The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Early the next morning, the Liao envoy duo got up early, and blocked Su Jin's door just after dawn. Su Jin had just woken up and hadn't finished washing, so he listened to the noise outside.

Xiao Sui'er listened to Su Jin and Rouniang Huanniang's ups and downs last night, her eyes were black and her stomach was full of displeasure, when she heard the noise outside, she crossed her hips and went out of the inner hall, when she saw Xiao Temo When someone was blocked by the servants at the door, he stepped forward and reprimanded: "You Liao people are really like scoundrels. You have been blocking the door early in the morning and making noise, just like a group of old ravens. Do you still understand the etiquette of human relations? ?”

Xiao Temo was scolded by a little girl for no reason, and Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out. Fortunately, Xiao Temo was in a good mood, and last night he had a beautiful dream of being promoted, getting rich, and becoming a prime minister. Naturally, he would not follow a little girl The maidservant was very knowledgeable, she stepped forward with a smile on her face and cupped her hands and said, "Little lady, don't be angry, you have to act in a hurry, we don't want to do this either, and please inform your family, Master Su, that important military and state affairs cannot be delayed."

Xiao Sui'er muttered: "I care about your military affairs, my son and father haven't washed his face, and haven't eaten his food, how can I see you?"

Xiao Temo apologized and said with a smile: "I can wait in the yard later, when your young master is done with his work, just come and see us."

She stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling person, Xiao Sui'er wanted to be provocative, but she was greeted with a smiling face, after all, she was a little girl, so she didn't dare to stop her too much; the unknown anger in her heart had vented a lot, and she had calmed down a lot; she stood with her eyes puffed up for a while and said: "In that case, please go to the flower hall and sit down. My young master can't tell when he will come out; he still has to run and exercise in the back house, and then he has to have breakfast, take a shower and change clothes."

Xiao Te mo cupped his hands again and again and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the young lady can do whatever she wants, just bring me a stool and let me sit in the yard, there's no need to bother me in the flower hall, I'll buy some pancakes on the street, just ask for a Just a cup of tea to quench your thirst."

Xiao Sui'er was very puzzled, didn't it mean that the Liao envoy was arrogant and domineering, but why his temper was more docile than a sheep's, could it be that after drinking Da Song's water and eating Da Song's food for a few days, his nature had changed? ?Of course Xiao Sui'er has to satisfy such a small request, after all, she is a kind little girl, and she has never seen Xiao Temo commit evil and murder with her own eyes, so she can't harden her heart, so she said: "Let's go to the hall to drink Tea, otherwise my young master will blame the servants for not treating guests well."

"Oh, the little lady is really a virtuous and reasonable person, and she will be rich and honored all her life in the future. I wish the little lady can find a rich and noble husband and live a happy life." Liu Liufu stepped forward with his head on Ah San.

He thought his two sentences were very decent, but he didn't expect Xiao Sui'er to change his face immediately. He just listened to the bed all night last night, and he was almost forgotten by the young master, but this guy actually mentioned something about Mr. Ruyi How can you not be annoyed.

"You can just stay in the yard, and you don't have to use the stools. There are stone flower beds over there where you can sit freely; the tea is not boiled yet, and there is clean well water in the water tank over there. You can drink it if you like it, or if you don't like it." Wait, I still have a lot of things to do, I'm sorry."

Xiao Sui'er coldly dropped a few words, turned around and left, Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu faced each other in astonishment, is this girl a dog?Turn your face if you say it; those who know her identity will naturally know that she is the maidservant of the Su family, and those who don't know it will think she is the mistress of the Su family. This behavior, this temper, is simply a small firecracker. fry.

"It doesn't matter, I am happy today and don't care about this yellow-haired girl; another day, when I lead an army south to flatten Bianliang, unless I can't catch you, if I fall into my hands, I will kill you first and then kill you." See you again!" Xiao Te didn't change his face at the end, and he comforted himself; as long as the firearm manufacturing map is sent back to Daliao, Daliao has sufficient iron mines, and it will be able to equip the army in batches in half a year, and then he will worry about whether he will be able to vent his anger go?

At the end of Xiao Temo, Liu Liufu brought four of the Xiao family's ten tigers into the yard, squatted on the edge of the flower bed, took out the biscuits bought halfway, and chewed them, and took the guards who were on duty in the front yard. He looked dumbfounded.

After eating five pieces of cooking cakes, Xiao Temo burped full, his mouth was thirsty, seeing that the Su family didn't intend to come to deliver tea, he actually ran to the big water tank under the courtyard wall and knelt down. I drank my fill; fortunately, the water was clean well water, which was originally used to prevent fires in the house and was used for firefighting, but no one dirty things in it.

Looking at the strange eyes around him, Xiao Temo comforted himself. When he was grazing horses and sheep on the grassland, he said that the well water was clean, and even the sewage stained with sheep manure and eggs could drink to his full. What is this?To be a master is to endure hardships, and forbearance today is for the pride of others, so let Su Jin humiliate himself more, so that it will be doubled in the future, no!Add ten times and a thousand times the repayment.

"Oh! Isn't this Xiao's envoy? Why are you squatting on the ground in the yard? How is this proper?" Before Xiao Temo wiped off the water stains around his mouth, he heard Su Jin's voice coming from the hall door. When I looked at it, I saw that Su Jin was taking care of it clean and refreshed, and walked over with a smile on his face.

"How do you guys treat guests? Ambassador Xiao is a distinguished guest from the Liao Kingdom. Have you forgotten the way of hospitality that you taught you on weekdays? You should be punished. All of you are not allowed to eat today; It's outrageous!" Su Jin yelled at the Su family's handymen who were standing on the sidelines.

Everyone was so wronged that they were going to die, they thought to themselves: Who would dare not listen to that girl Xiaosui'er?

Xiao Temo hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Oh, Mr. Su, I see you; it is because I don't know the rules, I don't know the rules of your Song Dynasty, so I come to disturb you early in the morning, and don't interfere with the affairs of the brothers in your house; Besides, when I was waiting in Daliao, it was common for me to drink dew and dine under the curtain of the sky, these are nothing."

Su Jin said with a guilty face: "This is really negligent, hurry up and talk in the room." Turning to a group of servants on the steps, he shouted: "What are you all doing in a daze? Serve some snacks and make tea for the guests. One It looks like an elm lump; if it weren't for the generosity of the envoy Xiao today, I will not spare you."

Everyone rolled their eyes and hurriedly dispersed, Su Jin led Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu into the hall, and after a while some delicious tea was served, Xiao Temo regretted it in his heart, why did he catch the tasteless cooking cakes? After eating four or five meals, I drank cold water again. At this moment, the cold water instant noodles were swollen in my stomach, and there was a faint tendency to protrude, and I couldn't eat a single bite.

Liu Liufu had a good appetite, he only ate half of the pancakes, and he didn't want to drink the cold water in the vat, at this moment he just ate three or four of the hot tea and osmanthus lotus paste cake in one go, his mouth clattered; he was so angry Xiao Temo suddenly raised his foot and stepped on his foot, almost making Liu Liufu cry from the pain.

Su Jin stared intently at the white cloth wrapped around Liu Liufu's head for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "Vice Envoy Liu, are you a family member who has forgotten his past? My condolences will change."

Xiao Temo's face was covered with mush when Liu Liufu touched it with a bite of dim sum. He was so frightened that he quickly reached out to help Xiao Temo wipe it off. It stinks."

Liu Liufu apologized again and again, Su Jinwu said to himself: "Master Xiao, don't blame him. The death of a relative in the family is naturally unreasonable. As the saying goes: Turning grief into food refers to the state of Deputy Envoy Liu at this time."

Liu Liufu took a big sip of tea, rinsed his mouth and swallowed the residue, and hurriedly said: "Master Su, stop joking, there is no one in the family who died."

Su Jin said in amazement: "Isn't there? Looking at you in sackcloth and filial piety, isn't your father or Lingtang passed away?"

Liu Liufu yelled at Su Jin for being wicked, but he made up a reason that he accidentally fell when he got into the car, and his head was broken and bloody, so he wrapped Yunyun with white steps.

Su Jin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and confessed again and again.

Xiao Temo thought it was funny, laughing at the side and trembling all over; Su Jin looked at Xiao Temo and said: "Master Xiao is in a good mood today, and people are in good spirits when there are happy events. Is there any happy event?"

Xiao Temo hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Is there any happy event for this envoy? I came to your house to look for you yesterday, but I said you went to the theater. Mr. Su is really in a good mood. We are so worried about the negotiation that we can't sleep all night. , Mr. Su is very relaxed."

Su Jin laughed and said: "It's a combination of work and rest. I did go to listen to an opera's music yesterday, and I didn't come back until evening. I heard that my maidservant said that the two of you had been here. I even reprimanded the maidservant. Why don't you go?" Find me."

Xiao Te said in his heart: You fucking pretend!

"Did the little girl Song from Hongxiu Zhao go to sing?" Xiao Temo smiled.

"Red sleeve move?" Su Jin said in amazement: "How can I go to that kind of fireworks place? I went to Queyunfang to listen to Miss Su's song. Miss Su is a serious person. She relies on her voice For dinner, why is Song Xiaoxiao here?"

Xiao Temo rolled his eyes and said in his heart: "Damn! It turned out to be Su Xiaoxiao. I heard it wrong. He heard that it was Song Xiaoxiao. He went to the brothel according to the plan. How can the mother justify it.

But Su Jin asked: "How do you two know that Bianliang has a red-sleeved trick? It turns out that the two of you are flirtatious people, not bad, not bad, are the people in the brothel in Song Dynasty very good?"

Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu were sweating like waterfalls, being kicked and beaten, how could it not be wonderful?

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I don't have the time to do any red-sleeved tricks, it's just hearsay, Mr. Su, don't misunderstand. I think we're going to get to the point. We're here today to ask Mr. Su to quickly restart the negotiations between the two countries. Time waits for no one, I have already stayed in the capital of your country for six days, and I have three or four days before I leave for the country, so far I haven’t even discussed a single one.”

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "What are you busy with? There are still three or four days left. At worst, you can delay your return for a few more days. Today I am going to invite you to visit Bianliang City together, to show the friendship of the landlords."

Xiao Temo said solemnly: "Deputy Envoy Su, I can't afford to delay. It's serious to do business first. If the business is not over, how can I have the mind to play?"

Su Jin said with a smile: "I really admire you two for their dedication to their duties. Forget it, let's do business first."

Xiao Temo was overjoyed and said: "Very good, to the posthouse or somewhere else? Do you want to send someone to invite the envoy of the rich?"

Su Jin laughed and said, "What's the hurry, can't we start talking tomorrow?"

"Why tomorrow?" Xiao Temo asked with a straight face.

"Because..." Su Jin smacked his lips and said, "I checked the almanac just now. Today is February [-]th. It is clearly written in the almanac that 'don't negotiate, negotiate, and trade things'; we can't make taboos, so There is absolutely no way to talk about it today, otherwise I can't afford to offend the gods."

"Damn!" Xiao Temo and Liu Liufu almost fell over.