As soon as Jiang Yifeng and Su Yingxue returned to Su's house, Zhu'er hurriedly ran out of the house, helped Su Yingxue out of the car, and whispered in Su Yingxue's ear.
"Miss, the second master is here with his clan members."
Su Yingxue frowned and asked, "What are they here for?"
Zhu'er replied: "I want to ask you how you took charge of the Su family. Do you want to hide?"
"Are they worthy?"
Su Yingxue's tone was cold and she smiled contemptuously.
Immediately afterwards, Su Yingxue, led by Zhu'er, took the lead back to the house.
Seeing this, Jiang Yifeng wanted to follow him and take a look, but he stopped every few steps and grabbed Su Dongchu, intending to find out the situation first.
He asked: "Dong Chu, what's going on with the second master and the clan?"
Su Dongchu said: "The second master is my father's younger brother, his name is Su Renshui. Clan relatives are relatives of the same clan..."
Jiang Yifeng learned from Su Dongchu that the Su family, as a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, is not only their family line, but also has many side branches, which are the so-called clans.
The ancestors of the Su family were worried that future generations would divide their property, causing the Su family to become weaker and weaker, so they made a rule that the head of the Su family would be inherited by the eldest son, and other descendants could only share some money every year.
Of course, if the direct lineage of the eldest family member is unreliable, the clan members also have the power to abolish the head of the family and elect a new one by the clan leader and clan members.
Obviously, Su Renshui brought his clan members here this time just to seize the position of the head of the family.
Once he succeeds, Su Renshan's family will move out of the Su family. From now on, the Su family's business will have nothing to do with their family.
"It turns out we are here to cause trouble!"
Jiang Yifeng narrowed his eyes and started groping around his body.
Su Dongchu instantly understood Jiang Yifeng's intention and quickly stopped him, "Brother-in-law, you can't drug them."
Jiang Yifeng was puzzled, "Why can't we drug them?"
Su Dongchu said: "The most prestigious among the clan members is my great-uncle. My second uncle will definitely invite him this time. He is almost ninety years old. Brother-in-law, if you take a pack of laxatives, he may be sent away."
"That's it!"
Jiang Yifeng silently put the laxative back.
He is too gentle, too indecisive, too soft-hearted... If he faces bad people, he will be easily bullied.
At the same time, Su Yingxue had arrived at the main hall. As soon as she walked in, she saw a room full of people.
Among them, what concerned Su Yingxue the most was the old man with white hair and beard sitting on the main seat, and the fat middle-aged man standing next to him.
The old man is what Su Dongchu calls his great-uncle, and he is currently the most senior member of the Su family. However, because of his age, he only attends particularly important meetings within the family, and is basically unavailable for invitations on weekdays.
As for the obese middle-aged man, it was his second uncle Su Renshui.
Before Su Yingxue came in, Su Renshui had a flattering smile on his face and gathered around his uncle to serve tea and pour water. But when he saw Su Yingxue, the smile on his face disappeared instantly and his expression became serious.
Su Renshui stepped forward with a sullen face and reprimanded in the tone of an elder: "Su Yingxue, look at the good things you have done, the Su family..."
Faced with the reprimand, Su Yingxue ignored it and walked directly past him and came to the old man.
He saluted respectfully and said, "Great uncle!"
Great-uncle put down the tea cup, sighed, and asked: "Yingxue, you should know why great-uncle is here, right?"
Su Yingxue nodded, "I probably guessed something."
The great-uncle continued: "Renshan is not in Su City. Logically speaking, as the great-uncle, I should not embarrass you, a junior, but I cannot just watch the Su family's century-old family business be destroyed in your hands. You and the great-uncle should discuss it in detail." Tell me, did something big happen to the Su family?"
"No."
Hearing this, Su Renshui sneered, "Su Yingxue, it has spread throughout Su City. The Su family's papermaking technology has been leaked. The Zhao family took the opportunity to buy ramie and planned to seize the Su family's papermaking market."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone immediately caused an uproar.
"I have heard about this incident. At first, I thought it was a fake. After asking someone about it, I found out that it was indeed true."
"Papermaking is the foundation of the Su family. If the papermaking technology is leaked, won't the Su family be in decline?"
"I used to think that the direct lineage of the eldest son was not good enough. Now it is proved that I was right. If you can't even master the art of papermaking, how can you be qualified to be the head of the family?"
The elders of the Su family, every word you say to me is an accusation against Su Yingxue.
After a while, the great-uncle raised his hand slightly, suppressed all sounds, and looked at Su Yingxue.
The great-uncle spoke slowly, "Yingxue, do you have anything else to explain?"
"If the papermaking technology was leaked, it is indeed my fault, but..."
Su Yingxue paused, glanced at everyone, and continued: "But if the Su family declines because of this, my father is not qualified to be the head of the family. I am not convinced by this."
Su Renshui sneered, "Now that all the families in Su City have papermaking skills, they will continue to encroach on the Su family's papermaking market. Will the Su family not decline?"
"Won't."
"Give me a reason."
"Prefer not to say."
Su Yingxue glanced at Su Renshui and said nothing about the fact that the Su family made more than 200,000 taels of silver by relying on ramie.
Of course, it's not that she deliberately concealed it. The main reason is that the Su family's ramie has not been completely sold out. If she tells this matter now, it will definitely be spread by the people in front of her.
At that time, the Su family may lose several thousand taels of silver.
Between the explanation and the few thousand taels of silver, if Su Yingxue hesitated for even a second, it would be a sign of disrespect for the few thousand taels of silver.
As for whether doing this would respect these elders of the Su family, Su Yingxue didn't care at all.
If her great-uncle hadn't come this time, she would have ordered her servants to drive people away without hesitation. She was annoyed to see these useless people who only sucked blood from the Su family every year.
"Su Yingxue, what's your attitude?"
Su Renshui was angry on the surface, but he was happy in his heart. The more Su Yingxue was like this, the more likely he was to become the head of the Su family.
"The people here today are all your elders. No matter how unhappy you are, you should answer our questions truthfully."
"Uncles, please don't interfere with business matters. The dividend at the end of the year will not be less than a copper coin for you, so you can rest assured."
Su Yingxue glanced at Su Renshui, but still ignored him, but glanced at the Su family clan members.
boom!
Seeing this scene, Su Renshui slammed the table hard and said angrily: "Su Yingxue, you are disrespectful, you are neither big nor small..."
However……
Just when Su Renshui was about to get angry, the servant outside suddenly broke in and said breathlessly: "Miss, Zhao... the head of the Zhao family brought Zhao Bingfang to pay homage. This is a greeting."
