allonlinenovel Chapter 125 Su Weixi's Contribution
Chapter 125 Su Weixi's Contribution
After Mr. Fu arrived, An An and Ning Ning started their classes.
Five days of classes and two days of rest. This was the schedule agreed upon by Su's father and Mr. Fu, and it was exactly the same as the elementary school students in the previous life.
However, they only studied with Master Fu in the morning, and in the afternoon they learned martial arts from Master Lei as before.
After the Japanese attack was reported to the imperial court, the imperial decree to reward meritorious officials also arrived at Qiongzhou Island.
Xiao Yi was promoted from the third-rank Zhenhu General to the current Zhennan General. It is said that if Xiao Yi's father was not the Duke of Zhenguo, the Emperor originally wanted to confer the title of Marquis of Zhennan on Xiao Yi.
Because of his meritorious service in the border town, when Su's father was transferred to Qiongzhou Island with Xiao Yi, he was promoted from the fifth-rank Huaiyuan General to the fourth-rank Xuanwei General. This time, he was rewarded and promoted to the third-rank Pingkou General.
Xiao Yi privately told Su's father that although Su Weixi had no intention of killing the second prince of Japan because Ningning was held hostage by him, in order to better deter the Japanese and to enhance the military's prestige, he could only say that it was Xiao Yi who killed the second prince of Japan.
Therefore, Su Weixi could not be rewarded. After all, rewarding a girl in the boudoir for no reason would be considered strange by those who are interested. The reward could only be given to Su Dad. In addition, Su Dad's training of special teams also played a great role in this battle, so Su Dad was promoted to the third rank of General Pingkou.
The emperor also conferred the title of a third-rank lady on Su Ma and issued an imperial decree. From then on, when Su Ma went out to socialize on Qiongzhou Island, there were only a few people who would ask her to pay her respects.
Su's father and mother felt embarrassed that they had taken advantage of their own daughter, but Su Weixi thought it was a big deal as long as the benefits were given to their family.
Su's father was promoted and Su's mother was granted an imperial title. In a sense, Su Weixi also benefited from it. The daughter of a general and a lady of an imperial title had to be polite to everyone who met her.
Of course, the emperor was not a stingy person. Although he could not let anyone know that Su Weixi had killed the second prince of Japan, he also rewarded the Su family with many good things. Some of these things were obviously for a girl of Su Weixi's age, which could be considered as compensation for Su Weixi.
However, Xiao Yi felt embarrassed that the emperor had pinned the blame on him for killing the second prince of Japan. He sent a lot of things to the Su family and even went to Su Weixi's house to explain the reason.
Su Weixi had no intention of accepting the gifts Xiao Yi sent her, but she couldn't stand this guy chattering in front of her.
"Miss Su, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect the emperor to make such an arrangement. But it is also forced by the situation. I hope Miss Su can forgive me."
"It doesn't matter. If it wasn't for saving Ningning that day, the Second Prince of Japan would not have been able to escape your pursuit, General. Maybe you could have captured him alive."
"I hope Miss Su will accept these things, otherwise I will be even more ashamed."
Su Weixi looked at the man in front of him, who was in a posture of not leaving unless he accepted it, so he had to agree, "Okay, thank you very much, General."
"That's good, Miss Su, you don't have to call me General all the time. Xiao is a little older than you, so you can just call me Brother Xiao like An An and Ning Ning."
"Uh, isn't that good?" Su Weixi was already over 20 years old in his previous life, older than Xiao Yi's current age of 20. Even though he was younger than Xiao Yi in this body, Su Weixi couldn't bring himself to call him big brother.
Xiao Yi looked at the very conflicted girl in front of him, feeling a little embarrassed. "If Miss Su is not used to it, you can continue to call me General or call me by my given name like your uncle and aunt."
Su Weixi: Well, isn’t this more intimate?
But after hesitating between several titles, Su Weixi finally resigned himself to calling him "Brother Xiao". It was more polite than Zizhao, and An An and Ning Ning also called him that.
After all, he just wants to show his closeness to the Su family. It would be hypocritical to make excuses. If you continue to call him General, I think you have some problem with him.
When Su's father was promoted and Su's mother was granted an imperial title, many dignitaries from Qiongzhou City came to give gifts and congratulations, and also asked if the family wanted to hold a banquet.
The Su family originally wanted to keep a low profile and not hold a banquet. They just wanted to distribute porridge outside the city gate for a few days.
But considering that several military generals' families would hold banquets, it would seem too noble if their own family did not hold one. In order to avoid being out of place, Su's mother decided to wait until Su's father took a day off and hold a banquet to celebrate.
It is also a good opportunity to promote the products of the workshop at this banquet.
The workshop's previous inventory had all been taken away by Shen Jingzhou, leaving the workshop with no inventory. In addition, Steward Sun had not yet bought a suitable store, so the workshop's products had not yet started selling in Qiongzhou City.
Now, if we count the days, the goods that Shen Jingzhou brought should have arrived in the capital. Steward Sun also bought a suitable shop and two suitable shopkeepers. The Su family's shop in Qiongzhou City can be opened.
As for the workshop, Aunt Liu has returned from the skin care products workshop to protect Su Ma. She has bought a manager who knows medical knowledge from the dental shop and trained him to take over the management of the workshop. Su Ma also sent the son of Manager Sun to work as an accountant there to check and balance each other.
Qiaoer's mother, who was in charge of the seafood processing workshop, was still there. The current cook in the family was also quite skilled, and the workshop needed someone who could be trusted to look after it. Qiaoer's mother had been in the Su family for many years, and both mother and daughter depended on the Su family for their livelihood. Naturally, they were deeply trusted by the Su family, so she continued to stay in the seafood processing workshop.
When planning the banquet this time, Su Ma and Su Weixi unanimously decided to adopt the buffet model as they did before in the border town, but there would be no strawberry picking activity this time.
In addition, the banquet in the border town only entertained women and children, and no male guests.
This time, Su Dad is sure that many of his colleagues and officials from Qiongzhou City will come to attend the banquet. At this time, men and women should sit separately, so separate seats for men must be set up in the front yard.
Because the buffet style is well arranged, and other families are holding banquets recently.
Every day, Su Ma attended many banquets held at the homes of officials who were promoted this time, and all the banquets at the Su family were organized by Su Weixi.
The main thing is the layout and decision on the dishes. With Nanny Sun around to take care of the servants' rules, Su Weixi doesn't have to worry about it at all.
Fortunately, a buffet banquet had been held in the border town before, and most of the servants were brought from the border town. Even though some servants were bought here, with the help of those old people, the Su Mansion could be decorated well.
After Su Weixi drew a few design drawings with the theme of seaside vacation and handed them over to the housekeeper Sun and his wife, he left all the arrangements to them, while he studied the dishes with the cooks in the kitchen.
The so-called seaside holiday theme actually incorporates seaside elements into the decoration of the mansion garden and some houses, such as shells, conchs, coconut branches and some plants and flowers unique to the seaside.
As for the diet, Su Weixi mainly relies on seafood, coconut and some fruits from the island, but he also needs to develop some flavors that are not available locally.
In order to better promote the products of their own workshop, they also need to add some food made in the workshop to the food.