Chapter 1319: Chapter 1319: Hard to Satisfy
Su Ningxiu was held back by her little sister.
Watching her younger sister shake her head at her.
She thought about it and had to admit that what her sister said made sense.
Indeed, it wasn’t worth getting angry over such a woman, and her elder brother hadn’t married that woman yet. That woman still wasn’t Su Ningxiu’s sister-in-law!
There was no need to be angry over soone who was irrelevant.
Suppressing the anger in her heart, Su Ningxiu no longer intended to confront that woman. anwhile, Xiao Yu stood under a tree talking to a man, oblivious to the fact that Su Ningxiu and Su Yunjin were watching her from not far away.
The man she was talking to had grown up with Xiao Yu in the sa village. They had been childhood sweethearts, the man had feelings for Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu also fancied the man.
However, the man’s parents were not very fond of Xiao Yu, thinking she ca from a poor family and not born of the man’s mother, they didn’t want their son to marry her. Xiao Yu had several tis suggested to the man to co to her family to propose, but he always found various excuses to refuse. The man was the only son at ho and was usually spoiled and lazy. In the past, a portion of the family’s earnings was given to him to squander on eating, drinking, and rrymaking.
Over the years, the man’s parents aged and earned less, so besides household expenses, they had no extra money to give to their son. Luckily for him, Xiao Yu had a liking for him, so he tried asking her for money several tis and got it every ti. This led the man to form a habit of frequently asking Xiao Yu for silver.
The silver Xiao Yu had was all saved through frugality, by doing embroidery work and selling the few fish she would catch, allowing her to make a few dozen copper coins each month.
All this money Xiao Yu gave willingly to the man without shorting him a single coin. But the man, accustod to his indulgent lifestyle, found that little money was not even enough for a al and was surely not enough to satisfy him. Xiao Yu didn’t want to give him money, but when the man threatened to leave her if she didn’t, she was so fond of him that she imdiately started scraping together funds for him.
The man had a sweet talker and could charm Xiao Yu effortlessly. Every ti he asked for money, he claid it was for his studies. Like Fan Wenxuan, he attended school and aid for a career by sitting for the imperial examination. He told Xiao Yu that he was spending a bit now, but once he beca a scholar, he could earn back much more silver for her.
He even promised that they would have maids and servants to wait on her.
Xiao Yu was always tight-fisted with silver, but after hearing the man’s sweet nothings, she felt that everything was worth it.
Once her big brother Jia passed the imperial exam and beca a top scholar, she would be the wife of a top scholar, holding prestige not just in the village.
But also soone of status in town.
Xiao Yu dread of the day her big brother Jia would sit the imperial examination. As Jia continued to ask her for money, and Xiao Yu, a woman, naturally did not have so much, she started worrying about how to get the money for her big brother Jia when Su Yunjin’s elder brother appeared.
At that mont, Su Yunjin’s elder brother was hurrying to the docks and accidentally bumped into her. Xiao Yu saw this as an opportunity to get silver from Su Yunjin’s elder brother and deliberately fell to the ground.
Su Muze, having bumped into soone, of course, rushed to help them up. When he realized he had bumped into a delicate young lady, Su Muze felt embarrassed.
Xiao Yu was calculating. She could tell at a glance that Su Muze was taken with her. She intentionally leaned toward him, playing her part, “Young master, I’m afraid I’ve hurt my foot in the fall.”
Su Muze, an honest man, didn’t catch on and quickly asked, “Miss, where have you hurt yourself? I hope it’s not too serious?” Su Muze was in a hurry to get to the docks.
But he just bumped into a young lady.
He couldn’t just leave her here unattended, could he?
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