Chapter 90 The Distance Between the Two Houses

I met the leader of these merchants on the road.

An Xin asked these people to take the letters they wrote to their families back to Lin'an County on their return journey.

After coming back, An Xin found that General Liu and Doctor Su were both looking at her with shining eyes.

An Xin paused and subconsciously looked at the other people, asking with his eyes.

“???” What’s going on.

Li Ziyu turned his head and looked towards the city wall of the capital.

Leng Xiangbai looked at the two old men helplessly and said nothing.

The others didn't answer either, leaving her to guess.

An Xin glared at a few people, with an obvious threat in his eyes.

"Girl, come and live in my house when you arrive in the capital." Old Su and Old Liu said in unison.

General Liu: "You old fellow, why are you becoming more and more annoying?"

Doctor Su: "Huh! You too."

The two of them said to each other without any hesitation: "Girl, whose house do you want to stay at?"

An Xin took a step back after being yelled at.

Just based on the loud voices of these two old people, An Xin was sure that they could live to be over a hundred years old.

Knowing that it was because of this matter, An Xin thought it was easy to solve.

So he said sincerely: "It would be too much of a bother to stay at anyone's house, let's just rent a house."

"No!" The two old men looked at each other, then turned their gaze to Li Ziyu and the other six, and said meaningfully: "You were too famous at the literary conference last year."

An Xin then remembered that people are afraid of becoming famous just as pigs are afraid of getting fat.

She also turned her gaze to Li Ziyu.

This guy has already ranked first in the exam.

If he can perform consistently in the next spring examination and the palace examination, he will most likely be the first person in Daqian to pass the top six.

This reputation will overshadow many people and will also be helpful for future official career.

With such a good reputation as the top six in the imperial examination, first of all, the powerful aristocratic families would not want to give a poor student such a reason to rise.

An Xin looked at Mr. Liu and Mr. Su with gratitude. They were probably thinking of this when they were willing to follow him back to Beijing this time.

"Okay, old man, An girl, her cousin and Leng Xuezi, live in my old house." Doctor Su said, "These brats are more eye-catching. After all, you were a general and a colleague and served in the court.

They live with you, and those who want to do bad things will be more or less cautious. "

General Liu frowned, thinking that what Doctor Su said made sense, so they looked at the younger ones and asked, "What do you think?"

An Xin did not object this time. After all, they had just arrived in Beijing and were unfamiliar with the place, and it also concerned the safety of several students.

The Liu family now only has Old Liu and Liu Boxing, a grandparent and grandchild. If Li Ziyu, Zhu Shijing and Jiang Zhou move in, they shouldn't be too much of a bother.

He, his cousin An Rui, and Leng Xiangbai would go to Su's house first to take a look. If it was not suitable, they would think of other ways to rent a house.

Although Li Ziyu and the other two didn't want to live separately from An Xin and the others, since everyone had discussed it, no one objected.

Zhu Shijing looked at Li Ziyu, who had an expressionless face and pursed his thin lips, his eyes flashing.

The teachers and students, who originally thought they would be separated by a long distance, felt as if they had been fooled by the two old men when they arrived at the place.

Seeing Old Liu and Old Su leading their servants going up to knock on the doors of the two neighboring houses, everyone except Liu Boxing was a little dumbfounded.

An Rui: "Aren't they living next door? Then why were Grandpa Liu and Grandpa Su arguing about which house to live in?"

"Ah!" Doctor Su said lightly, "Go in. We can't let everyone live over there. It will be so desolate here!"

An Xin and Li Ziyu looked at each other helplessly and smiled. This time they didn't have to feel sad about living apart. It would be easy to meet each other with a wall between them.

Li Ziyu, Zhu Shijing, and Jiang Zhou followed Liu Boxing and his grandson into the house next door.

An Xin, An Rui and Leng Xiangbai were led by Doctor Su into the open door.

The two fifty-year-old servants of the Su family were looking after the house. They were very excited to see Doctor Su come back.

He bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, old master!"

Doctor Su pointed at An Xin and the others and said solemnly, "They are my distinguished guests. You must serve them well and don't neglect them."

"Yes! Old Master."

Doctor Su thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, "Girl An, I have a few red plum trees in Qinxiang Garden in winter, you can live in that courtyard with two maids."

The guest should follow the host's wishes, so An Xin would certainly agree.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Su."

Afterwards, An Rui and Leng Xiangbai were arranged to live in the front yard where the man lived.

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Da Zhuang, another groom Tong Zhu, and An Rui's follower Xiao Mai were all settled in the back room where the servants lived.

Doctor Su was old after all, and the journey had been bumpy, so after making proper arrangements for everyone, he went back to his room to rest.

An Xin, along with Qingfeng Mingyue, was taken to the courtyard where Doctor Su lived.

Along the way, we saw pavilions, towers, flowing water, rockery and lakes. It seemed that Mr. Su was no ordinary doctor, as he could own a large house with three courtyards in such a location in the capital.

Entering Qinxiang Garden, one will see that the ornamental trees and flower beds in the courtyard are arranged very elegantly, and indeed there are more than a dozen red plum trees planted there.

They set out from Lin'an County on September 19th and travelled at a leisurely pace for a month and a half. It was almost November when they arrived in the capital.

Although it is winter in the capital, the plum blossoms have not yet bloomed.

Qingfeng: "Master, please go in. It's very windy outside the capital."

"Well! Come in." An Xin saw Qingfeng Mingyue carrying a bag in her hands, and then he walked into the door opened by the servant of the Su family.

"Miss An, please take a rest. I will not disturb you any more." After saying this, the old woman who led the way was about to retreat.

An Xin glanced at Qingfeng.

Qingfeng understood immediately.

He took out two coins of silver and handed them to the old woman who was leading the way, then Mingyue, who had put down her bag, followed her to see the person off.

An Xin shuddered. Since no one had lived in this house before, the stove next to it should have just been lit not long ago, so the room was still very cold.

Mingyue pulled An Xin to sit next to the stove, "Master, please sit here to warm yourself up. I will clean up the inner room first, and then you can lie down on the bed."

At this time, Mingyue came back from outside, holding a pot of tea in her hand, and said happily: "Master, have some tea."

"I have already found out the location of the kitchen from that old woman. I will go and boil some hot water for you to wash up."

An Xin smiled: "Go!"

"Qingfeng, give Mingyue some loose change. Maybe she can use it."

An Xin had just arrived and didn't know the situation here. He didn't want his two loyal girls to suffer any injustice.

Mingyue has been serving in the outer courtyard for many years and is very good at dealing with people. She soon came back with Dazhuang and hot water.

An Xin saw Da Zhuang and asked with concern: "Have you guys settled down?"

"Master, don't worry. We servants have been arranged to stay."

Da Zhuang, who was originally a bit naive, has become more smart and steady in his work under An Xin's deliberate training in the past few years.

(End of this chapter)