Chapter 24: Cousin
If you want to dominate the trend of a business with one sentence, even with the background of Ning Yi's previous life, coupled with a super powerful intelligence analysis system and a large group of staff, it must be a business miracle that can only occur in a more extreme environment. And if you want to change a business decision that the other party has already decided, without the cooperation of all aspects, it is basically a fool's dream. However, the situation at hand is different.
Of course, these things that Ning Yi could feel were keenly aware of him, but for the He family, the things in this category were their vital interests, and Ning Yi could guess some casually, but they might have already suspected it. Maybe before Ning Yi and Su Tan'er came to visit, these people were still distressed and suspicious. And Ning Yi's casual words at this time immediately gave them a signal that "the Su family has understood this situation". Su Tan'er didn't notice it at all, but she was sure that the He family's business had failed.
When something happened, Ning Yi looked helpless, feeling that his conditioned reflex was really redundant, and he was stunned to do business, and he couldn't escape the trade-off for the rest of his life. Su Tan'er next to her was full of doubts, but it was a good thing that things had taken a turn for the better, and then she went in to talk about business, Ning Yi, who originally planned to buy books at the bookstore in the east of the city, couldn't leave for a while, and when everyone went back together in the evening, Su Tan'er on the carriage still looked puzzled.
After a few days, approaching December, the Su family gradually became lively, although it was snowing heavily, but in recent years, the Su Mansion shopkeepers in some cities near Jiangning began to gather in Jiangning, comment on performance, delineate dividends, and some cousins of the Su family will come here for the New Year, visiting the door, entering and exiting the door every day, which has been quite large-scale.
There are many wealthy families in Jiangning City, and such scenes are not uncommon at this time of year, in the past few days, Su Tan'er has been busy with the He family's side on the one hand, and on the other hand, she has begun to prepare to check the accounts for the whole year, and she has to deal with some relatives who have not seen her for a long time, and even the three girls with Chan'er, Juan'er, and Xing'er have to be busy. On this day, when I came back from outside, the snowflakes were still drifting, and there was a carriage parked outside the gate of the house, and Su Tan'er had something to do when she went in from the main gate, so she let her carriage go to the side door by itself. At this time, there were some family members at the main gate who were moving four or five large boxes in, and she and Xing'er were waiting outside the door.
Su Tan'er wore a snow-white fox fur today, with a plush neckline reflecting her beautiful cheeks, looking a little girlish and youthful, but with a sense of freedom and independence that she has cultivated for several years. She is now a little famous in the business world of Jiangning, before she was married, there were also a lot of times when she wore men's clothes, but she did not hide her identity as a woman too much, others looked at her as a businessman, and even felt that it should be a lady from some scholarly families, often after the business was negotiated, she didn't feel too much edge, and only after a period of time combined with the whole situation, she secretly sighed that this woman was really powerful, and even said that if she was born as a man, the head of Jiangning's cloth industry is now afraid that it is no longer the Wu family.
In this patriarchal era, Su Tan'er's identity is inconvenient, but in fact, a group of men are more or less uncomfortable when talking about business with women, or strange or contemptuous or happy, she is better than others, and she can probably try to turn this inconvenience into her own convenience, and find some usable advantages from the disadvantages that cannot be changed. If this looks like Ning Yi's side, it may be really a pitiful struggle. Of course, others don't feel this kind of pity and cuteness or struggle. If you are in Su Mansion, most of them have already adapted to the temperament of this second lady, or the shrewd one-sided, or the beautiful one-sided, or the weak one-sided, or the one-sided side of the Su family's big house gradually supported in the moisturizing and silent. At this time, I saw her standing outside, and in a short time, the steward who was nearby had already run over.
"You people, don't get out of the way, I didn't see the second miss come back!"
The steward waved his hand to let people hurry up on the road, Su Tan'er walked over with a smile: "Don't say goodbye, Uncle Qi, let them go first, they're all half-lifted, and it will take a lot of work to come out again, go in first and go in first......"
She spoke, and the steward known as Uncle Qi had no choice but to let these people in slowly, and Su Tan'er asked, "Uncle Qi, why don't these enter through the side door?" ”
"The things that the third master bought, some large and small decorations, said to be for the New Year's celebration, these should be placed in the front hall, so it looks like no one will come over for a while, so let people quickly carry it in. By the way, Second Miss, Lord Song Zhizhou has arrived today, and now he is testing the students in the library building to learn......",
"Oh, Lord Zhizhou is here?"
The Su family has been in business for a long time, although it is not a scholarly family, but it naturally has all kinds of contacts with various officials, most of which are not very intimate, but it has a lot to do with Song Mao, who is now in the Shenzhou area. Guy is now the wife of the second master Su Zhongkan and this Song Mao were originally brother and sister cousins, the Song family had a few petty officials, and the Su Mansion also had a lot of business points when Song Mao took the throne, so now this Song Mao can be regarded as one of the most ironclad backers of the Su family, although the influence of Zhizhou cannot be extended to Jiangning, but the Su Mansion is indeed a lot of convenience in doing business in the Shenzhou area.
On the other hand, this Song Mao can hold the position of Zhizhou, his own knowledge is extremely outstanding, these years Su Fu wants to develop in the literati aspect, every year when Song Mao comes to visit, Mrs. Su often arranges for the young students in the family to gather once, and then find some familiar masters and scholars, and test the progress of these children's talents. Song Mao is known for his upright personality, and he doesn't have many good words to take the school entrance examination every year, but with his knowledge, what he says is indeed the most reliable evaluation.
has such an officialdom backer, and when he comes to Jiangning every year to visit other officials, he often reveals some relationships with the Su family, which is naturally a benefit for the Su family to do business. But Song Mao's relationship with the second uncle is the best after all, and after Su Tan'er heard it, she just nodded, and she was not too happy. As for what to learn in the school, it's the same every year anyway, the Su family is afraid that there is no literati for the time being, not to mention that the husband is also fooling around in the school, in the past, the master taught and wanted to use it all day, the husband only let people read for an hour, and the other time was used to tell stories, which is good to listen to, but it is really difficult to understand how much benefit it will be for what to learn, I just hope that this time I will not be scolded.
The big box over there had already been moved in, and then, Juan'er, who had been staying in the house, ran out panting: "Miss, you're back." My cousin and Miss Cousin have arrived, and Miss Cousin is waiting for you...... Oh, Shopkeeper Xi and Shopkeeper Luo have just arrived, and it seems that the matter of the He family has also been decided, and they came to report the good news...... Hey, miss, isn't this a double happiness? ”
The Su family has many cousins, but it is estimated that there is only one that will be called like this by Juan'er. Su Tan'er was the only seedling in the big house when he was young, Su Boyong had no son, and he was somewhat resentful about giving birth to the only "one who didn't bring a handle", although he didn't often beat and scold, but it was inevitable that he would be hot and cold. After being sensible, Su Tan'er, who was a girl, was withdrawn for a while, and she was also rebellious and eccentric for a while, and became friends with her, except for the three girls such as Chan'er, Juan'er, and Xing'er, who were probably only the eldest daughter of Su Yunsong, who was the shopkeeper of Jiangning at the time.
Su Yunsong's daughter is named Danhong, half a month older than Su Tan'er, she was lively and active like a boy when she was young, and when she grew up, she gradually became gentle. Later, Su Yunsong went to manage foreign affairs, and his wife and daughter also left Jiangning, but every year when they came back, the sisters Tao would always be excited to talk about the future together, last year this cousin got married, and her husband was also a young shopkeeper in the cloth industry of the Su family, and lived happily, and this year gave birth to a son when Su Tan'er got married, so there was no way to come. At this time, hearing Juan'er say that she had arrived, Su Tan'er became happy: "Great, where is my cousin now?" ”
"On the other side of the courtyard, I just met the shopkeeper Xi and the shopkeeper Luo, and I also chatted with them for a while, and Chan'er was also over there."
Su Tan'er thought for a while: "Okay, I'll go over first, Juan'er, you and Xing'er will send these account books over first, the top one is over the account room, and the lower one is sent to the master." Xing'er, who was following behind, hugged a large stack of account books, and at this time, Su Tan'er gave an order, and walked separately with the two girls, she tightened the silver and white fox fur on her body, and smiled towards the inner courtyard.
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There is probably no fixed rule for two women to gossip when they get together, and two sisters who have been married for a short time and haven't seen each other for many days gossip together, but it is probably about each other's husbands.
Passing through the snowy roads between courtyards and gardens, before reaching the courtyard where she lived, Su Tan'er saw her cousin who had been absent for a long time. It seems to correspond to her nice name, a beautiful and gentle woman is still dressed in red even after getting married, and after a little greeting, she asked about Su Tan'er's husband Ning Yi. ,
"My sister wanted to meet this brother-in-law early in the morning, but unfortunately it was inconvenient for you to get married, and then I heard about some things, but ...... Oh, how's it going, how is my brother-in-law? ”
Talking about her husband with such a close person, it is impossible to be polite and perfunctory, Su Tan'er also blushed slightly: "It's hard to say, didn't Sister Hong see Liheng when she came?" ”
"No, I thought I should go out with you, but I asked Xiaochan if it was not, but I saw Xi Junyu and the shopkeeper Luo......"
Su Tan'er thought for a while: "Oh, Song Zhizhou also came over in front of him, the library building is testing the knowledge of school students, and Liheng is also the gentleman of the academy now, probably over there." ”
"Actually, a few years ago, I thought that the uncle would recruit Xi Junyu for you......" The cousin said thoughtfully, seeing Su Tan'er frowning, with a puzzled expression, she laughed, "Don't talk about this, for this brother-in-law, my sister has also inquired about some news, the tune of the water tune song head, my sister can also hear it sung every day in Hangzhou, I thought it was just the same name and surname as my brother-in-law, but later I realized that it was actually a family...... But to be honest, when I got here, I heard a few strange words......"
Naturally, the evaluation of Ning Yi will not spread too much in the society, but if you have a relationship and want to inquire, you can always get all kinds of explanations, and with the identity of the other party, you can naturally learn a lot about the relationship between Su Tan'er and Ning Yi after coming over. The relationship between the sisters is quite deep, and she really cares about Su Tan'er's thoughts in this regard, so she babbled a little at this time, and then said: "Hearsay can't be trusted, let's not talk about whether this Liheng brother-in-law has talent and ability...... It's just that sister, what do you think, my sister wants to know Lu Dao. ”
After all, she is a person from the past, and asked these questions in a tactful tone, after all, she still has to know what Su Tan'er thinks in her heart before she can say something. Su Tan'er was silent for a moment, then lowered her head and laughed.
"Sister, you also know what Lu Dao Tan'er thought before, and you are ...... It's really hard to say how to learn, but he has an indifferent temperament, if he says it's suitable, he is indeed the most suitable husband for Tan'er. ”
The cousin looked at her a few times, and then smiled: "It's like resigned to fate......
"I used to think about it boringly, and I also hoped that my future husband would be able to be literate and martial, and his temperament would be good and not prevent me from inheriting the family business, but this is also a fantasy after all. These days, it seems that if it can go on like this, I'm afraid it will be good. Xianggong ...... Xu has some talents, but his temperament is indifferent, and sometimes he may do some strange things, but he doesn't cover up and hide it, and he is above board......"
As she spoke, she raised her head, and snowflakes were falling from the sky: "When I thought of the future, I felt scared and angry, so I simply left Jiangning, and when I came back, I gritted my teeth before making up my mind." But now that I think about it, if it goes on like this, I don't feel embarrassed, I think it's like this, or a little resigned to fate, but it's true...... ...... not nasty"
The long snowflakes shrouded the entire Su family's mansion, and they shrouded Jiangning City one after another, and in this piece of road, two women, one red and one white, walked forward in the snow, and were silent for a moment, and then, the gentle woman laughed and turned away from the serious topic.
"In this way, there is no business talent......"
"No...... Well, he doesn't care......"
"There is no literary talent......
"Not really, but...... Oh, teaching nonsense, there are his disciples in the previous examination school, I'm afraid I'm going to be scolded......"
"Hah, that's it...... I won! ”
“…… Why, how can there be such a comparison...... I'm not comparable. ”
The sound of laughter came, dissolving in the white snow dance, and the sight crossed a long courtyard of all sizes, gathering in the library building in front of the Sufu mansion, the heating stove was burning around, and a family-meaningful academic examination was being carried out here at this time......
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There should be a chapter in the evening, even if it can't be posted at night, it will definitely come out in the early morning, happy ^_^ Dragon Boat Festival everyone
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