The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The third is to ask for tickets and collections.

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On the evening of the sixth day of July, a few people from Sujin came to Yingtian Mansion outside the west gate. Seeing that it was getting late, they temporarily settled down in a small market town five or six miles away from the city gate. .

Normally speaking, Luzhou is a four-day journey from Yingtianfu, because they still need to find a house to settle in Yingtianfu, Su Jin and his party had to travel day and night and only took three days to arrive in Yingtianfu.

A few people asked for five rooms next to each other and ordered the waiter in the shop to prepare hot water for bathing. After a long day of hard work, the faces of the few people were covered with dust. Although they were also working at the inn, they had never taken a serious bath due to fatigue; Now that we have returned to the land, there is no need to worry about the delay of the trip. Naturally, we have to take a good bath.

Several people took a shower and changed into dry clothes, and each of them looked refreshed and radiant like a changed person.

Huanniang and Xiao Sui'er came to help Su Jin tidy her hair for a long time. Su Jin changed into a light green shirt with a purple belt on her head, and her hair was even more stinky. She took a folding fan in her hand and a group of arty people came to the lobby for dinner.

Seeing Su Jinqi, Yu Bufan personally greeted the shopkeeper, "This little official has come from a long way? What do you want to eat?"

After ordering some dishes casually, Su Jin said with a smile: "How can the shopkeeper's good eyesight tell that we are from other places?"

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "Young Master, you come here and speak with a southern accent. Even if you are blind, you can guess it."

Su Jin laughed loudly, the shopkeeper said with a smile: "What's more, our Yingtianfu Academy will start soon, and there will be an endless stream of students coming and going. The small officials must also come to the academy to study."

Su Jin admired and pointed his fingers and said with a smile: "You can guess the shopkeeper's falcon eyes and know people to the bone."

The shopkeeper pointed to a few people in the corner of the lobby with a hint of shyness on his face, as if he was being praised for the first time, and said, "There are also people who came to book over there, but the old people from the capital guessed it based on their identities." You also came to the academy to study."

Su Jin turned his head and saw that there was indeed a thin and luxuriously dressed figure with his back facing him in the corner, and several servants who looked like servants sat sideways on a stool and buried their heads in eating.

Su Jin smiled and said, "How come people from the capital still come here to study? Do you have to come to Yingtian Academy because there are hundreds of doctors in Bianliang City Academy?"

The shopkeeper said solemnly: "Little official, you don't know. Our Yingtian Mansion is not an ordinary place. How many people in the world want to come here to gain good fortune, let alone students like you who come to Yingtian Mansion to write a letter?" It is the hope of all scholars in the world."

Xiao Sui'er pouted, rolled her eyes and said, "Blowing...!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly turned to her and said, "Don't believe me, my lady, when did I, Qian Sitong, tell a lie? There is a reason why my lady doesn't know."

Su Jin was interested and asked with a smile: "What's the reason? If the old man is not busy, can you tell me to open my eyes."

Shopkeeper Qian Sitong looked around the entire lobby, there were only two or three tables in the dining cabinet, and two guys were enough to deal with him. He is also a chatty master, so he simply sat down and shook his head, saying: "Do you know that the great grandfather of this dynasty is It was born in Yingtian. At that time, the place was called Songzhou. The Taizu Ye used to be the governor of the Guide Army. It was in Songzhou. Later, the Taizu Ye won the title of "Ying Tian Guang Yun Ren Sheng Wu Zhi" by the officials of the world. Emperor De' has Yingtian Er in it, so the former emperor renamed this place Yingtianfu."

Su Jin was shocked and said: "Oh? There are such allusions?"

Qian Sitong said with a smile: "I'm afraid the little official is hard to hear what's going on outside the window. Yingtian Mansion, the land of dragons and dragons, is a place of fortune. Since the little official is going to our Yingtian Academy to study, he should know the reason for it. Woolen cloth."

Su Jin said: "I'm so ignorant and ignorant that the shopkeeper will laugh at you."

Qian Sitong tapped his hand on the table and said, "Although the little official doesn't know the origin of Yingtian Mansion, it's the right way to come here to study. This Yingtian Academy is very famous. Thanks to the good luck of the great grandfather The anger is very out of many people."

Xiao Sui'er curled her lips again and said, "It's blowing again."

Qian Sitong said anxiously: "Why are you bragging? Our Yingtian Mansion has produced a lot of champions. Zhang Fangping, Fu Bi, Sun Fu, Shi Jie and other important officials of the imperial court who are contemporary great Confucians don’t mention Fan Xi and Fan Gong, you should know about it?”

Xiao Sui'er shook her head and said, "I don't know."

Xiao Zhuzi shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Shopkeeper Qian rolled his eyes and said, "Why are you... aren't you from the Song Dynasty?"

Su Jin saw that the shopkeeper's story was familiar and kind, and couldn't bear it. He laughed anxiously and said, "Isn't it Master Fan Zhongyan?"

"That's right, that's right, he is Mr. Fan, a petty official, and he is worthy of being a scholar. If Mr. Fan doesn't even know about it, it will make others laugh."

Xiao Sui'er was unhappy and stared wide-eyed and said, "You mean this girl is ridiculous?"

The shopkeeper didn't expect to be blamed for his inappropriate words, and quickly apologized, saying: "Don't blame the old man for making a slip of the tongue, little lady."

Xiao Sui'er taunted: "What's the use of knowing more? You're not much better than me when you open a shop and sell wine here."

"Yes, yes, I was offended by the old man." The shopkeeper's attitude of admitting his mistakes is quite good.

Su Jin and Huanniang looked at each other and laughed, Xiao Sui'er was never easy to mess with, the master saw the shopkeeper's blushing face and hurriedly laughed, "Don't blame my little servant, old man, for speaking like a knife." Hurry up and help me wait for the drink-inducing food to eat, and my stomach is almost starving."

Qian Sitong hurried away as if following Lun's order, while urging the cook to hurry up with the food and drink, while pointing out Xiao Sui'er to the boys, telling them to be careful with that little lady is not easy to provoke.

A few people are indeed hungry, and Su Jin makes an exception to allow Xiao Zhuzi and the three coachmen to drink some wine. In fact, they are the hardest along the way. Su Jin and others can still take a nap in the carriage. In the scorching heat, I was sweating profusely to drive the cart.

Xiao Sui'er only took one mouthful, then stuck out her tongue and said, "This dish is too ordinary, and I don't know how many people come to eat it in a year even if this skill is still open."

Qian Sitong heard the truth but pretended to settle accounts and beat the abacus beads so loudly that he didn't even dare to lift his head and muttered in his heart: "Only women and villains are hard to raise."

Su Jin took a sip and it was really not very good, except for the spicy taste in his mouth, he couldn't taste anything. Xiao Zhuzi, the other two drivers, and the four guards including Wang Chao Mahan tasted quite delicious.

Xiao Sui'er frowned and said, "Are you all pigs? You also slap your mouths on this unpalatable dish."

Xiaozhuzi chewed his mouthful of mutton and swallowed it with difficulty, and then he smiled and said, "Sister Sui'er, I think it's pretty good. Compared with the food and drink in Hefenglou, it's not as good as it is outside, but it's not as good as hungry. This is a delicacy for the stomach."

Su Jin's heart trembled when he heard him talking about He Fenglou, Yan Biyun's beautiful face suddenly appeared in his mind, and his face darkened.

No one else noticed the change in Su Jin's facial expression, only Huan Niang frowned slightly and looked at Su Jin worriedly.

The dishes were unappetizing, and the words touched the sore spot. Su Jin suddenly lost his appetite, so he asked Xiao Sui'er to order three bowls of Yinsi noodles, specifically emphasizing no chili, no pepper, no lamb soup, just a bowl of clear water vermicelli.

The shopkeeper did as instructed, puzzled and thought to himself: how delicious the chili is, how appetizing it is, how delicious the mutton soup is, these sons and daughters obviously eat fine clothes and fine food on weekdays. It's strange that the officials and the two young ladies who are juicy eat delicious food.

The happiest thing is that Xiao Zhuzi, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others filled the table and all the food and drink belonged to them. Now they opened their bellies to eat and drink. up.