After the mid-October of the lunar calendar, the weather is not very cold, but it is too hot to get hot. In the past few days, the situation of Jiangning's weaving industry, which seemed to have become murderous, has gradually quieted down, suppressing an atmosphere of slaughter in the back. Let’s think it’s the depression and tranquility before the big change. The Wu family’s royal merchants will be delivered. On the other hand, the Su family’s early clan meeting is about to be held. At this point in time, the latter may be more attractive than the former. people's eyes.
It's really strange to say that originally, the Su family wanted to be in the top position, and the momentum of winning the emperor's business caused Jiangning's weaving line to make a lot of noise. At this time, there was a problem with the Su family, and it might be split and weakened. It also attracted everyone's attention. attract. On the contrary, the Wu family, which has always been the winner, had always kept a low profile before, but at this time, he did not attract as much attention as the Su family. Every time the businessman next to him talks about it, he just teaches the people next to him. Those who are good at fighting should have the calmness and atmosphere of the Wu family to achieve great things. be a clown.
It was less than five days before the Su family's clan meeting. In the warm sunshine, the dusty carriage passed through the streets of Jiangning, all the way to the direction of the Su family. It was just after noon that day, when the carriage stopped in front of the gate of Su's house, and a waiting family member greeted him. One was a calm-looking middle-aged man in his forties, and the other was a young woman in her early twenties. When the servant was talking to the middle-aged man, the young woman raised her head and looked at the gate of Su's house. There is worry.
"The shopkeeper Yan said that Master Biao and Miss Biao might be here today, so he ordered Xiao Xiao to wait here..."
The middle-aged man he called Master Biao was named Su Yunsong. Now he is the chief shopkeeper of the Su family in Dengzhou. He is not only a relative of the Su family, but also has outstanding abilities. One of the strong supporters of the big house of the Su family. Among these pragmatic shopkeepers of the Su family, if Liao Kaitai can be the core in Jiangning, then in other places, he must be the most influential.
The one who came with Su Yunsong was naturally his daughter, Su Tan'er's cousin, Sultan Hong. At this time, he asked the family, "Is Tan'er sister at home today?"
"Second Miss went out in the morning. It has been the case these days. She probably won't go back to the house until evening."
A similar answer was already prepared in Sultan Hong's heart, but she still frowned at this time: "I think so. But... I had only been ill for more than a month, and now I work all day, it's really hard for her... "
The latter was said to the father next to him, Su Yunsong sighed and patted his daughter's shoulder: "If she wants to do this, she should be prepared, don't think about it, go and see your uncle's injury first. "
Having said this, several people walked towards the Su Mansion.
In the recent period of time, the Su family has been lively day by day. Generally speaking, the grand event that will not appear until the end of the year appears more than a month in advance. A famous shopkeeper, relatives and friends have gathered from all over Jiangning. , they already know 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 rooms. Sultan Hong already has a husband, and this time it is probably for Su Yunsong to come back, so he is still in Dengzhou, and Sultan Hong is worried about his close sister, so he follows his father alone. come over.
Along the way, I met several shopkeepers I knew and greeted them from a distance. After walking for a while, I met Xi Junyu. He is a leader among the shopkeepers in Jiangning, with outstanding ability. He was also the head of Su Yunsong during his tenure as the chief shopkeeper in Jiangning. Although he did not have many friendships at the time, he has a good impression of each other since then. The two sides greeted each other, and Xi Junyu accompanied them while talking while entering. In fact, Xi Junyu was also busy at this time and was quite busy.
Turning to the path ahead, just as he was talking about some of Jiangning's deployment situation at this time, Sultan Hong pointed forward: "Dad, Xi Anzhi." A man with a goatee in the distance smiled and folded his hands, Su Yunsong They also bowed their hands in return, and Xi Junyu returned the same salute, and then whispered: "Xi Anzhi, Yu Daxian and the others arrived a few days ago, and they also played a lot of role in lobbying for the second and third masters at home."
Xi Anzhi and Yu Daxian, these are the more effective stewards among the second- and third-bedrooms. Compared with the mediocre third-generation second- and third-bedrooms, they are truly capable people. Su Chuanyu frowned: "I heard that the fifth and seventh uncles in the family have already been moved by what they said."
Xi Junyu nodded silently beside him.
Sultan Hong said: "Dad, you have to talk to the third grandpa well this time, otherwise it would be really bad."
"Of course I can say it, but it's already like this..." Su Yunsong sighed, "Your third grandfather is not doing well either, it depends on luck. But... I told you on the way that if things don't work out, you have to let go. In fact, you This time, Tan'er sister, it's better to take the opportunity to retire, you have said before, she is a girl, always working like this is not a long-term solution... What do you think, shopkeeper Xi?"
Xi Junyu was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "The situation is stronger than people..."
When he said this, Sultan Hong's father and daughter were also a little silent, and after a while, Sultan Hong said: "I always have a hard time in my heart."
"I'm here, and Shopkeeper Liao and the others are here. It's okay to keep the big room safe and secure. It's always okay to be leisurely. It's not a bad thing."
Su Yunsong said this, but there is a certainty and calm in his words. The big house can't get the owner, but the influence of him and the shopkeeper Liao is still there. After all, there is still a foundation to keep the big house from being bullied. The rest , if you can't keep it, you will suddenly let go. Sultan Hong was not as open as her father. After a while, she turned to ask the family, "Sister Tan'er has gone out, is Uncle Ning there?"
At the end of last year, she also met Ning Yi a few times. The image was not bad at that time, but it was not so good at this time. The family thought for a while: "Uncle, he... also only returns every evening."
"Oh? Does he still know how to do things to help?" Sultan Hong showed her face a little, and the servant was a little hesitant. Sultan Hong looked at him suspiciously. After a while, Xi Junyu sighed: "Speak."
"Uncle, he... teaches at the academy. After finishing teaching in the morning, he will probably play outside in the afternoon..."
"what… "
"Don't be angry, this family..." Xi Junyu looked around and comforted, "This family doesn't say anything nice..."
"… Humph."
In the field of vision, Sultan Hong was full of anger, and Xi Junyu did not say much. He grasped the proportions, and saw that the courtyard where Su Boyong lived was approaching, and bowed to say goodbye.
"If I had known, it would have been much better to let the Tan'er sister marry him..."
Looking at Xi Junyu's retreating back, Sultan Hong said in a muffled voice. Su Yunsong frowned beside him: "Don't say such things."
Sudan Hong lowered her head, thinking in her heart that she would talk to her cousin about these things when she came back. I haven't figured out how to talk, but I just feel a little unhappy and want to say it. I remember when I came here last year, my cousin and her husband hadn't had a happy marriage yet...
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Chaos, chaos.
With Su Boyong's sudden assassination as the fuse, in the past few months, the Su family always seemed to have been cursed or given some hormones, full of all kinds of fierce conflicts and intersections. The desires that have been rendered out by the fuse are mixed together. Some people watch silently by the side, occasionally laughing, but not necessarily because they are happy, maybe just because they are ridiculous and boring, such as Ning Yi, some people try to promote the change of these desires, such as Su Taner, such as Old ladies, such as Su Zhongkan, Su Yunfang, and so on.
Of course, in such chaos, even Ning Yi may not be alone, but, like him, he is less affected, so naturally it is not without. This is not because those people can see clearly, but most of the time It's because it's not clear. In Yushan Academy, there are currently eleven students in Ning Yi's class. This number is added to the two new students. That is to say, there are still nine students left in the original ten students.
When the open and secret struggle at home spread to the academy, several students were forced to leave by their parents. Among the remaining nine people, several are also talking about the teacher every day, and some say that he ruined the big house and messed up the big house's business - these things are discussed every day at home, and they have to be affected.
Xiao Qi felt that this second cousin was aggrieved, and she felt a little sad recently.
Xiao Qi, the second daughter of Su Yunfang, is now the only female student in this class besides Zhou Pei. She originally had a partner, but unfortunately she was forced to leave the class by her parents. Instead, she didn't leave, and Su Yunfang probably thought about it, but it seemed that he was open-minded.
Xiaoqi knew that the big room and the third room of her own were fighting, but as far as she was concerned, she didn't quite understand what the family was fighting for. She likes the beautiful and powerful second cousin, and also likes brother Yi who is currently her teacher. Brother Yi already knows so many things, and it is impossible to know everything. Daddy and second uncle are too bullying... Actually Su Yunfang had talked about Ning Yi at home, and said with a smile that it was normal for a scholar to understand so much. So Xiao Qi knew this.
Hearing other people's comments, she wanted to refute, but she didn't know how to say it, and she wanted to comfort brother Yi, but as her, she actually didn't know how to say it. However, in the past few days, there have been more and more discussions about the big two-bedroom and three-bedroom family. The worried little girl finally summoned up the courage today. After school, she secretly ran to the office room of the masters.
Ning Yi was tidying up some things today and left late. When he looked out of the room, he saw that the little girl was looking over her head. As a teacher, he likes well-behaved students. This student is probably the most well-behaved among them all, so he smiled and said, "Xiao Qi, is there something wrong?"
Finding herself being seen, the little girl who hid outside the door bowed her head and came out: "First, sir."
"Uh..." The little girl hesitated for a while, and then decided to start with the reason she originally thought of, so she took out a piece of paper from her arms, "Mr. Today, Xiaoqi doesn't understand the poems that he talked about..."
"Um?"
Ning Yi's courses ranged from the Analects of Confucius to the Doctrine of the Mean, and occasionally interspersed with some basic concepts such as poems. After all, the little girl who was about nine years old this year did not have enough comprehension ability. Ning Yi actually didn't have any accomplishments in poetry, but after coming here for more than a year, he still had the basic skills in teaching and reading, and he smiled and called people in. Take a look at the little girl's piece of paper, there is actually a neatly written word on it, the grammar is immature, and it is not very smooth, but in any case, the number of words is right after all, and it rhymes, has its basic meaning. This is great.
Ning Yi explained the word for a while, thinking in his heart that he could show it to Lao Qin or Yunzhu today, but after a while, he realized that something was wrong. The little girl hesitantly said something, saying how the family was doing, and also saying that he was very powerful and so on. This was to enlighten him not to be sad.
He was also happy in his heart, touched the little girl's head, and quickly proved that he was not sad: "Of course not, your brother Yi is the number one talent in Jiangning. Well, but Xiao Qi's talent for writing lyrics is so high, probably in the future. Better than me, can you give this song to me?"
"Mmmm." The little girl nodded, and added slyly after a while, "Brother Yi, write a poem and change it..."
"OK."
Ning Yi smiled and took up the brush to write a song, handed the rice paper to the little girl, and then folded the little girl's rice paper.
"Exchange, from now on, your song will belong to me, and my song will belong to you, okay?"
"Yeah." Xiao Qi nodded vigorously and read the poem several times. She didn't know if it was good or not. She also asked a few rare words, and then put the Xuan paper manuscript into her arms.
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In the afternoon, there are usually some miscellaneous classes in the academy. Zhou Pei and Junwu didn't come today. A group of children in Ning Yi's class went out with other classes to play Cuju, and several little girls in the academy were playing on the grass next to them.
Su Chonghua toured the academy.
He has been in a very good mood recently.
After all, the big room can't hold on anymore. He is close to the second room Su Zhongkan. Once the big room loses power, the second room will obviously have the upper hand. So far, he actually doesn't have much ambition. It's enough to be a mountain leader, but after the big house loses power, Ning Yi is obviously better in control, more able to hold down, the academy is more stable, he can get The... uh, whatever the benefit, it's bound to be more.
He also helped a lot in persuading the fifth uncle. Everything is going well now, just wait for the clan meeting in a few days.
Looking around, the disciples of the academy were having a good time. What he valued most in the past... Oh, Ning Yi must have left too. He suspects that Ning Yi has been drinking wine every day to drown out his sorrows. This is also human nature. Go with him. This person still has talent. After he is no longer a threat, he should use him more. It doesn't matter if he is down for a while, it is always a good thing, and it is good for everyone...
"Ah—" a girl screamed, and a piece of manuscript paper was blown over by the wind, rolling on the ground, and the little girl over there was running towards it. Oh, it's Xiao Qi. Su Chonghua smiled, he liked this little niece on weekdays, so he ran a few steps forward, leaned over and picked up the manuscript, smiling: "Xiao Qi, run slowly, run slowly, don't fall... "
There was a word on the manuscript paper, it was a word, so he looked down...
"... uh... set the storm?"
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All night till now...