Chapter 705 - 704: Seeking an Audience
Old Granny Zhang was listening by the side and understood clearly that Shopkeeper Wu’s remarks about Ninth Young Master seemed to indicate he wasn’t a pleasant person, which immediately made her anxious. Ever since the incident in Qi City, Old Granny Zhang had been fearful of encountering these noble patrons.
If the nobles were reasonable it would still be bearable, perhaps just suffering some physical pain. However, most nobles were irrational, or rather, they didn’t reason with common folk.
Song Chongjin’s birth mother had also once been a lady of a grand household. When the family fell from grace, she became like a fresh flower dropped into a mud pit, trampled upon by all. A young lady of her standing could not even become a concubine.
How desolate!
It had not been easy for her own family to escape from the mud pit of Qi City, and she dared not deal again with these powerful and noble officials.
As much as she worried, she still remembered that there were others present and mustn’t tarnish her daughter’s dignity.
Thus she remained seated despite her anxiety.
Wang Yongzhu pondered for a moment, "Shopkeeper Wu, let’s not beat around the bush given our rapport. The fabric and dye workshop business we discussed last time was just a preliminary talk. If there is any difficulty on your end, we can pretend I never mentioned it."
"Now that our family has moved to the city, you might be aware that living here is not easy. Moreover, Brother Song is now studying at Changqing Academy and plans to take the provincial examinations in the second half of the year, so we will likely stay in Jing County. Naturally, we need to consider a way to make a living in the county town."