Chapter 44 44The Uninvited Guest

Xu Xuezhen herself also came. She was also admitted as a scholar this time, but she was only a third-class attached student.

With An Chuxia, the innate being, and Gu Fangmiao, the appendage sitting next to her, her appendage seemed dim.

The most ridiculous thing is that the landlord of Lincun Wang came to congratulate him in person today with gifts. During the dinner, he also said something that surprised An Chuxia.

Dong Linlin, such a proud person, actually agreed to get engaged to his son Wang Fugui.

Although she failed this time, based on An Chuxia's understanding of Dong Linlin, she shouldn't have fallen in love with someone like Wang Fugui.

But he didn't care about his own business. An Chuxia continued to smile at the guests on the table.

Gu Tongsheng saw that his student seemed to be smiling warmly, but was actually cold. He knew that she was unwilling to socialize, so Mayor Xu came uninvited and Landlord Wang came with him.

After all, Gu Tongsheng cherished the students he valued so much that he took over the business of entertaining them both.

An Chuxia glanced at her teacher gratefully, then turned to entertain the others.

The village chief wanted to join Mayor Xu several times, but Grandpa An said that the house could not accommodate so many people, so he forced him to go out and sit in the yard.

An Chuxia was holding a piece of fish in her mouth when she was poked by Gu Fangmiao who was sitting next to her. She turned her head and glanced at Gu Fangmiao and followed her line of sight.

Then he found Xu Xuezhen, who was sitting demurely on one side, secretly peeking out of the corner of his eyes at the handsome Mu Tan who was sitting on the same bench as An Jinchen.

An Chuxia took one look and then looked away. A gentle lady is a gentleman, and a handsome man will also have admirers.

Xu Xuezhen has good taste. Dr. Mu is not only handsome but also has a good character. He is a very good man.

Mu Tan had long noticed that the girl from the mayor's family was peeking at him. He was originally disgusted, but thinking that she was An Chuxia's guest, he didn't show it on his face.

But seeing An Chuxia acting so indifferently after discovering all this, he actually felt lost in his heart.

After eating and drinking, people gradually dispersed, taking the benches and tables they brought back with them as they left.

Mayor Xu obviously came here for a formality to make himself familiar. If An Chuxia, the head of the court case, really rises to prominence in the future, at least he won't even recognize him as the mayor of Qingshi Town.

When Xu Xuezhen left, she glanced at Mu Tan affectionately, but the person involved was busy looking at the sky and ignored the affectionate look back.

The father and daughter got on the carriage. Mayor Xu also obviously noticed something strange about Xu Xuezhen and leaned against the carriage with his eyes closed.

Her voice was a little dark and she said: "Xuezhen, you will succeed me as mayor in the future. That Doctor Mu is not suitable for you."

Xu Xuezhen lowered her eyes silently, lowered her head and hummed softly, pursed her lips and said nothing.

On An Chuxia's side, Gu Fangmiao followed her, sharing with her the expressions of her grandparents after receiving her application form for being a scholar.

My grandfather held the book and read it with a nonchalant expression, but it turned out that he was holding the book upside down.

The dishes my grandmother cooked that day were either salty or without salt, and her eyes turned red. In the end, she wanted to cry too.

An Chuxia touched Gu Fangmiao's head as if she loved her sister, "Teacher and Mistress are like that because they are happy. We Miaomiao will have to work harder in the future. You are the hope and pride of Teacher and Mistress... Do you know?"

Gu Fangmiao nodded with moist eyes. How could she not know that her father had not survived a serious illness due to his frailty since childhood?

My mother was coaxed back to the nearby town by her natal family, and she didn’t know where she had remarried. Therefore, my grandmother never mentioned her family members in front of her.

My grandfather's family may also know that they are in the wrong, and they have never visited their home in all these years.

I have been studying with my grandfather since I was a child. How could I not understand that my grandparents put all their hopes on her?

"Yeah! Sister An, I know!"

Gu Tongsheng stood by the courtyard wall and looked at the grass growing hard from the cracks in the rocks. Hearing the conversation between his granddaughter and his beloved disciple, his eyes turned red with joy.

With this beloved disciple and granddaughter, his life will be sufficient.

The lively day passed, and An Chuxia finally sent her teacher and Gu Fangmiao away, standing quietly at the door alone, watching the sunset fill the sky with red.

Mu Tan didn't know when he stood behind her. The shadows of one tall and one short were stretched by the setting sun. Neither of them spoke, looking at the golden waves of wheat blown by the breeze in the distance.

After An Chuxia helped her brother harvest the wheat at home, she left for Evergreen Academy.

During this period, she received a letter from Gu Fangmiao, who had returned to Evergreen Academy to attend classes.

The letter wrote that the teacher Pei Yanhua learned that the great scholar Sima Gong would be teaching at Hanhua Academy in Songjiang Prefecture in half a month.

He planned to take the students in his class who volunteered to attend the lectures of the great Confucian scholar.

Gu Fangmiao wrote to ask An Chuxia if he was going.

An Chuxia thought about it for a while and felt that it would be better to walk thousands of miles than to read thousands of books.

I discussed this matter with my brother An Jinchen.

As long as it is helpful to An Chuxia's study, An Jinchen has nothing to disapprove of.

An Chuxia knew that there was nothing without spending money when she went out, and she also knew that apart from the fifty thousand taels of silver that someone else gave her brother as compensation at home, she also knew that there was nothing she could do without spending money.

Now my brother An Jinchen has about two to three hundred taels of silver in his hands.

Although she knew she still had money at home, An Chuxia didn't want to use her family's money this time.

Before leaving, An Jinchen was afraid that his sister would be out of town and would be short of money, so she stuffed her with two hundred taels of silver.

However, An Chuxia only took away fifty taels, and the rest was quietly stuffed back under An Jinchen's pillow.

This time, An Chuxia did not go directly to Changqing Academy in a hired carriage, but went to the Yamen to find Runsong.

Runsong was called out by his colleagues and was surprised when he saw that An Chuxia was looking for him.

"Xiaoxia! What do you want from me?"

An Chuxia smiled and asked Runsong to go to a teahouse not far away to talk. After all, some things were hard to explain on the street.

The two arrived at the teahouse and entered a private room. An Chuxia took out a folded paper from her sleeve pocket.

Although Runsong didn't know much about writing, he read it carefully twice and roughly knew what was written on the paper.

"This is a recipe for dyeing cloth?!"

An Chuxia nodded calmly, "Yes!"

An Chuxia had long discovered that the cloth here was easy to discolor, and the recipe in her hand was just a common dyeing recipe in modern times.

But one advantage is that it is not easy to discolor.

Runsong looked at An Chuxia in confusion, wondering what she meant.

An Chuxia did not play charades and said directly: "Brother Runsong, I think this house is sold to a dye house, but someone wants it."

Runsong's eyes widened, and then he frowned.
Chapter completed!