The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

A few people walked, ate, and played all the way. The time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already noon. The few people found a restaurant, found a private room, sat down, ordered food, and ate. His mouth and stomach can no longer tolerate this kind of shoddy food, so Su Jin couldn't eat a bite when everyone raised their chopsticks to eat.

Aunt Zhao checked her words and saw Su Jin secretly sighed, and said: "I sigh after eating, the dishes are not as good as you like, I am afraid that the officials are not very satisfied with the dishes."

Su Jin smiled and said, "It's okay for you to eat as you please. You ate a lot of snacks in the morning and you're still full now."

Xiao Sui'er put down her chopsticks and said, "My lord, what do you want to eat, or we can go out and buy some and come back without eating."

Huanniang also said: "That's right, the little food I ate in the morning has already been used up, so I have to eat some anyway."

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about me eating quickly, there are still many places to play in the afternoon."

Aunt Zhao said: "Little officials, how can you play in the afternoon if you don't eat? Didn't you mean to go to Mulan Temple? It's far away from Beicheng. Why don't I go out and get some Dongcheng Lake hairy crabs from Xinshi for the little officials? Come and taste?"

Su Jin cheered up and said, "Hairy crabs? This one is not bad. Don't there be delicacies from this city in restaurants?"

Aunt Zhao poked her head out of the private room to look at the busy restaurant waiters, covered her mouth with her hand and said softly: "To tell you the truth, the best hairy crabs we make in Yingtianfu is "Zaoliangzhai"; It’s all just average.”

Su Jin laughed and said, "What's the difference? It's just steamed and braised in brown sauce, what other tricks can you cook?"

Aunt Zhao said: "I don't know anything about the little officials. They are all steamed, but the difference lies in the sauce. The sauce in "Ruoliangzhai" is an old recipe passed down from the ancestors. No one can match the little officials. I will sit at the slave's house for a while to help you bring two back to taste. Taste and you'll know."

Su Jin suddenly realized that the delicious taste of hairy crabs and other sauces can complement each other. Under the circumstances that the ingredients are the same and the steaming methods are similar Sister-in-law ran around and there were eight people sitting here, and sixteen came."

Aunt Zhao couldn't help but say yes, but Aunt Zhang has never eaten the hairy crabs in "Zaoliangzhai". This time, thanks to the blessing of the little official, I was able to taste this delicacy. I will definitely pack one and bring it back to Lao Jiang to try it out.

Aunt Zhao went there with a smile on her face. After about a stick of incense, she suddenly turned pale and rushed back quickly with her hands empty and she didn't even see a crab claw.

"It's unbelievable..." Aunt Zhao panted heavily as she put the curtain on the door of the private room tightly.

"What's the matter, auntie took a sip of water and slowly said that this is a robbery?" Xiao Sui'er hurriedly handed over a cup of herbal tea.

Aunt Zhao gulped down the herbal tea and said with a strange expression: "Miss, you are joking, there are no robbers in broad daylight."

Su Jin said: "I ran into something and said that in a panic."

Aunt Zhao gave a blessing first and said: "Your official, don't wonder if you dare to ask the name of the younger official, but is it Su Jin?"

Su Jin asked in surprise: "Yeah, what's the matter?"

Aunt Zhao said in an inaudible voice: "My family has just left the corner of the street, and the yamen servants all over the street are looking for someone. The one who is looking for someone is a student named Su Jin from Yingtianfu Academy. I don't think he is a petty official? I am in a hurry. Xie didn't dare to buy it, and stood aside to eavesdrop on those government servants asking the passers-by on the street, but they didn't understand the reason, so why don't you hurry back and report the news."

Everyone was stunned. The fact that the yamen servant was looking for Su Jin seemed to have something to do with the government. Could it be that they didn't understand the affairs of Luzhou?The prefect of Zhu sent a letter to Ying Tianfu to take Su Jin?

"Did the little official do something wrong? What should I do?" Aunt Zhao rubbed her hands anxiously.

Xiao Sui'er also asked anxiously: "What's going on, did you commit any crime in the academy?"

Su Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What can I do? Is it possible that Shucuju can be convicted?" Immediately he stood up and said, "I'll go and see what's wrong with me."

Aunt Zhao hurriedly grabbed Su Jin and said, "You can't go out. Those yamen servants are vicious. Ying Tianfu is not the hometown of petty officials. Once you enter the yamen, there is no one to talk."

Xiao Sui'er also said: "That's right, my lord, just stay with the little maid and go outside to find out the news."

Su Jin waved his hands and said, "It's a blessing or a curse or a disaster to avoid, but I ask myself that I haven't violated the laws of the Song Dynasty. I am not afraid of the shadow, so I will stay in the restaurant all my life and not go out?"

Huanniang also said: "Young master is right and wrong, you have to figure out that hiding is not the way."

Xiao Sui'er rolled Huanniang's eyes and said: "It's easy for you to say, in case the master is locked up by the yamen servants, you go and take the punishment for the master."

Huanniang blushed and said softly, "I think I'm afraid I won't have that blessing."

Su Jin said with a smile: "You guys are really worried too much and just follow me out if you have something to do."

Chao Mahan and the others put down their chopsticks and said, "Whoever dares to touch a single hair of the young master first ask the master's fist as big as a sand bowl if he agrees."

Su Jin reprimanded: "Don't make a fool of yourself, we are decent and good citizens, are we fighting with government servants?"

After finishing speaking, he got up and lifted the curtain and went out of the restaurant. When he came to the street, he saw the sun shining brightly, and the earth seemed to be on fire. The pedestrians on the street hurried by, most of them were staying indoors or under the shade of trees to escape the heat.

Su Jin looked around and there was no trace of the yamen servants. Ever since he met Yan Biyun's driver in the afternoon, he was filled with depression. At this moment, he suddenly wanted to vent. He stood with his hips on the street and shouted loudly: "Who is Su Jin here?" Find me."

People resting in the shops on the street stuck their heads out one after another to watch the pointing and talking.

Su Jin ignored him and barked three times. After a while, he saw several yamen servants flocking to him at the corner in front of him, shouting loudly, "Who calls himself Su Jin?"

Su Jin stepped forward and said, "It's Luzhou Su Jin who is right next to me."

The gang of yamen servants ran over yelling, looking very anxious. Seeing this, Xiao Sui'er suddenly raised her arms and stopped Su Jin in front of her mouth, saying: "Damn, little Zhuzi Dynasty, Zhao Hu, why don't you stop me? The yamen servants are here to lock people up." If you eat it, what do you need it for?"

Su Jin smiled wryly and shook his head, gently pushed Xiao Sui'er aside and stepped forward to meet him; a small leader among the yamen servants rushed forward and grabbed Su Jin's arm, with beads of sweat rolling down his face, saying: "But Looking for you."

Xiao Sui'er rushed forward like a tigress and broke the hand of the yamen servant, saying: "What are you doing? If my young master has committed any crimes, you will lock him up."

The second monk Zhang, the yamen servant, couldn't figure it out and said in astonishment: "Little lady, what are you doing? Who said you're going to lock him up? I'm waiting for my brother to come to look for your son on the order of Lord Yan. Why did you say you're going to lock him up?"

Everyone was dumbfounded for a moment, it turned out that Master Yan wanted to see Su Jin and couldn't find it all over the street, so Xiao Sui'er blushed, let go of her hands and backed away embarrassingly.

The yamen servant rubbed his pinched arm and said: "Little lady has such a strong hand, this piece of flesh is going to bruise."

Su Jin hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Brother Tolerance has worked hard, I don't know what's up with Mr. Yan Xun."

The yamen servant bowed his hands and returned the salute: "Young Master told me to wait to find Mr. Yan. If you want to see Young Master, he ordered me to come to Mr. Su to go to the academy for a while. I don't know what it is."

Su Jin knew that these were errand officials and officials, those who moved their mouths, these people would break their legs, it's hard for them to find themselves in such a hot Tianman Street, and then thanked him repeatedly Xiao Sui'er took out a consistent amount of money and stuffed it on the head of the yamen servant Mushou said: "Brother Tolerance will take it and bring the brothers to drink some ice water to quench their thirst. It will be very helpful."

The leader of the yamen servant pretended to decline for a while, then he put the copper money into his arms and said, "So thank you, sir, for looking at the man's car and waiting at the stone bridge in front. Mr. Su, let's move the cart."

Su Jin turned her head and said to Huanniang Xiaosui'er apologetically, "If you can't play this afternoon, why don't you go play with Aunt Zhao and I'll ask you to make up for it next time."

Huan Niang said: "Young Master, don't worry about it. We should be more careful when we see Mr. Yan. If something happens, Xiao Zhuzi will send a message back so that we won't be impatient."

Su Jin said: "Understood." With a gesture of stretching out his palm, he led the small pillar and followed several yamen servants forward.

Everyone watched Su Jin walk away, Xiao Sui'er let out a sigh of relief and said, "It frightened me so it was a false alarm."

Huanniang laughed and said, "Young Master, you have a lot of face, Master Yan is always asking him to talk."

Xiao Sui'er asked, "Sister Huanniang, do you think Mr. Yan's meeting him is a blessing or a curse?"

Huanniang said: "Have you not seen Yan Dong's car driving? Maybe..." After she finished speaking, she fell silent.

Xiao Sui'er stomped her feet and said, "Let's go back to the son and the master isn't here. It's so hot that it's so hot."

Huanniang said: "Well, let's go out and play again next time."

The group of people called a car on the side of the road and drove back to Nancheng in a waning mood.