Chapter 20: Meeting a villain in the teahouse

When they arrived on the street, An Xin took An Rui and Leng Xiangbai to the cloth shop run by An Rui's grandfather to select fabrics for the upcoming autumn and winter wear.

Afterwards, he accompanied Leng Xiangbai to a bookstore and bought a brush and some ordinary rice paper to use for writing articles and practicing calligraphy.

An Rui also bought ink blocks and rice paper. These were obviously items that his second uncle An had asked him to buy. Otherwise, given how heartless this kid was, he would never have thought of buying these things.

An Xin had a lot of paper and ink at home, so she didn't buy any this time. She stood there picking a book and reading while waiting for them.

After they finished shopping, they walked out of the bookstore and passed by a teahouse. An Rui stopped, looked back at An Xin expectantly and said, "Cousin, you must be tired. Let's go to the teahouse and rest for a while."

He grew up in Lin'an County and knew that the storyteller in this teahouse told very interesting stories.

I just wanted to go in and rest for a while and listen to storytelling.

An Xin did not object and told Da Zhuang: "Put the things you bought on the carriage and find a place to rest for a while.

We finally get a vacation, but we don’t know how long this only child in our family will be willing to go back.”

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The three of them entered the teahouse, and the waiter enthusiastically took them upstairs.

"Excuse me, my three guests, what kind of tea would you like to order?"

An Xin looked at Leng Xiangbai and An Rui inquiringly.

Seeing the two of them shook their heads, they let her make the decision.

An Xin ordered a pot of mid-range Anxi green tea, and some of the teahouse's signature snacks.

An Rui was sitting at the railing on the second floor and looking down. He had already been attracted by the story told by the storyteller on the stage below.

Because it is the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival, all students have a day off today.

Most of the people in this teahouse at this time are gentlemen and students who come in to drink tea after being tired from shopping.

The waiter brought the tea and snacks. An Xin and Leng Xiangbai drank the tea leisurely, occasionally eating a piece of cake.

Occasionally, there were bursts of applause from downstairs, which was when the storyteller reached an exciting part. An Xin also caught a glimpse of An Rui quietly throwing down half a tael of silver as a reward for the storyteller.

Everyone has their own hobbies, and An Xin will only respect them.

Second Uncle An's family owns a small three-story house in the county town. This was bought by the original father and given to his younger brother after he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.

In addition, Second Aunt An ran an embroidery shop, and Second Uncle An used to be a teacher in the academy founded by his eldest brother. Although the family was not wealthy, they were not short of money.

An Xin didn't find it strange that An Rui behaved like this at this time.

However, An Xin still kept it in mind, thinking of finding an opportunity to let An Rui experience the sufferings of the world. In the future, he would be more careful when doing such things.

Half an hour later, the book downstairs also came to an end, and they ordered a pot of tea and drank it.

The snacks here are excellent. Because they ordered so much, An Xin asked the waiter to pack them up and take them back for Qingfeng Mingyue, Aunt Gu and the others to try.

Enemies often meet on a narrow road. An Xin and the other two had just walked down the stairs.

Four men and one woman came towards them, including Zhao Kui.

A scholar with high cheekbones in the group said jokingly with malicious eyes, "Hey, isn't this the daughter of An Shanzhang's family, the head of Wanhua Academy, the first academy in Lin'an County?

I heard that she now calls herself the headmaster, and acts as a teacher in her own academy, teaching those useless people every day."

"Hahaha, do you think it's funny?" The scholar asked his companions with a big laugh.

An Xin's face darkened. If someone said that she was in a good mood occasionally, she wouldn't mind, but she couldn't mind saying that as a student.

"Yes! Miss An is really good at having fun. She has made a declining and desolate academy quite lively.

Only those few good-for-nothings are willing to play house with her every day.

For a student like Brother Liu who ranked first in the county this year and won the first place in the prefecture again, I'm afraid he would find it unnecessary to even look at her. "

A long-faced student looked at the student standing at the front of the group with a flattering look on his face.

The man's eyes flashed with an obscure light, "Junior Sister An, long time no see, how are you?"

"Oh, it's okay!" An Xin glanced at the man and replied indifferently.

When the man found out that An Xin didn't want to pay attention to him, embarrassment and a hint of regret flashed in his eyes.

An Xin turned her head away from this person who had no bottom line, not wanting to even look at him.

It turned out that this student was also studying at Wanhua Academy, and was also the favorite student of the original body's father. He would often teach him personally when he had time.

It is no exaggeration to say that An Yuanrong likes him more than his daughter Zhao Kui's fiancé.

Maybe it's because I was taught too well.

Among the students, his reputation for outstanding talent quickly spread.

This also led to him being the first student to be recruited by Cang Yun Academy after the original owner's father passed away.

An Xin had no opinion on his leaving.

However, since An Yuanrong treated him as his own disciple and took good care of him over the years, he didn't need to be in such a hurry to leave Wanhua Academy.

At this time, the beautiful girl standing next to the man said softly, "Miss An, you still hate Brother Jie for leaving your Wanhua Academy and transferring to my academy to study!

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You don't even think about the fact that at that time, your academy was left because there was no one to manage it and all the teachers in the academy left.

Brother Jie is going to take the imperial examination, how can he stay there and waste his studies? How can you hold a grudge against him for this?"

What the woman said was that she was filled with righteous indignation and was awe-inspiring. Her words implied that An Xin was petty, calculative, unreasonable and narrow-minded.

At this time, everyone sitting in the teahouse looked at An Xin with strange eyes, especially the teachers and students.

"The academy is deserted and there are no teachers, but they still don't allow students to leave. This is too much."

An Xin ignored the comments of those ignorant people.

He calmly looked at the girl in front of him who had a look of success on her face, thinking that this ancient woman must have learned all the skills of house fighting by staying in the backyard.

Although there is a saying in the previous life, why should women make things difficult for other women?

But An Xin still wanted to teach her a lesson.

An Xin: "Who are you? Why did you speak up for Liu Mingjie when he didn't say anything?"

The woman was surprised and frowned slightly: "My...my father is negotiating a marriage with Brother Jie's family. I will soon be Brother Jie's fiancée."

Wang Zhenzhen had heard other students who transferred from Wanhua Academy say that if it weren't for Principal An Shan's sudden death.

Seeing how much An Shanchang values ​​Liu Mingjie, he is likely to cancel the Zhao family's marriage proposal and marry his daughter to him.

Wang Zhenzhen subconsciously mentioned the matter that had not yet been settled between the two families, as if she was worried that An Xin had some improper thoughts.

An Xin curled the corners of his mouth. Perhaps his original father had discovered that the Zhao family was not a good match for his daughter and had had such thoughts.

However, An Xin has the cheating system, and knows that Liu Mingjie's house is a hell of a pit.

There is a mean and cruel widowed mother in the family.

That alone wouldn't be a big deal.

However, this widow regarded her son as her only hope. In order to support her son's education, she gave up her three daughters.

They were sold like animals, and the men in the surrounding villages were either men who had beaten their wives to death or men who were not healthy.

The youngest daughter was less than fourteen years old when she was sold to a small landlord who was almost fifty years old and whose wife had died.

What this widow did is not something a mother could do.

And every time after selling his sisters, this man, who was also the top scorer in the county case, looked very painful.

But he would turn around and use the money his sisters earned from selling their bodies to continue his studies in the academy, and he would never hesitate to entertain the students when interacting with them.

This shows how noble Liu Mingjie's character is.

However, the village where his family lived was remote and poor, and he was the only student in the village who came to the county to study, so no one knew about his family's affairs.

(End of this chapter)