The Su clan has distant branches. Except for those who are officials in the clan, many clan members only live a decent life, and there are even some from poor families. This is not surprising.
After all, the emperor still had poor relatives! Not to mention officials and officials.
Su Yizhi's family was not so poor in the past. His father used to work for the family and lived a prosperous life.
It was a pity that his father later became seriously ill and was ill for several years. The family had no income and had to take medicine year-round to treat illnesses. The family's surplus was completely depleted and they also borrowed some foreign debts.
Su Yizhi also has an eldest sister who just got hairpins this year and has not yet said goodbye.
Matchmakers came to the door several times, but failed. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with the girl, but because of Su's name.
As mentioned before, the Su family is a big family in Beiyuan Prefecture, so it is naturally impossible for the family to marry like ordinary people.
But what is Su Yizhi's family background? Does anyone nearby know?
The poor and illiterate people in that family were not allowed to marry, and the merchants and those with low status would not marry. In order to save the face of the Su family, they never found a suitable family, so they wasted their time.
In the past few years, the Mongolian people have taken care of them, and these three people have been able to provide enough food and clothing, but the others can't rely on the clan.
After Su Yizhao learned about this situation, his mind became active.
She calculated, she had to stay in Beiyuan Mansion for two months, right? These two months couldn't be wasted. It was better to do some small business and add some income, so as to avoid the situation of having nothing to do.
But what surprised her was that Su Wenqing had just given her this month's monthly payment yesterday, and it actually amounted to five taels of silver.
Touching his purse, he felt extremely distressed when he thought of the more than twenty taels that Li Da and others had touched before.
The jade pendant was returned, but unfortunately the more than twenty taels of silver were missing.
She planned to use the five taels of silver in her purse as capital.
Su Wenqing must have given Yue Yin on a whim. He could only take it for two months at most. It would be impossible to give it back to the capital when he returned to the capital.
Su Yizhi felt a little shy when facing his clan brothers who came from the capital. He usually did not interact with the young masters of his family.
Then I felt that the return gift I brought was really hard to handle.
"We are all brothers, so we are just talking about it. Yesterday, my uncle Liu sent me a lot of thank you gifts, and my mother was very grateful. But my family was poor and I couldn't give any gifts in return, so I prepared a small gift for you alone. You
If you don't mind, just stay and relieve your boredom."
My mother said that the clan uncle from the capital was very generous and sent a lot of good materials and some jewelry, all of which were valuable items.
The most important thing is that he also sent two hundred taels of silver.
Perhaps he knew that his family was poor, so he gave him money.
He wanted to return the money, but it was too valuable after all. They were all his brothers, and he was just sending a message and collecting money, so he felt very sorry.
But his mother's words made him silent and made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
Mother said this was not a thank you gift, but a deal to buy out the favor.
With this precious gift of thanks, my family will no longer be able to blackmail me with kindness in the future. Having already accepted the gift, I will probably not be able to ask the clansmen in the capital to take care of me in the future.
But his original intention to save his clan brother was not for money, let alone his own future.
Such a calculation made him understand that this was the intrigue within the aristocratic family.
In fact, if Su Yizhao heard Su Yizhi's thoughts, he would definitely think that they were overthinking.
Su Wenqing was generous to begin with. How could he save his own son and prepare a thank-you gift for him both emotionally and rationally? How could Su Wenqing be someone who thought so much?
At this moment, Su Yizhao was thinking about how to speak to achieve his goal.
Looking at the small animals such as crickets, baskets, dragonflies and butterflies that Su Yizhi took out of the box, Su Yizhao was immediately amazed.
"This craftsmanship is really lifelike!" Su Yizhao held up one of the dragonflies, even the wings were braided very thinly.
"Huh? There is also Luban Lock?" Su Yizhao was very happy. Sometimes in ancient times, it was really boring. Luban Lock can also relieve boredom.
There are several Luban locks, some big and some small, with different shapes.
"My mother said I would bring it to you to relieve your boredom!" Seeing that Su Yizhao liked it very much, Su Yizhi grinned and said with a smile.
"There is actually a crossbow?" Su Yizhao took out a small crossbow from the box. It was painted with black paint and the workmanship was very exquisite.
Compared with the large crossbows that are sharp weapons, this can only be regarded as a toy, but it is really exquisitely made and should be fine for short-range archery. Su Yizhao fell in love with it at first sight.
"And this one! You were almost injured this time, so it's best to keep this one for self-defense."
Su Yizhi picked up the last thing and handed it to Su Yizhao.
Su Yizhao was pleasantly surprised, this turned out to be a small sleeve arrow.
The arrows in the flute-thick quiver were glowing with cold light. It was much shorter than the sleeve arrows usually used by adults, and was very compact.
It feels a bit heavy in the hand. It should be made of iron. It is painted with black paint and has a cold light.
"Get a wristband yourself. You can't play with it on weekdays. Even if you want to practice, you have to avoid people and animals. Even though it is small, it is actually very lethal."
As Su Yizhi said this, he took the sleeve arrow from Su Yizhao and told Su Yizhao about the hidden mechanism.
"Look, if you press and hold here and click to the right, you can shoot the arrow."
He didn't make a move. This was inside the house. The range of this thing was not as far as that of a bow and arrow, but its penetrating power was extremely strong.
Uncle Zhong on the side hesitated to speak. It would be good to give the young master those gadgets to relieve his boredom. Even the wooden crossbow and the sharpened wooden arrows can be practiced and played, but this sleeve arrow is different.
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"Ahem! Master, this sleeve arrow is very dangerous. It would be bad if it hurts someone."
Uncle Zhong glanced at Su Yizhi thoughtfully and couldn't help but advise.
"If you don't hold down here and click to the right, the arrow won't come out, and the chance of accidental damage is extremely small. Uncle Zhong, don't worry, I still have a sense of propriety. It's just right to keep this for self-defense!"
Su Yizhao smiled and turned back to Su Yizhao and said: "Brother Fourteen, the gift you gave me is so satisfying. Thank my aunt for me!"
Su Yizhao also smiled and curled his lips, "As long as you like it!"
Seeing that Uncle Zhong wanted to talk more, Su Yizhao said: "Uncle Zhong! I want to stay alone with Brother Fourteen for a while."
Uncle Zhong nodded helplessly, "Young Master, please be careful, this sleeve arrow is not as good as..."
"It's okay, I'll put it away right now and promise not to take it out and use it randomly."
Su Yizhao said and put the sleeve arrows back into the box.
Seeing this, Uncle Zhong was reluctant to tell him to keep it, but before he closed the door, he took a deep look at Su Yizhi.
If the people of the tribe have no one to teach them, they will not know the etiquette.
Such a dangerous weapon should not be given directly to the young master. It should be given to the master and left to his disposal.
He snorted coldly, naturally understanding Su Yizhi's mother's intention.
I just want to find a future for the Fourteenth Young Master, and the arrows in my sleeve cost at least twenty taels of silver.
He was reluctant to give it up, so he spent the two hundred taels of silver he just sent on his young master.