Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Following the red paper left by the wedding firecrackers all over the street, they soon found the Su family's two-story house on a quiet street.

The Su family is holding a wedding today. In order to welcome the guests, the door is open, and servants and guests are coming in and out from time to time.

Only Wu Peng followed Wu Xingwang and his son, and the three of them were holding large and small bags of gifts in their hands.

A servant who was in charge of welcoming guests at the gate came forward and asked, "What's your name, sir?"

"My surname is Wu. Please tell Master Su Kunliang that an old friend is visiting." Wu Xingwang said with a smile.

The Su family was full of scholars, and he was afraid that the servants would not know which Master Su it was, so he specifically mentioned Su Kunliang's name.

In the living room, Su Kunliang, who was greeting guests with his three adult sons, was stunned when he heard the servant report. Among the people he knew in Cangwu County, there was no one with the surname Wu.

In the past six months since he came here, he seldom went out and interacted with others. Su Kunliang subconsciously looked at his eldest son.

"Dad, the servants said that the three of them brought gifts. They came with gifts on such a happy day, so they must want to ask for a glass of wedding wine." Su Yunzhi's thin face had a gentle expression.

Su Kunliang came back to his senses and said to Su Yuan who was following him, "Su Yuan, take a few people with you and invite the distinguished guests in for a drink."

Su Yuan led several servants to the gate and recognized Wu Xingwang and his son at a glance.

He trotted forward and saluted excitedly, "Master Wu, Master Wu, why are you here in Cangwu County?"

"I came here to discuss something, and I happened to meet your young lady getting married, so I came to ask for a glass of wedding wine." Wu Xingwang said with a smile.

Su Yuan immediately called the servants following behind him and stepped forward to take the gift brought by Wu Xingwang.

"Master Wu, Master Wu, please follow me into the house quickly."

Entering the hall, Su Yuan did not dare to shout, but walked quickly to Su Kunliang and said happily, "Master, look, who's here?"

Su Kunliang looked up at the people following Su Yuan. His eyes suddenly widened and he couldn't help but stand up, "Old Wu!"

"Am I dazzled?" He couldn't believe what he saw and looked back at Su Yunzhi.

After they separated, he thought they would never see each other again in this life.

Su Yunzhi also stood up from his chair, "Dad, yes, it's Uncle Wu!"

Wu Xingwang walked up to Su Kunliang, smiling and preparing to greet him, but Su Kunliang couldn't suppress his excitement and walked forward to hug Wu Xingwang.

"Old Wu, why did you come to Cangwu County?"

Wu Yuan and Wu Peng behind him did not expect that Master Su, who had always strictly abided by etiquette, could also be passionate and unrestrained at times.

"Come here to do something." Wu Xingwang patted him soothingly.

Su Kunliang pulled him to sit down at the table, "Yunzhi, go and call your brother out to meet Boss Wu."

Wu Xingwang waved his hand quickly, "Goodbye, everyone is busy today."

"It's my duty. Etiquette cannot be abolished." Su Kunliang insisted with a stern face, "When an elder comes to visit, how can a younger generation be rude?"

Soon, the Jinyan twins and the youngest Su Yunrui came out to pay their respects. Zhu Jinhui was in the backyard to invite female guests, so she did not come.

The guests on Su Kunliang's side were all relatives from other branches. After the banquet and the fun, they left some gifts and then left.

The Su family had just settled down in Cangwu County and had gone through many hardships along the way, with many members of the side branches having been killed.

Relying on its foundation, the Su family can barely maintain its superficial glory.

The marriages of several children from the side branches were arranged with local aristocratic families, and the family also helped to arrange good jobs for talented young people.

Only then did the Su family slowly gain a foothold in Cangwu County.

After the guests left, Su Kunliang took Wu Xingwang and his son to the study.

Wu Xingwang looked around the two-story house. After the guests left, only Su Kunliang's family was left.

"Where is Old Master Su?" It would be unreasonable not to meet him when he comes to visit.

Su Kunliang felt bitter in his heart, and smiled as he said, "My father and his clansmen arrived in Cangwu County first. The journey south was not peaceful, and many of the branch clan members lost money. My father spent all his money and asked someone to buy a large house as the ancestral home of the Su family."

"Now the ancestral house is used to accommodate the side branches. This house was bought by my father just for us. He doesn't live with us."

The ancestral house was full of people from the side branches, but Su Kunliang, as the future heir to the family head, lived outside. Something must have happened.

"Uncle Wu, are you coming to Cangwu to discuss business this time?"

Su Yunzhi sensed his father's emotions and deliberately changed the subject.

Talking about business, Wu Xingwang smiled and said, "What a coincidence, the person who wants to cooperate with us is Deng Kang. When we came in, we happened to see Miss Su's sedan chair entering the Deng family."

"Deng Kang is my father-in-law." Su Kunliang's eyes lit up.

Su Yunzhi's mind turned slightly. What happened to Ah Heng and Yuan Zhi? Ah Nan's child should have been born.

He wanted to ask about their situation, so he smiled and said, "Uncle Wu, how have things been going in Nanzhou Prefecture in the past six months?"

Wu Xingwang said, “We did not settle in Nanzhou Prefecture, but went to Nanman Prefecture.”

"Nanman Mansion?"

Su Kunliang and Su Yunzhi turned pale when they heard this. Nanman Prefecture was a place where Japanese pirates were active, so why would they go there?

When Wu Xingwang thought back to the hardships he had experienced, they seemed like floating clouds that passed in the blink of an eye.

He slowly recounted everything that happened to them in Nanman Prefecture. "That's right. Nanzhou Prefecture is full of aristocratic families. There is no place for us to stay. We gritted our teeth and went to Nanman Prefecture. It was a bit desolate, but fortunately it was big enough to accommodate so many of us. The place where we settled was called Longtan."

"I heard that the Japanese pirates massacred the entire Xihe County?"

Su Yunzhi was even more shocked. After arriving in Cangwu County, he had some understanding of the affairs in the South.

The Wu family father and son knew the inside story of Xihe County, but they could not tell outsiders.

"The Yun brothers led their men to wipe out the Japanese pirates and rescued many enslaved people. Now Xihe is under the jurisdiction of our Longtan." Wu Xingwang said tactfully.

Su Kunliang said tough guy, "The Yun brothers are really capable!"

Wu Xingwang then described in detail how they built large-scale buildings and reclaimed wasteland for farming in Longtan.

"What? The rice you grow actually yields more than 200 kilograms per mu?" When talking about grain production, Su Kunliang was shocked.

"That's right." Wu Xingwang affirmed.

Then, he told the Su family and his sons about Longtan's development of agricultural planting and its sheltering of refugees and beggars.

When they learned that the boss behind all this was Lin Yinan, the father and son were stunned.

Even when he was standing at the door of the study and eavesdropping on Zhu Jinhui, he was afraid of screaming out, so he quickly covered his mouth with a handkerchief.

After calming down, she hurriedly asked the servants to bring in the prepared wine and food.

I never expected that Lin Yinan would have such ability.

Finally, Wu Xingwang extended a cordial invitation to the Su family father and son, "After the beginning of the new year, Longtan will open its gates to the outside world. If Master Su has time, please come and visit us."

"Yes, we have cargo ships coming to Cangwu County to deliver goods. It is very convenient to come here by water." Wu Yuan echoed.

Su Yunzhi was somewhat tempted after hearing this. Their Su family was not a business family and knew very little about business matters.