Chapter 46: The Situation
After a few days in bed, Suning'er's body is almost better, but there are still some traces of being strangled by the horse's reins on her hands.
A daughter's family, whether modern or ancient, naturally cherishes her body very much, looking at the hands covered with scars, it is really unbearable, she is distressed, for fear that it will leave a mark.
Fortunately, the medicine sent by Qingwangfu is really expensive, rub some every day, the effect is still very significant, and it has only been a few days, and the marks of the scar have begun to fade.
This made her hanging heart finally relax a lot.
These days, Zhou's attitude towards her is completely like a different person, and almost every day he has to order the servants to send some new fruits, or expensive supplements.
The best brocade was brought over batch after batch for her to choose.
Looking at it this way, she also felt that the second aunt still didn't treat herself as an outsider, and loved her own daughter no worse than her own daughter, although she also knew some reasons for this.
And what made her feel even more incredible was that this time she was injured, Zhou asked Su Ningxiang and Su Que to come over to greet her almost every day, chat with her, and talk to her.
I remember the days when I just crawled out of the coffin, the two sisters and brothers were not even allowed to approach the door of Tanghua Courtyard, and it was a long time before she learned that she had a cousin.
In the past, Suninger and the two sisters and brothers didn't have a deep relationship, and now she naturally can't really treat them as close relatives.
It's just that I'm tired of being bored in this room all day, and it's actually good to have someone to talk to.
Speaking of which, in this place, the only person who can make her feel that she is in love with Li Wanwan of Jingzhao Mansion is now.
But since the sunset, Suning'er has never seen Li Wanwan's figure, and she occasionally misses her in her heart, but she doesn't always remember it.
Without the noisy nature of this little ancestor, it would be much more boring, but fortunately, Su Que is also a master to talk to, compared to the cousin of the golden concubine, she gradually has some intimacy with the cousin born to this concubine.
Su Que is the only male among the descendants of Su Mansion today, although he is still young, but his heart is quite a bit of the calmness of an adult man, and he knows a lot of things inside and outside Su Mansion.
In addition to telling his eldest sister some interesting anecdotes about the house every day, he often mentions some business outside the Su family.
The huge Su Mansion, speaking of which, is actually just a few courtyards, and it is naturally not very interesting to say anecdotes, it is nothing more than to pass the idle days.
So she just listened to these gossips and anecdotes, maybe she was in the clothing business before, and she thought it was very interesting to hear Su Que mention the Su family's business.
A few days ago, she also occasionally heard her mother talk to the Zhou family about the Su family's business not doing well this year, so his second uncle is going out early and returning late almost every day these days, planning for shops everywhere.
It is always easier to sit in business than to be in business, but you can't do business without a shop.
At present, although the Su family has kept the shops in the two cities of the east and west through the matter of Suning'er's marriage, more than fifty or sixty shops near the twelve gates of Waiguo are all firmly held in the hands of the Tao family.
The end of the year is approaching, and everyone is waiting to do business with Hu Shang, but Tao Dingqian, the head of the Tao family, dominates these prosperous shops, deliberately raising the price, almost raising the rent to double or even several times the usual, and the price of the cheap location near the West Market has reached thousands of yuan, making the major merchants miserable.
When Suning'er heard this, she secretly complained in her heart, even if she could not regard herself as the Su family, but after all, this was a matter of survival, how could she completely treat herself as an outsider.
On the one hand, she had to admire the strength of the Tao family, and on the other hand, she was also a little disgusted with this kind of profiteer.
It's no wonder that her mother has to endure Tao Yunshu, the daughter of the first wealthy merchant in Chang'an, and she is still relying on the power of the Beisi Yamen, who is not afraid.
For the Su family's business, Su Ning'er actually has a general understanding now, mainly to transport brocade and silk for the court, a special household for the court to pay tribute, and a veritable silk merchant.
But most of these are ancestral properties, or created by her father and Zujun when they were alive, and her second uncle has not been idle over the years, borrowing the money in his hand to open up some industries, and also occupy a share of the market quota on the side of the city, and do some transactions with Hu merchants.
Now that he can gain a foothold in Chang'an City, he is actually relying on the industry developed by Su Jing, if he loses these businesses, the family may have to go back to Yangzhou.
For things in the business field, Suning'er also has some means, but this ancient woman is not as good as her world, and it is always inappropriate to show up all day long to deal with the living people outside, especially her daughter who has not been out of the cabinet.
So sometimes when she heard Su Que complain about his father's difficulties outside, she could only be silent, at most she sighed helplessly, praying that her second uncle would be smooth.
On this day, there was not much difference from usual, the sky was clear, and after Su Ningxiang and Su Que came to visit, Su Ning'er was still lazily sitting on the swing in front of the courtyard enjoying her comfortable time, and Li Wanwan suddenly broke the tranquility.
I don't know for what reason, she actually calculated the days of separation from this little ancestor very clearly.
Just pinching her fingers, she and Li Wanwan said almost in unison:
"I haven't seen ...... for 10 days"
Suning'er knew that she was in a hurry, so she waited patiently for her to say first: "Yiniang, the slave family wants to kill you." ”
Suning'er just smiled slightly, and Qin'er and Shuang'er on the side hurriedly pulled her to sit down.
Li Wanwan sat down next to her, couldn't help but stand up again, looked around her carefully, and said with a delicate smile: "The slave family thought that Yiniang would lose a lot of weight, but I didn't expect to gain weight in the yard." ”
"Ah, are you fat?" , Suning'er's heart tightened, and she couldn't wait to let Qin'er go and get the mirror to take a look, and after thinking about it, she gave up.
It's just ten days, how much weight can you get.
"Well, it's true that I'm getting a little fatter", Li Wanwan confirmed it, and began to pout and complain: "It seems that Yiniang doesn't miss the slave family anymore, but the slave family misses you every day, you see that the slave family has lost a lot of weight." ”
She listened to the tone of the little ancestor's voice as if she had changed someone, but she was a little unaccustomed to it, but she was afraid that these days were not very good, so she smiled warmly and comforted: "How can you not think about Wanniang, naturally I miss it tightly." ”
"It's still a mother with a conscience", Li Wanwan happily shook her hand, and said a little sadly: "In fact, I've been remembering Yiniang these days, and I don't know who went to the house to chew the root of the tongue, I went to the Weiguo Mansion to find Tao Jiuniang's matter was known by my mother, and punished me for thinking about it behind closed doors at home, last night the matchmaker came over and pleaded with the eldest mother, I can go out today, but it's a pity that I couldn't help Yiniang get justice." ”
For the events of that day, Suning'er has never been clear about the details, but with her understanding of Wanniang, she will inevitably go to Tao Yunshu to make a big fuss.
Thinking that she was punished because of herself, Suning'er felt sorry for herself, and comforted her: "Yu Wanniang has suffered, but it's better to let this matter pass, fortunately, I don't have much to do", she twisted her body left and right as she spoke: "Look, I'm good at raising it." ”
"Hey", Li Wanwan was both happy and sad, but also couldn't cry or laugh: "You stupid woman, you always don't care about anything." ”
There is no way to take this woman, she had to put away her helplessness, and smiled knowingly: "No matter what, then Tao Jiuniang can be regarded as retribution now, even if God punished her for us." ”
"Huh?"
"Don't you know?" , Li Wanwan looked at her stunned and stared at herself, her face rippled again as soon as she calmed down, and she said angrily: "I'm afraid it's your second aunt who hid it from you, Zhao Yuanbai rejected the Tao family's marriage, didn't anyone mention this matter to you?" ”
Suning'er puffed up her eyes in disbelief: this rammer really did this.
Then he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and now everyone in the mansion is thinking that King Qing will come to propose marriage, how can he tell her about the Zhao family.
It's just that Zhou's mouth is too tight, and Su Que and Su Ningxiang have never mentioned this matter every day, which shows that they have good intentions.
In fact, it doesn't hurt to tell her, she won't think about breaking the connection with Zhao Yuanbai.