Chapter 72 Surprise Guests at the Welcome Banquet

Second Uncle An came over and looked at them, who were all in good spirits after traveling all the way back, and asked, "Did you see many outstanding students with extraordinary talents when you attended the literary gathering held by Baichuan Academy in Leling County this time?

It's simply incomparable to our small places."

Seeing that An Xin and the others were silent, Uncle An thought that they were also impressed by the talents of the outstanding students at this literary gathering.

So he consoled them: Although the educational resources are not as good as those academies in big cities, you are also very good. Now you are also well-known in the literary circle of our Lin'an County..."

An Rui: "Dad, we are not only famous in Lin'an County now, our academy is probably famous in many places."

"You little bastard, what nonsense are you talking about?" Uncle An stared at him in disbelief.

"I'm not talking nonsense. The six of us brothers, plus Kong Xun who went with us, won all the first places in the literary competition held by Baichuan Academy." An Rui said proudly.

"Ah!" Uncle An turned sideways in shock and looked at An Xin and others in disbelief.

An Xin nodded with a smile in her eyes and gave a positive answer.

Leng Xiangbai and the others also had happy expressions on their faces, and Uncle An finally began to believe it a little.

He came back to his senses in a daze, and if he hadn't cared about his old face, he would have almost jumped for joy.

Second Uncle An excitedly called his servant and ordered, "Go buy some food and wine. I want to welcome and celebrate for these heroes of Wanhua Academy."

Although he had been traveling all the way, An Xin wanted to go back and rest.

But she knew that after the death of the original owner's father, the original owner was immersed in grief, and Uncle An's ability was indeed limited when managing the academy.

The teachers and students in Wanhua Academy left one after another, and they were secretly suppressed by Principal Wang of Cangyun Academy. They almost went bankrupt and had to close down. He always felt guilty towards his elder brother.

Now seeing the academy slowly rising again under An Xin's leadership, he was so happy that he could hardly control himself and tears welled up in his eyes.

An Xin: "You all have your own dormitories in the academy. Go there to wash up and take a rest first, and then come to the welcoming banquet that my second uncle is hosting for us."

Li Ziyu and the others returned to the room where they usually rested in the academy.

An Xin returned to the backyard. Mingyue, who was sewing winter clothes for her in her room, saw her and Qingfeng coming back through the window and came out to greet them happily.

"Master, Qingfeng, you are back."

An Xin walked into the room and took out the gifts she brought to Mingyue, including a silk flower for her head and some small accessories that women liked. They were in duplicate, one for her and one for Qingfeng. Among them, the most exquisite and valuable was a pair of silver cloves.

Mingyue and Qingfeng put their hands on their waists and saluted: "Thank you, Master."

An Xin waved his sleeves and said, "No need to thank me. Your master needs to rest for a while. You can go down first."

"Yes," Mingyue and Qingfeng knew that An Xin was tired, so they bowed and retreated.

Uncle An ordered a horse-drawn carriage to go out to buy groceries, and to pick up Aunt An who was working at the embroidery shop.

After getting off the carriage, Second Aunt An looked at the people following behind her, frowned, and a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes. But because they were relatives of her second brother and sister-in-law, she couldn't say anything.

Usually, Zhou likes to take advantage of others when she comes to her embroidery shop to buy things, so Aunt An doesn't like her very much.

Just now, she was strolling in the embroidery shop with her daughter and niece, and heard the servant who came to pick her up say that her husband was going to give a welcome party to An Xin and others who had returned from a literary gathering in Leling County.

For some reason Zhou was so confused that she insisted that Li Ziyu was her master's nephew and her niece's fiancé and that she had to come along.

Aunt An declined politely at the time.

But those few people seemed not to understand what people were saying and finally they got on the carriage and followed. Second Aunt An had never seen such shameless people who came uninvited.

After going back to wash up and rest for a while, Uncle An sent someone to invite An Xin, Li Ziyu and six others to the front hall, where they were discussing what happened at this literary event.

Second Uncle An stroked his sparse beard and listened with a smile on his face as An Rui and Liu Boxing spoke excitedly, while Jiang Zhou and Leng Xiangbai added their comments.

An Xin was not interested in what he had personally experienced. He glanced sideways and saw Li Ziyu and Zhu Shijing looking towards the door at the same time, then they looked away as if they had eaten shit.

“???” What’s going on.

An Xin also looked outside the door and saw Second Aunt An with a middle-aged woman and two girls about fifteen or sixteen years old following behind them.

The woman was wearing an ordinary blue satin dress with large tacky flowers embroidered on it, and her slightly plump body made her look even more awkward when she walked.

The two girls were so young, but their faces were covered with thick white powder and their lips were smeared with lip balm, which was so bright red that it was unbearable to look at.

The corner of An Xin's eye twitched. This makeup was a bit eye-irritating.

The woman who walked into the hall passed Second Aunt An and rushed towards Li Ziyu, shouting, "Brother Yu, this time your aunt finally sees you."

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"When I heard that you passed the examinations for Tongsheng and Xiucai a few times ago, your uncle and I wanted to invite you back to the Cao family so that the clan members can celebrate for you.

Every time we went there, either the housekeeper in your house said that you were out and it was inconvenient to entertain guests, or your good aunt brought people to chase us out and not let us see you."

After the woman came in, she just kept talking without caring how ugly Li Ziyu's face was.

Li Ziyu avoided the woman and looked at her with clear eyes, his face still expressionless, "I don't know you, please respect yourself."

The atmosphere in the hall became awkward, and everyone could see that Li Ziyu disliked this woman.

Uncle An looked at Aunt An with disapproval.

Second Aunt An was also very innocent. She didn't expect that the relationship between them would be so bad.

At this time, the girl in red who followed in also came forward to join in the fun.

She pinched her throat and said in a pretentious tone, "You are the fiancé my aunt said she would introduce to me. I was unwilling at first and wanted to marry the fair-skinned and gentle youngest son of Wang Tongsheng next door."

"I didn't expect you to be prettier than him." The girl in red turned to look at the woman and said coyly, "Aunt, he is prettier than the guy next door named Dong. I am willing to be his wife."

“???” Everyone looked at the girl in red with strange eyes. Saying these words at this time and place, this girl might be mentally ill.

An Xin saw another girl dressed like a little white flower. She glanced at Zhu Shijing from time to time, with a hint of amusement at the corner of her mouth.

When Zhu Shijing saw his own headmaster laughing at him, he glared at him with his handsome eyes.

Seeing his students' excitement and wondering what it felt like to be caught by the person involved, An Xin touched his nose and lowered his eyes.

“…”

As long as I am not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)