Chapter Fourteen
"Brother, I'm sorry. Ru'er only has that little money..."
Holding the two pieces of silver, Su Ru lowered her head guiltily and apologized. But Su Lin saw that her sister Su Ru's palm holding the silver was not only rough, but also had some needle-punched scars, but she could no longer laugh. She couldn't help but feel sad and hugged her sister Su Ru in her arms.
"Don't be sorry! Ru'er, you didn't feel sorry for me. But I, Su Lin, are sorry for you. As your brother, not only did not fulfill your responsibility to take care of you, but also wanted you, a little girl, to shoulder so much."
A man doesn’t cry easily, but he is not sad. Su Lin has never been a weak person, but now he sees the scars on his rough palm of his younger sister Su Ru, who is only thirteen years old, how can he not be moved?
"Brother, brother won't cry! Dad said that brother is a scholar, a man, and can't cry. Ru'er doesn't work hard. As long as her brother can stand out, he will become the top scorer in the future. Ru'er is the top scorer's sister. It's so glorious! It's worth everything."
Su Ru smiled like a flower, and gently reached out to help Su Lin wipe the tears on her cheek. Su Lin immediately grabbed her hand and said, "Yes! It will definitely happen! Ru'er, my brother promised you. I, Su Lin, have decided on this top scorer."
"Yeah... brother, then in the future I will be the sister of the top scholar, and sister Zijin will be the wife of the top scholar! Ru'er heard that the wife of the top scholar will be named the wife of the imperial decree." Su Ru replied with a smile. She has never been as warm and happy as she is now. She has always been cold to her brother Su Lin, and has begun to care and love herself.
"Zi Jin? By the way, Ru'er, why didn't you see Zi Jin today? Didn't she say that? Will you come to see me take the county exam?"
Su Lin always felt that he had lost something, but it turned out that he was not used to lacking Dong Zijin's company. This childhood sweetheart fiancee with a tomboy personality and temper.
"No...Sister Zijin..."
When Su Lin asked, Su Ru panicked. Knowing that she had accidentally let her mouth go, she could only honestly explain, "Brother, sister Zijin was beaten by her father for stealing the medicinal materials from her home medicinal materials shop. Now... she is now in a jail term. Master Dong is not allowed to go out."
"What? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Zijin secretly refreshing grass and awakening the brain are both for me..."
"Brother, it was Sister Zijin who refused to let me tell you. She... She wants you to prepare for the county examination and must pass the Tongsheng exam."
When Su Lin heard this, he became anxious and pulled Su Ru and ran to Dong's mansion.
When he arrived at the Dong Mansion, although he was only a merchant family and had no literary status or fame, the courtyard was no smaller than that of the Su Mansion. Before Su Lin ran to the gate, he shouted to the guardian of the Dong Mansion: "Go and tell Master Dong, Su Lin will pay a visit to the Su Mansion."
"I'm sorry. Mr. Su, our master has given the order. If the young master comes to visit, he will never see him." Although the Dong family's servant called Mr. Su, the disdain and arrogant expression on his face were obviously looking down on Su Lin.
No wonder Su Lin's reputation as a scholar son who was still wise at the age of fifteen is already so famous that everyone in Fengle County is well known. What about the servants of Dong's family who have a marriage agreement with Su Lin?
"Mr. Dong didn't see me, and I still wanted to see him."
Su Lin pulled Su Ru and was about to break in, but the clerk was also angry. He held a wooden stick in his hand and stopped Su Lin and shouted: "Su Lin, you useless cowards. My lady stole the medicinal materials in the shop for you. The master was furious and stopped the lady. Do you still have the face to come to our Dong Mansion? Go quickly! Go quickly! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude?"
"Hmph! You, a dog slave, dare you be rude to the gentry?"
Seeing this, Su Lin's wisdom orifice between his eyebrows was activated and he said three times in a row, "Get out! Get out! Get out!"
The Holy Power Fayan used the power of the Holy Power to speak out the Dharma. The clerk watched incredibly as three golden lights burst out from Su Lin's mouth, each with a hundred kilograms of force, hitting him. As if he was a heavy punch, he suddenly flew out.
"Speaking and following the Dharma? Although it is just the simplest use of holy power,... I actually learned without a teacher and used holy power to attack?"
Su Lin was also very surprised that he accidentally mastered a little method of using holy power.
"Who dares to cause trouble in my Dong Mansion?"
The servant fell to the ground and made a noise, which alarmed Dong Guihua in the mansion. He excitedly led several servants out. When he saw that it was Su Lin who was causing trouble at the door, he was even more furious: "Su Lin, you, I, the two families of Su Dong have always had a good relationship. Why did you come to the door of my Dong Mansion to cause trouble?"
"Hello, Dong Shibo!"
Seeing that Dong Guihua came out, Su Lin bowed to Dong Guihua instead, "I just finished the county exam, so I wanted to come to see Uncle Dong and discuss with Uncle Dong's wife about the engagement between my nephew and Zijin. Unexpectedly, this evil slave actually dared to interfere with him, saying something like "Dong Shi's wife refused to see her nephew." Uncle Dong also said, "Our Su and Dong's family have always been in good terms, so how can I not see my nephew?"
Su Lin was calm and pointed at the moaning servant on the ground, smiling and counting his guilt. His words not only made the servants on the ground unable to complain, but also made Dong Guihua unable to refute them, and could only eat Coptis chinensis in a mute manner.
"Su Lin, since you are here, I might as well tell you clearly that although I and your father Su Jingtian agreed to marry you,... your father once said that if you don't become a talent in the future, the Dong family will not have to fulfill this engagement."
Dong Guihua's implication is that he dislikes Su Lin for being unable to become a talent now, and the intention of remorse for marriage is obvious.
However, Su Lin pretended to be confused and bowed unworthily: "Please rest assured Dong Shibo, Su Lin has become a talent, so he can marry Zijin to me with confidence."
"you……"
Dong Guihua was choked by Su Lin's words, and could only point at him and say clearly, "Su Lin... you have to argue with me. I, Dong Guihua, will explain to you today! Zijin will not marry you. I, an 18-year-old scholar from the Liu family in this county, came to propose marriage. From now on, my Zijin has no relationship with your Su family, and I will not let her meet you again."
"Uncle Dong Shi's father! As a businessman, how can you be without faith? If your remorseful marriage is spread, who will dare to do business with you in the future?"
Su Lin said as he took a step forward, and the light of thought in the wisdom nipples, a sacred power force Dong Guihua couldn't help but take a step back and pointed at him, "Su Lin, it's not that I don't believe in my words. But you haven't enlightened your wisdom at the age of fifteen. So what if you are enlightened now? Ordinary children can enlighten your wisdom at the age of ten at the latest. Now you have just enlightened your wisdom. How can you be considered a talent?"
"Oh? Then Uncle Dong said, what is becoming a talent in your eyes?" Su Lin smiled.
At this time, because of the noise in front of the Dong Mansion, the villagers surrounded him and were talking, waiting to watch the fun!
"Hmph! You must at least get a literary position in your career, and you must not be low. If you want to marry our Zijin, you must be a scholar under the age of 20. Moreover, your furniture must be rich, and you don't need to be much. My Zijin's betrothal gift is at least a thousand taels of silver."
Dong Guihua thought that Su Lin had just become smart and would never be able to pass the scholar within five years. Even if Su Lin could pass the scholar, she would definitely not be able to get thousands of taels of silver as a betrothal gift. So Dong Guihua said deliberately, just to make things difficult for Su Lin.
"Okay, Uncle Dong, I promise you. If I can't pass the scholar's position before I was twenty years old, I will no longer force this marriage. However, before that, the engagement will still be effective, and you will not have the right to promise Zijin to others." Su Lin said with a smile.
But when Dong Guihua heard this, he felt something was wrong and immediately retorted: "This is not possible. Su Lin, your time is affordable, but our family's great youth cannot be delayed. How can you wait until you reach 20? Either you immediately take out thousands of taels of silver and give up the betrothal gift, or you can give up the marriage like this!"
"It's only one thousand taels of silver. What's the difficulty? Uncle Dong, as long as you give me one thousand taels of silver now, in three days, I will give you 100,000 taels of silver as a betrothal gift."
Su Lin said calmly and confidently.
"Sulin, I want you to give you a betrothal gift, but you want me to give you a thousand taels. What is the reason? If you run away with my money three days later, who will I ask for to reason?" Dong Guihua said inexplicably.
"Are you afraid that I will escape? Dong Shibo, I can suppress the word "Qin" on you, and it will be worth at least 1,000 taels of silver on the black market."
A light flashed in Su Lin's wisdom, and a golden word "Qin" flew out.
"No! No! Su Lin, you have already bet with Mr. Zhao, that the bet is the word "Qin". You will definitely lose in three days. How can I be deceived by you? At that time, Mr. Zhao comes to ask for the word "Qin". I am still trapped by you and will get in 1,000 taels of silver in vain? However, since you are so confident, if you bring a betrothal gift of 1,000 taels of silver in three days, Zijin and you will be settled, otherwise, what if you give up?" Dong Guihua was not stupid and shook his head and refused.
"Uncle Dong Shi, you have missed a chance to make a lot of money in vain. Don't blame me for not reminding you at that time? By the way, let me tell you another story! It was said that a monkey went to the Hall of Hell after he died and asked the King of Hell to reincarnate him for the next life. The King of Hell agreed, but he said that if you want to be a human, you must pull out all the hairs on the monkey's body. The monkey nodded happily and said yes. However, when the ghost messenger came to pluck the hairs for the monkey, the monkey couldn't help but scream in pain. The King of Hell smiled and said, "Look at you, you can't even give up a hair. How can you be a human being?"
As soon as Su Lin finished speaking, the villagers around the fun immediately burst into laughter, and Dong Guihua also blushed. Although he knew that Su Lin was mocking him for being a shitty person, he was speechless and helpless.
Su Lin also smiled, then turned around and pulled his sister Su Ru, and slowly walked towards the gambling game of Zhao Family Money House in the crowd. Now, his goal is to make money, earn money, and earn money from Zhao Family Money House.
Chapter completed!