To dominate the trend of a business with a single sentence, even with Ning Yi's background in his previous life, coupled with a super powerful intelligence analysis system and a large group of staff, would only be possible in relatively extreme environments as a commercial miracle. And to change someone's already decided business decision without the gradual effort of cooperation from all aspects would essentially be a pipe dream. However, the situation at hand was different.

Ning Yi could sense these things, partly due to his keen perception, but for the He family, these things were their direct interests. Ning Yi could guess some of it casually, but they might have already been suspecting it. Perhaps before Ning Yi and Su Tan'er visited, they were still troubled and suspicious. And Ning Yi's casual remark at this time immediately gave them the signal that "the Su family already knew about this situation." Su Tan'er, on the other hand, had no idea and was simply convinced that the He family's business had fallen through.

As things unfolded, Ning Yi felt helpless, thinking that his conditioned reflex was superfluous. He had become obsessed with doing business, unable to escape the calculation. Su Tan'er beside him was full of doubts, but a turnaround was a good thing. Then she went in to discuss business. Ning Yi, who had originally planned to buy books at the bookstore in the east of the city, couldn't leave for a while. They went back together in the evening, and Su Tan'er was still puzzled in the carriage.

A few more days passed, approaching December. The Su family gradually became lively. Although it was snowing heavily, the year was approaching, and the Su family's stewards from some cities near Jiangning began to gather in Jiangning to review performance, determine dividends, and some Su family relatives would come here to celebrate the New Year and visit. Every day, people came in and out of the house, already quite a scale.

There were many wealthy households in Jiangning City, and such scenes were not uncommon every year. These days, Su Tan'er was busy with the He family on the one hand, and began to prepare to check the annual accounts on the other hand. Moreover, she had to deal with some relatives she hadn't seen for a long time, and even the three maids, Chan'er, Juan'er, and Xing'er, were busy. This day, she came back from outside, and the snowflakes were still falling. A row of carriages was parked outside the mansion. Su Tan'er went in through the main entrance, and asked her carriage to go to the side door. At this time, some servants were carrying four or five large boxes into the main entrance, so she and Xing'er waited outside the door.

Su Tan'er was wearing a snow-white fox fur coat today, and the fluffy collar set off her beautiful face, which looked both youthful and yet had the composure and independence cultivated over several years. She was now somewhat famous in the business community of Jiangning. Before she was recruited as a son-in-law, she had often dressed in men's clothing, but she had not concealed her female identity too much. Others did not regard her as a merchant, and even felt that she should be a lady from a scholarly family. Often after the business was settled, they did not feel too much sharpness, and only after a period of time, combining the whole situation, did they secretly sigh that this woman was indeed powerful. There was even a saying that if she had been born a man, the head of the Jiangning cloth industry would probably not be the Wu family now.

In this era of valuing men over women, Su Tan'er's identity was inconvenient in many ways. But in fact, a group of men were more or less uncomfortable when doing business with women, whether they were surprised, despised, or happy. What made her more powerful than others was probably that she could try to turn this inconvenience into her convenience, and find some useful advantages from the disadvantages that could not be changed. In Ning Yi's eyes, perhaps it was really a lovable struggle. Of course, others couldn't feel this pity, lovableness, or struggle. If they were in the Su Mansion, most of them had already adapted to the temperament of this Second Miss, whether it was the shrewd side, or the beautiful side, or the weak side, or the side that gradually supported the Su family's main branch in a silent way. Seeing her standing outside at this time, the steward nearby had already run over.

"You people, hurry up and get out of the way, didn't you see the Second Miss is back!"

The steward waved his hand to get people to get on the road quickly. Su Tan'er smiled and walked over: "Don't, don't, Uncle Qi, let them in first, they've already lifted half of it, and it'll take effort to come out again, go in first, go in first..."

She spoke, and the steward called Uncle Qi had no choice but to let these people slowly go in. Su Tan'er then asked: "Uncle Qi, why don't these things come in from the side door?"

"The Third Master bought them back, some decorations, big and small, saying they were for the New Year's celebration. These are to be placed in the front hall, so I thought there probably wouldn't be anyone coming over for a while, so I asked people to carry them in quickly. By the way, Second Miss, Lord Song, the Prefect of Shenzhou, arrived today and is now testing the talents of the scholars in the library..."

"Oh, the Prefect is here?"

The Su family had been in business for a long time. Although it couldn't be considered a scholarly family, it naturally had various dealings with various officials. These dealings were mostly not very close, but there were many ties with Song Mao, who was now the Prefect in the Shenzhou area. This was because the wife of the Second Master Su Zhongkan was originally a cousin of this Song Mao. The Song family had produced several minor officials, and the Su family had done a lot of management when Song Mao took office, so now this Song Mao could be regarded as one of the Su family's most trusted backers. Although the Prefect's influence did not extend to Jiangning, it was indeed much more convenient for the Su family to do business in the Shenzhou area.

On the other hand, Song Mao was able to serve as Prefect because of his outstanding knowledge. In recent years, the Su family wanted to develop in the direction of literati. Every year when Song Mao came to visit during the New Year, the Su Old Master would often arrange for the young scholars in the family to gather once, and then find some familiar teachers and scholars to test the academic progress of these children. Song Mao was known for his upright personality. He didn't say much good when testing academic skills every year, but with his knowledge, what he said was indeed the most reliable evaluation.

With such an official backer, he often revealed some relationship with the Su family when he came to Jiangning to visit other officials every year, which was naturally another benefit for the Su family's business. But Song Mao's relationship was best with the Second Uncle, so Su Tan'er just nodded after hearing this, not too happy. As for testing academic skills, anyway, it was the same every year. The Su family was temporarily afraid of not having the life of a literati, not to mention that her husband was messing around in the school. In the past, the teacher's teaching wished to use the whole day, but her husband only let people read for an hour, and the rest of the time was used to tell stories. It sounded good, but it was really difficult to understand how much benefit there would be for academic skills. She only hoped that he wouldn't be scolded this time.

The big boxes had already been carried in with a lot of effort. Then, Juan'er, who had originally stayed in the mansion, ran out panting: "Miss, you're back. Cousin and Cousin are here, Cousin is waiting for you... Oh, Shopkeeper Xi and Shopkeeper Luo also arrived just now, it seems that the He family's affairs have also been settled, and they came to report the good news... Hehe, Miss, wouldn't this be considered double happiness?"

The Su family had many cousins, but there was probably only one family that Juan'er would call that way. Su Tan'er was the only child of the main branch when she was young. Su Boyong had no son, and he had some resentment towards giving birth to this only "one without a handle", although he wouldn't often beat and scold her, it was inevitable that he would be hot and cold. After she understood things, Su Tan'er, as a girl, was isolated for a while, and rebellious and strange for a while. Besides the three maids, Chan'er, Juan'er, and Xing'er, who later became her friends, there was probably only the eldest daughter of her cousin Su Yunsong, who was the shopkeeper of Jiangning at the time.

Su Yunsong's daughter was named Danhong, half a month older than Su Tan'er. When she was young, she was lively and active like a boy, and gradually grew up, she gradually became gentle. Later, Su Yunsong went to manage foreign affairs, and his wife and daughter also left Jiangning with him. But every year when they came back, the sisterhood would excitedly get together to chat about the past and talk about the future. Last year, this cousin got married, and her husband was also a young shopkeeper in the Su family's cloth business. They lived happily, and this year she gave birth to a son when Su Tan'er got married, so she couldn't come. At this time, hearing Juan'er say that she had arrived, Su Tan'er became happy: "That's great, where is Cousin now?"

"Over there in the courtyard, I met Shopkeeper Xi and Shopkeeper Luo just now, and chatted with them for a while, Chan'er is also there."

Su Tan'er thought for a while: "Okay, I'll go over first, Juan'er, you and Xing'er send these account books over first, the ones on top are from the accounting room, and the ones below are sent to the master's place." Xing'er, who was following behind, held a large stack of account books. At this time, Su Tan'er instructed and parted ways with the two maids. She tightened the silver-white fox fur coat on her body and smiled and went towards the inner courtyard.

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There are probably no fixed rules for what two women will gossip about together. Two sisterhood who have been married for a short time and haven't seen each other for many days will gossip about each other's husbands.

Passing through the snowy roads between the courtyards and gardens, before reaching the courtyard where she lived, Su Tan'er saw her long-lost cousin. It seemed to correspond to her beautiful name, and the woman with a beautiful and gentle appearance was still wearing a red dress even after marriage. After a little greeting, she asked about Su Tan'er's husband, Ning Yi.

"My sister has been wanting to meet this brother-in-law for a long time. Unfortunately, the carriages and horses were inconvenient when you got married. I also heard some things later, but... ha, how is it, what is my brother-in-law like?"

Talking about her husband with such close people, and it was impossible to be polite and perfunctory, Su Tan'er blushed slightly: "It's hard to say, did Sister Hong see Liheng when she came?"

"No, I thought he should have gone out with you, but when I asked Xiao Chan, it wasn't. I saw Xi Junyu and Shopkeeper Luo just now..."

Su Tan'er thought for a while: "Oh, Prefect Song also came over earlier, and he's testing the scholars' knowledge in the library. Liheng is also a teacher at the academy now, so he's probably over there."

"Actually, a few years ago, I thought that Uncle would recruit Xi Junyu as a son-in-law for you..." The cousin said thoughtfully, seeing Su Tan'er frowned, looking puzzled, she smiled, "Don't say these, my sister has also inquired about some news about this brother-in-law, the tune of *Shui Diao Ge Tou*, my sister also heard it being sung every day in Hangzhou. I thought it was just the same name and surname as the brother-in-law, but later I learned that it was actually a family... But to be honest, when I got here, I heard a few strange words..."

The evaluation of Ning Yi would naturally not be actively spread too much in society, but if you want to inquire with connections, you can always get all kinds of opinions. Moreover, with the other party's identity, they could naturally learn a lot about the way Su Tan'er and Ning Yi get along after coming over. The sisters have a deep relationship, and she is really concerned about Su Tan'er's thoughts in this regard. At this time, she chattered and said some things, and then said: "You can't completely believe what you hear. Let's not talk about whether this brother-in-law Liheng has talent or ability... I just want to know what my sister is thinking."

After all, she is an experienced person, and she asked these things euphemistically, because she still had to know what Su Tan'er was thinking in her heart before she could say anything. Su Tan'er was silent for a moment, then laughed with her head down.

"Sister, you also know what Tan'er used to think. My husband... it's really hard to say how his talent is, but he has a calm temperament, and if he's suitable, he's really the most suitable husband for Tan'er."

The cousin looked at her a few times, then smiled: "It sounds like you've resigned yourself to fate..."

"When I was bored, I fantasized for a while, and I also hoped that my future husband would be able to write and fight, and have a good temperament, and not hinder me from inheriting the family business, but this is just a fantasy after all. Looking at it these days, if it can really continue like this, it might not be bad. My husband... may have some talent, but he has a calm temperament, and sometimes he may do some strange things, but he doesn't cover up his mistakes, which is also upright..."

She said, while raising her head, snow was falling from the sky: "When I got married, I was afraid and angry when I thought about the future, so I simply left Jiangning, and when I came back, I made up my mind with gritted teeth. But now that I think about it, if it goes on like this, I won't feel embarrassed, I think that's it, maybe it's a little resigned to fate, but it's really... not annoying..."

The snow enveloped the entire Su family mansion, falling over Jiangning City. In this road, two women, one red and one white, walked in the snow, and after a moment of silence, the gentle woman laughed and turned away from the serious topic.

"So, no business talent..."

"No... uh, he doesn't care..."

"No literary talent..."

"He's not that bad, but... haha, he's messing around teaching, there are his disciples in the previous exam, I'm afraid he's going to be scolded..."

"Ha, so... my husband won!"

"...W-where are you comparing like that... I won't compare."

The sound of laughter came, melting into the vast expanse of snow. The line of sight crossed a series of large and small courtyards, gathered at the library in front of the Su Mansion, where the heating stove was burning, and a family knowledge test was now in progress...

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There should be a chapter in the evening. Even if it can't be released in the evening, it will definitely be out in the early morning. Happy Dragon Boat Festival everyone ^_^