Chapter 32 This is digging into her heart

Liu was so angry that her whole body was shaking, "Ten thousand taels, Lan girl, why don't you go and rob it?"

Xie Lan's smile faded. "Why? As the eldest daughter of the Xie family, isn't it my father's responsibility to raise me? Why do you think it's a robbery?"

"Xie Ying grew up in the mansion and was spoiled by her father. She was well-dressed and well-fed since she was young. Not only did she receive ten taels of silver every month, but she also spent more than ten thousand taels on clothes, headgear and jewelry throughout the year.

She is a child of a stepmother, so these are what she should be entitled to?

As the legitimate daughter, the Xie family has never raised me for a single day in the past fourteen years. The ten thousand taels were what I deserved, and I just want to get back the money that belongs to me."

Xie Lan looked at Xie Changting with an aggrieved look on his face, "Dad, do you also think that I am robbing you, and that the ten thousand taels should not be given to me?"

Xie Changting regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. Why did he ask for 500 taels of child support a year?
Although he had been an official for many years, his salary was not enough for him to spend, not to mention that he did not have that much money. Even if he did, he could not use it to support Xie Lan.

But he said it himself, and he couldn't deny it.

"Lan girl, you are daddy's daughter, so it is natural for me to raise you. But, daddy doesn't have that much money right now." After a pause, Xie Changting took out a hundred taels from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Xie Lan.

"You can spend this money first, and I will give you the rest slowly when I have more money, okay?"

Liu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as she was so anxious just now that she was confused.

Xie Changting didn't like this little bitch at all, so how could he give her so much money?

"Lan girl, one hundred taels is not a small amount. An ordinary family can't even earn ten taels in a whole year. Your father shoulders the heavy burden of the Xie family. Everyone depends on him for support. The money of the Xie family didn't come from the wind."

Xie Lan sneered secretly.

Xie Changting was a seventh-rank clerk with a low salary. It might not cost five hundred taels a year to raise a girl, but to send her away with only a hundred taels was to treat her like a fool.

Her master raised her for fourteen years, but the Xie family never paid a penny.

This money was what she deserved.

Xie Changting wanted to use her to gain benefits, but he was not willing to pay even ten thousand taels. There was no such a good thing in the world.

Xie Lan did not argue any further.

She just said calmly, "If that's the case, I won't make it difficult for my father. I will find a Taoist temple to stay in, and then set up a stall on Imperial Street.

There are many noble people in the capital, and I can support myself by setting up a stall to tell fortunes."

Seeing Xie Lan raising his foot to walk out, the blue veins on Xie Changting's forehead jumped.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and comforted myself.

That's all, I can't bear to let the child catch the wolf.

It’s only ten thousand taels. Once he reaches the highest position in the country, he will be able to get as much wealth as he wants.

"Come back." Xie Changting called out to Xie Lan.

He turned around and told Liu, "Take 10,000 taels from the public treasury and give it to Lan."

Liu stared at Xie Changting with bloodshot eyes, her voice sharp and piercing, "Master, there is no such thing as so much money in the treasury. There are only three thousand taels left, and the expenses of the whole mansion in the second half of the year and the social relations all depend on this little money."

Xie Changting frowned and looked at Xie Lan with embarrassment, "Lan girl..."

Xie Lan interrupted him before he could finish. "Father, don't worry. You don't have to give me the money. Don't let people say that I don't care about the lives of my family and want to take away all your money as soon as I return home."

Xie Changting felt a lump in his chest.

Xie Lan didn't look like she was joking. If he didn't give her the money, she might really go out on the street and set up a stall to tell fortunes for people.

If this matter were to get out, the eldest daughter of the Xie family would be reduced to having to set up a stall on the street to tell fortunes to support herself, not to mention that his plan would fail.

If he was reported to the Censorate, he would not be able to keep his official hat. Xie Changting said to Liu with a gloomy face, "Miss Lan is right. The ten thousand taels are the money I should pay for her. Bring me the three thousand taels."

Liu stared at Xie Changting like crazy, "Master..."

As soon as she said this, her eyes met Xie Changting's suppressed anger, and Liu's voice was stuck in her throat.

Xie Ying, who had been silent the whole time, glanced at Xie Lan obscurely, then turned around and pulled Liu's sleeve, "Mother, give the money to Big Sister. That's the money that Daddy should give her."

Liu was so angry that her chest ached. Xie Ying secretly gave her a look and Liu could only suppress all her anger.

Seeing that Liu asked her personal maid to get the banknotes, Xie Changting ordered the servant, "Go to the study and get my five thousand taels."

Liu was shocked and angry. She didn't even know that Xie Changting had hidden so much money secretly, and now he wanted to give it all to that little bitch.

Xie Changting frowned. He had saved the five thousand taels with great difficulty. Now he had to give it all away, and he felt very painful.

But after spending all the money, there was still a shortfall of two thousand taels.

Xie Ying grew up in the mansion since she was a child, so she naturally knew what the situation was like in the mansion.

After twisting the handkerchief, Xie Ying finally made up her mind.

"Dad, I have exactly two thousand taels. Give them all to my sister."

Liu was so distressed that she wanted to stop him but it was too late. "Ying'er, where did you get so much money?"

"Mother, this money is the monthly allowance I have saved since I was a child. Some of it is given by you, father, grandmother, second uncle, third uncle and two aunts during the New Year and other festivals.

I have food and drink in the mansion, so I don't need to spend money. My elder sister grew up alone in Sanqing Temple since she was a child, and she must have suffered a lot.

All my money is just right for buying clothes and jewelry for my elder sister."

Xie Changting secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally a smile appeared on his face, "Ying'er is sensible, Daddy is very pleased."

Xie Ying ordered the maid to go back and fetch the banknotes, and handed them to Xie Changting, smiling innocently, "Daddy, give the money to big sister quickly. She is the eldest daughter of our Xie family, and these are what she deserves."

Although it was for the purpose of planning, Xie Changting's heart was bleeding when he gave out so much money at once, but he still had to put on the appearance of a kind father.

"Lan girl, you are grown up now, and you should buy some clothes and jewelry. It's just right to ask your mother to take you to visit various families, attend banquets, and make some friends in a few days."

Let her attend the banquet? It seems that this is Xie Changting's purpose?
Xie Lan muttered in his heart, but pretended not to know on his face, smiling obediently, with deep emotion and admiration for Xie Changting.

"Okay, I'll listen to Daddy."

She was just acting, saying one thing and thinking another. For the sake of the ten thousand taels, she could have done better.

Liu stared at the banknotes in Xie Lan's hand, her heart bleeding.

That ten thousand taels was like digging out her heart.

Liu was so angry that she couldn't eat. She turned around with a dark face and went back to the inner room.

Xie Ying knew that Xie Changting couldn't eat either, so she said goodbye and walked slowly behind Xie Lan.

He pinched his palms with his long nails, trying hard to comfort himself.

She gave up Qingfengyuan and gave out two thousand taels. Xie Lan would definitely trust her as his sister in the future.

She will get these losses back from her in the future.

　The second day of PK, go for it.

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(End of this chapter)

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