Chapter 6 Debt Collection

An Xin said the first thing, "Second uncle, I started my enlightenment when I was three years old. I have never slacked off for so many years, and I feel that I still have some talent.

I think from now on, I will be the one teaching the six difficult students like An Rui."

"Uncle, please notify everyone that we will start recruiting students again from tomorrow. Anyone who passes the exam can enroll.

Depending on how many students sign up, we can recruit a reasonable number of teachers back.”

"Good, good, good!" Uncle An was very excited. He knew that he had limited knowledge and was not good at speaking, so he had no ability to support Wanhua Academy.

Now he saw from An Xin's beautiful and resolute face a look of confidence and determination.

This rekindled hope in him, who had originally lost confidence that Wanhua Academy could be reopened.

Second Uncle An said happily: "Xin'er will be the headmaster of Wanhua Academy from now on. If you have anything to do, just tell Second Uncle to do it."

An Xin also felt that she was lucky. After traveling here, she didn't meet any bad relatives that would make her upset.

After talking about the arrangements for the academy, An Xin talked about another matter, "Second Uncle, you and Second Aunt will accompany me to the Zhao family later.

Relying on the fact that he and his father were once classmates, Zhao's father borrowed money from his father a lot when he bought a house and set up a shop after moving from the town to the county town.

Zhao Kui also borrowed more than a dozen books related to the imperial examination from his father because the two families were related by marriage.

Now that the two families have called off the engagement, these things should be returned.”

Fortunately, the original owner's father was not a pedantic person. Since the amount of money lent was not small, he tactfully asked the Zhao family to sign an IOU.

For scholars, books are very precious things. The original father was once a Jinshi.

Because he was not used to the intrigues in officialdom, he chose to return to his hometown to establish a college.

The books on the imperial examination that he collected were also extremely rare and precious.

How could An Xin give these things to the Zhao family for free?

The original body was a genuine ancient woman. Although her father was dead, she still had a fiancé's family.

Although she was sad about the death of her loved ones, she did not intend to die. The Zhao family's cancellation of the engagement became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

If Father An were still alive and knew that the Zhao family did this to his beloved only daughter after he passed away, I'm afraid even the heavy coffin would not be able to suppress his anger.

Since An Xin inherited the body of the original owner, how could she let the money and books lent by An's father benefit the person who indirectly killed the original owner?

Second Uncle An didn't expect this to happen. The Zhao family was really unkind. When they broke off the engagement, they didn't even mention this matter.

It can be seen how despicable and shameless this family is. "Okay, your second aunt and I will go with you."

After An Xin discussed with Uncle An, he asked Da Zhuang to prepare the carriage and pick up Aunt An, and then go to Zhao's house together.

In my memory, Zhao's mother was not an easy woman to get along with. It seemed like she wanted to take advantage of her every time she came. It was hard for An's father, a man, to say anything.

After that, whenever she came, An's father would invite his brothers and sisters-in-law to entertain her, and only Second Aunt An, who was straightforward and hot-tempered, could compete with her.

An Xin returned to the room and took the IOU and the borrowing record from the Lanyue Pavilion of Wanhua Academy. As long as he had these two things, the Zhao family would not be able to deny it.

She comes from a wealthy family. Her father had run a college for many years and was also a Jinshi, so he had many channels to make money.

She now has nearly 40,000 taels of silver in her hand.

It can be seen that the original owner's father was not a pedantic person, but he was not interested in becoming an official.

This amount of silver is nothing in the big cities of the capital, and may not even be enough for those nobles to buy a favorite item, but it is not a small amount in this small county town.

Second Uncle An and An Xin passed by the front yard and saw several people cleaning the yard. They were stunned. What was going on? Was it because they were dazzled?

Why are these bastards doing this?

An Rui saw An Xin and his father, dressed for going out, and asked, "Dad, what are you and your cousin going to do?"

"Go to the Zhao family and ask for it back. They just borrow things and don't want to return them." Seeing that Uncle An didn't want to pay attention to his son, An Xin replied.

An Rui was cheered up when he heard this, "I knew that bastard was not a good guy. He canceled my cousin's marriage and didn't return the borrowed things.

It would be good for my cousin to break off the engagement with such a person with bad behavior."

Seeing An Xin and Second Uncle An about to leave, An Rui followed closely and said, "I'll go with you."

Uncle An wanted to refuse, but An Xin thought it would be good to let An Rui see the ugly human nature in the world.

After An Xin met him, she felt that her cousin was a bit simple-minded. With the idea of ​​broadening his horizons, An Xin nodded and agreed, "Follow me."

As a result, An Xin nodded in agreement, and two carriages followed her.

Zhu Shijing and Jiang Zhou were the only son of a local gentry and the nephew of a county yamen chief clerk, so naturally both families were well off.

There are horse carriages to pick us up to school in the morning and evening.

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Seeing that An Xin agreed to let An Rui go, the few teenagers who had been pinned to the ground and rubbed in the morning also followed in the carriage with the intention of watching the big devil's fun.

An Xin knew very well that these six middle school boys wanted to laugh at him and avenge themselves for being crushed in the morning.

She just smiled and let them follow.

An Rui, who was riding in the same car with her, saw the strange smile on his cousin's face and immediately had a bad feeling and felt a chill on his back.

However, the simple-minded young boys had no idea that their hellish life would begin when the six of them came back from watching the fun.

Second Aunt An was the daughter of the owner of a cloth shop in the county town and had a younger brother.

When she married Uncle An, a scholar, her father gave her a shop as a dowry, and later opened an embroidery shop.

They went to Zhao's house and picked her up from there.

When Second Aunt An saw her husband and An Xin come in, she immediately handed the guest she was receiving over to a smart waiter nearby.

"Why are you here?" asked Aunt An.

Uncle An saw that there were customers in the store, so he pulled Aunt An into the inner room and explained the whole story.

Second Aunt An cursed, saying that the Zhao family was not human.

After that, he came out with Second Uncle An, and pulled An Xin with anger on his face. He walked out and got on the carriage before saying, "Xin'er should break off the engagement with such a family. When she did something that violated her promise, she should have automatically returned the borrowed things.

How can you break off the engagement with a girl and then keep the property you borrowed from your in-laws and not return it?"

"Don't be angry, it's not worth it to get yourself hurt by someone like that."

Uncle An saw that his wife was very angry, and he also tried to persuade her clumsily: "Xin'er is right, my lady, please don't be angry."

It would have been better if Uncle An didn't say anything. As soon as he opened his mouth, Aunt An, who had recovered from her shock, glanced at Uncle An and her son An Rui who were sitting on the other side of the carriage.

He bombarded angrily, "It's all your fault. Otherwise, when my eldest brother just passed away a few months ago, how dare the Zhao family bully Xin'er so blatantly?"

An Rui looked at his father with resentment, the meaning was very clear, when his mother gets angry, anyone who provokes her will be bombarded, why do you provoke her when she is scolding the Zhao family.

Uncle An looked back at his son helplessly: Didn’t you forget it?

(End of this chapter)