The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The sound of the piano stopped for a long time before Su Jin came back to his senses. As soon as he took a step, he accidentally touched the parrot swing, which caused the parrot swing to shake left and right, and the parrot on the swing flapped its wings and made a lot of noise.

Su Jin stretched out his hand to straighten the swing and stop it. A yellow shadow flashed at the entrance of the flower hall, and a pretty figure stood at the entrance of the flower hall, looking at Su Jin with his small mouth open in surprise.

This woman is Xia Siling, after a few months of separation, her beautiful face is still the same, but she is slightly less clear, and her brows are a little gloomy; but the moment she saw Su Jin, Xia Siling's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother Su, you're here." It was like two people who couldn't be more familiar, and the greeting when they met was extremely ordinary.

"Brother Xia, I'm here." Su Jin smiled and stepped forward, looking at Xia Siling in a yellow shirt and pink skirt.

"I knew you would come." Xia Siling's wide-open eyes were instantly filled with tears, and she laughed again in a blink of an eye.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Why are you crying and laughing at the same time, I was caught by you this time, and I was almost twisted by your nursing home and sent to the police."

Xia Siling said angrily: "Who told you to turn over the wall without going through the door? It would be strange if you were not arrested. Was your hand injured by those dogs? Why is it bleeding?"

Xia Siling reached out to grab Su Jin's wounded and bleeding hand, looked at it hurriedly, Su Jin hurriedly said: "It's already scarred, it's all right, it's scratched by the tiles on the wall of your house."

Xia Siling checked the wound and found that there was nothing serious, so she immediately changed her tone and said, "It deserves it!"

Su Jin laughed out loud, this Miss Xia still had the same temper, her mouth was not forgiving.

Su Jin smiled and said, "Aren't you going to invite me in? I've been standing outside for a long time, listening to you playing the piano and singing is really intoxicating, um... how much do you know about flowers falling in a dream! What a flower falling in a dream How much do you know, is this the word you filled in?"

Xia Siling shyly said: "Written indiscriminately, it can't be taken seriously, especially in front of you, it's even a joke, you are not allowed to say it."

Su Jin smiled and said, "Nonsense, this word is quite artistic, but it doesn't seem to be an inherent style of Ci Pai. You created it yourself?"

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Su Jin raised his fingers and said: "I didn't know you had such abilities back then. You can play the piano and write lyrics. If I knew it, I would have begged you to feast my ears."

Xia Siling said softly: "You never asked the slave family these things, how can you know what the slave family will know."

Su Jin heard that there was a sense of complaint in these words, and quickly changed the topic: "Does this word have a name?"

Xia Siling blushed, nodded and shook his head, Su Jinqi said: "If there is, then there is, if not, then there is no, why are you nodding and shaking your head again."

Xia Siling didn't answer, turned around and walked in, saying: "Brother Su, come in and talk, my servant will pour tea for you."

Su Jinmai stepped into the flower hall, glanced around, and was immediately amazed at the luxurious and luxurious furnishings in the hall, ranging from tables and chairs to small playthings, they all looked extraordinary; but it was not surprising, Xia Songzhi The woman's residence is naturally not to be tired of food and food, but otherwise, how can he live up to his style of the leading commander in the Northwest.

Xia Siling rolled up her sleeves and poured a cup of tea for Su Jin. Su Jin took it with both hands, thanked her, looked at Xia Siling who was sitting opposite her, and said, "Xia Xiaodi, the shop on Bianshui Street belongs to your family."

Xia Siling smiled and said, "That's right. Brother Su, is he satisfied? Steward Qiu has signed a contract with your shopkeeper."

Su Jin nodded and said, "Yes, I don't understand, how do you know I'm looking for a shop?"

Xia Siling said softly: "There is nothing difficult in this world, as long as there is a heart. I have ordered people to follow you for a few days, and your every move is naturally in my eyes."

Su Jin was stunned and said: "Why is this? Why did you help me? And you also deliberately took over the tenant's house, and lost [-] yuan in compensation for nothing."

Xia Siling said: "I am willing. If I am not happy to rent it to him, I will rent it to you at a cheaper price."

Su Jin said with a smile: "At first, I thought I took advantage of it, but now I can't take advantage of it."

Xia Siling asked in surprise, "Brother Su, why?"

Su Jindao: "At first I thought it was a stranger's shop, and I felt at ease when I took advantage of it, but this time I found out that it was Xiaodi Xia's shop. I absolutely can't take advantage of this. The contract of this shop is still void."

Xia Siling said anxiously: "It's the servant who voluntarily rented it to you at a low price, it's not that you want to take advantage of it, there's nothing you can't feel at ease about, and besides, my family doesn't lack that little rent money, why don't we just treat you and me as friends and help you out? "

Su Jin said seriously: "Brother Xia, I have accepted my wish, but I, Su Jin, never want to owe anyone anything. Others have always owed me. If I owe someone anything, I won't be able to sleep at night; so you and I Friends, it's better not to involve money or things between friends, otherwise it will be very embarrassing."

Xia Siling said: "Brother Su, you are thinking too much. I do this because I want to thank you for taking care of me when I was in Yingtian Mansion. I am afraid that I would not be able to survive that period without your care, so this is It’s all for helping you, why think so complicatedly.”

Su Jin smiled and said: "You thank me, you can ask me to meet, chat, drink tea or something, there is no need to use this method, besides, the last time you asked me to find someone to provoke you, didn't you have already ventilated me beforehand?" Me? This is already a thank you."

Xia Siling looked at Su Jin, bit her lips, tears fell instantly, strings of pearls rolled down her cheeks, and wet the front of her clothes several times.

Su Jin panicked all of a sudden, got up and stretched out her hands, "Little brother, little brother, why is this so? I accept your wishes, don't cry, don't cry."

It's okay not to persuade, but Xia Siling cried even harder after she persuaded her, the whimpering sound was so loud that the birds outside also started chirping uncomfortably.

Su Jin stretched out his hand, neither received nor received, stood aside and said repeatedly: "Little brother Xia, don't be like this, you'll teach others to watch, and you'll think I've bullied you."

"You're bullying me, you're bullying me." Xia Siling thumped the table with her little hands, making the teacup and teapot rattle.

"Little brother Xia..."

"Don't call me little brother Xia, I'm a woman from my family, not your little brother Xia." Xia Siling cried.

Su Jin scratched his scalp, and said to himself: "I called it that way a long time ago, and you didn't object, who told you to disguise yourself as a man, but this will become the reason for going crazy again. It's really confusing. "

"Miss Xia...don't be like this. Why did I bully you? If you tell me, can I make it up to you? How about I find a high-end restaurant to hold a banquet another day and formally apologize to you? But you always want Tell me, what did I do wrong?"

Xia Siling stopped crying, wiped away her tears silently and said, "Let me ask you, you have been in the capital for so long, why don't you think of a way to come and see the slave's house?"

Su Jin frowned and said, "It's only been a few days since I've been here. I've been really busy these few days, so why are you doing this? I didn't come to see you, didn't you also go to see me? We're even on this matter." .”

Xia Siling said angrily: "You are talking nonsense, I have been there many times, and every time I was blocked by that little maid of yours, and she spoke with a sting; you must have ordered her to do this."

Su Jin was startled, and hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Heaven and earth conscience, why have I ever done this?"

"Without your instigation, how dare she be so presumptuous as a servant?"

Su Jin had a hard time answering. Could it be that I told her: My house is not up and down, and everyone is a little bit violent, and I let them get three points.No one would believe this at all. In this era, the distinction between honor and inferiority is very strict. There are some slaves who dare to disobey their masters, but they are either dealt with by the family law, or sold to other families, or directly Sold as coolies and prostitutes.

Xia Siling said: "What, I guessed it right."

Su Jin sighed and said: "Miss Xia, don't cry, I know why you rented the shop to me and played such petty tricks with me, I understand."

A red cloud flew up on Xia Siling's fair face and said, "What do you know?"

Su Jin cupped his hands and said: "I know you are good to me, you like me, I know this very well; but do you know why I haven't come to see you? It's for your own good."

Xia Siling raised her eyebrows and was about to speak, when Su Jin stretched out her hand to stop her and said, "Listen to me and finish my sentence, and send someone to send a letter to warn me. When I am in Yangzhou, you ask Xiao Sui'er to bring me a letter. I have been in the capital for a few days. ri, you went to the old house in Yulin Lane, and then to my new house in Desheng Bridge three times, I know all about it. I didn’t see Xiao Sui’er’s letter, and that girl lost the letter all the way, actually I also understand that she may have thrown it away, but I don't blame her, she is also doing it for my own good."

Xia Siling burst into tears again, and murmured: "Is the slave family so unbearable in your eyes? Don't you even want to see me?"

Su Jin stepped forward to gently support her shoulder and said: "You are wrong, you are a smart, lovely and beautiful woman, if anyone can marry you as a wife, it is a blessing from previous life; I, Su Jin, am also a layman , facing you, I can't be unmoved; after you left Yingtian Mansion that day, my heart was broken, but reason told me that there is no possibility between you and me, if I still keep in touch with you frequently, come find me If you meet, it will do great damage to your clean reputation."

Xia Siling hugged Su Jin tightly, snuggled into his arms, closed her eyes and shook her head, "I don't care, I don't care about anything."

Su Jin said softly: "I care, not only about you, but also about others."

Xia Siling raised her head and said, "Is it Miss Yan?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "Exactly, to be honest, Miss Yan and I have a marriage contract, I love her, and she loves me too, we have a marriage contract, there is no possibility between you and me, because I can't give you anything. promise, so I can only choose not to see you."

Xia Siling murmured: "How is it possible? Miss Yan is so much older than you, and she is... a widow, how can she be with you?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "You don't understand, love can't be described by identity and age, for example, you and me, I, Su Jin, came from a businessman background, and you are the noble daughter of a high official in the dynasty, why don't you still fall in love with me?" Me? If I don't have a marriage contract, I want you to go away with me, you will drop everything and go with me, won't you?"

Xia Siling nodded and said: "Of course, as long as you say a word, I will go with you, wherever you want."

Seeing her expression, Su Jin's heart was agitated beyond words, and he sighed: "This is love, just the emotion between two people, and has nothing to do with anything outside of the body."

Xia Siling murmured: "I understand, you and Ms. Yan really love each other, but do you know how deeply my family loves you?"

Su Jin comforted softly: "I know, I understand."

Xia Siling shook his head and said: "You don't know, you don't know at all, but today I want to let you know where my heart is, no matter how much you ignore me, how much you laugh at me, I will let you see arrive."