Chapter 5 The Beginning of the Lost Su Niang (I)
If you have a grudge against a man, and the enemy happens to have a son, then you give birth to a daughter, and then spoil her, and marry the enemy's son, and the enemy's whole family is finished, and your great revenge will be avenged.
A certain teacher's joke about "women are difficult to raise" in later generations now makes Su Yanger deeply agree.
Isn't her stepmother, Tang, the spoiled daughter?
As for whether Father Su and the Tang family really have a grudge, then she doesn't know.
At this moment, Su Yang'er's boudoir was quiet, Xiao Ling stood behind her, only Uncle Wang sat on one side and sighed from time to time, repeatedly wanted to speak, but he wanted to speak several times, he obviously had a lot of things to warn Su Yang'er, but he didn't know how to speak for a while, and he only felt that he suddenly didn't know this Sufu Pearl who he watched grow up.
"Uncle Wang, you don't have to say anything, I know very well what the Tang family is doing outside, she is not worthy of being the daughter-in-law of my Su family, nor is she worthy of my Su Yang'er to call her a little mother, let alone let your old man call her Mrs."
The first to break the silence was Su Yang'er, what she said was quite level, that is, she belittled the Tang clan and praised Uncle Wang, but when she said these words, she was secretly beating the drum in her heart.
Because she didn't know the details of the Tang family, she actually didn't know what she was doing outside, she just measured it with common sense, just imagine, this is the ancient times when etiquette was strict, and there was a woman who just died of her husband, and she didn't even return home, and she didn't even see such an important thing as a funeral.
"Little lady, how do you know?" Uncle Wang showed a surprised expression when he heard this, but his eyes looked at Xiao Ling behind her.
Only Xiao Ling was the only one who accompanied Su Yang'er all day long, but as far as he knew, Xiao Ling didn't know the details of the Tang family.
Sure enough, when Xiao Ling saw Uncle Wang staring at her, she said uneasily: "Uncle Wang, look at what I am doing, my lady is talking to you." ”
Seeing this scene, Su Yang'er was sure in her heart, she knew that she had guessed correctly, that Tang really did something unsightly outside, and this "woman's intuition" was sometimes quite accurate.
At that moment, she said: "Xiaoling, you go out first, I have something to discuss with Uncle Wang." ”
"Little lady, I..." Xiao Ling, the personal maid who grew up with Su Yang'er since she was a child, was never driven away, and she was even more nervous for a while: "Lady, did Xiao Ling do something wrong?" ”
Without waiting for Su Yang'er to say comfort, Uncle Wang said: "Xiaoling, the lady has not eaten for a whole day since yesterday, you go to the kitchen and order some food to be delivered, look at your reckless appearance, can you still serve a good lady?" ”
Xiao Ling suddenly heard this: "Yes, little lady, then what do you want to eat?" ”
"Food?" Su Yang'er couldn't help but sigh when she heard this, she was indeed a little hungry, and she hadn't tasted this real ancient food, but now was not the time to think about it, at the moment she swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said in her heart: "Just make my favorite food on weekdays." ”
"Favorite food?" Xiao Ling thought for a moment and responded, "Okay, I'll go and give you instructions." ”
Seeing that she had dealt with the past so easily, Su Yang'er couldn't help but secretly rejoice in her heart, since she was the daughter of brocade clothes and jade food since she was a child, presumably her favorite food would not be bad.
After Xiaoling left, Uncle Wang spoke up: "Little lady, the dirty things that were originally Mrs. should not have entered your ears, but now that you already know, the old servant will not treat you as a child." ”
"Uncle Wang, you are an elder, you should call me Yang'er, so kind."
She knew that an elderly person like Uncle Wang in a family was like the old manager of an enterprise, and she, the heir who could not participate in the management of the enterprise for various reasons, would be easier to do if she could ask him for some power as a junior who was a head below him.
But when she called herself "Yang'er", there was still a chill in her heart, although now she has accepted Su Yang'er's identity and accepted the fact that she has become a woman, but "Su Yang" is still her true heart.
However, for the sake of the noble plan of "moving south and fleeing for your life", these can only be endured.
Sure enough, when Uncle Wang heard this, he nodded with emotion and said, "Yang'er, it seems that you have really grown up and know how to speak to yourself, if the master can see your current appearance, he will be very pleased." ”
"Forget it then!" Su Yang'er heard this, but there was a burst of rejection in her heart, she only learned from Ling'er that Father Su was a master who would smash the mirrors in the house because his daughter was too beautiful, if he was still alive, I was afraid that it would not take long for him to be exposed.
"But Yang Er, you treat your wife like that, do you know what kind of consequences it will bring to the Su family?"
"The consequences?" Su Yang'er was shocked, and said secretly: "What is the background of that shrew?" ”
At the moment, she was silent, neither accosting nor answering, she knew that this kind of thing could not be guessed, and if she guessed wrong, it would only make people suspicious.
Seeing that she was silent, Uncle Wang only thought that she had not cared about the consequences, and said more seriously: "The family doesn't know, you still don't know that your little lady's uncle is one of the seven managers of the Sichuan Shu Jiaozi shop. ”
"Now that she is humiliated by you, this matter will definitely reach the ears of the Tang manager, according to the temperament of the Shu people, they have to cut off contact with our family, the Su family loses a business route for him, and it is a big deal to seal the kiln in the west of the city to Bashu, but there are too many people involved, there are more than a dozen workers on the fire, dozens of fire workers, these people all point to this kiln to eat, and those individuals in the dyeing workshop and the weaving cellar, where do you put them?"
"It turns out that the Su family burns porcelain." At this moment, Su Yang'er finally understood what the Su family was doing, and listening to the meaning of Uncle Wang's words, the Su family seemed to have more than one porcelain kiln, and also operated a silk business.
"The scale is so large, this can't be an official kiln, right?"
At the end of the Song Dynasty, the porcelain industry was very developed, and the most famous of them were five major porcelain kilns: Ru kiln, Guan kiln, Ge kiln, Jun kiln, and Ding kiln.
The Su family now lives in Tangyin, and several of these five kilns are in Henan, but later generations do not know their specific kiln sites.
But this time she guessed wrong, the Su family burned not the official kiln, nor any of the five kilns, in fact, the Su family itself did not participate in the production, but as a similar to the existence of a "middleman" to contact the customer, and then contract a kiln to customize, the Su family to the kiln factory, weaving warehouse to provide business routes and wages.
The Su family originated in the late Tang Dynasty and was engaged in "Yalang", which is a very special profession, and its role is not only as a "language translator", but also as a bargaining job.
It is the Su family that Jia is not a businessman, and the Jia person sits also, and the businessman is also a businessman.
It's just that in Su's father's generation, he obviously took the Su family to the next level, and after resigning, he added a storefront, no longer relying solely on connections to eat.
But Su Yang'er naturally didn't know anything about this, and she didn't dare to ask, if she knew, she would definitely be amazed that such a complex "industrial and commercial system" had been formed in ancient times.
She only recognized two things at the moment, one was that the Su family would never be less wealthy, and the second was that the Tang family was nothing remarkable.
She still knows what the "Jiaozi Shop" is, as far as she knows, the influence of Jiaozi is limited, and she also knows that after the invasion of the Jin soldiers, this thing will depreciate rapidly!
Besides, according to her plan, no matter what the Su family has at the moment, she has to think of ways to turn these properties into cash!
This includes the land, as well as all the properties in Uncle Wang's mouth, and even the mansion she is in now, she has to realize them all!
And Uncle Wang saw that she didn't say a word for a long time, just thought that she was frightened by her words, and immediately comforted: "Little lady, don't take these things too seriously, these are not things that your woman's family can know. ”
After that, he got up and said, "Little lady, you have been worried all day, and you will have lunch later, so take a good rest." ”
Uncle Wang naturally didn't expect Su Yang'er to know anything about business, but just wanted to take the opportunity to remind this daughter who does not touch the spring water with her ten fingers to be careful in the future, her existence, just like Su's father's last wish, continue to be her daughter's pearl, find a suitable husband for her as soon as possible to take over this stall, and delay the Su family.
Unexpectedly, when he was about to leave, Su Yang'er, who had been silent, suddenly asked: "Uncle Wang, how much can we get if we sell all our family's properties?" ”
"Little lady... You, what did you say? ”
Uncle Wang looked at Su Yang'er as if he didn't hear clearly, and his eyes suddenly widened