After bullying the arrogant 'concubine-to-be', Jiang Chen was in a good mood.

While appreciating Bianjing’s customs, people and culture, I was looking for ways to make money. By noon, I had wandered from the outer city to Panlou Street in the inner city.

Although I came up with many good money-making ideas along the way, unfortunately I was penniless and had no cost.

He was hungry and thirsty, and secretly worried, when he suddenly saw his cousin walking towards him carrying a food box, and he immediately became happy.

"Cousin, what a fate! I just missed you and then I saw you!"

Jiang Chen hugged his cousin's shoulders very affectionately.

Well……

"How will you be here?"

My cousin looked like he had seen a ghost, and said very unfavorably: "I just bought candied fruits for the guests, and I'm in a hurry to send them over. I'll talk to you when I get home."

As he spoke, he threw away Jiang Chen's arm and quickly walked into the Wangyue Tower nearby.

"I have nothing to say to you, I'm just hungry. Cousin, please treat me to a bowl of noodles!"

Jiang Chen stuck to his cousin's back like candy.

"Well……

Do you really want to eat me to death? How can people like us afford the food at Wangyue Tower?"

My cousin was furious!

This little bastard ate his whole day's ration in one meal last night, and grabbed porridge this morning, making his precious daughter cry. Now he still has the nerve to treat him to noodles?

It's so bastard, so shameless!

"How much does a bowl of noodles cost you? How stingy!

Forget it, let’s have a bowl of tea!”

Jiang Chen glanced at his cousin with disdain, found an empty seat slightly closer to the storyteller in the hall and sat down.

"you……"

My cousin was shaking with anger.

However, after a while, he still brought a bowl of hot tea to Jiang Chen.

Just as he was about to leave with a dark face, a bald middle-aged scholar at the next table suddenly stopped him and said with an unkind expression:

"Old man Liu, what are your thoughts on my marriage to your widowed niece? Why are you still unwilling to give me an answer?"

Um?

Jiang Chen immediately frowned and looked over.

The cousin even showed displeasure, waving his hand and saying: "Mr. Lu, my niece has already rejected your matchmaker, and now she is married to a woman. You don't need to mention this matter again."

"Nonsense!

How can she, a woman, make the decision on her own when it comes to marriage? It’s simply unseemly!"

Lu Wenbin slapped the table and stood up, asking angrily:

"Who did she marry?

The servants of the Zhang family said that she wants to marry a scholar but refuses to be a concubine. Is there a better scholar than me who is willing to marry a widow like her?"

"Are you great?"

Jiang Chen stood up with a cold face, cupped his hands and said calmly: "Jiang Chen, it is the husband of the Liu family. I wonder what do you think about this old man who is better than me?

If you compare with someone based on their age, or who has less hair on their head, then I will have no choice but to be inferior!"

"Hahaha……"

Everyone looked at the young and handsome Jiang Chen, and then at the older and bald Lu Wenbin, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"you……"

Lu Wenbin's face turned blue with anger, he stared at Jiang Chen with hatred in his eyes and said: "You, a scholar at such a young age, are willing to marry a stranger?

No wonder she had a change of heart and rejected my good intentions.

But there’s one thing I don’t understand: how touching is that little widow? How can you be so ignorant of self-love that you don’t even care about your reputation and future!”

After hearing this, everyone looked at Jiang Chen with gossipy faces.

One of the old scholars was even more angry and said: "You are young and don't want to study hard and make progress, but you ruin your reputation for the sake of women. It is simply a waste of time to study the books of saints!"

Well……

Seeing this, my cousin lowered his head with a guilty look on his face.

Jiang Chen smiled calmly, bowed his hands to the old man and the onlookers and said:

"Everyone, to be honest, my wife is the daughter of my cousin's aunt, and the elders of both parties have had a verbal engagement for a long time. I came to Beijing this time because I heard that she had become a widower and wanted to break off the engagement, but..."

As he said that, he suddenly said with an emotional expression on his face: "But when I heard from my cousin that she broke the engagement out of filial piety and to celebrate the marriage to the nephew of the Zhang family's mistress, I couldn't say anything about breaking off the engagement.

.

I kept asking myself, is it wrong for her to be filial? Is it wrong for her to be kind-hearted and want to save people?

Everyone, please answer me!"

Uh, this...

Everyone was stunned!

My cousin was shocked!

Lu Wenbin was dumbfounded!

The old man who accused Jiang Chen bowed his hands in shame and said:

"I didn't expect that my lady would be such a filial and kind-hearted woman; Mr. Jiang would not hesitate to keep his reputation even in order to keep his word! I just made a mistake, please forgive Mr. Jiang!"

"You are getting serious!"

Jiang Chen hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up and returned the greeting: "The elders are willing to teach the younger generation, which is a blessing for the younger generation. As the saying goes, if there is something, correct it and if it doesn't, encourage it. I don't dare to treat you as a courtesy!"

"well!

He is so trustworthy and knowledgeable at such a young age, children can be taught, children can be taught!"

The old man patted Jiang Chen's shoulder with relief, and then scolded Lu Wenbin, who looked embarrassed: "A woman's reputation is more important than life and death. If you are rejected by others, you just casually slander her. Isn't that what a scholar does?"

"I just mistakenly believed the villain's words from the servants of the Zhang family."

Lu Wenbin's face turned red after being scolded, and the strange looks from the people around him made him sit on pins and needles. He couldn't help but quibble with his neck.

"snort!"

Seeing that he knew his mistake but did not admit it, the old man snorted in disgust, turned his head and smiled at Jiang Chen:

"Young friend Jiang, I, Wu Yuquan of Jiuzhai Bookstore, are all my close friends. If you don't mind, how about you come over and sit down and have a drink with me?"

"This is my honor! I have met all of you gentlemen!"

Jiang Chen cupped his hands, stared at the four-color dessert fruit plate on the table, and moved over.

Just as they were about to start eating, a burst of applause suddenly sounded from the second floor, and then countless copper coins and scattered silver coins were thrown onto the small high platform in the hall.

Um?

Is storytelling so profitable?

Jiang Chen's eyes became hot for a while.

I couldn't help but ask Wu Yuquan: "Mr. Wu, I don't know what the rules and requirements are for storytelling here? I happen to have a few novel story books..."

Just as he was talking, Lu Wenbin suddenly stood up and said in a loud and sinister voice:

"What new novels can you, a child with a yellow mouth, have? It's just that you heard a few country jokes and wanted to make money out of your whims!

snort!

I advise you to save it! Not everyone in Wangyue Tower can be a lecturer!"

After that, he walked up to the high platform with a stern look on his face, slapped the wooden board, and started talking about the story of the White Snake.

After listening to a few words, Mr. Wu shook his head boredly and asked Jiang Chen: "Little friend Jiang, do you really have a novel novel?"

"certainly!"

Jiang Chen smiled confidently and said: "Just talking about the White Snake, younger generations have a different version called the New Legend of the White Snake. The White Snake in it is not only not vicious and scary, but also a Taoist fairy who is dedicated to repaying kindness and has a bodhisattva heart.

As the saying goes: The sound of the flute saves life, and the fate of three lives is bound to this love.

Thousands of years have passed in the mountains, and the bright moon has only allowed me to watch the flowers fall again..."
Chapter completed!