Chapter 387, Success
Yan Mansion.
Daohua, Yan Yihan, Yan Yishuang and Yan Yile had just finished their morning classes and were about to return to their respective courtyards. On the way, they met Pingtong and others who were delivering tea, snacks and fruits to Songheyuan.
Looking at the fresh fruit in the maid's hands, Daohua asked with a smile, "Sister Pingtong, are there guests coming?"
Ping Tong signaled the other maids to continue delivering things, while she paused and said, "They're not guests, but the Third and Fourth Masters have returned, and the young prince and Master Dong are here too."
Daohua's expression paused: "I just went home for the Mid-Autumn Festival a few days ago, why are you back again?"
Ping Tong smiled and said, "The Fourth Master said that they came back this time to ask when the Master would be back, so as not to miss the opportunity to congratulate the Master."
Daohua laughed a little: "They all have confidence in Big Brother, but Big Brother will at least wait until the results of the provincial examination are announced before returning. By then it should be September."
Ping Tong nodded. "That's what Madam said, but the old lady is still very happy that the Third Master and his men have returned. Ningmen Pass isn't too far from the city anyway, and if you ride a fast horse, it won't take long to go back and forth."
"The old lady said that when she was studying at the academy, it was far away and she couldn't go home often. Now she's closer to home, and the military training is more difficult, and the food is not as good as at home, so she wants the Third Master and his family to come home more often for dinner in the future."
After saying this, he paused and looked at Yan Yihan and the other two.
"Madam is also in the old lady's courtyard. Will the girls and the servants go there together?"
Yan Yihan and the other two smiled and nodded.
Daohua was silent for a moment: "You guys go first, I have something to do here, I'll go over later."
Ping Tong didn't doubt him and said with a smile: "Then you have to hurry up, young lady. After lunch, the Third Master and the others have to go back to the barracks."
Daohua nodded and said, "You guys go." Then she took Wang Man'er and walked towards her yard.
After returning to the yard, Daohua didn't do anything else. She just sat in front of the window, watering the lotus flowers with a kettle.
After a few days, the lotus flowers had wilted and were no longer as beautiful as before.
When Wang Man'er came in with tea, she saw her daughter plucking the wilted petals from the lotus flowers. She walked over and asked softly, "Miss, don't you want to go see the Fourth Master and the Young Prince?"
Daohua reached out to take the teacup, lowered her head and drank the tea without saying a word.
At this moment, she didn't know how to face Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang undoubtedly had a good impression of her, but she didn't know whether she should maintain this good impression or end it.
Emotionally, although she did not reject Xiao Yeyang's closeness, she felt that her feelings for Xiao Yeyang did not seem to have risen to the level of love. However, she was reluctant to let it go.
Intellectually, she knew clearly that this relationship was full of uncertainty and instability. She was afraid that she could not bear it and that this relationship would not last long.
"Why!"
Daohua was a little upset. She put down the teacup in her hand, rested her cheek on her hand and stared blankly at the gate of the yard.
Seeing this, Wang Man'er didn't say much and quietly retreated.
Songheyuan.
Seeing that Yan Yihan and the other two had come over, but Daohua was nowhere to be seen, Xiao Yeyang frowned and couldn't help but touch Yan Wenkai with his hand and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't your eldest sister come?"
Yan Wenkai was discussing with Su Hongxin what to eat for lunch when he heard this. He was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked around at the people in the room. Seeing that Daohua was indeed not there, he immediately asked Old Lady Yan, "Grandma, where is my eldest sister?"
Old Mrs. Yan didn't understand the reason and looked at Mrs. Li.
Madam Li had been staying with the old lady the whole time, so she had no idea. Ping Tong happened to be out again, so she could only smile and say, "I guess she was stuck by something."
Yan Yishuang smiled and continued, "When we came here, the eldest sister said she had something to do."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang felt a little disappointed, but when he thought that they still had to have lunch later and he would eventually see Daohua, a smile appeared on his face again.
However, he was still disappointed.
The rice flowers didn't appear until we finished lunch and left.
The elders of the Yan family were all there, so he didn't ask Yan Wenkai too many questions and could only ride away with regret.
Fortunately, when leaving, Old Lady Yan asked them to come over for dinner every few days, so he could only hope to see the rice flowers the next time he came.
In the days that followed, every three or four days, Yan Wenkai would bring Xiao Yeyang and others to the Yan family for dinner.
Compared to Yan Wenkai and others who were happy about the improved food, Xiao Yeyang was full of depression and confusion.
He went to Yan's house three times in a row, but he didn't see Daohua once. At this time, he vaguely realized that Daohua was deliberately avoiding him.
But why?
Hasn't he made her angry during this period?
Everything was fine, why are you ignoring him?
Xiao Yeyang was both puzzled and anxious. He wanted to find Daohua to find out the reason, but she stayed in the backyard and he never found a chance to ask.
Not only him, but Mrs. Li also noticed her daughter's strange behavior, but she approved of it.
My daughter is grown up now, so it is indeed inappropriate for her to meet more men than usual.
In the blink of an eye, it was September.
On the second day of September, Yan Zhiqiang came to the old lady's yard with a letter in his hand, his face full of joy. Before he even entered the house, he said loudly: "Mother, Wenxiu passed the provincial examination and ranked second."
Hearing this, the old lady and Madam Li in the room stood up excitedly, and Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Wu, who were sitting below, also looked delighted.
Both of them knew that the better the first room was, the better the second and third rooms would become.
The news soon reached the ears of Daohua and his four classmates who were in class.
Daohua smiled after hearing this, but didn't react much. Whether it was her stepfather, Master Xiao, or Old Master Zhou, they all said that her eldest brother had solid knowledge, and he himself was also a hardworking person, so she was very confident that he could pass the exam.
Yan Yihan and Yan Yile were also beaming with joy. Although they were not born to a brother who had passed the imperial examination, the Yan family had not split up, and their eldest brother's success made them proud as well.
Among the four, only Yan Yishuang had a forced smile. She was not happy for Yan Wenxiu, but because she had received a letter from the Lin family yesterday, saying that her uncle had failed the exam again.
God knows how much she hopes that her uncle can pass the imperial examination, so that she, her fifth brother, and her aunt can have a better life in the Yan family.
What a pity.
Master Shen knew that there was a happy event at home and the girls had no intention of studying, so he gave them a holiday: "Okay, go and congratulate the elders at home."
After coming out of the classroom, Daohua thought that Yan Wenkai and the others would definitely come back after receiving the news. This time they came to congratulate her, so she couldn't not show up. After thinking about it, she walked towards the main courtyard.
"Mom, I want to stay in Taohua Village for a few days. My eldest brother passed the imperial examination, so I should tell my master about it and make them happy too."
Madam Li glanced at her daughter, pondered for a moment, and nodded in agreement: "That's good. Your master and Granny Gu are both old. You should visit them more often."
The next day, Daohua took a boat to Taohua Village.
"Man'er, go catch it over there. Don't let the falcon get hurt."
Daohua went up to Taohua Mountain and picked up a slingshot, aiming at the falcon hovering over Taohua Temple. The bullet in the slingshot was a sleeping pill the size of a little finger.
Wang Maner glanced at the rice flowers, seemed to be hesitant to speak, and ran into the yard reluctantly.
"Bang!"
Because whip training requires speed, accuracy and ruthlessness, Daohua's hands were particularly steady and her accuracy was pretty good, and she hit the falcon in one hit.
Gu Jian heard the noise and walked out of the house. He saw that his little apprentice had knocked out the spy placed by his nephew and grandson, and looked a little surprised.
(End of this chapter)
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