Chapter 44: Meet Again
An Xin roasted a big handful again, put one in his mouth, and handed the rest to Mingyue to share with the little ones who had just returned from playing.
"Thank you, Headmaster." The four children each took four or five skewers and went to the side obediently, "It's delicious."
An Xin turned around and saw several young men looking at him eagerly, as if accusing him of being biased. The corners of his mouth twitched.
In order to prevent them from doing such a shameful thing as snatching the skewers from the children, An Xin had no choice but to be a hard worker and continue to serve the public without complaint.
I have a phrase in my mind: a thousand horses galloping. I want to give it to them, but I think it's not very elegant.
Fortunately, Da Zhuang watched her grilling for a while, and then lit up another grill according to An Xin's instructions, and distributed the grilled skewers to the other grooms who followed.
This made the servants who followed their master around extremely envious.
Looking at the big and small ones eating with their mouths full of oil, An Xin felt very satisfied even though he didn't eat much himself.
In the end, she ordered a bunch of meat and vegetable skewers, then gave her seat to the eager Liu Boxing, and walked towards the old lady who was resting under the big tree with the skewers.
"See you again." Looking at the old lady with round cheeks and fine wrinkles, An Xin walked closer and politely greeted her first.
The servant who accompanied the old lady helped her up in a very polite manner.
"Yes, we meet again." An Xin knew that people who went out for an outing usually brought cakes and pastries, so she held out her hand and handed them over. "These are grilled skewers. If you don't mind, I'll give them to you?!"
The old lady smiled sincerely, "How could I dislike it? I have already smelled the fragrance of your food. It is such an honor to taste it now."
When An Xin saw the old lady again, he just felt that it was a destiny, so she sent some skewers over, without any other intention.
Since he had delivered it, he smiled and nodded to the old lady, then turned and left.
This scene was seen by Zhao Jing who was not far away. The brainless little girl spoke as if she would die if she didn't say a few words.
"You're just a flatterer. When you see someone dressed richly and accompanied by servants, you rush to curry favor with him. You're really shameless."
Fortunately, An Xin had walked far enough away and Zhao Jing didn't speak loudly, so they didn't get into trouble again.
Zhao Kui and Liu Mingjie also looked at An Xin's slender and graceful back with ambiguous eyes.
However, what Zhao Jing said was heard by the old lady who was not far from them.
She frowned, looked at Zhao Jing and her group who were talking, then looked away indifferently.
She could see that An Xin was not that kind of person.
She had simply come to deliver this kind of baked food. She did not ask who I was. Her calm and indifferent eyes were open and honest, without a trace of calculation.
He left without even saying a few words to me. Perhaps after this separation, they will never meet again in this life.
How can there be any such thing as flattery?
When An Xin came back and saw that there were still a lot of skewers that hadn't been grilled, he asked Da Zhuang to grill them all and told Ming Yue to eat the sauce in his little mouth.
Grill the remaining skewers and distribute them to the children around who came out for an outing with their parents and were drooling at the sight.
"Our little headmaster is overflowing with love today. Do you feel the same way?" The foul-mouthed Wang Jiangzhou spoke again.
Li Ziyu and Leng Xiangbai leaned against a tree nearby and did not respond.
Zhu Shijing was feeling sorry for the skewers he had given away, wondering if they contained the ingredients he had bought with his own money. Unfortunately, he could no longer eat any more.
Instead, An Rui and Liu Boxing were curious, "So, the little headmaster had other good intentions today?"
So the three idiots went to one side arm in arm and started gossiping. The person they were gossiping about was An Xin, who was already lying on the blanket in a mess.
Although the adults who were outing along the Qingshui River did not get to taste the fragrant barbecued skewers, the fact that An Xin gave them to their children still made people feel quite favorable towards her.
As the sun set, An Xin leaned against the carriage window, slightly raised his head and looked at the gorgeous sunset glow in the sky. Then he returned to the academy.
The four little ones, who were full and tired from playing, were also sent home by An Xin in a carriage driven by Da Zhuang.
After returning from the outing, the provincial examination in early April was approaching.
Li Ziyu and others knew about the bet between An Xin and Shanchang Wang. Now they studied very hard every day without An Xin urging them.
Sometimes An Xin couldn't stand them working so hard, so he took them to the suburbs to ride horses and let them let loose.
He also found an opportunity to put the blessing card that granted him photographic memory into the tea and made tea for the six of them to drink.
Except for the simply slow-witted An Rui and Liu Boxing, the other four smart people all felt that their memory had improved during this period.
Content that used to require me to read two or three times before I could memorize it can now be remembered in just one reading.
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Although several people were very surprised, nothing special happened to them, so they didn't think too much about it.
*Time passed, and soon the day of the provincial examination was approaching.
It takes a day and a half to travel from Lin'an County to the provincial capital by horse carriage, and the provincial examination is on April 5th.
On the second day of April, An Xin took his six students to the provincial capital.
This way, if you go there a day and a half in advance, you can check out the exam venue and have a day off.
The requirements for the prefectural examination were mostly similar to those for the county examination, except that one more government student was required to guarantee the admission. However, since the six candidates had performed very well in the county examination this time, it was much easier for An Xin to find a government student to guarantee the admission.
An Xin and his group arrived in the city neither too early nor too late, and they easily found an inn to stay in that was not too far from the examination venue, but the price was a bit high.
Fortunately, except for Leng Xiangbai's family, the others are not short of money.
After the three provincial examinations were over, An Xin heard that there were fewer people taking the provincial examination this year than in previous years, and his chances of passing the examination and becoming a student would be greatly increased.
An Xin stroked his chin and thought, didn't these people think that if there were fewer people taking the exam, there would be fewer places for admission? However, An Xin had forgotten about this matter after hearing it. After the six of them finished the exam, An Xin didn't even ask them how they did. After getting everyone's consent, he set off to return.
An Xin didn't ask, and the others didn't say anything. They didn't act like they were going to take the imperial examination. They just acted like they were completing an insignificant task.
When Uncle An, who was worried and uneasy at home, saw them come back and asked how they did in the exam.
Several people responded calmly and did everything they could do according to what the headmaster said.
This answer almost sent Uncle An away.
I have finished everything I can do, but does that mean I have left blank everything I can't do?
Then can the Wanhua Academy founded by his eldest brother with great effort still be preserved? ! Before the news of the provincial examination came down, Second Uncle An had no food or drink, and the master and his apprentices looked fine.
I suddenly felt that I was old, but I didn't have the patience of a teenager.
(End of this chapter)