Chapter 140 Find a way for the two of them
Su Ruojin asked without giving up, "Are you gambling? Are you taking Wushisan?"
Hua Ping looked at the young lady with a hard-to-tell expression, "You were quite close to your uncle yesterday, why are you expecting him to be full of five poisons today?"
She seemed not to hear Hua Ping's sarcasm, and said to herself: "She is rich, beautiful, and so perfect. She doesn't look like a real person!"
"Could it be a ghost?"
He had no bad habits, could write and paint, and was a true talent from the south of the Yangtze River. Regardless of the Su family's financial situation or Su Yanzu's own abilities, he did not need to squeeze into the Imperial College for the gilded examination.
Su Ruojin thought of the three-entry, three-exit compound that the Su family bought in the capital. The old couple moved thousands of miles from Pingjiang Prefecture to the capital. According to common sense, even if the Su family's business expanded to the capital, Su Dekai could go to the capital, but his wife would definitely not follow. There are many examples in history of businessmen taking a concubine every time they went to a place to do business. However, Su Dekai did not do that. Instead, he brought his wife and son to the capital. Did he really break the rules in order to have his son pass the imperial examination and bring honor to the family?
"What business does my grandfather have in the capital?"
Hua Ping raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of meaning, "The Su family mainly deals in grain and silk. They expanded their business to the capital a few years ago, and their business is pretty good."
A few years ago...
Su Ruojin took a deep breath. That was when Su Yanli was in poverty.
Having found out almost everything that needed to be found out, Su Ruojin asked Mao Ya to give the prepared reward to Hua Ping.
Hua Ping stopped him, "I'll even give you a winter's worth of tonic soup."
Su Ruojin: ...
"What are you looking at?" Hua Ping felt guilty and left the Su family with his hands behind his back, looking fierce on purpose.
Su Ruojin looked up at the sky. She didn't care. She just lived her life well. It was the middle of the month again. She went to the shop to check the accounts and see if she should add any new products.
Su Ruojin took Maoya with her and went out to the shop. Su Sanlang wanted to follow him, but Cheng Yingzhen stopped him. "When my brother was your age, he could recite the Three Character Classic and Thousand Character Classic by heart, but you can only recite the first few sentences. You are not allowed to go out."
Su Sanlang was acting like a scoundrel and wanted to follow her out, so Cheng Yingzhen turned around and took out the cane. The little guy was so scared that he ran straight to the study. Su Ruojin walked out of the house with an insincere smile.
When they arrived at the shop, the breakfast business was not over yet. Su Ruojin had not eaten enough at home, so she ordered two dishes, both to fill her stomach and to see how they tasted. They were not bad, so she thought about what to order. When she saw the sparse customers in the main hall, she decided what to order.
A bowl of century egg and lean meat porridge and a plate of special noodles, both of which are breakfasts that allow guests to sit in the main hall and eat, I plan to teach them to Mother Dong this afternoon.
After watching breakfast, I went to the back hall. The people who were doing the night business had already gotten up and were stringing vegetables.
Su Ruojin paid special attention to Shi Xiaoliu. In less than a month, the malnourished Shi Xiaoliu not only grew taller, but also became lively and radiant, like a completely different person.
When he saw the young master coming, he quickly stood up and saluted with his walking stick.
"Just do your thing."
Shi Xiaoliu was unwilling to do so. He bowed to the young master sincerely, his face full of gratitude, as if he was reborn.
"Work hard and save money to get married."
Shi Xiaoliu: ...Little Master, are you really eight years old? Why do you speak like an eighty-year-old lady?
Su Ruojin also laughed at Shi Xiaoliu's look, "Starting from May, 300 wen per month. If you perform well, you can get more."
"Thank you, little master... Thank you, little master..." After a month of trial, Shi Xiaoliu was very nervous. He was afraid that he would eat too much and displease the master, so he was always the last one to eat and took the smallest amount. But every time, Mother Dong would give him two big bowls and make him eat them all. She said, "Only when you are full will you have the strength to work."
As a result, in less than a month, he grew a lot of flesh, and there were no bones poking through the skin on his arms and legs anymore.
"Do a good job." Su Ruojin nodded and went to the accounting office. She was afraid that if she continued to watch, she would not be able to suppress her vanity of keeping her employees fat and white. She smiled secretly. Seeing them become happy and happy, she felt very happy too!
Sitting at the accounting desk, Su Ruojin pulled Sister Mao Ya to sit next to her as usual, "Follow and learn."
The master and servant sat quietly counting the bills until Mother Dong came over and called them to eat.
"How about I bring the food to the accounting office and you two can eat in peace?"
Su Ruojin shook her head. The shop was small and the people there were all close to her, so she decided to go out and eat with everyone to keep in touch.
When I entered the main hall, I found Su Yanzu sitting in the first row. Ershi was telling him that there was no Chinese food business in the restaurant.
"Someone will treat me to a meal."
Su Ruojin rolled her eyes at him and asked, "What is the great talent Su doing here in the middle of the day?"
"I'm here to help you find a solution, and I'll give you a meal."
Su Ruojin refused reflexively: "What can a young lady like me do?"
"Then I can only bother your father."
"you……"
In fact, no matter whether Su Yanli asked Lord Fan or Zhao Lan, with Su Yanzu's current talent, he could still enter the Imperial College. Su Ruojin just felt that he entered the Imperial College not for the imperial examination.
Su Yanzu smiled as if he deserved a beating.
Su Ruojin sat opposite him and asked Dong's mother to serve two work meals.
The uncle and nephew had a tacit understanding. They lowered their heads and ate their food first. Only after they had eaten and drunk enough did they start to argue slowly and leisurely.
"Really not going to help?"
Su Ruojin made up a lie: "You can enter the Imperial College just by painting the peach forest, why do you need to look for my father?"
"Really?" Su Yanzu stroked his smooth chin and thought seriously.
Su Ruojin: ...Whatever you want to do is your business, it has nothing to do with me.
After thinking about it, Su Yanzu looked at his little niece and said, "Let your father..."
"No way."
"I haven't finished yet, how do you know what I'm going to say?"
"Isn't it just to ask my father to recommend your painting to the Jijiu or Siye? Don't even think about it. You want to ask why? I can tell you directly that what your father and mother did is not right. My father is not in the mood to do this favor for you."
Su Yanzu smiled helplessly again, "Ajin, you will be expelled from the clan for such outright rebellion."
For Dayinchao, who regards filial piety as the most important thing, no matter what your parents have done to you, they are still your parents. Besides, Su Dekai did support Su Yanli until he was twenty years old, and allowed him to go to school all the way, from a scholar to a Jinshi. This is the grace of raising him that cannot be erased.
As for what Su Yanli's spiritual needs were in his original family, let alone in this era, even more than a thousand years later, many parents would not be able to take good care of their children's inner world.
Although Su Yanli had never said anything about his father and stepmother in front of his family, Su Ruojin knew that these people had no feelings for him. No matter why Su Yanzu wanted to enter the Imperial College, Su Ruojin refused on behalf of his father, maintaining the status quo, not disturbing each other, and living in peace.
Su Yanzu said helplessly, "Is it not possible to be friends with strangers?"
Seeing him lower himself so low, Su Ruojin was puzzled. "I don't think you are a proud scholar who can easily lower himself. Why?"
Yeah, what for?
As if he had touched upon some secret, Su Yanzu lost his playful smile. His face became serious and he said lightly, "Thank you for lunch." After that, he stood up and left Su's breakfast shop.
Su Ruojin stared at his back for a long time. This man has a story!
But he was born into a wealthy family, not to mention being born with a silver spoon in his mouth. It's impossible for Su Dekai to torture him with some kind of "hardship education", right?
It was none of her business, so Su Ruojin collected her thoughts and turned around. Aunt Gui was putting a piece of braised pork belly on Shi Xiaoliu's plate. Shi Xiaoliu's face was flushed and he lowered his head, not daring to look at Aunt Gui.
While no one was paying attention, Su Ruojin found Mother Dong who was busy in the kitchen and asked, "What's going on?"
Mother Dong had an indescribably complicated expression. "One night it was raining and Xianggui got caught in the rain and caught a cold. Shi Xiaoliu dragged his lame leg to get her a doctor."
"What about you?"
Dong's mother admitted: "We were all tired after a busy day. Before going to bed, I went to Xianggui's room and touched her forehead. I didn't see any fever, so I gave her a bowl of ginger soup. I thought she was fine. Unexpectedly, Xianggui had a dry mouth due to fever in the middle of the night, so she came out to get some water. Shi Xiaoliu saw her and realized something was wrong, so..."
Shi Xiaoliu is interested, and Xianggui is not without feelings. These two...
Seeing that the young master was silent, Mother Dong spoke up for the two, "I heard that Xianggui cannot have children in this lifetime, and Shi Xiaoliu's legs are like this. If these two get together, they can support each other for the rest of their lives and be a companion."
"Who said she can't have children?"
Mother Dong was stunned, "Dashi's wife..." Besides, Feng Wangtian also made it very clear when he sent Xianggui over.
Su Ruojin sighed and said, in ancient rural areas, especially in the mountains, if a woman couldn’t have children, it was the woman’s problem. They didn’t check, so maybe it was the man who couldn’t have children?
Mother Dong: "Then this..."
"Let's wait and see. If both of them are interested and they are not young anymore, we can find a date to do it for them."
Mother Dong was worried. "Although Shutong is your servant, he was not bought by you. He is the nephew of an innkeeper on his way to school. At that time, his parents died unexpectedly and his family could not accommodate him, so he came to his uncle and happened to meet you. So he stayed with you as a hired servant so that he could marry Madam Lu. Xianggui is now a real slave who sold herself. Although Shi Xiaoliu's family is poor, they are good citizens. Even if we want to help them, I'm afraid it will be difficult..."
This is what worries Mother Dong. Xianggui is hardworking and quiet, and is very appealing to Mother Dong. She had seen that Xianggui was interested in Hua Ping before, and had always wanted to reconcile the two of them. For this purpose, she even wanted to persuade the unemployed Hua Ping to sell himself to the Su family.
Hua Ping, who was discussing something with Mr. Shen in the courtyard, suddenly sneezed, "Who's thinking about me?"
Su Ruojin: ...For a moment, she forgot about it.
"If they really want to, they will then let Aunt Gui regain her freedom."
Mother Dong was reluctant, "Wouldn't the Su family lose a helper?"
"Wouldn't it be fine if we just did the same as Dashi and the others?"
Mother Dong was stuck in her own thoughts. After the young master mentioned this, she immediately changed her mind and said, "Look at my brain."
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Mom is bending her arms inwards, trying to rescue someone from our Su family!"
Seeing that the little master understood her little thoughts, Mother Dong smiled awkwardly.
(End of this chapter)
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