From a freeloader to a world leader

Chapter 10 People Love Him

After returning home, Sun Bing couldn't wait to call his father Sun Changping aside and told him everything that had happened with Sun Shan today.

After listening to his son's account of everything Sun Shan had done.

He patted his thigh excitedly: "Good! Very good! Shan Ge'er did a great job. If he really succeeds with the girl from the Zhang family, then our Sun family----"

As he spoke, Sun Changping burst into laughter uncontrollably.

Because, today at noon, the Sun Shan brothers did not only have lunch at Zhang's house.

Moreover, almost all the important figures of the Zhang family attended the lunch.

According to Sun Bing's description, during the tea party after dinner, the mistress of the Zhang family asked Sun Shan various questions in her conversation.

In fact, based on the Zhang family and Zhang Yuliang's understanding of Sun Shan, there was no need for the Zhang family mistress and the leading figures to show up.

If he had no interest in Sun Shan, it would be enough for him to have Zhang Yuliang to entertain the two brothers.

What surprised Sun Bing was that Sun Shan performed exceptionally well, whether at the dinner table or in private conversations over tea.

Sun Bing was so outstanding that he couldn't believe that his cousin, who came from a poor family, had such talent and good upbringing.

Could it be that reading and learning can really make people so perfect?

"Dad, do you think Lao Jiu can succeed? I feel it's a bit uncertain, after all, between our two families-----"

Having said that, Sun Bing stopped talking.

He and his father were well aware of the disparity between the two families, not to mention their own small peasant family.

His cousin Sun Shan was even poorer, still owing no less than twenty taels of silver.

You know, with a family of more than ten people like theirs, they would not have more than four or five taels of silver left over throughout the year.

Hearing his son say this, Sun Changping, who was excited, stopped smiling and touched the gray beard on his chin.

"It should be possible. Otherwise, why would the Zhang family have dinner with you two brothers? Do you really think that Sun Shan is qualified just because he passed the imperial examination?"

As he spoke, Sun Changping glared at his son with both joy and anger: "We are attracted by Shan'er's talent and his future development. As long as Shan'er passes the imperial examination, even if he fails, the Zhang family's daughter will not lose out."

Sun Bing touched his head in confusion. Ever since Sun Shan woke up, his father's attitude towards him had been a bit indescribable.

"So what should we do now? Should we go and propose marriage?"

"Haha, you are stupid, right? Why does our Sun Shan propose marriage now? Now I understand why the Zhang family let Shan'er work as an accountant in their restaurant, and the salary is so high. So this is the idea."

"Haha, now that I understand what you said, father," Sun Bing agreed with his father with a smile, and raised his hand to give a thumbs up: "Dad, you are more experienced, you can see things more accurately and understand things better than me."

"Hahahaha, I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. Do you really think I've lived in vain----"

Sun Changping laughed for a long time, then stood up and prepared to walk out of the house.

Sun Bing hurriedly shouted in surprise: "Dad, where are you going? It's already dark."

"I'll go to your second uncle's house and your third grandfather's house and discuss the details of the wedding banquet with them. It looks like we need to rearrange the arrangements."

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In the back room of the Zhang family compound, Zhang's mother took her daughter Zhang Zhijing's hand and asked nervously, "Jing'er, what do you think?"

Zhang Zhijing blushed, looked up at her mother, and immediately lowered her head shyly: "Mom, I will listen to you."

Zhang Zhijing's mother, Zhang Shen, looked at her daughter's shy and fluttering face. How could she not understand what her daughter meant? But----

"You have to think this through. Sun Shan is a good kid. I have just discussed this with your father. But his family conditions are too poor."

"I heard from your second brother and your second uncle's cousin that their family not only owes our family, but also owes a lot more. In fact, our Zhang family doesn't have to be with him------?

"mother----"

Zhang Zhijing couldn't help but feel anxious when she heard her mother say this.

Before Zhang Shenshi could finish her words, she called out "Mom" in a coquettish manner with a long tail tone.

If Sun Shan had not passed the examination to become a scholar, and if she had not met Sun Shan today, she might not have cared.

Unexpectedly, she hid behind the screen and watched Sun Shan for a long time today, whom she hadn't seen for a while, and she liked him very much.

She never thought that he, who passed the examination to become a scholar, would become so outstanding.

At the lunch today, he talked freely and gracefully, elegantly and generously, whether speaking to his father or other elders in the family.

"Mom, he's still young, only fourteen years old. Didn't you say that at his age, he will definitely be successful in the future? Even if he suffers a little now-----"

Hearing her daughter say this, Zhang Shen couldn't help but feel angry, annoyed and sad.

A girl is no longer under the control of her mother when she grows up!

"You are so embarrassed. You have no idea what you are doing, but you are just like other people. You have to endure hardships. You are really not ashamed-----"

Without allowing his daughter to refute, he said firmly: "Let's wait and see. Didn't your second brother say that he should go to the restaurant to help out? Let's see how he does his job and pay off the family debts. I can't marry a girl from the Zhang family who is in debt. What will you eat and use when you marry him?"

"Mom, doesn't he still need to study? Didn't he say he wanted to take the provincial examination with his second brother the year after next? Will that affect his studies?"

"You girl----"

Zhang Shen was so angry that she tapped her daughter's forehead with force: "If Sun Shan really has the ability to pass the imperial examination, it doesn't matter if he owes a little money. I'm just afraid that he won't pass the exam. A poor scholar will become a rich juren. I'm afraid that you will suffer and regret it in the future."

"Mother, I'm not afraid. I'm willing!" Zhang Zhijing tilted her head and said with courage, "This is the only way to show my sincerity. If he really passes the imperial examination, I'm afraid he will be very proud."

"You----"

Zhang Shen said at length, "You," and I don't know what to say.

She knew that what her daughter said made sense, but through her son Yuliang's understanding and her own observations today.

She felt that Sun Shan was a bit complicated. When she was questioning him, she even felt like she was talking to an adult of the same age as herself.

He doesn't look like a young boy who has never even been on a blind date.

"That won't work either. I think it's better to take it slow. Let him work in the restaurant for a while first, and see what his abilities and character are like. If possible, even if he doesn't pass the imperial examination in the future, he won't be too bad."

As she spoke, Zhang Shen sighed with some worry: "Jing'er, you can't just look at the surface when judging a person. I always feel that there is something different about this child. I'm afraid you will suffer in the future."

"How is it different? I think he is pretty good." Hearing her mother say this, Zhang Zhijing couldn't help but feel a little unconvinced and muttered a few words.

"You are such a lawless girl!"

Hearing her daughter's rebuttal, Zhang Shen couldn't help but reach out and pat her daughter on the head: "Don't you think he----"

Zhang Shen paused, found a more appropriate word, and continued, "Don't you think he is a little too sophisticated? Not to mention with me, he even talks so well with your father. Moreover, your second brother said that he didn't talk much before, but now he is so eloquent."

"That's because he was honest before and didn't pass the exam. Maybe he was too inferior to speak up. Now he's grown up. He said he was sick this time and understood a lot of things."

"How could he change so much in just a few days? Your second brother said that if he hadn't studied with him since he was a child, he wouldn't have recognized him." Zhang Shenshi concluded, "In short, I think this child is a little weird, so I want to observe him for a while longer."

"Mom, how long do you want to watch?" Zhang Zhijing said angrily, puffing out her fair cheeks, "His family is so poor, and he has to study and support the family. You can ask big brother to give him a higher salary."

"You little girl, your arm is already broken before you even have a shadow!"

As she spoke, Zhang Shen pinched her daughter's puffy cheeks in anger and annoyance: "You are only fourteen, and you are in such a hurry to get married. You should at least stay at home for two years. This is a good opportunity to observe him."

"Why did you turn your arm outward?" Zhang Zhijing blinked and said with a smile, "Didn't Daddy say that we should judge people by their future prospects? Even if my daughter and him can't get along, if we help him now, if he succeeds in the future, he will remember the kindness of our Zhang family and will be helpful to my second brother in the future."

"There is some truth in what you said."

Zhang Shen thought about it and nodded: "Okay, then let your elder brother give him five taels of silver, which is almost as much as the salary of the head shopkeeper. I hope this boy will not let my girl down, otherwise-----"

"No." Zhang Zhijing heard her mother agree to raise Sun Shan's salary to five taels, and she couldn't help but hug her mother's arm happily, saying happily: "Mom, don't you see how good Sun Shan is at talking? In the future, he will definitely take care of everything for Big Brother in the restaurant."

"That's possible. This child is very eloquent, like a storyteller. Everything that comes out of his mouth sounds different and pleasant."

Zhang Shen stood up and touched her daughter's head. "Let's stop here today. I'll ask your father and brother to help you. Don't let my baby suffer."

"Well, thank you, mother." Zhang Zhijing saw that her wish had come true, and rubbed her mother's palm obediently: "Jing'er will repay you well in the future."

"Forget it, just don't go home and cry. I don't know what you're interested in, you poor bastard!"

After hearing her mother's words, Zhang Zhijing stopped talking.

I silently retorted in my heart: So what if he is poor? He is handsome and educated, so people like him!