Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Shao Yunduan did not tell the family about Master Yun. For one thing, they would not understand the importance of Master Yun, and for another, Master Yun did not allow him to reveal the secret.
Master Yun liked him and had decided to take him as the only disciple. So, he asked his servant Cang to rip all the posters in the town.
For that, he was laughed at by people, who believed that he must have learned of his mistake and stopped the fantasy.
But he did not bother to make any explanation.
He usually traveled around with a few servants and settled down whenever he felt like it. When he felt bored, he would take in some disciples and pass on his knowledge. He did everything on his own will.
He did not care if he missed some potential talents. Real talents would never understand what they themselves needed and had missed taking from him.
Also, he believed that Shao Yunduan was the most important disciple, whom he should not reveal randomly.
Anyway, he just needed to understand what he wanted himself, and that was all.
Shao Yunduan had a donkey cart, so it was very convenient for him to travel there every third day and spend one whole day from morning to the evening with Master Yun.
He would always bring some vegetables from home, and smoked sausages for Master Yun and the servants to eat. Everyone liked the stuff from his house.
He was thinking about holding some ceremony but Master Yun waved that off. Hence, he dropped the idea as well.
Ms. Fang was worried that Shao Liulang would spread the rumor about her son's dismissal from the college, so she kept an eye on the family to see what they could possibly do. But it seemed that there was no rumor that came out of their mouths, so she dropped the surveillance eventually.
Shao Liulang would not dare to spread any rumor. His inner secret was revealed by Qiao Xuan and with one more word out of his mouth, the first section of the family would talk much worse about him.
Ms. Ma was worried too. She was quite scared of Ms. Fang and she was getting more and more worried, for some reason…
They thought that it would be the end of the whole thing, when Third Uncle and Second Uncle came to speak with Eldest Uncle, telling him that since Shao Yunduan was driven out of the college, he could just drop the idea of attending the examination. They did not think that Shao Yunduan would make it, when he had no teacher to give him instructions.
"What is the point of spending money on him? Yunduan could just come and help to do some farming at home for you!'
"Yeah! Our son is very smart, and we are going to support Liulang to continue with his studies. If he makes it in the end, we can all benefit from him." Hearing those stupid words, Ms. Fang drove them out and shut the door.
"Honestly, you old man! That college accused Duan for what he did not do. It is just a shitty place! Duan doesn't have to go there to learn knowledge. Duan is a friend of Young Master Xie and he is more reliable and can help him better than anyone at the college. Duan says that he knows what to do, so we need to trust him. Don't mess around with your brothers!"
"Those stupid people only talk nonsense! One more word from them, and I will drive them out with a club!"
Eldest Uncle was quite displeased too. He replied weakly. "Alright then, just drop it. I am not saying that Yunduan should not attend the examination. He has studied for so many years and he has made it to Cultivated Talent, of course he should continue…
Ms. Fang snorted. "Good that you are reliable for once!"
Had he not been reliable before?
Hearing what happened, Shao Yunduan laughed and said nothing more.
Shao Liulang, on the other hand, got quite stimulated by what Qiao Xuan said, and decided to attend the school after all.
He did not need to be ashamed of anything. He wasn't the only one who failed the test.
The holiday did not start until one day before the preliminary New Year.
So, Zhao Guanghua kept asking Shao Liulang about how Shao Yunduan was doing these days..