Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 68: Driving the Tiger to Swallow the Wolf

Lin Yu's voice was icy cold. "Zhao Dequan thinks he's the king of the village, but in the eyes of those people, he's not even worth a fart. The entire Su Family Village is just a pigsty waiting to be slaughtered."

(Inner thoughts: "Sigh, how did the news suddenly spread? Could someone be stirring the pot? Logically, making some grass paper shouldn't draw this much targeting. That merchant was contacted earlier, it was just Zhao Dequan using his connections in town. I originally thought this Zhao Dequan had a brain, but I didn't expect him to be so stupid. Tried to guard against a thousand things, never expected to still capsize. Can only take one step at a time now. If it really comes to the worst, I'll have to convince my disciple to slip away quietly.")

Su Ming's heart sank bit by bit.

He had considered danger, but hadn't imagined it was already this close.

"Then what should I do?" Su Ming's voice was somewhat dry. "Run away with my parents and Second Brother? Where could we even run to?"

"Run?" Lin Yu snorted. "You can run, but can your parents keep up? Once you leave Su Family Village, you'll be rootless duckweed, scattered by the slightest breeze. You'd die even faster then."

(Inner thoughts: "Sigh, dragging a whole family along is just troublesome. If it were just me, I'd have long since holed up in some deep mountain old forest.")

"We can't just sit and wait for death either!" Su Ming's fists clenched tightly under the table.

"Of course not." Lin Yu's voice carried a trace of cunning, like an old fox. "Disciple, drive the wolf to chase the tiger."

Su Ming abruptly lifted his head, a flash of light in his eyes."The Zhou family?"

"The pupil can be taught indeed." Lin Yu praised. "The Zhou family is the biggest tiger in Qingshi Town. Why did Zhou Yulin help you today? He placed a small bet of favor on you, gambling that you might provide a return in the future?"

Su Ming fell silent. He recalled Zhou Yulin's gentle yet distant gaze and understood in his heart.

for the sake of our tiny Su Family Village, offend so many forces in town?" Su Ming asked the most

they wouldn't now. Because you're not qualified enough. What are you now? A somewhat clever country boy. The Zhou family has

to do is make

do I become

exam." Lin Yu's

Ming

county magistrate, are exempt from

now and say you hope he can invest in the paper-making workshop, there's a high chance he'll refuse you. But if you approach him wearing the scholarly honor of a Xiucai, telling him you have a way

'talent' worth recruiting, a

provides protection. He just needs to move his lips to make those jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards dare not stretch out their claws. And what he gains is a workshop that can continuously produce cheap, good paper, and the favor

would Zhou Wenhai

words were like a sudden enlightenment,

Su Ming let out a long sigh,

Rui, who was still hanging his head in

"Zhao Rui."

lifted his head, his eyes

know what his family does?" Su Ming

"I... I heard he's the biggest cloth merchant in town, has some relative connection

Ming nodded, committing this information

carefully took out the "County Records of Qingzhou" that Xu Qing had given him from the worn-out bundle, along with a few books on

table, then sat down, picked up one book, and began reading word by word under the light

slow, steady, as if everything outside