The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

At the street corner overgrown with weeds, everyone got out of the car. Su Jin ordered Xiao Zhuzi, Wang Chao and others to wait by the car. He, Yan Biyun and Huanniang and others followed Xu Dongdong, crossed a path overgrown with weeds, and passed another area. A grove full of fallen leaves came to a small courtyard.

The small courtyard is surrounded by a bamboo fence, and there are some yellow thatch on the gate, which looks extremely dilapidated; when you open the door, you will see a small courtyard, the courtyard is not as dilapidated as Su Jin imagined, it is neat and orderly It just has a strange smell, which seems to be the sharp smell of boiled medicine, mixed with a hint of alcohol.

Under a few gourd vines in the west, there is a bamboo chair, a small table, and a few dishes and a wine cup on the table. An old man in a black robe is lying on the chair with his head tilted and squinting. the sun in the sky.

Xu Dongdong smiled apologetically and made a gesture of invitation, but he came to the man first, put the dishes and wine cups in a bamboo basket and put them aside, then softly called the old man and said: "Brother Qiqing , Someone came to the house, woke up, and drank again."

The black-robed old man moved his body, but coughed violently again, Xu Dongdong quickly helped him to sit up, and said to Su Jin and the others: "Brother Qiqing is not in good health, he keeps coughing, I have neglected you all, please wait a moment After a while, the servant will fetch a stool and make a pot of tea."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't be busy, it's presumptuous to disturb you."

Xu Dongdong smiled, turned around and entered the room, Su Jin turned his head to look at Liu Yong, secretly disappointed, this is not the romantic and unrestrained Liu Sanbian he imagined, just an ordinary sick old man, Even more decadent than an ordinary old man, there are some white things in the corners of his eyes and mouth, which makes people disgusted.

Liu Yong was also looking at Su Jin, his eyes didn't want to be as decadent as his appearance, he looked clear and indifferent, the two looked at each other for two or three breaths, Liu Yong said, "Who are you?"

Su Jin cupped his hands and said, "Student Su Jin, please meet Mr. Liu. This is my friend Mr. Yan."

"Su Jin? Do we know each other?" Liu Yong said indifferently.

"I don't know him, but I admire Mr. Liu's talent and learning, so I begged Mr. Xu to bring me to visit."

"Admiration of my talent? You came to see my jokes with Liu Yong." Liu Yong sneered.

Su Jin was speechless, Xu Dongdong took the stool and went out, and said angrily: "Brother Qiqing, don't blame Mr. Su and Mr. Yan. They have good intentions, and they were in the fence just now. If it weren't for them, I'm afraid the servants would have to kill you." Was bullied to death."

Listening to Xu Dongdong's words, Liu Yong's expression was a little gentle, and his eyes were full of guilt.

"These two sons even gave me a lot of money. No one is willing to listen to my family's music for so many days. The family is almost in trouble. If it weren't for them, my family wouldn't know what to do." Xu Dongdong's eyes were red.

Liu Yong's face was full of embarrassment, and there was both shame and anger in his eyes. He coughed agitatedly, Xu Dongdong hurriedly wiped away the tears, stepped forward to help him beat his back, and at the same time comforted him softly: "Qiqing, don't get excited, it's my fault. , shouldn’t have told you this.”

Su Jin and Yan Biyun looked at each other, and an unspeakable feeling welled up in their hearts. Life is so down and down, is life still meaningful?What moved the two of them even more was that Xu Dongdong and Liu Yong were just a dewy marriage. The two met in the wind and dust of fireworks, but they could be so affectionate and stay together forever. This is something that no chaste and martyr would be able to do. .

Things in the world are sometimes very strange. The more people think they are chaste and flawless, the more dissolute they will be unimaginable. And some people you think they are filthy to the point of hopelessness, but in fact they are Be able to stick to yourself and never get lost.

"Brother Qiqing, I know that you don't want to meet outsiders, but you definitely want to see this Mr. Su. Do you still remember the song "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" you read? That is Mr. Su's masterpiece, don't you?" Have you been thinking about meeting this student Su? Isn’t your wish fulfilled now?”

"He wrote the water tune song head?" Liu Yong stopped coughing, panting, looked at Su Jin and Xu Dongdong, his eyes were full of disbelief.

"It's just a clumsy work of my own talent, which makes me laugh at you." Su Jin cupped his hands.

"Really? You are only sixteen or seventeen this year, how can you make such a good word."

"I'm under sixteen, but age doesn't mean anything, and my words can only be regarded as passable. Comparing it with Fang's family, it's ridiculous." Su Jin said modestly.

"It's okay? If that's called okay, all the literati in the world can jump into the river." Liu Yong smiled, and when he smiled, his face unexpectedly lit up, covering up all the gray and defeated colors.

"I hope that people will live a long time, and share the joys and sorrows of thousands of miles. What a good sentence. A person who can write such a sentence, not to mention his literary talent, his character must be noble and clean. Brother Su can write it when he is only sixteen." This astonishing word has a limitless future."

"Where is that, sir, I am just expressing my feelings. When it comes to writing lyrics, everyone in the world is none other than Mr. I am just playing with an ax in the classroom." Su Jin is telling the truth. The words that catch people's eyes for the first time can't be filled out well, let alone be sung by people.

Liu Yong sighed, picked up the teapot and poured tea for Su Jin, Xu Dongdong hurriedly took it and filled it for Su Jin, and said apologetically, "Young Master Su, let's talk first, the slave family needs to tidy up the house, the rare good sun, Clothes and mattresses should be taken out to dry in the sun."

Su Jin nodded to signal her to take care of herself, Xu Dongdongfu got up and went away, Liu Yong looked at her back with a look of sadness in his eyes, and said softly: "I, Liu Qi, is already waiting to die, so why talk about the current world?" Everyone said, Mr. Su, I know all the words in the world, the Liu Yong of that day is gone, and the current Liu Yong is just a half-dead man."

Su Jin said: "The most important thing about a person is the spirit. As long as the spirit is not destroyed, what should we do when we are old and dead? The poems left by Mr. will definitely be greatly admired by future generations. Mr.'s talents and academic affairs need to be proved to everyone."

Liu Yong's eyes lit up, he looked at Su Jin and said: "You can say such a word, I believe that you made that word, the world said that I, Liu Yong, was downcast and reduced to relying on women to support me, but I, Liu Yong, don't think so. It is true that I, Liu Yong, did a lot of absurd things and said a lot of absurd things when I was young, but for Xu Dongdong, Chen Shishi, and other women who were close to me, Liu Yongxiang, Liu Yong asked himself from the bottom of his heart; I'm so good."

Liu Yong sighed, squinted his eyes and looked at the scorching sun in the sky, and said: "I am seriously ill now, and I have nothing to live on. It is indeed out of place to rely on them to support me, but the world does not know the relationship between us. They support me. Me, listen to my words and sing them with songs, that is the joy of their lives, everyone has something in their hearts, and I can give them what they want, that's why we can be together .”

"Giving what others can't give, this is the capital that I, Liu Yong, am proud of in my life. Some people can give ten thousand taels of gold, clothes and food, but not everyone can give the nourishment in people's hearts. I, Liu Yongneng, will give it, the truth is like this."

Liu Yong heaved a sigh of relief, took a sip of tea, looked at Su Jin and said, "Actually, you also have such abilities, but your circumstances and personalities are different from mine. In fact, I have suffered the loss of being unrestrained all my life." , but I don't regret it."

Su Jin looked at Liu Yong's face, and behind the traces left by the wind and dust, there was an unruly heart, a heart yearning for freedom. Su Jin suddenly felt that what he said seemed very reasonable, and she seemed to be following him. I found my own shadow on my body.

On the gold list, I missed the lead.

What should the temporary sages of the Ming Dynasty do?

Attempts to make things happen, can you fight wildly?

Why bother to talk about death.

A gifted poet, he is in white clothes.

Fireworks Lane, Iyodan Green Barrier.

<Everything is paid.

Shinobu changed the floating name and sang with a low voice.

A song "Crane Soaring to the Sky" slowly emerged in Su Jin's heart. This poem should be the most important poem in Liu Yong's life. Just because of that last sentence, Liu Yong's life took a big turn. Pinghu's Chunyue surfs the waves and dangerous shoals, Liu Yong is a genuine person, maybe Liu Yong simply enjoys this kind of wandering life, he is just a "white-clothed gentleman" in his mind, people in the world laugh at him for being desolate, he But standing in the weeds laughing at the world, the people in the world are trapped in a cage and cannot extricate themselves.

Seeing Liu Yong smiling in the sun, Su Jin got up gently, made a gesture, and left quietly with Yan Biyun and others.

Looking back, Xu Dongdong was standing at the gate of the courtyard, waving his hands gently. Although he was dressed in a blue scarf, and he didn't have a trace of the prosperity of the past, in the eyes of Yan Biyun and Su Jin, she was the most beautiful woman in the world, the most satisfied woman. woman.

(ps: Regarding these two chapters, I guess many book lovers will not like to read them. In fact, I planned to write more, but I really can’t help it. Wenqing’s illness is serious, but I think there can be several chapters in a book. Such chapters are harmless. But I guarantee that there will not be many such chapters in the future. The climax of the third volume is coming soon, and I have to do some foreshadowing. Please read it patiently. In fact, these chapters introduce some Song Dynasty stories. The scenery is also quite interesting.)