After rebirth, I win people's hearts by being cute

At the gate of Nanchang County School, a little girl of five or six years old, wearing a blue round-neck and blue shirt, was running forward quickly, followed by another girl about ten years old, wearing the same clothes.

Behind her was a boy of the same age as her, wearing a grey shirt, and next to him was another boy of about ten years old, carrying a grey crossbody bag.

The little girl ran a few steps, turned back, and shouted at the top of her voice: "Brother, let's go home quickly, mother must have prepared dinner for us."

The boy's face, which was somewhat similar to hers, wrinkled up. "Run slower and watch the road."

The girl didn't listen to him and ran so fast that she almost bumped into a cart pushed by someone else. She was caught by a tall man with one hand.

"Uncle Chu?"

Chu Xuan looked her up and down, "An Ran, are you okay?"

Anzhi ran up to her, grabbed her hand and started beating her, "I told you not to run around. If you run around again next time, I'll tell mom."

An Ran took back her little hand and said in a low voice with a guilty conscience: "Brother, I was wrong."

Chu Xuan couldn't bear to see her like this, so he took her hand and comforted her, "Okay, if you don't do this next time, your brother won't tell your mother, okay?"

An Ran behaved like a quail, fearing that An Zhi would scold her again.

An Zhi ignored her little action and asked, "Why is Uncle Chu here?"

Chu Xuan smiled in a flattering way, "Your uncle is on duty today and is busy. I heard that you are going back to Heshui Village. I just happened to be going to do some work and I can take you back by the way."

An Zhi bowed and said, "Thank you, Uncle Chu, for troubling you."

"No, no, let's go."

After getting on the carriage with a few people, the atmosphere was a little awkward. Chu Xuan coughed twice and asked, "By the way, are you used to going to school?"

An Zhi remained expressionless, "Not bad"

Anran was different. She chattered like a little thrush, saying that she had made many good friends through studying and even shared her food with them.

After getting excited, he began to sigh again, "I can only see my mother once every few days. I miss her so much."

The two of them studied at the county school. Because women were allowed to study that year and printed books were very cheap, each county and town school had a separate women's college, which was slightly different from the men's and studied separately.

However, many families that favor boys over girls are reluctant to let their girls go to school, so the number of students in girls' classes is one-third of that in boys' classes.

What's more, the county school is a boarding school with holidays only every five days, so many students who have just enrolled are not used to it, including An Ran, who secretly cried several times.

Chu Xuan smiled when he heard this, "Actually, you don't have to live in the academy, but the journey to and from the academy is too long. It would be better if you live in the county."

An Zhi, who was reading a book at the side, moved his black eyes slightly, raised his head and looked distant, "No need, my family doesn't have much money, and we may not be able to afford a house in the county."

Chu Xuan felt An Zhi's alienation and pursed his lips awkwardly, "Yes, I thought too simply."

An Ran didn't notice that the atmosphere was wrong at all and was thinking about this matter seriously.

He said seriously, "I have to go back and talk to my mother. If you don't have money, forget it."

She loved being with Chu Xuan, loved being lifted up by him, loved riding horses with him, just like she loved her uncle and mother.

If I were in the county, I might see him often.

After they walked for a distance, the carriage suddenly stopped. "What happened?"

"Brother Chu, it's the lady from the Zhang family in Heshui Village..."

When An Ran heard that they were from Heshui Village, she rolled her eyes in disdain, and only became obedient after An Zhi glared at her.

He lowered his head and muttered to himself, "It's that An Xin again, what a nuisance."

The carriage was big enough, and it was full of children, so it was no problem for two more people to sit in it. Chu Xuan could only say, "Tell them to get in."

Feng took An Xin to the carriage, looked at An Ran and his sister and said sarcastically, "Ah, it's the young master and young lady of the Liu family, what a coincidence."

No one paid any attention to her. She took the initiative to sit next to Chu Xuan, almost sticking to him: "Thank you, Master Chu. If it weren't for you, my mother and I wouldn't know what to do."

Chu Xuan blocked it with his sword and said calmly, "It's just a small favor, no need to thank me."

Feng was even more attentive. "Yes, yes. Come to my house for dinner later. I bought some spareribs today."

Chu Xuan was annoyed by the pestering and said it was too crowded inside, so he went out and joined the people driving the coach.

Feng put away her smile and looked up and down at the little maid beside her, saying with disdain, "A good girl is running away to be someone's maid."

The little maid also looked down on her and said sarcastically, "That's better than some people who only know how to gossip about others."

The little maid was called Xiaolan. She was very smart and was almost bought by her father to a brothel and Ermo. If it came to quarreling, Feng Shi probably was no match for her.

Feng's eyes were full of venom. "How dare a maid yell at me? Is this what your master taught you?"

Xiaolan raised her eyelids and said disdainfully: "No one is as good as you in teaching your daughter. She has learned all your skills."

Before Feng could say anything, the carriage stopped. She didn't care about the quarrel and quickly got off the carriage, wanting to keep Chu Xuan. She held his hand and insisted that he go home for dinner.

Seeing this, An Zhi turned around and left with his sister. An Ran was angry, "Brother, Uncle Chu is going to be taken away by that bad woman."

"None of your business, go home to your mother, don't you miss her very much?"

An Ran was so angry that her braids flew all over the place. "Hmph, brother is really annoying." She shook off An Zhi's hand and ran home, shouting at the door: "Mom, your daughter is back."

Liu Huan hurried to open the door, hugged his daughter and kissed her for a while and asked, "Where is your uncle?"

An Zhidao: "Uncle Chu sent us here. My uncle has official business and can't leave."

Liu Huan understood that Ermo had found fun working in the government office and often worked overtime.

"What about your Uncle Chu? Why don't you invite him to dinner?"

An Ran was the first to tell what happened just now: "An Xin's mother is so annoying. She pulled Uncle Chu and wouldn't let him leave."

An Zhi nervously observed his mother's appearance. Seeing that there was no change on her face, he breathed a sigh of relief. He ignored the mother and daughter and went into the house to change clothes.

Xiaolan and Anzhi's servant Xiaohei came into the room and helped to get bowls to serve rice, very diligently.

On the other side, Chu Xuan got rid of Feng and came to Liu's house. He said apologetically that he was not willing. Liu Huan smiled and said, "Brother Chu, don't be nervous. The man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried. Even if they are together, others have no right to interfere."

Chu Xuan felt bitter inside, and he didn't want to continue this topic, so he said, "The new county magistrate will be here soon, and the Ermo brothers will be very busy recently. I happened to be in the village to do some work today, so I took them back."

Liu Huan heard Ermo talk about this, so he asked, "Have they arrived yet?"

Chu Xuan said: "Not yet, he should arrive in a few days. I heard he is an official who was demoted from the capital."

Liu Huan was just asking casually. Seeing that he was about to speak, he quickly interrupted him: "Brother Chu, don't you have something else to do? Why don't you go and do it first? Don't delay me."

Chu Xuan stopped talking, "Okay, I'll go do my work first, and I'll pick them up to go to school in two days."

Before Liu Huan agreed, An Zhi spoke first, "No need, Uncle Chu, my sister and I can go by ourselves when the time comes."

Liu Huan smiled awkwardly, "Yeah, don't bother Brother Chu, I'll take them there myself."

Chu Xuan forced a smile and said, "Alright, I'll leave first then."

After he left, An Zhi asked seriously, "Mom, do you like Uncle Chu?"