The Tongsheng examination went very well. Although he was not the first, he was among the top three. This was a very good result for someone who had only studied in a private school for less than a year.
On the day the results came out, Dong Shuangyan generously went to a restaurant and ordered a table full of dishes, and invited An Chunming and Shen Xiaoniang to celebrate together.
As for the scumbag father? He was still doing business in another place, and he didn't even know that his son was taking the imperial examination.
During the banquet, An Chunming and his mother expressed their gratitude to Dong Shuangyan and An Jingzhi again.
Dong Shuangyan also truly began to pay attention to this mother and son, and to An Chunming.
In the past, she only wanted to find a helper for her son, but now it seems that An Chunming was able to pass the examination to become a student after studying for less than a year, and he even ranked among the top few.
Passing the imperial examination is just a matter of time.
Precisely because her father was a scholar, Dong Shuangyan knew how important a scholar was to a merchant family.
In the past, I was only being nice to An Chunming out of superficiality, but now I am really close to him.
"Chunming, you use your brain a lot from studying every day. You need to eat something good to replenish your body."
"Come on, come on, they make this old hen soup very well."
“Mrs. Shen, don’t just stand there, try them all.”
Dong Shuangyan took good care of everyone at the table.
Shen Xiaoniang and An Chunming were still the same as before, and did not become arrogant just because An Chunming passed the examination and became a student.
After the banquet, the relationship between the two sides became much closer.
An Chunming did not continue to prepare for the scholar examination. An Jingzhi asked him to wait and take the juren examination five years later.
An Chunming respected An Jingzhi's advice and began to concentrate on his studies.
As soon as the scumbag father returned to Zeyun County after going out of town to purchase goods, many of his acquaintances came to congratulate him. Only then did he know that he actually had a son who was born as a child.
When he first learned that An Chunming was attending a private school, he was a little surprised that Dong Shuangyan and her son actually allowed An Chunming to study, but he had no other thoughts, nor did he think about giving the silver to Dong Shuangyan.
Later, when he learned that An Jingzhi had spent five hundred taels to buy An Chunming a place in the imperial examination, he pretended not to hear or see anything.
After sending the person away, he asked the housekeeper of the mansion about the situation and was ecstatic.
When he wanted to find An Chunming, he suddenly found that An Chunming had already gone to Bai Xiucai's house.
"Okay, okay, studying is important."
When he sent An Jingzhi to study, he was also full of expectations.
He didn't expect that a son he didn't care about would actually make him proud.
Without even discussing it with Dong Shuangyan and Shen Xiaoniang, he simply asked his servants to send out a lot of invitations. He planned to host a grand banquet for the guests at his house.
On the day of the banquet, Dong Shuangyan found out that her scumbag father had invited many people to his house.
She had originally considered holding a banquet, but was later persuaded by An Jingzhi that although being a Tongsheng was considered a title, it was actually the least valuable title.
It's just a good reputation. Only if you pass the examination and become a scholar will people look at you with respect.
An Chunming himself agreed and did not want to be disturbed by these external things, so the banquet was not held.
Unexpectedly, they agreed not to hold the event, but the scumbag dad came back and directly posted an invitation to invite people.
On the day of the banquet, the scumbag father changed into his most decent clothes and came to find Dong Shuangyan in person, asking her to go with him to entertain the guests.
Dong Shuangyan was too lazy to pay attention to him. "Master, please go and greet the guests. I am sick and it is not convenient for me to spread my illness to the guests."
Today is a great happy event. Although the scumbag father was a little angry because the other party did not give him face, he had been angry so many times that he was actually a little numb. He just gave a look and left.
In his heart, he was already considering the feasibility of promoting Shen Xiaoniang as the legal wife.
After turning around and coming to Shen Xiaoniang's courtyard to explain his purpose, Shen Xiaoniang was stunned where she was.
"Master, I have not learned the etiquette of hospitality, and I am afraid that I will lose your face."
Originally, as a concubine, Shen Xiaoniang was not allowed to go out to greet guests, but the object of today's homework was An Chunming, and she was An Chunming's biological mother.
The scumbag dad didn't expect that the other party would actually refuse his request. "You don't want to go?" he asked in surprise.
Shen Xiaoniang shook her head and said, "Please forgive me, Master."
This matter should have been the legitimate wife's business. If she, a concubine, went out, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the wife?
Not to mention that this is not in line with Shen Xiaoniang's temperament, even considering the kindness Dong Shuangyan has shown to them mother and son during this period, she would not do such a thing.
"Great! One by one! You guys are really great! I don't know if Dong Shuangyan has given you some kind of magic potion!" The scumbag dad left angrily.
I was so happy that I thought the other party would agree with joy, but I didn't expect the result to be like this.
He thought to himself that he still couldn't promote Shen Xiaoniang to be his legal wife.
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"Madam, Xiaoyun, who was next to Shen Xiaoniang, came to deliver a message. After leaving you, grandpa went to Shen Xiaoniang's room and asked her to help entertain the guests, but Shen Xiaoniang said she refused." Xiaoqiu said.
Dong Shuangyan smiled slightly, finally she was not mistaken about the person.
Not to mention the backyard, the front hall was already extremely lively at this time.
An Chunming passed the examination and became a student, which was a great change for the An family.
No matter whether you have a good relationship with the scumbag father or not, you will give him some face after receiving the invitation letter.
Many guests came with gifts, congratulating with smiles on their faces, and were then seated by someone sent by the scumbag father.
After the guests were seated, someone asked, "Manager An, since everyone is here, can we meet your son Qilin? He'd be so kind to learn from his talent."
"That's absolutely right."
"Shopkeeper An wouldn't be reluctant to let us see it, right? Hahahaha."
Seeing that those who had been at odds with him in the past came in person immediately after receiving the invitation letter and even brought generous gifts, the scumbag dad felt happy.
He said proudly, "My son is still in the private school, learning from his teacher. He will be back soon. When he comes back, I will ask him to say hello to you all."
Many people asked which private school An Chunming attended.
The scumbag father was relieved that he had asked, and the person mentioned Master Bai's private school.
The others made plans in their minds and planned to send their children there after the banquet.
Not long after, the servant reported that An Chunming had returned.
The scumbag father proudly apologized to everyone and said he would go find his son.
After he left, many people whispered to each other.
"Look at him, what's he so proud of? I heard that An Chunming was able to attend a private school and take the imperial examination. The money for the imperial examination quota was paid by his eldest son An Jingzhi."
"No way? Is An Jingzhi really that good?"
"I don't know, but I heard the two brothers have a pretty good relationship. Otherwise, you can't send your half-brother to school, right?"
Someone who wasn't on good terms with An Chunming said, "Just wait and see. I've heard that Madam An is now in charge of most of the decisions in the mansion."
"Brother Zhang, where did you hear this news? Can you tell me in detail?"
Just when everyone was eating melon and whispering, the scumbag father came back with a gloomy face.
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