Chapter 65: The Writers Look Down on Each Other

"I invited her to be the judge. Do you have any objections?" Gongsun Jin said in a deep and vicissitudes voice, "Whether she is qualified to be the judge, it won't be too late for you to judge after the literary competition is over."

These men of letters and refined scholarship have been blinded by their own arrogance and pride.

Gongsun Jin could say this because he already knew that several students taught by An Xin had all passed the county examination and become scholars this year as common students.

The one who looked half-dead and expressionless was the top three winners of the Ningzhou Prefecture this year. As far as he knew, the other students also performed very well in the imperial examinations this year.

With such students, the knowledge of this female headmistress as their teacher is naturally not to be underestimated.

However, Gongsun Jin was not going to tell everyone the information he had heard indirectly. There was a sarcastic smile hidden in the corner of his mouth.

He was waiting to see those self-righteous scholars being slapped in the face by the students taught by this little girl.

It will also help them put away their arrogance and rediscover what humility means as a scholar.

Perhaps it was because Mr. Gongsun went to the beach with them and knew that An Xin liked to eat seafood, so there were seafood dishes at the banquet that day.

Fortunately, there was a small low table in front of everyone, and the food was separate, so An Xin could eat as she pleased, and her mood of being bullied also improved.

Gongsun Jin saw that An Xin was eating happily but gracefully. He knew that the seafood he had ordered to buy from the fishermen in the morning would suit the girl's appetite, and it could be regarded as a way of repaying her for taking care of his old wife in Jing'an Temple.

When An Xin finished his meal, he was taken to the backyard of Baichuan Academy again and met Gongsun Jin's wife, Tang, and he was really surprised.

"Miss An, don't you recognize me?" Tang's round face, which was full of blessings, was now full of wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, but her smile was still as kind.

An Xin: "So you are the wife of Mr. Gongsun, the dean of Baichuan Academy."

"What's the use of being a lady or not? I have to thank you for your humility at that time. That allowed me to find a place to rest so quickly in the peach blossom forest of Jing'an Temple. Otherwise, I, an old woman, would have been really exhausted." The old lady thanked.

"Originally, I was thinking that given the current situation of Wanhua Academy, we probably wouldn't be able to receive an invitation to the Baichuan Academy Literary Gathering."

An Xin looked at Old Madam Tang with a smile and said, "This post should have been sent to us by you, Old Madam, right?"

Madam Tang nodded, "It was indeed me who reminded the old man in my family to send an invitation to your academy."

An Xin bowed and said, "Thank you very much!"

Regardless of whether they wanted to attend the literary gathering or not, it was undeniable that Old Madam Tang reminded Dean Gongsun of the post out of kindness.

If their Wanhua Academy did not receive the invitation to the Baichuan Academy literary gathering this time, but the Cangyun Academy in the same county did.

Then in the minds of the literati in Lin'an County, the status of Wanhua Academy will definitely be lower than that of Cangyun Academy, which is recognized by all major academies.

From this point of view, An Xin's gratitude to Old Madam Tang was very sincere.

The two sat together and chatted for a while. An Xin realized that Old Madam Tang probably had the habit of taking a nap at noon, so he said goodbye at the appropriate time.

"She is a girl with good sense, kind-hearted and polite. Old lady, it would be nice to have such a granddaughter."

Gongsun Jin walked through the threshold and saw the regretful expression on his old wife's face, and silently retreated. He and Tang had been childhood sweethearts.

Gongsun Jin loved his wife so much that after she had a difficult childbirth, he could not bear to see her suffer the pain of childbirth again, so he secretly drank the contraceptive pills used by men.

As a result, they had only one son in their lifetime. When his wife found out about this, she would always nag him about it.

*The next morning.

Everyone came to a large and flat grassland behind Baichuan Academy, where twenty or thirty students stood ready to go. They were the ones who had signed up for the horseback archery competition.

Because they are all educated, fewer people sign up for this item.

An Xin and his friends also seized the best position early, because there was a vigorous, proud and chest-puffing Liu Boxing there.

An Rui and Chen Shaoxuan, who came to cheer for Liu Boxing, heard An Xin say that when cheering people on, it would be best to hold colorful strips of cloth in their hands, shouting and waving them, and that kind of cheerleading team would be the most formal.

In the first round, which was horse riding, Liu Boxing was far ahead and reached the finish line after one lap. Only the top ten in this lap would advance to the second round of archery.

An Xin saw that the scene was like a joke. Although some people won on horseback, they did not have enough strength in their hands and could not even pull the bow.

There is always a feeling that a scholar is useless.

Fortunately, our students were very capable and every arrow hit the bull's eye.

"Axing, Axing, you are the best. Axing, Axing, you are the best!" An Rui and Chen Shaoxuan waved the colorful ribbons in their hands and cheered for Liu Boxing on the field in their own way.

The people around them looked at them as if they were two fools.

An Xin, Li Ziyu and Kong Xun looked at each other, moved aside and pretended not to know the two people.

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The two cheerful teenagers didn't even notice that they had become the focus of the crowd.

Principal Chen of Yuejian Academy stood by and watched his son, who was jumping and dancing to cheer for students from other academies. He could only smile helplessly.

Because their county was remote and poor, there was only one official school and the academy he had opened with all his efforts.

There is no way. Most of the children there who are talented in studying cannot go to school because their families have no money, let alone learn horse riding and archery.

This time he only brought three students, all of whom were newly qualified to participate, and one of them was his own son.

No one from their Yuejian Academy signed up for this.

Principal Chen looked at An Xin with admiration. He learned from his son that this female principal, who was looked down upon by many scholars, had brought up several students who had all passed the imperial examinations and become scholars.

What he could not believe the most was that these outstanding students were all taught by her.

Liu Boxing tilted his head to look at the only student who was still on the field, competing with him in archery. A silly smile appeared on the face of the burly and tough boy.

Amid the puzzled looks of the crowd, he climbed onto his horse, and while the horse was running, he raised his bow and shot three arrows in succession, each arrow hitting the red dot in the center of the bull's eye.

"Well, well done, good shot."

Liu Boxing's move won applause from the people around him.

The student who could hit the bull's eye even while standing on the field was stunned.

"..." Buddy, we are scholars, you are sure you are not here to take the exam for the martial arts champion. In the end, he was defeated by Liu Boxing's horse riding and archery skills. The student who was inferior to him won the second place with conviction.

In fact, such competitive competitions rarely require judges, and the winner and loser are usually clear at a glance.

Liu Boxing won the first place in the competition with his superb horse riding and archery skills.

(End of this chapter)