Chapter 69: Secret Fight, Grand Mansion
Su Luo gave Su Jiang a kind smile. Su Jiang's eyes flashed, he curled his lips and nodded at Su Luo.
"It's not fair, it's not fair." Su Hong shouted and laughed, standing between Su Luo and Su Jiang like a big child, "I tried my best but couldn't make sister Jiang smile, how come sister Luo smiled when I saw her today?"
Su Luo's body was numb from the calls of her brother and sister. Yun Lang, who was sitting behind Su Jing, also shuddered. The second aunt chuckled and said, "Why did you just meet her? Luo'er also lived in the mansion when she was young, so Jiang'er must have seen her. Later, they left the mansion, and so many years have passed in the blink of an eye."
Su Luo heard her second aunt put the emphasis on the words "mother and daughter", and remembered that Su Jing said she was a niece who had been "lost" for more than ten years. More than ten years?
"I was too young when I left, so Sister Jiang may not still remember me." Su Luo continued with this.
Su Jiang raised her eyebrows slightly but didn't say anything. Second aunt covered her mouth and laughed, "Isn't it true? You were only three or two years old when you left? Today you three are back, and you are finally reunited."
Su Luo's face immediately sank. Damn it! She was twenty years old this year and left home when she was three or two years old. So...how did Su Yi come about? Could it be that her mother, Su, was a hermaphrodite and produced and sold her own products?
The mantou lady also had an ugly expression. She glared at Su Tong with her thin eyebrows raised, then raised her thin red lips, with a mocking look on her full moon face, "It's rare that the second sister-in-law is so happy for our third branch. That's right, two people leave and three people come back. Men are all like this. But at least we have added another boy to our Su family. Unlike you, the second sister-in-law, you clearly said that you gave birth to a fifth young master, but more than ten years have passed and it's time to get married. The fifth young master has become the fifth young lady. No one else has this ability."
Ha, the internal affairs of a wealthy family are so complicated. If you don't have the chance to experience the palace fighting, it's also nice to watch the house fighting. Su Luo ate melon seeds while watching how the second aunt fought back.
Second Aunt's face changed, then returned to normal immediately. She waved her hand and said with a smile, "What young master or young lady? Although Jiang'er is a girl, she is much better than her brother."
Su Luo couldn't help but cheer for her second aunt. She said it in a very artistic way. On the surface, it means one thing, but if you think about it carefully, it means another. The intellectual Su Ji is naturally Su Jiang's brother, but isn't Su Xuan, the son of Aunt Mantou, also the elder brother? That little boy with drooping eyes is obviously a loser.
It seems that the two have been arguing with each other for a long time, and everyone is used to it. Aunt Mantou drank some tea to moisten her throat and prepared herself for a long battle. Su Luo didn't want to listen to their endless sarcasm and belittling of each other, so she stood up and said she wanted to meet her mother.
Su Tong also stood up quickly and said, "I'll take you there." Su Luo looked carefully, and the old man's eyes were excited and happy, with a hint of "kindness". If he didn't like them like Aunt Mantou, but had to take them back because of the pressure from his eldest brother, Su Luo might appreciate him a little more.
Su Jing said, "Don't worry, we'll see each other at dinner later." Then he told the servants to invite the second wife from the third room to come over for dinner.
At that time, concubines had no status, especially in a big family like this, where concubines were not allowed to sit at the table during meals. In fact, the Su family had quite a few . Except for Su Tong, who was not brave enough, Su Jing and Su Zhang both had two or three concubines. Su Jing's "invitation" seemed to indicate that the mother and son of the Su family were special in the Su Mansion. The face of the mantou lady became even uglier, and she said in a hard voice: "Brother, my sister-in-law should take her back to the courtyard first, so that we can arrange a place for her to live first."
The eldest aunt also said, "Yes, let them go back first. How can we talk about it at the dinner table?"
With just one sentence, he rejected the idea of letting Su come to the dinner table. Su Jing obviously didn't care much about the affairs of the mansion. He didn't say anything, waved his hand, and asked them to go back first.
Su Luo walked up to Yun Lang, who had just finished two plates of snacks and was dozing off. Before leaving, he turned back to look at Su Jiang. Seeing that Su Jiang was also staring at him, he smiled again. Just as he was about to say goodbye, he saw Su Jiang also stood up and said goodbye to everyone.
Su Jiang's second branch lived in the Bihe Garden next to the Fangcao Garden, and the third branch lived in the Huanghua Garden opposite the Bihe Garden. There was a garden in the middle, and next to it was the Baixue Garden. It was temporarily empty and was only used to entertain guests.
Everyone was silent along the way. After parting with Su Jiang, Su Luo asked the mantou lady, "Madam Su, the fifth young master who became a young lady you just mentioned, was it Su Jiang?"
Aunt Mantou's face darkened, and it was clear that she didn't want to talk to Su Luo. She didn't speak, and Su Xuan and Su Qi didn't dare to speak either. Su Tong was just a decoration and could basically be ignored.
Su Luo stopped and waited there without greeting anyone. It was not until the people in front of her realized that she had not caught up and stopped to look back that she said seriously, "Madam Su, I understand your feelings, but you have to know that I don't want to come back either. We will leave as soon as we see my mother and brother. As long as you don't harass us again in the future, we will never harass you."
Su Tong turned back, sweat on his forehead in the cold weather. He glanced behind him and said, "Why are you talking like that? Now that you're back, just feel free to stay at home."
The person Su Luo disliked the most in the whole house was Su Tong. He pushed him aside impatiently, ignoring his shocked and hurt look, and only looked at Aunt Mantou.
Aunt Mantou's face turned red and white. If she could tolerate Su's mother and daughter, she would not have thrown a tantrum and driven them out.
Su Luo added: "If you insist on pretending to be a good family to the outside world, I will cooperate and will not embarrass the Su family. Just don't let us live in this house, and everything will be fine."
Aunt Mantou didn't say anything, so Su Qi couldn't help but said, "If you want to leave, leave quickly. Don't stay here and make my mother angry!"
When Su Xuan saw someone taking the lead, she quickly followed, "You little bitch..."
He held back his words halfway through, Su Luo stared at him with a sullen face, as if he could explode at any time. After a while, Su Luo snorted coldly, "If you had half the ability of your mother, you would be proud of her."
Su Xuan moved his mouth but didn't dare to curse out loud. He looked at his mother, then at his sister, feeling embarrassed, and walked away.
"You can't leave." Aunt Mantou looked at her son's back with disappointment and said with determination, "We will arrange for you and your brother to return to your ancestral home in a few days."
"There's no need to trace our ancestry." Su Luo straightened his chest, "We won't stay."
"Your mother will." Aunt Mantou said this confidently, turned around and left with her daughter. Su Tong slumped his shoulders, looked at Su Luo with a complicated expression, and followed her.
Yun Lang glanced at Su Luo with the corner of his eye and chuckled, "I've known you for so long, but this is the first time I've seen you so serious."
Su Luo smiled silently, but it was a bit forced. When she saw Su and Su Yi, they had changed into new clothes and lived in the west wing of the Yellow Garden, with two maids.
Su was undoubtedly very satisfied with this treatment. Seeing Su Luo, she almost wanted to hug her and cry to show that she had finally waited for spring. Su Luo's confidence was immediately half gone. After she tried to persuade Su for half an hour without success, the other half of her confidence also disappeared.
Aunt Mantou was right, she didn't want to stay. Her mother thought, if she didn't want to, Su wouldn't have worked in Li Fu's house for more than ten years just to see Su Tong occasionally.
What kind of feeling is this? Or is it feeling? Su Luo asked why, and Su said with tears in her eyes: "This is fate. My only wish now is to see you and Xiao Yi return to your roots."
Su Luo breathed a sigh of relief. She had no other choice but to leave it at that. So she said to Yun Lang, "You go back. I want to stay."
Yun Lang was so surprised that his eyes almost popped out of his head. Su Luo snorted. She couldn't just watch her nominal mother and brother being bullied here. She decided to stay here for now and make plans later. She didn't believe that with her strength she couldn't make the people from the Su Mansion drive them out again.
Su Luo stayed there and put up a paper sign at the entrance to the west wing, which read: Su Tong and dogs are not allowed to enter.
Su Tong got angry for the first time and tore off the paper on the sign. Su Luo calmly asked Su Yi to write another one and put it up. The Su family didn't dare to persuade either side. Aunt Mantou and her two children watched coldly, but Su Luo still did what she wanted.
The news spread throughout the Su residence within half an hour. The second aunt hurriedly took the opportunity to come over to see what was going on. The eldest aunt also came over to take a look from a distance, then called Su Luo over and said that this was outrageous. Su Luo scratched his ears and nodded in agreement, "Yes, it's outrageous."
Great aunt: “…”
Two days passed like this. Su Luo went to his shop during the day and returned to Su's house at night. The sign was always there. Su Tong's temper came and went quickly. Every time he saw Su Luo, he greeted her with a smile, and Su Luo pretended not to see it.
On the third night, Aunt Mantou called Su Luo over. She stared at Su Luo for a long time and finally sighed, "It seems like you really don't want to come back."
Su Luo sat down opposite her unceremoniously and said, "Congratulations, you finally understand."
Aunt Mantou continued to sigh and said, "I don't want you to come back either."
Su Luo admired the spirit of the mantou lady, who was much better than her father. The mantou lady continued, "But you have to stay." Then she asked, "What is your relationship with the owner of Qinji?"
Su Luo laughed, she knew that her uncle had an ulterior motive in begging them to come back, but she didn't expect that his ulterior motive was not her small shop, but the big boss behind her.
"Can you introduce your father to Boss Qin?" The steamed bread lady's face turned pale. "In exchange, I will treat your mother better."
"Don't be nice to her." Su Luo hurriedly stopped him. What a joke, if they were nice to her mother, they would be even more unable to leave. However, Su Luo also figured it out. This was why her uncle wanted her back. It was obvious that Aunt Mantou also wanted to use this resource and let her introduce Su Tong to her first, so as to increase Su Tong's status in the family in the future.
Su Luo finally understood that although Jintaixuan was an ancestral business, it was built up in the hands of Su Jing and gradually expanded with the participation of the "business prodigy" Su Jiang. The eldest and second branches both made contributions, but the third branch, neither the father nor the son was up to the task, until now they were just shareholders and had no substantial participation in the family business. Seeing branches in other places springing up one after another, how could they not be anxious?
This is probably what it means to fight openly and secretly. The three brothers seem to be in harmony on the surface, but they all have their own little plans in private. However, the vision of Aunt Mantou is a little poor. Instead of pinning her hopes on Father Mantou, she might as well pin her hopes on her own son.
Su Luo said this, and Mrs. Mantou was skeptical, "Are you...really willing to help Xuan'er?"
"It doesn't matter whether I help or not. I can introduce him to Qin Huai. It's up to him in the future." Su Luo curled her lips. "As long as he doesn't call her a little bitch all the time in the future, I'll thank him."
To say that she was helping them was actually to help herself. Su Luo wished that Qin Huai was right in front of her so that she could complete the task immediately. It would be best if Su Xuan could live up to his mother's expectations and become powerful. Then she could retire and persuade Aunt Mantou to drive them out of the Su Mansion.
But now Qin Huai still doesn’t know where he is, and before that, Su Luo also has his own things to do.
The merchants have almost reached a consensus on the KTV competition. The date is set for the tenth day of the first lunar month. The venue for the referendum is exactly in Fatty Xue's flower cabinet. Bao Zixing has been anxious for Su Luo to quickly implement the next plan these two days.
Qin Ji, it seems she really needs to go there.
