Chapter 380 (1/2)



380 Leaving the capital city (1)

“Bring honor to our ancestors?”

The aunt didn’t react for a moment, thinking that the Golden roll title would only be announced a month later. When her nephew showed a smug expression, she realized that he was bragging.

“Oh my, our dalang has been promoted to a higher rank, right?” the Auntie rolled her beautiful eyes and pouted.

The moment he opened his mouth, he knew that it was the old yin-yang aunt.

“I heard from the neighbors that only scholars can live in the temple. No matter how much you’ve been promoted, you’re still just a night watchman.”

Although her aunt had gradually unraveled the knot in her heart and was no longer as resentful as before, she still felt that she had to stick to her principles on the topic of “who is more promising, my nephew or my son.”

She was not like her husband, Xu Pingzhi, whose sons and nephews were all children of the Xu family. They had been raised at home for 20 years and were no different from real sons.

Her aunt couldn’t stand Xu Qi ‘an’s swaggering attitude. From time to time, he would show off in front of her. He didn’t respect her at all.

Therefore, the second son had to be more promising than the first son, so that the aunt could stand up straight in front of her nephew.

“Auntie, you don’t believe me?” Xu Qi ‘an squinted.

“I believe you. It’s just a promotion.” His aunt said indifferently.

Second uncle Xu had also been promoted a while ago and was transferred from the outer city to the inner city. He now had a fixed patrol area. The people in that area were all rich. For the sake of their family’s peace, they would spend money to pay respect to the Imperial saber guards who were in charge of the safety of the surrounding area and build a good relationship with them.

As a result, his second uncle had a lot of money in his private stash recently. Even though they had confiscated fifty taels of silver, he still had some money to spend in the education workshop.

Of course, second uncle Xu had never taken the initiative to go to the education workshop. After all, the girls there were far from his aunt’s level. Whenever he spent the night there, it was because of social interactions between colleagues.

On the contrary, it was Xu dalang and Xu Erlang who had reached Shen Gongbao’s age and had yet to marry, so they took the initiative to go to the Imperial Academy to relieve the pressure.

“It’s not a promotion, it’s a title!” Xu Qi ‘an said in a deep voice.

“Pfft …” The aunt was amused and laughed. She was trembling and charming.

“Hey, don’t talk nonsense.” Second uncle Xu waved his hand and said, ” back then, I killed my way through Shanhai Pass from south to north, from north to south. I was covered in blood. I’m still a step away from being conferred a noble.

From the South to the North, from the north to the south, second uncle, aren’t your arms tired … Xu Qian ridiculed in his heart.

Xu niannian shook his head. the title of nobility is of great importance. The last time Da Feng was conferred a title of nobility was during the Shanhai Pass battle 20 years ago. Now that the four Seas are at peace, where would I get the military merits to give you a noble title?”

“One doesn’t necessarily need military achievements to be conferred a title of nobility.” Xu Qi ‘an touched the little boy’s head. “Isn’t that right, lingying?”

The little boy ignored him and slurped the porridge with his mouth against the edge of the bowl.

“Alright, alright. Don’t you think this aunt knows how much you’re worth?” His aunt sneered. if you don’t take a break today, you should hurry to the Yamen. It’s almost seven o ‘clock in the morning. Don’t delay your second uncle’s dawn.

“Eldest brother, you don’t have to worry about bringing glory to our family. After this year’s spring examination, our Xu family will have a Jinshi. When the time comes, we’ll hold a banquet at home and invite the clansmen over for a meal.”