While talking, Aunt Hu asked everyone to use their chopsticks. Of the whole family, only Aunt Hu and Xiaomei Hu liked to talk.
Xu Xu was busy greeting Su Tang for dinner. From time to time, he talked to Aunt Hu about the business of the past two days and discussed whether to go to the East Market to occupy a stall during the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow.
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the East Market is very busy, but the stalls there are expensive, and what the two of them sell are just food, so it doesn't seem cost-effective to go there.
Hu Shenzhi ate quietly, listening to the conversation between his mother and Brother Xu, and sometimes picked up carrots for An An beside him.
The strange thing is that An An doesn't eat meat and vomits when she eats meat. She only eats some vegetarian vegetables. She is afraid that An An will not grow well if she doesn't eat meat, so Aniang will leave some tofu for her every day.
Perhaps it was because he didn't eat meat. Hu Shenzhi felt that An An became more beautiful as he grew older, like a boy under the Guanyin Seat.
Perhaps as her mother said, An An is a blessed person, different from ordinary people like them.
"Shen will go to a government school next month, right?"
Hu Shenzhi was thinking wildly when he suddenly heard Brother Xu's words. He put down his bowl and chopsticks and said warmly: "The teacher said that I will take the national examination next year and should go to a government school to study for a while to gain more knowledge.
The teacher wrote a letter of recommendation for me, and I will leave for Fucheng after the Mid-Autumn Festival. "
Listening to her son's words, Aunt Hu felt a little reluctant. Her son had never traveled far away when he was so old. In his sixteen years of life, the farthest place he had ever been was Datong Academy in the Dabie Mountains.
Now he has to go to Fucheng all at once. Fucheng, it takes three days by carriage. Can he take care of himself in such a far place?
Will he come back safely?
The more Aunt Hu thought about it, the more anxious she became. Although the world was now peaceful, the bandits were being recruited and exterminated.
But the world has only been at peace for a few years. In less than three years, what if there are some bandits who have not been wiped out?
What if you get sick on the road?
Aunt Hu thought of her husband and eldest son. Her husband died on the battlefield and her eldest son's whereabouts were unknown. If something happened to her younger son again, would she and her daughter be able to keep their current house?
Aunt Hu was very anxious, but she didn't show it on her face. Her son was going to school, and studying was hard work. She shouldn't say anything to make her son more worried.
Moreover, her son finally came home, and she didn't want her son to have an uneasy sleep tonight.
Aunt Hu drank the white porridge from the bowl and suppressed the uneasiness in her heart.
Hu Shenzhi was thinking about other things. The books had been brought back. He and his brothers copied the books day and night, and finally finished copying the books they had received.
The girls' school was almost completed. The teacher said that enrollment would start in the spring of next year. Hu Shenzhi thought that he should send his younger sister to study as well.
Because he had to take the imperial examination, he always paid attention to the dynamics of the court and knew that Princess Wuyou intended to set up female officials. There were also female officers and generals in the previous dynasty, but there were very few female officers and generals who could make it to the end.
He hopes that his little sister can go further and have a broader road, instead of getting married and having children when she doesn't know anything, and living her life in confusion.
But this matter must be discussed carefully with Aniang. As for the money issue, he has saved some money by copying books for others in the past few years. When he wins the lottery, he will be able to receive subsidies from the government, which will be enough for his little sister to go to school.
An An really found osmanthus cake, sugar, and a small piece of pear in her mother's purse.
When she saw these things, An An felt warm in her heart. She really loved her mother so much, and her mother thought of her everything. She wants to protect her mother well and protect her mother like her father.
Su Tang always felt that he had forgotten something, and it was definitely not about An An.
She frowned and thought about it, but she still couldn't remember it. She wanted to expel the inexplicable thoughts in her mind, but a voice in her heart told her that she would regret it if she couldn't remember it.
She couldn't remember that her daughter would still suffer the tragic fate of her previous life.
Unexpectedly, Xu Xu would still die without a burial place.
I can't think of it, Aunt Hu's family would also be implicated by her.
Su Tang thought hard until she returned home, Xu Xu wiped her face and hands, and when she was about to sleep with the fragrant and soft An An in her arms, Su Tang suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.
Xu Xu was laying the floor when he saw Su Tang sitting up. He hurriedly walked over and asked softly: "A Tang, what's wrong?"
Su Tang looked at Xu Xu and wanted to speak, but was still speechless.
Xu Xu thought it was because he and An An came back late today, and Su Tang felt uncomfortable waiting at home, so that he couldn't sleep now, so he promised: "Tang, go to sleep. An An and I will call you when we get up tomorrow, and we will make sure you watch." We leave.
I promise that I will never come back so late in the future. We will get home before sunset. "
An An also sat up, snuggled up to her side, looked at her worriedly, and said, "Are you scared today? Don't be afraid. She has the amulet that An An asked for. The Bodhisattva will protect her and will do the same." Bless An An and Daddy."
An An also coaxed A Niang who didn't talk or sleep. Xu Xu lit a lamp. An An noticed that the color of the concoction on A Niang's face had faded a lot.
"Dad, it's time to apply medicine on grandma's face again."
As Su An said, she pointed her finger at Su Tang's face. Only then did Xu Xu see that the color of Su Tang's side face was much lighter, revealing her fair skin.
"Tomorrow my father will take me to collect medicine. We will re-apply the concoction to my mother-in-law. After applying the medicine, my mother-in-law will not be captured by the bad guys."
Su An knew that her grandma was very beautiful, but only she and her father had seen her real appearance. When she was very young, her father told her that the only way to cover her face was to cover up her face. A lady with good looks will not be captured by bad guys.
An An has known since she was a child that there are many bad people out there, and those bad people want to take A Niang away from her.
So she wants to work with her father to protect her mother-in-law.
"Then we won't sell wontons tomorrow. During the day, we will take your mother with us to Qingming Mountain outside the city to collect herbs. In the evening, we will take you to Dongshi to watch the lanterns..."
She could no longer hear what Xu Xu and An An said in Su Tang's ears. She put on her shoes and was about to walk towards the door, but Xu Xu reacted and stopped her, saying gently: "A Tang is Want to go out? It’s cold outside, can we put on more clothes before going out?”
Su Tang hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Seeing Su Tang nodding, Xu Xu almost cried. Ah Tang nodded. In the past three years, she finally responded to people or things in the outside world.
Seeing Xu Xu in a daze, Su Tang frowned and went to look for clothes. Seeing Su Tang's actions, Xu Xu finally reacted and hurriedly found clothes for Su Tang, then held up a lantern and pulled the An An's hand followed Su Tang.
The night was already dark. Fortunately, there was no curfew in Lin'an County, so the family of three could still walk on the road.
