Chapter 49 Complaint Conference
Xia Yunheng recalled the skewers he had eaten on the street and suddenly felt that mooncakes were not as delicious. What his cousin liked, he also liked!

He handed the porcelain plate to the eunuch beside him and invited his cousin to take the table.

Song Yanjin was not as casual as her little cousin. She knelt down towards the princess apologetically and said, "I heard that your highness was attacked and injured last month, and the capital was closed. I didn't go to visit your highness, so I hope Haihan will come back."

The eldest princess has taken good care of her and is bedridden. Logically, she should be visited. There will be a family dinner in the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the eldest princess will definitely come to Beijing. Song Yanjin had already planned to pay her a visit.

It was rare that the little girl was so thoughtful. Xia Lianyi stood up and walked down with her long skirt dragging her way. She looked at the graceful girl in front of her with a kind look. It would be great if she had such a sensible child.

Xia Lianyi turned around and glared at her son who was not taking care of her. "The natural disaster is not peaceful. What are you doing in the capital? I am standing here well. There is no need to worry. There are many trivial matters in the academy. Principal Song should worry more about the academy."

"It's getting late, let's eat first."

Xia Lianyi held her thin arm and wrist. Poor child, during the drought, there were so many people in the princess mansion that she had to worry about them. She couldn't even take care of them, and he was still thinking about her.

Xia Yunheng was stared at by his mother for no apparent reason. He was confused for a moment. What was wrong with him? He had no choice but to follow the two of them.

At the table, Song Yanjin continued to receive the eldest princess's favor. The small bowl in front of her had piled up into a small mountain. She would not be satisfied until she had eaten all the dishes on the entire round table.

It was rare to have a well-behaved niece, so Xia Lianyi raised her like a daughter. She put a piece of lotus root in her bowl and said, "Lotus root nourishes people, so girls should eat more."

Song Yanjin could not refuse a gift from an elder, so he continued to eat in silence, occasionally giving the eldest princess a chopstick or two of food.

Xia Yunheng is such an airy person. It seems that my eldest cousin is the mother's daughter. I didn't feel any motherly love at all during the meal!
There was curfew at night, so Song Yanjin stayed in the princess's mansion.

The two maids who served last time were not here, otherwise Song Yanjin would have wanted to thank them properly. The luxurious jewelry they gave him solved his urgent problem.

The next morning, after saying goodbye to the eldest princess and returning to the academy with his little cousin, Song Yanjin continued to go to the teacher's resting house to hand in this month's examination papers.

Qingyun Academy holds monthly exams, and the results are announced on the bulletin board, so the competition is quite intense.

Most of those who couldn't stand the torture were men, but no one in the girls' class next door had ever complained about the hardship and wanted to drop out, so how could they back down?

The students in the academy are more studious than each other, and they never put down their books even during meal times.

After Song Yanjin finished handing out the test papers, he suddenly had an idea. He stood up and went to Su Lao's calligraphy desk, and wrote down in a sonorous and powerful voice the couplets used for the autumn examination in the Imperial Academy.

“No one can help me reach the sky, but I will climb the snowy mountain by myself.”

This famous quote was a famous quote from the Autumn Examination for Imperial College Students. Song Yanjin admired his own handwriting in the thin gold script with satisfaction. "Take Baizhu to the entrance of the academy and frame it. Also, put up a notice on the bulletin board that the academy's couplets will be changed once a month. If the couplets written by students are pleasing to Mr. Su, they will be posted at the entrance of the academy."

It was a matter of honor to post a couplet written by oneself at the entrance of the academy. Bai Zhu took the couplet with a smile and said, "Yes, Miss!"

Another announcement was made in the evening that there would be three days off for the Mid-Autumn Festival. All the students were excited and could not wait to pack their luggage and leave the college that night.

Uncle Liu, Old Su, and Master Ge were looking forward to reuniting with their families and returned to Lin'an early the next morning.

The only people left in the academy were the original group, including Song Yanjin and Baizhu, the steward Cui Yuanshang, the coachman Qingmu, the two cleaning women, the gatekeeper, two chefs and the accountant.

It is destiny that brings people together. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the two chefs were told by the head chef to use their best skills to cook a large table of dishes.

There was a big mooncake in the middle of the table. It was made by Song Yanjin, Bai Zhu and Cui Yuanshang in the afternoon. Since it was a festival, of course it had to be something in keeping with the occasion.

At dinner time, the canteen had a table set up. The two busy women who had just returned hesitated and didn't know where to sit. Song Yanjin brought a plate of peanuts and walnuts into the canteen. Seeing everyone standing there at a loss, he smiled and greeted them kindly, "Today is a festival, don't be reserved, sit down and eat together."

The headmaster was kindhearted. The two women were moved and bowed to the little girl. "Thank you for your consideration, headmaster."

People came in one after another, all with the same expression: confused at first, and then when they saw the maids sitting down, they also sat down without hesitation.

Song Yanjin instructed Baizhu to divide the peanuts, walnuts and melon seeds into bowls and plates and place them on the table in sections.

Cui Yuanchang also came to help.

It was the first time for everyone to sit at the same table with the master, and they felt a little uncomfortable, waiting in silence for the headmaster to start eating first.

Song Yanjin took the lead and peeled a peanut. "Everyone has come to the academy. This is the first time we celebrate a festival. We will eat like this every year and festival. Don't be restrained. Eat whatever you like."

"We are a big family. Without your hard work, the academy would not be what it is today. I may be a little busy on weekdays, so please forgive me for not taking good care of you. We are gathered here again on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone can speak freely. If you have any thoughts in your heart, please speak out. Anyone who makes suggestions that are beneficial to the academy will be rewarded with five taels of silver."

"Okay!" Xiao Ruan came in holding a wine jar and clapping his hands. "If you ask me, Xiao Song Shanzhang is really disloyal. He didn't even invite me to the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Song Yanjin told Bai Zhu to prepare a stool, "Look at what you said, you thought you were going to spend the night with your family."

Except for him, the family seemed like a family.

He handed the wine jar to Chef Cheng, "Today we will have a drink among our family."

Being told that we are a family makes everyone feel warm inside.

Meeting Shanzhang Xiao Song was a blessing from their previous life. After drinking more than thirty glasses of wine, they began to let themselves go. The gatekeeper blushed and picked up the wine glass, "Manager Cui, I toast to you. Thank you for arranging such an easy job for me, hiccup~"

Everyone was ashamed: “.”

Cui Yuanchang glared at him coldly and said, "I respect you as a man. I hope you will thank me tomorrow."

Aoki quickly stood up and pulled the man down. You dare to speak freely, but no one would reveal that they have so much free time. Don't look at Manager Cui as aloof, he is actually a calculative person.

"Scholar Song, I suggest that we add more staff to the accounting office to collect tuition fees from students. Lao Li and I have to enter the accounts every day, and we also have to deal with the canteen's expenses. We are very busy. Manager Cui understands us."

The accountant, Old Xiao, spoke up for justice under the influence of alcohol.

Song Yanjin looked at Yuan Chang, only to see her nodding in agreement.

"Okay~ In that case, we do need to add more people. Let Manager Cui find a good man!"

Cui Yuanchang nodded helplessly. She had been accompanying the headmaster for fun recently and she had neglected this matter.

One of the two women raised her hand and said, "We want to add more too. Now there are people living in the men's and women's dormitories. We can't clean up the area of ​​the academy that big."

Kitchen: "There are hundreds of people waiting to eat in the cafeteria. Old Cheng and I get up before dawn every day to buy food. If it weren't for Qingmu helping with the washing and preparing of vegetables, lunch would not be possible..."

(End of this chapter)