"What, burning books?"
Old Lady An was stunned for a mont, her eyes, that still glimred with green light, looked toward the bonfire in her yard.
She was old and her eyesight was failing, but if others said it was burning books, then it must be books. However, her grandson hadn’t returned yet, so how could it be possible that books were burning?
"Put out the fire, hurry and put out the fire! Who’s that heartless bastard trying to harm my Que’er? My Que’er hasn’t co ho yet, how could it be burning books? Put out the fire, put out the fire!"
The crowd, hearing Old Lady An’s words, felt their hearts jump.
So it turns out An Que wasn’t ho, which ans this fire wasn’t set by him, but by soone else?
"Put out the fire, hurry and put out the fire!"
They didn’t dare to delay any longer, swiftly carrying buckets of water into the yard to extinguish the bonfire.
But they had been watching the commotion outside for quite so ti, and the bonfire had already beco intense. Even if they put it out now, there wouldn’t be much left.
"Oh my heavens, how did it co to this, my books, they were all bought with real Silver! How could this happen?!"
Old Lady An saw the pile of charred and soggy ss in the yard, and sat down on the ground, wailing and lanting.
These were her treasured grandson’s lifeline. They were counting on reading these books to pass the imperial exam and beco an official, but how did they just get burned like this?
"How did this happen, who could be so malicious, lacking in moral integrity!"
She cried sorrowfully, and the people of the married An Da family, who couldn’t find An Que, also returned. Seeing the scene in the yard, they were also shocked, not knowing what had happened.
"What... what happened here?"
Older An stared dumbfoundedly, not yet realizing what had been burned.
The other An family mbers were also like planks of wood, completely unable to react. They had just gone out for a mont to find soone, how did this happen?
"What’s burning here? Why does it look like books to ?"
Second Elder An said stupidly, could this pile of stuff be his good nephew’s books?
But Auntie i, standing to the side, sneered. Didn’t she say there would be retribution? See, retribution for the An family has co. Who burned the books, who in the An family doesn’t know at heart? Who else could they have offended?
Oh no, perhaps people in the An family really don’t know, they even think that An Jiuyue, a dignified Princess of the Third Rank, marrying An Que is a great blessing, an elevation rather than a downgrading marriage.
"What, books?"
The eldest daughter-in-law scread and rushed over when she heard Second Uncle’s words.
Looking closely at the pile of ashes, there were still so partially unburned pages, shocking her to breathe in sharply, feeling dizzy and faint.
"Who, who did this? Which of you did this?!"
The next mont, she pointed her frustration directly at the villagers who were watching the commotion, her eyes filled with venom, wishing she could skin them!
"Oh dear, we ca with good intentions to put out the fire, and now we’re suspected?"
A woman, seeing the ferocity of the An family’s eldest daughter-in-law, couldn’t help but make a sarcastic remark.
They ca with water buckets, everyone out of effort and using water, not gaining any benefit, yet being suspected of starting the fire, is that right?
"Even if you’ve produced a scholar, you still can’t be unreasonable, right? We ca to put out the fire, look, everyone’s still holding water buckets, you can’t just accuse people like that, can you?"
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