Chapter 779 - 780: What’s Going On
One of them was initially so ill, he was bedridden. But when he got the news, he immediately bounced back. It wasn’t his fault, his family had even sold their last several months’ worth of food to support his attempt at the Imperial Exam, but he failed. He felt like he had let his family down and consequently fell ill. Now, Great Zhou’s intense scrutiny of the Imperial Exam was another blow to him.
"Enough about that, go check on your mother, she and your father have been worried sick about you."
"They’re worrying again." Speaking of Ms. Wang and Yang Dachuan, Ye Zi’an felt a bit guilty. His parents-in-law treated him like their own son and always worried about him whenever he was away. "By the way, I brought back some things from the prefecture. There’s some tobacco and tonic for my father, and even the wine he likes. I also bought some cloth for my mother to make her clothes. I heard the cloth just arrived from the capital. And some of it came over from Hangzhou. I thought it was good, so I bought quite a bit."
"You were supposed to be working, and you still found time to buy all this. Your mother is going to scold you."
"Hehe, I’m not worried, I know she will like it."
When they went downstairs, Ye Zi’an’s large suitcase had been brought in, crammed to the brim. This was the largest suitcase they had. He used to carry only a bundle when he was out, thinking it was less conspicuous, and only started using a suitcase since his last trip to the prefecture.
"There’s more in another suitcase."
"How much did you buy?"
"Not that much. I just bought a bit of what I thought you might like." Ye Zi’an didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he’d said, nor did he think he had wasted a lot of money.
In Yang Chuxia’s ears, it sounded extremely sweet, sweeter than honey.
After packing things up, they went to Yang Family’s house together.
Ms. Wang and Yang Dachuan of course knew that Ye Zi’an had returned. They were just wondering why it took him so long to come over.
They only understood when they saw Yang Chuxia coming with him.
As soon as Ms. Wang appeared, Yang Chuxia took a few steps forward, pulling on Ms. Wang’s arm and whispering, "Mother, Brother An has passed the Imperial Exam!"
"What? How is this possible? Didn’t they say he didn’t pass?" Ms. Wang was taken aback by the news.
Ye Zi’an was telling Yang Dachuan about this in the back, and Yang Dachuan was just as stunned as Ms. Wang.
"What’s going on? Your father and I were saying that if the schools in the prefecture weren’t good enough, we’d have Brother An’s uncle in the capital find a better one. How on earth did he pass this time?"
During these past days, Ms. Wang and Yang Dachuan had been thinking a lot about this matter at home, believing that the schools in the capital must be better, particularly since Old Mu, Zi’an’s uncle, held some sort of official position there and could definitely find a good school.
Upon hearing this, Yang Chuxia looked incredulously at Ms. Wang, thinking that the elderly couple was taking things too lightly, not even worrying whether their son-in-law would lose his way in the capital.
"Mother, let’s discuss it at home."
"Oh yes, let’s discuss it at home. Let’s hurry."
Once they got into the house, Ms. Wang couldn’t wait anymore, "What’s going on?"
"Brother An’s achievements were taken over by someone else..."
Then Yang Chuxia began to explain the whole matter to the elderly couple, oh, and Old Yang who had heard the news and hurried over also.`
"This Shi Family really is vile. And Mu Shaowei, he is just evil too! Luckily it got exposed otherwise our Brother An would’ve been gravely wronged!"
Ms. Wang spoke as she walked over to console Brother An, "Look at you, after going through so much. If not for this matter, how could anything like this have happened? This Shi family and this Mu Shaowei are truly unscrupulous!"