A car accident, our family of three crossed

After seeing off Mr. Jiang, Hang Shuheng and his family of three prepared to leave for the county town.

Originally, Song Ning wanted to take Mudun and Chen Xiaobao with him.

It was just that everyone had a day off with great difficulty, and Chen Laoer's family also wanted to spend the holiday together. As for Mu Dun, he said that he would wait until the evening to go into the city to play with Shuisheng and the others, so Song Ning did not force him.

The family of three arrived at the county town, and as soon as they entered the city gate, they felt the lively atmosphere of the city.

Lanterns, couplets, lotus lanterns, colorful oil-paper umbrellas and other decorative items are hung in front of almost all the shops, all to welcome the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival tonight.

They stayed at Zhou's house for a while, and then Hang Shuheng and Zhou Ting went out together to attend the Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival at Wanjuan Bookstore.

Originally, Hang Shuheng was not very interested in participating in poetry readings or something like that, but he had to find something to kill time this morning. Coincidentally, Zhou Ting also received a post from Wanjuan Bookstore, so he might as well go and show up and treat it as a social outing.

Song Ning and Zhou Ru were not idle either. They went out with Mei and took a walk around the city. When they were tired, they went to a teahouse to drink tea and eat snacks.

Mei rarely has the experience of walking around the streets. Today, Song Ning and her friends took her for a walk together. Although she was tired, the experience was more fresh than any other time.

"I didn't expect that walking among the crowd and going through the streets would be such a unique experience." She used to be picked up by a carriage almost every time she went out. Now thinking about it, her life in the past was really boring.

Three women, with a child, chose a private room with a good view in the teahouse, had tea, snacks, and some snacks the child liked brought to them, and began to kill time.

On the other side, Hang Shuheng and Zhou Ting had just arrived at Wanjuan Bookstore and heard someone calling him as soon as they entered the door.

"Brother Hang, Brother Hang."

Upon hearing this, Hang Shuheng looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw a man in the hall leaving his companions and walking towards them hurriedly.

"Brother Hang, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect that you would also come to the poetry gathering."

The person who came was Li Chengan, a former classmate of Hang Shuheng. He was one of the few people in the academy who could be called his friend.

"Brother Li, you are here too." Hang Shuheng bowed.

The person who had just been traveling with Li Chengan seemed to have recognized Hang Shuheng and walked over here.

The others were about to greet each other, but the leader spoke out contemptuously, "Who did I think he was? Turns out he was someone who was kicked out of the academy. Is he worthy of you coming over to greet him?"

The person who spoke was Mei Yaosheng, who thought highly of himself. He looked as if he had seen something dirty, with a look of disgust on his face, and kept complaining, "I really can't understand why Wanjuan Bookstore would let such a person in. It's really an insult to the identity of a scholar to attend a poetry gathering with such a person."

After greeting Li Chengan, Hang Shuheng didn't say a word from beginning to end.

He looked at Mei Yaosheng, who was chattering nonstop, with a half-smile, as if he was watching a clown show. There was not a trace of anger in his heart, as if what the other person said had nothing to do with him.

The people on the side couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and nodded awkwardly to Hang Shuheng in a friendly manner as a greeting, then tugged at Mei Yaosheng's sleeve, signaling him to stop talking.

"Brother Mei, we were all classmates, so stop talking."

However, Mei Yaosheng did not appreciate the good advice from others, but instead shouted even louder, "Did I say something wrong? Wasn't he kicked out of our academy?"

"Mei Yaosheng, what do you know? Don't talk nonsense if you don't know the inside story." Li Chengan glared at Mei Yaosheng angrily.

Any smart person would know that he is the best student in the academy and the only one who passed the examination to become a Tongsheng this year.

The dean would never let such a person go easily, unless Hang Shuheng himself insisted on leaving.

In Li Chengan's opinion, Hang Shuheng must have offended Dean Cao in some way, so he had no choice but to leave the academy.

From the fact that all the students in the city blocked the government office to express their dissatisfaction for Hang Shuheng, and Dean Cao of their academy ordered that no one should get involved in the matter, otherwise they would be expelled from the academy, it can be seen that Dean Cao intended to suppress Hang Shuheng.

However, Li Chengan couldn't figure out what the real story was.

Hang Shuheng stopped Li Chengan from arguing with others over his affairs, and gave him a soothing look. Then, he looked at Mei Yaosheng and suddenly laughed.

Mei Yaosheng felt a little puzzled and couldn't help asking, "What are you laughing at?"

Hang Shuheng smiled and said, "I suddenly remembered that a while ago, on Fenglin Mountain in the western suburbs, a student named Mei was punished for openly discriminating against women and being disrespectful to women. I heard that the man was a student of Hongyuan Academy. Could it be you, Master Mei?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Mei Yaosheng's expression began to change unpredictably, sometimes red, sometimes blue, it was very interesting.

There were many people present at the time. He still feels extremely embarrassed whenever he thinks about that incident, but being seen by so many people, he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to.

That day, after he returned to the county town, he exaggerated the situation to his father and mother. After hearing what happened, his father was furious and went to Mei to seek justice, but he was not even allowed to enter the door and was driven away by Mei's servants.

There were some rumors in the city, which reached the ears of the teacher and the dean of the academy. He was almost kicked out by the dean. It was only because his father secretly gave money to the dean that he was able to stay in the academy and continue his studies.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the news of that incident became fainter and fainter in the city. The focus of ordinary people was gradually shifted to things like the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival and the Night Market. Almost no one mentioned that small thing anymore.

And now, Hang Shuheng brought up that matter again in public, how could he not be embarrassed.

Mei Yaosheng didn't need to look around to feel the contemptuous gazes coming from all directions. He wished there was a hole in the ground for him to crawl into.

The classmates standing with Mei Yaosheng looked even more embarrassed, as they were all witnesses of the incident.

After that man and his companions came down from the mountain, they parted ways with Mei Yaosheng. After returning to the academy, they intentionally kept a certain distance from Mei Yaosheng, but he had no self-awareness at all and kept getting close to them to make their presence felt, so there was nothing they could do.

We are in the same academy and we see each other every day. I can't just turn against him.