The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Seeing Mr. Xia crying, Huanniang felt a little bit unbearable that Mr. Xia punished the other party so much, but she was indeed a bit of a bully. After all, the other party was just a woman; I scolded the young master, but that's actually not a big deal.

Thinking of this, Huan Niang pulled Su Jin's clothes and said, "Young master, Liu Bu Nu's family has a way to resolve the dispute between the two families."

Su Jin said: "Let's talk about it later, now we have to find an inn and settle down. We can't afford to live in a fifty-one-month house. Your son has two pennies, but it doesn't make sense to squander it like this. If you have a lot of money, you might as well help you and your little one." Sui Er made some earrings and made some bracelets."

Huanniang blushed when she heard the meaning of Su Jin's words, she blushed and said, "Master, I will go to school tomorrow. If you can settle down, why not do it? Fifty pennies a month, I'm afraid it's Mr. Xia, I'm just talking casually." In the end, both of them have to go to the inn, why bother?"

Everyone heard what she said made sense and looked at her expecting her to tell the solution; Mr. Xia also stopped crying and stared at Huanniang with two watery eyes.

After thinking about it, Su Jin was still making troubles, and he still wanted to get angry at the inn, but the problem was not resolved, it would be better to listen to Huanniang's opinion, so he said: "Tell me about it."

Huanniang took two steps and said to Mr. Xia with a blessing: "Mr. Xia, my son didn't intend to mess with you. We all came from a long way. What we need is a place to stay. Now it's time to go. I'm afraid it's too late to look for it, and I'm afraid it will delay tomorrow's study. The slave family boldly proposed a solution, Mr. Xia and my son. If they agree, it's better if they don't agree. Don't blame the slave family for talking too much."

Su Jin said in his heart: The little lady is not very talkative, but she is so orderly and orderly when she speaks that she can't even refuse the suggestion of self-modesty.

Mr. Xia nodded and said: "I have no enmity with your son, it's just a few quarrels yesterday. This little lady said that I would like to hear more about it."

Su Jin smiled slightly and said, "What Mr. Xia said was just a few words of quarrel with us, and it's not a big deal. I accept Mr. Xia's apology."

Mr. Xia was depressed: "Who apologized to you? How could such a lazy man with a thick skin like a city wall take the initiative to step down the steps for himself?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Huan Niang hurriedly said: "It's a great thing for the two young masters to be able to reunite. From now on, they will be classmates in the same academy. Why bother to turn against each other? Mr. Xia is magnanimous. My son's benevolence is just a matter of righteousness." After exposing it, how about listening to the servants talk about the solution to this house?"

Huanniang coaxed Mr. Xia and Su Jin a lot, but she was really embarrassed to say anything.

Huanniang seldom spoke in front of so many people, she was a little nervous, opened her small mouth and gasped for a few breaths, then pointed to the courtyard and said: "The two young masters see that this courtyard is so big that there are more than a dozen rooms in the wing room plus the main hall. There are only seven or eight people in each of our families, and it’s too spacious to live here. It’s estimated that at least half of the houses should be vacated, wouldn’t it be a waste?”

"What do you mean, little lady?" Mr. Xia hesitated.

"What I mean by this is that the house is so big that there is more than enough room for our two families to live in. The well water does not interfere with the river water, so that we can all settle down without having to find another place; and this house is adjacent to the south gate. It is said that the two young masters lived there. Isn't it convenient for both of them that the Academy is located on the shore of the South Lake outside the South Gate and is so close?"

"No! Absolutely not!" Before Mr. Xia could say anything, the maid over there made a statement first. They all knew that Mr. Xia was a female, how could they live with a strange man? The guy who eats must be chopped off by Master Xia; Master Xia will not give you any chance to defend yourself.

Mr. Xia lowered his head thoughtfully and remained silent. Here, Su Jin took the lead in expressing his opinion: "Agreed, please raise your hands and feet to agree, so that I won't need to look for a house outside Dongtou Inn and west. Who will be impatient when I start school tomorrow?" I worry about this every day; in addition, renting this house together will save our two snipe and clam from fighting. .”

Zheng Daguan on the side was shot while lying down, feeling depressed: Who the hell is sitting on the ground and raising the price, and the master didn't say a word about your own troubles, okay?Can you help me raise the price yourself, can you still refuse?Is the master the second idiot on the street?

Mr. Xia has already had a deep impression of Su Jin's shamelessness. After listening to his words, he just felt that he was even more shameless, but he didn't feel too disgusted; what's more, what he said made sense, and he was going to school tomorrow. Living here is really heartbreaking.

A place like an inn is definitely not suitable for a place where you can live there every day for one or two nights, not to mention the money. It is not a place for scholars to stay just because people of all colors come and go every day; who can guarantee that you can stay in another house? Find a suitable house in the south city. If the south city can’t find something, it’s useless if there is a house in the north city. It’s probably two hours to rush to the academy early. The streets are bustling with people.

Thinking of this, Mr. Xia gritted his teeth and raised his head, "I agree."

"Son, you..."

"My lord, you have to think clearly..."

The accompanying maids all expressed their surprise. Su Jin thought, "It's not like a tiger ate your son, so why should I be so careful?"

"I have a condition. If your son agrees, we will rent this house together. Otherwise, we will give up." Mr. Xia was unwilling to compromise so easily to find a place to go back.

"Young Master said." Huan Niang said.

"First, I live in the east and west wing rooms with six rooms on the east side, and you live in eight rooms on the west side. No one is allowed to cross the boundary without permission. If you cross the boundary without permission, it will be treated as a trespass and killed, regardless of whether it is a servant or a master."

"Of course I live in the same house, but the well water and the river water are free from trespassing and stealing. I can just do things according to the official regulations of the Song Dynasty."

Su Jin said in his heart: You are afraid of me even more, but I have a hundred taels of gold ingots and thousands of coins with me.

"Secondly, the main hall and the small garden at the back belong to me. What do you think of this big courtyard being shared?"

Before Huanniang could answer, Su Jin quit: "Why? We have a lot of people in the main hall and we don't allow us to come and go. Where do you tell me to receive guests? Could it be possible to set up an open-air table in the yard? The small garden behind me We also want us book people to read the books every morning with the birds singing, the fragrance of flowers and the morning dew. Why should you use them for me or not? No, no, no."

Mr. Xia said: "Is there no one to welcome you when you come to receive me? You don't want to read books? Is love going to be successful or not?"

"Pull it down! Pull it down!" Su Jin waved.

Seeing that these two people turned their faces like fighting cocks instantly, everyone was sweating profusely. Huan Niang coughed lightly and said, "The two young masters, Mo Zhengnu's house, is still a public garden and main hall. You don't go to the main hall very often. You shouldn't disturb each other, just greet each other in advance. So as not to disturb the other party, isn’t there a side hall? It’s not a big deal for guests to meet in the side hall.”

Su Jin and Mr. Xia fell silent, seeming to agree with Huanniang's words. Huanniang smiled and said, "Does Mr. Xia still have an agreement with Chapter 3?"

Mr. Xia raised his head and thought for a long time and said, "I can't remember it at the moment, and I'll talk about it when I remember it."

Huanniang nodded and looked at Su Jin. Su Jin said: "You can't remember that I have something to say."

Mr. Xia gouged out his eyes and got angry; Su Jin laughed and said: "There is only one thing, please next time Mr. Xia whispers, please don't speak in the yard or in a public place in front of the crowd, or else I will not talk to you." Accidentally passing by and being wronged for eavesdropping, this young master is upright, but I can't be charged with this crime."

"You..." Mr. Xia was about to go berserk again.

"It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing else, move things and clean the house..." Su Jin didn't care about Mr. Xia who was about to run away and waved his hand.

With a promise, everyone rushed to the door to unload the mule cart; Mr. Xia changed his eyes several times and finally held back his anger and scolded the stunned people around him: "You still don't want to move things? You want me...Young master, can you do it? "

Only then did the group of people rush towards their carriage obediently.

Zheng Daguan was surprised to see the two families discussing things on their own initiative, even the owner of the house couldn't intervene, and hurriedly said: "Ah, ah, ah, the rent has not been discussed yet, why are you moving things in?"

Su Jin carried a stool and walked inside without looking back, "The family will give you three guan, and you will earn six guan in a month, just to have fun with you."

Zheng Daguan wanted to cry but had no tears: "It's fifty guan as agreed."

"Why don't you go and grab it?" Mr. Xia said angrily, "Fifty pennies a month, do you believe that I will go to the government to sue you for extorting money?"

Zheng Daguan shrank his body and drooped his head, thinking: What the hell is going on? I am the landlord, why is he being called around and treated like a mistress.

Aunt Zhao tugged at the corner of his clothes and said, "Don't say it, it's not bad. For six pennies, you can rent two houses outside your house. Don't be dissatisfied."

After thinking about it, Zheng Daguan said with a mournful face: "Who will establish the evidence? When will it be established?"

Su Jin pointed to the big table in the hall and said, "Go and write in triplicate, and we will sign and pay right away, so don't bother to go back and forth."

Zheng Daguan had no choice but to obediently lie on the table and write the contract one by one.