"......Uh...... *Ding Feng Bo*?"

Beside the small lawn in the outer courtyard of Yu Mountain Academy, Su Chonghua smiled as he glanced at the paper, then frowned slightly. (Search: Complete Book Divine Station to read fine literature for free). At this time, Xiaoqi had already run over: "Academy Head Uncle."

"Mm."

"Academy Head Uncle, that's mine."

After giving Su Chonghua a respectful bow, Xiaoqi looked at the rice paper draft and said with a smile. Su Chonghua looked at the cute little girl and handed the draft back to her. After Xiaoqi took it, she carefully folded it and prepared to put it in her arms. Su Chonghua's smile showed a slight hesitation.

He had only read a little bit of the beginning of the poem, but he recognized the handwriting.

*Ding Feng Bo*... (Calming the Waves)

The name of this poem card made him feel concerned, so he said: "Xiaoqi, can you let Uncle take a look at that...?"

"Ah?" Xiaoqi stopped and blinked, then said "Oh" and handed the poem draft over with both hands, pursing her lips and looking at him, seeming to want to remind Academy Head Uncle not to tear the draft, but feeling that it would be impolite, she finally didn't say it. Su Chonghua smiled and took the draft, carefully opened it, and read it through softly. He frowned, then looked at it again from the beginning. After a long while, he sighed with a complicated expression, looked at Xiaoqi beside him, and then smiled: "Xiaoqi, this poem..."

"Mine."

"Heh, I know, did Mr. Li Heng write it for you?"

"Mm." Xiaoqi nodded, "Yi... uh, the teacher exchanged it with Xiaoqi, said it was Xiaoqi's, and told Xiaoqi to take good care of it."

"Oh." Su Chonghua thought for a moment, nodded, and then handed the rice paper to Xiaoqi, "You must take good care of it."

Xiaoqi put the poem into her arms and left. Su Chonghua watched the little girl's departing figure. After a long while, he shook his head and smiled. Li Heng's talent is indeed there, but at this time, writing *Ding Feng Bo*, and only writing it for a little girl to see, indeed, he knows that if he releases his self-appreciation and self-comfort, he will be laughed at.

Ning Yi is not so important now. There are some things to do this afternoon, and there is a poetry meeting to attend in the evening. He put the matter behind him and began to deal with other things.

Seemingly leisurely and peaceful afternoon, the tense atmosphere of the weaving industry did not spread to the civilians of Jiangning. On the streets and alleys, pedestrians shuttled back and forth. In restaurants and tea houses, the music was light. Occasionally, people would talk about the interesting things happening in Jiangning, such as the Su family and the Wu family's cloth business, which might be touched upon. Also, on this afternoon, between a certain tea house, Su Tan'er and several shopkeepers who had been screened and were truly trustworthy, as well as three maids, met with some people from the Wu family in a slightly secluded tea house. The leader was Wu Chenghou.

"Ning Yi... why didn't he come?" Without much greeting, after looking around, this was Wu Chenghou's first sentence.

"My husband has always disliked small tricks in the business world. After writing a poem to advise Uncle the other day, he has not asked about it again, and I am not good at bothering him about it."

Su Tan'er usually has a good sense of propriety in dealing with the business world, but her invisible strong style is something that everyone can understand. Although she is a woman, she never wants to be inferior to others. But at this time, her weak words, as if she were under her husband's wings, made Wu Chenghou even more angry, especially when she mentioned "writing a poem to advise Uncle," which was tantamount to taking out the "red door first to laugh at the crown" of that day and saying it again: My husband finished the matter, and reminded you again, if you still don't react, then he is too lazy to care about it. The big things for you are just small things for my husband.

"Heh, in that case, your husband really doesn't take the things that my Wu family and so many people do into consideration at all."

Su Tan'er smiled, with a somewhat matter-of-course expression, and said: "It has nothing to do with Uncle, it's just that this niece's nature is too stubborn, and she takes success or failure too seriously. If it hadn't been for pitying Tan'er for being sick that day, my husband would not have taken action for such a trivial matter. My husband foresaw what would happen two months ago, and even the subsequent developments have been arranged clearly. I will tell Uncle about it later. My husband's talent, knowledge, and strategy are far beyond Tan'er's reach. Uncle, don't be angry about this..."

"...Hmph!"

The wind blew through the corners of the alley near the tea house, thinning these not-so-warm conversations in the air. Nearby was a street with pedestrians coming and going. The afternoon gradually passed by with such pedestrians. By dusk, Su Tan'er and the three maids took a carriage in the direction of home. There were also other shopkeepers' vehicles following behind. There were some thick books and notebooks in the carriage. Su Tan'er opened the curtain and looked at the sunset sky outside, then smiled.

"Chan'er, do you think what I said to the Wu family people earlier was domineering?"

"Uh?" Unexpectedly, her young lady would ask such a question, Xiao Chan was stunned, dumbfounded, "What? Uh, domineer... ing..."

"Well, I think it's amazing too." Su Tan'er thought for a while and nodded to herself. The young lady was a little strange today, but her essence hasn't changed much. She calmly negotiated with the Wu family people. It's just that the words she said about the young master at the beginning seemed a bit exaggerated. The three maids felt a little embarrassed. Later, the Wu family felt that she was joking, so they no longer mentioned anything about Ning Yi.

"But, after the young lady told the Wu family people about the young master, Shopkeeper Cao and the others were scared, hehe. They still don't know why the Wu family secretly gave us so many things. During the break, this maid heard them discussing: Ah, is Mr. Ning so amazing? More than two months, this is the happiest time."

The few stewards or shopkeepers following behind are not very important figures in the Su family, but they are basically middle-level people who were jointly identified by Ning Yi and Su Tan'er and were not involved in this matter. This negotiation with the Wu family, even if the Wu family could honestly offer the entire Wu family for the Su family to choose from, the whole task was actually quite cumbersome. Although Chan'er, Juan'er, and Xing'er could also help, they naturally couldn't figure out so many things on their own. In the next few days, they would still need the help of these people.

Su Tan'er didn't tell these people too much from the moment they were ordered to come and do things, and they were asked to keep it secret. Therefore, the reason why, the few people headed by Shopkeeper Cao were naturally not very clear. But they are in the Su family, and they naturally understand the situation in the past two and a half months. Watching the dust settle, this sudden move came out. Listening to Su Tan'er's conversation with the Wu family people, and seeing the Wu family people's faces full of resentment but they had to swallow their teeth and blood, how could they not understand that the Wu family had suffered a big loss under such circumstances, and Su Tan'er had turned defeat into victory?

The turning point of the matter was so great, and the confidentiality was so high, that it turned out to be the home's Mr. Ning who was in charge. In these two months or so, I don't know how much Ning Yi and Su Tan'er, this couple, have done in secret. They originally watched the big house was going to have an accident, and they had slandered Ning Yi in their hearts. Occasionally, when chatting, they would probably shake their heads. They felt even more unworthy for Su Tan'er. At this time, they could shake their heads and sigh at the depth of this couple's planning for the whole situation during the gaps in their work.

If according to Su Tan'er's saying that they could eat as much as they could eat, then after this, the entire Wu family would probably be in a slump.

At this time, the only people who knew about this exciting thing were just a few people in the carriages behind. They drove all the way back home and met Ning Yi on the way. Su Tan'er stopped the car and let him come up. The eyes of the shopkeepers in the carriages behind him had changed greatly, with unfathomable and complex gazes, mixed with emotion, sigh, admiration, and speculation. Su Tan'er also got out of the car and told them a few words, and then the two sides parted ways temporarily.

All the way back to the Su Mansion, Su Tan'er learned that her cousin had arrived today. Ning Yi had also met this cousin named Su Danhong before. Understanding the relationship between Su Tan'er and the other party, he accompanied her all the way there. However, the subsequent meeting did not seem to be very pleasant. Su Danhong had a certain dissatisfaction with him, and she was lukewarm. Ning Yi probably knew the reason, so he went out for a walk alone after dinner. When he was about to reach the gate of the courtyard, Su Tan'er followed him and apologized to him on behalf of her cousin.

"It's nothing, she's just worried about you, and she's under a lot of pressure. I won't take it to heart. Go back and be with her."

"Mm." Su Tan'er pursed her lips, and then said, "Let Xiao Chan accompany you." She called Xiao Chan over and asked her to accompany Ning Yi for a walk.

Knowing each other well, Su Danhong probably knew that her emotions were inappropriate, at least they made Su Tan'er a little embarrassed, so she apologized: "But... if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have lost the Imperial Merchant business like this, you've been preparing for so many years, and I feel sorry for you..."

"Red Sister, you don't know..."

"You haven't consummated your marriage with him, have you?" Since Su Danhong came over, she would probably sleep with Su Tan'er tonight. At this time, looking at the layout of her boudoir, she probably knew this: "Actually... just take it as a joke, if you had married Shopkeeper Xi back then, this... I'm afraid it would be different."

Su Tan'er frowned: "Red Sister, don't make this joke in the future."

"Mm?" Su Danhong frowned and looked at her suspiciously, "What kind of feeling do you have with your husband?"

"I... I don't know..." Su Tan'er shook her head, her face slightly red.

She really couldn't say clearly what kind of feelings she had for Ning Yi. In fact, just as Su Danhong pointed out, the two had been married for so long, but they had not consummated their marriage. In Su Danhong's view, it was really estranged. If in Su Tan'er's heart, if her husband was still the bookworm she had guessed, and the two had been together for more than a year or almost two years, she would probably have accepted her fate and consummated the marriage. But now, she still has to wait for some time.

In fact, in terms of goodwill, if it was only to the extent of "accepting fate," it was probably enough last year. But being with her husband is, after all, a very strange thing for her. If it were a thousand years later, something similar would probably be called dating, but at this time, which girl would have such an opportunity? She was in it, and she was also curious, uneasy, and unable to categorize it into any kind of mood. It was not until she fell ill the previous time that she had the opportunity to say the words of consummating the marriage. But since then, she has been bedridden, and after being bedridden, she has been dealing with these things. To stabilize the current Wu family, she is also very busy, and she has to wait until everything is settled before making proper arrangements for this matter.

At this time, she has taken this matter seriously, and she is unwilling to do it casually like "accepting fate." In short, there must be a symbolic meaning, and she doesn't want outsiders to know that she and her husband have only just consummated their marriage, so perhaps everyone will gossip about her husband again. In short, she is also very distressed, and the time is almost up... This night, she slept with her cousin, she pulled Su Danhong's sleeve, and asked in a low voice: "Red Sister, what do you say... when couples live together... how do they do it..."

Even though she is usually strong in the business world, her voice is as thin as a mosquito at this time. Hearing it in Su Danhong's current mood, there seemed to be a bit of loneliness in it: "You... why are you asking this at this time..."

"That... when I got married... I ran away, and I didn't listen... listen to my mother and those aunts saying this..."

After all, it is not good to ask Chan'er and Juan'er about this.

Su Danhong's heart was a little sad for a while, and she also thought of the words her father and Xi Junyu said. Her cousin has always been strong in nature, but this time, the situation is really stronger than people. Her cousin probably wants to get rid of this strong woman's identity after this, and settle down and accept her fate, and be a wife at home. It just so happens that her husband has to take some responsibility for this matter, and she is afraid that she will not be in a good mood when she lives on.

Therefore, in the following days, her view of Ning Yi has not improved. Every time she sees Ning Yi, she is lukewarm. However, if she is lukewarm, Ning Yi is also lukewarm to her. There is no way to tell who is better in this regard. And every time Su Danhong sees Ning Yi and Tan'er walking together, and thinks that Tan'er wants to "accept her fate," she has a feeling that a flower is stuck in cow dung, and a good cabbage is about to be arched by a pig. It seems that Ning Yi has turned into a pig, and is arching Tan'er's cabbage. She naturally doesn't know that Tan'er's big cabbage is now thinking of tying a red silk scarf on her body, so that the process of being arched down will be more meaningful, and she is not as concerned and submissive as she imagined.

Only by living in the Su family at this time can one specifically experience the pressure that the big house of the Su family is currently under. The countdown to the clan meeting is getting closer and closer. The second and third houses are happily moving around. Everything has been settled. The big house was originally weak and isolated, but at this time, it seems to be even more betrayed and alienated. Everyone's eyes seem to be saying that you will lose power in a few days. However, she herself has to agree with this view. Su Zhongkan, Su Yunfang, Xi Anzhi, Yu Daxian... one by one, they are all talking loudly in the posture of victors...

Under such circumstances, Su Tan'er goes out early and returns late every day. Her fatigue is obvious. As for the occasional sunshine and happiness, it seems like the acceptance of fate and the sunset after it has been determined that nothing can be saved. She feels distressed in her heart. Under such circumstances, Ning Yi, who seems to be leisurely and idle all day long, is obviously even more annoying. Sometimes, she can't help but make a few sarcastic remarks. Ning Yi strangely looks at her without any shame. Once, Su Danhong satirized him, and he suddenly opened his mouth: "I was just thinking..."

"What..."

"Why isn't the nephew's name called Su Huaji (catalyst)..."

"Uh..." Su Danhong was stunned for a long time, not understanding why he said this, "My husband's family is not named Su... Is there anything wrong with this name? I think it's good. If you like it, Tan'er's eldest son can be called this..."

Ning Yi was struck for the first time, sighed, and ran away in a disheartened manner. Su Danhong thought for a long time and didn't know why.

In fact, Ning Yi had jokingly thought before that since he was an adopted son-in-law, he could consider naming his daughter Su Danhong and his son Su Huaji. This time, it was because Su Danhong was too bored, so he satirized her casually. This satire was too casual, and he only reacted after saying it that the other party's husband was not an adopted son-in-law. Su Danhong accidentally hit the right target, and Ning Yi was attacked by his own joke, and he was a little frustrated for a while.

Five days, four days, three days, two days... time went on like this, day by day, in such an atmosphere of the Su family, to the day of the clan meeting. This day was the twenty-fourth day of the tenth lunar month, and there was still one day left before the first batch of *Can Jin Jin* (Shining Gold Brocade) from the Wu family was due to be delivered. Waking up in the morning, there was good morning light, and fog filled this milky white light.

In the Su family, the atmosphere this morning was extremely unusual.

A feeling like rebirth filled this mansion. Turning points, hope, milestones. Many, many people seemed to feel a little different even when they opened the door. When Su Yunfang opened the door, he took a deep breath. In the courtyard next to him, a shopkeeper named Yu Daxian cast his eyes towards the east. Su Zhongkan had been sitting in the courtyard since dawn, watching the movement of the fog, watching the morning light rise. Xi Anzhi walked past the gate of the courtyard and arched his hand to him: "Second Master, good morning."

Today, there will be a war, a war that they have already won, or rather, tonight, they want to confirm something and reap the fruits.

And outside the Su family, there are many, many people who are secretly watching the situation here. In the Xue Mansion, several brothers met in the morning. Xue Yanzheng stood under the eaves and looked in this direction. He smiled at everyone and patted his younger brother's shoulder.

"Tonight, I'll host a dinner at the newly opened Moon Fragrance Building on Persimmon Street." Persimmon Street is not far from where the Su Mansion is located. "The Su family's affairs will have results tonight." Similar conversations were taking place in many families operating cloth shops.

Ning Yi is not in the Su family's mansion. He maintains his habit of morning exercises, running in that fog. He has already left the Su Mansion far behind. Just now, he had already passed the small building by the river, and greeted the beautiful and gentle woman in front of the door. He still has to run for a while. After turning back, he will sit in the small building for a while.

For him, today is no different.

"Will you be very busy today?" Not long after entering the small building, the woman smiled and served him tea, "Li Heng, your family is holding a big meeting."

"Clan meeting, I'm an adopted son-in-law, I can't participate." Ning Yi said these words shamelessly, "So it has nothing to do with me."

Those fools are going to have a meeting, and he doesn't have to participate... so happy...(To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)

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