The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Xiao Sui'er and Huanniang seemed extremely uncomfortable with Su Jin's sudden strenuous efforts to study. They didn't know why the young master was working so hard all of a sudden. Apart from eating and sleeping, he was clutching the book and chanting words almost all the time. He didn't know what he was talking about, and the whole person suddenly returned to the dull state before the coma, and time seemed to turn back again. The old Su Jin who loved to talk and laugh disappeared, and was replaced by a bookworm Su Jin .

The two girls were deeply worried. What is the son so desperate for?From Xiao Sui'er's point of view, studying and becoming an official is nothing more than superfluous. In Luzhou Mansion, the family has a great career, and they live a good life without worrying about food and clothing. Why go out to be an official? Besides, all the officials are Bad guy, if the young master becomes an official, won't he also become bad?

But Huanniang was not worried about this. Seeing Su Jin like this, she was afraid that he would make mistakes in his studies. She heard that there was a scholar in Jeju Prefecture named Fan Jin. He studied until he was 50 or 20 years old. On the day when he finally won Juren, he was so happy that he went crazy, running around in his naked clothes all day long, the young master worked so hard, in case he couldn't turn his head around for a while and made a mistake, what should be done.

The two unanimously shared their worries with Yan Biyun, who came here from time to time. Yan Biyun was taken aback for a moment, then pursed her lips and smiled. She knew that Su Jin was trying to prove herself. With Su Jin's temper, he thought of what he had but didn't get. Although it was not his intention to come to the academy to study and take the exam this time, he would never tolerate returning empty-handed; at the same time, the contempt Su Jin received in Luzhou and Yingtian Mansion because of his own status was not unreasonable. At least, Su Jin is going to slap these people in the face through this imperial examination.

Yan Biyun comforted Xiaosuier and Huanniang, and told them not to worry. Regarding Huanniang's question that he was afraid that the young master's reading would damage his brain, Yan Biyun smiled and said: "Don't worry, everyone in the world is crazy, your young master is determined He won't go crazy, he has a steelyard in his heart, and we can't figure him out."

Xiao Sui'er was still a little worried and said: "Even so, such a desperate method will damage the body sooner or later. I sleep for four hours every day, and the rest of the time is spent reading books except for eating and drinking. Is it that good-looking? Sister Huanniang and I talked to him, but he acted as if he didn’t hear him, just nodded his head twice, like a piece of wood.”

Yan Biyun laughed dumbly, and said to himself: "Your son is not a piece of wood, I only let him go when I see him until he makes his whole body go limp, this guy is very bad, but he is like a piece of wood in front of the two little girls."

Thinking of this episode, Yan Biyun was secretly proud again. Huanniang and Xiaosui'er were both cute and pink, but Su Jin just turned a blind eye to him and only played tricks on him. After all, he was right He is more attractive; Thinking of this, Yan Biyun secretly blamed himself for becoming less and less like a lady of the big family, why did he think that these shameful things must be caused by this guy.

Of course, Yan Biyun also reminded Su Jin in time not to work so hard. For a year, he continued to look like this, and he was not exhausted; Take a walk, go shopping, eat delicious food, buy clothes and jewelry, and only then will the panic in the hearts of the two girls be eliminated.

The days passed peacefully, and it entered August in a blink of an eye. On the evening of the third day of August, Zhao Hu's aunt, Aunt Zhao, was crying and shouting, breaking the tranquility of the Sujin courtyard. She was sitting in the courtyard after school. Su Jin, who was chatting with the girls and boys, was taken aback by Aunt Zhao's appearance, and hurriedly got up to ask.

Aunt Zhao's hair was disheveled, and her face was bruised several times. While crying, she knelt down and cried, "Mr. Su, Mr. Su, save the head of my family, he...he..."

Su Jin hurriedly ordered Xiao Sui'er and Huanniang to help him up, Zhao Hu shouted anxiously: "Auntie, what's the matter, don't just cry, what's wrong with Uncle?"

Xiao Sui'er was very familiar with Aunt Zhao's family, and said, "Yes, Auntie got up and said slowly, what's wrong with Uncle Jiang?"

Aunt Zhao got up and cried, "The man in charge of my family is about to be beaten to death by Zhu Mangy and the others, I beg you all to save him quickly."

"Ah?" Everyone was dumbfounded, Xiao Sui'er was waiting to ask, Su Jin slapped her hands and said, "Don't ask, quickly take us there, if you have something to say, where are you?"

Aunt Zhao cried: "It's right in front of my shop, Zhu Mangy and the others are really a bunch of bandits, it's unreasonable."

Everyone hurriedly followed her out, and along the way Su Jin inquired carefully about what had happened. Aunt Zhao explained the whole story with snot and tears. It turned out that the small dim sum shop opened by Lao Jiang and his wife had local ruffians from Nancheng come to collect the dish fee every month. Well, when Su Jin and the others arrived last month, they happened to be in conflict with those people, and they almost had a misunderstanding with Lao Jiang and his wife because of this matter.

The four cities in Yingtianfu are all occupied by ruffians. Merchants and shops have to pay plate fees to them every month in order to do business safely. Dare not to give, these people will fight, smash things, seal the door, intimidate customers and other methods emerge in endlessly.

Today is the day to collect the dish fee again. Unfortunately, the old Jiang and his wife's son fell ill last month, and they spent a lot of money looking for a doctor, and they were short of money, so they begged Zhu Mangy for a few more days. Without money, they immediately smashed and beat them with curses. Old Jiang just said a few words in anger, and now he stabbed a hornet's nest. The group grabbed Lao Jiang and his wife and beat them. Fortunately, Aunt Zhao was a girl, and she was quick to see the opportunity, so she escaped. When he got out, he ran to Su Jin for help. When he left, Lao Jiang was still kicked and punched by those hooligans on the ground. Now he doesn't know whether he is dead or alive.

"This gang of straight girls, I want to make them all turn into dogs and crawl on the ground." Zhao Hu scolded with fire in his eyes.

Su Jin thought to himself, in later generations there will also be people who exploit merchants' property, but they are all sneaky and sneaky. Such blatant extortion and violent fights are rare. Obviously, these gangsters are not so If you are bold, there must be someone behind you, otherwise how could the government tolerate these cancerous people.

Thinking of this, Su Jin felt a headache. Maybe he would get involved with the government again. This is the last thing Su Jin wants to encounter at the moment, but in any case, it’s fine if it doesn’t happen. I have to take care of it, not to mention that Aunt Zhao found her immediately, obviously using herself as a backer, and Zhao Hu helped her with something, so she couldn't stand still in this matter anyway.

Su Jin's house is not far from Aunt Zhao's dim sum shop. Before everyone turned around the corner of the street with a cup of tea, they heard the noise in front of the shop, mixed with Lao Jiang's wailing, and someone shouted cursingly: "Blind I saw your dog eyes and dared to play tricks with the old men. If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you old man, you don’t know that Lord Ma has three eyes, beat me, beat him to death and maim him, and you Zhu Ye will take care of it.”

Immediately afterwards, there was another sound of punching and kicking, and Lao Jiang's wailing became smaller and smaller, probably because he was beaten hard.

Su Jin hurriedly ordered: "Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Chao, Ma Han, hurry up and save people, be careful not to kill anyone."

The four agreed, and ran across the corner quickly, followed by Su Jin and others, and saw the four rush into the crowd of thugs, punching and kicking. It only took less than half a cup of tea to throw the gang of hooligans to the ground, and some of them fought back with broken hands and legs, lying on the ground and rolling around.

Zhu Manizi, the leader, scolded: "Who are you gangsters, but you are so impatient, you dare to meddle in Grandpa's affairs, and dare to beat you?"

Zhao Hu yelled and cursed: "It's you bastards who are beating up, oppressing the common people in broad daylight. If it wasn't for my son-in-law, I would twist your dog's head off and use it as a urinal."

While scolding, he hurriedly helped Lao Jiang up. Lao Jiang was in severe pain, his face was as white as white paper, and he couldn't speak.

Zhu Manizi scolded: "You son of a bird, you dare to meddle in the affairs of grandpas, but you are against you."

Su Jin and the others arrived just in time, and Xiao Sui'er was the first one who couldn't take it anymore, and scolded with his hands on his hips, "Where did the wild donkey come from? Why are you howling here? Is it so arrogant after beating someone?" Is there no law left?"

Zhu Laizi grinned grimly and said, "Wang Fa? I am Wang Fa. You little lady has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. I have a piece of meat and intestines. Let me stop your sharp mouth."

Xiao Sui'er didn't know, so she went in and said, "What meat. Intestines, I can't understand what you wild donkey is talking about."

Huanniang blushed and said, "Sui'er, that's nonsense, ignore him."

Su Jin's face was livid and he shouted: "Wang Dynasty, turn him over to me. He likes to spray manure with his mouth full. Grab a handful of cow dung and horse dung on the ground and let him taste it."

Zhu Manizi was startled and said, "You bloody dare."

Su Jin twisted his face and said: "See if the young master dares, what are you doing in a daze, take him."

Wang Chao yelled, crossed his arms and rushed towards him. Zhu Mani ran away, and within a few steps, he was hooked by Wang Chao's ankle loop and fell to the ground, falling to the ground; Wang Chao carried him and went to Walking back, Zhu Manizi somehow pulled out a dagger from his boots in mid-air, and stabbed Wang Chao in the stomach. The disaster of a pierced belly, but a big gash was drawn on the palm of his hand.

Wang Chao was so angry that he yelled: "Damn you, you bastard." With his backhand and forehand, he slapped him with a big discus-like slap, and after two or three slaps, Zhu Manzi's mouth was full of blood, and a few teeth fell out; This guy was also stubborn, his mouth was only vague and obscene, and Su Jin shouted: "Gag his stinky mouth with cow dung."

Ma Han stretched out his hand to grab a large handful of fresh cow dung on the ground, Wang Chao pinched his mouth to keep him from closing, poured a large amount of cow dung straight into the entrance, and immediately blocked Zhu Manzi's obscenities in his throat Ma Han didn't give up, he grabbed several handfuls of cow dung and donkey dung, and stuffed them all into the mangy man's mouth, and finally rammed them in with his fist a few times. My chin was about to drop, and there was a lot of snot and tears. When I was struggling, I accidentally swallowed a piece, and suddenly I felt nauseous and vomited, and I was in a mess.

Su Jin turned his head and looked at Lao Jiang's condition. There were so many people kicking and beating, he was afraid that his internal organs were seriously injured, so he quickly ordered him to be carried to the bed in the shop and lie down, and ordered Xiao Zhuzi to drive a car to ask the doctor to come and see him. look.

The ruffians on the ground were wailing, and Su Jin stared and said, "Aren't you going to get out, are you waiting to eat cow dung?"

Those people quickly endured the pain, dragged their broken limbs, and helped Zhu Manizi dig out the feces in his mouth, and helped each other to leave. Zhu Manizi didn't dare to talk too much under the fierce eyes of the dynasty until he ran a hundred paces away Then he cursed loudly: "Mother Zhi is a thief, you wait for Grandpa."