Chapter 139: The Dean
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Lei Shaoming’s face was dark. Me ignored everyone. Even his back seemed to have ice shards.
Just now, the blue-robed young master, Tan Shanzhi, wanted to console him. When he saw this, he stopped in his tracks. Although he was also dissatisfied with the girl’s evaluation of the dean just now, he did not have the intention to humiliate or look down on her. Brother Lei’s actions had really lost the bearing of a scholar.
He sighed and turned to walk in front of the old man. He bowed deeply again. “I’m really sorry for causing you to be frightened, old gentleman.”
The old man smiled at him and waved his hand to let him leave. After everyone left, the few people who had been waiting in the academy for a long time came out and bowed to the old man. “Dean, what happened just now? Why didn’t you let us come over?”
Dean Lu tucked his hands in his sleeves. “I met an interesting little kid. By the way, the assessment day is coming, right? How many people did Shen Congjun send over?”
“Not even one.”
Dean Lu raised his eyebrows. “Oh? Didn’t he choose a suitable child to send over for me to see?”
“County Magistrate Shen said that he likes him, but he wants to take the exam himself.”
Dean Lu smiled even more happily. “Not bad, not bad. What’s his name?”
“Ning Ansheng.”
Xiaoxiao did not know that her brother’s name had already been registered with the Dean of Bowen Academy. She followed the crowd and turned left and right to hide in an alley. Seeing that there was no one around, she flashed into the space.
Not long after, a few sneaky servants walked in from the alley. “I clearly saw her walking here just now. Where is she?”
“You must be mistaken. There’s no other exit in this alley, and there’s nowhere to hide.”
“Then what should we do? If we lose her, Young Master won’t let us off.”
“Hurry up and look elsewhere!”
After they left, Xiaoxiao appeared again after a while. To be safe, she changed her clothes in the space and tied her hair up. Even the basket was different from before. When she walked to Ning Erlang’s stall, her second brother only reacted after a while. “Sister, you don’t seem to be wearing that this morning, right?”
Xiaoxiao shrugged. “I dirtied my clothes when I was cooking. Second Brother, quickly try my new pastries!”
No matter how stunned Ning Erlang was about the sponge cake, he was horrified when he went to the Ruyi Clothing Shop to get his sister’s things. He felt his head throbbing. “Ning Xiaoxiao! Didn’t you promise me not to spend money recklessly!”
Xiaoxiao pouted. “It’s necessary. It’s not a waste.”
Ning Erlang was very dissatisfied. “Just because I don’t react as fast as Big Brother, you bully me!”
Xiaoxiao blinked. “Then why don’t you study with Big Brother? If you become smarter, I won’t be able to fool you.”
Ning Erlang declined politely. After a while, he reacted. “Are you saying that I’m not smart?”
The siblings laughed all the way home. Because there was a small cake to fill their stomachs, they were not hungry on the way. However, their feet were still very sore after walking for so long.
Xiaoxiao soaked her feet after eating and started to think about the feasibility of buying an ox cart!
Although the horse carriage was more impressive, it was too inconvenient to keep horses at home. The ox cart was different. If it was well-kept, it could still help to harvest rice and farm.
Just as she was organizing a way to convince her parents, her head was rubbed.
At some point, Big Brother came out of the house with a comb in his hand.
Xiaoxiao stretched her head over happily. She was impatient with these complicated hairstyles in ancient times. If she did it herself, she would only tie a messy bun.. “Brother, don’t you need to study?”
