Drive a RV and go farming in ancient times.

Mr. Zhao, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Personnel!

Now, everyone knows who is coming!

Zhao Zhengting, the eldest grandson of Lord Zhao!

Actually, Zhao Zhengting is not Su Zhe's biological uncle. After all, Zhao Zhengting is the grandson of the eldest wife, and Su Zhe's wife is the daughter of the third wife. However, since you can't write two Zhao characters in one stroke, their relationship is still very close.

The Zhao family, in particular, places great emphasis on harmony among brothers and mutual help. Compared with the competition among the descendants of the Su family, the Zhao family is united as one, especially after Lord Zhao retired.

"What is he doing here?" someone muttered carelessly, earning a lot of contemptuous looks.

What else can I do at this time except supporting Su Zhe?

At this point, everyone suddenly realized. No wonder Su Zhe dared to come back after causing such a big trouble, and after coming back, he dared to challenge the head of the family with confidence and refused to admit his mistakes. It turned out that he had already called for reinforcements and had something to rely on!

In theory, this is an internal matter of the Su family, and any polite family should not interfere. For example, the Second Prince turned a blind eye and did not care. But if Zhao Zhengting pretends to be Su Zhe's uncle, then it would be reasonable for him to intervene, and his words carry a lot of weight.

Who can blame him for not only being the future heir of the Zhao family, but also a Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Personnel? Although his official position is only of the sixth rank, which is not high, the Ministry of Personnel is the head of the six ministries and holds the power to promote all officials. Who in the court would not curry favor with him?

Su Jian looked at Su Zhe deeply. He actually underestimated his son. He could actually get Zhao Zhengting to come forward.

Su Zhe had a half-smile on his face, but there was no sign of pride on his face. On the contrary, he felt very sad in his heart.

Look, as a member of the Su family, when he suffers a loss, he has to rely on a person from another family to save him. How ridiculous is that?

Su Jian acted promptly and said, "Please come in!", then went out to greet them in person.

Seeing this, the others could only follow behind, secretly glancing at Su Zhe from the corner of their eyes, their eyes full of envy and jealousy.

At this moment, the benefits of being able to marry into a capable family are fully demonstrated.

Su Rui gnashed his teeth in hatred. He was only one step away from success, but he was able to escape. How could he be willing to accept this?

"Seventh brother is really good at this!"

"Heh, not as good as big brother!"

"You and I, brothers, must we go this far?"

"Brother, what you said is really ridiculous. Wasn't it you who started the fight first?"

"That's because you're restless..."

"What do you mean by being content? Do you have to live in the shadow of your eldest brother and be unable to realize your ambitions? What's the point of living like that? Besides, as the eldest son, you have the support of our father and the clan, and you can inherit 70% of the Su family's assets. Why should you be afraid of other brothers? In the final analysis, it's just that your eldest brother is narrow-minded and can't tolerate your brothers being better than you."

"You, do you really want to break up with me?"

"Hasn't it already been a life-and-death struggle?"

"Do you think that with the support of the Zhao family, you will be stronger? You can really compete with me? You are dreaming!"

"Then we'll see."

The two men walked behind, arguing back and forth, with swords drawn and their voices kept very low. Others could not hear them, but they could sense the bloody smell of a fight to the death, and subconsciously stayed away from them to avoid being implicated.

In front, Zhao Zhengting had already entered the main gate. They greeted each other politely, just like in-laws, smiling and talking in a non-awkward manner. There was no other meaning in their words.

Su Jian even took the initiative to call Su Zhe over to entertain them, and his tone was intimate and comfortable, as if everything that had happened in the hall before was fake. The two of them were so loving and filial to each other, which made others stunned.

After everyone sat down and drank a few sips of tea, Zhao Zhengting stated the purpose of his visit. Well, to finalize the arrangements for the wedding in half a month. This excuse was not abrupt. In order to ensure that nothing unexpected happened on that day, wealthy families would always go over the process several times to avoid making a fool of themselves by their guests.

However, for matters like this, the mistress of the house usually sends her capable maidservants to pass messages back and forth, and it is relatively rare for the eldest brother-in-law to come to the house, unless he attaches great importance to this marriage.

Zhao Zhengting's attitude says it all.

Su Jian also responded with the most sincere attitude, smiling from beginning to end. He carefully recounted the procedures of that day and earnestly asked the Zhao family for their opinions.

If you raise your head to marry a daughter-in-law, you can't be arrogant and pretentious.

Zhao Zhengting was not embarrassed and nodded repeatedly, looking extremely satisfied. After all, apart from being a merchant family with a low entrance hall, there was nothing wrong with the Su family. In particular, they were willing to spend money and materials, so a wedding like that would definitely be a grand occasion to bring honor to both families.

After saying this, he casually mentioned that he wanted to ask Su Zhe for help with some personal matters, and jokingly asked Su Jian if he was willing to "lend" his son to run errands for him.

This clearly shows that they are determined to protect him to the end, as they are worried that after he is gone, Su Jian will still enforce the family rules.

What can Su Jian say?

He could only agree gladly. After all, being able to run errands for Zhao Zhengting was promoting his Su family. Not only could he not stop it, he had to shed tears of gratitude.

Having achieved his goal, Zhao Zhengting did not stay any longer. When he left, he took Su Zhe with him.

From beginning to end, he never mentioned the amusement park, let alone the internal conflicts within the Su family.

His behavior is very measured and he knows how to handle things just right.

Su Jian thought to himself that he was worthy of being the successor carefully cultivated by the Zhao family. With such descendants, there would be no need to worry about the decline of the Zhao family even without Lord Zhao. Looking back at his own family, he felt depressed for a while.

At this moment, Su Rui came up to him anxiously, "Dad, are you just going to let him go like this?"

At this time, the other members of the Su family had left, leaving only the father and the two of them in the hall, so they didn't have to worry about what they said.

"What else? Can you stop him from leaving?" Su Jian had just been holding back his anger and put on a show. Now that he didn't need to pretend anymore, his face darkened.

Su Rui cautiously probed, "But, but he is disobedient and unfilial. Even if Master Zhao is here, he can't stop you from teaching your son a lesson, right?"

Facing the eldest son's unwilling and jealous eyes, Su Jian sighed in his heart. It was a pity. If the eldest son and the seventh son had switched their identities, there wouldn't be so many troubles. He cheered up and taught earnestly, "Young Master Zhao is not an outsider. He is the seventh son's uncle. If I put on the status of a father, wouldn't he use his uncle's identity to make things worse? Besides, the seventh son will get married soon. If I whip him and he goes to the wedding with injuries, if something unexpected happens, it will not only damage the reputation of the Su family, but also the Zhao family. The Zhao family has every reason and qualification to criticize us..."

Su Rui clenched his fists. "We can't just let him go without any punishment, right? If we do that, won't he become more fearless and more arrogant in the future?"

Su Jian said meaningfully, "At least you can't do anything during this period before the wedding, otherwise, you will offend the Zhao family."

Isn't he angry? When his son challenged his authority, he wanted to whip him to death, but the situation was stronger than him. Even though he was a father and the head of the family, he could only bow his head and compromise.

Su Rui couldn't do it, and couldn't help but growl, "My son won't accept this!"

Su Jian put on a stern face and lectured, "Even if you are unwilling, keep it to yourself for now. If you have anything to say, wait until he gets married before you discuss it."

Su Rui was immediately furious when he heard this, "Dad, after they get married, he will be the legitimate son-in-law of the Zhao family. With his wife protecting him, it will be even harder to take action!"

Su Jian's eyes became sharp, and he warned in a stronger tone, "Then you can't touch him now!"

Su Rui's eyes were red with anger when he heard this. He pounded his chest with his hands in a state of collapse. "But Dad, he destroyed my son's hard work. I spent so much money and energy to build that amusement park. Now it's all gone to waste. I've become a laughing stock in the whole capital. How can I swallow this? If I don't do anything, wouldn't that be the same as admitting that I did something wrong? How can I walk around in public with the face in the future?"

Hearing this, Su Jian glared at him in hatred, "Do you think you have the nerve now?"

Su Rui staggered a step after being struck by these words, "I..."

Su Jian slammed the table and gave a sharp lesson, "I warned you before, don't go after him. Do you think he's easy to bully? You bribed his people, learned those skills, and you can completely defeat him? It's just wishful thinking. Have you forgotten that the rebellious son has been full of evil ideas since he was a child? Among all you brothers, he is the best in business, and what about you? If I hadn't helped you all these years, you would not be his opponent at all. But you just don't believe in evil and insist on going against him, time and time again. Have you ever won? No, and now he has tricked you into a big trap and made you a laughing stock..."

Su Rui shouted in disbelief, "Dad!"

Su Jian planned to give him a hard time this time. He kept a stern face and remained unmoved. His words were merciless. "Don't shout. It's useless. In business, there are gains and losses. I have taught you since you were young that temporary wins and losses are nothing. The important thing is whether you can learn from the lessons and make a comeback. But look at you, now your mind is not full of thoughts about how to defeat him in the business world, but always want to kill him by crooked means. Only incompetent people will resort to such a desperate measure. With your ability and character, if the Su family is handed over to you in the future, you, you..."

Su Jian became angrier and angrier as he spoke. Suddenly, his vision went dark, the world was spinning, and he almost fell off his chair.

Su Rui was still unconvinced and wanted to argue, but seeing this, he rushed over nervously, "Dad, what's wrong with you? Don't scare your son, I, I'll go call the doctor..."

Su Jian grabbed his arm and said weakly, "Don't, don't go. Dad is fine. He was just angry for a moment."

Hearing this, Su Rui didn't dare to ask for a doctor, otherwise the news would spread that he had made his father sick. He poured a cup of tea with trembling hands and carefully fed it to Su Jian.

Su Jian gradually recovered his breath, his face turned red, and he drank half a cup of wine. He finally saw things clearly. He was a little scared for a moment. If he had fallen down just now, then...

Su Rui had been protected by Su Jian for so many years, relying not only on his status as the eldest son, but also on his ability to read people's expressions and his half-hearted filial piety. Seeing Su Jian's complicated expression, he made a prompt decision, knelt down, and choked up, "Dad, I am an unfilial and incompetent son. I have made you worry. I deserve to die..."

As he said this, he started to kowtow repeatedly, and each time he kowtowed hard on the floor tiles. Soon, blood appeared on his forehead, which showed how hard he was kowtowed.

Seeing this, Su Jian couldn't help but sigh and raised his hand to stop him, "Okay, Dad doesn't blame you..."

Doing business also requires talent. The eldest son does not have the talent of the illegitimate son. What can he do?

The father and son once again resumed their loving relationship, and the two people who left the Su family were now having a friendly conversation in the carriage.

Of course, a friendly atmosphere is mostly created with effort.

After all, we weren’t familiar with each other before, so how could we have a friendship?

It's just driven by interests.

"Thank you, Lord Zhao, for your help!"

What kind of righteousness? Su Zhe spent a lot of money to "hire" him, but he still had to say nice things.

Zhao Zhengting also knew how to say polite words, "Brother-in-law, that's too polite. We're all family, it's only natural..."

Upon hearing this, Su Zhe tactfully changed the way he addressed him from the revered "Sir Zhao" to "Brother-in-law".

Zhao Zhengting also affectionately called him brother-in-law, as if the two had known each other for a long time and had been relatives for many years.

Everyone can act, and both of them are shameless people, so they had a great conversation.

Zhao Zhengting was very careful about his manners and never asked him about the internal affairs of the Su family, but as they talked, the topic turned to Xu Huaiyi, and he expressed his admiration for Xu Huaiyi's talents.

Su Zhe was worried, but he didn't show it on his face. He agreed with a smile as usual, "Yes, Huaiyi is indeed talented, has a very good character, and is a very interesting person."

Listening to this praise, Zhao Zhengting's eyes flickered, "From what you said, you admire him very much?"

Su Zhe admitted frankly, "Yes, in fact, it's not just me. Anyone who has known him for a long time will find it hard not to be impressed by him."

Zhao Zhengting was surprised. He could feel that Su Zhe's words were not empty words, but sincere admiration. But why? Even if Xu Huaiyi was talented, he was just a commoner martial artist. Their status was not equal. Anyway, he couldn't admire him.

But this did not hinder his desire to make friends, so he tentatively said it.

Su Zhe was not perfunctory or vague. "Huai Yi has an open-minded personality and likes to make friends. To be honest with you, as long as they don't have bad intentions, Huai Yi can get along with anyone. He is open and generous in his conduct and actions. It's very comfortable to be friends with him. If you are interested, Huai Yi will definitely be very happy."

"Really? That's great. I'll have to ask my brother-in-law to help with the matchmaking then!"

"Don't worry, uncle. I will do my best."

After the two of them agreed, they parted ways.

Su Zhe waited until the Zhao family's carriage drove away, then asked the servant to turn a corner and go to the Gu family.

Xu Huaiyi took him to the study. When he heard that he had not had dinner yet, he asked the kitchen to quickly cook a large bowl of noodles with tomato sauce, which was delicious and saved time. When it was served, there were two golden fried eggs on top.

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment.

Seeing him in a daze, Xu Huaiyi urged him, "Eat quickly, otherwise the noodles will clump together, and then I'll have wasted all the delicious food I gave you..."

Su Zhe took a deep breath, and instead of chewing slowly and politely, he ate with big mouthfuls.

Xu Huaiyi sat aside, cracking a plate of edamame, muttering casually, "These tomatoes are really not easy to eat, and they can't be kept. My wife processed them and sealed them in jars, and gave some to this family and that family. Now there are not many left. Those children still like them and clamor for them every few days. Fortunately, there are still seeds. I will see if I can harvest another crop before the frost comes..."

Su Zhe heard this and asked, "Are you planting again?"

Xu Huaiyi shook his head. "Not yet. I'm growing the seedlings in pots. When they are half a palm tall, I'll plant them in the ground..."

"It will be cold by then, and the tomatoes won't be harvested until two or three months later. Will they hold up?"

"Let's give it a try. My wife wants to plant it in a hot spring village. It's warmer there, so maybe it won't be a big problem. In fact, we can build a greenhouse, but the cost is a bit high. We can't plant it on a large scale. Even if we plant it, the people can't afford it..."

"I also have a hot spring farm and two greenhouses. When you have grown the seedlings, can you give me some?"

"Sure, why not? I'll leave some for you, including tomatoes and peppers."

"Thanks……"