son-in-law

Chapter 10 The Future Look

In the evening, the setting sun dyed the weather red, and also immersed half of Jiangning City in the warm red glow. When she came back from outside, Su Taner met Xiaochan, and then she also learned that Ning Yi had caught the wind and cold. , while asking Xiaochan what the doctor said, she led the three maids towards Grandpa Su Yu and Taigong Su's yard.

I have something to ask my grandpa for advice today. Now that I know that Ning Yi is fine, I don't have to rush over to see it.After entering the yard, only to find that the third uncle Su Yunfang and the third sister-in-law are also there, along with the third uncle's second daughter. At present, everyone calls this little girl the seventh girl, and she is now telling a story in front of her grandfather.Several maids waited around the crowd.

"...And then, that Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai..."

Su Tan'er walked over and moved a stool to sit down. She also listened to the girl's story with her grandfather, uncle and sister-in-law. It was about the Three Kingdoms, which was quite interesting.Soon after the story was finished, the girl stood up: "Second sister."

"Xiao Qi knows storytelling. It's great. Did you go to the restaurant with Daddy to hear about the book?"

"No, Mr. told us when he was in school."

"Huh?" Su Tan'er hesitated for a while, "Which Mr.

"Brother Yi, Brother Yi knows a lot of things."

Although the name of the son-in-law is unpleasant to say, and the status is low, but in the female family, the son-in-law is basically called as a brother, so these seven girls only call Ning Yi a brother, not a brother-in-law.After hearing her say this, Su Tan'er smiled slightly, but she was thinking about the meaning of this matter. The third uncle Su Yunfang next to her said, "Is it teaching the Analects of Confucius recently?"

Seventh girl nodded: "Well, "The Analects", we have learned Liren..." There was a little nervousness in her expression. Usually, when she asked about her studies, she might have to endorse it.

But this time my father didn't say that he would endorse it, Su Yun said to Su Tan'er: "The Three Kingdoms was mentioned in the Analects of Confucius class. Although children like to listen to stories, the master should use his knowledge to gain the respect of the students. You have a degree, Tan’er, you should remind Liheng.”

This was a very severe reprimand, and Su Tan'er had no choice but to nod her head and said yes, but the old lady next to her smiled: "Don't be so serious, you can be loved by the students in just a few days, and you can teach yourself. They love their studies, and it is his business that these children are handed over to him. The third child, you don't know the cause and effect, how do you know that the Analects has nothing to do with the Three Kingdoms, and how do you know that Liheng has no deep meaning in it, and is not in his position. Zheng, this principle has been taught to your brothers for a long time, don't point fingers on this matter."

In fact, in this matter, Su Taner also felt that the Analects of Confucius class was a little unreliable, but Mrs. Su liked it. He didn't care about Ning Yi's knowledge. In fact, he probably knew that the other party's knowledge was not high. look at it from other perspectives.

The current situation of the Su family is complicated. The eldest of the three lines of the Su family, Su Boyong, the second child, Su Zhongkan, the third child, Su Yunfang, is in charge of all the business. However, regardless of the skills and qualifications, Su Boyong still has the upper hand.Now the old lady Su Yu is still there, and it seems that he is still a brother and brother, but looking further down, the third generation is full of straw bags, only Su Boyong's only daughter, Su Tan'er, is the only one, Su Yu considers it. For a few years, I plan to put the family business on Su Tan'er. Of course, this is also a big trouble.

The resistance encountered by the chicken Sichen is several times greater than that of an ordinary handover. If there is one male male in the Su family who is barely able to make it, that's all, but it is not, and Su Tan'er behaves indifferently. She is not popular, but her various methods are quite outstanding. She has the style of a general. She has this ability and ambition in this regard.Now the old lady has deducted some from the property managed by Su Boyong to give her formal management, which is regarded as a formal test. This test does not depend on her ability, but directly allows her to use her father's resources to convince and integrate the other two purposes. , to see how far she can do it.

The pressure on Su Tan'er was temporarily put aside. The original meaning of Ning Yi's entry into the family was to allow Su Tan'er to stay in the Su family.The old lady attaches great importance to the relationship with the ancestors of the Ning family, so he also takes care of Ning Yi. The current conflict in the Su family does not seem to have intensified. Su Taner wants to suppress others and integrate others. Don't you have to, the old lady is not dead, no one wants to force it.

But if the conflict really intensifies in the future, the old lady may be gone, and these people want to deal with Su Tan'er, then as her husband, Ning Yi, who is underestimated by others, will naturally be the best breakthrough. It's not easy to find an excuse to do something or something.The old lady Su saw this and let Ning Yi run to teach. Most of the Yushan Academy are children of the Su family. If Ning Yi teaches well and gets the respect of these juniors, his status will become detached in this struggle. At least there is a layer of teacher halo, and if others want to move him, he has to think about it.

Because of this, Ning Yi can make the children like it, which is the best, the old lady Su asked about Ning Yi's teaching situation, the little girl said happily, and asked Su Tan'er: "Second sister, you know What will sir say tomorrow?"

Su Tan'er smiled: "I'm afraid it won't be there tomorrow. He caught the cold. He started to recuperate at home today. I'm afraid he won't be able to go to class tomorrow."

"Oh?" The old lady asked suspiciously about the situation, and Su Tan'er repeated what Xiao Chan said one by one. The little girl said, "Then can I go see Brother Yi?" Su Tan'er shook her head. : "I'm afraid of contagion because of the cold. It's better for Xiao Qi to wait until your brother Yi is healed before visiting him."

After the third uncle and the third sister-in-law and the little girl left, Su Tan'er chatted with her grandfather for a while before returning to her yard. When she went to see Ning Yi, Ning Yi was drinking medicine on the bed with an unhappy expression, and Su Tan'er said a few words of greetings. , Originally wanted to talk about the story, but when he saw that he was sick, he stopped talking.

Su Taner is capable, and she also wants to do something as a daughter, but on the other hand, she is also a very traditional and orthodox girl. Although she does not like marriage, she chooses to accept her fate and try to marry Ning Yi. When you get along, you can see that the personality is there, but the frame is still that frame.

She hopes that Ning Yi can be dignified as a husband instead of pleasing students with some tricks. Rather than being a little clever or tricky, she prefers that Ning Yi be an orthodox scholar even if he is pedantic, even if he has no real profound knowledge, she hopes He is more in line with the "right way".Of course, for now, this is still a process of mutual understanding, she will not draw conclusions easily, but she will slowly try to outline a shape for her husband in her heart.

In fact, the shape is clear when you think about it. He is an ordinary scholar himself, with little knowledge or extensive knowledge. He has a good heart and a sloppy temper.This is the sweetheart she promised her life.

At this time, you can play some willful ways, but time is limited after all. One day, the two of them will still have to live together, and they will have a child with him.As long as he's not some big villain, these things will always happen.The future... is probably like this, nothing can change.There may still be some small expectations in her heart, but what exactly these expectations will be, in fact, even she herself does not know. In and out, surprises, etc., probably not.

At the end of the autumn of the seventh year of Jinghan's reign in the Wu Dynasty, in the Su family's mansion in Jiangning City, the beautiful woman who walked out of the eaves looked up, and gently stroked the hair beside her ears. Helpless, but still more calm and indifferent, when the wind blew past the yard, the light blue and beautiful dress swayed gently in the wind.This young lady Tan'er from Xiuwaihuihui, who has just become a married woman in name, sees her marriage in this way at this time...

But for now, this is not something that really takes up a lot of weight in her life. She has other things to think about and do. Ordinary life, even if you think about it occasionally, it will be bland. walk on your own path.If everything develops according to the natural trajectory, maybe a few decades later, when she walks out of the roof and raises her head again, she will suddenly remember the wind she saw one day many years ago, and take her somewhere like the years. But now, everything is still abundant, and there is no need to care about many things.

That is to say, the Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived in such an imperceptibly abundant situation.

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Illness comes like a mountain down, sickness goes like a thread.There are no special medicines these days. This body was originally weak, and he caught a cold after not exercising for a long time. So on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ning Yi still stayed in the room and could only read and read this ancient vernacular novel to pass the time.

According to Ning Yi's previous experience and the current situation, it's still okay to go out and walk around in the yard, but this is ancient times.The medical conditions are not good, and the physical condition of a group of people is poor. As long as someone takes care of them, they still attach great importance to the prevention and treatment of the disease. At the end of the autumn, it starts to get cold again. Going out, Ning Yi also understood the painstaking efforts of the little girl.

It doesn't matter, he's not that active anyway, he just opens the window every once in a while for a breath of air. Even so, Xiao Chan is unhappy with a puffed face, and Ning Yi is bored, so she wastes time explaining fresh air to her. benefits of the human body, etc.

In the evening, Ning Yi added a piece of clothes and went out to the banquet with Su Tan'er and others who came back. In any case, since it was only a cold, the large-scale family banquet of the Mid-Autumn Festival was still to be attended.There are hundreds of people in the Su family, from the master to the stewards, servants, maids, and nurses. The scale is huge. In the main hall and several large courtyards, tables of the Eight Immortals are set up, and the excitement is in a mess.

Ning Yi naturally had large-scale banquets in the past. For example, the company's tail teeth are huge every year, but it has to be said that the more modern it is, the greater the sense of alienation between people.In today's ancient atmosphere, even if there are not many people in this family who are really enthusiastic about his son-in-law, you can still feel a kind of lively feeling sitting here. After running, there were shouts, greetings, and gossip in the crowd, and he and Su Tan'er greeted people together - he actually liked this feeling.

The setting sun has not yet set, the banquet has already begun to serve, and in this lively atmosphere, torches and lanterns are lit, the sky is gradually falling into the night, and all kinds of voices are heard, guessing fists, drunkards, and Mrs. Su's side. The masters came to say good things, and a few children came over to read a few poems they had written. He ran, chatted with Su Taner, reported something, and occasionally said to Ning Yi, "Auntie and auntie, they are telling the story you told...", Ning Yi just told a few words in class. The story has already spread among the juniors, and there seems to be a tendency to pass it on to the servant girls.

Tsk, the age of lack of entertainment is like this...

The banquet started early, but it gradually came to an end soon after nightfall, but of course, the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is still a reserved show for everyone to enjoy the moon together. The Su family went there, chatting and chatting, basically they had to talk to Su Taigong. Even if some young people want to leave, they must have this process.The three brothers headed by Su Boyong are responsible for the servants who are mainly in charge of affairs. The red envelopes have actually been sent, and they mainly try to take turns to say some sweet words.

The old man is over 70 years old this year, but he is healthy and energetic. Ning Yi and Su Tan'er greeted him when they were eating. At this time, the old man said, "You will support each other in the future." "And so on, and then urged Ning Yi, who had a cold, to go back and rest quickly, although Ning Yi looked normal at this time, but his throat was a little sandy.

If it is in modern times, a 20-year-old body can take a cold without taking medicine, without stress, but now a 70-year-old old man tells him to take care of his body, Ning Yi feels helpless.But since this is the case, there is nothing you can do about it. The intensity of the exercise in the past few months was only due to the habit of fitness, so it did not have a thorough effect on the physique of this scholar. Strengthening exercises should be put on the agenda.

All the way back to the small building, Su Tan'er followed Ning Yi into his room. After a moment of silence, he told Ning Yi to have a good rest tonight, and then a little embarrassedly hinted that he still had to go out at night. Because I told him a few days ago that I was going to participate in the Poetry Festival in Puyuan.

No matter whether Ning Yi is sick or not, Su Taner will definitely go to Puyuan Poetry Club, because for her, the main purpose is to establish relationships with certain people and talk about business.In terms of this certainty, even if Ning Yi was unhappy, or even made a fuss, it probably wouldn't make any difference.Just as a wife, it seems a little strange to explain such a thing when your husband has a cold.

But Ning Yi understands this. He just finds this kind of thing interesting in his heart. On the one hand, his little wife will definitely not give up the business of the Su family. On the other hand, he hopes to take care of this marriage as much as possible, even in For now, this is still a nominal marriage, and she still dominates.Ancient woman, this is really an effort that makes him feel lovely.

After appreciating Su Tan'er's expression that she didn't want to give him extra thoughts, Ning Yi smiled and asked her to go back early.When Su Tan'er was about to leave and told Chan'er to take good care of him, he remembered: "Oh, no, let Xiao Chan go play together, I have nothing to do, at most I will sleep after reading a book."

There are many performances on the six boats of the Puyuan Poetry Society, and along the way, you can enjoy the night view of the entire Qinhuai River Light Market. For anyone at this time, it is a feast-level enjoyment.A few days ago, Xiaochan happily said in front of him how fun this poem would be, because in the past, Su Tan'er would take the three of them together.Ning Yi felt very good about Chan'er and didn't want to disturb the little girl's interest for her own sake, but before Su Tan'er spoke, Chan'er smiled and shook her head: "I'm not going, I'll be at home with my uncle. Read a book together."

Purely in terms of feelings, Su Tan'er regarded the three maids as sisters, definitely much more deeply than the current Ning Yi, but in any case, the maids were servants after all, and now that Xiaochan is sensible, she doesn't need to say more.Ning Yi spent a few words and decided that there was no way to convince Xiaochan before giving up.

The two watched the three of them go away on the corridor on the second floor. Looking out from here, the Su family's mansion spread far in the field of vision, extending to the streets in the distance, and the entire Jiangning City was lined up with brilliant lights. The scene, if you can find a high place to look down at this time, this ancient glorious night scene will definitely have a different flavor, but it may not be able to appreciate it today.

"Uncle, let's go in." Xiaochan smiled, "Can you tell Xiaochan a story too?"

"I'll talk here after the stool is moved out..."

"Then I won't listen." Xiaochan pursed her lips, and then picked it up again in embarrassment, "It's windy here, go in..."

"It's alright, it's alright, you see, there's no wind, and I've worn so much... or I'll add a hat... It's also interesting to see from here, so it's settled, the stool will be moved out. , I'll tell you... Journey to the West... Or the story of The Story of the West Chamber will do."

Since he said so, Chan'er had no choice but to give up his position, and the two moved stools and sat down on this small platform.At this time, the yard of the Su family was no longer as lively as before. Occasionally, people could be seen preparing to go out, and various firecrackers, gongs, drums, and shouts could be heard in the distance.Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival to spend with the family, there are actually many kinds of entertainment. For example, Su Taner usually goes to the meeting, such as lantern festivals, wine parties, poetry parties, etc., and ordinary people may not have all of them. Staying at home, going out to the market, watching dragon and lion dances and guessing lantern riddles will be lively.

At this time, in various parts of the city, the most important programs are almost starting, and some poetry clubs have already hung their first poems outside, and then some fixed brothels will select and sing these poems. As for the largest poetry clubs, people are still coming. When Su Taner went out, there were various celebrities gathered at the entrance of the Pan House where the Shishui Poetry Club was held. On weekdays, they played chess by the river with Ning Yi and others Mr. Qin also put on more formal clothes today, and got out of the carriage accompanied by his concubine Yunniang, and then someone led a large group of attendants to greet him: "Duke Qin is here, and the Pan's house is full of brilliance... …”

This person is the current head of the Pan family, Pan Guangyan, who is also the eldest brother of Pan Mingchen, a servant of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of the Imperial Academy. For this old Qin, he still respects him.The two were about the same age, so Mr. Qin hurriedly returned the ceremony with a smile: "I don't dare to be so, if you are so polite, He Weng, I won't dare to come again next time..."

"Haha, Duke Qin is still so funny... By the way, Duke Ming has already arrived..." The two exchanged greetings and walked inside.

Soon after, the Water-stopping Poetry Festival began. The six large boats that were originally docked on the most lively streets of the Qinhuai River also slowly sailed away from the shore. Poems were uploaded from various parties and spread throughout the city. , in the lights and sings of the city, the elegant atmosphere has become stronger and stronger, and the lively Mid-Autumn Festival in this city has officially entered its climax.

(End of this chapter)