It's time for a showdown, all the powerful officials in Beijing are my students!

Chapter 20: Chapter 20

When they came to the street, An Xin took An Rui and Leng Xiangbai to the cloth store run by An Rui's grandfather's family to buy fabrics for the coming autumn and winter.

Afterwards, he accompanied Leng Xiangbai to the bookstore.

Leng Xiangbai bought a new brush and some ordinary rice paper, and went back to write essays and practice calligraphy.

An Rui also bought ink sticks and rice paper, which were obviously ordered by Second Uncle An, otherwise he would not have thought of buying these because of his heartlessness.

An Xin still had a lot of paper and ink at home, so she didn't buy any this time.

A few people finished shopping and walked out of the bookstore, passing by a teahouse An Rui stopped, looked back at An Xin expectantly and said, "Cousin is tired from walking, let's go to the teahouse to rest for a while."

He grew up in Lin'an County since he was a child, and he knew that the storyteller in this teahouse told wonderful stories.

I just want to go in and have a rest for a while and listen to the book.

An Xin didn't object either, and told Da Zhuang: "Put the things you bought in the carriage, and find a place to rest for a while.

It's hard to come out on a vacation. Our only seedling doesn't know how long it will take to play before it wants to go back. "

"Yes!"

The three of them entered the teahouse, and Xiao Er enthusiastically led them up to the second floor.

"Excuse me, three guest officers, what kind of tea do you want?"

An Xin looked at Leng Xiangbai and An Rui inquiringly.

Seeing the two shake their heads, let her decide.

An Xin ordered a pot of mid-priced Anxi Qingcha, as well as some signature refreshments from this teahouse.

An Rui sat on the railing on the second floor and looked down. He was already attracted by the story told by the storyteller on the stage below.

Because it is the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, all scholars are on holiday today.

Most of the people in this teahouse at this time are the gentlemen and students who came in to drink tea after shopping.

Xiao Er brought the tea and refreshments, An Xin and Leng Xiangbai drank the tea leisurely, and occasionally ate a piece of pastry.

Occasional bursts of applause came from downstairs, it was when the storyteller was talking about something exciting, and An Xin saw An Rui quietly throwing down half a tael of silver dimes as a reward for the storyteller.

Everyone has their own hobbies, An Xin will only respect them.

Second Uncle An's family has a small house in the county town, which was bought by Yuanben's father as a gift to his younger brother after he was admitted to Jinshi.

In addition, Second Aunt An runs an embroidery shop, and Second Uncle An used to work as a teacher in the academy founded by his elder brother. Although the family is not very rich, it is also not short of money.

An Xin didn't find it strange that An Rui behaved like this.

But An Xin still kept it in her heart, thinking of finding an opportunity to let An Rui experience the suffering in the world.Only when he does something like this in the future will he be careful.

Half an hour later, the book downstairs also came to an end. They ordered a pot of tea and finished it.

This refreshment is pretty good, because Duo An Xin asked Xiaoer to pack it up, and was going to take it back for Aunt Gu and the others to taste.

Yuanjia Road is narrow, An Xin and the three of them just came down the stairs.

Four men and one woman came up to meet him, including Zhao Kui.

A scholar with high cheekbones in this group said with malice in his eyes, "Hey, isn't this the daughter of An Shan's family, the No. [-] Academy in Lin'an County, Wanhua Academy.

I heard that she now calls herself the head of the hill, works as a teacher in her own academy, and teaches those trash every day. "

"Hahaha, do you think it's funny or not?" the scholar laughed and asked his companion.

An Xin's face became gloomy, and she said that she would not care if she was in a good mood occasionally, but she said that she could not be a student.

"That's right! Miss An really knows how to play. She made a lonely academy in the declining days and the west hills quite lively.

Only those few study scumbags are willing to play house with her every day.

For a student like Brother Wang who was admitted to the county's chief case this year and was re-elected as the government's case chief, I'm afraid it's too much to even look at her. "

A long-faced student looked flatteringly at the student who stood at the front of the group with a cold expression.

The man's eyes flashed with a dim light, "Junior Sister An, long time no see, how is everything?"

"Oh, it's okay!" An Xin glanced at the man, and replied indifferently.

Finding that An Xin didn't want to talk to him, embarrassment flashed in the man's eyes, and there was a trace of regret.

To this kind of person who doesn't even have a bottom line, An Xin turns her head, not even wanting to see him.

This student was originally studying in Wanhua Academy, and he was also the favorite student of his original father. He always taught knowledge in person when he had time.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that An Yuanrong liked him more than Zhao Kui, the daughter's fiancé-in-law.

Maybe it was taught too well.

Among the students, the reputation of outstanding talent spread quickly.

This also led to the fact that after the original owner's father died of illness, he was also the first student to be emphatically poached by Cangyun Academy.

An Xin didn't think much of him leaving.

It's just that An Yuanrong treats him as a personal disciple and teaches him. He has taken care of him for so many years, so he doesn't have to leave Wanhua Academy in such a hurry.

At this time, the beautiful girl standing next to the man said in a soft and weak tone: "Miss An, this is because I still hate Brother Jie for leaving your Wanhua Academy and transferring to my academy to study!

You don't think about your academy at that time, because there was no one to manage it, the teachers in the academy left one after another.

Brother Jie is a person who is going to take the imperial examination, how can he stay there and waste his studies, how can you hold grudges because of this. "

What the woman said was filled with righteous indignation and awe-inspiring righteousness. Inside and outside what she said was that An Xin was a small-hearted person, quietly calculating, unreasonable and narrow-minded.

At this time, everyone sitting in the teahouse looked at An Xin with strange eyes, especially those gentlemen and students.

"The academies are lonely and there is no teacher, and the students are not allowed to leave. This is too much."

An Xin ignored the arguments of those ignorant people.

Looking calmly at the girl in front of her with a face of success, she thought that this ancient woman must have learned house fighting skills in the backyard.

Although there was a saying in the previous life, why do women make things difficult for women.

But An Xin still wanted to teach her how to behave.

An Xin: "Who are you? Why didn't Liu Mingjie speak, so you spoke up for him."

The woman was surprised, and frowned slightly: "I... my father is discussing marriage with Brother Jie's family, and I will soon be Brother Jie's fiancée."

Wang Zhenzhen heard the discussion from other students transferred from Wanhua Academy, saying that if An Shanchang hadn't died of illness suddenly.

Seeing that Chief An Shan attached so much importance to Liu Mingjie, he would probably withdraw from the Zhao family's marriage and marry his daughter to him.

Only then did Wang Zhenzhen subconsciously speak out about the undecided matters between the two families, as if she was worried that An Xin might have some unreasonable ideas.

An Xin curled her lips, maybe the original father found out that the Zhao family was not a good match for his daughter, so he once had such thoughts.

But An Xin has the cheating device of the system, but she knows that Liu Mingjie's house is a pit of fire.

There is a mean and vicious widowed mother in the family.

That alone is nothing.

However, this widow regards her son as her only hope. In order to provide for her son to study, she gave up her three daughters in the family.

They were sold like livestock, and the surrounding villages were either men who beat their wives to death, or men who were not able-bodied.

The youngest daughter was less than 14 years old, and she was sold to a small landlord who was almost 50 years old and his wife died.

What this widow did was not something a mother could do.

And every time after selling his sisters, the county chief and the government chief acted very painfully.

But when he turned around, he was able to take the money of his sister's prostitution, come to the academy to continue his studies, and he has never been soft-hearted when interacting with students and entertaining guests.

It can be seen how noble Liu Mingjie's character is.

It's just that the village where his family lived was remote and poor, and he was the only student in the village who came to study in the county, so no one knew about his family.

(End of this chapter)