"Come on, Dad will take you to eat something delicious," Jiang Jialin said with a gentle smile.
"Okay." Jiang Wanwan has absolutely no resistance to food now; she's completely terrified of being hungry.
Jiang Jialin led Jiang Wanwan to a wonton stall.
"Boss, one serving of wontons, a large bowl, please," Jiang Jialin said with a smile to the stall owner.
Jiang Wanwan turned her head to look at Jiang Jialin and asked, "Dad, aren't you going to eat?"
Jiang Jialin shook his head and said with a light laugh, "Dad has eaten his fill at home, so Dad isn't hungry."
Jiang Wanwan is such a shrewd person; she saw through her cheap father's lies at a glance.
Even though her adoptive father had already eaten a bowl of bran porridge at home, the porridge was so thin that it would be gone after a pee, so how could she not be hungry!
My cheap dad is trying to save money, that's why he's reluctant to spend money on wontons.
Jiang Wanwan felt the deep paternal love from her adoptive father, and at the same time, a pang of sadness welled up in her heart.
Sigh, it's all because of poverty.
She needs to find a way to get rich as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Jiang Wanwan turned her head away and pretended to be angry, saying, "If Father doesn't eat, then I won't eat either. Let's go."
As she spoke, Jiang Wanwan lifted her foot to leave the stall.
The stall owner was a shrewd businessman; his eyes darted around, and he instantly understood the key point. He smiled and said to Jiang Jialin, "Sir, the young lady is just feeling sorry for you."
A bowl of wontons doesn't cost much; what matters is the young lady's filial piety.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wanwan stopped in her tracks, her wet, peach-blossom eyes looking at her cheap father.
Jiang Jialin was both helpless and touched. He compromised and said, "Then let's have two bowls of wontons, one big and one small."
Jiang Wanwan glared at the shop owner and said, "Boss, don't listen to my dad. Give me two large bowls of wontons, and one with extra scallions."
The owner immediately grinned from ear to ear, "Alright, please have a seat, sir. I'll serve you wontons shortly."
Jiang Wanwan found a table nearby and sat down first.
Jiang Jialin looked at his daughter and his heart softened completely.
So this is what a sweet and caring daughter is like! He finally understood.
Wanwan was nothing like Su Wan'er. He had brought Su Wan'er to town to eat wontons before, and he took out the only five coins he had left to buy her a small bowl of wontons. Su Wan'er was not satisfied at all, but complained that he hadn't bought her a big bowl of wontons.
Jiang Jialin secretly vowed to himself that he would study hard tonight, even if it meant hanging his head from the rafters or pricking his thigh with an awl, so that he could lead his daughter to a prosperous life.
Soon, the owner brought the two of them wontons.
"Sir, that'll be sixteen coins in total."
Jiang Jialin took out sixteen copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to the shopkeeper.
"Thank you, sir. Please enjoy your meal," the owner said with a smile.
Jiang Wanwan had secretly eaten a bowl of wontons at home. She wasn't very hungry at the moment, just a little craving.
The bowl of wontons in front of me is huge; I definitely can't finish it all.
So, Jiang Wanwan used a spoon to give some to Jiang Jialin.
Seeing this, Jiang Jialin quickly covered his bowl with his hand, "That's enough, that's enough, don't give me any more, you can keep it for yourself."
Jiang Wanwan said, "Dad, I'll just eat half a bowl. I can't finish any more."
Jiang Jialin: ......
It sounded so convincing that he almost believed it.
On his way home from the capital, he had witnessed her enormous appetite.
Jiang Wanwan used the same trick again, pretending to be angry with Jiang Jialin, and he obediently pushed the bowl in front of Jiang Wanwan, letting her distribute wontons to him.
Jiang Jialin's heart melted completely; he felt his daughter was so good to him. He was determined to become an official so his daughter could become a noble lady, and then she could eat whatever she wanted.
Jiang Wanwan could tell from the look in her adoptive father's eyes that he was trying to win her over again.
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