usatvline Chapter 292 Peace
Chapter 292 Peace
Unexpectedly, the girl said carelessly, "Sir, you are so polite."
The Autumnal Equinox is here, Qi Ningliang ordered a few dishes and two new iced drinks.
"It's not good to drink ice drinks after night in the summer. I'll give you some ice jelly. It's cool and won't hurt your body." Qiufen introduced skillfully.
An Qiao bowed, returned to the counter, and continued to fiddle with the wood carving at hand out of boredom.
"Please come in, guest officer."
An Qiao looked up again and saw that it was an acquaintance, the kind of acquaintance she didn't want to see.
"Master An, you are the most likely to win among us. If you pass the exam, don't forget us!"
The few people who came in who looked like scholars all had red faces and ears, and it seemed that they had already had a round of drinking.
"Brother Li, don't say that. I was just lucky and got into Kyoto Prefecture. I'm afraid I will only come to Kyoto Prefecture once in my life. After seeing the prosperity of Kyoto Prefecture, I will go back. Hahahaha." The one who answered was Brother An mentioned by several people.
Anqiao's younger brother, Anle, who was called his slave when he was a child, has now become successful.
"Brother An is so modest."
Several people were still praising Anle, but Anle just said, "I am the only child in my family, and my classmates in town were unlucky, so I took up a place in the Enke exam."
The Emperor Dayan showed mercy and gave each town a quota, called Enke.
As long as these people get a quota, they can take the exam. As long as they are a Tongsheng and can get first place in the town, they will get this quota.
As they have one less exam to take than ordinary candidates, it seems a lot easier, but with so many candidates vying for the top spot, even those who have been granted the special examination in Kyoto Prefecture may not be able to stand out.
Almost all of them were eliminated in the first round and their strength was not very good.
But the Enke also has its advantages. A powerful town will produce many scholars. If these people skip the exam and directly participate in the Autumn Examination, they will almost all be heroic young men.
Therefore, those who got the Enke are not necessarily stupid, but many people envy the Enke, thinking that they can participate in the Autumn Examination at a young age, and after participating in the Autumn Examination once, they can directly participate in the next Autumn Examination.
It is equivalent to saving a step in the exam, which gives you an advantage over most people.
"So what if you are an Enke student? Many people are Enke students. Brother An, don't belittle yourself. Brother An writes well, and everyone can see it."
The one who was making the most noise behind him was the one Anle mentioned, Brother Li.
An Qiao was ready to run to the kitchen at this moment. She didn't want to see her heartless brother.
So the original owner's father favored the original owner when he was a child, but he didn't let his younger brother go hungry or cold. He just asked him to respect his sister especially.
But he used the money his father earned with great effort to learn this and that, and got the opportunity to take the imperial examination at a young age. Even when his father was bedridden, he did not show much filial piety to him.
An Qiao walked back with her back bent, and Qiu Fen asked curiously, "Young lady, what are you doing?"
An Qiao waved her hands quickly, and only dared to breathe a sigh of relief after returning to the backyard. "That was my brother before I was sold into the palace, a half-brother. That kid has no conscience, and I'm afraid he'll pester me. I don't know why there are still two or three months before the autumn examination. I'm afraid he'll go to the capital to study first. His mother must want him to become famous one day, and I don't know how much money she gave him."
Qiufen nodded. So that's how it is. It seems that the young lady's stepmother also favors this younger brother. That's no wonder. After all, the young lady is not her biological daughter.
An Qiao escaped, but An Yonghou and Qi Ningliang did not leave. An Yonghou looked at An Le's familiar face and was stunned. He had nothing else to say.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Qi Ning turned his head repeatedly out of curiosity, and saw that Miss An had disappeared at some point.
"The one who just came in, called Brother An, looks exactly like the guard who took your sister away. I was stunned when I first saw him."
Marquis An Yong's eyes were vague, as if he was recalling his guard.
"Huh? Actually... Could it be that father's guesses are all correct?" Qi Ningliang unconsciously expressed the doubts in his heart.
"It must be right. Didn't you see how An Qiao looked when she saw him just now? She was so scared that she slipped back to the backyard." An Yonghou had been keeping his eyes on An Qiao the whole time, so he distracted himself to look at An Le in time, and still noticed the changes in An Qiao.
"Her brother looks like a decent person, could he be a heinous criminal?" Qi Ningliang didn't know anything about An Qiao. He didn't come all the time, only occasionally.
"An Qiao, her stepmother treated her badly. I guess... her brother also treated her badly after my guard died. Otherwise, she wouldn't be the type to hide." An Yonghou felt that his heart had returned to his stomach, but now, he was a little at a loss.
It was already a foregone conclusion that Anqiao was his daughter, but seeing that her business was doing so well and she was happy every day.
In addition to the old father's heartache, he also felt that his daughter was really amazing.
Their whole family had no knowledge of business and couldn't even run a shop, but they never expected that their daughter would be so smart.
"Then Dad, what should we do now?" Qi Ningliang was at a loss. It felt strange that he suddenly had a younger sister. He didn't even feel that she was his sister.
I just vaguely remembered what my father said, and this is most likely my sister.
After not seeing each other for more than ten years, suddenly there is an eighteen-year-old sister. Anyone would feel something strange.
"Let's tell her when we have a chance. If we go up to her now, I'm afraid she'll think we're weird."
After all, whether in An Qiao's memory or in the original owner's, her father was the guard who provided her with a roof over her head, worked hard to make money and allowed her to learn many skills that only ladies from wealthy families could possess.
If you suddenly find out that your biological father is someone else, you will probably not be able to accept it.
An Qiao didn't dare to go forward at this moment. She sat in the corridor and took a deep breath. She was really scared just now. Who would have thought that she would meet the original owner's family in Kyoto, thousands of miles away?
Fortunately, I didn’t use my own name when naming the restaurant.
It's pretty good like this now. According to An Qiao, her stepmother doesn't have much money to give to her brother. Although her own restaurant is not expensive, she probably can't eat there every day.
Next time we meet, I will hide from you like I did today. After the autumn examination is over, everything will be back on track.
An Qiao even wanted to move directly to the manor. Anyway, every store is on the right track now, and it seems to be the same whether she is there or not.
An Qiao admitted that she was a coward.