Chapter 100

"B-Brother Jiang...?! Seeing this scene, Zheng Yaocai stood frozen on the spot, his face full of disbelief, "H-how could you..."

Jiang Xiaoxiao glanced at him, her gaze falling on the rare medical book he was still clutching in his hand, then her little mouth pouted, she called out "Brother Jiang" following his words, and then pointed at Zheng Yaocai and said: "He snatched the book I bought and wrongly accused me of stealing books!"

"Stealing books?"

Jiang Yu hadn't yet recovered from Jiang Xiaoxiao's soft and glutinous "Brother Jiang," but in an instant, he heard her accusation, and his long eyes narrowed as he looked at the stunned Zheng Yaocai: "You wrongly accused my Xiaoxiao of stealing books!?"

"I, I didn't..." Zheng Yaocai opened his mouth to quibble, but when he saw his classmates all beside him and they all knew the whole process of the matter clearly, even if he wanted to quibble now, it was too late...

"M-misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding..." Zheng Yaocai's face was full of fawning smiles, but beads of sweat the size of beans broke out on his forehead. Even he, who had always relied on his status as Merchant Sun's brother-in-law to act tyrannically, knew at this moment that he had kicked an iron plate and offended someone he shouldn't have offended, "Young Master Jiang, this is all a misunderstanding, I was just joking with this little sister..."

Damn it!

Who the hell knew this wild girl was Young Master Jiang's sister!

If his family knew he had offended Young Master Jiang's people, he would be miserable. His brother-in-law would definitely peel off a layer of his skin!

Thinking of this, Zheng Yaocai hurriedly bowed his body and said to Jiang Xiaoxiao in a low and servile voice: "Little sister, brother was really just joking with you, y-you hurry and explain to Young Master Jiang..."

"Hmph." Jiang Xiaoxiao turned her head away angrily and didn't look at him.

Just a moment ago, he was high and mighty, calling her a wild girl and slandering her as a book thief. If Jiang Yu hadn't appeared, she didn't know what kind of defamation she would have suffered. She would never forgive such a self-righteous person!

"Heh, Merchant Sun's brother-in-law, is that right?" Jiang Yu sneered, raised his head slightly and said: "From now on, the Sun family's industries will never appear on my Fu'an Trading House's list of partners."

Zheng Yaocai's face turned pale instantly.

Jiang Yu hadn't yet vented his anger. He scanned the group of people on the side with cold eyes and sneered: "A merchant's brother-in-law makes such a big fuss just to buy a book, dragging a group of people to wrongly accuse my Xiaoxiao of stealing books. I didn't know that Mountain Chief Yang, who is both virtuous and talented, would actually have students like you!"

Mountain Chief Yang's real name was Yang Xingzhong. He was not only a highly respected Mountain Chief of Suiyang Academy but also a Jinshi by examination!

If he knew that they were echoing Zheng Yaocai's actions outside, the consequences would be miserable!

The group of people hurriedly explained: "Y-Young Master Jiang, you misunderstood, we didn't..."

"Brother Jiang, they didn't wrongly accuse me of stealing books." Jiang Xiaoxiao stood out to explain. These people had spoken up for her at the beginning, but later they had to echo Zheng Yaocai because of his power.

She pointed to Duan Yu, who had been silent on the side, and said: "This brother even spoke up for me."

Hearing this, Jiang Yu's expression finally looked a bit better.

He looked at the boy in the cloud-pattern brocade robe. He had a tall and straight posture, his back was straight, and he had a rather unyielding attitude. His expression was rarely a bit more pleasant: "You are still considered reasonable. What is your surname and name?"

"Student's surname is Duan, name is Yu." Duan Yu answered with his head lowered.

"Duan Yu..." Jiang Yu nodded slightly, then smiled: "Last year, when Mountain Chief Yang came to the capital to report his duties, I heard your name from his mouth. He praised you highly. I didn't expect that seeing you today, it is indeed as he said, you are truly a person like a jade tree in the wind."

"Thank you, Young Master Jiang." Facing Jiang Yu's praise, Duan Yu only bowed slightly to Jiang Yu to thank him in an unyielding manner, and there was no look of pride or complacency on his face.

This made the people beside him jealous.

They had heard that the young owner of the Fu'an Trading House had become famous at a young age and had high standards. The Jiang family also had a high reputation in the capital's Imperial Court. If they could get his favor, not to mention rising to the top in one step, they could also take fewer detours.

Sigh, if they had known, they would have stood out and spoken up for that little girl just like Duan Yu...

"Haha, I didn't know this little sister was an old acquaintance of Young Master Jiang. I really failed to welcome you from afar, failed to welcome you..." The manager hurriedly came out to smooth things over. He looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao fawningly: "Little sister, do you want to buy any paper or brushes? I have them all here..."

Jiang Yu glanced at him sideways: "Now you know how to come out and make excuses? If I find out that Xiaoxiao had an accident here, I guarantee I will make you roll home to farm, and you won't need to sit in this manager's position anymore."

"Young Master is right, it's my fault, I was blind..." The manager touched the sweat on his forehead with lingering fear. He knew that his young master was a man of his word, so he became even more fawning toward Jiang Xiaoxiao: "Little sister, you won't need to spend a single penny when you come to my bookstore in the future. You can just take whatever paper, brushes, or inkstones you want..."

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

She looked at Jiang Yu with some helplessness. Come to think of it, the number of times she had met this guy could be counted on one hand. How could he protect her so much?

Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't think much more. She pointed to the medical book still clutched in Zheng Yaocai's hand and said: "I don't want anything else, I only want that medical book."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Zheng Yaocai in unison.

Suddenly being watched by so many people, Zheng Yaocai felt his scalp go numb. His fingers trembled, and the medical book in his hand slipped and fell.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was quick-eyed and fast-handed, bent down, and picked up the medical book.

She hurriedly flipped through it a few times. The pages had been crumpled a few times by Zheng Yaocai during his shouting, but fortunately, they weren't too damaged.

Jiang Xiaoxiao just breathed a sigh of relief when Jiang Yu leaned over to take a look and said with slight disdain: "You are so nervous about a tattered medical book? My family has plenty of these kinds of books. If you like..."

"That's right!" Jiang Xiaoxiao touched Chunya's head and gave her a warning in advance, "In the future, no matter how he kneels and begs you, don't forgive him, and don't be soft-hearted to help him farm."

Zhao Wulai was famous in the village for being lazy. Widow Xu probably looked down on this, so she wouldn't go to Zhao Wulai even if the village gossip was ugly, but now that Widow Xu had Zhao Wulai's seed, it was hard to say...

Two days ago, she heard villagers say that Zhao Wulai's life had been getting worse and worse since he separated from Zhao Dasao. No one washed his clothes, no one cooked, and the crops in the fields were not taken care of. The weeds were as high as his knees.

Zhao Wulai was used to Zhao Dasao's service. Now that he didn't have her, he must really want to marry Widow Xu.

But at the same time, Widow Xu was also a person who lived by eating and waiting to die. She had some beauty. In this countryside, everyone was gray-faced and used to doing heavy work, but she was clean all day long, and there were no calluses on her hands from years of heavy work. She probably wouldn't farm or serve Zhao Wulai after going to Zhao Wulai's house.

Based on her understanding of the root of men's inferiority, Zhao Wulai would definitely go to Zhao Dasao.

Autumn harvest was coming, and Zhao Dasao didn't get any farmland. Zhao Wulai would definitely try every means to beg Zhao Dasao to help him farm, and even use the excuse that Widow Xu was weak because of pregnancy to ask for money to raise the child.