Chapter 128: Mountains of Gold and Silver as Backing
These are all excuses. How is Miss Su delicate? Can she carry a full bucket of water in one hand? Is that delicate?
Isn't the Young Master's implication obvious? Even Fengying understands. The Young Master finally has a girl he likes, so they must protect her, right?
If even a single hair is missing, I won’t be able to report to the young master.
"I understand, boss. Please give me more suggestions next time." The subordinate took back the paper and pen, crossed out the excess content, and copied it out again.
For example: Today is New Year's Eve, nothing big is happening, everything is the same as usual. Miss Su got up in the morning and posted couplets and hung lanterns with the young men of the Su family. They were all smiling, happy and carefree, with no worries.
"Remember, although you are guarding in secret, you must not disturb the lives of the Su family. Just stop when you have done enough." Fengying gave a special instruction when his men left.
Although they were protecting them secretly, they couldn't act like peeping Toms. The young master only told them to write reports on the Su family's situation at any time, but he didn't ask them to record these trivial matters. However, life in the Su family's courtyard was too dull, and there was really nothing good to record, except for the incident with the Zhao family a few days ago, which had also been successfully resolved.
That night, Su's mother gave all the children New Year's money. This was the first time they had received New Year's money since they were grown up. Although it was only a dozen cents, it was unprecedented in the Su family.
Even the oldest one, Su Jing, had never accepted it.
"Thanks to Wanwan, I received New Year's money for the first time. I am offering this to Wanwan. I hope that our Wanwan will be happy every year."
Su Jing got the New Year's money and turned around to give it to Su Wan, adding some more to it, making it heavy.
Su Jing copied books and saved a few taels of silver, which he gave to her.
The brothers discussed it and each added their own private money into the pot, and each of them contributed two taels of silver to give to Su Wan as a New Year's gift.
Su Mu simply said, "Good luck in the new year and good health every year." Su Chen said, "Third brother is not as knowledgeable as eldest brother, and he just hopes Wanwan will be happy and worry-free."
Fourth brother Su Yun spoke the most, using almost all the beautiful words he knew.
Su Yi was still so gentle. When he gave the New Year's money to Su Wan, he only said:
"When Fifth Brother makes money in the future, I will buy Wanwan a lot of rouge and jewelry."
This is also the first time they spend the New Year reunion with their own sister, so of course they have to have some sense of ceremony.
Su Wan felt the heavy love from his brothers and put all the New Year's money into his pocket.
To be honest, she was not as happy and satisfied as she is now when she was selling soap and shaqima and collecting money.
After the New Year, the goat milk soap business will have to be reopened. As for the shaqima business, Su Wan has not yet figured out how to sustain it for a long time.
If you open a pastry shop, it is definitely not enough to just sell shaqi ma. With so few varieties, you will not be able to compete with your peers.
The only way is to sell the recipe of Shaqi Ma. Their Shaqi Ma is already well-known in Qinghe County. Once the news gets out after the New Year, there will surely be many people coming to buy the recipe. Then they can compare prices from different sellers and sell it to whoever offers the highest price.
Once the money is in hand, you have to think of other ways to make money.
You have to make money as early as possible, and save as much money as you can. If something happens in the future, you will have mountains of gold and silver to rely on, and you will not be too bad.
The tenth day of the Lunar New Year soon arrived, and it was the day for Su Jing to leave home. Everyone sent him to the village entrance. He would ride Lao Hongtou's ox cart to the county, and then take the convoy from the county to the provincial capital to go to Xiangzhou Prefecture to meet up with the caravan.
Jiang Yu's people have been inserted into the caravan, and they will secretly escort him all the way until he enters Kyoto and lives in the small courtyard under his name.
Although the Su family never asked him to repay the favor, he took the initiative to repay these favors. The Su family saved his life, and he protected the Su family for the rest of their lives.
Of course, there were many reasons for this, including Su Wan. Jiang Yu, who was far away in Zhongzhou, was always thinking about her. What he wanted to receive most now was a carrier pigeon letter from Xiangzhou.
"A Jing, after you arrive in Dongdu, you must write home to let them know you're safe. You should also write more often in the future. You'll be gone for a year or so, and your family will miss you. Remember this."
A loving mother sews clothes for her son, and when her son goes on a long journey, it is natural for the mother to feel reluctant to let him go.
"Mom, I'll miss you in Kyoto too. Don't worry, I've found a place to live. It's a courtyard under A Yu's own name. You can rest assured and wait for my good news. No matter what, I will pass the imperial examination for you and come back to see you."
"Brother, be more confident and come back to show us if you can get into the top three."
Su Wan knew that no matter how bad Su Jing was, he would still be the third place in the imperial examination. This was the setting in the original novel, and it would be the same no matter how bad he was.
She also specifically asked him to complete his knowledge on flood control, and if nothing unexpected happened, it would be a sure thing.
"Wanwan, big brother should not be too confident, for fear that if he fails the exam, people will laugh at him." Su Jing said with a smile.
Su Wan cried to death, thinking that her brother was really too humble.
"Big brother, you will definitely succeed. I wish you success in the imperial examination and a bright future!"
Su Wan saluted him solemnly, and her pretty appearance was indeed pleasing.
Father Su was so happy looking at his well-behaved and beautiful daughter that his face blossomed with joy.
"Now it seems that we have indeed taken advantage of the Gu family. If it weren't for the Gu family, how could we have such a well-educated and well-behaved daughter?"
Su Wan felt embarrassed by his praise.
If she hadn't come in, Su Wan would have been hated so much right now.
Su's mother gave him a hundred taels of silver and some change, and everyone watched him go away.
The matter of the eldest brother has come to an end, and now it is the turn of the second and third brothers.
In the original novel, the second brother had already met the miracle doctor. It wouldn't be long before the miracle doctor would accept him as his apprentice and take him to travel around the world to learn and observe. With the second brother's talent, he had learned the essence of the art in just a few years and was able to integrate it thoroughly.
My third brother will join the army in the second half of the year after the border war breaks out. From then on, only my fourth and fifth brothers are left at home. After the fourth brother recovers after the New Year, he will also go to the state capital to be an apprentice, and he will be away for about half a year.
The New Year passed quickly, and on the fifteenth day, Zhao Xiyun was carried into the Qi family in a sedan chair. She was obviously going to be the main wife, but her living conditions were even poorer than those of a concubine. If it weren't for the large dowry given by the Zhao family, she would have had no hope at all when she arrived at the Qi family.
Zhao Tongde fell ill before the New Year and is now in a critical condition. If he is unwilling to cheer up, I am afraid he will not have much time left.
After the New Year, the Su family was also busy building a house. Su's father invited good brothers from the Zhao and Chen families to be the contractors. In addition, there were several other families in the village who had good relationships with them, such as Su Chen and Su Mu, who all helped at home. Including Su's father, there were about ten people in total.
When Jiang Sheng heard that the Su family was going to build a house, he took the initiative to come and help, saying that he didn't want any wages, just lunch, and he would consider it as a repayment for the kindness the Su family had shown to him and Jiao Xing.
Su's father asked someone to choose an auspicious day for the groundbreaking ceremony. Because they wanted to build a blue brick wall and add a few blue brick houses, they had to go to the county brick kiln to order a certain number of blue bricks and bluestone tiles.
It takes a total of half a month from custom-making, burning the paper, to firing the kiln.
After calculating the quantity, the required blue bricks and blue tiles would cost about eighteen taels of silver.
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