The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 524: A Survival Guide for Women in the Old Republic of China (63)

Since the engagement ceremony will be held after the New Year, the Su siblings finally feel relieved and can embark on their journey home with peace of mind to reunite with their parents far away in Jincheng.

In recent years, although the Su family's business has been impacted by local wars and the industrial revolution, Su Weicheng has adjusted his business strategy in a timely manner with his outstanding business wisdom.

The introduction of advanced weaving equipment has slightly reduced the scale of Su's business, but overall it has maintained a stable development trend.

However, after experiencing these storms, Cao Wanning found an excuse to "cry poor" to Cao Ce.

As a result, over the past few years, the Cao family's channels for gaining benefits from the Su family have been significantly reduced.

If the Su family was still as powerful as before, Cao Ce might not have to rush to find a marriage partner for his son.

In a sense, the Su family can be said to be the behind-the-scenes "pusher" that prompted the "cooperation" between the Cao family and the Xie family.

However, this driving force is not out of good intentions.

When Su Xiangran and Su Yanqing arrived at Jincheng Railway Station, the Su family members were already waiting there.

Seeing the young master and young lady coming back, the housekeeper hurried over, picked up their luggage, and got into the Su family's car.

The Su family has bought a car for several years, but has never driven it out of Jincheng.

Su Yanqing had suggested before that they could ask the driver to drive them directly to Haicheng to avoid having to squeeze on the train with a bunch of people.

However, this proposal was rejected by Su Xiangran as soon as it was put forward.

"Brother, the car can deliver me, but do you need to pick me up when I come back?" Su Xiangran said naively, "If you can't come to pick me up, I still have to take the train home."

As soon as this was said, Cao Wanning immediately joined in: "Once or twice is no problem, but too many times is a waste. And what if you are used to taking the car and not the train?"

"The ancients often said, 'It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.' There is some truth to this." Su Weicheng also said, "When you are young, it is not a bad thing to suffer a little more."

When Su Yanqing heard that other people in the family disagreed, he did not insist any more.

It's certainly not that the Su family is reluctant to use the car, but Cao Wanning has often complained to his brother Cao Ce over the years, and driving a car in front of him out of the blue really hurts Cao Ce's heart.

It didn't matter if it hurt his heart, but Cao Wanning knew: Cao Ce looked magnanimous, but in fact his heart was smaller than a needle tip. If he knew that the Su family still had money to buy a car, he would plunder them even more fiercely.

The Su family, which had finally managed to ease the situation in the past few years, could not allow Cao Ce to plunder it again. All these properties were left by Cao Wanning to his children.

After the Su brothers and sisters returned to the Su family, Su Weicheng arranged time to worship the ancestors with his son.

This is one of the most important things before the New Year. Of course, as a daughter, Su Xiangran is not qualified for this, and she just happens to be happy to have some free time.

"Xiao Ran! How are you doing in school this year?" Cao Wanning, who had finished her work, sat with her daughter to drink tea and chat. "Since school is almost over, are you planning to go back to Jincheng?"

Su Xiangran was slightly stunned. In her opinion, after returning, the primary school part of the study would indeed be over, but there were still several years of middle school. She had even decided to study medicine with her brother Su Yanqing.

Unexpectedly, even though she had made all the good plans, her mother Cao Wanning actually wanted her to "drop out of school"!

"Mom, after I finish this year's course, I will continue my studies in the senior year!" Su Xiangran pretended not to understand what her mother meant and told her about her plans, "Then I will study medicine like my brother."

"You want to be a female doctor?" Cao Wanning was slightly startled. She didn't expect her daughter to have such lofty ambitions. "You are already ten years old now. You will be engaged before you are fourteen, and you will be married at the age of sixteen at the latest.

Women never have too much time to 'waste' on these things."

"That means I still have six years, right?" Su Xiangran said firmly, "I will definitely work hard."

"You won't have six years. You must return to Jincheng after four years." Cao Wanning bargained with her daughter, "Listen to your mother. It's not good for a woman to know too much."

"But it's always good to have many skills!" Su Xiangran disagreed with Cao Wanning's statement.

Looking at the determined expression on her daughter's face, she seemed to see again the woman riding on the horse with a knife at her waist and a pistol in her hand.

Shaking his head, trying not to think about that person, Cao Wanning slowly spoke: "The more you know, the more you will want.

It is very painful to ask for something but not get it.”

"But pretending to be ignorant is just an excuse for the weak to escape." Su Xiangran continued to refute, "I think I have the ability to get everything I want."

Cao Wanning frowned and wanted to say a few more words, but she accidentally caught a glimpse of the calluses on her daughter's fingertips as she held the cup.

"You can use a gun!" Cao Wanning said this in an affirmative tone.

Su Xiangran didn't expect her mother to be so perceptive. She thought she didn't leave any trace.

In a daze, Cao Wanning grabbed Su Xiangran's wrist, turned it upward and saw those special calluses.