Madam Feng opened her mouth, but couldn't answer. She could only turn her head away angrily, "I won't talk to you. Let Hua'er come out! This is a matter between our Feng family and Hua'er. You don't know anything about it, and it has nothing to do with you."
She never gave Su Hua anything; on the contrary, Su Hua would send food and other necessities to the mother and daughter every few days.
The Su family was well aware of this, but since Su Hua was willing to give it back then, she wouldn't bring it up now, unlike this heartless scoundrel who deliberately picks on their sore spots.
"Ha! These things have nothing to do with me?" Su Erhu sneered. "As Hua'er's brother and the manager of Su's Restaurant, if Hua'er had to personally deal with any Tom, Dick, or Harry who lays down on the ground without reason, wouldn't I have packed my bags and left long ago?"
As for what you said earlier, that Feng Zicai is honest, I would like to ask Aunt Feng, what does honesty mean?
Your son's life was saved by my father risking his life to pull him out of the river. The food that Aunt Feng and your son have been borrowing for years to pay for their famine is what my family has been doing. My sister helped him pay his tuition. But what did he do?
Not only did he secretly have an affair with the Meng family's daughter, but he also passed the imperial examination and then came to my Su family to break off the engagement. Such a fickle, ungrateful, and ruthless person—if he could be called honest, then there's probably no dishonest person in the world!
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression towards Feng's mother suddenly changed.
"So this woman had already broken off her engagement with the Su family. It's actually the Feng family that's heartless, ungrateful, and treacherous!"
“Oh dear, the kindness of saving someone’s life is as heavy as the sky, and they have helped and lent a hand every year. With such kindness, how can this Feng family son be so fickle? He is worse than an animal.”
"If this young man from the Feng family can be called an honest man, then wouldn't everyone here be an honest man, the entire Tangshan Prefecture be an honest prefecture, and the entire Dayu Kingdom be an honest country?"
“That’s right. I think the young owner of the Su Family Restaurant is the truly honest and kind person. She and the county magistrate are related as uncle and niece. The Feng family is so heartless and ungrateful, but she didn’t send anyone to deal with them. Such magnanimity makes her truly worthy of being called the number one talented woman in Tangshan Prefecture…”
Hearing the angry shouts suddenly turn towards her, Feng's mother quickly shook her head like a rattle drum, "No, that's not it, Su Erhu is talking nonsense! Nonsense!"
It was clearly Su Hua who betrayed her promise, was promiscuous, and seduced the rich young master…
"Enough!" Su Erhu's handsome face instantly turned frosty. He stepped forward and stood directly in front of the woman, meeting her crazed eyes.
“I know that Aunt Feng has been anxious these past few days about the two hundred taels of gambling debt your son owes, but no matter how anxious she is or how much she throws a tantrum, she will not get the money back.”
As the man spoke, he pointed to the noodle shop across the street and raised his voice, "Moreover, your son has already been in a relationship with the Meng family's daughter and eloped without a matchmaker. If you want money to pay off your debts, you should go to the Meng family."
Scholars value their reputation above all else; Aunt Feng should hurry up and go to the Meng family to discuss this.
Otherwise, given Aunt Feng's behavior, even if your son paid off his gambling debts, her path to officialdom would have been completely cut off long ago.
Upon hearing the words "gambling debt," Madam Feng's face turned pale. She had never expected Su Erhu to speak so bluntly about the matter.
The onlookers were even more shocked upon hearing this.
"What? It was for gambling debts? How could a scholar go to such a filthy and disgusting place as a gambling den?"
"Didn't she just say that her son was a scholar and a student at Qingshan Academy? I never expected that he was a gambling addict behind the scenes. Isn't that a joke?"
"If someone like that were to actually pass the imperial examinations, wouldn't he gamble away all the money in the government office?"
"I heard that the Meng family noodle shop across the street lost all their land and money gambling, and even owes the gambling den five hundred taels. I never imagined that they were brothers-in-law!"
"As expected, birds of a feather flock together. This Meng family girl ran away without a matchmaker, so she's probably not a good girl."
“I used to eat at Meng’s noodle shop regularly, but in just two months, the noodle shop has been declining day by day, and now it’s closed down. In the end, whoever Feng Zicai gets involved with will suffer. He’s a jinx…”
Hearing this, Madam Feng finally couldn't hold back any longer. She spat out a curse and retorted, "You're the jinx! Your whole family is a jinx! My Zicai is a celestial being descended to earth as a scholar. He's the only scholar in Shanghe Village, Qingshui County for decades. He entered Qingshan Academy at only sixteen years old. His future is limitless..."
The man who had spoken earlier fell silent and stepped back upon seeing her appearance. However, the young man in a satin blue scholar's robe frowned. "Feng Zicai, a scholar from Shanghe Village, Qingshui County? Why does that name sound so familiar?"
He thought for a while, then suddenly slapped his forehead, "Isn't this the new student from the next class?"
The three or five students behind him understood what he meant.
"So it turns out he's the new junior from Class Yellow!"
"He seemed so knowledgeable and reasonable in public, I never imagined he was such a despicable and vile person behind the scenes. You can know a person's face but not their heart!"
"We cannot interfere with matters such as running away without a matchmaker or being ungrateful, but the matter of going to casinos must be reported to the Master as soon as possible. The ironclad rule of Qingshan Academy is that no student of the academy is allowed to gamble. Once discovered, the student must be expelled from the academy and never be admitted again..."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Feng nearly fainted from anger, and it took her a long time to regain her composure. "No, no, the person you're talking about isn't my son... No, I mean, my son isn't the person you know... Don't spread rumors... You'll only hurt him..."
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