"Auntie, I have something to tell you in private." Little Xie Min beckoned to his aunt and lowered his head.
"What?"
The next moment, a pair of cold little hands hugged her cheeks: "Are you cold, Auntie?"
Chen Heng was so frightened that she almost jumped up. She covered Min'er's cold little hand with both hands and smiled: "You little guy, if you weren't sick, I would have beaten you up. You are so naughty."
Little Xie Min laughed happily.
Xie Jian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. It was great to have a happy family.
After a while, three people held large bowls in their hands and ate breakfast - dried bamboo shoots, vegetables, potato dumplings - together with Xiao Min'er, who was leaning against the pillow on the bed with his small hands holding a small bowl.
Just as the family finished breakfast and Xie Jian was carrying Min'er back to the room, there was a knock on the door.
They are the second uncle and third uncle of the family, and two young men in their twenties.
Xie Jian's smile remained, but the smile in his eyes faded. He stepped forward and bowed, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle."
Xia's face darkened. The two people in front of her were the two most respected elders in the clan, but these two people were with Xie Changgen and had made things difficult for their family in the past. Seeing Xie Jian like this, she had no choice but to greet them.
Chen Heng also called for help.
The two old men nodded. They thought that Xie Jian would not treat them well this time. Although they had no father to teach them since childhood, they still understood.
"I wonder what brings you two uncles here so early in the morning?" Xie Jian asked, his eyes sweeping over the two young men following behind him.
Shen Heng's gaze also fell on these two people. It seemed that she had never seen these two people in the family before.
"Xie Kang and Xie Cui, you just came back from Jiyang Academy. I think you should recognize them, right?" Second Uncle Xiao stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "This time, it's just the three of you taking the imperial examination. You must bring honor to our family."
"We all have high hopes for you." Third Uncle Yi Yi.
Chen Heng looked at the two of them. They were both quite handsome. Only three members of the Xie family could participate in the imperial examination. Xie Quan was exiled, so the only two left were these two? They came here suddenly. Could it be that they were just introducing themselves like this?
Hearing the third uncle say again: "It's like this. They came back this time and wanted to study at Lord Lu's school in Nanming Academy. Xie Jian, Lord Lu treats you very well, we all see it, so you go and tell Lord Lu about it." As he said that, he glanced at the second uncle who was standing beside him.
Thanks to all of Xie Quan's actions, they are too embarrassed to see Lord Lu now.
Upon hearing this, Xia's face changed.
How could they have the nerve to bring this up? Chen Heng really didn't understand where the two elders' pride came from. When Xie Jian was expelled from school, these people didn't help at all, and even added insult to injury. Now that he finally got into the academy, he didn't even have a stable seat, and they actually let Xie Jian bring his clansmen to study in Lord Lu's school.
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Xie Jian." Xie Cui bowed.
"Thank you very much, Brother Jian." Xie Kang also bowed.
Xie Jian smiled and returned the greeting: "It's a good thing to have two brothers in the academy for a while, so we can take care of each other. I will take Lord Lu's carriage back to the academy in a while, otherwise you two brothers will follow me to the yamen to see the Lord, and ask the Lord to accept you two brothers into his school." Naturally, it would be most appropriate to hand this matter over directly to Lord Lu.
"Okay." Xie Cui and Xie Kang looked at each other happily.
Second Uncle Xiao and Third Uncle Xiao all nodded approvingly. Second Uncle Xiao said, "Young people in the family should help each other like this, so that they can bring honor to the family in the future."
Help each other? Xia's face turned pale with anger, but since Ajian didn't say anything, she didn't know what to say.
Shen Heng was once again surprised by Xie Jian's change. Was this guy now so good at hiding his emotions? Not only did he know how to do it, he even pushed his emotions onto others. Don't think she didn't know, he agreed so readily because Lord Lu would never agree.
If these two people were accepted, so many families in Nanming County would definitely cram their children into his class, which would be disastrous.
He plays the good guy, and Lord Lu plays the bad guy, right?
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