son-in-law

Chapter 4 Group Portraits: Old Man and Little Maid and the Second Ancestor
The days are boring, and if it sounds nice, of course it is leisure. During the continuous rain, I play backgammon with the little girl, occasionally practice calligraphy, and read ancient books, although it is not comparable to modern novels in terms of entertainment. , but he has always been able to endure such a monotonous person. Since he came to ancient times, he read a book without punctuation for a long time, and figured out the meaning word by word. For him, it was not much. pain.

Of course, other messy things, of course, have also happened in a few months.

The new uncle entered the house, and he was married again. In this era, he has always had little status. The situation of the Su family was actually more complicated.Now the real ruler of the Su family is Su Tan'er's still living grandfather. People call him the old lady. The old lady has three biological sons, who are divided into the big room, the second room and the third room. Su Boyong's father Su Boyong, and Su Boyong has only one daughter, Su Tan'er, but Su Tan'er is quite capable in business, and directly overwhelms the males of the other two rooms and becomes the main reason for this complicated relationship. The males of the other two rooms They always hoped that Su Tan'er would marry in the future, and they would have the opportunity to inherit the Su family in the future. Now, a guy who joined the family has dashed their hopes. When they saw each other on weekdays, even if they restrained themselves from cynicism, A white eye is always indispensable.

In addition to the three houses in the main department, the old lady Su also has brothers and sisters. The Su family is now very large, and the only one who can become a cousin with Su Taner is no less than thirty or forty, no matter how close the relationship is. Bad, for his uncle who is married to him, most of them can't be called warm - of course, if he is warm, he will be very troubled. It is only a big family, eating together every night, the situation becomes more embarrassing, he can only sit While counting sheep, apart from his father-in-law, mother-in-law, two aunts and Su Tan'er, probably no one would talk to him, which was quite boring, and these few people's words were not nutritious, which made him even more bored to have a meal. Well... how good is it to bring it back to the room to eat...

He is naturally not afraid of this feeling of being isolated and boring. His previous experience is enough to make him face all situations easily now, but taking a step back, of course, no one likes or pursues this feeling. He is watching Go now. With relish, if you have a choice, it is naturally more refreshing to play mahjong together.

The entanglement of interests and intrigue have not affected him at least for the time being. Of course, if he stays here, sooner or later, there will be some storms, but the problem is not a big problem. Su Taigong and Su Boyong are both still alive. It is limited. Of course, he is now living in Su's house, and the first problem in front of him is actually work.

When he woke up, it was because a brick had been knocked on his head, and he seemed to have lost his memory. Many things were put on hold for the time being, and he gradually recovered. The Su family had no expectations for him, but if it was really too idle , Of course it's not good. Only recently has someone raised the question of what he wants to do.He doesn't know this question either, doing business, working as a shopkeeper or a cashier in a branch - of course, it is more likely to be a supervisor of Dangdang - these are actually very unnecessary, and he is too lazy to contact him anymore. The attitude seems to be that he intends to let him go to the private school run by the Su family to be a teacher.

After this matter was brought up, it was temporarily rejected by the old lady Su, saying that it would take a while to let him see what he wanted to do, but in Ning Yi's opinion, the matter of becoming a teacher after a while was probably already done. can be determined.He also had several conversations with Mrs. Su. Mostly the old lady was talking about the friendship between his ancestors and his family, but the old man was able to support such a big family. Naturally, he was also a shrewd person. He probably saw his recent temperament. It's a little different from the nerd I used to be, so I took the time a little longer.

Of course, he hasn't deliberately concealed too much recently. He insisted on making himself look like a silly bookworm. The days are still long, and concealment is not the way to go. He has been watching all this with a sightseeing mentality.Of course, you can probably tell a part of your personality from your temperament and behavior, but to determine how someone is, whether he is suitable for business or teaching, or whether this person is a good person or a bad person, it is like playing a game of Go to see a person's character. It's impossible. As long as he doesn't do anything messy, and if it goes on like this for a while, the old lady will get bored from observing and will probably arrange for him to teach.

pretty good.

Although he was not a good student with excellent academic performance in his last life, Gu Wen always understands when he comes here. He was not a great scholar before, so no one should have high expectations for him. If you want to teach, be conservative. Just let the students shake their heads and memorize the articles every day, and they barely pass. When the mood is good, there is no problem in fooling people with some modern knowledge. Living in Su's house like this is justifiable.If you want to leave, you don’t have to think about it now, when no one knows each other. Even in modern times, if you want to live a better life, you have to have a considerable relationship. This is especially true in ancient times, even if you have built such a huge In a business empire, he wouldn't think that he could "take the world as he pleased" with a few taels of silver in ancient times. In any case, the Su family was still the best safe haven.

It rained for several days, and I stayed at home for a few days. Occasionally, I saw the three masters and servants in the opposite building holding oil-paper umbrellas and hurried out. I could also see them coming back in the rain. The attic, the garden pavilion, the drizzle, washed the white stone and green tiles so clear, they came from there, or lake green or white or light red dresses, the ladies of this age are the real ladies. The women who are packaged in modern times are different. No matter how they perform, those women have the smell of fireworks or copper. At this time, they will feel that everything is just like in an ink painting. They rushed back from the outside, avoiding the dripping eaves, and walking on the stairs. He patted the wet clothes, and then went upstairs... When it was dusk, there were also firelights lit up from the stretches of courtyards, dark red and dark red halos, some fixed, some Swimming, the dark night has the atmosphere of an ancient deep house compound.

Of course, this is the ancient deep house compound.

Gobang is easy to learn and not difficult to master. Xiaochan quickly learned it and became a master. In the next few days, when Ning Yi played with her again, it was always a situation of losing more and winning less. It was "infected" in the opposite small building at an extremely fast speed. Three days later, in the evening, Ning Yi lit the oil lamp and read a book. Xiaochan read it several times and made sure that he didn't tell him to leave. Ning Yi and Shangshu scrolled to the corridor. When I was in the courtyard below, I saw the scene of the girl holding the Go board and walking to the opposite small building, and then entered the room on the first floor opposite with Xing'er Juaner. In the chess scene, there are occasional silhouettes pointing fingers and jumping for joy. The little girl is probably twittering to teach the two sisters how to do it.It couldn't help but be funny.

The heavy rain lasted for several days before it stopped.Although I told Xiaochan before that I couldn't go to the Qinhuai River to watch Go, it was naturally a joke. Sure enough, this time the old man surnamed Qin who played the game in the past noticed him and said hello.

Not long after, the old man and his friend finished the game, and smiled and waved to Ning Yi, who was watching the battle next to him. First, he introduced him to the friend who was fighting, and then naturally Ning Yi and the man greeted each other. After the etiquette is up, let him also roughly talk about the opponent's view of the game of chess. Although it is not too serious, after each game, if there is a good player, it is necessary to review or show it among the chess players. It's like saying something like "If I don't do this, I won't lose...".Since the old man invited him to participate, he naturally recognized his Go level, and then he also made an invitation.

"Is Young Master Ning interested, let's play another game?"

Ning Yi nodded and agreed with a smile. While collecting the pieces, the old man smiled and talked.

"It's raining at home these days, and I recalled the chess game with a few friends that day. Young Master Ning has a lot of good hands, which is thought-provoking. This old man has been itching for many days. Today, the rain stopped, and the son really came, haha... …”

Although he somewhat thought that Ning Yi's chess playing method was not "gentleman" enough that day, he did not take it too seriously. On the contrary, as a chess player, he suddenly saw such a novel chess playing method. The memories and deductions in my heart become more and more "brooding".In this way, they chatted and played a game, but the old man lost again. Ning Yi did a little deduction with him, and he played another game, and he went home when it was getting dark.

He continued to come the next day, and it didn't take long for his future "job" problem to finally be settled.

On the first day of July, the whole family had a meal together, and Mrs. Su asked Ning Yi about his injury. Then he mentioned that a teacher in the academy was about to travel, and asked whether Ning Yi would like to teach in the academy.The old man's attitude was kind, but given his status in the family, the words were basically set as soon as he said it. Ning Yi was also mentally prepared before, so he naturally nodded and agreed, and then the old lady called Su Zhong, the second child in charge of the family's academy. Well, let him make arrangements after the previous teacher left.

There is still a period of time before the teacher leaves. The main way to kill time is to go to play Go, and the rest is to read books, practice calligraphy, and play Gobang with Xiaochan.After more than a month, the relationship with the Su family has not developed much, and he has become familiar with some people on the streets of the Qinhuai River.

The scenery of the street here is good, the trees are shady, but the location is slightly remote, and there are no big shops. Except for the tea shop next to it, which is slightly fixed, there will also be a few hawkers selling breakfast or buying vegetables in the morning. The surrounding houses It is sparse and sparse, and some houses built along the river will stick out from the water at one end, like stilted buildings by the river, and occasionally people will be seen going down to the river to wash their clothes and fetch water.

The old man surnamed Qin should have a good family background. He is a learned man with a lot of knowledge. He is said to be an ancient scholar and pedantic, but this is not the case for the old man.He will never be full of mouths, and he will not be sages at every turn. He is very flexible in speaking and seeing things, but if he chews carefully, the core is the way of Confucius and Mencius. This is the person who truly understands Confucius and Mencius.

If the study of Confucius and Mencius takes off the cloak that changes for the rule, the core part is actually the life principles summed up by the ancients. Many things on the philosophical level are applicable everywhere. Ning Yi can be said to this old man There is no need to worry too much about chatting occasionally. This old man probably used to be an official. Now that he is old, he will come out to set up chess stalls every day out of boredom.His family lives nearby, with a wife in her 50s, and a beautiful concubine in her 30s who occasionally comes out to deliver lunch, and Ning Yi also met twice.

The old man also has some regular chess friends, and most of them are learned old men, some from wealthy families, and some who seem to have a clear-cut attitude. At first, Ning Yi mostly sat on the sidelines and watched, and then gradually he was able to participate in the review. a few words.Naturally, there will be people who hold their own identity and criticize the statement of one of his juniors. For example, an old man surnamed Dong has criticized his unscrupulous tricks. His attitude is arrogant, and Ning Yi is too lazy to pay attention to him. It's the most boring thing to argue with an old man on principle.

Sitting at the tea stall every day, naturally I want to eat and drink some tea, and I am familiar with the owner of the tea stall.Xiaochan was bored, and occasionally sat and chatted with the tea stall owner's daughter. At first, the tea stall owner's daughter was said to have shyly inquired about Ning Yi's background. Only then did he look disappointed.Because it seems that Ning Yi is a noble son of a very good family, and he can take a maid every day to prove it, and he can talk to Qin Lao and occasionally say things that others can't understand. , it proves that he is very knowledgeable, if you can marry him... it's a pity that he is a child.

Chatting while playing chess is naturally carried out in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere at first. After two weeks, it becomes familiar. The old man may find some of Ning Yi's casual remarks thought-provoking, but of course there are times when he feels deviant. It's a difference in customs.Ning Yi was informal, and the two discussed chess while playing chess. A month later, they seriously talked about his identity.

Ning Yi didn't hide much about his identity. He said it before, the old man just nodded "oh". At that time, he was just a new chess player. At this time, everyone could chat, and it was barely a year-end acquaintance. After that, the meaning of mentioning it again will naturally be different.

"You can be considered unskilled. The matter of entering the family... It's a pity..."

Ning Yi didn't dabble too much in the collection of classics and history, and his rote homework was not good, so he was not considered a professional.Qin Lao is a great scholar in this regard. The two sides have been in contact for so long. Naturally, he has seen this, so he gave an evaluation of "unlearned and skillful". In fact, it is already a high praise, but Ning Yi is also Smile.

"There's nothing wrong with being in the family. You see, I go out to drink tea and play chess every day. I have Xiaochan's money, and the food and accommodation are good. I will be a teacher in a few days and teach a group of students without any burden. I This person is delicious and lazy, and he is already very good."

That is to say, but the status of the son-in-law these days is lower than the status of the general wife. When the wife enters the door, the spiritual position can be placed in the ancestral hall after death. The son-in-law is not even qualified to enter the ancestral hall. Everything was looked down upon by others, and he had basically cut off all paths of chasing fame and fortune, and could only work hard as an accessory of the Su family.Ning Yi had read everything in his previous life, but how could ordinary young people have such a state of mind? Boss Qin could not help but feel embarrassed when he saw that he had some talents.

"... Besides, the Su family is also a family of businessmen. In addition to the businessman's pursuit of profit, although it has a good reputation, even if you have talent, knowledge, fame and fortune, I am afraid that it will not fall on you after all."

The old man said this because he saw deeply, and regardless of the attitude of the outside world towards his son-in-law, even if Ning Yi was really talented, the Su family wouldn't want him to go to the exam and get famous.When I brought him into the marriage, it was because I saw that he was a nerd, and Mrs. Su was a righteous person. I remembered the agreement with the elder Ning Yi, and Ning Yi was considered to be a little bit literary, but it was not so knowledgeable that I came here. Su Tan'er can also hold back, even from Ning Yi's point of view, the nerd in the past is actually smeared, and he has no intention of slandering the Su family, so he just laughed it off.However, after hearing the old man discuss the right and wrong of the Su family, Xiaochan, who overheard it while sitting aside, blushed and couldn't help but come over.

"Old... Grandpa, after Uncle came to Su's house, Miss has never treated uncle badly. Miss is a very good person, and she will not treat uncle badly in the future!"

The little girl was nervous and serious.She grew up by Su Tan'er's side since she was a child, and she loved her sisters. At this time, she might not be able to hear the deep meaning behind the old man's words, but she probably knew that the old man was talking about the Su family.When talking with outsiders, the average housemaid is a little maid who has no room to intervene, but the son-in-law has a special status, some are very face-saving, and some maids are dismissive, but Xiao Chan is by Su Tan'er's side, and her education is very good. Naturally, it won't be the latter. It's just nervous about the reputation of the young lady and even the Su family, and I don't know how much courage I mustered to say these words with refutation.

In the past, Xiaochan always stayed by the side quietly, well-behaved and sensible, but Lao Qin was already used to the existence of this little girl. At this time, he was slightly stunned. Ning Yi looked at Xiaochan a few times, but he was already smiling. He came out, raised his hand and dropped a child.

"Haha, you old man, you are so worried about eating radishes, you must have offended Xiaochan now. If your words spread in the Su family, it would be me who would suffer."

The old man also laughed: "Haha, I've made a blunder, I want to teach the little girl to know that this old man didn't mean to accuse the Su family, but it is indeed the old man who made a blunder to talk about other people's family affairs. I'm sorry, sorry... …”

He openly apologized to Xiaochan, but Xiaochan was not necessarily angry, just serious, that nervous and serious expression did not fade until she left with Ning Yi, it even seemed to be a little thicker, and lowered her head along the way. Behind Ning Yi, the already petite body seemed to have become smaller because of the silence. Ning Yi pouted helplessly and turned back to comfort: "What's the matter? You're still angry."

Before the words were finished, Xiaochan's shoulders shrank, her mouth flattened, and tears rolled out of her eyes like broken pearls.

The matter seems to be serious... Ning Yi was stunned for a while, then softened his voice: "What's the matter?"

"Little Chan..." The little girl choked and raised her head to look at him, "Although Xiaochan is a little girl who doesn't understand anything, she won't talk about this kind of thing. It will spread, that is to refer to Xiaochan, to refer to Xiaochan...not my duty..."

Xiaochan shrugged her shoulders and choked even more. Ning Yi looked at her for a while. She originally thought that this little girl was sullen because of the old man's words all the way, but who knew that she felt wronged because of her joke, and then she couldn't help laughing. speak out.

"Uncle...you still...goo-"

The little girl's choked words leaked out before she could finish speaking, but Ning Yi suddenly stretched out her hands, pinched her cheeks, and pulled her face into a big pie. Now it was the little girl's turn to stay there. Both eyes were rounded, like lanterns. After blinking twice, Ning Yi let go of her face and patted her on the shoulder lightly: "Let's go." Turned around and left.

After a while, the little girl followed, with a frightened look on her face, and her face flushed red at the same time: "Uncle, uncle, you..." She wanted to denounce Ning Yi's behavior just now.In fact, this matter can be big or small. In the past few months, the two have been getting along day and night. Occasionally Xiaochan helps him measure clothes, and more often he wears clothes. There is actually some physical contact, but that's all. It was an accidental touch.

The history of Ning Yi's coming has basically gone astray, but the Wu Dynasty and the Song Dynasty are actually very similar, although Cheng Zhu Li did not appear exactly the same, but by this time, men and women have also paid a lot of attention to defense.Xiaochan is a maid, and it is impossible to ask other women to serve the people around her. If Su Taner were to marry Ning Yi, as one of the three maids, she would be Ning Yi's concubine in the future. However, now that Ning Yi is married to the Su family, everything is actually up to Su Taner.

After all, the status of the son-in-law is low. As far as the folks are concerned, it is generally believed that men with a little backbone or persistence will not join the son-in-law. This is also because the status of the son-in-law in many families is actually no different from that of a slave. Most women's family members For the men who are in the widow, they can only support a long-term worker.Of course, the situation of each family is different. If the relationship between husband and wife is good, or the husband-in-law actually has some skills, it is not surprising that they can naturally have their own place in the family.

In the Su family, the old lady Su was thinking about the friendship of the previous generations, and actually took good care of Ning Yi, so the family would not despise him explicitly.Although Su Tan'er had expressed her resistance to this marriage, her attitude towards Ning Yi at this time was considered peaceful.But even if this is the case, or if the relationship between the two develops in the future and becomes a real husband and wife, the possibility that she will allow Ning Yi to have an intimate relationship with Chan'er in the future is not high.Although the three maids have followed Su Tan'er since childhood, and Su Tan'er will work in the future, I am afraid that she will never let go of these three domesticated little girls in her life, but what is more likely to happen is that they may be betrothed to some loyal ones. The more promising servants, while keeping them in the Su family for the rest of their lives.

Of course, this is just a random prank, Ning Yi may not think so much, and the little girl naturally can't think of too complicated, but even if she is not angry, she is still a bit shy after all, at this time, her face is red and angry, she rushed up and tried to summarize With words enough to describe Ning Yi's behavior as a disciple, he finally just said, "Uncle, you are bullying people!"

"Well." Ning Yi nodded and shrugged, "I just bullied you, what are you doing?"

"Did it..." Chan'er blinked, then got angry again, "Say something that Chan'er doesn't understand..."

"Haha." By the street, Ning Yi smiled happily.

When I first arrived here, my mood was actually quite gloomy, but after being bored for so long recently, the gloomy mood gradually dissipated. I felt that the ancient times were bullying people. I used Go to bully the old school, and now I will bully the little girl. , actually quite interesting.

Walking in the direction of going home, Xiaochan jumped and talked behind her. She was a little shy at first, and then she talked about other trivial matters. She walked all the way to the distance from Su's house. In the relatively prosperous street not far away, a person suddenly came over to say hello and stopped the two of them.

There are many Su family members. When they come back from here every day, they often meet some Su family members. Some are willing to say hello to Ning Yi, and some are disdainful to talk to him. A few times, they will meet Su Taner and go back from here. , because there is a Su's Clothing Store next to the street.At this time, the man came out of the Su family's cloth shop. He was in his early twenties. He was holding a folding fan and looked like a romantic genius. The little servant came over.

It is estimated that the owner of this body knew someone in the past, but Ning Yi couldn't recognize it at this time.He glanced at him in doubt, but saw that Su Tan'er's carriage was also parked by the road not far away. A small head shook in the middle of the cloth line. He glanced here, and then ran inside again. Xing’er, who followed Su Tan’er, saw Ning Yi and Chan’er, so she ran to ask Su Tan’er to come out.

The man smiled and gradually approached. Although Ning Yi didn't know his name, it was very easy to deal with this kind of thing. Just as he was about to say hello with a smile, Chan'er behind him tugged at the corner of his shirt: "Master, that's Dachuanbu. Young Master Xue." In his words, he was slightly uneasy.

Ning Yi realized that although the person had never seen it before, this person had indeed heard of it.

After coming to this era, I pretended to have amnesia. I had inquired about my identity before, but it was a simple life, but when the Su family such as Chan'er and Xing'er talked about it, there were always some taboos, such as the night of their marriage. Su Tan'er ran away, he was knocked on a brick.

But even if it was a taboo, after a few months, Ning Yi already knew what he should know. The one who secretly knocked on the brick should be Xue Jin, who is in front of Dachuan. Xiaochan was uneasy at this time. It is estimated that he was also afraid that Ning Yi would get angry and suffer a loss if he did something.

But how could Ning Yi put a complicated expression on his face? At this time, Shi Shi smiled and nodded: "Oh, Master Xue, hello."

He smiled naturally and had a calm attitude, but Xue Jin, who was opposite him, was slightly stunned, looked at the two attendants beside him, and then laughed again: "I heard that Brother Ning was accidentally injured on the day of marriage, and he had some amnesia. I was originally there, but I left early because I had something to do, but I couldn't find time later, but I never went to visit.

On the opposite side, Ning Yi seemed a little embarrassed. With a sincere and deep apology, he showed an apologetic smile: "What happened in the past is really... Oh, Brother Xue, forgive me, forgive me..."

Xue Jin glared at him suspiciously with complicated eyes. At this time, at the door of the store opposite, Su Tan'er had already rushed out with a frown.

(End of this chapter)