The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 762 Portrait of a Woman in the Study Room ([-])

Since there was a rift between the parents and even the first quarrel and swearing broke out, Su Yunduo naturally wanted to find out who the woman in this painting was.

Did Ning really tear up this portrait?
Su Yunduo looked at Ning with some doubts.

From the time she entered He Anju, Ning only had one word with her, and all the ins and outs since then came from Mrs. Lu's mouth.

Ning is not an impulsive person, even if she is angry and tears up the portrait, it is not in line with Ning's character.

Seeing that Ning's head remained silent, Su Yunduo had no choice but to ask: "Mother, did you really tear up that portrait?"

Ning didn't know that Mrs. Lu specially sent Madam Wu to invite Su Yunduo, she only thought that Su Yunduo really came to Jinxiufang to pay the bill, so she really didn't expect that Mrs. Lu would marry her with Su Chengzhi. Tell Su Yunduo about the dispute that happened between them.

Ning just felt very embarrassed when she told her married daughter what happened between her husband and wife, especially this kind of thing.

Although the Ning family still has a grudge against Su Chengzhi's collection of a portrait of a woman, in fact, as Su Yunduo guessed, the portrait Ning did not tear it up. Ning's angry words.

Seeing Su Yunduo asked about the portrait at this moment, Ning Shi was even more annoyed, raised his head and glared at Su Yunduo: "Whether the portrait is torn or not is the point?!"

When Su Yunduo heard it, he was sure that the portrait was not destroyed, and must have been taken away by Ning Shi, so he smiled lightly and said, "Tell me, what's the point?"

"The key point is to find out who this woman is!" Ning Shi was a little annoyed by Su Yunduo's question.

"That's why we shouldn't tear up the portrait, that's evidence!" Su Yunduo knew that he would have to add fire if he wanted Ning to take out the portrait.

Sure enough, next, Ning admitted that she did not destroy the painting, but was angry with Su Chengzhi's attitude and deliberately lied to Su Chengzhi that the portrait had been torn up by her, and she hid the portrait in Brother Su Zexuan's study.

Brother Su Zexuan's study?

Now Su Zexuan and Su Zechen both live in Baiming Academy, the study room is locked on weekdays except for the two brothers' holidays, it is a good place to hide things!
"Since Mother didn't destroy that portrait, why not show it here, Mother doesn't know it, maybe grandma does!" Su Yunduo looked at Ning with a light smile.

Based on what she knew about Su Chengzhi, Su Chengzhi was not the kind of person with a flamboyant heart.

Since this portrait can be treasured by Su Chengzhi, the woman in the portrait should have a very important position in Su Chengzhi's heart.

If Ning is concerned, she will be in chaos. If she can calmly think about it, she will not do such a thing.

Su Yunduo was not the case. Although she was very surprised at the beginning, and even had a guess similar to Ning's, she calmed down and quickly vetoed this guess.

At this moment, Su Yunduo has guessed a lot about who the woman in this portrait is.

Compared to who the woman in this portrait is, Su Yunduo is more curious about the origin of this portrait.

However, before studying the origin of this portrait, it is natural to find out whether the woman in this portrait is the person he guessed before proceeding to the next step.

The portrait was quickly taken by Ning Shi, and the portrait slowly unfolded in front of Mrs. Lu and Su Yunduo.

This is a beautiful woman, Su Yunduo is sure that he has never seen this woman before, but feels familiar.

Before Su Yunduo could speak, she was the only one staying in the room to wait. At this moment, Nanny Wu, who was standing behind Old Madam Lu, had already let out an exclamation.

Su Yunduo raised her head to look at Nanny Wu, and then turned her gaze to Old Madam Lu. The expressions on the faces of these two old people further confirmed her guess.

It seems that the woman in this portrait is indeed Su Chengzhi's biological mother, Mrs. Lu personally took care of Su Ling's concubine!
Ning Shi was also startled by Nanny Wu's exclamation. She raised her head and looked at Old Madam Lu and Nanny Wu, who both had strange expressions, and frowned slightly. Could it be that they all knew the woman in the portrait?
Looking at the Ning family who still didn't understand why, Su Yunduo really felt that he had lost to her again, and could not help reminding: "Mother, do you think the person in this portrait looks familiar?"

Ning's eyes turned from Mrs. Lu and Nanny Wu to the portrait. Although she found the portrait and kept it separately, she really didn't look at it carefully. She only knew that the woman in the portrait looked like a pretty good.

Now being reminded by Su Yunduo, Ning couldn't help but calm down and look at the portrait carefully.

Looking at it, it really made Ning see that the woman in the portrait looked familiar.

But for a while, Ning couldn't figure out where the familiarity was. Besides, she was sure that she had never seen this woman before.

"It looks familiar, but I'm sure I've never seen her before!" Ning looked left and right, but finally had to nod.

"She died a long time ago, of course you haven't seen her before!" At this time, Old Madam Lu said quietly.

Already dead? !
Ning looked at Mrs. Lu in surprise.

If this woman really died a long time ago as Mrs. Lu said, then what does Su Chengzhi mean by collecting her portrait? !

"Mother, don't you see who this person looks like?" Su Yunduo was really defeated by Ning's slowness, so he could only step forward and gently cover the nose and mouth of the woman in the portrait with his hand: "Mother, do you think this is Isn't it like someone you remember?"

In the portrait, the woman whose mouth and nose were covered by Su Yunduo seemed to come alive, and gradually merged with someone in Ning's memory. That person was Su Shu, the aunt of the old Su family in Geshan Village!
Su Yunduo moved his hands again, this time blocking the forehead and eyes of the woman in the portrait: "Mum, look again, does it look more familiar?"

It is indeed more familiar, if it is not known that this is a portrait of a woman, it looks exactly the same as Su Chengzhi when he was young.

Although Su Ling'an passed away a long time ago, there is a portrait of him in Su's second room. Su Chengzhi's face does look very similar to Su Ling'an, especially his broad forehead and pair of phoenix eyes, which are exactly the same as Su Ling'an.

But with the eyes covering his forehead, he could find that Su Chengzhi's mouth and nose were not similar to Su Lingan's.

It's just that those eyes are so similar that it's easy for people to ignore other differences.

The Ning family is Su Chengzhi's bedside person, so naturally he knows Su Chengzhi's appearance better, and has also chatted with Su Chengzhi about topics such as how he looks like his mother and father.

So Ning immediately understood who the woman in the portrait was, and also understood why Mrs. Lu and Nanny Wu were different. This was Su Chengzhi's biological mother, Su Jiaoniang, the only concubine of Su Ling'an, the second bedroom master of the Su family.

Now Ning couldn't even lift her head up. She was really ashamed. She didn't expect that the first time she was jealous not only fell on a dead person, but this dead person was also her man's biological mother. If it got out, she would still have face ?
Mrs. Lu did not expect that the portrait that made Ning and Su Chengzhi quarrel was actually her good concubine for Su Linganna. It is really a lie to say that she has no fluctuations in her heart.

When she entered the mansion for Su Linganna Su Jiaoniang, firstly, she had no hope of having children, and Su Lingan really needed a child to inherit the incense, and secondly, she was moved by Su Jiaoniang's filial piety.

It's just that I didn't expect that after Su Jiaoniang entered the mansion, especially after Su Jiaoniang was diagnosed as pregnant, her mentality would collapse.

In order to prevent herself from making impulsive actions that she would regret, Old Madam Lu returned to the capital alone with her personal servants.

But he didn't expect that leaving this time would be a farewell for the three of them.

Less than half a year after Mrs. Lu returned to the capital, a war broke out in the northern city, and Su Lingan died in battle. Su Jiaoniang, who had just given birth to Su Chengzhi, was sent out of the Su residence by Su Lingan. His natal family fled the war and settled down in Geshan Village, Xiushui County, Yanshan Prefecture.

After 30 years, Su Chengzhi, who was living abroad, came back with his wife and children to recognize his ancestors under Lu Jinkang's needlework, so that the blood of Su's second wife would not continue to flow, and the incense of the second wife could continue.

Seeing Su Jiaoniang's portrait again, how could Mrs. Lu not be excited?
Regarding Su Chengzhi's silent collection of his biological mother's portrait, Mrs. Lu naturally felt a little displeased in her heart, but it's just that death is like a lamp going out, and she can't compare with a dead person.

Besides, since Su Chengzhi brought his wife and children to recognize their ancestors, in the past few years, whether it is Su Chengzhi, the Ning family, or a few grandchildren, they have been very filial to the old lady Lu, and look at the three children and grandchildren, which one has Su Chengzhi? How filial are they?
The three-bedroom old lady who used to always laugh at her that no one offered incense to her after her death, although she has her own children, but look at that mean-mouthed old lady, how can she live happily now?
Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Lu's treatment of Su Jiaoniang is naturally much more complicated than before, at least a few more sincere gratitude, after all, Su Jiaoniang gave birth to Su Chengzhi for the second room, not only gave the second room the incense of inheritance, but also let the second room have an inheritance. In her later years, she lived a happy life with her children and grandchildren wrapped around her knees and enjoying her grandchildren.

Old lady Lu never expected that Su Yunduo was so smart and discerning that he could guess the person in the portrait so accurately with only one portrait.

"This is indeed Chengzhi's biological mother!" Mrs. Lu confirmed everything with one word.

Nanny Wu pointed to the jewelry on the woman in the portrait and said: "This set of jewelry was given to Aunt Jiao when she entered the mansion, and the old lady gave it to her! I just don't know who painted it, but it's so vivid that even the head of the jewelry is so vivid. So detailed."

Su Yunduo also wanted to know who it was that sent this portrait to Su Chengzhi.

She couldn't believe that Su Chengzhi, who had never seen his biological mother, could draw such a portrait!
Su Chengzhi was born in a war, and in the process of escaping from the war, Su Jiaoniang died of illness. It can be said that Su Chengzhi had never seen Su Jiaoniang at all, even if the old couple from the old Su family had told him about Su Jiaoniang. It is impossible for him to paint such a portrait.

Although Su Jiaoniang is Su Ling'an's good concubine, she was recruited in the northern city, and she has never been to the capital.

Among the Su family in Dongmingfang, from the master to the servant, there is no third person who has seen Su Jiaoniang except Mrs. Lu and Nanny Wu. So where did this vivid portrait come from?What is the purpose and mentality of the person who sent this portrait to Su Chengzhi?
Su Yunduo always felt that there was something in it, something flashed in his mind, but he couldn't catch it, and he had to ask Su Chengzhi to know about it.

Because today is not a holiday, if you want to ask Su Chengzhi, you have to wait for Su Chengzhi to return home.

If he can't figure out this matter today, Su Yunduo feels that even if he returns to the mansion, he will not feel at peace, so he will stay and ask what happened.

Fortunately, she had greeted An Shi when she came to Dongmingfang today, and she might stay in Dongmingfang for a longer time.

So Su Yunduo was not in a hurry to go back home, and simply took Ning Shi to Jinxiufang, and Jinxiufang settled the account for this season, and it was also counted in front of Ning Shi to explain why she returned to Dongmingfang today. almost.

Bai Kui is a clever girl, seeing Su Yunduo and Ning's family going to Jinxiufang, she hurriedly went to the big room to inform Shi's that if she wants to be round, she should naturally be more decent.

When Su Yunduo and Ning Shi arrived at Jinxiufang, Shi Shi was already waiting for them in Jinxiufang's business room, and on the table in front of Shi Shi was the same season of Jinxiufang, "Yunshang" and "Shu Mengxuan". "Current account book.

It took Su Yunduo almost an hour to check the accounts with Shi's before they settled the accounts between "Yunshang", "Shu Mengxuan" and Jinxiufang for this season.

Although the duck down products are still not open for sale, the income from one-season customization is quite considerable, and as the only cooperative workshop of "Yunshang" and "Shu Mengxuan", the income of Jinxiufang is also quite good.

Because of Su Yunduo's support, the Su family has made great progress in both the savings of the clan and the family members, and the life of the clan members has made great progress, which makes the Shi clan, who is the clan's wife, very grateful.

Although the tofu workshop and Jinxiu workshop in the Su clan existed decades ago, the income is difficult to meet the needs of the clan, and even the sacrifices in the clan are scarce. Most of the Su clan are good at reading and learning, and are good at production and financial management There are very few people.

Even if there are one or two outstanding ones occasionally, they are constrained by the deep-rooted philosophy of the Su family that they can only study well. Every year and festivals are the most difficult time for the Shi family as the clan's wife.

Ever since Su Yunduo improved the tofu making process and greatly increased the income of the tofu workshop, the Shi family was no longer stretched. Now the income of the Jinxiu workshop has strengthened Shi's confidence. Every time the offerings were offered to the ancestors, there was no more embarrassment of the east family asking the west family to make up for it, and it was directly paid by the family members, and it was extremely rich.

Su Chengzhi came out of Taixue on duty, and saw Lu Jinkang waiting outside Taixue at first glance, he couldn't help being surprised, thinking that something happened to Su Yunduo, when he found out that Lu Jinkang was going to Dongming Square with him to pick up Su Yunduo, There is still something I don't understand in my heart, it must be caused by the portrait of my birth mother in my study.

Although Su Chengzhi's biological mother passed away shortly after he was born, in fact he had seen a portrait of his biological mother, but at that time he was too young to protect that portrait. The portrait was destroyed by Yang.

(End of this chapter)