After Aunt Xu quickly dealt with all the troublemakers in the mansion, she began to prepare Zhao Yiming's thank-you banquet.
The teacher appreciation banquet was scheduled for the third day of the Qionglin Banquet, which was three days later, because Zhao Yiming had just attended the Qionglin Banquet this morning.
And he would have to continue attending the banquets hosted by the number one and number two scholars tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow would be his own, and then there would be banquets hosted by other scholars of the same batch.
After each palace examination, the court would take a month to consider and arrange official positions for the successful candidates.
During this period, the successful candidates would take turns to hold a banquet to thank their teachers to expand their interpersonal relationships, and the time of the banquet was generally determined by the ranking in the palace examination.
Therefore, the top scholar Zhou Churan’s thank-you banquet was on the first day after the Qionglin Banquet, the second-place scholar Chen Wenqing’s was on the second day, and Zhao Yiming’s was on the third day.
But not all Jinshi have the opportunity to hold this thank-you banquet for their teachers.
After all, there are only thirty days in a month, and there are more than two hundred Jinshi in total, so those who are ranked after the thirtyth don’t have to worry about preparing for the banquet. They just need to prepare the gifts and follow everyone to attend the banquet.
Of course, except for the children of aristocrats.
Aunt Xu had just picked out a few gifts from the warehouse when Cui Liu told her that Zhao Yiming had returned. After asking someone to bring the gifts, she went straight to the front yard.
When Aunt Xu surrendered, Zhao Yiming gave her the key to the warehouse. After all, if you employ someone, trust him; if you don't trust him, don't employ him.
In the front yard, Zhao Yiming looked at the ten gifts in front of him and rubbed his temples tiredly.
He was forced to drink a lot of alcohol at the Qionglin Banquet today. If it weren't for Tian An's special hangover medicine, he would have probably collapsed by now.
After pointing out the two more valuable gifts, he said, "All gifts for the teacher appreciation banquet should follow the same rules."
The two more expensive gifts should have been prepared by Aunt Xu for Zhou Churan and Chen Wenqing. She probably thought that since they had good rankings, their future prospects would definitely be good.
But Zhao Yiming believed that one should look at a man with new eyes after three days of absence. No one can predict what will happen in the future. Just because one’s performance in this palace examination was not good, it did not mean that he would be bad in the future.
Who can guarantee that the person you look down upon today will not be successful in the future?
Rather than being accused of flattering the powerful and bullying the weak in the future, it is better to treat everyone equally now.
The problem of gifts has been solved, and there is also the issue of invitations.
In addition to the successful candidates, the banquet for thanking teachers also included some relatives, friends, and some people of status or high prestige.
These people are also the main purpose of the Jinshi scholars to attend the thank-you banquet for their teachers, especially the students from poor families, who had almost no chance to come into contact with this kind of people before, and could only make more friends at the thank-you banquet for their teachers.
Aunt Xu was a concubine, so naturally she couldn't come into contact with such people, so she could only ask Zhao Yiming.
Fortunately, Zhao Yiming had prepared for this in advance. He raised his hand behind him, and Jingyu stepped forward and handed a list to Aunt Xu.
He also instructed: "Auntie, please prepare more wine and food. If anyone comes uninvited, anyone with a name and an invitation will be considered a guest."
Aunt Xu paused, then immediately understood and hurried forward to take the list.
Yes, with Zhao Yiming's identity, he is the one that others try every means to get close to. There is no need to invite people to his banquets, as many people are begging to come.
Sure enough, when he opened the list, there were only a few friends that Zhao Yiming was familiar with in the past.
At this time, Jingyu handed her another exquisite note and said, "Auntie, please keep this note carefully and deliver it to me as soon as possible."
Aunt Xu carefully opened the note and saw Tian An's name written on it. Judging from the handwriting, it should have been written by Zhao Yiming himself.
This shows how much he values Tian An, and even his posts must be different from those of others.
After returning from the front yard, Aunt Xu wrote the invitations personally according to the list.
When Zhao Shuhua came in, she saw the only unique and exquisite post on the table. Out of curiosity, she picked it up and looked at it.
Aunt Xu was shocked and quickly warned her, "This is written by the master of the family himself. There is only one copy. Be careful."
Zhao Shuhua was so scared that her hand shook and she dropped the post to the ground. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and caught it in time.
Both mother and daughter breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Shuhua asked curiously, "Who is this note addressed to? Why is it different from the others? My cousin has to write it himself. Mother is so careful."
Aunt Xu carefully took the invitation from her hand, found a box to put it in, and then nodded in relief and explained, "It's for your future cousin-in-law, the future mistress of our house."
"Oh!" She thought it was for some important person!
But I really envy my future cousin's wife! She is so cherished by my cousin.
Aunt Xu looked at her face full of envy and longing that she couldn't hide, and said with a smile: "Shuhua, there is no need to envy others. You will also be able to find a good man who cherishes and loves you like this in the future."
Zhao Shuhua's face flushed red as she twisted her handkerchief and said shyly, "Mom is making fun of me again."
Aunt Xu reached out and tapped her forehead. "You! You really should learn more from your future cousin-in-law. You blush after just a few words. How will you be able to deal with people and stand on your own in the future?"
Speaking of this, Aunt Xu looked at the box containing the invitation and immediately became interested.
"Go and deliver this post to your cousin's wife in person tomorrow!"
"Me?" Zhao Shuhua pointed at herself in disbelief.
After getting Aunt Xu's affirmation again, he suddenly felt a little scared, but couldn't help getting excited.
"But mother, I've never been out of the house! I don't even know where my cousin's wife lives. What if I can't find her?"
"Will my cousin's wife dislike me when she sees me?"
"What should I do if she doesn't like me?"
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