and essays of the Jiangnan County Examination.

Jiang Huaixu and Jiang Erlang looked at the four people in front of them, then looked at each other and asked in unison, "Why are you here?"

"Of course I came to play with you!" Yang Zheng said first, "It's really not easy to find you. This Jiuxi Village is too remote."

"Let's talk inside." Jiang Dalang saw them standing in the yard and opened the door to the main room. "There's a fire in the room, it's warm."

Yang Zheng immediately walked into the house without any hesitation, "Thank you, big brother!"

After a moment, Jiang Erlang looked at the four people opposite and asked them why they came.

Several people looked at Chen Xuanming, who in turn looked at Jiang Huaixu. "I wonder if Miss Jiang has any of Lord Shen's writings? I... I want to keep them for my collection."

Why does it look so much like chasing stars?

Jiang Huaixu frowned, "Do you know Lord Shen?"

"My father met Lord Shen once at the inn."

"You know he's in Beichuan County and where he lives, so why don't you go and ask for his services in person?"

"He can't even see me, who can he ask for help?" Yang Zheng said gloatingly.

Bai Erlang looked at him with disdain and said, "Xuan Ming had heard of Lord Shen's deeds when he was young and admired him very much. He did not dare to disturb the Lord. He heard that Miss Jiang was on good terms with the Lord, so he came to Miss Jiang for help. I hope Miss Jiang will not blame him."

Chen Xuanming nodded repeatedly, his eyes filled with desire.

Hearing this, Jiang Huaixu raised his eyebrows slightly. It seemed that her relationship with her father had not yet spread.

Before she could answer, another sound suddenly came from outside.

Jiang Erlang stood up and went out to see that it was an acquaintance.

His eyes turned cold, "Mr. Chen, is this person an acquaintance of yours?"

Chen Xuanming's heart skipped a beat and he turned around to see Wu Sanjin holding something in his hand and being blocked outside the door by Jiang Dalang.

"An acquaintance, quite..." Yang Zheng was halfway through his words when someone suddenly stepped on his foot. He looked towards the culprit and saw Bai Erlang sitting there seriously as if nothing had happened.

Chen Xuanming didn't know if he hadn't checked the almanac before going out, but he finally found a time and ran into Wu Sanjin.

When Jiang Huaixu saw the man outside coming, the people in the room seemed to have fallen into a dye vat, with different expressions. He couldn't help but walk out of the door and asked Jiang Erlang: "Second brother, who is that person?"

"The Wu Sanjin I told you about before."

Seeing Wu Sanjin waving at him, Jiang Erlang walked to the door and asked Wu Sanjin, "What brings you here?"

"I apologize," Wu Sanjin said with a bitter face, raising the gift in his hand. "Brother, I'm really sorry. I was not kind before. Please be magnanimous and forgive me this time. I will learn from this lesson and never make the same mistake again!"

"Okay, okay, just go away. If you don't leave, I'll close the door." Jiang Dalang was impatient to waste time talking to him.

"You have to accept these things. You have to accept them." The things in his hand were like hot potatoes. Wu Sanjin, who was blocked by Jiang Dalang, kept stuffing them into the crack.

"Brother, Manager Wu is sincerely apologizing, please accept it." Jiang Huaixu said loudly.

Jiang Dalang turned his head to look at his youngest sister and accepted the gift.

Wu Sanjin was overjoyed. He bowed and backed away until he reached the side of the carriage. He climbed on without caring about his appearance and even smiled apologetically to the two people standing at the door until the carriage drove away.