Chapter 161: Chapter 160 Family Support Chapter 161: Chapter 160 Family Support Tang Shunyan’s two-day assessnt exhausted a great deal of his spirit and energy, but finally, by that evening, the assessnt was complete.
As the father and son were about to announce the results, the students’ tense nerves had yet to relax, and then the results were out.
The results were out, and although he was not the top perforr in the class, he did receive high praise from his teacher, ranking among the top three. For one so young to achieve such results, the teacher’s admiration was apparent in his smile.
This part was about the student’s youth and achievent, marking him a promising seedling. Another point was that the fruit sent by the Tang Family was so delicious they had eaten it and were longing for more.
Later, the family inquired in the market about the fruit they had eaten, lychees, which were quite expensive. With just the teacher’s modest salary, which was barely enough to cover his family’s living expenses, he truly couldn’t afford to buy such delicious fruit.
Although Tang Xiyue didn’t make it to the top three, his ranking among two or three dozen students was still quite high, which he felt was a good performance.
The other two friends found it hard enough to make it to the middle class with average scores. They thought they had done quite well, though their results did not match those of the two brothers from the Tang Family. Nevertheless, they couldn’t deny that the brothers’ good results ca not just from natural talent, but also from hard work.
“Tang Shunyan, the holidays have started, have you thought about where to go? Are you going to visit the Ye family?”
Tang Xiyue had heard Tang Shunyan talk about the Ye family many tis but had never had the chance to visit. He was not as close to the Ye family, and a bigger concern was the adults’ opinion, which looked down on mingling with farr families, believing that their status as young masters was too high for such associations.
Tang Xiyue was completely captivated by the surprises Tang Shunyan brought him, always longing to see the Ye family and discover what made them so remarkable.
Hearing his cousin’s words, Tang Shunyan wasn’t sure whether or not to share his decision that he had already made to visit the Ye family the next day, and he even considered staying there for a few days.
However, this idea was probably not feasible; with their ho so close to the Ye’s estate, his family would not allow the Eldest Young Master to stay at a farr’s house, and bringing a group of people would cause trouble for others.
“Tang Shunyan, you said the other day that you would take us to the Ye family during the holidays.”
“Did I say that?” Tang Shunyan had forgotten if he had said those words.
“Tang Shunyan, you can’t deny it. You didn’t take us last ti, and that already made you less of a brother. If you go to the Ye family tomorrow, you must take us with you, or we’re not truly brothers.”
“Tang Shunyan, if you don’t take us, we can go as ordinary people wanting to buy things, but that would weaken our brotherhood.”
The two friends were threatening him as they spoke, and Tang Shunyan could only shake his head helplessly.
“Cousin Tang Shunyan, let’s all head out together tomorrow! It’ll be lively with so many of us. Don’t worry, we’re not going to pick fruit at a loss to the Ye family, we will buy sothing.”
Tang Xiyue spoke with such worldly wisdom that the other two friends, who hadn’t thought of it before, nodded in agreent.
“Alright! We’ll leave before 7 a.m. tomorrow, but speaking of which, will your families approve of you going to Ye Manor?”
Upon hearing the departure ti from Tang Shunyan, the other two friends thumped their chests in assurance.
Then another friend said, “Yan’er, tomorrow we can climb the lychee tree.”
Hearing this, Tang Xiyue and the other friend thought it was not a bad suggestion either.
However, Tang Shunyan shook his head and said, “I’m afraid you’ll have to give up on that idea.”
“What? Are the lychees already picked?” Tang Xiyue was the first to ask.
The two friends focused their gaze on Tang Shunyan, waiting for an answer.
“There are plenty of lychees; what will disappoint you is the lychee tree itself. You don’t need to climb to pick lychees, since the trees are not that small. Wouldn’t you break the lychee tree if you climbed up?”
Tang Shunyan’s explanation made everyone puzzled, but he added:
“The lychee trees planted by the Ye family have only been growing for a little over a year, so it’s good enough that they can bear fruit at all; thus, if you were hoping to climb lychee trees, you would be disappointed.”
“Haha, we were just talking about it. With so many people following the carriage, they wouldn’t let us climb trees anyway,” Tang Xiyue added.
After agreeing on a departure ti for the next day, they each went ho to ask their parents for permission.
After returning ho, Tang Shunyan washed up in the courtyard and when dinner ti ca, he went to his grandmother’s quarters to eat.
His father was accustod to dining with his grandparents, and he also joined them there.
Today, Lady Tang had also brought her youngest son to eat in the Mother-in-law’s courtyard, primarily to celebrate the completion of Tang Shunyan’s examination.
During dinner ti there were no rules against talking while eating or keeping quiet, and it was only during als that the Tang Family were able to gather together, as they were typically busy with their own tasks. Any issues would be brought up at the dining table.
However, it was preferable to avoid speaking ill during the al and better to save it for afterwards.
If they were to start arguing while eating because of a disagreent, it could spoil their appetites.
Tang Shunyan told his family about his plans to visit the Ye family the next day and ntioned that his friends also wanted to go, requesting his family’s approval.
Madam Tang had just voiced her concerns, “Grandson, you just visited the Ye family a few days ago, and bringing so many people this ti doesn’t seem right. Won’t it cause trouble for them?”
Lady Tang quite disliked that her eldest son was always too close to the Ye family; her husband’s business partnership with them was necessary and unavoidable, so she said in opposition:
“Yan’er, picking waterlons, lychees, and such fruits can be done by servants. You, as a young master, should perhaps not go.”
However, Mr. Tang thought differently. It was a good thing for his son to be so assertive. Yet, a child shouldn’t only be indulgent in play but should also have his own opinions. He asked:
“Yan’er, why do you want to take your friends to the Ye family? And why do you keep going there over and over again?”
Not seeing the word “opposition” in his father’s expression, Tang Shunyan looked into his father’s eyes and said:
“When studying, we shouldn’t just stick to the books. We’ve just finished exams, and it would be nice for and my friends to go out and relax in the beautiful, natural surroundings. Although we may be young masters, we still need to be active. The fruits picked by ourselves are always the sweetest.”
Old Master Tang laughed heartily at his eldest grandson’s words:
“Hehehe, our eldest grandson is showing such courage. Very good, very good.”
The Old Master’s laughter was contagious, even the little grandson in Lady Tang’s arms began giggling along.
With the conversation reaching this point and the two n at the table nodding in agreent, Madam and the Young Mistress could not say much more.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had no choice but to arrange for the carriage and attendants for Tang Shunyan’s trip the next day.
Tang Shunyan, having obtained his family’s permission to visit the Ye family, was so excited that he found it difficult to fall asleep that night, eagerly waiting for dawn to break.
ng Zhaojun sent soone to find out the recent events at Xinghe Academy and learned that Tang Shunyan did not eat her prepared pastries, aning her revenge had not succeeded. Instead of feeling angry, she felt relieved.
She realized that her impulsive act in anger could have potentially ruined the friendship between the two families.
As for the pastries that caused others to have a bout of diarrhea—well, that was their own fault.
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