Chapter 15 Another Misfortune
The first lesson was not difficult.
Su Shengsheng conducted comprehensive tests on several students who came to take the imperial examination, and then made targeted plans based on their basic level.
Then show off a few of your skills to convince them, and the joyful opening ceremony ends.
However, they waited for nearly a whole morning but still did not see the arrogant and domineering second-generation rich man.
Qing Ning's uneasy heart finally settled down, and she happily went to the clothing store to choose clothes with Su Shengsheng, who was collecting the share of the book sales.
Unexpectedly, Zai Qing came running over, sweating profusely, "Miss, please go back quickly, Old Master Su has fainted!"
Several people were shocked, and Su Shengsheng quickly asked the reason, "Didn't you take care of it? Why did you faint?"
Qing's face turned pale and after hesitating for a moment, he told the truth.
"Did the young lady offend the young master of the Fan family? He's the brother-in-law of the copper mine supervisor. I wonder why he came to our house today. Not only did he increase the workload of the old man and his family, he also threatened that if the Su family didn't bring their daughter to apologize, they would never live in peace again."
Su Shengsheng took a deep breath, it was true that enemies often meet in a narrow road.
Qing Ning burst into tears when she heard this, "Miss, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have teased that person."
When Qing heard something was wrong, he asked carefully and found out that it was his sister who caused the trouble. He was shocked and angry.
"Okay, Qingning is not to blame for this." Su Shengsheng held Qingning's hand. "Now that things have come to this, we must not lose our composure."
She asked Zaiqing to describe the situation at the mine in detail, and the three of them hurried back.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Su Yuanling started to talk to him.
"Sixth sister is really capable now! I wondered where she got the money from, but it turns out she went out to do business without telling the family. And in just a few days, she got into trouble and even caused Grandfather to fall ill. She's truly filial!"
This time, Su Shengsheng ignored her and went straight into the house.
Everyone in the room had a gloomy look on their faces, and when they saw her come back, they all looked quite unhappy.
"How's Grandfather?"
However, as soon as she opened her mouth to ask, Su Deyong scolded her, "How dare you ask! Now that we've offended the mine supervisor, no one will have a good life in the future."
Mrs. Li pulled her daughter over and said, "Your grandfather just had a heat stroke. He's already seen a doctor and taken medicine and is now asleep. Don't worry too much."
But the expressions of the people in the room did not ease because they had fallen into such a situation and the prison officer was the King of Hell who held their lives in his hands.
Now that they have offended their direct superior, everyone is very scared.
Su Wenqian's tone also lost its good tone. "We are not like Sixth Sister, who still has the option of getting married. Sixth Sister should also leave a way out for the sisters!"
The whole room was noisy, and Old Madam Su walked out from the inner room with an unhappy look, but not towards Su Shengsheng.
"Why? When you get something good, you hold it in your pocket, but when you encounter a test, you push Sheng girl out?"
Su Shengsheng felt a chill in her heart at what her grandmother said, but she finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that her grandmother did not blame her.
"If it weren't for Miss Sheng along the way, we might not have made it here alive. Just when we ran into trouble, you started slandering your family?"
After saying this in a serious tone, Madam Su ignored the ugly expressions on everyone's faces and pulled Su Shengsheng into the inner room.
Seeing that his grandfather was sleeping soundly on the couch, Su Shengsheng felt relieved.
Grandma's expression brightened a little. "Sheng girl, I want to ask you, tell me the truth. Is it really the person you teased?"
Although Su Shengsheng was a little bolder, Old Madam Su did not believe her. She was a child who did not know her limits.
"Grandma," Su Shengsheng said with shame, "It was that person's rude words that caused me to... bring trouble upon Grandpa. It's Sheng'er who is unfilial."
"If grandma hadn't warned you, how could you still have the guts to go out and argue with others?" Old Madam Su sighed deeply, but fearing that the blame would be too severe and make Su Shengsheng feel guilty, she slowed down her voice.
"Your grandfather didn't die from this illness..." Her cloudy eyes revealed a hint of helplessness, "Your grandfather was angry with himself, leaving behind a house full of elderly and weak people who were burdened with heavy responsibilities, but he couldn't do anything."
As he spoke, he turned around and touched his granddaughter's beautiful face, "Now that the young master of the Ji family is here, you must not show up in public anymore. Just wait quietly for your marriage and let go of everything else."
Su Shengsheng had to break her grandmother's good wishes, "Mr. Ji was also there that day..."
Old Madam Su almost gasped when she recalled the strange situation when they first met.
She turned to look at her granddaughter, who had just been favored by everyone and looked nonchalant, and felt a pain in her heart.
The Nanling State had a law that prohibited people of merchant origin from taking the imperial examinations in order to prevent collusion between officials and businessmen.
She took a deep breath and said after a while, "Your grandfather has a bad temper. He will never bow down to his mistakes. Don't take it to heart. Fortunately, the young master of the Ji family hasn't left yet. Grandmother will ask him to think of a solution later."
If Ji Yanli really took action, she would not only be slapped in the face, but she would also have no chance of doing business again.
Su Shengsheng felt confused.
After seeing her grandfather, Su Shengsheng walked out from the inner room.
When the others saw her come out, they all stopped talking.
Everyone's expressions relaxed after they heard their grandmother say that she would ask Ji Yanli to use her connections.
Thinking it was just a minor incident and could probably be resolved by having a banquet, they stopped blaming Su Shengsheng and went back.
But Su Shengsheng still couldn't escape the scolding from her mother.
At the end, seeing that her daughter did not refute, Li Shi also felt sad: "Mother, today you have finally seen the true face of those people."
As she spoke, she held Su Shengsheng's hand tightly, "Sheng'er, listen to your mother this time. Don't miss the chance to marry the young master of the Ji family."
At this moment, everyone was in a state of confusion and didn't care about their daughter going into business. She just wanted to get her daughter out of this den of tigers and wolves.
Su Jingshan was not a man of many words, but he did not blame his daughter for going out to make a living. He just told her not to go out and do anything.
Because the grandfather was old, the family was worried about him, so they took turns to look after him and had no time to take care of other things.
Su Shengsheng thought about it all night, but because he was afraid of hurting himself, he couldn't make up his mind.
But she knew in her heart that she could never marry Ji Yanli because that would be repaying kindness with enmity.
If she didn't teach these people to be self-reliant, even if Ji Yanli had a successful career in the future, he would not be able to be sucked dry by this family.
In the middle of the night, just as she was feeling drowsy, she suddenly heard a commotion in the courtyard.
Su Shengsheng woke up suddenly and got up quickly.
There was a hurried knock on the door. "Miss, I don't know what's wrong with the eldest lady in her room. She can't move and can't be woken up."
Just at this moment, her grandmother came out from the inner room and asked Su Shengsheng to help her over. Only then did she realize that it was not her grandfather who was in trouble.
Before Su Shengsheng could even breathe a sigh of relief, she experienced what it meant when it rains but never comes alone.
As soon as she entered the tightly sealed room, she knew what the problem was.
"Qing Ning, open all the windows. Ning Yu, help me carry everyone outside. Zai Qing, go and harness the carriage."
Su Shengsheng interrupted the chaos in the room with a series of instructions.
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