The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 469: A Survival Guide for Women in the Old Republic of China (8)

the first thing

As night fell and the lights came on, it should have been a time for the family to have a happy dinner together, but today Cao Wanning's husband Su Weichen did not have dinner with her.

Seeing that the time for her husband to return home had passed and there was still no sign of Su Weicheng, Cao Wanning couldn't help but feel worried, fearing that something unexpected had happened to her husband.

So she hurriedly ordered the housekeeper to go to the shop to look for Su Weichen, but unexpectedly, the housekeeper did not return for a long time.

Just when Cao Wanning was getting extremely anxious and preparing to send someone to pick them up again, he finally saw them returning.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the Su Mansion, Su Weicheng was furious and yelled: "This is outrageous! It's obvious that those guys took a fancy to our goods first, and they were about to sign the contract, but at the last minute they changed their mind and said they didn't want it!"

"Master, please calm down. Those merchants are just from other places. They can't import much goods in a year." The housekeeper stood aside and tried to comfort him. "They just want to buy some cheap goods to fill the gap and get things done.

They really don’t know how to appreciate such high-quality goods as ours.”

"Humph! That's easy for you to say. This order is equivalent to my sales for a whole month." Su Weicheng gritted his teeth in anger and said indignantly, "Even if we can only make this one order, it's still a big customer after all."

At this moment, Cao Wanning stood silently by and listened, with an inexplicable sense of fear in his heart.

Is this how financial ruin happens?

Then the butler advised: "Master, we can't fight with these people. They are a bunch of swindlers. They don't know how to control their strength. It would be bad if they hurt you."

"I know, I know." Su Weicheng's mood had calmed down a little at this moment. He just asked Cao Wanning to prepare some food. After eating quickly, he washed up and went to bed.

The financial loss had already happened, and Cao Wanning was very worried about the "bloody disaster" that Abbot Zhineng had mentioned.

But what I was afraid of came true.

This happened on the third day.

The eldest son of the Su family, Su Yanqing, Su Xiangran's brother, was helped into the house.

Second thing

"What on earth is going on?" Cao Wanning looked at his son anxiously. He had a thick gauze wrapped around his head and was being carefully supported by the family's servants as he sat aside.

Su Yanqing frowned painfully and waved his hand gently, indicating that he didn't want to talk.

At this time, the servant standing by hurriedly told Cao Wanning what had happened.

It turned out that this afternoon Su Yanqing was walking beside the school building as usual, when suddenly, a flower pot fell from somewhere on the second floor and hit him directly on the head.

Seeing the danger coming, at the critical moment, Master Song Chengjing, who happened to be passing by, quickly reached out and grabbed Su Yanqing, pulling him away from the danger zone. Although he escaped by luck, Su Yanqing's head was accidentally broken due to the suddenness of the incident.

Afterwards, teachers from the church school arrived at the scene in time and gave Su Yanqing's wounds simple treatment and bandage.

Considering that a head injury may lead to serious consequences, and to ensure safety, the teacher decided to let Su Yanqing go home to recuperate temporarily, and return to school to continue classes after his injury is healed.

Upon hearing this, Cao Wanning's first reaction was: It has come true, it has all come true.

Thinking that something bad might happen later, she became extremely anxious and hurriedly ordered the people around her to quickly untie Su Xiangran's foot binding.

At this moment, Su Yanqing, who was resting in the hall, heard that his sister was tortured by her mother's foot binding again. He was immediately furious and felt dizzy. He fainted on the ground.

Seeing his unconscious son lying on the ground, Cao Wanning became more and more panicked.

While she ordered the servants to carry Su Yanqing back to the room and call a doctor for treatment, she also urged them to immediately untie the foot binding cloth on her daughter Su Xiangran's feet.

Upon learning that his son was injured, Su Weicheng rushed back home in a hurry, and what he saw was such a chaotic scene.

Cao Wanning has always been so graceful and elegant, and can handle everything calmly and with ease no matter what happens.

However, at this moment, the lady who used to be dignified, calm and composed was confused and even began to speak incoherently.

"Wan Ning, what's wrong with you?" Su Weicheng hurriedly comforted his wife, "Didn't someone just tell you that our son's injury is not serious?

Besides, his injury has nothing to do with Xiaoran's foot, you don't have to be so nervous!"

After hearing her husband's comfort, Cao Wanning could no longer suppress her emotions and told him exactly what the Master of Intelligence had said to her.

At first, Su Weichen didn't care much about it, but when he heard that it might affect the family's fortune, his attitude immediately changed.

Because once it comes to the matter of losing money, he can't help but think of the order that was inexplicably intercepted by someone before.

“Although the ancients often said, ‘A gentleman should not speak of strange things, supernatural powers, or the like,’ there are some things that ‘it is better to believe in them than not to believe in them.’

I originally had reservations about binding my daughter's feet, so let's not bind her feet anymore!" Su Weicheng said seriously.

"I have already sent people to remove the foot binding on Xiao Ran's feet." Cao Wanning said worriedly, "But what about her future marriage?"