It has passed the middle of October of the lunar calendar, and the weather is not very cold, but it is no longer hot. In the past few days, the situation in Jiangning's weaving industry, which seemed to have become murderous, has gradually calmed down, and there has been a chill.
The atmosphere was suppressed at the rear. Let's think it was the depression and tranquility before the big change. The royal merchants of the Wu family were about to deliver the goods. On the other hand, the Su family's early clan meeting was about to be held. At this point in time, the latter
Perhaps it can attract more attention than the previous one.
It's really strange to say that the Su family originally wanted to ascend to power and seize the emperor's merchants, which caused a stir in Jiangning's weaving industry. At this time, the Su family had problems again. It might be divided and weakened, but it also attracted everyone's attention.
Attracted. On the contrary, it was the Wu family that had always been the winner. Huang Shang had always kept a low profile before, but now, he did not attract as much attention as the Su family. Whenever the merchants next to him talked about it, they just said
Teach the people around you that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements, and they should have the calmness and atmosphere like the Wu family to achieve great things. As for those who jump around, I am afraid they will only become clowns in the end.
There were less than five days before the Su family's clan meeting. In the warm sunshine, the dusty carriage passed through the streets of Jiangning and came all the way in the direction of the Su family. It was just past noon that day.
The carriage stopped in front of the door of the Su family, and was greeted by the waiting servants. One of the people who got off the carriage was a middle-aged man with a calm appearance in his forties, and the other was a young woman in her early twenties. The servants and
While the middle-aged man was talking, the young woman raised her head and looked at the door of Su's house with a worried look on her face.
"Shopkeeper Yan said that Mr. and Miss Cousin might arrive today, so he told me to wait here..."
The middle-aged man he calls his cousin, Su Yunsong, is now the chief shopkeeper of the Su family in Dengzhou. He is not only a relative of the Su family, but also has outstanding abilities. He has a pivotal position in the entire Su family and is also a member of the Su family.
One of the strong supporters of the Su family. Among the pragmatic shopkeepers of the Su family, if Liao Kaitai can be said to be the core in Jiangning, then he is definitely the most influential in other places.
The person who came with Su Yunsong was naturally his daughter and Su Tan'er's cousin Sudan Hong. At this time, she asked the servant: "Is sister Tan'er at home today?"
"The second young lady went out in the morning. This has been the case these days. She probably won't return home until the evening."
Sudan Hong had already prepared a similar answer in her heart, but she still frowned at this moment: "I thought so. But... I was only sick for more than a month, and now I have to work all day long. It's really difficult for her.
…”
The latter words were said to the father next to him. Su Yunsong sighed and patted his daughter on the shoulder: "If she wants to do this, she should be prepared. Don't think too much, go in and see your uncle's injury first.
"
Saying this, several people walked towards Su Mansion.
In recent times, the Su family has become more lively day by day. The grand event that usually only occurs at the end of the year has occurred more than a month in advance. Famous shopkeepers, relatives and friends have gathered from all over the country to Jiangning.
, are all aware of the current situation of the Su family. At the clan meeting, these people can always exert some influence. This is true for the big, second, and third-bedroom families. Sudan Hong already has a husband, so this
This time, probably because he wanted Su Yunsong to come back, he still stayed in Dengzhou. However, Sudan Hong was worried about his close sisters, so he came with his father alone.
I met several shopkeepers I knew along the way, and greeted them from a distance. After walking for a while, I met Xi Junyu. He is a leader among shopkeepers in Jiangning, with outstanding abilities. He was also Su Yunsong's boss in Jiangning.
Although they did not have much friendship at the time, they had a good impression of each other afterwards. The two parties greeted each other, and Xi Junyu accompanied them while talking while going in. In fact, Xi Junyu was also very busy at this time.
Quite busy.
Turning around the path in front, while talking about some of Jiangning's military situation at this time, Sudan Hong pointed forward: "Dad, Xi Anzhi." A man with a goatee in the distance smiled and cupped his hand, Su Yunsong
He returned the gift with his hand, and Xi Junyu also returned the gift, and then whispered: "Xi Anzhi, Yu Daxian and others have arrived a few days ago. They lobbied for the second master and the third master at home, and they also played a lot of role."
Xi Anzhi and Yu Daxian are both relatively capable people in charge among the second and third generation. Compared with the mediocrity of the second and third generation, they are really capable people. Su Yuanyuan frowned: "I heard that at home
The fifth uncle and the seventh uncle have all been moved by the news."
Xi Junyu nodded silently beside him.
Sudan Hong said: "Dad, you have to talk to Third Grandpa carefully this time, otherwise it will be really bad."
"Of course I can say what I can, but things are already like this..." Su Yunsong sighed, "Your third grandfather is not going to have a hard time either. It depends on your luck. But... I told you on the way that if things don't work out, you have to let go.
In fact, you, Miss Tan'er, might as well take the opportunity to step down this time. You have said before that it is not a long-term solution for a girl to work like this all the time... What do you think, Shopkeeper Xi?"
Xi Junyu was silent for a long time, then raised his head and said: "The situation is stronger than the person..."
When he said this, Sudan Hong and his daughter became somewhat silent. After a while, Sudan Hong said, "I always feel uncomfortable."
"I'm here, and Shopkeeper Liao and the others are here. It's always okay to have food, clothing, and leisure in the big house. It's not a bad thing."
When Su Yunsong said this, there was a sense of certainty and calmness in his words. Dafang could no longer take down the head of the family, but the influence of people like him and Shopkeeper Liao still existed. After all, there was still a basis for protecting Dafang from being bullied. The rest
, he suddenly let go when he couldn't save it. Sudan Hong was not as open-minded as his father. After a while, he turned back and asked the servant: "Sister Tan'er has gone out, is Uncle Ning here?"
She also met Ning Yi a few times during the New Year's Eve last year. The impression she had at that time was pretty good, but now she didn't have such a good impression. The servant thought for a moment: "My uncle... he only comes back every evening."
"Oh? Does he still know how to help?" Sudan Hong showed his face for a moment, and the servant hesitated. Sudan Hong looked at him doubtfully. After a moment, Xi Junyu sighed: "Tell me."
"Uncle, he... teaches in the academy. He finished teaching in the morning and will probably play outside in the afternoon..."
"What……"
"Don't be angry, this family..." Xi Junyu looked around and reassured, "The things said in this family are not very nice..."
"……snort."
In the field of vision, Sudan Hong's face was filled with anger, and Xi Junyu could not say much. He grasped the situation carefully and bowed to say goodbye when he saw the courtyard where Su Boyong lived approaching.
"If I had known earlier, it would have been much better if I asked Sister Tan'er to marry him..."
Looking at Xi Junyu's retreating back, Sudan Hong said in a low voice. Su Yunsong frowned beside him: "Don't say such things."
Sudan Hong lowered his head, thinking that when his cousin came back, he would talk to her about these things. As for how to talk, she had not decided yet, but she just felt a little unhappy to say it out. She remembered that when she came here last year, her cousin was like this to her.
My husband hasn’t consummated the marriage yet...
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There is chaos and chaos.
Triggered by Su Boyong's sudden assassination, in the past few months, the Su family seems to have been cursed or given some hormones, full of fierce conflicts and intersections.
The desires that were exaggerated due to the fuse were mixed together. Some people watched silently and occasionally laughed out loud, but not necessarily because they were happy, maybe just because they were ridiculous and boring, such as Ning Yi, and some people
Trying to promote changes in these desires, such as Su Tan'er, such as the old lady, such as Su Zhongkan, Su Yunfang, and so on.
Of course, in such a mess, even Ning Yi may not be alone. However, as he is, he is less affected, so naturally it is not without them. This is not because those people can see clearly, but most of them
It's because it's not clear. There are currently eleven students in Ning Yi's class at Yushan Academy. This number is plus the two new students. In other words, there are currently more than ten students left.
The next nine.
When the infighting at home spread to the academy, several students were forced to leave by their parents. Among the remaining nine, several also talked about the teacher every day, and some said that he had ruined the big house and screwed up the school.
They were involved in Dafang's business - these things were discussed every day in the family, and they had to be affected to some extent.
Xiao Qi feels that this second cousin is quite wronged and feels a little sad recently.
As the second daughter of Su Yunfang, Xiao Qi is now the only female student in the class besides Zhou Pei. She originally had a partner, but unfortunately she was forced to leave the class by her parents. But she did not leave. Su Yunfang probably
Considering this, it seems that he is open-minded.
Xiaoqi knew that her eldest brother and her third brother were fighting, but for her, she didn’t quite understand what the family was fighting about. She liked the beautiful and powerful second cousin, and also liked Yi Yi who was now her teacher.
Brother, Brother Yi already knows so many things, it’s impossible to know everything, father and second uncle are too bullying... In fact, Su Yunfang talked about Ning Yi at home, and said with a smile that it is impossible for scholars to understand that.
A lot, it's normal. That's why Xiaoqi knows this.
She heard other people's comments and wanted to refute, but she didn't know how to say it. She also wanted to comfort Brother Yi, but as for her, she actually didn't know how to say it. However, in the past few days, there has been something about the big house and the second bedroom at home.
There have been more and more discussions about the third room. The worried little girl finally mustered up the courage today. After school, she secretly ran to the room used by her husband's office.
Ning Yi packed some things today and left late. When he looked outside the room, he found the little girl looking over here. Teachers like well-behaved students, and this student is probably the most well-behaved among them all.
One, so he smiled: "Xiao Qi, is something okay?"
Realizing that she had been seen, the little girl hurriedly hid outside the door and came out with her head lowered: "First, sir."
"Uh..." the little girl hesitated for a while, and then decided to start with the reason she had originally thought of, so she took out a piece of paper from her arms, "Xiao Qi doesn't quite understand what Mr. said about writing poems today...
"
"Um?"
Ning Yi's courses range from the Analects of Confucius to the Doctrine of the Mean, occasionally interspersed with some basic concepts such as poetry. After all, the little girl who is about nine years old this year has insufficient understanding. Ning Yi actually has no attainments in poetry, but after coming here...
After many years of teaching and reading, I finally got the basic skills. I called the person in with a smile. Look at the little girl's piece of paper. There was a poem neatly written on it. The grammar was immature and it didn't matter.
It's very smooth, but no matter what, the number of words is correct after all, and it rhymes and has its basic meaning. This is amazing.
Ning Yi explained the poem for a while, thinking that he could show off this poem to Mr. Qin or Yunzhu today, but after a while, he realized that something was wrong. The little girl hesitated as he spoke.
He said some words about how his family was doing, and also said that he was very, very powerful, etc. This was to enlighten him not to be sad.
He was also happy in his heart. He touched the little girl's head and quickly proved that he was not sad: "Of course I'm not sad. Your brother Yi is the most talented person in Jiangning. Well, but Xiaoqi's talent in writing lyrics is so high, maybe in the future
You're better than me, so why don't you give this poem to me?"
"Yeah." The little girl nodded, and added slyly after a moment, "Brother Yi, how about writing a poem for me..."
"OK."
Ning Yi smiled, picked up the brush and wrote a poem, handed the rice paper to the little girl, and then folded the little girl's rice paper.
"In exchange, from now on, your song will be mine, and mine will be yours, okay."
"Yes." Xiao Qi nodded vigorously and read the poem several times. She was not sure whether it was good or not. She also asked a few rare words, and then put the rice paper manuscript into her arms with great care.
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In the afternoon, there are usually some miscellaneous classes in the academy. Zhou Pei and Jun Wu did not come today. A group of children from Ning Yi's class went out to play Cuju with other classes. Several little girls in the academy were playing on the grass nearby.
Su Chonghua took a tour of the academy.
He has been in a very good mood recently.
After all, Dafang couldn't hold on any longer. He was close to Su Zhongkan, the second roommate. Once Dafang lost power, the second roommate would obviously have the upper hand. So far, he actually doesn't have much ambition. He doesn't have much ambition to be a mountain leader.
That's enough, but after Dafang loses power, Ning Yi will obviously be better able to manage, be more able to suppress, and the academy will be more stable. What he can get... well, no matter what the benefit is, it will definitely be more.
He also helped a lot in convincing Fifth Uncle. Everything is going well now, and we are just waiting for the clan meeting to be held in a few days.
Looking around, the academy disciples were having fun. The one he valued most in the past... Oh, Ning Yi must have left. He suspected that Ning Yi had been drinking outside to drown his sorrows in recent times. This was also human nature.
, let him be. This man still has some talent. After he is no longer a threat, I will use him more. It doesn't matter if he is depressed for a period of time. It is always a good thing and good for everyone...
"Ah——" a girl screamed, a piece of manuscript paper was blown over by the wind, rolling on the ground, the little girl over there is running here. Oh, it's Xiaoqi. Su Chonghua smiled, usually
He also liked his little niece quite a lot, so he ran a few steps forward, leaned over to pick up the manuscript, and said with a smile: "Xiaoqi, run slower, run slower, don't drop it..."
There was writing on the manuscript paper, which was a poem, so he lowered his head and looked at it...